How do you feel about Dan Quinn in Atlanta

[The Huddler]

Two straight top 10 D finishes? Not sure how you define success.

To get a top 10 finishnafter how this team started to being a top2 defense after cutting guys was quite remarkable.

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Im just sayin, two months ago most wanted him out

[bigdog10]

Problem isn't coaching in Atlanta. It's poor drafting and a qb who folds like cheap lawn chair.

[WhoAmI?]

Is he brining Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, Earl Thomas, Bobby Wagner, and Byron Maxwell with him? No? Ok then, I ain't scared at all.

[WOW!!]

No head coaching experience big time growing pains will happened.. I was more worried about them if they hired..

Rex

[Byrdman4real]

I don't give a damn. We still should dominate.

[PantherWake]

Problem isn't coaching in Atlanta. It's poor drafting and a qb who folds like cheap lawn chair.

This. They can't well to save their life. They need a Gettleman

[BIGH2001]

Head coaching is a completely different skill set. The best coordinator in the history of football could make a terrible head coach if they make the wrong staff choices, can't motivate their group of players, are bad leaders, can't manage a clock and game situations or any combination of the above.

[London Loves Luke]

I guess we'll get to see how cover 3 works in Atlanta when its run on EVERY GODDAM PLAY. Lol at Atlanta derping on the best defense in the NFL at the moment. 

[Cyberjag]

I don't worry about Quinn at all.  Who is his DC gonna be though?  Who will his OC be?  How will they deal with the lack of talent in the trenches?  The answers to those questions will worry me more than Quinn does.

 

John Fox was a defensive coach, and he came in with Jack Del Rio and drafted Peppers to line up with Buckner, Jenkins, and Rucker.  He already had Morgan (who was great when he wasn't hurt), and a good leader in the secondary in Mike Minter.  It wasn't hard to see how he turned his defense into a strength.  And look what happened to it when Del Rio left and was replaced by Trgovac.

 

Ron Rivera came in with Sean McDermott, a Jim Johnson zone blitz disciple.  He had decent linebacking, some good skill in the secondary, and bookend defensive ends, but we were soft in the middle.  When we drafted Keuchly, the defense started getting much better.  Once we got Star and KK, we became dominant.  It didn't happen right away though.

 

The point here is that our defensive revivals have taken three things to accomplish--a defensive minded head coach, a good defensive coordinator, and the right infusion of talent on the defensive side of the ball.  Fox/Del Rio were able to do it with Peppers, but only because Jenkins suddenly decided to grow up and play good football.  Rivera and McDermott needed a couple of drafts to really get the look they wanted.

 

So I'm not worried about Quinn at all.  By the time he has his secondary assembled, Blank will have lost patience and started looking for the next head coach anyway.

[SteveSmithTD89]

So I'm not worried about Quinn at all. By the time he has his secondary assembled, Blank will have lost patience and started looking for the next head coach anyway.

This exactly.

Blank won't have the patience to let the man build his defense. By the time things seem like they may finally begin clicking Quinn will be kicked to the curb.

[Rags]

Right now the only players Atlanta have on defense is a rotational DE, and a solid top 8 CB. 

 

 

They have way less than what Ron inherited when he took over the Panthers.

[Cyberjag]

They have potential talent at DT that they went out and bought last year, and Weatherspoon is a good LB when he's healthy.  But there's no edge-rush and they just need too much help in general to turn it around on defense in just one year.

[Goondal]

Atlanta is going to score points so if he can even make that defense mediocre then they would be a threat.

 

I am less scared of him than I would have been or Ryan or Fox though since they both also have HC experience while we have no idea how Quinn will adjust to that gig.

[Cyberjag]

I would be more concerned about New Orleans in a scoring duel than Atlanta.  They have some memorable drives, but they aren't the big scoring threat every time they have the ball that New Orleans is.  And we've been able to neutralize Julio Jones, while Roddy White is getting older and older.  This isn't a unit that has White and Turner in their prime years with Ryan and Gonzalez and a young Jones joining them.  They're really teetering on a full rebuild down there.