Week 16 · 2025–26 season
Falcons
W 26-19 at Cardinals · Dec 21, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Falcons fans watching a meaningless win over the tanking Cards talk Raheem into another year.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
A 26-19 win in Arizona, sealed by C.Henderson's late pick of J.Brissett, and somehow the mood is worse. K.Cousins found K.Pitts for a touchdown and the defense did its job against a tanking opponent, which is exactly the problem — beating bad teams after the playoff math collapsed is the most Falcons outcome imaginable. The lingering worry isn't this game; it's whether these meaningless wins are quietly building a case to bring Raheem back.
What fans said
“Falcons once no longer a threat to the Lombardi”
u/SexyFlyWhiteGuy▲ 47despair
“Falcons beat the tanking Cards......weeeeeee”
u/SelfSab0teur1▲ 29joy
“We looking like cheeks. Raheem just standing there like an idiot, fuck ‘em”
u/DoctorMcThicc▲ 15rage
“this is such a Falcons thing to do, wait til the playoffs are out of reach then get some stuff figured out, and win enough games for the HC to keep his job.”
u/Howhytzzerr▲ 57frustration
“I’m so scared we are playing Raheem into being our coach next season”
u/Corey14111▲ 20despair
“Winning games after we’ve been eliminated from the playoffs? Just Falcons football baby.”
u/Chessh2036▲ 80frustration
14 more
“Fuck this coaching staff. Congrats to the players who deserve the victory. But Fuck this coaching staff.”
u/jimmyfivetimes▲ 16rage
“What a moron.”
u/HawksAnt2021▲ 12rage
“Fire Raheem. Doesn’t matter if we win out. 8-9 is not a winning record.”
u/WrestlingMark1992▲ 16rage
“This is why you fire a coach midseason.”
u/GeorgiaLFC78▲ 38frustration
“Bro if Raheem is our coach again next season I don’t care what sort of rebrand and new uniform shit we’re supposed to do, I’m not buying anything.”
u/foreverevolvinggg▲ 34frustration
“Why can't both the Hawks and Falcons win consistently 😩”
u/SleazyFanatic▲ 13despair
“Without Bijan this team would be the worst in the NFL. Like lucky to have one or two wins.”
u/willinaustin▲ 19frustration
“Raheem should be fired just for losing to a team with 22 guys on IR”
u/AViciousGrape▲ 9rage
“There is nothing more Falcons than winning meaningless games after the season is washed”
u/comrade_hanson▲ 61sarcasm
“It feels bad to realize that we would have been playoff conversations had we not botched two game winning FGs.”
u/Impossible-Pound-767▲ 30frustration
“Kirk is ass. Leave him in Arizona”
u/ts2453▲ 8rage
“Maybe getting dog walked by the fucking Cardinals will finally get the regards running this organization fired”
u/spiegs-657▲ 8rage
“Don’t you dare compliment Zach Robinson, commentator”
u/HawksAnt2021▲ 8rage
“Fuck this atrocious AI coca cola ad”
u/thegiantenemyspider▲ 8rage