I think most of us are pretty excited to see what the Falcons look like this season under the leadership of new head coach Arthur Smith. It’s hard to know what to expect from a new head coach, especially since it’s Smith’s first head coaching stint.
When we look at the Falcons’ history, the results in Year 1 under a new head coach are all over the place. There are a lot of factors there, like the talent new coaches have to work with, the adjustment players have to make to learn new schemes, and so on. Let’s take a walk down memory lane and evaluate how the team has fared under new head coaches.