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He was already a star DC for Seattle and that great defense so there was no way we could have hired him to be DC in Atlanta, he wanted a HC job. And we know how that turned out. Now back as DC in his anointed position he is killing it in Dallas. The way the stars aligned just didnt work out, but I cant help to wonder what this team would be right now with a Top 3 Defense.

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6 hours ago, 1989Fan said:

We had our chance to get the man that made the DAL defense great. Unfortunately we drafted Kyle Pitts instead.

Nobody remotely had Parsons going in the top 5, so the whole “could have drafted Parsons” rhetoric going on is silly.

Pitts was truly a generational talent that they couldn’t pass up. I’ll die on the hill that it was the right decision then, and it’s the right decision today. 

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On 12/21/2022 at 2:44 PM, Monoxide said:

Nobody remotely had Parsons going in the top 5, so the whole “could have drafted Parsons” rhetoric going on is silly.

Pitts was truly a generational talent that they couldn’t pass up. I’ll die on the hill that it was the right decision then, and it’s the right decision today. 

Pundits did not have him top 5, though he was thought to be the top defender in the draft class by some. The noise around his character didn’t help him, because with his workouts and tape he should have gone higher. Fact remains we could have drafted Parsons though. As you said he wasn’t picked to go top 5 anywhere. I hoped for a trade down to get him, but FO locked in on Pitts, just as they locked in on London this year.


I don’t hate the Pitts pick, just wanted Parsons…but that may have just been the PSU homer in me 🤷‍♂️ we could have done worse than Pitts for sure, but could have done better as well (IMO). That said, looking forward to having him back, just hope they can better utilize him next year. He and London should be a formidable tandem.

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12 minutes ago, 1989Fan said:

Pundits did not have him top 5, though he was thought to be the top defender in the draft class by some. The noise around his character didn’t help him, because with his workouts and tape he should have gone higher. Fact remains we could have drafted Parsons though. As you said he wasn’t kicked too 5 anywhere. I hoped for a trade down to get him, but FO locked in on Pitts, just as they locked in on London this year.


I don’t hate the Pitts pick, just wanted Parsons…but that may have just been the PSU homer in me 🤷‍♂️ we could have done worse than Pitts for sure, but could have done better as well (IMO). That said, looking forward to having him back, just hope they can better utilize him next year. He and London should be a formidable tandem.

I don't think anyone saw Parsons becoming the type of dominant pass rushing monster he became. IIRC, there were questions about his pass rush in a lot of his scouting reports - NFL.com called his rush skills a "wild card". I think he only had like 6.5 sacks at PSU. I think a lot of it is he's just an athletic freak and Dan Quinn is a really great DC who is getting the most out of him. I wonder if he's the same type of pass rusher here? Guess we'll never find out 😆

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23 hours ago, SwampyMux12 said:

I don't think anyone saw Parsons becoming the type of dominant pass rushing monster he became. IIRC, there were questions about his pass rush in a lot of his scouting reports - NFL.com called his rush skills a "wild card". I think he only had like 6.5 sacks at PSU. I think a lot of it is he's just an athletic freak and Dan Quinn is a really great DC who is getting the most out of him. I wonder if he's the same type of pass rusher here? Guess we'll never find out 😆

Most I recall reading was that The he way he was schemed he had a lot of free rush blitzes, and they didn’t know how he would do engaged 1:1 with a lineman. At PSU he was played more as an off ball LB ( played OLB and ILB) not just a pass rusher, and he didn’t play very long there as he sat out his final year (Covid year). He was a DE convert out of HS though.

you make a very fair point though about would he be the same player here. People often overlook that being put in the right scenario can make or break a player. That said, I am very confident Pees can scheme as well as Quinn can. I feel like I even had a thread or post back then about him being the kind of chess piece Pees could do great things with, pairing him with our other LBs (before DeBo fell off).

like I said, I am not proclaiming to be a master scout, just watched him dominate since being a true freshman, and was very confident he would be a good one. Part of that could be rose colored glasses being a PSU guy. Nobody can say they knew he would be this good though. It looks like a Pitts wasn’t the only unicorn in the draft class, maybe not even the top unicorn.

I will say this though, there is a very similar player/athlete at PSU now…even wears the same number 11. Remember his name, because he will be a high draft pick - Abdul Carter. May have been even better as a freshman this year than Parsons was years back. Had 6.5 sacks as a true freshman LB.

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3 minutes ago, Freddies 3rd Cuz said:

DQ was never the problem with our defense. Lack of a 14 yr pass rush was the main factor and a lack of DL. I'm pretty sure he was not the main one in charge of that. 

Quinn had a significant say in the Falcons defensive personnel. 

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1 minute ago, Summerhill said:

Quinn had a significant say in the Falcons defensive personnel. 

He sure did but all coaches do. Pretty sure he was here before DQ and still the same. 
He was great at fetching TE's WR's DBs tho. I guess DQ and MS had input in that as well🤷‍♂️

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Denver, Arizona, and Indy..i read are all asking for follow up interviews with him for HC. I was done with him as our coach but i dont wish him any ill.... So, just leave the slogans in your head and dont let the OC  keep passing in the SB and you shoul dbe good Ol buddy

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On 12/7/2022 at 5:54 AM, Falcons_Frenzy said:

Quinn is a great DC with an elite defense full of great players. He didn't do anything in Atlanta with a talentless defense. 

Dan is a major reason the defense was talentless. He had full roster control here.

Dan excels when someone else selects elite talent for him and he is barred from roster selection.

Quinn is the defensive George Seifert.

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