Usually when a team hires a defensive-minded head coach, the expectation is that they’ll feature high-quality defenses and middle-of-the-road offenses that focus on running the ball early and often. Coaches like Mike Zimmer and Pete Carroll have definitely fit that mold for a while.
But it’s been quite the opposite for Dan Quinn in Atlanta. Hired in 2015, Quinn made the slam-dunk move of bringing in Kyle Shanahan as his offensive coordinator. After going 8-8 that year, Shanahan’s offense went supernova in 2016 and carried a very poor defense to the Super Bowl, ultimately losing to the Patriots.