The hiring of Bob Sutton was met with a healthy mix of muted approval and loud outrage, like every good Falcons hire.
Sutton is not a slam dunk hire for the job he’s been given, but he’s a strong, perfectly legitimate one given the role. The ex-Chiefs defensive coordinator was (justifiably, mostly) dragged through the mud for the performance of his Kansas City defenses over the last three seasons, culminating in a largely putrid 2018 that saw the D consistently drag down one of the best offenses in the NFL. If he was being hired to be hands-on with this defense, I’d be as wary as everyone else, but that’s not why he’s here.