****Atlanta Falcons**** And The NFL In General

[Falcon1]

With Arthur Smith coming onboard for 2021... Who do you consider the best Falcons head coach?

Mike Smith - .59 win percentage
Jim Mora - .54 win percentage
Leeman Bennett - .53 win percentage
Dan Quinn - .51 win percentage
Dan Reeves - .45 win percentage
Jerry Glanville - .42 win percentage

I'll go with Mike Smith, since he broke the old no back to back winning seasons stigma. I thought he did a nice job and seemed to be a great coach at the time. My honorable mention is Leeman Bennett since he took them to the playoffs for the first time.

Wasn't a Glanville fan as he took away the red jerseys, since he liked and always wore black. Plus he didn't know what to do with Farve and failed to even give him a real chance to develop here. What a shame....

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Man that is a tough one. Can I say none of the above? Mike Smith lead an era unprecedented in Falcons history, but the team consistently blew leads and couldn’t show up in big games. Dan Quinn continued that as well and couldn’t manage a game to save his life. Dan Reeves was probably my personal favorite for the dirty birds.

 

[dep]

The new guy will have a tough road. This so called professional team has many issues to address.

 

[Stampede]

Man that is a tough one. Can I say none of the above? Mike Smith lead an era unprecedented in Falcons history, but the team consistently blew leads and couldn’t show up in big games. Dan Quinn continued that as well and couldn’t manage a game to save his life. Dan Reeves was probably my personal favorite for the dirty birds.

Dan took them to the SB and the fans & players really liked him, but overall they didn't seem to really do that well under him. He seemed to be a perfect fit with his experience.

My personal favorite is Bennett but he probably isn't really the best overall. They blew leads against the cowboys twice in the playoffs (78/80 seasons) and still couldn't put together back to back winning seasons.

 

[GFB]

Looks like the last few minutes of Drew Brees in the NFL are winding down right now.

 

[Falcon1]

Looks like the last few minutes of Drew Brees in the NFL are winding down right now.

They keep saying that, but he has $36 million on his contract for next year with $22 million in dead cap money if they cut him. He would have to make the decision to retire and walk away from $30+ million himself which I don’t see happening. Only thing I can think is he told the broadcast guys he was done during Pregame meetings, but damn.

 

[Stampede]

Looks like the last few minutes of Drew Brees in the NFL are winding down right now.

Great career and good guy off the field from what little I know, but glad he'll be retired. Packers vs Bucs should be a good game.

 

[GFB]

They keep saying that, but he has $36 million on his contract for next year with $22 million in dead cap money if they cut him. He would have to make the decision to retire and walk away from $30+ million himself which I don’t see happening. Only thing I can think is he told the broadcast guys he was done during Pregame meetings, but damn.

They're $100 million over the cap next season so I think he's retired either way.

 

[GFB]

Great career and good guy off the field from what little I know, but glad he'll be retired. Packers vs Bucs should be a good game.

Now we just got to wait on Brady to retire and hope the Falcons can keep ahead of the Panthers in the meantime.

 

[Stampede]

Now we just got to wait on Brady to retire and hope the Falcons can keep ahead of the Panthers in the meantime.

Lol....yep. He still plays pretty good in games at 43.

 

[Falcon1]

They're $100 million over the cap next season so I think he's retired either way.

I agree, I guess I’m just thinking selfishly lol. I would never walk away from millions I would force them to fire me and pay me the money to the detriment of the franchise.