Falcons: GM, Coach Interviewees Taking IQ Tests?

We’re happy we’re not the only people perplexed by the Atlanta Falcons. We all know about the organization getting jilted by Bill Parcells and bailed on by Bobby Petrino, and most of us had sympathy for owner Arthur Blank, especially in the wake of the Michael Vick nightmare.

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But here we are in the new year and the Falcons still don’t have a new coach or, more importantly, someone running the overall football operation. Rich McKay was removed from that post weeks ago, and now has been offered the job of team president (with a raise). But McKay will no longer have final say in football decisions.

While that’s rather curious, Mike Florio of PRO FOOTBALL TALK (our favorite site without permalinks) has even stranger news about how the Falcons are going about finding a GM.

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