The Falcons have shown an unreal resilience in 2019. When things cannot possibly get worse, someone pulls out a shovel. Mike Smith, famous for saying “sacks don’t matter,” was fired for ignoring the pass rush. The problem is sacks do matter. If your team cannot get to the quarterback, they are not going to win. Dan Quinn, the team’s head coach as of this article, has stressed sacking the quarterback, yet is pulling the same moves as the team’s former head coach.
The Falcons defense shoveled deep down past rock bottom against the Houston Texans and produced a very Smith-esque zero sacks.