Falcons interview Wink Martindale for defensive coordinator emptiness

UPDATE: The Falcons accomplished their interview with Wink Martindale on Tuesday afternoon. This marks the primary accomplished interview for Atlanta’s defensive coordinator place.

After transferring on from defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake over the weekend, the Atlanta Falcons have wasted little time in lining up interviews for his or her teaching emptiness. On Tuesdsay, CBS’s Jonathan Jones reported that Atlanta will probably be interviewing former Ravens and Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale for his or her open defensive coordinator place.

Wink Martindale is an skilled and Tremendous Bowl-winning NFL coach, beginning as a linebackers coach with the Oakland Raiders all the best way again in 2004. He ultimately acquired his first defensive coordinator alternative with the Denver Broncos again in 2010, earlier than heading to the Ravens for the subsequent decade. Martindale labored his manner as much as the DC spot in Baltimore in 2018, and had three straight years of top-3 finishes in scoring protection from 2018-2020.

After a little bit of a downturn in 2021, Martindale then took the defensive coordinator job with the New York Giants from 2022-2023. These years didn’t go notably effectively—though the Giants did enhance defensively in 2022 and lead the NFL in takeaways in 2023. Martindale spent the 2024 season because the defensive coordinator for the Michigan Wolverines.

Martindale would give the Falcons an skilled coach who does have some genuinely elite NFL defenses on his resume, but it surely’s been awhile since these heights.

This comes after a report on Monday night time that the Falcons would even be interviewing former Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo for a similar place. It seems Atlanta is transferring shortly with interviews, and these two are notably not from Raheem Morris’ shut teaching tree. It’ll be fascinating to see who else Atlanta brings in over the approaching days and weeks.