1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Falcons Audible presented by AT and T. 2 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us at Atlanta Falcons dot com, YouTube, Spotify, iTunes, 3 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcast. These guys are still 4 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: trying to work out their mics and their volumes and 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: their headsets. Here. This guy's mad because I'm waiting at people. 6 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: He's just saying hello, right, j go ahead, DJ Shockley, 7 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: go ahead and say hello to the folks joining us. Hello, Dave. 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: Do you want to wave to him or you just 9 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: want to say wave? Dave waves? All right? Well, I 10 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: mean we gotta get angry because we got Tampa this week. Yeah, 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: you're not angry. You gotta be ridy, well kind of 12 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 1: a little bit, because I don't know people are gonna 13 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: watch us if we're angry. But let's take that anger 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: and let's bring it to excitement and energy and in 15 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: true opinions. All right, here's the rundown on what we're 16 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: gonna talk about today so far. We're gonna go go 17 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: back and revisit the Jacksonville game. Talk a little bit 18 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: about the Atlanta Falcons run the game, switch it over, 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: talk about the DF fence and some of the strides 20 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: that they're making some of the performance. Were starting to 21 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: see it from that side of the ball. And then 22 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: I will give Arch the uh the cart blanche. I 23 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: will give him the floor to get angry about the 24 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: Buccaneers game coming up. No, it ain't get angry. You 25 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: told me to calm down, so I'm gonna try to 26 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: channel it. Do they need it? Okay? So uh so 27 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: that's all right, DJ, since you're in such a good mood. 28 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: You got the smiles, you got the waves and everything 29 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: put into perspective the Falcons win over the Jaguars this 30 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: past weekend. Is it one of those games where it 31 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: was like, you know what a win, I'm not gonna 32 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: take anything for granted they needed to get it. Or 33 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: was it more like, you know what, we needed to 34 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: win that game. That was an opponent that was not 35 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: as good, not as talented as Atlanta and they needed 36 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: to get it. Where do you stand on the whole situation? 37 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: Rec I'm an area both I think you needed to win, 38 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: but also it was a game that I know a 39 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: lot of people are expected you to win, and you know, 40 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: I went back and forth with the guy on Twitter 41 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: who said, ah, shock, don't get too excited this is 42 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: the Jaguars. I'm like, guess what, these dudes get paid 43 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: just like everybody else. This is the National Football League, 44 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: and these guys are you know, the best of the best. Yeah, 45 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 1: they're having a not so good season, but these guys 46 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,399 Speaker 1: are here for a reason, and at any given week 47 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,519 Speaker 1: a team can beat you. We talked about it last week, 48 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: the same Buffalo bill team came down there and lost 49 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: nine to six. So this is a team that obviously, 50 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: if they put it all together and don't have some 51 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: of the mistakes they had versus they can win ball games. 52 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: So I'm on the nest of This was a good win. 53 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: It was a win you needed. You went on the 54 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: road again where you've played really well, but this was 55 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: a win that you need it and you had to 56 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: have if you're looking towards the future. And this team 57 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: won't ever say we always talk about the one game 58 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: at a time, but if you want to get to 59 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: what your goal is, which is to play in the postseason, 60 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: you gotta win these type of ball games. You can't 61 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: let these ball games slip by the wayside. We saw 62 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: that earlier with like Washington. You should have won that 63 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: ball game Philly to beginning year. I mean, there's certain 64 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: ball games you look at it say you should have 65 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: won those games, but you didn't. And this was one 66 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: of those type of games. I can't sit here and 67 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: say that the guy that was arguing with you on 68 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: Twitter is wrong either, because the Falcons are not a complete, 69 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: polished product themselves. However, to your point, and we all 70 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,119 Speaker 1: know this as former players, that any week you win 71 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: in the NFL is a good week because there are 72 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: pros on the other side of the ball. There's really 73 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: good players on that team as well. Are they not 74 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: clicking on all cylinders right now? Sure? I think that's fair. 75 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: They're shooting themselves in the foot. A lot of penalties 76 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: are hurting the Jaguars right now. But Dave, you've got 77 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: a chance to call the action. What differences did you see? 78 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: Did you see a different mentality from the Falcons? What 79 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: was the difference in them getting off to the lead 80 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: and then holding onto the lead at the end. Yeah. 81 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: By the way, Javiel probably was saying the same thing 82 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: about us this game. You gotta have this game right. 83 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: So that's just the way it is. In this league. 84 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: You have you frutly feel like you have advantages here 85 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: and there. They were decidedly challenged this week to play 86 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: more physical to the the line of scrimmage. They had gotten 87 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: beaten up on the line of scrimmage on the offensive 88 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: side of football. The challenge was, can we play on 89 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: another team side of the line of scrimmage. You guys 90 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: have heard it all, We've all sat in offensive meetings. 91 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: We need to re establish the line of scrimmage on 92 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: their side of the line of scrimmage. Yes, you saw 93 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: it the entire day. You had one hundred and forty 94 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: nine yards rushing. Cordarrell Patterson was the featured guy in that, 95 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: but you still ran the ball with success. That's the 96 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: backbone of what Arthur Smith wants to do. He wants 97 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 1: to come downhill at you and run the football. I 98 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: thought in your rotated centers there there was a decided 99 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: idea there saying, hey, Matt Hennessy, we like you, We 100 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: like you as a player. Got to play better. We're 101 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: gonna give Drew Dalman an opportunity to step in there 102 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: and see if he can play, you know, And he did, 103 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: and they both were pretty good. Both of them played well, 104 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: and I thought the four guys around him did a 105 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 1: good job. Tight endstall all those guys in run game 106 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: was outstanding. I thought the physical part of the game 107 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: from an offensive standpoint was the part that to me 108 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: just bled into the broadcast, just came out at you. Wow, 109 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: we're what is this coming off the ball? Yours up 110 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 1: on the second level. You're getting safeties, blocks, guys are 111 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 1: running through the touchdown runs. Cordaill Patterson had from the 112 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: ted he walks in, I mean, where is that? You know? 113 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: What's it been? So that to me is something that 114 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: you try to carry forward because you have not seen that, 115 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: certainly in the last couple of weeks, and I don't 116 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: know you'd seen it for a long time. Would you 117 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: say it's been several several games since Atlanta was one 118 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: of two games I believe it was since the last 119 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: time Atlanta had a one hundred yard rusher. Talking about 120 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: an individual player not rushing for over a hundred yards 121 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: as a team, and Dave, there's no surprise, no getting 122 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 1: around it. Let me come right back to you. Cordarrell 123 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: Patterson was a big part of that run game. We 124 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: knew this a week ago when he was out of 125 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: the lineup, that that was gonna be something that was 126 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: gonna hurt Atlanta. He's been the most consistent playmaker this year. 127 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: And it's interesting that you talk about the physicality, Dave, 128 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: because there was one run that Cordariol Patterson took around 129 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: the left side and a corner came up to try 130 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 1: to tackle him, and CP ran right over the top 131 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: of him. And I was showing my wife and I 132 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: was like, that's the physicality that they need to play 133 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: with the rest of the season. So I think it's 134 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: great that you talk about the physicality, not just up 135 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: on the offensive line, but Cordaroll Patterson was running with physicality. 136 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: He seemingly does that all year. But what other differences 137 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: did you see in the run game that gave them 138 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: so much success. Well, if first of all, it's playing 139 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: on the other team's line of scrimmage. I mean, when 140 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: you've got to make people missing in your backfield, it 141 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 1: makes it difficult. The thing that I loved about is 142 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: Cordaroll Patterson's not a cutback runner. He is the perfect 143 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: fit to what Arthur Smith wants to do. Go watch 144 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 1: some of the film of Derrick Henry. It's stretched boom 145 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: hit up once. But when you push the line of 146 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: scrimmage and you play on the other team side of 147 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. Now re established that line of 148 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: scrimmage two or three yards down the field, you naturally 149 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: slide into cutback lanes, and Cordarol can do that. That's 150 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: what he did in the game, where he slid back 151 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: into those holes as opposed to having to put your 152 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: foot in the ground or jump cut back into a cutback. 153 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: They were playing with that physicality that provided those other 154 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: lanes to run the football. Cordaroll Patterson's is the MVP 155 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: of this football team right now and it probably will 156 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: be for the rest of the year if he can 157 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,239 Speaker 1: continue to play. One thing to point out about him, 158 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 1: He took a shot low. The safety came over and 159 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: I thought it was a church. I thought it was 160 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: a dirty shot. Guy took a shot at his ankles. 161 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: He was just stepping out of bounds and he dove 162 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: into his ankles. Don't think that that dude didn't know that. 163 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: Cordaroll Patterson sat last week with an ankle in Joe. 164 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: He took a shot to try to get him out 165 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: of the game. We talk all the time that players 166 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: don't want to knock guys out of the game. You 167 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: don't want to hurt other guys. You want to. But 168 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: I thought that was a I thought that was a 169 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: dirty play. Cordaroll jumped up, limped off the field and 170 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: got back in the football game. Game of him credit. 171 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: That bothered me. It was just something I needed to 172 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: point out that I thought he was trying to take 173 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: Cordarrell out of the game. Cordiall six foot two sixty three, 174 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: two hundred and twenty five pounds and he brings that 175 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: load you just talked about. Out on the edge. He 176 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: ran through a couple of other players. If you try 177 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: to arm tackle this dude, it's a no go. Because 178 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: I did an interview with him post game, I had 179 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: no idea how big the dude was. Why you didn't 180 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: why you didn't put your shades on. He had his 181 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: shades on. You should have rocked. It's his it's his show. 182 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: It's just I'm just stay, it's just along for the ride, 183 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: just to con do it to get him out. So 184 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: you know, though he was he was outstanding in the game, 185 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: and to me, he's been the MVP no question. Yeah, 186 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: I think it's great the points that you're making because 187 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: there's been too often where they're trying to run the football. 188 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: Matt turns round, hands the ball off, or maybe it's 189 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: out of the shotgun, hands the ball off, and it's 190 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: got to stop the feet right away. Right. But when 191 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: you get Cordarrell Patterson dj to go downhill, get him 192 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: up to full speed, and then give him multiple lanes 193 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: on where he can go. Now, that's trouble for the defense, 194 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: is it not? Wreck? I think you're reading my brain 195 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: right now because I have the perfect examples. Dangerous place 196 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: to go. It's a great place to eat, a great 197 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: place I ain't got but uh I did a breakdown 198 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,839 Speaker 1: on line funds dot com talking about the exact thing 199 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: that you just talked about, and aren't two A members. 200 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: It's early in the first quarter and they bring Kyle 201 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: Pitts over and then here comes Keith Smith on emotion 202 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: and he gets a running start and he's downhill. On 203 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: the defensive end. You can see the tight end get 204 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:58,839 Speaker 1: up on the next linebacker. You see the guard and 205 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: tackle work together to get up on the linebacker and 206 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: he has a two way goal. It's a run frombout 207 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: nineteen yards off the left side, and he has a 208 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: two way goal and the linebackers sitting right in the gap, 209 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: but he doesn't know which way to go, and they 210 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: do a good job of sealing, good job of getting 211 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: his head on the right side, and he has a 212 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:15,559 Speaker 1: two way goal. He ends up hitting it on the 213 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: left side and nobody touches him and say he doesn't 214 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: touch him till he gets fifteen yards down the field. 215 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: This is exactly what Archi you're talking about. The physicality upfront, 216 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: get into the second level, and then having a guy 217 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: like Cordy and Patterson who can pick and choose. How 218 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: many times that we had an opportunity to say he 219 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: had a two way goal in the run game and 220 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: not have to falter and start his feet having a 221 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: two way goal, The physicality up front and on that 222 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 1: particular play, offensive line tied end receivers, all blocking and 223 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: unison together and it created a really nice run play 224 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: in the run game. And then you couple that with 225 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: the creativity that Arthur Smith had to first bring up 226 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: a pitch with. Now he has leverage, Now you're bringing 227 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: the motion, and now he has leverage on the defensive 228 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: end to crash him and put push him out of 229 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: the play. It's all coming together. It's there. You just 230 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: have to have the execution real quickly. On Cordarrell Patterson, 231 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 1: I think, I mean, it's been phenomenal what they've been 232 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: able to do with this guy, right, It's been amazing 233 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: the versatility he brings to the table. He's always been 234 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: that guy versatile. Came in the league as a receiver 235 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: kickoff return at number one draft pick Vikings. He was 236 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: a guy who's going to explode and really never came together. 237 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 1: Nobody really could figure out what to do. Give Dave 238 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 1: Ragone and Arthur Smith a ton of credit for finding 239 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: this guy's niche as to how you use him. Sixteen 240 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: carries that was a career high for him in this game. 241 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: He had a career high one hundred eight yards rushing. 242 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: But they find a way to get him to touch 243 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: the ball like twenty times in the game, and kickoff 244 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: returns are a part of that. They did not have 245 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 1: him return kickoffs in this game to preserve him. I 246 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: think he had a couple of catches in the game 247 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: as well. But this is a guy who's been in 248 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: the league for a little while and no one's been 249 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: able to unlock the Cordarol Patterson code that we're seeing 250 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: this year. Give Dave Ragone and Arthur Smith credit for fine. 251 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: This guy was a number one draft pick and thee've 252 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: just now figured out this staff figured out how to 253 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: use this guy. Yeah, and it's it's interesting too. Shock 254 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 1: you mentioned Keith Smith. I think there was an old 255 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: there was an old school fullback lead isso block that 256 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: he squared somebody up down in the goal line. Yeah, 257 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: and it was. That was beautiful. You'll see that a 258 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: whole lot because teams don't have fullbacks anymore. I think 259 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: it was where he wasn't even touched. I mean, you 260 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: talk about square and somebody up. That was beautiful. Kind 261 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: of brings me back to the old Bob Christian. All right, 262 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: So that's kind of the run game for Atlanta. Obviously, 263 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: that gave him a big advantage in that game, allowed 264 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: him to get off to a fast start. Let's switch 265 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: it over to the other side of the ball. Defense 266 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: continues to make some strides again, and Dave, I'm gonna 267 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna serve this one up to you because I 268 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: want you to just tell us what impressed you most 269 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: about the defense. I don't want to single you out, 270 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: put you down a road with a certain player or 271 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 1: a certain style. But as you're watching the game, as 272 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 1: you're calling the game, and you're seeing these guys go 273 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: out and make play some interceptions, some sacks, what is 274 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,199 Speaker 1: the most impressive to you that they need to replicate 275 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: for the rest of the season. Well, I think taken 276 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: away the explosive play is number one. They gave up 277 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 1: five plays of fifteen yards or more. That might be 278 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: a player two more than you would like, But five 279 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: plays is northern near the low end of what they've 280 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,319 Speaker 1: done this year. They continue to get better at that. 281 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: But it's got to take the ball away. You have 282 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: to take the football away. If you go to all 283 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: the games this weekend in the NFL and just go 284 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 1: look who won the giveaway takeaway ratio, that team, the 285 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: team that had more takeaways lost. You had a team 286 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 1: in Tennessee that ran for two hundred and seventy yards 287 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: in a game and they lost because they turned it 288 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: over five times or four times in the game. That's 289 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: what happened in this game. Atlanta got a turnover deep 290 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: in their own end, took away of playing a scoring opportunity, 291 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: and then got the fumble. They provided a scoring opportunity. 292 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 1: Two big takeaways to me that We're starting to see 293 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: them get the ball out a little bit more. We 294 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: saw j Terrell's interception against New England. We're seeing a 295 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: little bit more of that. 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I 313 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 1: thought Michael Walker stepping into Dion Jones' spot was huge, 314 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: knowing that he had to come in here on you know, 315 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: he's played throughout the year, but not to step in 316 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: that void and say, okay, now I have to be 317 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: the guy that feels that role. That's a role the 318 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 1: field for a guy. And he comes in and he's 319 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: the leading tackler in the ball game. I mean that's big. Yeah, 320 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: he got a couple miss tackles here and there, but 321 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: the guy played pretty solid in there in that spot. 322 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: The other thing I want to talk about is I 323 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: thought this defense played really good in the situational parts 324 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: of the ball game. You're talking about. They were over 325 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: two the Jaguars. One fourth down, they were really good. 326 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: They were one for three in the red zone. So 327 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: those situations of the game matter. Those are games. Those 328 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: are situations where teams go down and they win ball 329 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: games because maybe they can revery the fourth down and 330 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: you go down to school or you're scoring the red ziwn. 331 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: We know how importing that is. The Other part of 332 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: it is I want to give Grady jaredis Flowers. I mean, 333 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: come on, this dude, every week we expect him to 334 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: be that guy. How many games have we seen him 335 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: caused holding penalties? How many times have we seen him 336 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: in the backfield just swim or be the guy and 337 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: causes a negative yardist play. How many times he forces 338 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: a quarter that to move off his spot right in 339 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: the middle. Grady continues to be the guy in the 340 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: middle that comes to play every single week, and we 341 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: can't take that for grant. He is that kind of 342 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: player every single week. So I enjoy watching Grady every 343 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: single week because he's gonna give you four or five 344 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: players in the ball game that is just him, and 345 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: he's gonna win. He's gonna beat the guy in front 346 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: of him and calls the negative artists play and win 347 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: at the point of attacking. Arch talked about it winning 348 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, that he's a big part of it. 349 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: He is a big part of why teams want to 350 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: go outside because they know that guy is styled doing 351 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: the inside and he calls at least two or three 352 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: holding penalties throughout the game, and there's a number of 353 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: them that they don't call. So if he continues to 354 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: be the guy like that, first and goal at the 355 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: six gets genetration penalty, they get just completely kills the 356 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: drive from Jacksonville. I mean, those are the things that 357 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: you're right, DJ. They don't really go in the stat sheet, 358 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: but they're they're extremely important to the success of a 359 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: defense as some of those plays that go unnoticed. And 360 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: I think it's interesting Dante Filer. You've talked about this before, DJ, 361 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: do your one eleven right. Sometimes when you're having a 362 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: struggling season, guys try to do more. Dante Filer after 363 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: the game says, I think we're just starting to play together. 364 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: There is a unit and doing our jobs. Everybody do 365 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: their own job, not do something special, just doing what 366 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 1: we're supposed to and do it one hundred percent. So 367 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: now we're starting to hear from the players the things 368 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: that need to happen. You don't have to try to 369 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: play both defensive ends. Just play your defensive end position 370 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: and do it well and do it to a one 371 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: hundred percent. All right, Dave, So let's let's take a 372 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: step forward, because the Buccaneers back on the schedule for Atlanta. 373 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: We know how that one went the last time, forty 374 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: eight twenty five loss. You talked about turnovers on defense, 375 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: you talked about red zone defense. Those probably are two 376 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: of the more telling stats in a football game that's 377 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: going to create wins or losses. I know it's easy, 378 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: Dave to just say they need to take away the 379 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: ball from Tom Brady. But tom Brady's one of the 380 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: best in the business as far as getting the ball 381 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: out of his hands. But keys this time around, what 382 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: can Atlanta learn from the last game against Tampa they 383 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 1: can correct on this one to try to knock them down. Well, 384 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 1: first of all, you gotta know you could play with him. Yeah, 385 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: this was a game where you turned the ball over 386 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,679 Speaker 1: three times and they directly two of them returned for touchdowns. 387 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: Don't turn the football over. We get back to that 388 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: scenario right there. This game was twenty eight twenty five. 389 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: After a line of clawed their way back into the 390 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: football game. Down twenty twenty eight to ten, they claw 391 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,479 Speaker 1: their way back into it. As we turn to the 392 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: third fourth quarter, the scores twenty eight twenty five against 393 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:23,400 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl champs in week two. So you can 394 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 1: play with them, There's no question about that. They look 395 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: a little different now than they did in Week two, 396 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 1: and their running game has become more prominent. Leonard Fournett's 397 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: going off one hundred yard game. He's also a fact. 398 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,400 Speaker 1: He has become their Cordero Patterson. He's catching the ball 399 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 1: of the backfield, he's running it. He accounted for about 400 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty yards this weekend and I think 401 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: he had four touchdowns this weekend against Indianapolis. But what 402 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: did Indianapolis do? They turned the ball over five turnovers, 403 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:53,439 Speaker 1: I believe in that game against against the Tampa Bay Bucks. 404 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: This is the Tampa Bay Bucks team. It's still number 405 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: one the league against the run. So they're gonna make 406 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: it tough on you. You just you can't provide them 407 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: short opportunities and or extra possessions. Don't give them twelve 408 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: possessions in the game, make them have ten, make them 409 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: have nine possessions. I think you're gonna like what it 410 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: looks like in the fourth quarter with a chance to 411 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: win the game. Yeah. And this is one of those games, 412 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: guys where we've been talking about the offensive line for 413 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 1: Atlanta all season long, but they have to show up 414 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 1: in this game because the front six or seven for 415 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay maybe one of the better front six or 416 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: sevens in the national Football Week with the athletes and 417 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: the playmakers that they have to dj. Sometimes when you 418 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: talk about keys to a game. Don't turn it over. 419 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: It seems really elementary. Is there anything else that sticks 420 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 1: out to you they're gonna have to do in this 421 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: game if they're gonna knock off Tom Brady and company. 422 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: I think the number one thing is you gotta be 423 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 1: able to stop the run. I mean, that's a I 424 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 1: think that's the most glaring thing because we've talked about 425 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. Brady's gonna find a way 426 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: with that cast of characters to do what he's supposed 427 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: to do. They're gonna throw the football around, they're gonna 428 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 1: make plays. But also you go back and you say, 429 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: that's where their team has really grown is in the 430 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: run game, Like just mentioned with Leonard from that that 431 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: is demoralizing for a defense. If you're able to go 432 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: down and throw it for two fifty three hundred yards 433 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 1: and they got all these casts of characters making plays, 434 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: but also you turn around and they're gashing you for 435 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: six seven yards a run. That's not gonna be a 436 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: good football if you're the Lanta Falcons. Now, I think 437 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: that's part of it is stopping that run, having the 438 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 1: ability to baby get them off the field and not 439 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: allow them to have those extended drives where it comes 440 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 1: with you with them running football and being big in 441 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 1: this ball game, mean the coach went up and down 442 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,920 Speaker 1: the field on them in this past ball game. I 443 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: mean they rushed for over five yards of carrying a 444 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 1: ball game. I know, you know Jonathan Taylor's are good back, 445 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 1: but that's capable. What the Falcons as well, we just 446 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: saw this past week. If you put all the right 447 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: pizzas together, you can run the rock too. So I 448 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:46,159 Speaker 1: think that's part of as well, is you gotta make 449 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: sure if they are scoring touchdowns, you have to score touchdowns. 450 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: That's the big part of what There's been so many 451 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: times where we've matched with field goals or they've scored 452 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: touchdowns and we come down and we get a field goal. 453 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: That's not gonna you winning. Formally, you have to be 454 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 1: good in the red zone if you want to beat 455 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: a team like the Bucks. Yeah, and they're an explosive 456 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,120 Speaker 1: They're an offense that feeds on explosive plays. I'm talking 457 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: about fifteen yards or more. You go back to last 458 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: the last time at Falcons played, discount the turnovers and 459 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 1: all that, they had nine plays of fifteen yards or 460 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 1: more Atlanta, I think had six, five or six in 461 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,400 Speaker 1: the game. You go back to the game in December 462 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: a year ago, the team that won the Super Bowl 463 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: trailed Atlanta seventeen to nothing. At halftime, Atlanta Law said, 464 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,360 Speaker 1: football game thirty one, twenty seven. If you guys remember 465 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 1: they had no plays of fifteen yards or more in 466 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: the first half. They had nine in the second half. 467 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: It's Mike Evans, it's Godwin, it's four net the explosives. Yeah, 468 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,719 Speaker 1: and obviously Gronk down in the red zone. Gronk had 469 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 1: over one hundred yards this weekend receivings. He's back on 470 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: the field and he had two touchdown receptions against the 471 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: Falcons last time they played down in the red zone. 472 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: But I really think that if you can limit how 473 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: many times they touch it, obviously a net seasier said 474 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: than done, but limit the make them earn it, make 475 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: him put seven, eight, ten plays together as opposed to 476 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: four play drives, five play drives. Yeah, they're going to 477 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: continue to ride Leonard Fournette for how productive that he 478 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 1: has been, but just know that the play actions coming 479 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: off of it. And one thing that Tom Brady does 480 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 1: not do is hold onto the football. So yes, you 481 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: can't get two anti biting on routes because he will 482 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: take you over the top. But understand for the most 483 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: part that the ball is coming out with him. He's 484 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 1: gonna throw a quick slant, he's gonna throw a comeback, 485 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: and he, maybe more than any quarterback in this league, 486 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 1: understands what timing is getting the football out of his hands. 487 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: One thing that the Falcons don't have to worry about, 488 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: and they even got burned a little bit last week 489 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: with Trevor Lawrence, is quarterback run has hurt them throughout 490 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: the year. That's not going to be the case. Okay, 491 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 1: Tom Brady's not running with the football, So they got 492 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,440 Speaker 1: to make sure you slow down Leonard Fournette and then 493 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: make those plays in the passing game to a limit. 494 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 1: The explosives another thing you have to get back to 495 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: in this game. And you said, all hands on, Dick, 496 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 1: you gotta play a good football game this weekend. You 497 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 1: can't just flop around and make mistakes and then hope 498 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 1: to have a chance to win at the end. You're 499 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:00,719 Speaker 1: gonna have to play pretty clean in this football game. 500 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: Maybe their best sixty minutes of the year. Kyle Pitts 501 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: has got to be a part of the game play. Yeah, 502 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: you go back six games ago when against Miami had 503 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 1: seven grabs one hundred and sixty yards. The last three 504 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: last five games, he has fourteen catches for one hundred 505 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: and ninety yards. You factor that in five that's less 506 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,679 Speaker 1: than three catches a game. And Matt missed him a 507 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: couple of times this game. Matt didn't have his best 508 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: game this weekend, yet you were able to run it, 509 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: played solid defense, took the football away and won a game. 510 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: That's not gonna be good enough this weekend. Matt's gonna 511 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: have to have a cleaner game, and he's gonna have 512 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: to get Kyle Pitts to football when he's open, because 513 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: there were a couple of players where he missed him 514 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: this weekend. And I even remember hearing on the television 515 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: broadcast no offense, Dave. Sorry, I was watching on television, 516 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 1: but it was late in the game when he got 517 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 1: his first touch. So to your point, I feel like 518 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: they need to get the ball in his hands early, like, 519 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,439 Speaker 1: get him the confidence, get Matt the confidence, and then 520 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, the big fella is going to 521 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: start creating some windows. But you're right, it is something 522 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: the opposing defenses are gonna try to slow down. Just 523 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: like Gronk being back on the field for the Bucks, 524 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts is probably going to be the first scenario 525 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 1: that most defenses are going to try to slow down 526 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: in Atlanta's passing game. You just gotta be better. You 527 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: gotta find a way to get off contact. You gotta 528 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 1: find a get way to create separation, get open, show 529 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 1: that jersey back to number two and let him hit you. 530 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 1: So that's kind of our thoughts on last week. That's 531 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: our thoughts on this week. Let us know, send us 532 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: a message. Do they even do that these days? Wat 533 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 1: us wave at us, wave at us, wave a date. 534 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: Make sure. Yeah, h wanted to let you know. I'm 535 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 1: proud of you. You didn't get angry at the people. 536 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: Bad Boys to Man one of my favorite movies of 537 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: all times. That's gonna do it, everybody. 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