1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Welcome back into another edition of the Falcons Audible presented 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: by ATNT. Cameron Dicker hits a last second field goal 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: against Atlanta Falcons this weekend, and the Falcons lose twenty 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: to seventeen to the Chargers at home. They fall one 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: game below five hundred on the season. He's Dave Archer, 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: DJ Shockley. I'm Derek Rackley. We're gonna talk about all 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: things that happened in that game, and then we're gonna 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: turn the page. We gotta turn to page quickly this week, fellows. 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: We got a game coming up here as we record 10 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: this show in about twenty four hours, so excuse me, 11 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: forty eight hours. So we got we gotta move on 12 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: to the Panthers. But let's start with the Chargers. Dave, 13 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: let's start with some first reactions here. We are kind 14 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: of talking about next week, but we'll come back after 15 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: losing this game. Is it getting to the point to 16 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: where it's a must win situation this week on Thursday? Yeah, 17 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: I don't think it's a must win unless you're being eliminated, right, 18 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: But because you're one and two in the division, and 19 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,959 Speaker 1: now you're tied with Tampa again, who's two and one 20 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: in the division. If you begin to start doing the math, 21 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: then do you think you can't drop a division game? Right? 22 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: You need to win the division games. So but unless 23 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: you're being eliminated, I don't ever like to use the 24 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: must win center, got it? DJ? What about you? Yeah? 25 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: I thought similar obviously with where you staying U is? 26 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: You know Urst has mentioned where Tampa stands, and obviously 27 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: you know they got a big win at the end 28 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: over the Rams. I don't like to say must win 29 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: either unless it's you know, the last game of the 30 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: season and it's gonna get you in the playoffs. But 31 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: other than that, I think you still got a lot 32 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: of football left to play. But I do understand the 33 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: importance of winning inside your divisions. Yeah, that's a big deal. 34 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: So in that sense of must win, I think yeah, 35 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: But for the entirety of the season, still got a 36 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: lot of Yeah. No, I feel you, guys. I understand 37 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 1: which direction you're going. I'm gonna flip it slightly on 38 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: you guys and take some of what like like the 39 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: coaches would tell us, guess what, every week in the 40 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: NFL is a muscle and situation, So they're not saying 41 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: over there, oh, guys, you know, it's just okay, if 42 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: let's just go out there and player best and if 43 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: it's not good, No, the guys on the team and 44 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: the coaching staff, they're saying, we're going out to win 45 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: the freaking game this week. So that's kind of what 46 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: some of the reactions are. Fans you probably are looking 47 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: at it saying, yes it is and must win if 48 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: they want to stay paced in the division. But let's 49 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: talk about what happened this past game, because Dave, we 50 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 1: talked about it before we walked into the studio here 51 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: this morning. Kind of a weird game, Like Falcons came 52 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: out like Gangbusters, just marching down the field. They come 53 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: up short on the second drive, but they still get 54 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: points on the board, and then all of a a sudden, 55 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: you click over into the second quarter and like it's 56 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: like a different game, two different teams. Atlanta kind of 57 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: slows down, the Chargers kind of speed up a little bit. 58 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: What was your take, what was the kind of shifting 59 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: momentum between quarter one and two. Well, it felt like 60 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: that when you got down there in the second drive 61 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 1: and I think you penetrated maybe the ten yard line, 62 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: I can't remember. You're right around the ten yard line, 63 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: don't get in and you have to kick a field goal. 64 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 1: I felt like that was a bit of a deflator 65 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: because you had been you'd been really been pushing them around. 66 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: You had the big run by Algier and the opening 67 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: drive you had, you had a lot going on. You're 68 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: able to mix in some pass you kind of were 69 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: dictating throughout the tire part of those first two drives. 70 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I looked at the playsheet and I said, 71 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: Atlanta run twenty one plays and the Chargers run three. Yeah, 72 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: and I'm going, wow, just you talk about domination. You 73 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: had like he had the ball for like twelve minutes 74 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: and twelve and a half minutes of the first quarter 75 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: and you only had ten points. And it felt kind 76 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: of a little deflating there. And I think the Chargers 77 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: got a little bit of a boost that they got 78 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: to stop down there, made it there was only ten nothing, 79 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: unless say a fourteen nothing. How much difference is that, 80 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: I don't know. You go down to these two, you 81 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 1: punch two touchdowns in the first two times you touch it. 82 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: That feels a little bit different than getting stopped and 83 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: kicking a field goal. I felt like that the Chargers 84 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: got a little bit of momentum off of that and 85 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: then started to put some things together in a second quarters. DJ. 86 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: It's it's got to be one of those situations though, 87 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: where Atlanta gets up ten nothing on the Chargers in 88 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: the first quarter and you got to feel like you're 89 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: in a good position. But then you got to think, 90 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: at some point, Herbert's going to figure this out. Like 91 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: he's a top five call at quarterback in the league 92 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: for a reason. And Dave, you talked about the two 93 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: touchdowns would have felt better. The Chargers respond with two 94 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: touchdowns in the second quarter and it really just kind 95 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: of flipped the game around. Yeah, you think early in 96 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: the ball game there wasn't I don't want to say 97 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: much attention, but the Chargers are trying to do other 98 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: things with their offense. And then they said, okay, we 99 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: gotta do back here number thirty that can really make 100 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: things happen, and they started feeding him in multiple ways 101 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: out of the backfield, started you know, giving it to him, 102 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: and he was making some plays, making some positive runs. 103 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: And I think early in the ballgame, the Falcons were 104 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 1: really good on early downs. I mean you're talking about 105 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: first and second down were really big for him. And 106 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: they were able to you know, being third and short 107 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: or maybe now he sometimes he even get the third downs. 108 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: And then you get to that second quarter and the 109 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: Falcons have was like three straight three and ounce or 110 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 1: something like that. And now, okay, here the defense game's 111 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: confidence for the Chargers. Now their offense starts to pick 112 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: up and the Eckler starts to get going a little 113 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: bit and give it to him and he ends up 114 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,799 Speaker 1: taking it down. But this was I thought, just most 115 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: some of the time was a lack of execution as 116 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: far as hitting some guys, some guys dropping some balls, 117 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: some guys you know, may not really hidding a lot 118 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: of guys sometimes. I mean, it was a multitude of 119 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: things that culminated in why they were able to come back. 120 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 1: It just wasn't one or two guys. But obviously your 121 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: execution in that second quarter I think didn't match what 122 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: you had going on in the first. Yeah, And I 123 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: think if you're looking for a play to look at 124 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: that kind of flip the thing. The script for the 125 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: Chargers was a third and fifteen play from their own 126 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: ten yard line or twelve yard line, and your rush 127 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 1: doesn't quite do what you're looking for to do. You 128 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: wanted to push Herbert left or right. When he escapes forward, 129 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: it's a problem because he's got a big arm. He 130 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: can throw on the move or he can take off 131 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: like most quarterbacks. But if you shove him either way, 132 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: his percentage goes way down. When you shove him out 133 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: the other direction, cut the field in half. He escaped forward, 134 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: found Palmer on that deep end cut and that got 135 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: him going and all of a sudden boom, then they 136 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: converted six consecutive third downs from that point on, which 137 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: led to the two touchdowns. At that point, you'd kind 138 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: of been had him off his sword. He was kind 139 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: of not feeling it and he wasn't finding guys, And 140 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 1: the next thing you know, he got the ball to Palmer, 141 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: got some of the receivers. We knew he wasn't working 142 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: with Williams Rollan in the game, So I got Evert 143 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: in the game. I got some guys. I started getting 144 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 1: them the football and they started feeling okay about themselves. 145 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 1: So you kind of gave them a little breath of 146 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: fresh air there on that third fifteen conversion. Here there's 147 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: another thing that I thought was big in a game too, 148 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: And you talk about what the charges were doing on 149 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: I mean it was four in that particular drive they 150 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: converted third downs and on the other side for the Falcons, 151 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: because you were bludging them so badly in that first quarter, 152 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: they started to add more guys to the freight. They 153 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: started to add more I think they brought in a 154 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: couple extra d linement. I mean they were add linebackers. 155 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: They were doing a lot of run blitzes. And now 156 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: you look at it. You go second to ten, second 157 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: and eleven, it comes third and eight or nine, and 158 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: that makes it a lot tougher. So they changed their 159 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: playing going to that second quarter as well. So Falcons 160 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: end up having a really good first quarter one hundred 161 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: and forty five yards offense, ninety two rushing. But then 162 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: the second quarters we talked about charges. One hundred and 163 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: six six yards of offense. It was kind of like 164 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 1: you poked the bear a little bit and they came alive. 165 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: Falcons continue to do what they do all season long, 166 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: and that's run the football. They've had success. Dave, I 167 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: want to ask you a question about the Presidents of 168 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: the Presidence of Cordarrell Patterson back in the lineup, because 169 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: it seems like Arthur Smith now he's got options. He's 170 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: seen enough from Algier, he's seen enough from Huntley to 171 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: have confidence that those guys can continue to run the rock. 172 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: And now he's playing a little bit of CP in 173 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: the backfield, a little bit of CP on the outside. 174 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: Did you see enough to be encouraged from Cordarrell Patterson 175 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: moving forward now that he kind of gets his legs 176 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: back underneath himself. Yeah. Absolutely, and you know what he's 177 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: capable of doing. So I asked Arthur and on his 178 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: Coaches show, did you have him on a pitch count? 179 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: He goes, I wouldn't like to call it a pitch count, 180 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: but we were monitoring how much they were using him. 181 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: So essentially me saying this, it was there was some 182 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: kind of count that he was on as to how 183 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: much they wanted him exposed, so to speak, to the 184 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: contact and how much he was carrying the football. But 185 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: you saw it right out of the block. You go, 186 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: no backs, the first player of the game through, fill 187 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: the hitch about to him outside. He gets nine, hand 188 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: me go back and hand it off to him and 189 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: he runs for about seven. So you got so by 190 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: due to answer your question, we talked a little bit 191 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: about this last week and I said CP was definitely 192 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: playing this game. You got it. But his versatility in 193 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: that package is going to expand down. I think you'll 194 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: see that in the Carolina game. And that's the part 195 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: as we get to that and we start talking about Carolina, 196 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: that'll be part of the game plan that Carolina hasn't 197 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: necessarily seen because they didn't CEP CCP what eleven days ago. 198 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: When when we get to Thursday, right, I didn't I 199 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: didn't get a chance to hear the call of when 200 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: he runs over the guy I would have loved to hurt. 201 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: I was trying to set that up. I talk about 202 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: him running over Drew on that play over and through, 203 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: I mean through his lady, can you bring the call back? 204 00:08:55,800 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: Because I know I, oh my god, that's because they 205 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,839 Speaker 1: did to remove his helmet from his chest. I mean, listen, 206 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: Drew Tranquil had a good game, like he was all 207 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: over the field, made a lot of tackles, and there 208 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: are just certain times when you don't want to run 209 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,319 Speaker 1: the tape back. And that's one that Drew Tranquil is 210 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: never gonna want to see again. And conversely, CP gonna 211 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 1: be showing that one to his kids and his grandkids 212 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: for a year. I thought it was classic. The Falcons 213 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,079 Speaker 1: Haw the miked up with Grady this week and they 214 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: actually had they showed him when this happened, and his 215 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: face was like, oh my god, this grown man just 216 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,319 Speaker 1: obliterated another ground I could I could think of was 217 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: John Collins posterizing somebody other. Oh like that That's kind 218 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:41,839 Speaker 1: of way it felt, and I know it felt that 219 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: way to Trankle. The first thing that hit the ground 220 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: for Twinkle was his name plate. Yeah, I mean boom 221 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: and his name plate was the first back at the ground. 222 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: I had CP a post game and he just got 223 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: a big grin on his face. He said, hey man, 224 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: he was between me and the goal line. I wanted 225 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: to I love it. I love that. You know. Last 226 00:09:57,880 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: week I got fired up with the passion where Kyle 227 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: hits and this one like, I mean he got up 228 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: through the football down and it was like it's almost 229 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: like CP is too cool to do it. But it's 230 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: like he wanted to talk so much, yes, so much, 231 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: still had the war fall to get the ball over 232 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: the line, like if I ever did that kind of 233 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:24,199 Speaker 1: too late now, yeah, you're right, you're right. Um, So 234 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: you know we talked a little bit about the offense defense, 235 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: you know, struggling a little bit on third down. Dave, 236 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: let me ask you this, like, where do they need 237 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: to sharpen their swords on that side of the ball. Well, 238 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: I mean, you gotta let's keep it in perspective. Now 239 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 1: you're not playing with your two best corners, okay, And 240 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: I don't want to downplay anybody's play. Cornell Armstrong's done 241 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: a nice job, you know, but let's face it. You 242 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: have number one guys, and then you have number two guys, 243 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: and then you have potentially number three guys which you 244 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: are playing with some But I do think that there's 245 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 1: some things that they could brush up from a technique standpoint. 246 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: And the big throw was the one after you get 247 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: tq's fumble and they get the ball back around midfield. 248 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,079 Speaker 1: They got to get themselves back into field goal range. 249 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: They go a three by one set and they run 250 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: Palmer's the third inside receiver. He runs a deepot or 251 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: runs a crossing route. So from a perspective, if I'm teaching, 252 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: I would assume if you're John Hooker whoever you're doing 253 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: the dB coach, or if your DPS you're saying Okay, 254 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,959 Speaker 1: I cannot give up the inside, right and so Cornell, 255 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,959 Speaker 1: if you look at the play, Palmer gives him a 256 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 1: little stellar stutter step outside. He's already inside already. I mean, 257 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: just protect the inside, take that away. I don't have 258 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: any help inside. I can use the sideline as the 259 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: extra defender if he decides to go that way, and 260 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: I can funnel him. But he got beat inside right now. Yeah, 261 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: that's that's what I wrote down. It's like he missed. 262 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 1: I don't know what the technique was, I said, but 263 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: I wrote he messed a jam at the line of script. 264 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 1: I got to get your hands on them and at 265 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: least mess up the timing at the start. But he 266 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: got off right away cut inside, and right after you 267 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: get like a big play, they just to give it 268 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: right back up right, So now you and now you 269 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: can't You don't even have enough time. If you're Jalen 270 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: Hawkins who openly comes down and tries to make the play, 271 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 1: he can't even get there because he wins so quickly. 272 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:04,719 Speaker 1: So now Herbert's getting the ball out before we ever 273 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: get any pressure. So yeah, it was that from a 274 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: technique standpoint, there's certainly things they can improve on. Yeah, 275 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: now having the guys out there you would like to 276 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: have out there. There's a lot of teams that aren't 277 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: doing that. In fact, the Chargers played about their two 278 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: best receivers right a lot of that. I thought the 279 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: same thing. I mean, when you watch the game, I 280 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: thought there were a couple of times and crossing routes 281 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: over routes we were a step behind, or the communication 282 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: wasn't there. You know, you're passing it off or you're 283 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: not pass it off. The technique you talk about I 284 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: thought was an issue in the game because you think 285 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: about that last one, But there were other plays throughout 286 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: the game where Herbert climbs into pocket and he finds 287 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: the guy over the middle, like even just the dig 288 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:43,199 Speaker 1: right in the middle. You can see Corner Armstrong pointing 289 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: on that third and fifteen like somebody's supposed to come 290 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: help him or is he supposed to go with him, 291 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: and look like he was a little unsure on that 292 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: particular play. So I wonder on the back end there's 293 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: still some communication stuff that they have to work out 294 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: when it comes to play similar to that. Well, that's 295 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: what's big about when we talk about it all the time. 296 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: If we can buy time as quarterbacks for extra time. 297 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,559 Speaker 1: Then it's hard to stay disciplined in the back end 298 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: because if you're an if you're an intermediate defender, a linebacker, 299 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: or a safety, it's in that intermediate area and a 300 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 1: guy flashes in front of you, your eyes naturally, if 301 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks moving up, your eyes are naturally to go 302 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:20,839 Speaker 1: to him, and there's a guy in behind you. Can 303 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: you stay disciplined enough if it's a zone to stay 304 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,719 Speaker 1: in that area, take that throwaway, make him throw the 305 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: ball underneath. I think those are still some things they're 306 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: working through. It's not an overly old team or in 307 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: a lot of cases not an overly experienced team in 308 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: certain areas, so they're still working through some of that stuff. 309 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: I do think they had a really good defensive stop 310 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: late in the game. If you remember, Palmer catches a 311 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: steam route with about five minutes six minutes to go 312 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: into game, and they get it to the eight yard line. 313 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: Atlanta bows their back right there and holds them and 314 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: makes them kick a field goal, which tied the game 315 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 1: as opposed to them punching it in and taking the lead. 316 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: And I thought that was a big moment for the defense. Yeah, 317 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: and you know, we've I understand that happens, but I 318 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 1: as soon as that happened, I thought back to the 319 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: coup miss that he had because he's just been so 320 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 1: automatic all year. It was a fifty yarder. I mean, 321 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: it's not a chip shot or anything, but it look 322 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,079 Speaker 1: looks like he just pushed it right away. And I'm 323 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: thinking if Falcon's only had that field goal right now, 324 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: it could be a different story. Well, and that margins 325 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: tighter what you're talking about, Rack, because you only had 326 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: I think he had nine possessions in this game. Normal 327 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: NFL games it's somewhere around twelve possessions. So if you're 328 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: going to run the ball as well as we're running it, 329 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: and let's say the other team runs it to some success, 330 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: now all of a sudden, it's an eight nine possession game. 331 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: And so if you miss shots like that or miss 332 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: opportunities get a guy open the end zone you're missing, 333 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: that comes back and magnifies itself because you're not going 334 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: to get that many shots. So you have to be 335 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: that much cleaner when you play, all right, So we 336 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: can't really do anything about that one. Now it's a loss. 337 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: As we mentioned, Atlanta falls a game below five hundred 338 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: on the season, now tied with Tampa and overall record, 339 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: of course, Tampa holding a slight edge right now. This episode, 340 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: in part Bronz, you buy the home Depot. 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Again, 355 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: it's another one of those situations you can't make any 356 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: excuses right short week. Guess what a lot of teams 357 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: in the NFL do this every single week. They got 358 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: to play in a short week. So but at the 359 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: only difference in here arch is we just played this team, 360 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: as you mentioned about eleven twelve days ago. What did 361 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: Carolina learn from the last game against Atlanta when they 362 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: lost that you think they're gonna try to change their 363 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: game plan to put out a better performance at home 364 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: against Atlanta. Well, the front seven will all have neck 365 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: rolls on because the run game's coming. Yeah, Because, in 366 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: case you didn't watch the Cincinnati game, Joe Mixon just 367 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: went completely off for a team that does not run 368 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: the football. Cincinnati, we played them a few weeks ago 369 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: and they ran for like forty yards or something like 370 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: in the game. Now Burrow threw it all over the place. 371 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: But Mixon just scored five touchdowns, four on the ground, 372 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: and the week before that Atlanta touched him up for 373 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy five in the ground. Oh, by 374 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: the way, Atlanta just ran for two hundred. Yeah, what 375 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: do you think's coming? Run the rock they're in lies. 376 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: The advantage for Atlanta one, CP comes back. They didn't 377 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: see him in week one, so that whatever little nuances, 378 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: unscouted nuances, you could put him in the game. Four. 379 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: But number two, you have got to hit the play 380 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: action shots because they're gonna do like what what Shock 381 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: was talking about, where the Chargers put extra guys on 382 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 1: the field, bigger dudes to try to stop the run. 383 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,919 Speaker 1: You're gonna have some play action shots and you have 384 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 1: got to hit them. You can't miss him. We can't 385 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 1: overthrow it. We can't overthrow, we can't drop them. You 386 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: gotta hit them. Because we talked about limited possessions anyway, 387 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: must at how hard is it you and I know 388 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 1: quarterbacks and you played quarterback as well, how hard is 389 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: it to put twelve thirteen plays together every time you 390 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: go on the field. So I used to have a 391 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 1: couple of drives like that. You need some explosives. You 392 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: you have a thirty forty yard play to shorten the 393 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 1: field and give you some energy and some momentum and 394 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: get that other team reeling. Gotta hit those shots. Yeah, 395 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: and there, and the personnel is there. I mean, we've 396 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: seen a more concerted effort to get the ball downfield 397 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: to Kyle Pitts. Obviously Drake London can do it. Even 398 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: the shots that we've got to demere Bird Oz has 399 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: had some opportunities. The guys are there, but You're right. 400 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: When they do take the shot downfield, when Mario to 401 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: finds that guy down the field, they got to find 402 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: a way to connect or you got to bail your 403 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: quarterback out, like you gotta make a better catch, right 404 00:17:58,240 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: your wide receiver has got to go up over the 405 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: top somebody you gotta fight through contact. Whatever it may be. 406 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: DJ as good as man arts for it. You know, yeah, 407 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: you did it too it. So J, let me ask 408 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: you this question. What adjustments do you think that Carolina 409 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: is gonna make. Let's take Atlanta's running game out of it. 410 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: What adjustments do you think they'll make, either offensively or 411 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: defensively to give them a better chance to come away 412 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: with a winning this game. You know what I think 413 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: over the time. PJ Walker, who they said will be 414 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: starting on Thursday night, I think is a guy that 415 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: I think they want to use more with his legs. 416 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: He hasn't really used his legs at all. I went 417 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: back and looked at it. In his five games, he 418 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: has three attempts for twenty five yards. This is a 419 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: guy that's considered a guy who can move and run. 420 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: He doesn't really use his legs, and I think that's 421 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: a part of the game that I know they want 422 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: to probably implement because he's a guy that can get 423 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: on the edge. He can get on the corner. You've 424 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 1: seen other quarterbacks create plays with their legs and arms. 425 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: Maybe this is a game on a short week where 426 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 1: the plan kind of stays similar. Everybody knows when you 427 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 1: have these short games. For fans who don't know, there's 428 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: not really much you do on the field. It's all 429 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 1: about getting your body back and prepare ready to go. 430 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: So the plan is somewhat similar. Aren't talking about the 431 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 1: Falcons game? Some much similar, but adding a wrinkle here 432 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: they will CEP. I think they're gonna have a similar plan. 433 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 1: But maybe now you use PJ. Walker more in the 434 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: run game and we're on the edge, that gives them 435 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,199 Speaker 1: maybe another what they feel is in an advantage in 436 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 1: this game to help them. All right, I got a 437 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: question for you, then, okay, tell me. Baker Mayfield came 438 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: in the game and played and took him down and 439 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: they scored two touchdowns. He played pretty well in his 440 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: relief performance. Albeit the game was probably over and you 441 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: can car at garbage time or whatever, but Baker got 442 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 1: some kind of rhythm going. So now PJ Walker is 443 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 1: supposed to start okay, and you know that there's probably 444 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: a much shorter leash on you potentially in this game. 445 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 1: So tell me your mindset is you're going in. Does 446 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: that make you want to make more plays and all 447 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: of a sudden maybe you put the ball in is 448 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: way more or do you play within the game plan? 449 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,239 Speaker 1: What do you what do you think his thought process is, 450 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,919 Speaker 1: knowing the bakers on the sideline getting ready to come 451 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: in potential. That's a really great question because as a 452 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: guy who's actually been in that role before, your mindset 453 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: early goes to, I gotta find ways to keep myself 454 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: on the field. And when that happens, there comes forced, 455 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: there comes You're trying to do a little bit more 456 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 1: within the play. Now, maybe they may help him, maybe 457 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: because in the past he wasn't a guy who was 458 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 1: really trying to push the ball down the field, trying 459 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: to force the ball into those tough spots. I mean, 460 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: we saw him in the last game that he played here, 461 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: he had a two or three just blatant overthrows or 462 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: throws he didn't hit that he probably wanted back. And 463 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: here's a game where you just saw a guy come 464 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,679 Speaker 1: in who you know they brought in for a reason 465 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: and now he played solid, you know, and whatever time 466 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: he was in. But the mindset is, I gotta make plays. 467 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: And whether that turns into him making mistakes or him 468 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 1: becoming a better player, we'll have to see on Thursday night. 469 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: But in my mindset is every time I'm on the field, 470 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 1: I gotta make that series count. I gotta make that 471 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: play count, because if we're not moving, we're not you know, 472 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 1: getting first as we're not scoring points, they're looking. We 473 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: got to find a way to get in the end zone. 474 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 1: And here comes another quarterback behind you who gets capable 475 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: of doing it. It makes it It makes it difficult 476 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: for the mindset of a quarterback, especially when you know 477 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: they will pull you and another guy can come in. Yeah. 478 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's a great question that you 479 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 1: pose to them. RK. You guys, you know, kind of 480 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: talk about it as guys that have been in that 481 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: situation before. And I know that Atlanta's probably gonna prepare 482 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 1: defensively for both guys, and I wouldn't be surprised if 483 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,439 Speaker 1: they're actually okay if they bring Baker Mayfield, because if 484 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 1: you know Mayfield's coming in, he's a gun slinger. He 485 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: gonna take some shots, so you know you're gonna have 486 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 1: some chances. Maybe they're gonna be licking their lips a 487 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: little bit on that one. You guys talked about quarterbacks. 488 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: I do want to flip this a little bit because 489 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: if you remember the last game, there was a certain 490 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: dude named Foreman that had twenty six carries, one hundred 491 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 1: and eighteen yards and three touchdowns. Dave what a just 492 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: if any need to be made so he doesn't hurt 493 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: them getting into the end zone as many times as 494 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: he did in the last match. Yeah, I think there'll 495 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 1: be a ton of studying Iraq on their blocking schemes 496 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: and some of the things they wanted to do. We 497 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: obviously misfit the run a number of times. It gave 498 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: him some creases. There's also going to be the ability 499 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: for them to use what I was talking about for 500 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: us to use, and that's play action because we're going 501 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: to be wanting to stop the run. That's our number 502 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: one concern. So what does your personnel look like? Do 503 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: you change personnel a little bit if your DMPs maybe 504 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: a little bit bigger players on the field, as Troy 505 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 1: Anderson find himself on the field and all of a sudden, 506 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,439 Speaker 1: you've got that five linebacker set, or do you go 507 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,679 Speaker 1: away from that and put an extra defensive lineman on 508 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: the field to create some clog up in there to 509 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: where the linebackers can get you know, you can hang 510 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: up some of those second level blockers so the linebackers 511 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: can flow to get to fill some of these holes. 512 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 1: And then the other part of it is are you 513 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 1: creep in the safety yet? You know, because if you 514 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: see teams, and we talk about all the time, shock 515 00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: if they if teams want to play too deep, you 516 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 1: gotta be able to run it all. If they're gonna 517 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: play Cover two or Cover four, you gotta be able 518 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,640 Speaker 1: to run it because they don't have that eighth guy 519 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 1: to get in there. Yeah, but does Atlanta shift to 520 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: more single high safety and all of a sudden Richie 521 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,679 Speaker 1: Grant and or Jalen Hawkins is in the box and 522 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 1: so that's what they're thinking too over there? Okay, how 523 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: can I take advantage of that with DJ Moore potentially 524 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: or somebody like that. Let me let me go back 525 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:25,439 Speaker 1: and pull the question to archy. Going back to PJ. Walker. Now, 526 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 1: you talked about obviously having another guy come in last 527 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 1: week he throws three interceptions, talking about being able to 528 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: use the play action game to push the ball down 529 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: the field. Kind of twofold on the falcon side. Are 530 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: you in the mindset of, Okay, this guy just throw 531 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,880 Speaker 1: three pigs, He's probably not gonna throw it anything. He's 532 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 1: not gonna throw it down the field. Or if you're 533 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 1: PJ walking you through three interceptions, are you concerned about 534 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: throwing the ball down the field. I'm concerned number one 535 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: about the run because that was the only way they 536 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: hurt me in the game other than the long throw. 537 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,439 Speaker 1: That was a stupid mistake and they beat us down 538 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: to field. And the other guy I'm worried about is 539 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: DJ Moore, So where is more lined up? And and 540 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: Atlanta actually began to double him late in the game. 541 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: You saw it. They began actually literally double I hear 542 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: guys say, oh, he's double covered. No, that's where two 543 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,479 Speaker 1: guys are coming from the same zone to a receiver. 544 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,880 Speaker 1: That's not double coverage when you actually clamp a guy, 545 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: where you walk a guy out, and they actually were 546 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: doubleing him inside and out because that's the guy he 547 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 1: wants to throw the ball too. So you pay attention 548 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: to where he is and then stop the run and 549 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 1: if they can make some plays, God bless him down 550 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: the field, make them make those plays. Are you cautious 551 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 1: after throwing three picks the previous week? Probably? Yeah, probably, 552 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: that's all Hardy goes back to what you guys are 553 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: played very much. If it's p J. Walker or it's 554 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, right, that's a different story exact. If you're 555 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, you go back there and because you and 556 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 1: you've played a ton, right, p J. Walkers only what 557 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:53,360 Speaker 1: started five games in his career and maybe his futures 558 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: in the balance and all I I mean, like you said, 559 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: John Alleny worried about them. Yeah, the future. He's good. 560 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: They're they're expecting me to throw the rock. That's true. 561 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: All right. So those are kind of some of the 562 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: big picture elements that we see coming down on Thursday 563 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: night as the Falcons go on the road face the 564 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 1: Panthers again. Is it difficult to be a team last question? 565 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: Twice in a season, and even more so this close together? Yeah, 566 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: it is because obviously in division it makes it even 567 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,360 Speaker 1: harder because you know the personnel, you know they gonna 568 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: I mean, just we just talked about the entire personnelity 569 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: what they want to do. I'm sure they over this 570 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: send the exact same thing. Here there group of guys 571 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 1: who they want to get the football too, and this 572 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 1: is how they're going to do it. Here's someone to 573 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: the sense that they're gonna show us, and with it 574 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: being so close, you expect it kind of to be similar. So, yes, 575 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: it's absolutely hard on both sides with the short amount 576 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: of time and who you're playing to be a team 577 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: twice like that. So DJ talked about it. This is 578 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 1: you know, it's a different week in preparation, it's a 579 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: much more mental week. You've got to learn off the tape. 580 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: You've got to go through some walkthroughs in practice, and 581 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: then you just got to trust your preparation and go 582 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: out there and be ready to fight and come away 583 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: with a victory. Then afterwards, hopefully you get a chance 584 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 1: to kind of unload, get your body back underneath you 585 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,199 Speaker 1: a little bit, and then even more so we'll be 586 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 1: back here to hopefully talk about another victory. Yes, certain 587 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 1: the way, I'm not worried about their mindset. I keep here. 588 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 1: This drives me crazy when people start talking about the 589 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: other team's mindset who cares what their mindset is. They 590 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,159 Speaker 1: got their ass kicked here true okay, yeah, okay, it 591 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: didn't It kind of weird the way we won it, 592 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 1: but they lost, okay, and then they just got their 593 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: ruins handed to them last weekend. I don't care where 594 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: their mind or whatever it is out there. We're coming. 595 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: Get ready. Yeah yeah, they got enough to think about 596 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: correcting some mistakes that they made last week. So that's 597 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 1: that's the story of the NFL. Who makes the least 598 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,400 Speaker 1: amount of mistakes and then who makes the plays down 599 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 1: the field. So we'll see how that ends up. Shaken out. 600 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: That's gonna do it. Here for the Falcons Audible presented 601 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: by AT and T. We appreciate however you get your 602 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: podcast material, Continue to like, subscribe, reviews, Spotify, iTunes, Atlanta 603 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,479 Speaker 1: Falcons dot Com, and YouTube, and we'll be back here 604 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 1: to break it all down next week, and hopefully these 605 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: guys will have all of their best analyst cap on. 606 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: Great work fellas, how about them? Jay? Uh? Yeah. By 607 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 1: the way, Georgia Bulldogs hasn't been released yet. Number one 608 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: in the country, Number one in the country. Dave you 609 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,120 Speaker 1: met you went out on a limb last week on CP. 610 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go out on a limb Georgia bulldogs. Wow, 611 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: that's called a tree stump. I'm standing on a tree stump. 612 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us. Everybody, We'll see you 613 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: next week.