Atlanta Falcons: Play-Calling, Not Play Design Will Make 2012 Offense Explosive

June 23, 2012   ·   Scott Carasik   ·   Jump to comments

Atlanta Falcons fans bemoan the signing of Dirk Koetter without even seeing him coach a game, but the Falcons offense will be explosive because of better play-calling even if the play design is similar to Mike Mularkey's.
When Koetter first got hired, Falcons fans and analysts didn't like the idea of bringing in a guy who led the Jaguars to the worst offense in the NFL last year. Michael Collins of Georgia Sports Craze described the move as:
I'm all for change, and goodness knows the Falcons anemic offense needed to be changed.  But going from Mike Mularkey to Dirk Koetter is like changing your wall color from white to beige.  The Falcons need a shake-up on offense, and I honestly don't think Koetter is the one who can do it.
However, to be fair, the Falcons offense was more of a yellow and they are changing it to an orange. Sure it's going to be very similar and there will be a lot of the same plays and same kinds of plays. However, when there is a comple...

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