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Speaker 1: What's going on? Dirty Birds? Tory maclaney here with Tarren

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Speaker 1: Walk and Will McFadden. Will and I switched seats today

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Speaker 1: and she got the names right, and I got the

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Speaker 1: names right. Didn't no more, no more touring and Terry

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Speaker 1: or whatever will go right? Okay, So I got it right.

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Speaker 1: We're off to a good God or wrong?

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Speaker 2: You got it right, wrong exactly?

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Speaker 3: Till or wearing what would be the better ones? I

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Speaker 3: like it till little Tilly?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, wearin is a little hard. I'm my own person

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Speaker 2: tearing along all right.

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Speaker 1: So we are coming to you on It's Thursday right now,

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Speaker 1: Thursday afternoon. That you'll hear this on probably Friday morning,

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Speaker 1: if I had to guess, according to how long it

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Speaker 1: takes Will to edit the podcast.

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Speaker 2: Shout out producer Will.

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Speaker 1: And this has been quite literally one of the crazier

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Speaker 1: weeks that the Falcons have had in long time. And I,

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Speaker 1: for one, have been covering this team since twenty twenty.

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Speaker 1: I have seen some crazy weeks, and this one has

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Speaker 1: gotten the National Football League talking. Because the Falcons made

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Speaker 1: the decision after beating the Raiders fifteen to nine on

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Speaker 1: Monday night. Football made the decision on Tuesday late evening

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Speaker 1: into the night that they would be replacing Kirk Cousins

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Speaker 1: as the starter as the starting quarterback for the number

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Speaker 1: eight overall draft pick, Michael Pennocks Junior. Now, we have

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Speaker 1: had many conversations about this. If you haven't seen, Will

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Speaker 1: and I sat down pretty immediately after the news broke

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Speaker 1: the next morning to kind of just go over how

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Speaker 1: Raheem Morris, Zach Robinson, Kirk Cousins, and Michael PENNOCKX themselves.

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Speaker 1: I'm curious and I just want to start with this,

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Speaker 1: you guys, from all of the conversations that we've had

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Speaker 1: And Will, I'll start with you.

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Speaker 3: Sure, Yeah, I kind of really wanted to see what

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Speaker 3: Zach Robinson was going to say. Obviously, as the offensive coordinator,

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Speaker 3: going in with the game plan, and of course you

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Speaker 3: what they're comfortable running. But it just felt like, and

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Speaker 3: this is what we touched on, you know, honestly in

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Speaker 3: is it just felt like the offense was shrinking a

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Speaker 3: And I think that was very clear on Monday night,

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Speaker 3: when you had a game plan that felt very defense focused,

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Speaker 3: special teams focused, and running game focused, and all three

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Speaker 3: of those aspects worked beautifully, and yet you still escaped,

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Speaker 3: Honestly feels like an appropriate word with a six point

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Speaker 3: playoffs but for the number one draft pick, and that

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Speaker 3: is ultimately, i think part of the reason that the

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Speaker 3: There weren't, frankly, like some elements of twenty twenty four

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Speaker 3: So to hear Zach Robinson kind of say yes, there

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Speaker 1: So it's interesting too because to your point, Raheem Morris

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Speaker 1: of the prevailing things. There's a lot of things that

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Speaker 1: no matter who they are, no matter what position they play,

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Speaker 1: how much money you're giving them. That's the crux of it. So, Tarin,

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Speaker 5: So I listened to y'all's episode of Falcon's Final Whistle

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Speaker 5: I think it's just says how long the drive is,

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Speaker 5: But that's because I wasn't here in the morning, so

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Speaker 5: I didn't get to see Raheem Morris's press conference in person.

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Speaker 1: Asks, but everyone's comment I said.

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Speaker 5: straight up just said, I'm not nervous. And I think

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Speaker 5: that track so much to the Michael Pennix junior we

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Speaker 5: he has said since the very beginning as he embraced

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Speaker 5: Something did happen. I was ready, and here he is

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Speaker 5: I think because of the steadiness of him, there might

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Speaker 5: And I hope they trust him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that that was Obviously after the pick

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Speaker 4: I always looked.

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Speaker 1: For five years is what the prevailing quote was during

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Speaker 1: the experience that he has at the collegiate level, I

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Speaker 1: serve him very well because he has played in some

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Speaker 3: He took it to Texas in the College Football Playoff

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Speaker 1: It's interesting too, because I think back to the entire

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Speaker 1: But I left Wednesday feeling as though they all said

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Speaker 3: Like you got asked the questions before, I think they

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Speaker 5: And I'm just saying the difference between the two was very,

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Speaker 1: And I felt as though some of the questions that

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Speaker 1: I wrote a whole story about it, but he was like,

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Speaker 1: And he literally, without hesitations, no, And I think that's

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Like he walked in and he was like, yeah,

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Speaker 5: A sweet moment that came out today was Jesse Bates

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Speaker 1: Well, everybody, every single person was asked, what was your

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Speaker 1: But I'm sure. So let's we've been I've been on this. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but you learn more.

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Speaker 5: About Michael Penix Junior go watch The Falcons in Focus episode.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Tara and I sat down with him pretty soon

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Speaker 2: Let him tell his story.

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Speaker 3: Also, amazing coverage by y'all on Atlanta Falcons dot com,

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Speaker 3: So go check that out. But yeah, we've talked a

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Speaker 2: Ooh, Charlie Warner, I wish would be so fun.

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Speaker 5: I don't think he's not going to have a connection.

437
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Speaker 3: Around him a little just feel gross. They're also both lefties,

438
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Speaker 3: Drake and Michael Pennocks left left connect Yeah.

439
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Speaker 5: And also Darnell Mooney I think is still coming back

440
00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:59,400
Speaker 5: from whatever injury or qualm he was going through because

441
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Speaker 5: he only had one reception.

442
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Speaker 1: Yeah, but yeah, but I think that was.

443
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Speaker 3: More Yeah, because he's been on the injury report, but

444
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,960
Speaker 3: it's been for the last week, like the not injury

445
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Speaker 3: related rest things, So.

446
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Speaker 1: I think it's more just like rest. I I'll add

447
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Speaker 1: a note to yours. I actually think a sleeper in

448
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Speaker 1: this game, and a sleeper connection is with Ray raym Cloud.

449
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Speaker 2: They did you work together in the preseason?

450
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Speaker 1: Yeah, so omnis upon And that was what I was

451
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Speaker 1: going to say, is she was talking to Ray Ray

452
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Speaker 1: in the locker room on Wednesday and just kind of

453
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Speaker 1: asking about Michael becoming the quarterback, and Ray Ray told

454
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Speaker 1: her he was like, we were from Tampa. We're from

455
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Speaker 1: the Tampa area. And we actually went out and played

456
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Speaker 1: some catch together and ran some routes on air and

457
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Speaker 1: worked out together a little bit during the off season

458
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Speaker 1: this year. And I think that even if it was

459
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Speaker 1: only a couple of days that they did that, I

460
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Speaker 1: think that's invaluable for one, Michael having someone who he

461
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Speaker 1: has at least a little bit of a connection. Two

462
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Speaker 1: that spans longer than the last two days of practice.

463
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Speaker 1: So I'm going to say a sleeper pick in this

464
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Speaker 1: that you know I'm curious to see that connection is

465
00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:13,960
Speaker 1: is Rey Ray and Michael Pennox. Yeah, so let's move

466
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Speaker 1: forward a little bit before.

467
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Speaker 4: We get off of Michael PENNOCKX. Though. I just have

468
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Speaker 4: a surprise for you guys.

469
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Speaker 3: So I created a list here because Tory was kind

470
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Speaker 3: enough to create the podcast Rundown and gave me a

471
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Speaker 3: little bit of free time.

472
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Speaker 4: So I was curious.

473
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Speaker 3: I just wanted to see what the best Falcons debuts

474
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Speaker 3: were as a starter after week one of their rookie season, right,

475
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Speaker 3: because it's one thing to be Matt Ryan and then

476
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Speaker 3: start that's expected.

477
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Speaker 1: Yeah, throw a touchdown on your first.

478
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Speaker 3: Yeah, when you're that was pretty great. So I created

479
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Speaker 3: my list of top five Falcons who made their starting

480
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Speaker 3: debut after week one of their rookie season, okay, but

481
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Speaker 3: also within the first two years, because that list needed

482
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Speaker 3: a little padding, right, So number one on that list

483
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Speaker 3: Devonte Freeman. He made that start in the third week

484
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Speaker 3: of it second season because Tevin Coleman got hurt and

485
00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,239
Speaker 3: Tevin actually entered that year as the starter. He had

486
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Speaker 3: one hundred and forty one rushing yards, three touchdowns, five

487
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,920
Speaker 3: catches for fifty two yards, one hundred ninety three total yards.

488
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Speaker 3: That's crazy as a debut, So that was my number one.

489
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Speaker 3: Number two is wide receiver Stacey Bailey, who in week

490
00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,919
Speaker 3: five of the nineteen eighty three season caught seven passes

491
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Speaker 3: for one hundred and six yards and two touchdowns. Third

492
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Speaker 3: on my list is a guy that we all know personally,

493
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Speaker 3: and that is Dave Archer. Yeah, Dave as an undrafted

494
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Speaker 3: free agent in nineteen eighty four. He backed up that

495
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Speaker 3: whole season, and then in week six of the nineteen

496
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Speaker 3: eighty five season he entered the game and was started

497
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Speaker 3: for the rest of the way. He had two hundred

498
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Speaker 3: and nine passing yards, two touchdowns, an interception. We can

499
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Speaker 3: forget about that in eighteen rushing yards.

500
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Speaker 4: Look at that. The mobility of arch.

501
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Speaker 1: Wow, I'm so glad Arch made this list.

502
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Speaker 3: Number four is somebody who is a current Falcon, and

503
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Speaker 3: that is Drake London, who actually didn't start week one.

504
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Speaker 1: Of his rookie season, which is but it was the

505
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Speaker 1: package that.

506
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Speaker 4: They were in, right.

507
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Speaker 1: That The thing is like, I know people are always like, ooh,

508
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,200
Speaker 1: so and so didn't start, and it's like they've had

509
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Speaker 1: a look that they wanted to.

510
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Speaker 4: I'm that was Arthur Smith.

511
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Speaker 3: You know offense, right stats, you got to you gotta

512
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,399
Speaker 3: earn that rookie. So he had eight catches, eighty six yards,

513
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Speaker 3: a touchdown, and a two point conversion. And then number

514
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Speaker 3: five on this list and he guesses and he guesses

515
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Speaker 3: Bubba Bean.

516
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Speaker 2: Here's the thing.

517
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Speaker 1: Before you I was about to be like, what era

518
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Speaker 1: are we talking about?

519
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Speaker 3: Like who?

520
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Speaker 1: Okay, so tell us about Bubba.

521
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Speaker 4: Would you have guessed Bubba Ban?

522
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Speaker 3: No?

523
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Speaker 1: I would not have. There's not a chance I would

524
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Speaker 1: have guessed.

525
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Speaker 4: But there we go.

526
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Speaker 3: So he was a running back in week two of

527
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Speaker 3: the nineteen seventy six season. He was the number nine

528
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Speaker 3: overall pick that year, so another really highly drafted rookie.

529
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Speaker 3: Ninety eight rushing yards and a touchdown. So those are

530
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Speaker 3: the top five Falcons rookie debuts not to come in

531
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Speaker 3: their first game of the rookie season.

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Speaker 2: That was my favorite surprise of yours.

533
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Speaker 5: I got a little nervy because normally it's like trivia,

534
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Speaker 5: say Duluthah.

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Speaker 3: Don't don't dispara. I worked very hard on that. We're

536
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Speaker 3: also we're coming for you to Louth, Minnesota.

537
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Speaker 1: Will has a personal vendetta out against Dluth Minnesota.

538
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Speaker 4: I don't want to have to scroll down on a Google.

539
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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, that was a good That was a good one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, thank you, surprise. Thank you so much for

541
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Speaker 1: your contribution to the podcast. That was a lot of fun.

542
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Speaker 1: I hope everybody at home enjoyed that list. We're gonna

543
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Speaker 1: have to give it to Arch. I'm sure he'll love

544
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Speaker 1: to say, yeah, yeah, you'll have to email it to him.

545
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Speaker 1: All right, But let's get back to the game. Let's

546
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Speaker 1: get back to the uh, the plot at hand. When

547
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Speaker 1: it comes to key matchups and and what the keys

548
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,520
Speaker 1: to the game are for this Sunday. I know we've

549
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,800
Speaker 1: talked about run game, we haven't really talked a lot

550
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:49,040
Speaker 1: about the Falcons defense. So for you guys, what are

551
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:50,280
Speaker 1: the key matchups of this game?

552
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Speaker 5: You go first well, so, the Giants announced this week

553
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:58,199
Speaker 5: that Drew Locke is going to be their quarterback, and

554
00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,520
Speaker 5: they have had a carousel more so than any other

555
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,159
Speaker 5: team this season at the quarterback position.

556
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Speaker 4: Tommy Cutltz, Oh Boy.

557
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,240
Speaker 5: Daniel Jones, Drew Locke, Tommy DeVito, and Tim Boyle all

558
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,480
Speaker 5: made appearances and whatnot, And so I looked at, since

559
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 5: Locke is the guy this week, his numbers. He's appeared

560
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:16,840
Speaker 5: in four games, but only two in which that he's

561
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Speaker 5: played the entire time, and he's zero and two for those,

562
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,159
Speaker 5: which shouldn't be surprising given the Giants record right not

563
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Speaker 5: to throw a stray. But I also didn't want Drew

564
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 5: Locke to take all the blame and so but he

565
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 5: threw for two hundred twenty seven yards and one hundred

566
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Speaker 5: and seventy eight yards in each of those, with an

567
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Speaker 5: interception in each of them, no touchdowns passing, at least

568
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,400
Speaker 5: he did run for one. So uh, talking to Jesse

569
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 5: Bates today, it was like, how do you prepare for

570
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 5: a team that has four different quarterbacks on their film?

571
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Speaker 5: Like throughout the entire season they're just kind of beat

572
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 5: bopping around fair And it goes back to which I

573
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Speaker 5: know He says this, anytime that there's a quarterback difference,

574
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Speaker 5: like just looking at the offense, looking at the plays

575
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Speaker 5: that they run, whoever's throwing, it doesn't necessarily matter when

576
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Speaker 5: you focus on the throws and the routes and the

577
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 5: schemes and et cetera, like the plays themselves, the bodies

578
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 5: can just be exes.

579
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Speaker 2: Right.

580
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Speaker 1: Well, I think that's such a good point too, and

581
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Speaker 1: it goes honestly back to the conversation that we've had

582
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Speaker 1: about like Michael Pennocks and Kirk Cousins and the replacement

583
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 1: of Kirk Cousins at that position. Zach Robinson even said, Yeah,

584
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,200
Speaker 1: there's gonna be different wrinkles, but it's going to look

585
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:21,680
Speaker 1: off very similar to what you've already seen from this

586
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Speaker 1: group in this unit. And I think from Jesse's point

587
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,719
Speaker 1: of view, as a safety in the way you have

588
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,879
Speaker 1: to break down the game, it does. It's it is

589
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 1: more of like what does the offensive coordinator rely on

590
00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:36,160
Speaker 1: more than what the players themselves are pursuing.

591
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Speaker 5: It's so interesting sometimes though, because you do have certain

592
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Speaker 5: quarterbacks that change it a bit.

593
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Speaker 3: It's like, yeah, because he can throw the ball like

594
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,360
Speaker 3: all over the yard when he was at Missouri. I mean,

595
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Speaker 3: he was awesome.

596
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Speaker 4: I had.

597
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Speaker 3: Have you guys ever played college fantasy football? We did

598
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,440
Speaker 3: this when I was with the ajac We just had.

599
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 3: He was my quarterback in that fantasy football league. He

600
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,560
Speaker 3: won me the league for a soft spot in my heart.

601
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Speaker 3: I totally am so thank you, Drew Lock. I hope

602
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 3: you have a bad game on Sunday, but my yeah,

603
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Speaker 3: I yeah.

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Speaker 1: What's your key matchup of the game?

605
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Speaker 3: You can you can look at a couple of his weapons,

606
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 3: right Tyrone, Tracy and Malik Neighbors for sure are going

607
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 3: to be important guys for the Falcons to keep an

608
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 3: eye on. But I'm gonna go right back to Brian

609
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 3: Burns and I think I think Kayla McGary, we're you

610
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 3: and I are an agreement.

611
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Speaker 4: We've spoken about this.

612
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Speaker 1: You know.

613
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Speaker 3: I don't know how you feel, Taran, but you let

614
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Speaker 3: me know. I think Kayla McGary has had a pretty

615
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 3: good year this year.

616
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Speaker 1: He gives a lot of heat because of previous years play,

617
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Speaker 1: which I do understand.

618
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Speaker 2: It's like residual residual, like I.

619
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Speaker 1: Don't trust, I don't know, but I've enjoyed watching him

620
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 1: this year in certain points in time in the game, so.

621
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Speaker 4: Yeah, Week one was tough against t J. Watt, but

622
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Speaker 4: like you knew it was going to move as had

623
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Speaker 4: a bad game against TJ. Watt.

624
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Speaker 3: I haven't however, there God, you're such a lockdown right tackle.

625
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Speaker 4: I you're my favorite.

626
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Speaker 3: So I saying all of that about Caleb playing well

627
00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,840
Speaker 3: this year, I do think this is a tough matchup

628
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Speaker 3: for on Sunday. Brian Burns is a speed rusher. He

629
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 3: can bend the edge. It's really going to strain I

630
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,320
Speaker 3: think Caleb's ability to both get wide and deep at

631
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Speaker 3: the same time and really kind of create that that

632
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 3: arc for Michael Pennix. And on top of that, we

633
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 3: mentioned Michael Pennocks is lefty, so now that is his

634
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:16,240
Speaker 3: blind side.

635
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Speaker 5: Correct, They're not switching sides. They are not switching They're

636
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:20,240
Speaker 5: not switching sides.

637
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Speaker 3: As much as as some would like for that to happen, No,

638
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:24,840
Speaker 3: that's not happening.

639
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 1: McGary will be on his blind side.

640
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Speaker 3: So Caleb is gonna have to have a good game,

641
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 3: and of course it's not going to be him by himself.

642
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 3: They will figure out ways to give him some assistance.

643
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,720
Speaker 3: But that that is the one thing when you look

644
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Speaker 3: at on paper, Atlanta comes into this game is a

645
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 3: better team, but a great pass rusher sometimes can level the.

646
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Speaker 1: Playing field right, And to your point about getting deep

647
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 1: and just kind of the speed off the edge, that's

648
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Speaker 1: kind of been the thorn in Caleb McGary's side when

649
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Speaker 1: you look at this this year is sometimes if these

650
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 1: guys are taking a certain angle, there's just little he

651
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,040
Speaker 1: can do to get could.

652
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 3: Be going forward right, and I don't think he's comfortable

653
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Speaker 3: going back right.

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Speaker 1: And I think that Charlie Warner kind of folding over

655
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 1: to that side is going to be pretty important. What

656
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 1: Jon Robinson continues to do in past blocking and pass protection.

657
00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 1: These are all little wrinkles that are going to play

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Speaker 1: an important part in trying to limit what Brian Burns

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Speaker 1: can do against Cale McGary.

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Speaker 2: But let's keep this.

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Speaker 1: Thing rolling and moving. Will's favorite question to kind of

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Speaker 1: round out the podcast, what is one thing the Falcons

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Speaker 1: need to do on Sunday to get a win? Teraran,

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Speaker 1: I started with you, and I'm going to start with

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Speaker 1: you again. Sorry. I was gonna like, oh, I'll start

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Speaker 1: with you and go to Will, but now we're just

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Speaker 1: going to Hen start, gonna start with Tarin.

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Speaker 5: Protect Michael Pennox junior, so he has the opportunity to

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Speaker 5: play freely without being pressured. I think it goes back

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Speaker 5: to like the matchup and whatnot that you were just

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Speaker 5: talking about, but also give him the opportunities to show

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Speaker 5: what he can do. I do believe, like run the

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Speaker 5: ball to let that open it up, because once it's open,

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Speaker 5: let the man play. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think what's interesting too is going back and watching

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Speaker 1: a lot of his Washington tape, he had a lot

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Speaker 1: of clean pockets. I think something that is very good

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Speaker 1: in the pocket. Yeah, something that's lost in the sauce

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Speaker 1: of that Washington team because everybody will talk about Rome

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Speaker 1: and Michael Pennis and the receivers and all that, But

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Speaker 1: Michael Pennis was kept clean and he didn't really take

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Speaker 1: a lot of sacks. Now, I think that's twofold. That's

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Speaker 1: one that offensive line held up there into the bargain.

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Speaker 1: But to your point, Will Michael Penis was pretty dang

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Speaker 1: good when he had time in the pocket, And I

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Speaker 1: to your point, tarn like protecting him and if it's

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Speaker 1: hard to get after him and it's hard to move

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Speaker 1: him off his spot like that bodes well for the

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Speaker 1: Falcons and what they hope that Michael Pennicks can do,

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Speaker 1: so will What's one thing the Falcons need to do

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Speaker 1: on Sunday to get a win?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that they need to hit five explosive

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Speaker 3: plays on offense. And we've talked a lot about the

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Speaker 3: red zone efficiency, We've talked a lot about third down

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Speaker 3: things like that, But I kind of think an underrated

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Speaker 3: aspect of this offense that has been missing in recent

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Speaker 3: weeks is that explosive element that we really saw come

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Speaker 3: to life over the first six seven games of the

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Speaker 3: season and.

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Speaker 1: The Tampa game at Tampa alone.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was like the first touchdown Kyle Pitts on

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Speaker 3: that corner route, which we haven't seen that since then.

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Speaker 3: I think we saw that several times early in the year,

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Speaker 3: that kind of bunch set with Kyle on that outside, yeah,

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Speaker 3: and just running that corner against a single safety. Year

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Speaker 3: it really it feels like the first half of the

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Speaker 3: second half just the day. Yeah, And I would love

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Speaker 3: to see that element come back into this offense. And

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Speaker 3: I think I mean, when Michael Pennix was out there

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Speaker 3: against Denver, what do you do on like his second

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Speaker 3: pass play, I'm going for Casey Washington down the left

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Speaker 3: sideline and it was a dot like he dropped that

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Speaker 3: right in there. It's unfortunate, you know, Casey gets injured

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Speaker 3: on that play and ultimately loses possession. But I like

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Speaker 3: that is something that I think will be brought back

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Speaker 3: into this offense. And if they can connect on those,

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Speaker 3: your chance of scoring on a drive with an explosive

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Speaker 3: goes up a huge amount.

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Speaker 4: So I think that's key for them on something.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think it goes to like, you know,

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Speaker 1: we talked a lot about red zone efficiency and the

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Speaker 1: fact that the Falcons never even made it to the

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Speaker 1: red zone ye against the Raiders. I mean, if you're

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Speaker 1: scoring points, if you're scoring touchdowns without even making it

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Speaker 1: to the red zone, if you'res O for oh in

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Speaker 1: the red zone but you have scored three touchdowns, you'll

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Speaker 1: never hear peepe out of me.

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Speaker 4: If you're hitting three to drive to the hoop.

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Speaker 3: No.

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Speaker 5: Right, it's like the time of possession battle. We have

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Speaker 5: conversations we've had about very beginning where it's like, oh,

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Speaker 5: they're losing this one. Who cares if they're winning.

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Speaker 1: Their scoring points and nothing nothing matters unless you're scoring

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Speaker 1: points or withholding points. Right, So that's our spiel for

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Speaker 1: the day. This has been the longest freaking weekly guys,

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Speaker 1: from Monday night football into a quarterback change, normal, regular,

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Speaker 1: everyday prep for the game itself. Everybody, You can always

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Speaker 1: check us out Atlanta Falcons dot com. Thanks for spending

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Speaker 1: some time with us on this Friday or Saturday or

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Speaker 1: whenever you're listening. Make sure and check out the Atlanta

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