Nothing emphasizes how weird 2020 has been as a football season so much as the debt that Atlanta Falcons fans now owe the Carolina Panthers. In snapping a losing streak in Atlanta that stretches back to the 2015 season and putting the Falcons down for their fifth straight loss of this season, Arthur Blank has decided to finally, finally fire head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff. You’re welcome Falcons fans.
How does that sentitment fit in a column for optimism? Because the Panthers did a favor for our neighbors.