Falcons owner: Coach Dan Quinn's not the problem & # 39;

The Atlanta Falcons have entered the season with legitimate aspirations to return to the Super Bowl. After Thursday's humiliating defeat of the New Orleans Saints, those hopes are lost.

Despite a defense that struggles to block the roadblock and an offensive battling with turnarounds and red zone problems, the Falcons will not revise the program. Owner Arthur Blank entrusted a vote of confidence to his coach Dan Quinn after the team's third straight loss.

"Absolutely, we love our coach," Blank told Vaughn McClure of ESPN on Thursday night. "Our coach is not the problem."

Empty hands Quinn and General Manager Thomas Dimitroff extended their three-year contract during the off-season. He is certainly not ready to blow up the operation.

The owner pointed to a multitude of injuries to explain the team's 4-7 record, including defeats of the Pro Bowlers, Devonta Freeman, Keanu Neal and Deion Jones, early in the season.

"It's a reason, but it's not an excuse," Blank said of the injuries. "That's what the coach would tell you.That's what the players would tell you.There were disabling injuries, but other players were more competitive and have played the best they could, in some cases it's pretty good, in some cases not quite. "

Quinn's defense was decimated by injuries from impact starters. The replacements, however, were not disastrous, which put the coaching staff in charge. By entering the tilt of Thursday, the Falcons D rank at the 32nd place of the DVOA ranking by Football Outsiders.

Although Quinn is safe, the same can not be said of offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian. While the coach vocally supported his assistants all season, the offense averaged 17.3 points per game over the last three inclinations. With the type of offensive talent, lulls are inexcusable. After solving the problems of the red zone in the middle of the season, they returned to the position of coordinator.

The dreams of the eliminated series being definitively dead after the defeat on Thursday, the Falcons will attempt to raise the bar of the ship with Quinn and hope that any momentum gained can contribute to fueling the optimism of the offseason. If this is not the case, further changes may be required in Atlanta.