Time for the Atlanta Falcons to part ways with Dan Quinn

After another embarrassing loss for the Atlanta Falcons to start 2019, one thing is perfectly clear, it is time that the team moves on from Dan Quinn.

This is not a hate Dan Quinn piece. The Atlanta Falcons head coach, is a great man and players seem to love him as a person. He has done a lot of great things within the organization and truly changed the culture here in Atlanta.

However, he has not won enough games and the horrid start by this franchise is unacceptable.

Blogging Dirty wrote during the preseason why losing 12 straight pre-season games was alarming. We also talked about how the Falcons preseason record and preparation had mirrored the Falcons regular season under Dan Quinn. After three games in 2019, this looks like four of the five years under Dan Quinn that will be the case.

The Atlanta Falcons have Super Bowl aspirations in 2019, this is not a Super Bowl-winning team. Too many penalties, too many missed tackles, wrong scheme defensively and a play-caller who has no idea what he is doing.

With the exception of the penalties, the things mentioned above have been prevalent during most of Dan Quinn’s tenure.

Fans will counter with 2016 or bring up making the playoffs in 2017. Yes, 2016 was special, there is no doubt about that. 2017 was one of those years when the Atlanta Falcons talent was able to overcome all of the moronic coaching decisions.

The message is getting stale. We have heard Dan Quinn say the same thing over and over again. If we are tired of hearing it, are the players? Quinn has had the same message after every loss and yet the development and sense of urgency have not changed.

With the exception of Grady Jarrett, can we really say that anyone else on the defense has truly developed under Dan Quinn? Vic Beasley hasn’t, Takk McKinley has not either. Sure Deion Jones is coming off of an injury, but he does not look like he did when he played in 2018 either.

Dan Quinn has clearly bitten off more than he can chew in regards to running a defense and an entire franchise. The time that it takes to be great at both cannot be understated and clearly, both are suffering from not having his full attention.

Between his terrible coaching hires, his underwhelming in-game decisions, his tired post-game clichés, and his inability to get this team to play a full four quarters of football, it is time for Dan Quinn to go.