The Falcons have big expectations for many of their young players, which is to be expected. Also expected: Dan Quinn gets really fired up talking about them.
At the NFL’s spring meetings, Quinn was asked about players who he expects to take a next step, and the list was not confined to a small handful of guys. Giant quote incoming:
“Quite a few. That part really lights us up because I wish we could start tomorrow and I’m sure quite a few of them do as well. What naturally happens is a guy going from year one to year two, that’s Ridley, Ito, Isaiah Oliver, Senat, Gage, Foye, to say, OK, how do you take where you were at and you make this big jump, and then past that, there are a number of guys that we are looking forward of taking another level up.