Falcoholinks: All the Falcons news you need for Monday, Oct. 7

The Falcons’ humiliating loss to the Texans on Sunday turned up the temperature of Dan Quinn’s seat. But it doesn’t sound like the Falcons plan to make a change.

Falcons owner Arthur Blank following Atlanta’s 53-32 loss to Deshaun Watson and the Texans. Despite an underwhelming effort from his team, Blank said he does not intend to make any coaching changes.

“There are a lot of games left in this season,” Blank said, via Steve Hummer of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The staff has performed at a much higher level in the past — and these players have, too. My hope and my belief is that they can find a way to re-mix the puzzle and have a different answer in terms of results.”

But Blank said that, like fans, his faith has been shaken in this leadership.

“Obviously, the faith is being rattled right now and I’m sure our fans feel that way,” Blank said. “This is an organization starting with the head coach and the general manager who know how to fight and know how to fight back. They don’t know how to lose. They know how to win

“They are tenacious, they are not going to lay down. Hopefully it will be good enough to have a respectable performance the rest of the season.”

If not, we can be certain that necessary coaching change will come.

Here’s all of your Falcons links for Monday, Oct. 7.

What a disaster

I don’t want to belabor that game, because it was terrible. But ICYMI, we do have a full recap. We’ve also got the Falcoholic Live crew breaking down that game and venting about how horrible the Falcons looked.

Damontae Kazee left the game against the Texans with a head injury. Austin Hooper went down with what appeared to be cramps, but he was able to return.

In other news:

I don’t really want to make all of you relive our preview analysis of what turned out to be a nightmare of a game. But I do want to point out that we weren’t terribly optimistic.

Matt wrote a prescient piece about the possibility of the Texans ending Dan Quinn’s Falcons tenure. Dave also took a look at how special teams might look very different for the Falcons in 2020 and beyond. With Matt Bosher on injured reserve, the special teams landscape in Atlanta could change for good.

Kevin published Part III of his interview with Morten Andersen, and you don’t want to miss it.

We’ll have plenty of analysis of what this loss means for the team’s future and potential replacement options for Dan Quinn in the days to come,