ATLANTA -- Even with a new head coach, the Atlanta Falcons can’t manage to escape heartbreaking losses.
Head coach Raheem Morris falls to 1-1 as the interim leader of the Falcons after a 23-22 defeat at the hand of the Detroit Lions, a team they had a six-point lead on entering the final moments of the game.
Morris is auditioning to become the Falcons' (or another team’s) permanent head coach after this season, and it showed on Sunday. He didn’t let his foot off the gas, dialing up aggressive blitzes in the second half to stifle Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford and calling Atlanta’s first successful two-point conversion of the season.