(SportsNetwork. Reggie Jackson Jersey .com) - Dan Quinn has one foot out the door in Seattle but that doesnt mean the next coach of the Atlanta Falcons is planning to give up on his security deposit. The NFLs worst-kept secret is that win or lose at Super Bowl XLIX, the Seahawks defensive coordinator will be soon be calling Buckhead home. For now, though, its all about finishing the job he already has as the steward of footballs best defense. I think all of us have those experiences where you have to juggle things at the same time, Quinn said at Super Bowl Media Day when asked about his pending job change. For me, just being here, I am having an absolute blast. While quarterback Russell Wilson and stud running back Marshawn Lynch get most of the ink for the Seahawks, its Quinns stifling defense which serves as the teams true calling card, and the New Jersey native has successfully built on what now-Jacksonville head coach Gus Bradley first cobbled together in the Pacific Northwest. The Seahawks stop unit led the NFL in scoring defense for the third consecutive season in 2014, becoming the first to accomplish that feat since the famed 1969-71 Purple People Eaters of the Minnesota Vikings, and just the third all-time (Cleveland 1953-57). Quinns unit also became only the fourth team in NFL lore to lead the league in fewest points and yards allowed in back-to-back seasons, and the first since the legendary 1985-86 Chicago Bears. And the Seahawks D has done all of that in the most offensively-skewed era in pro football history. We just honestly try to find unique guys and how fast we can play, Quinn said when describing his philosophy. Then, within each team, there are unique guys and how you feature the players. Really, it is just about featuring the guys and the roles they can do best. The unique guys in Seattle are athletic middle linebacker Bobby Wagner and members of the best secondary in football, featuring three All-Pro-caliber players in cornerback Richard Sherman as well as safeties Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor. Quinn particularly raved about his last line of defense on Tuesday. They are two unique guys: Kam Chancellor and Earl Thomas are both so different, Quinn said. Kam Chancellor, wed all look up at him right now at how big he is. We try to feature him in the things he does best like playing near the line of scrimmage and with Earl Thomas ... he is a speed backer, something that really jumps out in his game. The way he can play the middle of the field and coverages, the closing speed that he has, that is just one good example that you talked about with those guys and try to feature the guys in the best ways. With those, it is real clear what they do best. Over the Seahawks final six regular-season games, the club allowed a minuscule 6.5 points and 202 yards per game while collecting 24 sacks. It did not allow a point in the fourth quarter and yielded only 13 in the second halves during the six-game run. I think early on we got to the point where we were trying to be too perfect, Wagner said. We had to go back to realizing that its not about perfection, its about having fun and enjoying that time you have with your brothers. Once we got back to that, we really got going. It was a bittersweet irony because that run solidified Quinn on a lot of head- coaching short lists, and his pupils understand hes out the door after Sundays game. Few are feeling abandoned, however, with linebacker K.J. Wright calling his soon to be ex-teacher a defensive mastermind, while also lauding the Falcons for waiting out the process and sticking with a guy who wont be free until Feb. 2. I think hell be a really good head coach, Wright said. I dont expect him to be here next year. I know a lot of guys want him (back), but he shouldve been gone last year with what he did. Lets talk Atlanta. Theyve got a good offense, but the defense is struggling. So if he comes out there and gets that defense right, theyre an automatic playoff team. Quinn, though, has one more page to turn before making the Falcons that playoff team -- one that reads beating Peyton Manning and Tom Brady in back- to-back Super Bowls. This is such a cool experience, Quinn said. Where else would you rather be? Not in Atlanta ... at least not yet. Custom Oakland Athletics Jerseys . -- Mike Shanahan gave Robert Griffin III a rest, and may have turned up the pressure on himself, too. Sonny Gray Jersey . City, fielding a depleted team having already qualified, was twice pegged back by the plucky Czech champions but substitute Negredo tapped home in the 78th minute and Dzekos header made sure of victory in the 89th. 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"Coach says take it one day at a time, but the Big 12 championship is one day away from us." DeAndre Kane had five 3-pointers and scored 20 points, and Big 12 player of the year Melvin Ejim added 19 points for the fourth-seeded Cyclones (25-8), who will play for just their second tournament title Saturday night against the winner of Texas-Baylor. The victory for Iowa State represented its first in four tries against Kansas in the Big 12 tournament, and its first over the Jayhawks in Kansas City since March 10, 1996, when the schools were still part of the Big Eight. It also allowed Iowa State to match its 2001 team for the second-most wins in school history, trailing only the 32 wins piled up by the 2000 team. Incidentally, it was that team that won the Cyclones only Big 12 tournament title. "Its a great win for us, for the fact it gives us confidence we can compete with anyone in the nation," Cyclones coach Fred Hoiberg said. "It was good to finally get one of these after struggling to close out games against Kansas the past few years." Relying on some hot outside shooting, Iowa State took charge in the second half, and then held on as the top-seeded Jayhawks (24-9) tried to make a late run to get back into the game. Perry Ellis led Kansas with 30 points. Andrew Wiggins finished with 22. The Jayhawks again were playing without 7-footer Joel Embiid, the leagues defensive player of the year, and his rim-protecting presence was sorely missed. The freshman has a stress fracture in his back and is likely out until at least the second weekend of the NCAA tournament. "Joel not being in there, he could probably guard Niang better," Kaansas coach Bill Self said, "but I think it was more a collection of everybody rather than just one individual. Matt Joyce Jersey. 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