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19.01.2021 / 20:45

Falcons name Saints' Terry Fontenot as general manager

ATLANTA – The Atlanta Falcons on Tuesday named Terry Fontenot the team's first Black general manager, finding new leadership from within their division.The 40-year-old Fontenot spent 18 seasons with NFC South rival New Orleans. Fontenot helped build a consistent winner as the Saints’ vice president and assistant general manager in charge of pro personnel.

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Chargers fire head coach Anthony Lynn after 4 seasons

COSTA MESA, Calif. – The Los Angeles Chargers have fired coach Anthony Lynn less than two seasons after he led the franchise to the playoffs. Lynn is the sixth NFL coach fired this season, joining Houston’s Bill O’Brien, Atlanta’s Dan Quinn, Detroit's Matt Patricia, Adam Gase of the New York Jets and Jacksonville's Doug Marrone.Los Angeles won its final four games to finish 7-9, but it wasn't enough to save Lynn's job.“I'm not sure there is another person in this league more respected as a human being than Anthony,” owner Dean Spanos said in a statement.

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Falcons name Raheem Morris interim replacement for Quinn

ATLANTA – The Atlanta Falcons have named defensive coordinator Raheem Morris interim head coach after firing Dan Quinn.Morris is in his sixth season with the Falcons and his first season as defensive coordinator.The Falcons fired Quinn on Sunday night, hours after the team fell to 0-5 for the first time since 1997 with a 23-16 loss to the Carolina Panthers.Falcons owner Arthur Blank also fired longtime general manager Thomas Dimitroff.When firing Quinn and Dimitroff, the Falcons announced team president Rich McKay would take control of football operations on an interim basis and also assist Blank in the search for a full-time coach and general manager.Morris could become a candidate for the full-time job if the Falcons, who play at

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End of the line: coach Quinn, GM Dimitroff fired by Falcons

ATLANTA – Dan Quinn never stopped believing he could turn things around in Atlanta.He won’t get the chance.With the Falcons mired at 0-5 for the first time since 1997, Quinn was fired as the team’s coach — just hours after a 23-16 loss to the Carolina Panthers.Longtime general manager Thomas Dimitroff was also dismissed.Quinn's five-plus seasons will be remembered for a Super Bowl meltdown at the end of the 2016 season, when the Falcons infamously squandered a 28-3 lead to Tom Brady's New England Patriots and became a national laughingstock — a stigma that lingers to this day.That ugly memory returned in force this season, when the Falcons became the first team in NFL history to blow fourth-quarter leads of at least 15 points in

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Falcons fire coach Quinn, GM Dimitroff after 0-5 start

ATLANTA – Dan Quinn, who guided Atlanta to the Super Bowl for only the second time in franchise history but infamously squandered a 28-3 lead to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, was fired on Sunday night in his sixth season as the Falcons coach.The Falcons have also fired general manager Thomas Dimitroff.The moves came hours after the Falcons started 0-5 for the first time since 1997, which included becoming the first team in NFL history to squander fourth-quarter leads of at least 15 points in back-to-back games. Quinn became the second coach to be fired during the season in Arthur Blank’s 18 years as owner.

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Another Falcons collapse: Foles' 3 TDs lead 30-26 Bears win

ATLANTA – Chicago's Nick Foles threw three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to hand the Atlanta Falcons another humiliating defeat, rallying the Bears from a 16-point deficit for a 30-26 victory on Sunday.The Bears, improving to 3-0 for the first time since 2013, became the second straight team to overcome a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Falcons (0-3).This one could spell the end for sixth-year coach Dan Quinn, who desperately needed a good start after two straight losing seasons.

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In strange offseason, Falcons' Quinn embraces the challenge

ATLANTA – In an offseason that's anything but normal, Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn hasn’t lost his eternal optimism.

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SEC poised to break own NFL record for 1st-round draft picks

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Southeastern Conference is expected to shatter two of its own NFL draft records.

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