The Atlanta Falcons have hired Los Angeles Rams assistant head coach Jimmy Lake as their new defensive coordinator.

They also made official the hiring of Zac Robinson as offensive coordinator under new head coach Raheem Morris.

Morris comes over after serving as the defensive coordinator for the Rams.

The Atlanta Falcons are bringing over more than just their new head coach from the Los Angeles Rams.

In one of the first hires for new Falcons coach Raheem Morris, he is tabbing Zac Robinson to be the team's offensive coordinator, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Robinson, 37, had been the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator for the Rams for the past two seasons as he worked his way up the coaching ranks there.

The Atlanta Falcons have agreed to hire Raheem Morris as their head coach.

Morris most recently was defensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Rams and also was an assistant coach with the Falcons from 2015 until 2020.

Morris was previously head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2009 until 2011.

Atlanta interviewed 14 different candidates including Bill Belichick, Mike Vrabel and Jim Harbuagh. 

Raheem Morris is one of the top head coaching candidates on the market and has second in-person interviews upcoming with the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Washington Commanders and Seattle Seahawks.

Morris was head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2009 until 2011. Morris has been defensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Rams since 2021.

Los Angeles Rams tight end Tyler Higbee suffered a torn ACL during the team's playoff loss to the Detroit Lions on Sunday night.

Higbee suffered the injury on a low hit from Lions safety Kerby Joseph, whose tackle sparked criticism.

Joseph posted on social media Sunday that, "I'm praying for bro and his family I don't have no intention to hurt no body and or harm their career."

Higbee had 47 catches and 495 yards and two touchdowns this season.

Jared Goff doesn't want to make Sunday's Wild-Card playoff game between the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams more than it is.

However, the quarterback hasn't forgotten the 2021 trade that sent him and a number of high draft picks to the Lions and Matthew Stafford to the Rams.

Goff was asked if the chip from being traded is still there.

"Of course," he said. "I think it'll never leave me, and I think that's a good thing."

Sean McVay said that he acknowledges now that Goff "deserved better" than how his exit from Los Angeles was handled.

"The thing that I'll never run away from are mistakes that I've made in previous instances. But when you look back on it, the gratitude for those four years, all the good memories that we had. And then when you end up making a change, that ended up being difficult. And could it have been handled better on my end? Absolutely. And I'll never run away from that," he said.

Wildcard weekend for the 2023 NFL season will take place over three days on Jan. 13, 14 and 15.

NFC
•  (7) Green Bay Packers at (2) Dallas Cowboys (-7.5)
Sunday, 4:30 p.m. ET on Fox

• (6) Los Angeles Rams at (3) Detroit Lions (-3.5)
Sunday, 8:15 p.m. ET on NBC

•  (5) Philadelphia Eagles at (4) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+2.5)
Monday, 8 p.m. ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN2 and ESPN+

• Bye: (1) San Francisco 49ers

AFC

• (5) Cleveland Browns at (4) Houston Texans (+2.5)
Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC

• (6) Miami Dolphins at (3) Kansas City Chiefs (-3.5)
Saturday, 8:15 p.m. ET on Peacock

• (7) Pittsburgh Steelers at (2) Buffalo Bills (-10.0)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET on CBS

• Bye: (1) Baltimore Ravens

The Los Angeles Rams are resting Matthew Stafford in Week 18, but Puka Nacua will be on the field.

It appears as though Nacua will play until he breaks the rookie receiving record.

"I think you'd like to be able to see him get an opportunity to do something special and then be smart with him," Sean McVay said.

He needs only 29 yards to break the single-season receiving yardage record for rookies, set by Bill Groman of the Houston Oilers in 1960.

Sean McVay has vowed to return as head coach of the Los Angeles Rams in 2024.

McVay questioned his future in coaching each of the past two seasons.

"That I can promise you," McVay told host J.B. Long when asked whether there would be a "Coach McVay Show" next season.

McVay turns 38 later this month and, after signing an extension in 2022, his contract runs through the 2026 season. 

After wrapping up the NFC's top seed and earning a first-round playoff bye Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers are still working through how they will deploy their starters in their regular-season finale. But one key player has already been ruled out.

Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday that star running back Christian McCaffrey is dealing with a "mild" strain of his right calf and will not play in Week 18 against the Los Angeles Rams.