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Speaker 1: What's Up? And welcome everybody to Falcon's Final Whistle, your

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Speaker 1: pre eminent and authoritative postgame podcast from the people at

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Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons dot Com. I'm your host, Digital Managing Editor

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Speaker 1: Scott Baron. With me is Atlanta Falcons dot Com Beat

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Speaker 1: reporter in football analyst Tory mcaland he say hi, Tory, Hello,

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Speaker 1: And we have long form features reporter Chris rim also

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Speaker 1: in the room. Stay what's up, Chris? And we are

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Speaker 1: going to break down Sunday afternoons thirty two to six

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Speaker 1: loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, which happened right here at

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Speaker 1: Mercedes Benz Stadium, where we still are a full seven

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Speaker 1: hours after this game is over, and we're gonna try

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Speaker 1: to break this game down, tell you what this game was,

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Speaker 1: what it meant, and how it's going to fall into

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Speaker 1: place into the big picture of the twenty twenty one

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Speaker 1: Falcon season. We're gonna do this after every single game, rainer, shine,

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Speaker 1: win or lost, and we're gonna do this in a

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Speaker 1: fun and kind of structured way. We're gonna go over

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Speaker 1: four quarters five minutes per quarter, not the standard fifteen

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Speaker 1: five minutes per quarter, and we're gonna make fun of

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Speaker 1: each other. We're gonna debate things, we're gonna disagree, although

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Speaker 1: I will always be right, and we're gonna come to

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Speaker 1: conclusions about where this Falcons team stands. So please feel

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Speaker 1: this podcast, and hopefully you like what you hear more

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Speaker 1: than you like what you saw from the Falcons over

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Speaker 1: the course of this game, where they didn't do a

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Speaker 1: lot of things right. Tory, what was your biggest takeaway

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Speaker 1: from what was a disappointing start to the Arthur Smith

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Speaker 1: and Terry Fontineau era of the Atlanta Falcons. First of all,

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Speaker 1: was an amazing transition, So kudos. That was great. That

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Speaker 1: was super smooth. Point for me, we're not really keeping score,

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Speaker 1: but now we are because I have the first point

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Speaker 1: of it. Okay, No, But on a serious note, I

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Speaker 1: think I was so looking forward to finally getting to

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Speaker 1: this point because I feel like all we've been doing

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Speaker 1: over the last nine months since Arthur Smith and Terry

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Speaker 1: fontnell got in here was like just speculation. We're just

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Speaker 1: speculating as to what this team was going to do,

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Speaker 1: what this team was going to look like. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I was really excited for this game because I was

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Speaker 1: finally like, oh my gosh, We're finally going to get

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Speaker 1: to see what this group looks like. But even now

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Speaker 1: don't really have that answer. I feel like there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of questions that I still have for this team. Um.

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Speaker 1: In terms of just my overall thoughts, my biggest takeaway

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Speaker 1: That to me, I went into this game thinking that

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Speaker 1: was going to be the key to the game. I

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Speaker 1: even said so many times I was like, the Falcon's

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Speaker 1: overall success hinges on the productivity of this offensive line.

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Speaker 1: And I think now that we look back on the game,

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Speaker 1: whether it was penalties or whatever, it was pass protection,

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Speaker 1: it was just I wanted more from that group, and

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Speaker 1: that was just my biggest takeaway because that was something

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Speaker 1: that I was thinking about the entire week leading up

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Speaker 1: to this game. Chris, what are your thoughts after this

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Speaker 1: game where not a lot went right? What did you

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Speaker 1: kind of take away from it? Positives negatives from your end,

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Speaker 1: I mean, what did go right? At the beginning was

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Speaker 1: the running game, and that was really my biggest takeaway

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Speaker 1: was how it went right until it did it, which

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Speaker 1: was early. You know, Cornell Patterson looked great as first

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Speaker 1: that's not what happened. Too many things went wrong, and

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Speaker 1: Let's get to it the first quarter. We have five

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Speaker 1: minutes to talk about the most important thing in my

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Speaker 1: mind that happened after this Falcons Eagles game, and that

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Speaker 1: was head coach Arthur Smith, who never makes an opening

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Speaker 1: statement before his press conference. He started it off like this,

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Speaker 1: and I quote, I did a really poor job of

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Speaker 1: and everybody who showed up today will do a better

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Speaker 1: job moving forward. That game is not going to define us.

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Speaker 1: It's a long season to go, but I didn't do

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Speaker 1: a good job of getting us ready to go. Now,

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Speaker 1: we've heard coaches fall on their sword before, but what

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Speaker 1: tory you can go first? What do you think this

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Speaker 1: particular statement meant for this particular game. Did it surprise

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Speaker 1: you at all that he opened the press or that way.

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Speaker 1: I think it falls right in line with something that

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Speaker 1: and it was something that I wrote about postgame, you know,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what goes on, you know, behind closed

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Speaker 1: terms of talking about those penalties. That's the way that

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Speaker 1: So to me, that's kind of where my mind is at,

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Speaker 1: where it was him kind of showcasing that accountability that

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Speaker 1: It's it's gonna be really easy just to pull the

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Speaker 1: Colin I did a really poor job getting us ready

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Speaker 1: do you think that that that that's an over exaggeration here,

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Speaker 1: that maybe there's more blame to get kicked around. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think there's obviously more more blame to get get

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Speaker 1: I mean, I like when people do that, but it's

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Speaker 1: also kind of like, you know, when the one person

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Speaker 1: good for him to say. But I thought the weirdest

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Speaker 1: saying this. But yeah, I think there were some challenges

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Speaker 1: That's something that I think I wish I would have

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Speaker 1: but no way is to blame solely on Arthur Smith. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and I look at it, and I don't think Arthur

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Speaker 1: guess just time he has spent at left guard, especially

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Speaker 1: of yellow we saw on the field. There was a

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Speaker 1: lot of it for both teams, and the Falcons really

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Speaker 1: hurt themselves, timing again to the tune of twelve penalties

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Speaker 1: for ninety nine yards. And here's the kicker. Here's what

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Speaker 1: Arthur Smith was really upset about, and we talked about

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Speaker 1: it in a bit in the previous segment. But five

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Speaker 1: another tight end illegal formation from the two Those are

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Speaker 1: things that gets you pointed out during the film session.

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Speaker 1: Those are things that will get you beat win, like

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Speaker 1: when you're thin. Were those penalties insurmountable? Right? I mean

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Speaker 1: I think defensively it now the Bucks are obviously different

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Speaker 1: what hurt the focus today was hurts mobility because stuff

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Speaker 1: was kind of covered. But you're playing against the team

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Speaker 1: that has three wide receiver ones essentially and Gronk and

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Speaker 1: four net and just a boatload of weapons, a bevy

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Speaker 1: of weapons. And today Philly just scored thirty two points

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Speaker 1: today and only allowed six points. This is the Eagles

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Speaker 1: and you're playing the Super Bowl champ. So I think

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Speaker 1: they need to just reevaluate and just forget about this

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Speaker 1: game and reevaluate, you know, defensively, making sure everything is

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Speaker 1: everything's correct from the secondary, and also looking I think

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Speaker 1: really think the offensive line, because I think going into

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Speaker 1: the season we kind of expected like the Fucus would

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Speaker 1: score points. I don't think any. I don't think people

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Speaker 1: thought that the would put up six against Philey. So

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Speaker 1: I think if they can try to score with teams

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Speaker 1: and hopefully slow teams, slow teams down, I think that's

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Speaker 1: the goal for next week. So I would say priority

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Speaker 1: number one is figuring out the old line because because

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Speaker 1: Matt Ryan can't be back there fighting for his life

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Speaker 1: every week. I think you make a good point too

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Speaker 1: about like we thought that the Falcons would be able

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Speaker 1: to score, Like I remember saying multiple times during the preseason,

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Speaker 1: like don't worry they're not scoring because it's like not

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Speaker 1: the starting offer, the starting offense didn't score anything tonight.

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Speaker 1: Not to cut you off, but I think I think

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys in the Bucks game, I feel like that

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Speaker 1: I see I see the Buccaneers offense similarly to how

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Speaker 1: the Buccaneers the Falcons offense, similar to how I look

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Speaker 1: at the I see the Falcons similar to how I

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Speaker 1: look at the Cowboys, to be honest, Whereas like the

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Speaker 1: offense is really really strong. Um, they have good right receivers.

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Speaker 1: I see the Falcons the same way. The offense is

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Speaker 1: really really strong and the defense is on its way,

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Speaker 1: and so the game will be high scoring. We're trying

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Speaker 1: to outscore each other, you know, thirty two twenty nine. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's checked me. So that's that's how I expect that

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Speaker 1: he'll be fine, because I think it's hard for you

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Speaker 1: to make plays fight for your life. Well, I was

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Speaker 1: like one time, I like tried to time it in

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Speaker 1: less than two seconds. In the podcast, Yeah, that he

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Speaker 1: had easily, and any quarterback who who is not, Like

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Speaker 1: if Tom Brady was in that situation, it would I

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Speaker 1: think it would be the same result in terms of

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Speaker 1: the time that you're given when you're a non mobile quarterback,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean, you need that time. Not

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Speaker 1: saying you need all day, but you need a second

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Speaker 1: to go through your progression. Yeah, you need more than

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Speaker 1: two seconds, yes, yeah, yeah, And just on the defensive

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Speaker 1: side of the ball with these guys that don't leave

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Speaker 1: the pocket very often and have they get rid of

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Speaker 1: the ball quick You have to get into the backfield quickly,

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Speaker 1: and a lot of that is I always say it's

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Speaker 1: into your pressure. I want to see more from Marlon

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Speaker 1: Davidson in terms of snaps, In terms of activity, Grady

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Speaker 1: Jarrett was Grady Jarrett. I didn't feel Dante Fowler very much.

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Speaker 1: I didn't feel anybody off of the edge. But you've

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Speaker 1: got to be able to to penish and disrupt. He's

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Speaker 1: not going to make many errors. He will make zero

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Speaker 1: if he has time back there with all those whiteouts, Chris,

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Speaker 1: As you mentioned, so, I think that they need improvement

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Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball just to be able

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Speaker 1: to take that step forward. It starts with clean operation

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Speaker 1: and it goes into better execution. I think that's the

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Speaker 1: only way it's gonna make it work. Who We just

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Speaker 1: made it right under the wire five minutes almost on

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Speaker 1: the dot there, and that's going to bring the first

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Speaker 1: ever Falcon's final whistle to a close. Chris Tory, thank

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Speaker 1: you guys so much for sticking with us well into

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Speaker 1: the night. They were nice enough to leave a couple

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Speaker 1: of lights on. Finally, I think we should tell people

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Speaker 1: that they legit we're turning off lights like we're in

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Speaker 1: a booth at the stadium and they were going down

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Speaker 1: turning off the lights, and ours is the only one

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Speaker 1: as we try to take a macro and a micro

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Speaker 1: view of this Atlanta Falcons game by game and about

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Speaker 1: the season as a whole. So, Chris Tori, thank you

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