Dan Quinn showed an overwhelming amount of trust in his ability to turn around his team’s struggling defense. He fired Marquand Manuel and kept the defense essentially the same, with the only new starter being a run-stuffing tackle. The message was clear: Marquand was the problem. Not the talent.
Quinn bet his job on improving a bad defense. Now many expect him to be fired soon, if not at the end of the season.
So what happened? NFL analyst Brian Baldinger looked at the tape from the Rams game. As expected, there is a lot wrong.