FLOWERY BRANCH —
The first word Dan Quinn speaks when meeting someone is, “Hello.” The second is, “Finish.” To Quinn’s Falcons, “finishing” is what “process” was to Mike Smith’s. It’s the word you hear so often you can plan press-conference drinking contests around it: You hear “finish,” you take a swig of Diet Coke.
Credit where it’s due, though: Quinn’s team has become adept at finishing. Sunday’s loss to Tampa Bay was an exception, but the Falcons did force overtime after trailing 20-3. And that – the part about trailing – brings us to today’s topic.
DQ’s Falcons: Good at finishing, bad at starting.