Cover 9@9: Falcons believe in Quinn's playoff plan

4. DOME PATH: Ryan noted that the Falcons could win the Super Bowl without playing a down outdoors.

“I think any quarterback would be lying to you if they said they didn’t like playing a dome where you are going to have good conditions to throw the ball, Ryan said. "I think that’s a good thing for us. We are ready to play where ever, but obviously, playing indoors as a quarterback is always pretty nice.”

5. SHULA COACH OF THE YEAR NOMINEE: Tucker High School coach Bryan Lamar is the Atlanta Falcons nominee for the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award.

*Indicates team has more than one nominee

6. THE SHANAHAN WATCH: Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan is set to interview with with four teams, according to multiple reports. The best fits appear to be in Denver or Los Angeles. Former Falcons head coach Mike Smith will likely emerge as the front-runner in Jacksonville and San Francisco is a total re-build. So, if Shanahan doesn't get Denver or Los Angeles, he could return to the Falcons and wait until a better opportunity comes open next season.

Falcons coach Dan Quinn knows this process well and how to manage it. Shanahan will go do his interviews in Atlanta and return to work on Monday to get ready for the divisional playoff round game.

“I’m not worried about that one bit," Quinn said. "Any preparation that you do, that was a discussion we’ve had well before this week. Anything that was done would have been done well before our season started.”

If Shanahan leaves, the Falcons will likely go outside the franchise for his replacement.

7. REVIEW OF SEATTLE GAME: The Seahawks defeated the Falcons 26-24 on Oct. 16 in Seattle.

The Falcons could not close the deal.

The Seahawks improved to 4-1, and the Falcons dropped to 4-2.

Here are the 5 things we learned from that game.

8. REVIEW OF GREEN BAY GAME: The Falcons defeated the Packers 33-32 on Oct. 30.

Matty Ice is back.

Here are the 5 things we learned from that win.

9. DEPTH CHART: Here's the Falcons' depth chart entering the playoffs.

OFFENSE

WR 11 Julio Jones, 16 Justin Hardy, 15 Nick Williams, 14 Eric Weems

LT 70 Jake Matthews, 76 Tom Compton

LG 67 Andy Levitre, 63 Ben Garland

C 51 Alex Mack, 63 Ben Garland

RG 65 Chris Chester, 71 Wes Schweitzer

RT 73 Ryan Schraeder, 76 Tom Compton

TE 81 Austin Hooper, 80 Levine Toilolo, 82 Joshua Perkins, 86 D.J. Tialavea

WR 12 Mohamed Sanu, 18 Taylor Gabriel, 19 Aldrick Robinson

QB 2 Matt Ryan, 8 Matt Schaub

RB 24 Devonta Freeman, 26 Tevin Coleman, 28 Terron Ward

FB 42 Patrick DiMarco

DEFENSE

DE 50 Brooks Reed, 99 Adrian Clayborn, 93 Dwight Freeney

DT 95 Jonathan Babineaux

DT 97 Grady Jarrett, 91 Courtney Upshaw

DE 94 Tyson Jackson, 77 Ra’Shede Hageman

LB 44 Vic Beasley Jr., 41 Philip Wheeler

LB 45 Deion Jones, 55 Paul Worrilow, 53 LaRoy Reynolds

LB 59 De’Vondre Campbell, 52 Josh Keyes

CB 23 Robert Alford, 29 C.J. Goodwin, 38 Blidi Wreh-Wilson

CB 32 Jalen Collins, 34 Brian Poole, 30 Deji Olatoye

S 37 Ricardo Allen, 20 Sharrod Neasman

S 22 Keanu Neal, 38 Dashon Goldson

SPECIALISTS

K 3 Matt Bryant

KO 5 Matt Bosher

P 5 Matt Bosher

KR 14 Eric Weems, 16 Justin Hardy

PR 14 Eric Weems, 16 Justin Hardy

LS 47 Josh Harris

H 5 Matt Bosher

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