CHARLOTTE -- About eight minutes into Sunday's 38-0 loss to the undefeated Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn, already down two touchdowns, huddled his defense on the sideline and offered an intense speech.
"I talked about poise on the sideline today with the club," Quinn said. "We knew that was going to be an important part going into this game, so for us to not have opportunities where we lost our poise or didn't make the correct decisions. ... I wanted to go right back to our poise and play football in the exact style that we want.