Dan Quinn pleased with the run defense

Falcons coach Dan Quinn gave us his thoughts on the run defense before heading to the plane following a 25-20 win over the Jets Sunday:

“I think that was the key,” Quinn said about holding the Jets to 43 yards rushing. “It was going to be a line of scrimmage day. The defense hasn’t been happy with where they were at with in the run defense over the last two weeks.”

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On what worked?

"It wasn't anything we did different, we just did it better," Quinn said. "Gap control and getting them down. I was pumped. We felt like we took a step to being more like we can be."
On if Ahtyba Rubin helped?

“He did help with his size and his strength in there. I just felt like we were communicating well. Everyone was doing their job. No one was jumping out of their gap. We were just playing good team ball.”

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