Unless we can all agree that we’d like to pay the same amount of federal income taxes that President Trump has over the years, it’s tough for Americans to find common ground on much of anything these days.
But as Monday rolled toward Tuesday, and the Atlanta Falcons were still listing Daniel Patrick Quinn as their head coach, one can’t help but believe that almost every citizen of Falcons Nation wishes Quinn’s sixth season would end as quickly as possible, if not yesterday.
At least everyone, it seems, but the one person who counts – Falcons owner Arthur Blank.
This isn’t to say that Quinn will still have a job by the time the sun rises Tuesday. Becoming the first NFL coach since 1933 – no records were kept prior to that – to have a team score 39 points, commit zero turnovers and lose, as the Falcons did nine days ago at Dallas, is no way to boost confidence in your abilities.
Then came Sunday’s meltdown at home against Chicago. Ahead 26-10 in the fourth quarter, Atlanta somehow lost. That made two straight weeks where leads of at least 15 points in the final period ended up in defeat. Again, such ineptness had never previously been seen in the NFL.