Ex-ESPN star battles on social media after saying Falcons fans she knows are quizzical of head coach hire

Former ESPN prima Jemele Hill sparred with NFL fans aft her posts connected the Atlanta Falcons hiring Kevin Stefanski arsenic caput manager aft helium spent clip astatine the helm with the Cleveland Browns.

Stefanski was hired to regenerate Raheem Morris, who lone lasted 2 seasons arsenic the team’s caput coach. Morris was antecedently the antiaircraft coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams and Falcons. He besides had a stint arsenic caput manager with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Jemele Hill speaks  onstage during 56th NAACP Image Awards Benefit Concert astatine Pasadena Convention Center connected Feb. 22, 2025 successful Pasadena, California.  (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

Hill claimed connected societal media that Falcons fans were "side eyeing" the Stefanski prosecute due to the fact that of the mode helium handled the Shedeur Sanders concern and due to the fact that Atlanta is simply a "Black city."

"(Former NFL wide receiver) Harry Douglas was perfectly right," she wrote connected X connected Friday. "None of the Falcons fans I cognize similar the Stefanski hire. He had a losing grounds successful Cleveland and they didn’t similar however helium handled the Shedeur Sanders situation. They LOVE Deion successful the ATL. It’s a Black city, with 1 of the Blackest instrumentality bases successful the NFL, and they person a Black QB connected their roster — truthful a batch of ATL fans are side-eyeing this hire. Stefanski isn’t going to get a honeymoon there."

Hill clarified her remark astir the Stefanski prosecute further.

"Because immoderate of you misunderstood: ATL fans I cognize aren’t saying Deion should beryllium the manager implicit Stefanski. They are saying they don’t spot Stefanski due to the fact that they don’t similar however helium treated Shedeur. They loved Deion. They emotion Shedeur by extension," she added.

Cleveland Browns caput manager Kevin Stefanski looks connected earlier the crippled against the Tennessee Titans astatine Huntington Bank Field connected Dec. 7, 2025. (Ken Blaze/Imagn Images)

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Hill added that "people consciousness this way" and that, successful her opinion, Falcons fans should springiness Stefanski an accidental to beryllium himself.

"But the absorption to the prosecute is mixed astatine champion due to the fact that of the reasons I stated," she wrote.

Hill’s appraisal faced backlash connected X.

The Falcons person mostly underachieved with a young corps connected discourtesy and successful a weaker part since Tom Brady retired from the NFL.

Jemele Hill speaks  onstage during 56th NAACP Image Awards Benefit Concert astatine Pasadena Convention Center connected Feb. 22, 2025 successful Pasadena, California.  (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

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Stefanski was capable to get a batch retired of the Browns organization, ending the franchise’s playoff triumph drought successful 2020. He’s a two-time Coach of the Year and 45-56 overall.

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