Find a more historic duo than the Falcons and a struggling defense. Short of a few flirtations with competency in the past 15 years, the defense has been a consistent problem. Different coaches have filtered through Atlanta the last few decades, usually criticizing the what the last coach did, and confident instead that they would buck the trend.
That success rate so far is 0%.
This time, that coach is Dean Pees, who provided a memorable offseason proclamation.
“We’re changing the culture around this dadgum place. It’s not going to be mediocre.