Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris completed a second interview with the Atlanta Falcons for their head-coaching vacancy on Tuesday the team reported.

Morris, who received a hearty endorsement from Los Angeles General Manager Les Snead on Friday, was interviewed virtually by the Falcons on Saturday.

The 47-year-old Morris was a member of Dan Quinn’s staff for five-plus seasons in Atlanta, and was the interim head coach for 11 games in 2020.

He has been the Rams’ defensive coordinator for the past three seasons and helped them win Super Bowl LVI. He was also the Tampa Bay Buccaneer’s Defensive Quality Control Coach when they won Super Bowl XXXVII.

“He’s going to give any organization an edge just how collaborative he is,” Snead said to Los Angeles media members. “It’s going to be an edge that most teams aren’t going to be able to compete with. I know this, he’ll be able to hire an unbelievable staff.

“Every coach who’s any good, who’s qualified, they’re going to want to work for Raheem. And I’m pretty sure there’ll be a lot of tampering charges because just about every player in the NFL’s going to text him and want to come play for him.”

Morris served in several roles in Atlanta, including assistant head coach/passing game coordinator (2015, 2017-18), assistant head coach/wide receivers (2016), assistant head coach/wide receivers/secondary (2019) and defensive coordinator.

He went 4-7 as the interim coach after Quinn was fired five games into the season.

He was interviewed for the Falcons job in 2021 when Arthur Smith was named the coach.

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