Ex-ESPN star Jemele Hill brings race into Kevin Stefanski Falcons hiring scenario

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Former ESPN star Jemele Hill sparred with NFL followers after her posts on the Atlanta Falcons hiring Kevin Stefanski as head coach after he frolicked on the helm with the Cleveland Browns.

Stefanski was employed to interchange Raheem Morris, who solely lasted two seasons because the crew’s head coach. Morris was beforehand the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams and Falcons. He additionally had a stint as head coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Jemele Hill speaks onstage throughout 56th NAACP Picture Awards Profit Live performance at Pasadena Conference Middle on Feb. 22, 2025 in Pasadena, California. (Paras Griffin/Getty Photographs)

Hill claimed on social media that Falcons followers have been "facet eyeing" the Stefanski rent due to the way in which he dealt with the Shedeur Sanders scenario and since Atlanta is a "Black metropolis."

"(Former NFL large receiver) Harry Douglas was completely proper," she wrote on X on Friday. "Not one of the Falcons followers I do know just like the Stefanski rent. He had a losing record in Cleveland and so they didn’t like how he dealt with the Shedeur Sanders scenario. They LOVE Deion within the ATL. It’s a Black metropolis, with one of many Blackest fan bases within the NFL, and so they have a Black QB on their roster — so a number of ATL followers are side-eyeing this rent. Stefanski isn’t going to get a honeymoon there."

Hill clarified her remark concerning the Stefanski rent additional.

"As a result of a few of you misunderstood: ATL followers I do know aren’t saying Deion needs to be the coach over Stefanski. They're saying they don’t belief Stefanski as a result of they don’t like how he handled Shedeur. They beloved Deion. They love Shedeur by extension," she added.

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski appears on earlier than the sport in opposition to the Tennessee Titans at Huntington Financial institution Subject on Dec. 7, 2025. (Ken Blaze/Imagn Photographs)

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Hill added that "individuals really feel this manner" and that, in her opinion, Falcons followers ought to give Stefanski a possibility to show himself.

"However the response to the rent is combined at finest due to the explanations I said," she wrote.

Hill’s evaluation confronted backlash on X.

The Falcons have largely underachieved with a younger corps on offense and in a weaker division since Tom Brady retired from the NFL.

Jemele Hill speaks onstage throughout 56th NAACP Picture Awards Profit Live performance at Pasadena Conference Middle on Feb. 22, 2025 in Pasadena, California. (Paras Griffin/Getty Photographs)

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Stefanski was capable of get lots out of the Browns group, ending the franchise’s playoff win drought in 2020. He’s a two-time Coach of the 12 months and 45-56 general.