Dan Quinn doesn’t mind losing was evident from his rookie campaign in 2015, when the Falcons roared off a 5-0 start, only to see Quinn wander the sideline, grin his meathead grin, and scratch his backside as the team fell out of playoff contention and limped home with an 8-8 record.
Nothing to sweat out, according to Quinn. No sense of urgency about chances blown. It was an opportunity to fix things.
The next year, piggybacking a historic offensive performance engineered by Kyle Shanahan, the Falcons went to the Super Bowl, only to see Quinn stand slack-jawed and bug-eyed as his team blew a 28-3 third-quarter lead and lost.