2020 was a lost season for the Atlanta Falcons. Such lost season culminated in the firing of Dan Quinn during the regular season with Raheem Morris stepping in as head coach to finish out the season. Of course, Morris, a Falcons coach since 2015, was not retained after Arthur Smith was eventually hired.
Both have found quick and pronounced success in their respective first seasons away from the Falcons.
Quinn quickly retooled his defensive scheme. His success is interestingly in two weak spots with the Falcons: calling players and developing young players. Micah Parsons, considered an athletic “tweener” type, not dissimilar from Takkarist McKinley and Vic Beasley, had a rookie year for the history books.