Dan Quinn is different than most of the other NFL coordinators that have become head coaches in the last five years; he has a defensive background. With one of the league’s best offenses, the Atlanta Falcons wanted someone that could turn the defense around and what better way than to go after a defensive coordinator with a Super Bowl ring?
No, Dan Quinn was not he architect of the Legion of Boom that Seattle was known for not too long ago, but he was the guy that put together the defensive game plan that held Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos to just eight points in a Super Bowl slaughter six years ago.