dan quinn

The NFL coach who is most likely to be fired next

Remember when the Jets finished runner-up to the Falcons for the services of Dan Quinn as their head coach? The year was 2015 and Jets owner Woody Johnson was believed...

Saints still class of NFC South — with caveat

Post columnist Steve Serby breaks down each team and every division in the NFC as part of our 2019 NFL preview: 1. New Orleans Saints Coach: Sean Payton 2018 record:...

Falcons fire everyone but their head coach

The Falcons became the latest team to make changes on Black Monday, firing all three of their coordinators Monday afternoon. Though Dan Quinn remains head coach, Steve Sarkisian (offense), Marquand...

Falcons' fortunes turning thanks to faith in embattled coordinator

Stay the course. Too often in the we-want-it-yesterday sports society we live in now, we forget a little bit of patience and continuity can be beneficial. The Falcons are reaping...

Young Rangers blueliner wants to be 'dominating defensively'

With 28 games in the NHL under his belt, Neal Pionk came into Rangers training camp this month feeling more confident than he had in the past. But that confidence...

Why it's too early to call Lias Andersson a Rangers' draft bust

If the order of first-round selections at the 2017 entry draft had been reversed and the Rangers had chosen Filip Chytil seventh overall and Lias Andersson 21st, there would have...

History shows Rangers may have wrong man to fill enforcer role

It is the principal every bit as much as the principle in this case, if not more so. Because though there might be an argument to be made that a...

Eagles advance thanks to Foles and a last-minute goal-line stand

PHILADELPHIA — Fly Eagles, fly. With the wind and against it. With Nick Foles engineering several long drives, Jake Elliott converting three field goals, and the defense getting stingy in...

How Todd Bowles and Dan Quinn nearly had each other's jobs

Sunday’s Jets-Falcons coaching matchup could have been flipped if things had gone differently in January 2015. Todd Bowles and Dan Quinn were interviewed for both the Jets’ and Falcons’ head-coaching...

Jets meet Falcons as both franchises face moment of truth

The Jets suffered a brutal loss last Sunday. Blowing a two-touchdown lead in the fourth quarter to a division rival is the kind of loss that can derail a season....

These aren't the Falcons who rolled to the Super Bowl

Let’s take a closer look at this week’s Jets opponent: Atlanta Falcons Record: 3-3 Head coach: Dan Quinn (third season); Offensive coordinator: Steve Sarkisian; Defensive coordinator: Marquand Manuel Overview: The...

Falcons coach torturing himself with Super Bowl replays

INDIANAPOLIS — Dan Quinn knew the question was coming, so he gave the answer before it could even be asked. The Falcons coach met the media Wednesday at the NFL Scouting...

Dan Quinn struggles to accept play-calls cost him 2 Super Bowls

HOUSTON — Dan Quinn was 1 yard away from beating the Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX, but Marshawn Lynch didn’t get the ball at the 1. And Quinn may again...

This Super Bowl made us believe the impossible

HOUSTON – How do you ever believe something is impossible ever again after watching this? And how do you ever believe something is inevitable? How do you ever – as...

Falcons somewhat optimistic about their banged-up center

HOUSTON — Falcons coach Dan Quinn said he was “concerned” about center Alex Mack on Thursday, but sounded way more optimistic after Friday’s practice. Mack was limited again with a...

How Falcons will shock the world: The 10-part formula

HOUSTON — We marvel at what Tom Brady and Bill Belichick have accomplished as they hunt their record fifth Super Bowl championship together, so much so that there seems to...

Giants in the 1980s: When Dan Quinn's 'love of football began'

HOUSTON — Falcons coach Dan Quinn cultivated his love of football watching the Giants build a dominating defense in the 1980s. “It was probably at that point, growing up there,...

How Dan Quinn's music explains his relationship with Falcons

HOUSTON — There are times when Falcons players come across their head coach Dan Quinn and have a difficult time viewing him as their boss. The players look at Quinn...

Breaking down how Patriots and Falcons match up everywhere

HOUSTON — The Falcons have never won the Super Bowl. Heck, they had made it this far just once in their 51-year history. The Patriots are not in the Super...

Falcons one step from title, thanks to this one-word mantra

Dan Quinn comes from the Pete Carroll coaching tree, so it is not surprising he is loaded with slogans and catch phrases and has a different name for each day...