The Atlanta Falcons introduced that they fired huge receivers coach Ike Hilliard on Monday, sooner or later after being routed by their NFC South rivals, the Carolina Panthers.
Offensive passing sport coordinator T.J. Yates will assume Hilliard’s duties.
The Panthers blew out the Falcons 30-0 on Sunday in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was Carolina’s largest margin of victory in a decade.
The Falcons’ offense sputtered within the disastrous efficiency, by no means reaching the purple zone. Quarterback Michael Penix Jr. had the worst sport of his younger profession, throwing two interceptions, together with a backbreaking pick-six.
Penix has not thrown a landing go to a large receiver or tight finish this season. His lone landing go was to operating again Bijan Robinson on a checkdown that Robinson took 50 yards in Week 1. Atlanta has only one landing over its previous eight quarters.
Hilliard, 49, was in his second season with the Falcons. He beforehand was the huge receivers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington and Buffalo Payments.
Yates, 38, has been with the Falcons since 2021. A former NFL quarterback, he was the group’s huge receivers coach in 2022 and 2023 earlier than changing into quarterbacks coach final season.