1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: You're listening to Falcons Audible presented by A D and D. 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: I am Matt Sbeak joined with Dave Archer, DJ Shockley. 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: Fellas you looked at us like we're going to do 4 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: our own intro there, Fellas. It is Uh, it is 5 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: really good to see both of you again. It's uh 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: good to have football back. But boy, yesterday was a 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: tough one for the for the Falcons. Twenty eight twelve 8 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,159 Speaker 1: um turnovers kind of doomed this team from the get go, 9 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 1: just against it from you know that that opening series. 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: Let's just let's just dive right into you know what 11 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: what transpired up in Minneapolis. Arch turned the ball over, 12 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: Like Dan Quinn says, it gets longer and longer. The 13 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: odds are longer and longer to regroup, you just can't 14 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: hand the other team that the possession, give him a 15 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: short field like that, and they just never really quite 16 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: recovered the short things up in the second half. But tough, 17 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: tough way to start. Yeah, first of all, it's good 18 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: to be back. I'm glad to be back in front 19 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: of the Falcon fans. I know there's a lot of 20 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: thirsty Falcon fans that are interested and kind of getting 21 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: different takes on what's happened during the season, preseason and 22 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: as we get into the regular season. So good to 23 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: be back with all of you here with Matton with Shock. Yeah, 24 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: it was a tough start, no question about It started 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: around the opening gun, where you blow an assignment up 26 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: front and protection, you get Ryan sacked on the first play, 27 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: you get a point blocked, and the next time you 28 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: get the football you throw a pick and two short 29 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: field opportunities. Shock. I thought, with all that happening, it 30 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: landed a pretty good job of Steady and the ship 31 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: because in the second half, you've got that nice drive 32 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: going and you're down fourteen nothing, and you've got you've 33 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: got a run game that's starting to develop a little bit, 34 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, out of the gate comes 35 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: a fumble. You get a fumble on that drive down 36 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: close and so what was going to be potentially fourteen three, 37 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: fourteen seven, all of a sudden goes the other direction. 38 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: I thought that was the big deflating play. You're gonna 39 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: you know, they're gonna make some plays, guys, and they 40 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: made some play. This was the number four defense in 41 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: the league. A year ago, they were number three in 42 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: the red zone. They were number one in the league 43 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: on third down a year ago. That same defense is together. 44 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: They get two fire breathers off the edge. They're good 45 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: at all three levels. You knew it was gonna be 46 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: a tough task. You couldn't dig yourself a hole, and 47 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: that's exactly what you did. I think you bring up 48 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: a bunch of great points, which is from the perspective 49 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: that I'm watching it from. I'm at home and watching 50 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 1: the game on TV, and you can, you know, you 51 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: can see kind of the different replays that they show up, 52 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: different things happening in the ball game, and all the 53 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: usual suspects of turning the ball over hurts you on 54 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: the road, you allow the crowd to get into it, 55 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: you get the block punt. I mean, just things that 56 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: take you out of what you want to do. And 57 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: I think the fumble is a big part of gaining 58 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: that momentum and rhythm because you go down, you score 59 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: some points. You just want something good to happen for 60 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: you there, and when things continually go against you, you 61 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: start to kind of second guess. You guess yourself and 62 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: as a as a former point, you think about those situations. 63 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: And I'm watching a game, and I wonder how these 64 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: guys going to respond, and you get all the you know, 65 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: the people saying, hey, preseason stuff matters, you need to 66 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: play more here there, And you got a bunch of 67 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: guys who you know weren't involved in that. But I 68 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: think Archie bring up the point of you still feel 69 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: like they're in the ball game. I mean, even me 70 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 1: down fourteen nine, things aren't going your way, having turn 71 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: always having penalties, and I think a lot of the 72 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: times you were headed towards being in good position where 73 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: you were converting first downs, and you may get a 74 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: holding call, or you're about to get off the field 75 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: and you get a PI, or you get something happened 76 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: under defense. It was struggle. It was a struggle to 77 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,119 Speaker 1: watch at times because you wanted things to happen good 78 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: for him, and you feel like you were just right 79 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: there and just couldn't finish a couple of drives or 80 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: series on both sides of the ball. Yeah, I don't 81 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: think any team you talk about really good teams. You 82 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: talked about teams that you know, I don't care if 83 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: you're eight no, if you turn the ball over like that, 84 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: if you shoot yourself in the foot like that it's 85 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: tough for any team to get over that. And you know, 86 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: we were sitting here back at Flowery Branch watching the 87 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 1: game too, and you got the sense that even though 88 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: things were going as bad as they were for the Falcons, 89 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,799 Speaker 1: they were still in it. They were still a score away, 90 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: a two scores away. And you know, you thought, you 91 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: know what, hey, they're gonna weather this storm, like you said, 92 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: and it's actually there. It's gonna be like a shot 93 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: in the arm. So like they're gonna look up at 94 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: the score, they're gonna get they're gonna punch it in 95 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: here and they're gonna say, okay, you know what, we 96 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: got punched, but we are right. We are a couple 97 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: of plays away from taking control of this game. It 98 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: just never materialized. And then there was just and then 99 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: you go back to one of Matt's interceptions, Dave. They 100 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: drive down, they get into its first and goal, second 101 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: and goal, and that was kind of a backbreaker because 102 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: Matt goes to throw the ball away um and just 103 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: didn't get enough on it. And it's you know, and 104 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: get credit the dB, you know who was a Harris 105 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: He went up. You know, he could have just let 106 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: that Salover's head. He goes up for it, climbs the ladder, 107 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: pulls it in, stays and bounds. Six plays later they 108 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: score another touchdown. UM, well, deflating. It's a it's a 109 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: deflating moment because what happened. You're down, You're down twenty 110 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: one to nothing or whatever it was, and your defense 111 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: tightens the belt because the defense got pushed around on 112 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: the perimeter in the run game in the first half, 113 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: so you tighten the belt. You make some adjustments. Coach 114 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: Quinn makes adjustments, and it pays dividends right away. You 115 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: get two tackles for loss if you force them to 116 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: a three and out. They punt the football and here 117 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: you go. You're driving down the field with the ball. 118 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: So now you're gonna put one on the board. You're 119 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: first in goal from the two yard line. You're gonna 120 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: put one on the board and make it twenty one seven. 121 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: And all of a sudden, you look at this offense 122 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: and you say, hey, there's a bunch of weapons on 123 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: this Falcon offense. Twenty one seven. It's not a hole 124 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: you can't dig yourself out of. Matt makes a poor throw. Now, 125 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: whether he's trying to throw the ball. Then that's what 126 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: he said, He's trying to throw the ball away, and 127 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: I trust that's what he was trying to do. Poor, 128 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: poor throw the whole thing. He'd be the first guy 129 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: to tell you any I think he did in the 130 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: postseason comments, I can't make that play and so not 131 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: only does that hurt the offense, you don't put points 132 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: on the board. But I thought it was a real 133 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: punch in the gut to the defense because the defense 134 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: had come out and set the tone in the second 135 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: half when outstanding series second half and got the ball 136 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: off the field and got him off the field, and 137 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 1: then you give the ball away and they go right 138 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: down and score a touchdown. I thought there was a 139 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 1: that was a moment. There were a couple of moments. 140 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: Was the Devantie Freeman fumbled to me was a deflator 141 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: because you're looking to you're gonna score points. And then 142 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: the Ryan interception again you're gonna score And both of 143 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 1: those were punches in the guts to me. And going 144 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: back and thinking about the ball game, obviously, there were 145 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: times in the game where I mean, we gotta be 146 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: frank about it. There was a situations where guys or 147 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 1: schemes or this entire series, the Falcons didn't play well 148 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: and defensively, when I'm watching Minnesota continually run tall sweep run, 149 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: you know, power come downhill at you and create lanes 150 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: and you see Dalvin Cook picking up eighty nine yards 151 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: of pop, or you're running the tall sweep and guys 152 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: are losing leverage on the outside. Those are those are 153 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: players you go back and you kind of can't get 154 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: back because their chunkyards plays and they're in the run game, 155 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: and the run game that kind of hurts you even 156 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: more than if they hit a big pass on you. Um, 157 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: coming into this ball game, you thought the depth you 158 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: have in at front seven, having all your guys back 159 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: would definitely bold well for you. And I thought that 160 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage on a few series the Falcons 161 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: were dominated up front and with the leverage losing leverage 162 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: or guys jumping out of gap, Well, maybe this guy's 163 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: just trying to do two because you're now fourteen none 164 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: and you're trying to make a play for your team. 165 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: And that happens too. Dave said, you know what, those 166 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: two those turnovers were deflating punches in the gut. For sure. 167 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: That If there was one thing though that really surprised 168 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: me is that first half. That that run defense in 169 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: the first half, that's what really surprised me, I guess 170 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 1: of anything coming into this game. I thought, you know, 171 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: with Tyler Davison, with al and Bailey, with the changes 172 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: that you know, coach Quinn has made with this defense. Um, 173 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: they were getting pinched inside like you we were talking 174 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,559 Speaker 1: about earlier, and they were they were hitting the edge, 175 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 1: they were getting the edge and and let's you know what, 176 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: let's let's give credit where credits do here. Uh, the 177 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 1: Vikings are a very good team. Dalvin Cook is a 178 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: very good running back. He is back. He looks very healthy. 179 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: Twenty one carries one hundred and eleven yards, twenty two 180 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: long was his longest run. He had two touchdowns. And 181 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: that backup Alexander Madison he's pretty good too. He almost 182 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: looks like But that was the surprising thing to me, 183 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: Dj and Dave outside of you know, just the gut punches, 184 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: the turnovers, that run defense. Now, they did shore things 185 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: up in the second half, for sure, But yeah, that's 186 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: that's what was really kind of surprised me early on. Well, 187 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: let's let's be specific about the run game now, because 188 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 1: they did not gash you everywhere in run defense. Tyler Davidson, 189 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: Jack Crawford, and Grady Jarrett played extremely will in the 190 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: interior of the defense. You were being ripped apart on 191 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: the perimeter. You talked about toss sweeps, stretch. So your 192 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: inability to set a hard edge in the run game 193 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: allowed Cook to get to the perimeter. There was no 194 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: run edge early the Dalvin Cook touchdown run on their 195 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: second series. I mean it was like Charman, you just 196 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: ran do nothing out there. Okay, so you you tried 197 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: to set an edge, so now now you get guys 198 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: to play the perimeter. It was too soft an edge. 199 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,319 Speaker 1: There were a couple of times when vic was was 200 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: roller skated out of the way and they ran inside 201 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: the edge defender. So setting an edge means you set 202 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: a hard edge, you keep the end and to define 203 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: that for the fan, you hear that all the time 204 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: in football jargon. Setting an edge means you keep outside 205 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: shoulder free. But I've got to set an edge where 206 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: it's a firm edge. It's not I'm on roller skates 207 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: because all I'm doing is creating a gash in the defense. 208 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: Because remember shocking you're you're you're your gap responsible. So 209 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: there is a gap to the outside. I've got to 210 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: keep my shoulder clean, but I can't allow there to 211 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: be a gap that's three three guys wide inside of me. 212 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: That to me, was the key to the whole deal. 213 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: It was not the run defense in general. It was 214 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: the run defense on the perimeter that got Gas to 215 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: the two number number. They only they only had forty 216 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: five yards rushing in the second half I think, or 217 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: forty seven yards rushing in the second half. They had 218 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty five yards rushing in a half time. 219 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: So you got it fixed in the second half, but 220 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: by then they had they had made some hay because 221 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: they've gotten And to give people an example, I don't 222 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: know if people can remember, but there was a play 223 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: in the second half where Tack holds the edge and 224 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,599 Speaker 1: you can see him firmly stick that right foot in 225 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: the ground and he's got his left shoulder into the 226 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:15,199 Speaker 1: tackle and he kind of literally just he forces this 227 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 1: guy to just stalemate there and he gets the tackle 228 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: for lost there. That's the kind of hard edge that 229 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: I think that that are just talking about that we 230 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 1: didn't have a lot of and I think at that 231 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: moment later in the ball game, they were they were 232 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: kind of forced to Hey, you're gonna make a player 233 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: you're not. And I think Tack did a good job. 234 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: They're showing that he can do it, and this is 235 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:36,439 Speaker 1: a unit that is taught to do it, and just 236 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: at times you weren't doing it well unfortunately in the 237 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 1: second half, which what we had to do, Shock and 238 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: Matt is now you got to throw caution to the 239 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:46,959 Speaker 1: wind a little bit in play action because now you 240 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: got to commit resources to stop the run. They've gash 241 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: in the run game, namely on the perimeter, if we's discussed. 242 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: So now I've got to get Kean O'Neill. I've got 243 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: to get Dvandre Campbell to not be so quick to 244 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 1: get out in play action, and I've got to come 245 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,319 Speaker 1: up and stop throwing it paid dividends. But when you 246 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: give up two hundred and sixty nine yards of offense, 247 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: you're supposed to win the game. Yeah, I mean that's 248 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: a win. You give up less than three hundred yards 249 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: of offense, I would say seven out of ten times 250 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: you win the football game. Their quarterback gus ten attempts. Yeah, 251 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 1: but you go back to what Matt talked about at 252 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: the top was short field opportunities and turnovers that gas 253 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: you or punch you in the gut hard overcome, you know, 254 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: and just to reiterate one more time, just how big 255 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: those turnovers are and just what a neutralizer they are 256 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: or how they turn the tides. You look at just 257 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 1: you pointed out the total yards. You look at that 258 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: and say, hey, they win that game, but the Falcons 259 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: out gained them. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know at the 260 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:50,439 Speaker 1: end they were throwing more, but three forty five to 261 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: two sixty nine had more first downs, twenty seven to 262 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 1: eighteen had total drives. Both teams had ten drives each. 263 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: But the vikings head, like you said, dave much shorter field. 264 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: And the turnovers again three zip and how many times 265 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: did Kirk Cousins put the ball on the ground at 266 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 1: least three times and they recovered them all. I mean, 267 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,959 Speaker 1: that's just well you were I thought you were just 268 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: a step late on. I think there's some really cool schemes. 269 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,719 Speaker 1: Kean O'Neill coming through the gap when he saw his 270 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: guy block, he blitzed right away almost a forty six defense. 271 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 1: Look you know where he came through, blew him up 272 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: in the back, his arm was going forward. Grady Jerrett 273 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: got there right at the end, just as the ball 274 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 1: was coming out. So those are signs I think you 275 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: hang your hat on you say, wow, you're just close 276 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:37,839 Speaker 1: to getting the ball out. And that's what Dan talked 277 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,839 Speaker 1: about after the game. He hates turning the football over 278 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: as any coach would, but he probably hates as much. 279 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: You can't get any turnovers. Yeah, you got it, and 280 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: that's something that's plagued Atlanta a couple of last couple 281 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: of years. And you thought that maybe you had it 282 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 1: remedied in the preseason. Got a lot of takeaways in 283 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: the preseason in key moments, but it just didn't happen 284 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 1: in this game. I do think they're very close on 285 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 1: a couple of the defensive schemes. Now you got to 286 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: fix the edge run because you can bet the Eagles 287 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: are going to test you this weekend. That's a perfect segue. 288 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 1: Let's talk about some of the positives we saw from 289 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 1: this game. I'll just toss it up to either one 290 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: of you. One thing that set stands out to me. 291 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: I thought, you know what is as much as they 292 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: I don't want to use the word struggled, but they 293 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: just couldn't get the run game going. I'm talking about 294 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: the Falcons. I thought Edo Smith when he did touch 295 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: the ball, he made some things happen, you know, he 296 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: had he only had six touches, but at thirty one 297 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: yards he had this sixteen yard run. I thought that 298 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: was a positive. Austin Hooper he was targeted nine times, 299 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: nine catches and seventy seven yards, and I saw. I 300 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: thought some of those crossing patterns, you know, with sanu 301 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: In Ridley, I thought there were some positive But obviously 302 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: I thought Jarrett played really well. Tyler Davison led the 303 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: team in tackles. Interior defense, like you were talking about, 304 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: especially second half look pretty stout. But what do you 305 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: guys think? What were some of the positives you guys saw? 306 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: I think you talk about some of the ones that 307 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: kind of stuck out to me. On offense, obviously, Hooper 308 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: is a guy who with all the guys on the 309 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: outside that obviously are playmakers for you, he has to 310 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,479 Speaker 1: win those one on one situations when he has those opportunities, 311 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: and obviously the nine catches are big, you suspect him 312 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: to do that. He's a guy who's gained more confidence 313 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 1: as he's gotten older and played in this system. Edo 314 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: came in. I thought was it right before the half? 315 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: He came in and and really shook it up with 316 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: He's just a good guy in space. They gave him 317 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: the football, running football down hill a little bit. He 318 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: made some cutback runs. He they threw to him in space. 319 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: I made a couple of guys missed the extra effort 320 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: players or what you like, and those are plays. Those 321 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: are guys that you are gonna have to lean on 322 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 1: because team's gonna come in knowing DeVante Freeman is the 323 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: guy who's gonna be down here. He's gonna try to 324 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: meet guys. And I thought DeVante even I thought he 325 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: ran hard. It just wasn't a lot of space for 326 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: him to get loose. But he looked good coming back. 327 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: I know he had to funnel, but that's Defonte. He's 328 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: gonna be fighting for yards and that's what he's about. Art. 329 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: You mentioned some of the guys on the defensive side, 330 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: and there were times where you watch Grady Jared and 331 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: he literally push the center on skates two three, four 332 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: times in the ball game. And if it wasn't for 333 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: certain things happening he's right there to get a sack, 334 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: he's right there to get a photographer loss or whatever 335 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: it is. I think there are a lot of positives 336 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: for this team. Even looking back to offensively where you 337 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: struggled at times, you still have the ability and you 338 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: showed the ability to move the football when you needed to. 339 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 1: And I thought there were times when they went to 340 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: the uptempo stuff and they started throwing the football around, 341 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: getting the ball a lot quicker. We talked about throwing 342 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: on first downs a big thing, and the success you 343 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: have early in down situations only lead to those drives 344 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: getting better. Well, some thing's happened in adverse situations, and 345 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: I think from a growth standpoint as a coaching staff, 346 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: this will be a good game. And by that I 347 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: mean there was obvious success available there in the up tempo, 348 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: but because of the crowd noise, and because how difficult 349 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: it is to play on the road, especially in a 350 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: place like that, when you get the crowd in his 351 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: shock talked about now communication becomes very very difficult. So 352 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: when I mean grow as a staff, how can we 353 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 1: put together for a road scenario where we can get 354 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 1: to our tempo game to where maybe it's more hand signal. 355 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: Maybe there's less verbiage. We lock into a protection and 356 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 1: we throw hot off things, whatever it may be, where 357 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: you can eliminate some of the conversation that has to 358 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 1: happen to the line screams. They're always going to be 359 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: hand signals and things, and maybe right here close, I've 360 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: got to say something to the old line. But get yourself, 361 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: give yourself an ability to get to that, even if 362 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 1: it is on the road. And they prepared for it, 363 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,159 Speaker 1: we saw it in practice. They spent a ton of 364 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: time doing silent count and so they were they were 365 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 1: prepared to play in this surrounding. But how well can 366 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 1: you prepare for that crowd and that noise. So I 367 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: would think when you start looking as a growth as 368 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: a team, players have to play better. M The edge 369 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,879 Speaker 1: defenders not good enough. Quarterback can't throw the ball to 370 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: the other team. You got to hold onto the football 371 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 1: when you're running it. Those things have to be fixed. 372 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 1: You got to protect the punter. Okay, we can't. We can't. 373 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,359 Speaker 1: And if I'm the personal protector of the punter and 374 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,159 Speaker 1: I see a look that I don't like, I got 375 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: to burn a time out. And I'm wondering if that 376 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: was a look. And remember, you got a new personal 377 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,959 Speaker 1: protector for the punter. Sharrod Nieman's the new personal protector 378 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: for the punter. Okay, So was that a moment where 379 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 1: he had never seen that look before and he thought 380 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 1: that he had a called ride and maybe if it 381 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 1: was something you don't recognize, he's got to have the 382 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: freedom to burn a teo even though it was that 383 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 1: early in the game. So these are growth things that 384 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: have to happen, and they have to happen right away now, 385 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: because you know, you can't give these games away. But 386 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of growth both the staff 387 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: and the players can get from a from a let's face, 388 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: it a crappy game. It was a bad game, a 389 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: kind of pretty much all the way around. A lot 390 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:00,959 Speaker 1: of things that I saw was taking things and they 391 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: are smaller nuances, things that you can go back on 392 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 1: the film and watch. I'm gonna give an example here. 393 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: Uh there's a two minute marking in the second quarter's 394 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: third and five. It hits to new on a little 395 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 1: option route going across. You get the holding call. Why Carpenter, 396 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 1: next time you come back, the next exact play you 397 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 1: come back, you get the sack on third and sixteen. 398 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: But the issue is you got Hooper on the edge 399 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: right here. He should be chipping Hunter coming out the edge. 400 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: He doesn't chip him good enough. He just gets a 401 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 1: little chicken wing on them, but actually knocks off. And 402 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: those are the little things you go back and look 403 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: at and say, okay, if you can secure this, you 404 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 1: got an opportunity to throw the football down the field. 405 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: Those are the small things technique wise that you look 406 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,360 Speaker 1: at it like, Okay, they just didn't just beat our guy. 407 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: We did something to ourselves. These are self inflicted things 408 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: that hurt ourselves to to hurt us going forward. So 409 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: I think the technique wise are things that you can 410 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: look at it tape, you can shure it up, you 411 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,400 Speaker 1: can go out on practice field and those are things 412 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: that you can view it on and for fans to say, Okay, 413 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: it wasn't something that just we just got out manned, 414 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: and it's something you can work on. Quality team, tough, 415 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,920 Speaker 1: and you they're four and o and there and their 416 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: four season openers in that place. The Vikings. I'm going 417 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 1: to venture and guests to say that the Vikings, as 418 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 1: the season goes on, we're going to look back at 419 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 1: this and say, yeah, they were a really good team. 420 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 1: I think they're probably a playoff team based on you know, 421 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: you look at the final season rankings you pointed out 422 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,640 Speaker 1: a minute ago. They're talented, really talented on both sides 423 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: of the ball with upfront and their skill. Guys. Good team. 424 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: One thing I want to ask you guys about, though, 425 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: the biggest offseason story was the offensive line. They invested 426 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: heavily in it. First daid free agency. They signed Carpenter 427 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: and Jami and Brown, James Carpenter, They drafted you know, 428 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: two first round picks, Chris Lyndstruman Caleb McGarry. They also 429 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: signed you know, John Let's all they got us point 430 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: is they invested heavily. Thomas de Mitchef said, look at 431 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 1: I had to improve the depth and we just had 432 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: to get bigger and better. How do you think, just 433 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: based on what you saw against a very quality front, 434 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 1: how do you think that that unit did, Dave, I'll 435 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: toss a team. I thought it was a C minus effort. 436 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,199 Speaker 1: Maybe I thought that there was leakage. And one thing 437 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: we got to remember is this group didn't play together 438 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: in the preseason. So as much as you are talking 439 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: about different guys playing, DeVante Freeman, Dion Jones, Julio Jones. 440 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: When you get a group that's supposed to be the 441 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: most cohesive unit on your team and they don't play together, 442 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: you're gonna see some leakage. Carpenter was hurt of good 443 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: but Good of the preseason, did not play. Jamal Brown 444 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: played there a ton. We lose Lynch from in the 445 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 1: game at some point. Caleb McGarry played one half of 446 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: a game in the preseason, and Sombrello similar Remember he 447 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: was hurt the last couple of games of the preseason 448 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: as well. So I think that that group will grow 449 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: x financially. The next week. Now we'll have to find 450 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: out about Lenstrom. At this time, it's of our podcast 451 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: where we don't know what's going on with Lenstrom. But 452 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: the word is not good. So what do you do there? 453 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 1: I think that's Jamon Brown slides into that right guard spot, 454 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: and so your two veteran free agents are going to 455 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: play the two guard spots, and I think Caleb McGarry 456 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 1: ramps it up a little bit further and it begins 457 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: to play a little bit more at your right tackle position. 458 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: But so I would say it was a c minus effort. 459 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 1: I thought it was leak each in the run game 460 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: and the pass game, but I think the ability to 461 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: grow for that group the next week ramps up significantly 462 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: because they just hadn't played very much together. I think 463 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 1: the biggest part, it takes time, and it's as tough 464 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: as a Falcon fan will want to not want to 465 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: hear that, it takes time for the communication part up front. 466 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: Let's go back to a third preseason game versus Jets, 467 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: and it was really the first time that five had 468 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 1: played together with some umbrella on the outside, and you 469 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: had that complete five in there and the offensive line 470 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: strugg It's the first time they got in live action, 471 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: and we know what happened. A lot of pressure on 472 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: Mad not much didn't run game, but it's just you know, 473 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: Greg Williams throwing a lot of I mean, it's the 474 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: same thing with this defense. I mean, we've known for 475 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 1: years that the Zimmer's guy that has exotic looks on defense, 476 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 1: that guy's coming from everywhere and like archeck coming off 477 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: the top of it. They got some pretty darn good 478 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 1: pass rushers and they got big, long, physical corners on 479 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: the outside, so they can play that that edge get 480 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: up feel aggressive style of defense offensively for this offensive line. 481 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 1: It's just gonna take time for those guys to jail 482 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 1: and be able to communicate and see those looks. You 483 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: can do it as much as you want in practice, 484 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: you can rep it, you can watch film on it. 485 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: There's nothing like getting in a ball game and seeing 486 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: it live and in person, so then you can come 487 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 1: off and say, Okay, this is what I saw, here's 488 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: what I was thinking, and that communication only can happen 489 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: in a ball game when you get those looks. And 490 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: it's gonna take time, but we're hoping that it jails 491 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: a little bit sooner than later with this group. And 492 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: like you said, we don't know what's gonna happen with 493 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 1: Lynch them, so that's gonna add another piece to that, 494 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: to that puzzle, and we'll see if those guys can 495 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: get gone. But this is why you went out and 496 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 1: like you mentioned what Demetrof and DQ, you go get 497 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: the DEP because you never know what's gonna happen up front. 498 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: And now we're already in that situation going into week two. 499 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: One of those DEP guys. But that's why you brought 500 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 1: them in because you expected these guys to be able 501 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: to probably start for somebody else. But now they can 502 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: roll into that start in five and play some good 503 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 1: ball for you hopefully coming up. Yeah, Matt Ryan was 504 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: sacked forty two times last year, four times yesterday. That's 505 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: that's just something that has to be short up for sure. 506 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: This is falcons Audible presented by A. G and D. 507 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: All Right, let's pivot and just talk about where this 508 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: team is right now. Obviously we await news Chris Lindstrom, 509 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 1: and we can only speculate what they'll do there probably 510 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: your mind, Brown, But they've got Philadelphia at home Sunday night, 511 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: phil Adelphia one yesterday and they beat the beat, beat 512 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,640 Speaker 1: the Redskins, And so the last three times this team 513 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: has faced Philly has been up in Philadelphia. They've had 514 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: their number. The last two games have been heartbreakers, went 515 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 1: down to the final series. That one was the divisional 516 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:22,639 Speaker 1: playoff game, and then last year's season opening game on 517 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 1: the night the Eagles got their their banner and their 518 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 1: rings and everything else. And so now they have them home, 519 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: can exercise some demons, maybe hopefully. What are your thoughts now, 520 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: because I think, regardless of what happens in the first 521 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: half the season, Dave DJ everything sets up for you 522 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 1: in the second half with all your division games, those 523 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:52,360 Speaker 1: final eight games, but two quality opponents right off the bat, 524 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: two potentially playoff contenders too. Well, it's two teams that 525 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: have had your number. Yeah, Atlanta has not been able 526 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,719 Speaker 1: to beat Minnesota. That's four straight against Minnesota. Phillies won 527 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: three straight over the Falcons. Gotta go all the way 528 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: back to fifteen. I think when you got it got 529 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 1: them Philly here that you beat them so three straight times, 530 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 1: three consecutive years that Phillis had your number. And why 531 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 1: is because of their defensive front. Fletcher Cox with a 532 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: monster a year ago at sack and a half in 533 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 1: that game, in that opening day game that started the 534 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: season a year ago, they've limited Atlanta to twelve, ten, 535 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,399 Speaker 1: and fifteen points in their last three games. Atlanta's averaging 536 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 1: twelve points a game in their last three games against 537 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,719 Speaker 1: Phillies defense. And it's no rest for the weary. Now. 538 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: This is a Philly defense last year that was sixth 539 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 1: in the lead on third down. They were number one 540 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: in the league in red zone defense last year. So 541 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: just when you think you're stepping out of that and 542 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 1: you're gonna step into another opportunity. Now of a sudden, 543 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: you've got a rough and tumble defensive front. Now, they 544 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,400 Speaker 1: gave up twenty seven points yesterday to the Washington Redskins 545 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 1: in case keenom through for three seventy on them. So 546 00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: the one thing I will say is what's different. What's 547 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 1: different about this team is opposed to the Vikings is 548 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 1: the Vikings have kind of had a way with defending Julio. 549 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 1: Philly has had no clue to defend Philly. He's gotten 550 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 1: five consecutive one hundred yard games. In fact, his last 551 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 1: three games, he's got over four hundred yards receiving and 552 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: thirty receptions. Now he hadn't gotten in the end zone 553 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 1: and that needs to change. But he has owned Philly 554 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,639 Speaker 1: in six career games. If you want to throw out 555 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 1: the rookie game where he caught two passes for twenty 556 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: two yards. Five consecutive one hundred yard games against the Eagles. 557 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: This is a team he loves to play against, and boy, 558 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: do we need him more than ever to have Philly 559 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 1: step up. I totally forgot to mention the job Xavier 560 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: Rose did on Julio. Yes, Julio limited to six catches 561 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 1: for thirty one yards. His longest was a ten yard reception. 562 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: But great point thoughts on Philly DJ. I think, first off, 563 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: the fact you're playing on Sunday night, you get to 564 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: play in your oilding. It will be electric in there, 565 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 1: having your crowds, having your fans around you will give 566 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 1: you a new energy. We all know DQ really well. 567 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:16,120 Speaker 1: We know after a game like this, this team will 568 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 1: come ready and prepared to play. And I know after 569 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: that ball game you'll say, arch I heard you talking 570 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: to all the guys. You could hear it in their voice. 571 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,159 Speaker 1: They wish they can go out and play tomorrow. And 572 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: I think that's gonna have a heightened focus on this 573 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:33,920 Speaker 1: ball club going into Philadelphia game. But but obviously some 574 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 1: of the things that happened in this ball game, you 575 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: have to shure up some of the foolish penalties. Some 576 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 1: of the things that you allowed to happen vers Minnesota 577 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: cannot happen. Um. I think on the back end, you 578 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: always done a good job of not allowing guys to 579 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: get over your head. We know a guy who they having, 580 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: Deshan Jackson, who once or twice a game they're gonna 581 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: let it fly and see what he can be about 582 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: and go get a football. Obviously they got a good 583 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: tight end. You did a good job this past weekend. 584 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 1: Verse they're tighten. Cal rudn't think he had one or 585 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 1: two catches in the ball game, So that's another player 586 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: for emphasis. You gotta, you know, really worried about in 587 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: this ball game. But I think you did a good 588 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: job of knowing that. And then you gotta get after 589 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. He's a guy who we've seen Once he 590 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 1: gets confidence, he gets slingered with the best of them, 591 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker 1: and I think that's what happened in their last game 592 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 1: was Washington. He started to throw the football around a 593 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: little bit more and they started to gain that confidence offensively. 594 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: This is gonna be a I think it's gonna be 595 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 1: another game that comes down to the wire again. I mean, 596 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 1: these are two good quality football teams, and Falcons at 597 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: home will not allow the same performance that they just 598 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: had in Minnesota. Philly is gonna come in here thinking, hey, 599 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 1: we're a big brother, Like you mentioned, our beat him 600 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: last three times. Why should they come in here feeling 601 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: any different about playing this Falcon's team. And then they're 602 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: gonna turn on the film as well and see what happened. 603 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 1: They're gonna look at some of the players and say, 604 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: this guy can be extorted a little bit. So this 605 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 1: is a ball game. I expected his Falcon's team to 606 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 1: show up, and I expect to have a new frown 607 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 1: energy coming in. Interestingly enough, we've never seen Carson Wentz's 608 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: right Falcon's never played against Carson Wentz's been. Nick Foles 609 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: was in the playoff game up there in seventeen and then, 610 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: of course story to start the season, Wentz was not 611 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 1: back from his injury, so the opening day starter was 612 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: Foals and they limited Foles fulls through for about one 613 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty yards and an interception in the game. 614 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 1: But they ended up finding a way to win the 615 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: football game. When they were up there, it was at 616 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 1: sixteen and they lost Winston playing that I don't think. 617 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 1: I don't think Wentz played in that game. I'm not sure. Yeah, 618 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 1: I'm sure, but they But again it was a low 619 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: scoring affair and TheInk Atlanta scored fifteen points with a 620 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: twenty four fifteen final level. Yeah, and this is a 621 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:39,480 Speaker 1: team that's it's retooled at their running back position. We're 622 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: used to see in some different guys, but Sproles a 623 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 1: normal character at running back. You're gonna see a kid 624 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: they drafted in Sanders and then uh and then uh, 625 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: George Howard comes over from Chicago. It was pretty pretty 626 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: good back as well. They ran to the tune what 627 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: they have rushing in earned twenty three yards rushing last yesterday, 628 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 1: and it was kind of sprinkled between about four backs, 629 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: so they can run it. They're gonna try to run 630 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: and they run. Defense is pretty good. Darius Gie, I think, 631 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 1: was limited to single digits yesterday, so he's a pretty 632 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 1: good back. One question I get I want to ask 633 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: both of you guys this one question I get a 634 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: lot from readers is the anticipation heading into the season was, Hey, 635 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: how is Dirk Cutter's offense gonna look? We haven't seen 636 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: a lot any wrinkles, any clues. Same with DC's defense 637 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,720 Speaker 1: based on now, it's hard yesterday because you get behind 638 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: things kind of snowball. Your game plan changes a little bit, right, 639 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 1: changes a lot. Did you guys, either of you, either 640 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: one of you can take this one, But did you 641 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: see enough where you said, oh that's different or that's interesting, 642 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: or that was an interesting play call that just made 643 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 1: you say Hi, I see. You know his influence already. 644 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: Did anything kind of stand out to either of you. 645 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: I think because we've seen the offense before and the 646 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: defense before it, you know, to see a nuance that 647 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: looks a little different. I think the only thing that 648 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 1: I saw that was a little bit different for Q 649 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 1: is he's willing to bring more pressure. Yeah, he's willing 650 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 1: to dial up and come after you and play man 651 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,840 Speaker 1: coverage in the back end. Now they got beat a 652 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,360 Speaker 1: couple of times in man coverage. Isaiah Oliver gets beat 653 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 1: on the over route by feeling for the touchdown. But 654 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 1: he's a little bit more willing to gamble and come after. 655 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 1: We saw Keano Neil get home. I think that'll begin 656 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: to blossom even more with some more pressure offensively. To me, 657 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: what Dirk has always brought is you'd like to think 658 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,880 Speaker 1: that the run games have a little more more prowised. 659 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 1: You didn't see that this weekend. I did see some 660 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 1: reflection in the second half of what we can get 661 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 1: in play action. He's got a very solid usually solid 662 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,800 Speaker 1: protection and some Night's route complexes in play action that 663 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: you can get after people. And one that comes to 664 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,400 Speaker 1: mind ideally is the big throw to really he runs 665 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,880 Speaker 1: over out, Julia runs a deep post, you get to 666 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 1: play action, you're able to hit him deep over the defensively, 667 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,360 Speaker 1: and I think we saw some of this in the preseason. 668 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 1: Was the end your face mentality for your corners, get 669 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 1: up press man coverage and say, hey, if you're on 670 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 1: an island, you gotta go win. And I think that's 671 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: why he wanted these big, long corners to be able 672 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: to play that kind of man coverage, but then also 673 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 1: not have to always bring five or six guys. That's 674 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 1: why you want some guys on the edge where you 675 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: can rush the passer with four and play good coverage, 676 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 1: whether it's you know, hold one man coverage where you 677 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 1: got a guy still sitting in the middle of the 678 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 1: field and you got a whole player and you got 679 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,280 Speaker 1: your guys playing some kind of leverage on the outside. 680 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 1: That's the kind of aggressive nature I think Q wants. 681 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 1: Now we're not gonna back and allow you just to 682 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 1: pick us apart and we play our zone coverage style. 683 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 1: There's more aggressive style of Q. I think we saw 684 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: it a lot in the preseason, and I think it's 685 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:52,480 Speaker 1: gonna be like, say, it's gonna ramp up a little 686 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:55,880 Speaker 1: bit more here as the season goes on, but expect 687 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 1: to see more from both sides of the ball I 688 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 1: believe in the next ball game. Given the situation what 689 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,240 Speaker 1: happened last weeken in the via, let me ask you 690 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: a question, Matt. You you you have a column and 691 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,080 Speaker 1: it's called Straight from the Beak that it's a great 692 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 1: venue for the fans to come in communicate with. You 693 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,160 Speaker 1: get some inside information from about the team, what's going on, 694 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,200 Speaker 1: and you've got a great following, and I encourage anybody 695 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: to follow from the Beak with Matt Dubeek kind of 696 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 1: breaking some things down. What is the biggest question you're 697 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 1: getting or what are the biggest concerns you're hearing from 698 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: the fan out there? Well, today this morning, it was 699 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: the offensive line. You know, people are concerned that, like 700 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:39,279 Speaker 1: you said, it's they didn't use the term leaky, but 701 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:43,839 Speaker 1: people see Matt Ryan sack four times, and we've all 702 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,600 Speaker 1: we've heard all offseason long, is hey, we're fixing this. 703 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:51,440 Speaker 1: We're fixing this team. We're fixing this offensive line. And 704 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:53,800 Speaker 1: then to have the performance you had, yes say it 705 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 1: was kind of a disappointing to the fans. And then 706 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:03,799 Speaker 1: Julio gets his new contract, and you hear constantly about, hey, 707 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,840 Speaker 1: this offense is loaded, and you just didn't see the 708 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: firepower the fireworks yesterday. So I think fans are a 709 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,840 Speaker 1: little frustrate over that. And you know, I think fans 710 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:20,320 Speaker 1: tend to just have that knee jerk reaction, so you know, 711 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,520 Speaker 1: they they want to They're concerned about the running game. 712 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,320 Speaker 1: Vante Freeman's fumbles was a question today, Hey, if he 713 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,480 Speaker 1: keeps us up, if he can't keep keep going, if 714 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,480 Speaker 1: he can't protect football, are they going to make a change. Why, 715 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 1: you know, after we heard so much about the running backs, 716 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: why we're too Brian Hill and Quadrealison inactive yesterday. So 717 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 1: little things like that that Joe fan doesn't understand. But 718 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 1: I think all in know is just frustration over the 719 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,640 Speaker 1: turnovers and the fact that we never really got to 720 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:54,880 Speaker 1: see that offense humming. And then you know, you mentioned 721 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:58,399 Speaker 1: the fact DJ that Kirk Cousins only through the ball 722 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 1: ten times. You never saw there were times where you 723 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:02,880 Speaker 1: saw the defense pin their ears back, but they were 724 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:06,160 Speaker 1: never really in there a lot of passing situations where 725 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:10,359 Speaker 1: they could be really super aggressive. And I think one 726 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 1: of the question marks headed in the season with the 727 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,920 Speaker 1: fans too, was, hey, is Isaiah Oliver going to be 728 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 1: the guy? Can he be that number two? You know 729 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:22,239 Speaker 1: that that coach Quinn said in the off season, Hey, 730 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 1: he's our starter. Robert Alford, you know, was let go, 731 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,799 Speaker 1: so you know, and then the one catch Adam feel 732 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,320 Speaker 1: and had the twenty three yard touchdown. You know, that 733 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,719 Speaker 1: was Oliver's guy. So I think this week, you you 734 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,640 Speaker 1: talk about some of the guys that are the Philadelphia 735 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,080 Speaker 1: is going to line up out there. One of them 736 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,880 Speaker 1: who's back in town is DeShawn Jackson, who is a 737 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:44,880 Speaker 1: great and deep ball guy. Had a big day yesterday. 738 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 1: They had a great, big day yessay, and he is 739 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:49,960 Speaker 1: probably one of the best receivers in the league at 740 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,719 Speaker 1: locating those balls in the air and adjusting on the fly. 741 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:55,680 Speaker 1: I have a feeling that we're gonna, you know, the 742 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,239 Speaker 1: defense is going to see a little bit more, uh 743 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,840 Speaker 1: of Carson Wentz and that passing game. But those are 744 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:06,840 Speaker 1: really the main questions. Just the old line freeman and 745 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,200 Speaker 1: you know, just we just didn't see enough from the 746 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,360 Speaker 1: back end of the defense. Would I would agree with 747 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:12,719 Speaker 1: a lot of that. Yeah, there's a lot of stuff 748 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 1: we didn't see. Hopefully we see some of this weekend. 749 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:18,480 Speaker 1: You talked about getting better in jelling. You know what 750 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,360 Speaker 1: that has to happen right away. There's got to be 751 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,800 Speaker 1: a sense of urgency, guys, that this comes together. You 752 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:24,960 Speaker 1: only get sixteen tries at this you just burned one 753 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,399 Speaker 1: of them, so yeah, have fifteen shots left. And yes, 754 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,520 Speaker 1: like you said, it's nice to know that you got 755 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,399 Speaker 1: the back half your schedules loaded with all your division games. 756 00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:34,880 Speaker 1: But hey, you can't get there one in seven. You 757 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 1: can't be two and five when you get to the 758 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,799 Speaker 1: division games. You're really got enough field battle. So you've 759 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:40,440 Speaker 1: got to take care of business here right away. And 760 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,920 Speaker 1: then you're talking about two NFC games too, So yeah, 761 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,640 Speaker 1: you gotta get ency. Absolutely, we're gonna find out a 762 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,160 Speaker 1: lot about this team in the first half, and you know, 763 00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:52,479 Speaker 1: regardless of what happens, everything is still on the table 764 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 1: division wise in the second half. I like the schedule. 765 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,799 Speaker 1: I like the fact that the midpoint is right after 766 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,120 Speaker 1: that eighth game. I like the fact that the two 767 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 1: West Coast teams, the Seahawks and the Rams, are here. 768 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,239 Speaker 1: I think that bodes well for him heading into the 769 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:11,719 Speaker 1: by um. But they've got they've got a beete Philadelphia. 770 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,360 Speaker 1: That's the only thing that matters. And I think, like 771 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:17,080 Speaker 1: you said, Dave, DQ will have them ready. Um if 772 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,799 Speaker 1: if they're not focused on the fact that they've lost 773 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:23,759 Speaker 1: three straight to Philly. Now, um, they shot themselves in 774 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:27,239 Speaker 1: the foot. And you said, DJ, they want to go 775 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:32,239 Speaker 1: back out there and uh, mak amends so shapes up 776 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:35,080 Speaker 1: for a fun environment on Sunday night here at Mercedes 777 00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:39,720 Speaker 1: Ben's Stadium. And uh, you guys, final thoughts on on Philly? 778 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:44,400 Speaker 1: Just you think? Uh, I'm I can't ask you for 779 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,759 Speaker 1: a prediction, can I? Since you're calling, well, no, I 780 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,680 Speaker 1: mean calling the game for us. I think Atlanta rebounds 781 00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:52,400 Speaker 1: and is ready to roll. I think that I expect. 782 00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:55,600 Speaker 1: And I had a number of people asking me questions 783 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,600 Speaker 1: on Twitter last night, and I said, Hey, you get 784 00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:59,480 Speaker 1: punched in the mouth, how do you respond? You find 785 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:01,120 Speaker 1: out about your yourself right away. You get kicked and 786 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:02,879 Speaker 1: knocked to the deck. What do you do? You get 787 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,160 Speaker 1: up off the deck, you cry about it. And I 788 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,320 Speaker 1: don't think you play the blame game or cry about it. 789 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:08,840 Speaker 1: You just get up and you go after This is 790 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,440 Speaker 1: a team you should have some ants against. Anyway, Yeah, 791 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,400 Speaker 1: they knocked you out of the playoffs in seventeen. They 792 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,440 Speaker 1: you know, started your season in a bad way last year, 793 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:19,879 Speaker 1: so hey, let's get after Philly. They're coming to your building. 794 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,959 Speaker 1: Let's rise up and smack them in the mouth. Veteran team, 795 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:25,560 Speaker 1: a lot of guys who played a bunch of football 796 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,960 Speaker 1: for this organization, and I think they have a sense 797 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,239 Speaker 1: of pride. A lot of these guys who've played for 798 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:36,600 Speaker 1: Dan Coyne and live for this city. We'll want to 799 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 1: put a better product on the field. So I expect 800 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,040 Speaker 1: the veterans on this team to bring the young guys 801 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:44,160 Speaker 1: alone who are asked to contribute, to play a little 802 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 1: bit better, and they will bring their game up up 803 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:49,279 Speaker 1: next level as well. So expect a Rockets environment and 804 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,200 Speaker 1: expect this team to show up and be the team 805 00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:55,880 Speaker 1: that everybody expected coming into this this season, regardless of 806 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,600 Speaker 1: what happened in Minnesota. I think they rebound and play 807 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,560 Speaker 1: really well. I think Philly, you said, they come in 808 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,200 Speaker 1: here very confident, like they are big brother. They've won 809 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 1: the last three. Their fan base is very vocal and 810 00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:12,440 Speaker 1: spirited and raucous, and they travel well, and I think 811 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:14,640 Speaker 1: there you'll see a lot of Philly fans come down 812 00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:19,759 Speaker 1: here and and they won't disappoint us. They'll they'll be 813 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:21,920 Speaker 1: like Philly fans, like we expect them to be. Yeah, 814 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:23,960 Speaker 1: it's a team that was down twenty to seven yesterday. 815 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,080 Speaker 1: The Redskins is storm back to win the game thirty 816 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,080 Speaker 1: two twenty seven. So they're ready to go for the season. 817 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,120 Speaker 1: Now Atlanta needs to check in and get ready for 818 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,680 Speaker 1: the twenty nineteen season. Yeah, let's do it guys again. 819 00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:36,600 Speaker 1: I know I said at the top. It's great seeing 820 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:39,960 Speaker 1: you both back here. Great season, man, let's be back 821 00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,640 Speaker 1: talking about real football. Let's go get this. Uh. You 822 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,400 Speaker 1: are listening to Falcon's Obo podcast. Thanks for joining us.