Black Monday: Falcons Announce Head Coach Mike Smith Has Been Fired

Mike Smith is the second NFL head coach to get fired today.

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Early this morning, the Jets announced that they had fired their head coach Rex Ryan and general manager John Idzik. And now, yet another NFL team has started off the league's annual "Black Monday" by getting rid of their head coach. That team is the Falcons, who just announced that they are parting ways with Mike Smith:

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Falcons announced HC Mike Smith has been fired.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 29, 2014

Smith spent seven seasons with the Falcons and assembled a 66-46 record during his time in Atlanta. He made the postseason during four of those seasons but never won a playoff game with the team.

[via @AdamSchefter]

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