Posted December 31, 2018 Quote Koetter leading candidate for Falcons’ open OC position FLOWERY BRANCH — After being fired by Tampa Bay as head coach on Sunday, former Falcons offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter is considered the front-runner to land the open offensive coordinator position, according to a source with knowledge of teams looking for offensive coordinators. The Falcons fired Steve Sarkisian on Monday and former Seattle offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell is scheduled to interview for the opening, according to Ian Rapport of NFL Network. The Falcons were setting up several interviews on Monday. They could have the coordinator named quickly, according to the source. “It should move pretty fast,” the source said. Koetter, considered the architect of the foundation of Boise State’s football success, was with the Falcons from 2012-2014. He worked well with Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan. The Falcons reached the NFC championship game after the 2012 season and built a 17-0 lead before the defense collapsed under the play of San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick in the second half. In 2012 under Koetter, Ryan led the league in completion percentage at 68.9 percent. He threw for 32, 26 and 28 touchdowns with Koetter and went to two of his four Pro Bowls. The Falcons miscalculated the talent along the offensive line and were not contenders in 2013 and 2014 before head coach Mike Smith was dismissed. Koetter and defensive coordinator Mike Nolan, were under contract, but packed up and left because they knew the new coach would hire his own staff. Ryan, 33, agreed to a five-year, $150 million contract extension which runs through the 2023 season. Ryan had a great relationship with Koetter. Bevell, who played quarterback at Wisconsin, was offensive coordinator for the Vikings from 2006-2010 and for the Seahawks from 2011 to 2017. He visited with the Falcons over the offseason. He was the coordinator in Super Bowl XLIX when the Seahawks tried to pass the ball on second-and-goal from 1-yard line. The pass was intercepted by New England’s Malcolm Butler. Conventional wisdom would have been to hand the ball off to Marshawn Lynch, who was perhaps the best power runner of his time. Peter King, who was with Sports Illustrated at time, called the play the worst call in Super Bowl history. https://www.ajc.com/sports/football/koetter-leading-candidate-for-open-position/NK581gHToLJwjbJIqFmKuO/ mashburn*Fibonacci likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 Fake news? Schwarzwald, Drew4719, mashburn*Fibonacci and 2 others like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 lol says who? Schwarzwald and Ezekiel 25:17 like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 this is d-led article oxygencube, JDaveG, Macintez and 6 others like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 Why would they abandon the WCO to go get a guy Blank knows he fired before? SMFH. Its obviouslly Bevell or Kubiak Schwarzwald, oxygencube and PokerSteve like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 3rd lead candidate I've seen today. PokerSteve, Vandy, Drew4719 and 6 others like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 All I keep hearing is this is as desirable a job as any, so we better land a good one! Drew4719, TheFalcoholic, oxygencube and 8 others like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 I will take Koetter over Bevell aer2033, AF89, Sipifalcon and 23 others like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 1 minute ago, 1989Fan said: All I keep hearing is this is as desirable a job as any, so we better land a good one! I think Elway will keep Kubiak using that loyalty to him and the Broncos to keep him g-dawg likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 *checks author since it sounds like horseshlt* Ah, right. Don't wait outside the Branch for this one too long Led. But if you've still got your tent up from when Rex was coming, I guess that's a plus. Glad we can cross one name off the probable OC list lmao Vandy, papachaz, DriveHomeSafelyAtlantaWins and 3 others like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 6 minutes ago, atljbo said: this is d-led article Always been a Koetter fan, give him the job and don't look back! FalconFan1st likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 Rather have Dirk back over Bevell marvinthemartian, tl;dr, Sportsman2593 and 8 others like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 I’d slap everybody in the falcons organization if that happened. A Dog Named Brian and Ezekiel 25:17 like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 Dirk is good choice and he is already familiar with Matty and the organization. On 12/11/2018 at 9:20 AM, E. T. said: Most people have to truly understand the sport in order to appreciate it. The origins of most sports today derives from soccer......Football, rugby, hockey, basketball, polo, Lacrosse...etc. Soccer is huge and just by the attendance at MBS, that's enough proof to say it's making an impact on us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 7 minutes ago, youngbloodz said: I will take Koetter over Bevell Me too, actually LongLiveNito, Vandy, TheeTKOBeatz and 5 others like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 11 minutes ago, atljbo said: https://www.ajc.com/sports/football/koetter-leading-candidate-for-open-position/NK581gHToLJwjbJIqFmKuO/ have to say this is not surprising me lol fun fact toy with this same why coaching staff we will 11 and 6. so we hire Greg Knapp to go 7-9. lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 Bevell actually came over and worked with Quinn for 3 weeks during preseason before Knapp came onboard.. I'm just not hyped for Bevell unless Quinn sees something in him mtldirtybird likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, MSalmon said: Me too, actually How about neither...lol MSalmon and Schwarzwald like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 So the whole theory about Gregg Knapp was all cap blkbigdog35 likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 That’s Dled. DK isn’t coming here. silent fwheaks likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 Look at The Falcons stats as a running team under those years. Ryan and Julio would love his return, but he's not a zone-block play-caller. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 10 minutes ago, Thelonious Mingus said: Rather have Dirk back over Bevell Ditto marvinthemartian likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 31, 2018 Koetter wouldn't be my 1st choice but he is dang sure not my last. He so far would be a solid #3 for me right behind Kubiak and Gase. If we don't get either of those 2 then im all for Koetter coming back as i think our offense done well under him and it's even more talented now. So far the only guy im really not feeling listed is Bevell which is a good thing that we are looking at legit top quality oc's more often than not. jas82487, Vandy, AF89 and 1 other like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
