Whether the Falcons move on from Dan Quinn this morning, a week from now, or the end of the season, 2020 looks a lost year for Atlanta. What’s become uncomfortably clear is that a coaching change is not going to be enough by itself to prevent 2021 from becoming a lost year, too.
That’s a function of how this team has been built. During the good times, not many people were complaining about huge contracts for Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, Alex Mack, and so forth because the team was winning.