1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Guys, boy, victory Monday feels a lot better than I'm 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: gonna take credit for three. I'm gonna take credit for it. 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:11,120 Speaker 1: I switched this around. Tactical move, very good coaching, made 4 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 1: big news of the day. Obviously, we're coming off a 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: thirty four twenty nine win, huge win because it snaps 6 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: US three game skid. But it was a big divisional win. 7 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: They're two and one in the South, and as I 8 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: wrote in my column Atlanta Falcons dot Com, guys, everything 9 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: is still on the table for this team. I know it. 10 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: Two and four. That may sound a little crazy, but 11 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: it's true. We'll get into that, and we'll also talk 12 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: about Matt Ryan. He is indeed an elite quarterback. For 13 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: all those naysayers, and there's a lot of them, I 14 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: can't believe it. Their room and doom profits out there. 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,279 Speaker 1: And an emerging storyline from this team, DJ is the 16 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: tight end Austin Hooper. He's adding another mentioned to this team. 17 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: We'll talk about that and more of at first, you 18 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: are listening to Falcon's audible podcast, presented by AT and T. 19 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: I'm Matt Tobak, DJ Shockley to my left, Dave Archer 20 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: to my right, guys, let's just jump right in. They 21 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: needed this win, bat Yeah, I don't think there's a 22 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: question from a mood standpoint, I let this team did 23 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: a really good job of Matt DJ kind of holding 24 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: it together. It's kind of a tribute, and I think 25 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: that a lot of people think it's lip service and 26 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: they start talking about the brotherhood. But when you have 27 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: these kind of situations, adversity, the way they've cut, the injuries, 28 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: not playing well, the way you keep that together is 29 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: you got to kind of keep it in house and 30 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: circle of wagons. I think this team has done extremely 31 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: good job of that. But to give that some credibility, 32 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: you had to win a game, and so they got 33 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: They found a way to go out and win a game. 34 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: And it wasn't pretty, and there's a lot of things 35 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: that aren't real good, but they found a way to 36 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: get done. Style points don't count in the NFL, and 37 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: as you guys know and we all know, just showed 38 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: all the matters zat W I don't have to do. 39 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: But what this win does too, which is really important, 40 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: is it sets them up for the next four games, 41 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: and the next one being Monday night against the Giants. Games. Dude, 42 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: how many times. I know you guys as players and 43 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: coaches or programmed to think about just the opponent ahead, 44 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: and rightfully so. But as analysts and fans and writers, 45 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,679 Speaker 1: we get to look ahead. That's one of the things 46 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: we like to do. Um And there's good news down 47 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 1: the road because the next four games set up pretty 48 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: nicely for the Falcons. I like our chances in two 49 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 1: weeks from now. Shock, I think we win week Yeah, 50 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: we won't lose, you know what. Going back to this 51 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: last game, the one thing that I took from it 52 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: especially is what coach Coins staid earlier in the week. 53 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,119 Speaker 1: He made a statement and say, hey, we're here, but 54 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: we don't spect to stay here. And I thought that 55 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: was probably one of the biggest statements of the weekend. 56 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: Was yeah, we've had to adversity. We've had to be 57 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: resilient in this moment. And this team didn't come out 58 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: and played like they were one and fourteen. They could 59 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: have easily laid down. Got a division opponent coming in 60 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: the first series, Tempa goes right down the field. You 61 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: can say, Okay, here's the same old stuff. But this 62 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 1: is a resilient team, as they showed, and knowing coach Coin, 63 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: as we all do. This team wasn't gonna wasn't gonna 64 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: lay down. One thing I like to point out too is, look, 65 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: this team right now has been decimated by injuries. It's 66 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: not an excuse, it's just a fact. And the defense 67 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: is given up a lot of points, and this offense 68 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: needs to carry this team. We've I've said that for 69 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: a few weeks now, and you guys agree. But you know, 70 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: I look back to twenty sixteen and you know, somebody, 71 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: somebody wrote in this morning. I put it on the website. Hey, 72 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: I'm concerned. They gave up five hundred twelve yards of 73 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: offensive the Bucks and Matt Ryan can't carry this team 74 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: in this offense. And you look back to twenty sixteen. 75 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: I listed the first nine opponents, and here's the points 76 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: they gave up to the opponents thirty one, twenty eight, 77 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: thirty two, thirty three, sixteen to the Broncos twenty six, 78 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: thirty three, thirty two, and twenty eight. I don't know 79 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: what the cutoff is arch, but generally in the NFL, 80 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 1: if you're giving up twenty one or twenty four points 81 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: a game, if you're scoring that many, success is pretty 82 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: You have a pretty good chance of success. The Falcons 83 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: were six and three in that stretch. Point being is 84 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: that they were giving up a lot of points, but 85 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: they were winning those shootouts. This year, they've been in shootouts, 86 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: but they haven't won it. You could point to a 87 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,799 Speaker 1: lot of different things. That team in twenty sixteen arches 88 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: as you well know, they were running the ball pretty 89 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: well and they didn't have as many injuries. But point 90 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: being is it My initial point is this team at 91 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: two and four is two and one in the division, 92 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: has a chance to be six and four head into 93 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving Day. Everything is on the table, and that's what 94 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: coach qu his set, and so that's I know it's 95 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: one game at a time. I know I get all that, 96 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: but that's what is kind of there's any question that 97 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: everything's still there available to you. I think that when 98 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: you start trying to compare years and it makes it's 99 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: a good analogy. From the points you gave up. That 100 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 1: was a young defense. We were essentially starting four rookies. Um, 101 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: we all know who they are. They've all grown up. 102 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: A couple of them we don't have for this year, 103 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 1: as it turns out, and that's the difference. There's a 104 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: lot of different You kind of were you were betting 105 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: on the come with that group because it was going 106 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: to get better, and is it in about week eleven 107 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: it clicked in. This team's different in the fact that 108 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: you've got some players on the field that you know. Frankly, 109 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: there's some guys that are a little shaky, you know, 110 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: and you're not sure how it's gonna work out. So 111 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: that magnifies the offense, right, and we talk about it. 112 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: There's no more pressure on Matt Ryner because he wants 113 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: a story of time he touches the ball. But you 114 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: can't have many loves. And one of the problems that 115 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: in this game that allowed Tampa to hang around was 116 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: a third quarter lull. You went three consecutive drives in 117 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: the third quarter and did nothing, didn't move the ball 118 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: that allowed Tampa to climb back into football game. So 119 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: those are the kind of things you begin to look 120 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: for as coaches. How do I nullify a dead quarter? 121 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: I can't have dead quarters on offense. If I'm going 122 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: to have these struggles with the with the defense two 123 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: weeks in a row, if they've come out flat in 124 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: the third quarter of Pittsburgh's outscored from fourteen nothing, Tampa 125 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: out scored him three nothing, but they outscored him in 126 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: the fourth, I believe, but they called back in it. 127 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: And interestingly enough, during that dead time for the offense, 128 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: the defense actually made some plays. Now, they got pushed 129 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 1: all the way to the limit, but you get the 130 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 1: great play by Duke Riley to bat the ball in 131 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 1: the air, albeit with the back of his head, and 132 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: and Pool comes up with the interception to nullify a 133 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: scoring opportunity. But you can't You're not gonna be able 134 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: to have those moving forward. You talk about try to 135 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: win the next four in a row. You're not gonna 136 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: be able to have those dead moments for the offense. 137 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: Offense has to continue to talk about a moment you're 138 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: talking about that the interception they got if it's not 139 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: for Kazy and his hustle to tackle him on a 140 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: two yard line and so and you get two plays later, 141 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: you get the interception that never happened. So because it's 142 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: starting to talk and play to that capability and they're 143 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: doing it. Last point I want to make on that 144 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: point is, look at I'm not comparing this. I'm not 145 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: saying this team is twenty sixteen. That team ran. That 146 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: team was healthier, That team was had some players, they 147 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: were active that this team doesn't. But I just want 148 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: to point out to our viewers and our listeners there 149 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: is hope that there's been ten teams since they changed 150 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: the format in nineteen seventy eight to sixteen game schedule, 151 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: ten teams have gone on to the playoffs starting one 152 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: and four, and so there is a path and that's 153 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,119 Speaker 1: what I want to point out. There is a path 154 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: for this team. And as we saw this scores and 155 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: we see him every Sunday, we just don't know what's 156 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: going to happen with Carolina and New Orleans and in 157 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: the division teams and just around the league. It's just 158 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: it's unpredictable that with the parody and the injuries and 159 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: everything else. So yeah, it becomes another must win game, right, 160 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: I hate to say, but I mean they got you 161 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: got to get the six and four. So the only 162 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: way to do that is to win the next one. 163 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: I think when you look around the league and maybe 164 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: we can get to this where we're done, uh, after 165 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: we get through focusing on the Falcons and then of 166 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: course the Giants, Uh is what's going on in the league. 167 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: Are you kidding me. Yeah, the game lasts the game 168 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 1: last night, forty three to forty. Yeah, I mean there's 169 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: team there's not a lot of defense being played across 170 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: the across the landscape. One of the best defenses in 171 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: the league. Jacksonville gets run out of the building. By 172 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: the way, is one of those opponents you're talking about 173 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: coming up for the Falcons. They got a steaky good defense. 174 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: Jump off the Falcons. But I mean, the league is crazy. 175 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 1: But here's something else. The thing about is offenses are 176 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: really good these days. And you talk about all these 177 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: defenses that are struggling, think about who the Falcons had 178 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: to deal with yesterday, Mike Evans, Sean Jackson, Peyton barber Is. 179 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: You saw how slipper he was coming out of the backfield. 180 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: I mean, Godwin, I mean you got Jameis Winston coming 181 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: off his suspension, wanting to prove a point to his 182 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: teammates that he deserves to be the quarterback and deserves 183 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: to be the guy. You knew he would come in 184 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: and play with an extra look kick in his butt. 185 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 1: So these offenses are those slash They come in with 186 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: a great game plan, they have things they want to 187 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: work on and they have things that they want to expose, 188 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: just like the Falcons do. Come into a ball game, 189 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: it's all about matchups. And these guys get paid just 190 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: like everybody else, so they're gonna make plays. That's why 191 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: when people talk about all the five hundred yards, Yeah 192 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: that's a lot of yards, but these guys are really 193 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: top tier athletes in their own all right, guys, I 194 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: want to talk about our guy. I want to talk 195 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: about Matt Ryan. Zero interceptions, last four games, Matt Ryan. 196 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: And for whatever reason, there's a lack of grasping on 197 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,559 Speaker 1: to who this guy is. He just went by Joe Montana. Yeah, okay, 198 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: downs in a career, Okay. And I asked him after 199 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: the game, Oh, I didn't know that, And all he 200 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: could do was rave about how good Montana was. Never 201 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: said anything about himself or he just talked about how 202 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: good his teammates were. And you can make a case, 203 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: yeah there's some guys around him. But let's take yesterday's game, 204 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: just for instance, Mohammed Sunoo's down, Calvin Ridley's down, okay, 205 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: and here comes Ryan getting the ball to Russell Gauge. 206 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: The guy runs down on punts, makes a catch, get 207 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: a couple of good blocks from Hall and Hardy get 208 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: a first down. Okay, finds a way to adjustin. Now 209 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 1: let's make our tight end the featured guy, and now 210 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 1: it's Austin Hooper getting the ball, getting the ball out onto. 211 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 1: He threw a ball yesterday to Julio Jones with McCoy 212 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: in his face, with McCoy eating him alive, and I'm 213 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: talking about in shock. You could appreciate this because you 214 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: and I have been in this position. I don't know 215 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 1: that I ever made a throw that good. You probably did, 216 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: but his ability to gauge the throw, and I talked 217 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: about it being a Matthew Asian. Okay, I've got a 218 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 1: guy running a route that I know about where he's 219 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: supposed to get to, but he's nowhere near coming out 220 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: of the route. Okay, he's two steps from getting to 221 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: the angle he's going to come out on. But my 222 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: TimeClock now has gone off because I'm getting ready to 223 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: eat about two ninety two hundred ninety pounds are coming 224 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: right here. I've got to go let it go. And 225 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: now I've got to gauge early with air to give 226 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,959 Speaker 1: him time to find the football when he comes out 227 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: of the break. And I've got to figure out the 228 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: angle to throw it on because if I'm off a 229 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: couple of yards of the angle, shock, it's either picked 230 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: or incomplete. Right. Yeah, And he did it repeatedly yesterday. 231 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan. I'd like to stop the conversation and Matt 232 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: Ryan not being one of the top quarterbacks in this league, 233 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 1: his ability to change stuff at the line of scrimmage. 234 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: Did it number the Edo Smith touchdown? You go back 235 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: to Edo Smith touchdown run? He changes the play at 236 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:51,680 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage or the direction of the play 237 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: because he saw there were week on one side. Now, 238 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: as a quarterback, supposed to do that. Yeah, but do 239 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 1: they all do it? No? Okay, Yeah, Ryan is one 240 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: of these guys. And we're the numbers because they throw 241 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 1: so much. Yes, they're gonna climb the ladder, and he's 242 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: gonna be when he's done. All said, No, hopefully he 243 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 1: stays healthy for the next four or five years. He's 244 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: going to be one of the top seven or eight 245 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: quarterbacks of all time. Numbers one question, we want him 246 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: to win a championship. Well, let's let's let's not forget 247 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: how Grady is and enjoy the greatness and if he's 248 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: improving shock. It's his ability to adjust in the pocket 249 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: over his years. And you and I've been around him 250 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 1: his whole career. Move okay eleven years now. His ability 251 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: to stay alive in the pocket. How about the third 252 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: and nine run. Yes, let's say that. I mean he 253 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: made some plays with his legs and say it. Took 254 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 1: a shot at the end and hops up and yeah, no, 255 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 1: head down, right through a defender. And you can see 256 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: his teammates feed off of it. Oh, that one play 257 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: where he took the shot you're talking about. I mean 258 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: the crowd, uh, you know, got into it, and the 259 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 1: sidelines just think he's one of the best arts. I 260 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 1: love being able to give people to examples of what 261 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: makes him who he is. And that play is one 262 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: that embodies who he is. Another playing ball game was 263 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: it was a third down play and if you can imagine, 264 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: you got you got Mohammed Sanu in a slot. You 265 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: got Julio Jones on the outside on the right side. Now, 266 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: Mohammed Sanu he has press courage and Julio has off 267 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: on the outside. Matt Ryan sees it, checks it, gives 268 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: them a signal. They switch routes and here comes Julio 269 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: Jones underneath catching the football on the third and four 270 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: or five, picking up a first down. The little things 271 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: like that never come up in the stat line. You 272 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 1: never hear or talk about it. But those are the 273 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: things that he does through out a ball game that 274 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:43,199 Speaker 1: people will never ever see or hear about because it's 275 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: so simple because of how he looks at the ball game, 276 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: and people won't realize how how special that is for 277 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: an OC for a team to be able to get 278 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: you out of good plays, I mean out of bad 279 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: plays in the good plays, and then just to know 280 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: where your matchups are. I mean, that's so simple to say, okay, 281 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: let's to switch his route right here, and you don't 282 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,559 Speaker 1: see it happened. It looks like Julil Joneses just get free. No, 283 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 1: it's a reason why that happened. And the mental part 284 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: of the game that he brings is I think next. 285 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: It's amazing. After Week one two when we struggle a 286 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: little bit in the red zone against the Eagles, there 287 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: were so many fans that rode in and said, you know, boy, 288 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: he's done, and you know they were all after Sark 289 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: too with the play call, and it wasn't it was 290 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: more of an execution thing. But you know, I find 291 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: it humors. Sometimes our fans just don't appreciate Ryan. Sometimes 292 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: they call me an apologist, and it's just it's kind 293 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: of befuddling. But he's so good and he's still playing 294 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: at an elite level. And in one of the things 295 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: that's helped him this year too is the emergence of 296 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: Austin Hooper, and that's, you know, as a quarterback, having 297 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: a tight end of that caliber. And I think we 298 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: all have heard in the offseason he was trying to 299 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: find his way to Matt everywhere Matt Win, he was 300 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: kind of a shadow for him. It's like a little kid, 301 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: and I think it's shown throughout this season. It was 302 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: a I'll give you guys another example during the ball game. 303 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: It's a third and eight late in the ball game, 304 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: and you got man coverage, He's got Julio Jones. I 305 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: did first man coverage, but he has Hooper. He fires 306 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: Hooper on the crossroad, which was really close. Everybody thought 307 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: maybe he didn't get the first down that he did, 308 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: but that's the comfort level he has in Austin Hooper 309 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: to throw him the football with a guy hanging all 310 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: over him, knowing that Hooper was gonna make the play. 311 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: The play he catches on the sideline, runs a little 312 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: out of corner out and goes up and then tacks 313 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: the football at the highest point it comes down with it. 314 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: These are plays that we didn't see Hooper making a 315 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: couple of years ago. But you're talking about back to 316 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: back games with eight nine catches being a huge part 317 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: of what this offense is about, and now Hooper is 318 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: another issue for defenses to worry about. Absolutely, you talk 319 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: about the outside guy, you talk about you know the 320 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: three receivers you have. Now you add a tight into it. 321 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: Eighteen eighteen catches. You're right, nine catches in the last 322 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: two games, some yards each game in a touchdown yesterday, 323 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: dare I say we're this this last two games stretch 324 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: and again small apple size, but we see e leaps 325 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: and bounds where he's going. Are we seeing the emergence 326 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: of a guy that potentially could be one of those 327 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: top tight ends? The Kelsey's, the Gronkowski types that you 328 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 1: come into a game and you say, Okay, I got Jones, 329 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 1: I got Ridley, I got Snu. Wait a minute, I 330 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: got eighty one over here, And as it turns out 331 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: in the game, we went trips to the field and 332 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: we isolated Hoop one on one and he became the 333 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: featured option. One for a touchdown, one for the first 334 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: down on third down. Hooper doing some things kind of 335 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: like we saw another guy pretty good at tight end. 336 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: I don't want you know I'm gonna put a gold 337 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: jacket on him yet, but he looks a little bit 338 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: like eighty eight to some of these catches. Watch for 339 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: him in shock, you know as well as I do. 340 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: When you play, when you make those plays in games, 341 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: your confidence level goes here. You know, you start to 342 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: come here with you. But you make the plays in 343 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 1: the games, the key plays. I think Cooper to step 344 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: in another realm. He's turned into a guy after he 345 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: catches the football. He's getting your big time yards too. 346 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: He's not just falling and jumping. I mean, we talk 347 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 1: about that play he gets in the end zone. This 348 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: guy he could easily turn around and you know, just 349 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: take the five six seven yard game. Hey, let's move on. Well, 350 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: guys are playing at another love you talk about earlier 351 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: with Russell Gage. Yeah, gets a blocked by Hardy right there, 352 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: and as soon as he catches the football. He turns 353 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: around and he's got guys at his feet. This is 354 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:29,159 Speaker 1: his first career catch. He could easily just catch it 355 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: and fall to the ground and make sure he secures 356 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: the catch, but he jumps over another guy, leans forward, 357 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: gets the first down. Guys are starting to understand their 358 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: role on this team and they're starting to up their game. Well, yeah, 359 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: to be ready just for the opportunities. Pretty cool Hooper. 360 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,679 Speaker 1: Last point on Hooper too, You know he's young. He 361 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: came out of Stanford early. Our fans, when Jimmy G 362 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 1: became available in the offseason, we're all, hey, let's get 363 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: Jimmy G because they remember what he did to the 364 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: Falcons when he played for the Saints. But you look 365 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: at Hooper each year that he's been in the league. 366 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: Every in every single statistical category, he has improved except 367 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: for touchdowns last year, but I think he's he'll surpassed 368 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 1: that this year. But he is a guy where his arrow, 369 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: to steal a Dan Quinn phrase, his arrow is pointing up, yeah, 370 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 1: real quickly. Toughest thing for Hoop probably was that he 371 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: did follow, you know, remotely close kind of closely to 372 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 1: the footsteps of Tony g arguably the best tight end 373 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: that's ever played the game. And number two he made 374 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: a couple plays down the stretch of the playoffs. Remember 375 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 1: makes a catch in the Super Bowl for a touchdown 376 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 1: and all he said, he said, Wow, we got the 377 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: replacement tight end, and then last year was a little 378 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,239 Speaker 1: bit of a drop off. Okay, well he's picked it up. 379 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 1: So get ready. I think eighty one's about ready to 380 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: step into another phase of his career and that means 381 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: upper echelon tight end play. Yeah, it looks like we're 382 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: witnessing it. You are listening to Falcon's audible presented by 383 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: A T and T. I'm Matt's veek DG. 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My question is 393 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 1: the Falcons for years even before the Super Bowl, back 394 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 1: till when we lost to the forty nine. Is you 395 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: just seem to be a team that can't find find 396 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: a good balance you team being a great team and 397 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 1: a ok E team? What do you need to get 398 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 1: to a common ground up being a consistently great team? 399 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,959 Speaker 1: That's my question. Thank you well for one, they need 400 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,640 Speaker 1: to see stay healthy. But they've got the parts. They 401 00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: just they have. I think they have. They had nineteen 402 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: to twenty two starters back this year. But let's you 403 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: need a little luck and you need some health. But 404 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: you know, if you had a great team. Okay, is 405 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: there how many great teams are there in the league? 406 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: There's one each year one, So that's an elusive target 407 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: to begin a great Can you be great for a season? 408 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: Sixteen was pretty good, It was right on the edge 409 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: of being great. You had to win it to be great, right, Um, 410 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,719 Speaker 1: So I think it's a great question. Um, it's a 411 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: hard one. It's an elusive it's not a it's a 412 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: moving target. Other than one franchise. If you had the answer, 413 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: would you be here sitting here? Yeah, that's that's a 414 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,199 Speaker 1: great point. If you and I had we all had 415 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 1: the answer to Vegas somewhere. Yeah, that's exactly right. I 416 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 1: think it's it's a matter of rising to the occasion 417 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: in certain moments. It's it's Matt Ryan making the plays 418 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: he made the other day. It's guys getting hurt and 419 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 1: guys stepping up and making plays. You go back to 420 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:50,439 Speaker 1: the Green Bay team that won the Super Bowl in 421 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 1: two thy ten that need Atlanta here, and we were 422 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,159 Speaker 1: I think the one or two seed of that season. 423 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 1: That team had like seventeen or eighteen guys on ir. 424 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: They found the way to fit, mix and match and 425 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: be good. I think it's a matter of timing as well. 426 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: You know, everybody, is there a specific pill you take. 427 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be timy. A guy plays above 428 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 1: what he's a capable of playing for a scratch of time. 429 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: So I think it's an elusive target. Yeah, it's tough 430 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: to clarify a great team, and I'm not sure if 431 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 1: you're asking him it's for just a season, if it's 432 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 1: for over a couple of years. Because we've seen team 433 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: that go to the playoffs every year and you don't 434 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: want a Super Bowl? Does that counts? Hey, they're a 435 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 1: great team because they go to the playoffs every year. 436 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 1: How about that team that was right, I mean right, 437 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: but the Patriots team that was undefeated and got to 438 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: the super Bowl and a wildcard team knocked him out. 439 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: So would you call them great because they went undefeateding 440 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: lost and you know, yeah, it's exactly So it's it's 441 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: how you view it, you know, moving target, no question 442 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: about it. I think this team has a chance to 443 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: do some of some great things. But are they a 444 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 1: great team? Probably on paper you'd say no. One side 445 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 1: of the ball. Maybe the other side of the ball's patchwork. 446 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: But if you can come to other as a group, 447 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: that makes the Mechics some pretty cool I think. I 448 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: think there are great teams and there are great seasons. 449 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: I think there's been a lot of teams that have 450 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: had great seasons that maybe weren't the greatest team. I'm 451 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: talking to wish rolling in your favor most of the 452 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 1: time that it was. It was a good Trati question, 453 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: But I think it's a great question. Just I don't 454 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: know if there's an answer. Yeah, you might have to 455 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 1: go ask New England about it. I don't know. Then 456 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: you got an answer for there. He's not the best 457 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 1: color guy in the league. For nothing. That's why Dan 458 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: sitting on that end of the kidding. So guys, let's 459 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: segue into that four game stretch coming up, beginning with 460 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: Monday night, the New York Football Giants come to town 461 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,679 Speaker 1: in prime time, led by their no what shoots in 462 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: my mind? Don't even go it immediately shoots in my 463 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: mount That's what I was gonna say. They're gonna say 464 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: it just shoots in my head. Number one, A generational player. 465 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: Maybe good is maybe man, it's six games. I don't 466 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: want to crown him or put a gold talking on, 467 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: but what the dude is a different level guy. So now, 468 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 1: obviously Backham is a great player. Eli Manning has taken 469 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: his team to two Super Bowl championships coming kind of 470 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: kind of work to go. But this Barkley kid is 471 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: something different. Now you only see the generation might be 472 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: a good call. And let's hope he stays healthy, and 473 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 1: no one ever want to see a guy get hurt. 474 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: But this guy can do some stuff that is really 475 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: going to create some problems for the Falcons. And we 476 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: talk about every week there's always that one guy or 477 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,199 Speaker 1: there's that back that you have to worry about. This 478 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: guy can do it everywhere he can do it in 479 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: between the tackles. We've seen him catching football out of 480 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: the battle. I mean last week, what he had one 481 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 1: hundred yards receiving, a hundred yards rushing, and you know 482 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: you're still end up losing the ball game about you know, 483 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,679 Speaker 1: two three touchdowns. He is a guy that can change 484 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: the outcome of a game and change the way a 485 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: team prepares, and similar to a quarterback, at some point 486 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 1: in time, they can feed it to him as much 487 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 1: as they can or willing to because of his skill. 488 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: To me, here's where you really miss a Deon Jones. Okay, 489 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 1: Deon Jones is the guy that we saw displaced last year. 490 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: He would go out and cover Alvin Kamara in the slot. 491 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 1: He would shadow these really good backs that are like 492 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 1: that all. He's also a good guy against the run. 493 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,199 Speaker 1: But his ability to run and get the I'd be 494 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: one to bet you that they would match, say Quon 495 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: Barkley up on Deon Jones. You'd be very comfortable. I'd 496 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: be very comfortable with he can't do that now, So 497 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 1: how do you defend this guy? Would be interesting to see. Yeah, 498 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: that's someone asked me that in the Malbey thing. I said, well, 499 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 1: you have to play discipline defense. You have to know 500 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:32,439 Speaker 1: your gap assignments, and you have to take the right 501 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: angles on him, and you have to lock up and 502 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: bring him down. But even if even if you do 503 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: all that against this guy, he still can cut back, 504 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: he still can switch gears. He's amazing how he can. 505 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:51,159 Speaker 1: A hole will close and he can hop in your weekend. No, 506 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,640 Speaker 1: there's no question if there was ever a weekend where 507 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: your leverage tackle we've heard it a lot, and leverage tackle, 508 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: making sure you keep your outside responsive if that's where 509 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 1: you're supposed to be, don't overrun the play coming from 510 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 1: inside out. If you got to get this guy, you're 511 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 1: gonna have to do that against for the exact reason 512 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: you're talking about, and it'll you know, coach Markquon Manuel 513 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 1: dan Quinn, they're going to design something. They realize he's 514 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: the feature guy. Okay, let's take a butt look at 515 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: what they're not doing very well. They're not protecting the passers, 516 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: say theirsive line. Okay, so yeah, so can you take 517 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: say Quon Barkley out of the mix by heating their 518 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 1: passer up? We saw it? What was it on on 519 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 1: a game here? Or not too long? Ages on national 520 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 1: television where he Eli Manning and Eli Manning's not Jameis Winston. 521 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,880 Speaker 1: You were running all over the place like Winston did. 522 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: So I think there's a way to heat him up 523 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: and potentially create a problem if getting skull. And then 524 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: the other part of saying, if you heat him up, 525 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 1: you're gonna be vulnerable on the back end, So you 526 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 1: gotta play man coverage on the back end when you're 527 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: heating the guy up. And we know Odelle hasn't had 528 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: the best of season, but hey, you still got him, 529 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 1: You got Shepard, You got a couple of guys who 530 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: can make some players while you're tight end. They Ingram Kid. 531 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: I think he's banged up a little bit, although he 532 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 1: played last week. Now he may be available for us. Somebody, 533 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,120 Speaker 1: I mean, we didn't think you have to play. Eitherbody 534 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 1: showed up to the stadium as well, So yeah, you 535 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 1: never know, we'll see. Yeah, it's gonna be key to 536 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: put heat on Eli and just play discipline football on 537 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 1: you know, with with with Barkley, and they do have 538 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: some pretty good receivers, but and they spent a bunch 539 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,160 Speaker 1: of money on their defense a couple of years ago, 540 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 1: and it just hasn't. They just haven't lived up to 541 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: the well. They had some injury on the DEFENSEI front, 542 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: they've got it. They've got a premier pass rusher in 543 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 1: Olivier Vernon who could come off the edge, who could 544 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: create some problems for you. They went and got alec 545 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: Ogletree at linebacker. He's a running hit guy. Who Where 546 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: do you play collegeball? Some someplace in Athens, Georgiana, Georgia. Guy, Yeah, 547 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: are good player though, land in Collins is as good 548 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: as say twos in the league. So they're bat on 549 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 1: the defensive side the defense. Hey, I'm not going to 550 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: make any LSU accounts after what happened to the Mountaineers 551 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 1: and aims. Are you gonna grab that right there? Since 552 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: he wants to bring that up here you go, Sam today, 553 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: I didn't think i'd work. If you're if you're listening 554 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: on the podcast, my man Dave Archer is holding in 555 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 1: the iowas th cyclones cyclones. Yeah, I'll tell you what. 556 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:11,479 Speaker 1: You know what everyone's talking about. Purdy the quarterback. Uh, 557 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 1: not to digress too much here, but the running backs 558 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: Montgomery is impressive. Boy. Yeah, he's gonna he's gonna play 559 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: on Sunday, speaking of running backs. Yeah, all right, well 560 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: that all you got for us, That's all I got 561 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:27,360 Speaker 1: as far as the Giants. But again, do we want 562 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 1: to say this is another must win game? Um, it's 563 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 1: a big game. Yeah, you got. I think you have 564 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 1: to go get it. You have to get the win 565 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 1: first of all. You can't you talk about you can't 566 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: lose in your building. We've had a couple of those 567 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 1: who get away from us already. We're gonna have to 568 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 1: go get some one the road as well. But this 569 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 1: is the next one. Yeah, I think that based on 570 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 1: where that where everything is. It is kind of weird 571 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: to where the AFC is where you've got a lot 572 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: of teams that are like only one game in the 573 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 1: win column. I diot. I found myself. I don't know 574 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: about you, guys. I found myself yesterday when I got 575 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 1: home and was watching some of the games. I was 576 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: pulling for all the AFC teams that were playing NFC teams. Yeah, 577 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 1: you know, and somehow Miami found a way in a 578 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: screwy game to beat Chicago. I mean that might come 579 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,439 Speaker 1: into play down the stretch, you because you start jockeying, 580 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: can you catch New Orleans you know, to win the division. 581 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: You know, law of averages, say no, but you're gonna 582 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: get a play one more time in their building. Maybe 583 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 1: there's some way of getting them. But you're also going 584 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 1: to have to look at the rest of the NFC 585 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,919 Speaker 1: unfortunate because we played ourselves in that hole. And so 586 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 1: I find myself pulling for all these other teams that 587 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 1: are playing NFC teams. One most is yeah, go ahead. 588 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 1: Then I got one point. You're playing on national TV, obviously, 589 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 1: and we always talk about the national pundit's already gon. 590 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: Never give the Falcons any creator where you got a 591 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: chance to show everybody exactly what you're about. And regardless 592 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: of if you care what people are saying and all 593 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, I understand that, but this is 594 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: a chance for you to show everybody because you're gonna 595 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 1: be the only game on to show people what you're 596 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: about on both sides of the ball, and that you're 597 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: trending like we said upward, and if you go out 598 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: and play a solid game, everybody's gonna say, oh, you're 599 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: planning the Giants. They're not really, you know, playing up 600 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: to part well, it doesn't matter. You should still dominate 601 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 1: this ball. Game if you play to your caliber. So 602 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: I stopped short of saying must win. However, I'll make 603 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: this final point. If the Falcons were four and two 604 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: instead of two and four right now and then went 605 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: on a three lost three games in a row, would 606 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: people be panicking as much? Or if they were ten 607 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 1: and three and lost the last three games of the season, 608 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: would they be panicking. It's all about perspective, It's all 609 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,160 Speaker 1: about the division record, it's all about the conference record. 610 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: They have a chance to go if they take care 611 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: of business and beat New York and then beat the 612 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: Redskins and beat Cleveland. I know, I don't want to 613 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 1: get too far ahead. They have a chance, though, to 614 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: go into New Orleans six and four, five and two 615 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: conference right, yeah, and in control in the NFC South. 616 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: Why don't I feel like this is a scene of 617 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: dumb and dumber record. So you're saying there's a chance, 618 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: there's a chance, Dave, and I just I'm not saying 619 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: it's going to happen. I'm not I'm not drinking any 620 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: kind of cool and I've got I got black coffee here. 621 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: But our job is to point out there is a path. 622 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 1: There is a path, and it starts with beating New York, 623 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 1: just like we had. They had to beat the Falcons 624 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: or the I'm sorry, the Buccaneers. They've got to beat 625 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: the Giants because you know, the Bucks game doesn't. Only 626 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: way to get the street going is to win the 627 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,040 Speaker 1: one that you're in. They gotta strink some wins together. 628 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,719 Speaker 1: And on that note, I didn't even know who were 629 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: playing after the buy. I appreciate you letting me know 630 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: you're beat. That's what we're all here for. We're all 631 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: here to help each other. That's what I do. That's 632 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 1: a rap for us again. If you want to call 633 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 1: in for seven three four one four one seven seven, 634 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 1: give us a call, and remember to kind of keep 635 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: it forward looking because this airs every Monday. It's actually 636 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: it's gonna be Tuesday. Oh, very forward looking, tight Peoplefully, 637 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 1: you guys, hopefully you guys are bad guy who has 638 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: already looked forward four weeks. I can't believe we might 639 00:30:58,200 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: have a little we might have to we might have 640 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: a little prize for you next Tuesday morning. As far 641 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 1: as who's sitting here or where we're sitting or when 642 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 1: we do it. Really yeah, okay, okay, that's a rap.