Dan Quinn, Head Coach Atlanta Falcons and Chris Ballard, GM Indianapolis Colts

The Peter King Podcast

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4.4 • 872 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn on living with the worst loss of his life in the biggest game of his life, on his belief in MVP quarterback Matt Ryan as a player and as a leader, and on why his youth-dominated defense could make this a contender for years. Indianapolis rookie general manager Chris Ballard on the road to becoming an NFL GM after turning down chances in the past, on why he wanted to take a job with a team in the midwest, on the pressure to build a strong team around Andrew Luck, and on what Colts owner Jim Orsay said to him to convince him to take the job.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Peter King.
0:03.0	Welcome to the MMQB podcast with Peter King,
0:07.0	where I take you inside the minds of the biggest influencers in the NFL.
0:12.0	This week, the head coach of the NFL.
0:13.0	This week, the head coach of the NFC champion Atlanta Falcons Dan Quinn and new Indianapolis
0:19.8	Colts general manager Chris Ballard.
0:22.6	I'll also have a commentary on one of the strangest stories in recent NFL times,
0:28.8	the ascension of former Dallas quarterback Tony Romo, to the number one spot on the CBS NFL
0:36.7	broadcast team. I ask Quinn how in the world do you get over such a heartbreaking loss like the Super Bowl?
0:45.0	You know, whether the game had come out like we wanted or when obviously it didn't,
0:50.0	like we go right back to making the big thing small and for that it's like can we have
0:53.9	the best off season we've ever had. I ask Chris Ballard why in the world have you
0:58.3	passed on jobs before just to stay in the Midwest.
1:03.0	And I went to school, University of Wisconsin.
1:05.0	I worked for the Chicago Bears for 12 season.
1:07.5	I worked for the Kansas City Chiefs.
1:09.0	I mean, that's...
1:10.0	You're America's breadbasket guy.
1:12.0	That's where I was comfortable.
1:13.4	And now my conversation with coach Dan Quinn of the Atlanta Falcons.
1:17.0	So here at the NFL League meetings in Phoenix with Dan Quinn the head coach of the
1:26.0	NFC champion Atlanta Falcons Dan I want to start off with something that you may take as a compliment and you may not.
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