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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody, and welcome to another postgame edition of

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Speaker 1: the Falcons Final Whistle podcast presented by Zaxby's, and we're

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Speaker 1: coming to you after a Week two victory for the

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Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons of the comeback variety. They beat the Green

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Speaker 1: Bay Packers twenty five to twenty four and Week two

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Speaker 1: here to close out a two game homestand to open

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three season here at Mercedes Benz Stadium,

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Speaker 1: Scott BAYR, Tory mclaney and Tarren Walker are gonna break

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Speaker 1: all of the details down of how the Falcons were

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Speaker 1: down two scores to start the fourth quarter and ended

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Speaker 1: up on top. This was an impressive victory. It wasn't

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Speaker 1: perfect at times, it wasn't pretty, but they got the

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Speaker 1: job done and they really looked good in all phases

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Speaker 1: in that fourth quarter when it mattered most. I think

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Speaker 1: that was most important. So, since the fourth quarter is

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Speaker 1: really where so much pivotal action happened, break it down.

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Speaker 1: How did the Falcons get this done?

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Speaker 2: I think it starts with me was just the fact

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Speaker 2: that and I know Tarn wrote about this after the game,

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Speaker 2: but the fact that this defense was able to go

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Speaker 2: out and cause three and out after three and out,

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Speaker 2: and I think, really do something really special in terms

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Speaker 2: of being able to give the ball back to your

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Speaker 2: offense with no harm done anywhere else, and it just

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Speaker 2: allows the offense the time in the space to go

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Speaker 2: and do something.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: Would it have been great to get into the end

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Speaker 2: zone maybe a bit more and not have to rely

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Speaker 2: on two field goals towards the end, Sure, I guarantee

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Speaker 2: you they want that, But they did come out with

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Speaker 2: the win, and I think a lot of it has

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Speaker 2: to do with the fact that this defense was able

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Speaker 2: to come away with key stops, and if we're talking

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Speaker 2: about the offense too, the offense was just I think,

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Speaker 2: firing on all cylinders and not making huge mistakes. When

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Speaker 2: I look back at the fourth quarter, they were just

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Speaker 2: doing what needed to be done to keep the chains

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Speaker 2: moving and sometimes that's all you have to do. In

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Speaker 2: this game, that's all they needed to do to come

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Speaker 2: away with a one point victory.

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Speaker 3: I feel like they bookended it very well, both offensively

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Speaker 3: and defensively. Maybe not very well, but well enough because

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Speaker 3: they had the lead going into the second quarter, though

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Speaker 3: it was only by three points, and the defense only

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Speaker 3: had that one major hiccup with the defensive pass interference call,

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Speaker 3: but otherwise the first quarter was rather clean. They moved

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Speaker 3: the ball, they had a field goal, nothing detrimental entering

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Speaker 3: the second. But then the second and third is where

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Speaker 3: things really got rumbly, and the Packers put up all

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Speaker 3: twenty five points.

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Speaker 4: So it just got to take one in four and

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Speaker 4: nick to the middle.

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Speaker 3: Figure out how to find this like the happy medium

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Speaker 3: between coming out strong, finishing strong, and just playing consistently.

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Speaker 1: And I'm gonna steal the word rumbly and use it

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Speaker 1: wherever humanly possible because that's the It did get a

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Speaker 1: little offy, off kilter.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but.

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Speaker 1: Fourth quarter Atlanta gave up eleven total yards, zero passing

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Speaker 1: yards on zero for six attempts, no first ounce, So

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Speaker 1: that is efficient. That is getting the ball back to

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Speaker 1: the offense when they absolutely need it. And while there

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Speaker 1: wasn't a sack in the fourth quarter, kad Nellis got

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Speaker 1: one earlier on in the game, which is good news

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Speaker 1: for Falcons fans because when the Falcons defense sacks an

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Speaker 1: opposing quarterback at home. Thank you, Kayden Nellis. You can

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Speaker 1: go to any Atlanta area Zaxby's for a buy one

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Speaker 1: get big Zax snack meal the day after the game,

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Speaker 1: so Monday, for those of you who are listening, use

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Speaker 1: the code atl.

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Speaker 2: Sack twenty three, Buy one, get one Bogo bogo love it, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I love a good bogo yep.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. And on the flip side of what the defense

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Speaker 1: was able to do, we saw the Falcons really kind

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Speaker 1: of move the ball down the field and they were

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Speaker 1: efficient and they got what they needed to get done.

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to think if this is in the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 1: I believe it is. But the trick play where they

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Speaker 1: caught mac Hollins way down the field, that was a

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Speaker 1: huge moment I think offensively, that really kind of got

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Speaker 1: and then the defense kept it then and it just

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Speaker 1: kind of snowballed and avalanche to the point that the

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Speaker 1: Falcons were really pretty dominant in the fourth quarter. There's

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Speaker 1: obviously that final drive where you're watching the Falcons work

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Speaker 1: zero minutes and zero seconds left on the clock when

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Speaker 1: Yung Waiku boots it through, and but they reach a

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Speaker 1: pivotal fourth down play right fourth and one Tory and

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Speaker 1: Arthur Smith has a decision to make because there's not

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Speaker 1: zero seconds left on the clock. There's a lot of

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Speaker 1: time for Jordan Love, who had been pretty efficient to

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Speaker 1: Falcons late fourth and one. Gutsy call? What's going through

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Speaker 1: Arthur's mind at that point in what was a super

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Speaker 1: pivotal moment in this game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think from the outside looking in, the words

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Speaker 2: that you would use to describe that fourth and inches

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Speaker 2: moment where the Falcons do decide to go for it

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Speaker 2: is risky, Yeah, maybe a little bit dangerous, Definitely gutsy.

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Speaker 2: Those are the words that I think everybody from us

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Speaker 2: in the press box, probably the broadcasters, everybody watching that moment,

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Speaker 2: those are the words that I think you use. But

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Speaker 2: those aren't the words that looking back, that Arthur Smith

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Speaker 2: held on too in that moment. He used words like conviction, belief, trust,

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Speaker 2: And it all went back to the fact that he said,

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Speaker 2: I felt good about the play call, but I felt

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Speaker 2: even better about the execution that I felt this offense

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Speaker 2: could complete in that moment, And I think that's something

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Speaker 2: that really spoke to me after the game was the

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Speaker 2: fact that he kept saying, you know, I had a

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Speaker 2: conviction that regardless of if we gave the ball to

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Speaker 2: Jon Robinson or Tyler Algier, that they were going to

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Speaker 2: go get the first down at a belief in the

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Speaker 2: play call.

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Speaker 4: I trusted the players to execute it.

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Speaker 2: And then to hear Desmond Ritter, Bajon, Robinson, Jake Matthews

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Speaker 2: all used that same verbiage of he trusted us to

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Speaker 2: go out and make the play, and we did, and

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Speaker 2: we had a confidence about us to make that play.

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Speaker 2: I think it speaks a lot to just the inter relationship,

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Speaker 2: interpersonal relationships between a player and coach or players and

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Speaker 2: coach to go out and do something like that because

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Speaker 2: it is risky. That is a risky play call, because

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Speaker 2: you think about it. If that doesn't work, we're sitting

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Speaker 2: here talking about that moment in a completely different light.

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Speaker 2: We're using a lot of different words that we're not

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Speaker 2: using right now because it did work, and I think

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Speaker 2: if it didn't work, it's one of those moments that

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Speaker 2: in football talk shows for the next three days they

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Speaker 2: would be talking about that play call, and not in

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Speaker 2: a pretty good life light, but the fact that it worked.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it worked and they were able to go

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Speaker 2: out in the next few plays really bleed down the

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Speaker 4: With fifty seven seconds left on the clock.

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Speaker 2: And by that point in time, you're in obvious passing

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Speaker 2: situations if you're Jordan Love because you're coming from behind.

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Speaker 2: Whereas if they get the ball back with two minutes

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Speaker 2: of that to say that was such a pivotal moment

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Speaker 2: for I think, not just the Falcons in this game,

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Speaker 2: but in kind of the grand scheme of what their

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Speaker 2: confidence can be moving forward to.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you bring up a really good point that

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Speaker 1: the result matters because if that didn't work, because the

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Speaker 1: Falcons were within Young way Who's field goal range when

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Speaker 1: they went for it on fourth down, we're using words

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Speaker 1: like disaster like it's a huge moment because they had

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Speaker 1: a chance to put points on the board and try

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Speaker 1: to efficiently move the ball down and bleed the clock

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Speaker 1: while still getting points and it worked. And I think

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Speaker 1: that to hear every because I went straight to the

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Speaker 1: postgame locker room, I didn't I didn't hear Arthur speak.

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Speaker 1: So when you're saying it now is the first time

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Speaker 1: that I'm hearing it, and the words like conviction and belief,

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Speaker 1: and he seemed very orchestrated and confident. I think as

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Speaker 1: a head coach, when you make those risks and you

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Speaker 1: put your faith because Arthur Smith is the one who

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Speaker 1: was going.

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Speaker 4: To get killed for it, yes, and.

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Speaker 1: He put you know, maybe his reputation as a play caller,

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Speaker 1: as a risk taker kind of on the line, and

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Speaker 1: those guys stood up for him. And I think that

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Speaker 1: when you give that type of confidence to your players, Yes,

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Speaker 1: it worked in the moment, I think that it works

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Speaker 1: over a longer term too.

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Speaker 2: Well that's what but Jeon Robinson said in the locker room.

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Speaker 2: He said, you know, it shows that Arthur Smith has

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Speaker 2: confidence in us and that he trusts us in those situations.

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Speaker 2: But no matter where we're at, what we're trying to do,

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Speaker 2: it gives us a lot of confidence moving forward if

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Speaker 2: we're ever in that's situation again. And I think that

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Speaker 2: speaks to exactly what you're talking about.

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Speaker 4: Well, talking about going for it again.

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Speaker 3: When they were at fourth and one a little later,

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Speaker 3: I thought they were gonna do it all over again.

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Speaker 3: I was convinced they were gonna go for the touchdown.

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Speaker 3: There was a minute on that clock. I was like,

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Speaker 3: you don't want to give Green.

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Speaker 4: Bay the ball at all, Like they're gonna go for it,

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Speaker 4: They're gonna go for the touchdown.

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Speaker 3: But hey, honestly, if the Packers still had Aaron Rodgers,

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Speaker 3: I think they would have gone for it on fourth

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Speaker 3: and one. To guarantee that you didn't put the ball

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Speaker 2: You know, something that will never know, But I think

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Speaker 2: it's really uh. I also think just the play call

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Speaker 2: in general on fourth and inches, Yeah, we haven't.

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Speaker 1: Brought that up. It was not up the gut.

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Speaker 2: The fact that I'm sitting here laughing at it just

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Speaker 2: thinking about it. Desmond Ritter literally tossed the ball three

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Speaker 2: yards back from where he was under sinner Tojon Robinson.

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Speaker 2: So Bjon gets seven yards, But it really was like

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Speaker 2: a ten yard run, absolutely wild.

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Speaker 1: And for Arthur Smith to call a play designed for

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Speaker 1: a dude who's played two professional football games, yeah, that

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Speaker 1: shows a lot of faith in Bajon Robinson as well.

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Speaker 1: What did you guys make of the fact that it

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Speaker 1: wasn't Tyler, it wasn't a quick out to Kyle it

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Speaker 1: was it was to the new kid.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he earned it. I think over the

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Speaker 2: last two weeks he's shown what he can do. I mean,

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Speaker 2: I did some quick maths, so fact check me on

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Speaker 2: this if I'm wrong people, But I believe that looking

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Speaker 2: back over the last two games, Bajon Robinson is making

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Speaker 2: up over thirty six percent of Atlanta's total offensive production.

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Speaker 2: I want to say it was thirty seven point six

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Speaker 2: percent in Week one and then it was thirty eight

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Speaker 2: point six percent against Green Bay. That is a large

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Speaker 2: chunk of percentages for one person to contribute. And I

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Speaker 2: think that just goes to show how much this draft

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Speaker 2: pick meant to what this offense ultimately wants to do.

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Speaker 2: Because think about that. What this offense would look like

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Speaker 2: in the last two games without Beajon Robinson in it,

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Speaker 2: I don't know, and it would be a significantly it

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Speaker 4: Really?

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Speaker 2: We've seen him every single day in rookie mini camp

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Speaker 1: That happened on Sunday. He's the best player on the

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Speaker 4: I feel like it's okay to make it a big deal.

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Speaker 2: But it's fine. I mean, you look at what Desmond

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it goes back to what you're saying about.

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Speaker 2: I think that's positive and that's good. They had almost

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Speaker 4: You just can't. And they know that. We know that.

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Speaker 2: defensive pass interference calls. That can't happen either. Twice, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that can't happen either. So there are moments of where

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Speaker 2: things need to be fixed. And I think they know that,

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Speaker 2: and that's why I said when things are really low,

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Speaker 2: where it's a point of emphasis to be consistent from

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Speaker 2: the first quarter to the fourth quarter. It goes exactly

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Speaker 2: back tear into what you were talking about, how they

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Speaker 2: had a good start defensively, had a good start in

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Speaker 2: the fourth quarter, and then kind of fell off a

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Speaker 2: little bit in the second and third quarter. Same thing

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Speaker 2: for the offense and finding different ways and not waiting

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Speaker 2: until the fourth quarter to really come alive. That to

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Speaker 2: me is a sign of progress. If this Falcons team

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Speaker 3: For the sole purpose of having that story ready right

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Speaker 3: at the buzzer, Let's not to keep having this fourth quarter,

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Speaker 3: right Mela or melee or whatever the m E L

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Speaker 3: E E word is, Melee melee. Yeah, I don't know, late,

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Speaker 3: but no, I agree, because it's all faces that need

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Speaker 3: a perfect special teams yet. So but it's also week two.

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Speaker 3: It is weak two, and you can tell there was

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Speaker 3: a step up from week one to week two. That's

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Speaker 3: all you can ask at this point. And I think

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Speaker 3: it'll be super beneficial to have more tape to reference

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Speaker 3: and figure out like where the inconsistencies are, where it

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Speaker 3: the next game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think you Arthur Smith would say this,

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Speaker 2: and I tend to agree with it. You know, you

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Speaker 2: have to give credit where credit is due to what

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Speaker 2: the opponents are doing, and it's always accounting for what

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Speaker 2: they're deciding to do, what they're wanting to do, and

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Speaker 2: kind of coming up with a better, like in game plan,

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Speaker 2: and that's that's just what it is, and it's how

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Speaker 2: things evolve while the games going on. I sometimes think

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Speaker 2: it's not necessarily you can have the best game plan

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Speaker 2: best can you make your in game adjustments? And I

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Speaker 2: think we have seen the Falcons do a really good

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Speaker 2: job of making in game adjustments over the last two games,

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Speaker 2: because they've come out in the second half and the

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Speaker 2: defense has started clicking in the second half and you

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Speaker 2: see the offense start moving the ball at a better

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Speaker 2: that from the get go.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think if they can do that, they

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Speaker 1: can compete with the Lions. They can complete compete with

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Speaker 1: the Jaguars and try to keep this good thing going

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Speaker 1: and continue to fix things while they're two to oh

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Speaker 1: for the first time since twenty seventeen. Ironically the last

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Speaker 1: time they were three and oh they beat the Detroit

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Speaker 1: Lions actually in the third game in the third game,

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Speaker 1: oh my gosh, I love that, and the Packers in

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Speaker 1: the second game in twenty seventeen. That's why the symmetry

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Speaker 1: is strange, and there will be some symmetry to your

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