It’s been a whirlwind 24 hours for Falcons fans, who just watched the team fall to 0-5 for the first time since 1997 on Sunday afternoon. Later that evening, the news broke that Atlanta would be moving on from both head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff. Then, on Monday afternoon, team owner Arthur Blank and president Rich McKay held a joint press conference to discuss the decision to move on from Quinn/TD and their vision for the future.
There were a ton of notable bits of information in the conference, but the most important might be those involving the ability of the new head coach and general manager to make major—and possibly franchise-changing—personnel moves.