Things could get very bad the rest of the way for the Atlanta Falcons, who are 1-4 and haven’t played more than a half of solid defense in the last three weeks. They’re coming off the second-worst loss by points (there were worse losses I’m not going to dwell on) in the Dan Quinn era. This is the first time they’ve found themselves in this deep a hole five games in under DQ, period.
So it’s understandable—and inevitable—that the calls for Quinn were going to start. They’re fairly quiet at the moment, but make no mistake that if the Falcons put a losing season on the books in 2018, there will be no shortage of fans and analysts who suggest pushing him out the door.