INDIANAPOLIS -- The Atlanta Falcons tandem of head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff are scheduled to address the media at the NFL combine on Thursday. However, there was some scattered talk about the Falcons during the first day of access.

Here are three things we learned about the Falcons from Day 1:

2015 NFL DRAFT Round 1: April 30, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Rds. 2-3: May 1, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

Rds. 4-7: May 2, noon ET (ESPN)

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Quinn is well-respected by other NFL coaches: Quinn has developed a strong reputation around the league, particularly for his work as the Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator the last two seasons. And his work has gone noticed by his fellow head coaches. Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he "loved" Quinn and the staff Quinn built is going to be "awesome." Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Lovie Smith views Quinn joining the NFC South as a positive. "Good football coach," Smith said of Quinn. "He's done it the right way. He's done a great job wherever he's been, whether it was with the Jets, Miami, of course what he did at Seattle and the University of Florida. And being on the defensive side of the football, I've watched him closely. So, he will make it tougher to win in the division."

Devonta Freeman should be well-prepared for Kyle Shanahan's outside zone blocking scheme: Freeman, the second year running back, it itching to get back to work under his new offensive coordinator Shanahan. And Freeman should have little trouble adjusting to a new zone blocking scheme. Just ask his former teammate at Florida State, offensive lineman Bobby Hart. "Well at Florida State, a lot of our schemes were zone," said Hart, who is transitioning from tackle to guard at this year's combine. "We were both inside and outside zone. In my opinion, we did a pretty good job at it. ... I still keep in contact with Devonta and he is one of my best friends. Whenever we ran zone or stretches or stuff like that, he always found a way to hit the hole. We didn't have to give him too big of a hole. He just hit it."

Plenty of eyes will be on the pass-rushers: The Falcons sorely need to add an edge rusher or two and most likely will target that position with the eighth-overall pick. ESPN draft expert Todd McShay talked about Nebraska's Randy Gregory, Missouri's Shane Ray and Florida's Dante Fowler Jr. as the top guys off the edge. It's just a matter of which order those three will fall in the draft, but the Falcons would benefit from getting either of the three. St. Louis Rams general manager Les Snead, who has a pretty formidable pass rush led by Robert Quinn, talked in general terms about the pass-rushers at the top of this year's draft. "I think at the top, there's definitely some guys in college football that rush the passer well," Snead said. "The hardest part about that position is will what they bring to the table translate to the NFL game and who is protecting the passer."