An eight season playoff drought. That’s what the Atlanta Falcons are staring at if they don’t turn the 2025-2026 season into a successful one. And while the end of next season is still a little under a year away, I get the sense that some front office and coaching staff figures could be heading out the door should the team not make the postseason again.
One of them is general manager Terry Fontenot, and we here at The Falcoholic had conversations regarding Fontenot’s future with Atlanta after the end of last season. Our take was that the signing of Kirk Cousins, the lack of a playoff berth in his tenure, and the violation of the NFL’s tampering policy that resulted in a forfeiture of our fifth round pick this draft as the main factors that could contribute to Fontenot getting the boot.