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Twelve years after his first head coaching opportunity with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had ended, Raheem Morris declared he was home as he was introduced as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons.

This was something he’d been preparing for since his last day in Tampa in January 2012. Now, in the same division and one state north, Morris is running an NFL team again.

Morris, general manager Terry Fontenot and team president Greg Beadles spoke Monday for the first time since landing their new head coach. Here’s what we learned.

For all the happy, smiling faces Morris and Fontenot presented Monday, the reality is simple: If Atlanta doesn’t solve its quarterback issue, then not much is going to change from the past six Falcons seasons — all of which ended under .500.

While Desmond Ridder and Taylor Heinicke remain under contract next season, Morris said the Falcons would look in free agency, explore trades and consider the draft.

Neither Ridder nor Heinicke were mentioned. So far, Morris and Fontenot have had “very limited” talks about the quarterback position.

“When you get those guys that are elite processors, when you get those guys that are decision makers,” Morris said. “When you get those guys that can just cut it loose and play ball and also play with those great fundamental techniques that we talked about — the base, the balance, the short hitches in the pocket, some of those things — it makes you excited to go out there and find those things.