Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank was asked late last season why he chose to retain coach Dan Quinn and GM Thomas Dimitroff after the team ended on a 5-2 run to finish 7-9. Blank said he thought the Falcons had turned a corner.
"Time will tell, but I think based on all the information that we have available to us -- based on the way the team is playing, based on the way the coaching staff is leading -- that we have every reason to think that the success we've had not for one game, but over a seven-game period of time in the back of the year, there's no reason to think that's not sustainable going forward,'' Blank said.