Jan. 27, 2026, 5:45 a.m. ET
The Atlanta Falcons are hiring former Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn as a senior advisor to new Falcons head coach Kevin Stefanski, per a report from The 33rd Team’s Ari Meirov.
Quinn spent the past five seasons with Stefanski in Cleveland as a senior consultant with the Browns in 2021 and as a senior personnel / coaching executive in Cleveland from 2022-25. Stefanski was the Browns’ head coach each of the past six seasons from 2020-25.
Quinn joined the Lions in January of 2016, serving as Detroit’s general manager through parts of five seasons. Quinn and then-Lions head coach Matt Patricia were both fired in November of 2020.
The Lions were 31-43-1 during Quinn’s tenure as GM and just 13-29-1 with Patricia as its head coach. Quinn tied his Lions future to Patricia’s success or failures when he made the move to replace Jim Caldwell with Patricia after a pair of 9-7 seasons under Caldwell in Quinn’s first two years as Detroit’s GM.
Some of Quinn’s notable moves in Detroit included signing wide receiver Marvin Jones from Cincinnati. Jones registered 1,011 yards in 2017 and caught 256 passes for 3,821 yards and 32 touchdowns during his first four-plus seasons with the Lions.
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With Quinn as GM, the Lions drafted players such as Taylor Decker, Graham Glasgow, Kenny Golladay, Frank Ragnow and T.J. Hockenson.
In addition to hiring Stefanski, the Falcons recently hired former quarterback Matt Ryan as President of Football.
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