CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Steven Means doesn’t remember exactly when it happened, or what day or what week, only that it did. It was in the middle of a practice and the veteran outside linebacker had, for whatever reason, had enough.
He went to Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Dean Pees and asked for a few minutes to address the team. He had a few things he needed to say to drive home to the guys he’d been playing with for the last half-year.
Means thinks his message, which contained “some choice words” after a decent defensive performance, began a change.