1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Dirty Birds. What's up? And welcome to another Atlanta Falcons podcast. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: We have an incredible episode, a special episode for you all. 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: It is schedule release Day, which is, you know, it 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 1: feels like the NFL is making the off season like 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: just ten pole. After ten pole, you got free agency, 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: you got the draft, but schedule release is kind of 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 1: like the final of those unchill really training camp and 8 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 1: OTAs and meaning camp at all that starts, which has 9 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: already started for the Falcons in some former fashion. We're 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: not here to talk about that. Tory mclaney joining me 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: today to talk about schedule release. Toy, how you doing. 12 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 2: I'm excited, Well, I'm really excited. I literally got in 13 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 2: this morning and I was like, I'm feeling good about today, 14 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 2: Like I'm we got the schedule and I've been perusing it. 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 2: I have a lot of thoughts, so I know we're 16 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 2: going to get into all of it. But I some good, 17 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 2: some not so good, so we'll we'll get into it. 18 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 2: That's your teaser. 19 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 1: It's a good thing we put the microphone in front 20 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: of your face because I can tell that you do 21 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: have a lot of thoughts about this. But yeah, I 22 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: mean we so fans got to see last night, the 23 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: entirety of Falcon schedule. They got to see the schedule 24 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 1: release video, which is like such a fun part of 25 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: this cycle. 26 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 2: Can you please tell the people kind of how we 27 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 2: got got to the atl Kart idea. 28 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:13,199 Speaker 1: Right, shout out. 29 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 2: To like Ryan Delgado, Jackie Kinney, our social team. But 30 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 2: this was actually something that I think you pitched. 31 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: It was I mean, it was my original I'm not 32 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 1: gonna take I'm not gonna take credit for Mario Kart. 33 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 2: Right as a concept. Right. 34 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: You know, I think anybody who's ever been on a 35 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: Bachelor trip, like they just aret intimately familiar with Mario Kart, right, 36 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,759 Speaker 1: So maybe there was some residual like effects of that 37 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: in my brain. But I put it down in our 38 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: spreadsheet where we kind of go through all of the 39 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 1: different ideas that everybody has throughout the season, and yeah, 40 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: Mario Mario Kart got picked and it was a lot 41 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: of fun then seeing Okay, like from ideation to implementation, right, Like, 42 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: how do we go about that process? Because I think 43 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: that that is honestly something as a thirty two year 44 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: old man in my professional career, like I'm trying to 45 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: learn that that is the next step for me is Okay, 46 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: you come with all these ideas, how do you get 47 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: it done and execute it? And it's a lot of compromise. 48 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: It's a lot of like bumping up against the creativity 49 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: and the technology and what is possible. So I was 50 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: really really proud of everybody. And you mentioned Ryan Jackie, 51 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: like antic Ellis, all of those guys who have done it, 52 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: Austin Jackson, everybody who has been involved. Incredible stuff. 53 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a full I don't think people realize 54 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 2: like the full scope of what has to happen in 55 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 2: order to make these schedule, these videos that have kind 56 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 2: of become the super Bowl for social media and creative 57 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,119 Speaker 2: teams for the NFL teams. I honestly, I just every 58 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 2: year I'm blown away by I think the time and 59 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: the effort that's really put in to make these things work. 60 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 2: And honestly, I just love how cute little Drake and 61 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 2: little Bajon are, Like they are cute. 62 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: The little figurines too. I don't know if people saw 63 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: the you know, we sent them out to different media members, 64 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 1: good Morning Football, things like that. Unfortunately, like one of 65 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: the last little bits of it was trying to find 66 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: a three D printer that's actually make all of these, right, 67 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: So we didn't have them in bulk. You know, maybe. 68 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 2: If maybe one day, yeah, if people. 69 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: Are super into them, who knows, maybe that's a third 70 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: party business that the Atlanta Falcons become a part of. 71 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: Is we're just selling figurines. But I do think that 72 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: the physical aspect of it made it really cool this year. 73 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: It kind of like brought the schedule Lease video literally 74 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 1: to life, yeah, which which was fun. And yeah, it's 75 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: cute Little Freddy in the little go Kart? Did you 76 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: have a favorite Easter egg in the video itself? Because 77 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: I've got two? 78 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 2: You go first, because I'm still kind of marinating. 79 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: Gotcha, So I really I don't know if you caught 80 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: the uh, the little Matt Ryan voice tag at the 81 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: beginning when he says get f and set right, which 82 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: is a throwback. I believe it was Tampa Bay, it was, 83 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: and yeah. 84 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 2: I think it was a Thursday night, yeah. 85 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: Twenty sixteen. Yeah, yeah, it was a yeah new Neil 86 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: like took Mike Evans is so right. He didn't actually, 87 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: because Mike Evans has gone on to be just funny. 88 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 2: Right spoiler, we got another Thursday Night Tampa Bay game 89 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: this year. I love to get ahead of ourselves. 90 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: Love the synchronosity here. But yeah, so I thought the 91 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: the Matt Ryan call back at the very beginning of 92 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: the the getfing set was great. And then the Bajon 93 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: juke John Bijon juke at the end again against Tampa. Yeah, right, 94 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: like the little stutter. 95 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 2: That was my favorite. I think that was my favorite 96 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 2: Easter egg is like from the because I remember that 97 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 2: was added I think a little late in the process, 98 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 2: like it was one of the final times that we 99 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 2: all were watching kind of the mock up and I 100 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 2: can't remember. It may have been you where you were 101 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 2: like we should add that at the very that little 102 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 2: moment at the very end to kind of call back 103 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 2: to the Tampa game last year year. 104 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: I like the Sequan reverse hurdle, the Beijon little juke 105 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: stuff steps. I'm just a big fan of like the 106 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: little innovations. And I'm still thinking about all the stuff 107 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: that Detroit Lions did this last year. Like I mean, 108 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: there there's I'm a fool for innovation in sports, but 109 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: that's not really what we're here to talk about today. 110 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: We're here to talk about something that's not really that innovative. 111 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: It's just who are you going to play and when 112 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: are you going to play them? 113 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 2: And you already knew who you were going to play, 114 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 2: it's just the win. Well, you knew the where and 115 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 2: you knew the who, but you didn't know the win. 116 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: We did not know the when. So do you want 117 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 1: to read us through the Falcon schedule here as we 118 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: as we get ready to dig into specific parts of it, 119 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: but maybe we do a little bit of a run through. 120 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, I can, let me do some stretching, because we've 121 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 2: got nineteen weeks to do. 122 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: It's a little bit of a slog. 123 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: It's a slug. It will get insight. 124 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: Did to talk about it? 125 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 2: I have, again what I said at the top, I 126 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 2: have a lot of thoughts, but let's get into it. 127 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 2: So Week one, Sunday, September seventh, at one pm, the 128 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 2: Falcons will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home at 129 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: Mercedes Been Stadium for the home opener Vision Opener. I 130 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 2: love it, Love it. Week two Sunday, September fourteenth at 131 00:05:54,640 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 2: eight twenty pm at Minnesota, the first of many time 132 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 2: games that we're going to get into. Then we've got 133 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 2: Week three Sunday, September twenty first, one pm at Carolina. 134 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 2: A new look Carolina team, a new defensive looking Carolina team. 135 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 2: I'm really excited about that. Week four Sunday, September twenty 136 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 2: eighth at one pm, Washington at Home. Then this is 137 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 2: the this is a very interesting wrinkle. Week five, Sunday, 138 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 2: October fifth, the Falcons Bye week, the earliest freaking bye week. 139 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 2: We're gonna dive into. 140 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, start, We'll start. 141 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 2: We'll start with that because I don't know if anyone 142 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 2: can just feel kind of like my brain just like 143 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 2: bubbling a little bit about. 144 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: You, Like next weekend, we've got to buy. 145 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 2: We've got to buy whatever. Yeah, Okay. Week six Monday Night, 146 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 2: October thirteenth, at seven to fifteen pm, hosting the Buffalo Bills. 147 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 2: Week seven Sunday, October nineteenth, eight twenty pm at San Francisco, 148 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 2: another primetime game. 149 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: Way that's my bedtime. I know I need you to eighty. 150 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 2: Eight twenty yeah, eight twenty pm Eastern Time. 151 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 1: So, like you mentioned my age on this podcast, I 152 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: don't think I need to like connect any dots there 153 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: for people I'm getting old. Eight twenty. That's pushing it. 154 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 2: It's pushing it. I'm gonna have to call will ya up? 155 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 2: Week eight Sunday, October twenty six, one pm, Miami at home. 156 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 2: Week nine Sunday, November second, one pm at New England. 157 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 2: That's actually one of the only stadiums that I haven't 158 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 2: been to yet. 159 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: Really, Yeah, I haven't been Jellette. 160 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, I haven't been to Jillette yet. 161 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: The best man can get Oh, there we go. No Freyds. 162 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 2: Week ten, Sunday November ninth, nine thirty am, because the 163 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 2: Falcons are playing in the Indianapolis Colts in Berlin, Germany. 164 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 2: What let's go going to Germany? 165 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: Whetin talk, get donka bitsa, all of the like. 166 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 2: Just there you go. 167 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: Saw junior year of high school German? What's up? 168 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 2: Oh you took German and high school? Wow? Interesting? I 169 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 2: didn't know that about you all right. Week eleven, Sunday 170 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 2: November sixteenth, one pm, Carolina at home. Week twelve Sunday, 171 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 2: November twenty third, four to twenty five pm in New Orleans. 172 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 2: First time the Falcons will see New Orleans, and who 173 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 2: knows what quarterback they'll see. 174 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: I was shocked, honestly when I saw that that New 175 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: Orleans twenty five. Well and late in the year. I mean, 176 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: I like, I get the late in the year. Again, 177 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: if there's any division rival, it's gonna be late in 178 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: the year. Maybe it makes sense for Tampa given that 179 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: they're the division winner, but New Orleans like is the 180 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: second on that list for me, and usually the first, 181 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: usually right, so it doesn't it doesn't shock me that 182 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: they're both like late in the year. But the four 183 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: twenty five slot, and then you'll get to the kind 184 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: of last one, it's interesting. 185 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 2: I'll be thinking it is. Okay, So then we've got 186 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 2: Week thirteen, Sunday, November thirtieth, one pm kick at the 187 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 2: New York Jets. Week fourteen, Sunday, December seventh, one pm, 188 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 2: Seattle Seahawks at Mercedes Been Stadium. Week fifteen, that Thursday 189 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 2: night game that I alluded to earlier, December eleventh, eight 190 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 2: point fifteen pm kick at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That's 191 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 2: a big one. If I'm circling one, I'm circling that one. 192 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: Okay. 193 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 2: Week sixteen Sunday Night, December twenty first, four, five pm 194 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 2: at Arizona. Then you've got Week seventeen, another Monday night game, 195 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 2: December twenty ninth, eight to fifteen kick versus the La 196 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 2: Rams at home. 197 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: And that's usually I feel like the last Monday night 198 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,079 Speaker 1: game is usually a like Week seventeen. 199 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, because they usually they tried. 200 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: To make eighteen everything's on Sunday. 201 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 2: Right, they usually try to. I think last year they 202 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 2: had a Monday night game thereafter, but I can't remember. 203 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: I don't want to get ahead of myself. I got 204 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 1: some thoughts on. 205 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 2: That, okay, okay. And then finally to wrap up the 206 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 2: regular season, Week eighteen day TBD date TVD. It could 207 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 2: be he. 208 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: Did all that and then we ended up with a TBD, right, 209 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: So that. 210 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 2: Week is kind of flexed, so it could either be 211 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 2: January third or fourth. The time also TBD, but you're 212 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 2: facing the New Orleans Saints at home to close out 213 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:52,319 Speaker 2: the regular season and love it. There you go, you guys, 214 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 2: that's the twenty twenty five Atlanta Falcons schedule. Let's talk 215 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 2: about it because we all have thoughts. 216 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: Thank you so much Toy for reading that out. Yeah, 217 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: let's start with the bye week Week five. You mentioned 218 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:07,839 Speaker 1: that at the jump. I think when we saw on 219 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: Tuesday the announcement that Atlanta would be playing in Berlin 220 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: against the Colts, you know, the natural next thought is, Okay, 221 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: they're traveling overseas, the bye week is probably gonna be 222 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: around that time. 223 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 2: Well, especially because that's week ten. 224 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: Exactly a natural, perfectly normal time to have a bye week. 225 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: Week nine, week eleven, those seem great to me, honestly, 226 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: But no, the Talcans have a week five bye, which 227 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: the first time when I first saw that, I was like, Okay, 228 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: it's a little bit of the young quarterback thing, like 229 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: sometimes I think you see this with teams who have 230 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: like young players in very key positions, and I have 231 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: absolutely let me preface this by saying, I don't know 232 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: if this is true or not. This is like my 233 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: own little Will conspiracy theory is that there's a little 234 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: bit of a like let's get under the hood and 235 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: maybe have a pit stop early in a race type 236 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,439 Speaker 1: of deal and just see how the car is performing, 237 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: take stock of everything, and maybe make some tweaks. So 238 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: I don't dislike having a Week five by for that reason, 239 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: You're going into a season with Michael Pennick Junior as 240 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: the starter. Yeah, chemistry is gonna be the big focal 241 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: point this offseason, but it's also chemistry that you didn't 242 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: have all last year developing, so I kind of think 243 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: having four games and then a little break to say, Okay, 244 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: what worked, what didn't. We think back to the screen 245 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 1: game last year with Kirk, right how many times in 246 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: week like five or six where we're like, all right, 247 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: I'm I'm good with this. If I don't see it 248 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 1: again them, I'm fine. And we didn't really see it 249 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: that much after we kind of like had that coming 250 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: to like crazy moment. But yeah, I don't dislike the 251 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: Week five by for that reason. 252 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 2: I also think the first four teams that you're playing 253 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,959 Speaker 2: like that first, like, yeah, that's honestly if I'm kind 254 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 2: of thinking of hardest stretches, which I know will kind 255 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 2: of of get into that later, but that those first 256 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 2: four games with Tampa at Minnesota, at Carolina against Washington, 257 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 2: I think that's honestly one of the more difficult runs 258 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 2: that you're gonna have. So to have a bye immediately after, 259 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 2: to your point, kind of go under the hood a 260 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 2: little bit tweak, some things, figure things some things out. 261 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 2: How are they jelling? How are they not? But as 262 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:26,079 Speaker 2: the uh, I guess the other side of your positive coin, 263 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 2: I'm I tend to lean a bit more pessimistic, which 264 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 2: we've talked about before on this podcast. I hate it. 265 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 2: I'm so mad about a week five bye. I'm so 266 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 2: mad that the first week of October is when the 267 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 2: Falcons will be having their bye. I have so many 268 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 2: I'm so mad about this. I'm considering writing a strongly 269 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 2: worded email to the league for making us do a 270 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 2: week five bye, knowing knowing that you have two West 271 00:12:55,920 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: coach trips to San Francisco and to Arizona, which again, 272 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 2: in those are there's a lot of time between those. 273 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 2: The Falcons play at San Francisco in week seven and 274 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 2: they don't play Arizona until week sixteen. Why was that 275 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 2: not maybe pushed together in back to back weeks. Like 276 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 2: if you're gonna have an early buy and you have 277 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 2: two West coast trips and you're going to Germany, yep, 278 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 2: what are we doing here? 279 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: Here's a lot of a lot of plane flights that 280 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: are gonna be taking. 281 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 2: What are we doing? Like, I'm of course, I'm not 282 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 2: complaining because I'm super excited for all these games. I'm 283 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 2: super excited to see what the Falcons can do. But 284 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 2: I think at this day and age, if you have 285 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 2: a a nineteen week schedule and you're playing seventeen eighteen games. 286 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 2: I don't understand why there isn't more thought to potentially 287 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 2: having a second bye week. And this is something I've 288 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 2: thought for a little bit now. 289 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: I sorry, they've got to ban the tush push first. 290 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 2: I know they have other things that they have to 291 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 2: worry about. 292 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 1: You've got to we've got to think in order of 293 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: what is most important, right, and tush Bush is number one, 294 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: but at the top. 295 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 2: I honestly, I'm I'm I'm super disappointed in the fact 296 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 2: that Sunday, October fifth is the day that the Falcons 297 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 2: will not be playing because you it's not even gonna. 298 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: Be cold here. 299 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 2: It's gonna be. 300 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: Five degrees outside as we walk the belt line, yes, 301 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: and are just like, I guess. 302 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 2: I'll go to the beach like I don't even need 303 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 2: to go to the beach, I'll just go tan at 304 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 2: the pool like it's gonna be hot. I don't get it. 305 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 2: I'm really upset about it, and it doesn't make any 306 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 2: sense to me because also think about it in this 307 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 2: way too. I do fully one believe that the amount 308 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 2: of physicality and I know these are professional athletes, but 309 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 2: the human body can only take so much. I'm getting 310 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 2: very like metaphysics area, but like I literally, you are 311 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 2: playing for three months straight, yeah, three months straight without 312 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 2: a break. And yes, you could say, oh, there's a 313 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 2: mini bye in week fifteen because you have that Thursday 314 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 2: night game against Tampa after Seattle, but like that's that's 315 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 2: not enough, brutal stress, That's that's not enough. And also 316 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 2: think about it this way too, the Falcons will play 317 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 2: a almost full college season after the bye. That's not 318 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 2: even getting Let's say they make it to the postseason, 319 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 2: like that is so many games in a row, yep, 320 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 2: without a break, and I just I don't like it. 321 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 2: I don't think that this is the fact that it's 322 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 2: like the earliest freaking buy that they could have couldn't 323 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 2: even give them like week nine. 324 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: So right, So the last time that the Falcons had 325 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: a Week five bye was in twenty seventeen. They also 326 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: went to the playoffs that year. That was the last 327 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: time they went to the postseason. 328 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 2: Maybe this is maybe I'm just being pessimistic for no reason, 329 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 2: like maybe this is a good thing. Maybe history. 330 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: So that was that was the first the first year 331 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: that I started working for the team, So I remember 332 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: that fairly fondly. The three and oh start that they 333 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: had to that year was the Lions game was dicey 334 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: in Week one, Packers game is great Week two. But 335 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: they started three and oh. Then they lost the game 336 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: before the bye week. Then they lost the next two 337 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: games after the bye week. So they started three and three. 338 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: So it's like, if you're looking at Atlanta's schedule, you know, Tampa, Minnesota, Carolina, 339 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: like those are a tough three games, and you got 340 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: Washington Like that's yeah, four games if they're three and 341 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: one going to the bye week again, kind of like 342 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: this past year, I'm gonna be pretty thrilled about that. Yeah, 343 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: you know, like it's a really tough stretch out of 344 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: the game. But my kind of motto and I feel 345 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: like this is maybe the right time to make this 346 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: declaration for the season. This is a prove it year. 347 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: Like I know last year they talked about a lot 348 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 1: in training camp, but even more so than last year, 349 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: I kind of think this is the year where the 350 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: rubber has to meet the road. Let's not talk about 351 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: what can be done. You gotta just go do it, 352 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: and like right out of the gate, you gotta go 353 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: do it. 354 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 2: Put the ball down and let's go. I mean, and 355 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 2: that's I mean as much as I can talk about, Oh, 356 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 2: I'm mad about the bye week being in week five, 357 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 2: Like this is what this was the card. These are 358 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 2: the cards you were dealt. 359 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: And that's kind of why I'm I'm a little bit 360 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,400 Speaker 1: okay with a bye week being in week five, because 361 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: I kind of think that you should come out of 362 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: the gates, guns blazing a little bit, like you should 363 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: the way that we looked at last year and it 364 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: was kind of like, all right, you got Pittsburgh in 365 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 1: Week one. If you don't pull all of the stops out, 366 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 1: that's an AFC opponent, not that big of a deal. 367 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: If you lose that one, but like, no, right off 368 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: the jump, division opponent, then you've got a contending team 369 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:35,479 Speaker 1: in the NFC. Then you've got a division opponent. Then 370 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: you've got a contending team in the NFC. Everything has 371 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 1: to be full bore, ready to go. So I wouldn't 372 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 1: even be surprised if we see maybe a different approach 373 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: in the preseason, Like who knows every year is going 374 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:49,400 Speaker 1: to be its own contained thing. And so I look 375 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: at the bye week and I wonder the ripple effects 376 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: that that has, right, But let's talk about the international 377 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: game a little bit. They're going to be playing at Olympiastadion, 378 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: which is I what's up on Wikipedia? Actually? Hold on, 379 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 1: let me see if I can oh, no, the link? Wait, 380 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: hold on, let me pull up this link that I've 381 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: got right here, and then we are going to see 382 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: and hear how the Wikipedia voice, Okay, ready for this 383 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: actually announced Olympia Stadium, which was hilarious to me and 384 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: also not repeatable in any way, shape or form. All right, Jared, 385 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: let's see if this is going to pick this up. 386 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 1: Hold on, we're doing it again. Olymp olymp Olympia stad 387 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: j Let's go, German, Junior year German, let's go. All right. 388 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 1: So this was the the host site of the two 389 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: thousand and six FIFA World Cup Final, where Italy defeated 390 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: France five to three in penalty shootouts after tying them 391 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,199 Speaker 1: one to one. Those are all the facts the Wikipedia 392 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 1: gave me in my research for the the Olympics Stadium 393 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: in Berlin, Germany, where the Falcons will be playing the Colts. 394 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 1: What are your thoughts, just real quick on that matchup, 395 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 1: where it takes place and the Falcons going to Germany. 396 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 2: I'm very excited that the Falcons are finally getting the 397 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 2: chance to go to to Germany and the first game 398 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 2: in Berlin. Yes, yeah, first regular season game in Berlin. 399 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 2: So very excited about that. As I think a lot 400 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 2: of people know the Falcons have exclusive marketing rights in Germany. 401 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 2: Our German fan base is near and dear, I think 402 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 2: to all of our hearts. It's been really fun getting 403 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 2: to know kind of some of our our German fans, 404 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 2: and I know that Bajon is taking a trip to Germany, 405 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 2: so he'll be able to connect with all of those 406 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 2: people and sharing. 407 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 1: Is there any like better ambassador? Frankly for no, for anything, 408 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: no ever, just send you need anything, like if we 409 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: make contact with Aliens at any point, Jean Bajon is 410 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 1: the one that we send. He's the ambassador for Earth. 411 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 2: Yes he is. So I back to Germany. I'm very excited. 412 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 2: I'm very I'm very much looking forward to it. The 413 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,360 Speaker 2: last the Falcons played internationally was a couple of years ago, 414 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 2: went to London, played the Jags at Wimbley. That was 415 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 2: just such a cool experience, I think for me personally 416 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 2: and also just for I think international fans just in general. 417 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 2: I love I love this, and I love that the 418 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 2: Falcons are kind of again considering the connection to Germany, 419 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,199 Speaker 2: that the Falcons are one of the first teams to 420 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 2: be able to have this experience. 421 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I've got to say, like, the international fans 422 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: that I have interacted with, and I'm sure you have 423 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 1: as well on social are lovely, Like they're amazing that 424 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: the UK fans, the German fans, any international fan that 425 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 1: I've ever interacted with on Twitter, on Instagram, on what 426 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: have you like just excellent. So I love that the 427 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: Falcons have had an international presence, you know, for a while. Now. 428 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 1: This isn't even the first time they've played the Colts overseas, right, 429 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 1: they played them in Tokyo in two thousand and five, 430 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,159 Speaker 1: and I remember watching that preseason game just as like 431 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: a little snot nosed nine year old kid being like, oh, 432 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: the Falcons just went to the NFC Chamie Chip game 433 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: in twenty two thousand and four. Yeah, now they're playing 434 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning and the Colts, and like they beat them 435 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: in that game. It was it's just like so fun 436 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: to see the Falcons I think on an international, global stage. 437 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: And yeah, the first one in Germany. That's gonna be electric. 438 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: The stadium actually seats seventy four thousand, about five hundred 439 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,439 Speaker 1: people for one hundred and seventy five and according to 440 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: Tarren Wak's Falcons takeoff for the Thursday night game in 441 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 1: week five, a random one that I just pulled, there 442 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,439 Speaker 1: were just over seventy thousand fans in attendance for that 443 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 1: game at Mercedes ben Stadium. So you're gonna be in 444 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: front of a little bit of a bigger crowd again. 445 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: I expect that thing to be fully packed, loud, crazy environment, 446 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: and you're playing the Colts, who were right there in 447 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: that middle like kind of with the Falcons last year. 448 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: So should be a good game. But the Falcons are 449 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 1: gonna have a lot of exposure this year. We're talking 450 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,880 Speaker 1: about that international game. They're also gonna be in five 451 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: primetime games. Yeah did that surprise you at all when 452 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,640 Speaker 1: you saw five primetime games on the schedule. 453 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 2: I don't think it was surprising. I was definitely like 454 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 2: pinpointing in my head. Okay, three or four was really 455 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 2: what the fifth one? I was like, bit like three 456 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:06,400 Speaker 2: or four? 457 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: Is it like hopeful? Three? 458 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 2: Yeah? Hopeful was there or four, So getting five was 459 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:13,479 Speaker 2: a bit like, oh okay. But I think to your 460 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:18,160 Speaker 2: point earlier, it's the young quarterback kind of mantra. People 461 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 2: want to see Michael Pennix junior. They want to see 462 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,119 Speaker 2: what he does with Drake London and Darnold Mooney and 463 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 2: Kyle Pitts. And I think that's good for the Falcons, 464 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 2: considering that sitting here two years ago talking about a 465 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,239 Speaker 2: team that didn't have a single primetime game, and I 466 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,880 Speaker 2: think that this is good for the Falcons. But also, 467 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 2: as we were talking before we even turned on the mics, 468 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 2: it's like it can be a double edged sword because 469 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 2: you're playing in these primetime games. You're playing in these 470 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 2: big moments. Are you ready for it? Because all eyes 471 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 2: are on you? And these are some big time games. 472 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 2: I mean, you're at Minnesota in week two, You're hosting 473 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 2: Buffalo on Monday night in week six, back to back. 474 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 2: In week seven, you're out in San Francisco at eight 475 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,959 Speaker 2: twenty pm, I mean, and then you have kind of 476 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 2: three later games to end out the season, where in 477 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 2: week fifteen, that Thursday night game at Tampa Bay, Sunday 478 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 2: Night four h five at Arizona Monday Night eight fifteen 479 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 2: against the right. 480 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: Yeah they're doing that's like, yeah, that's our stretch run. 481 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's all I mean, I think that the league 482 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 2: at this I mean, I honestly, as I'm looking at 483 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 2: the schedule, the Falcons have an opportunity to potentially be 484 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 2: in the driver's seat of the NFC South. But as 485 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 2: we've seen the NFC South for the last gosh five 486 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 2: or six years, this thing comes down to week fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen. Yeah. 487 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: Absolutely, And it's kind of like last year we talked 488 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: about right outrun the South and that terminology obviously lends 489 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 1: itself to like a race or a sprints. This this 490 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: is nothing of the sort. Now, this is an obstacle course. Yeah, 491 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: this is you are going to be you can see 492 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 1: all four contenders throughout the entirety, but you're going to 493 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: lose sight of them throughout kind of the season as 494 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: it goes, and you're gonna be running up and down 495 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: and over things, and different opponents are gonna be getting 496 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: in the way. And it's kind of like, all right, 497 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 1: when you start with Tampa Bay in week one and 498 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 1: then you end with New Orleans in week eighteen, what 499 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: all happens in between there and like, can you put 500 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 1: yourself in just striking distance come week twelve, when you've 501 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,360 Speaker 1: got New Orleans again, actually, come week eleven, you've got Carolina, 502 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 1: New Orleans, Tampa Bay, New Orleans. Like starting week eleven 503 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 1: on in the way that we looked at kind of 504 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: the first six seven weeks last year, you got four 505 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: division games from week eleven on. So you come back 506 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: from Germany and your attention turns towards the division and 507 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: really the conference because then you've also got Seattle in there. 508 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 1: You've got Arizona, You've got La, You've got kind of 509 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: the NFC West and the NFC South. Can you take 510 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: care of those two things? Because honestly, the NFC West 511 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: is going to be one of the most interesting I 512 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: think divisions this year. Yes, because you've seen almost like 513 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: a leveling I think of that division where San Francisco's 514 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: come back to the pack a little bit. Yeah, LA's 515 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 1: come back to the pack a little bit. Seattle, I think, 516 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: is going to take a nice step forward. I don't 517 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: know why I'm totally blanking Arizona and kind of what 518 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,119 Speaker 1: they did. One of the fonniest moments last year was 519 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: just watching like the season end with the ball like 520 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: bouncing off of Trey McBride's helmet. I'm so sorry to 521 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 1: Trey McBride. Do I think the world of it is 522 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 1: an amazing tight end? But like I cackled a little bit, 523 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: So yeah, you got the NFC West and the NFC 524 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: South two like decent competitive divisions there. It's it's an 525 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: obstacle course this year for the Falcons. 526 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 2: It is so now that we've kind of gone through 527 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 2: the schedule, do we want to do some like rapid 528 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,479 Speaker 2: fire like with our favorite parts of it. I know 529 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:40,919 Speaker 2: you have some categories that you want us to get. 530 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: Let's do it. Yeah, so easy a stretch where do 531 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 1: you think the Falcons can make a run. 532 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 2: So for me, it's it starts actually with I want 533 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 2: to say, week nine, November two, one pm at New 534 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 2: England and then the Germany game, and then you're hosting Carolina, 535 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 2: and then you're at New Orleans and then you're at 536 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 2: the New York Jets. It's that five week time that 537 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 2: I think you can make a run. 538 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: That's so yeah, that's so fascinating to me because I 539 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: had that, but I actually even had it starting earlier. 540 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 2: I thought about it. 541 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: I wrote down literally weeks eight through thirteen, but it 542 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 1: could even be weeks seven through thirteen, right. 543 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 2: Because San Francisco again has is not the San Francisco 544 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:20,120 Speaker 2: of three years. 545 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, they had just like a mass exodus of like 546 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 1: all of the players that you know this last year, which, 547 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 1: on the one hand, like you would think that on 548 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: paper that makes them a little bit worse, But on 549 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 1: the other hand, I'm kind of a little scared of 550 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: like Shanahan the mad genius, and like, does he just 551 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,159 Speaker 1: get guys who are gonna listen to exactly what he 552 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 1: wants them to do and be like do this, do this, 553 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 1: do this, and then it's all gonna work, because that's 554 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 1: happened before. So like, does San fran have a Taylor 555 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 1: Gabriel that just pops up for them the way that 556 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: he did in Atlanta? Who knows? Miami is a real 557 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 1: wild card for me, as is kind of New England. 558 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: I'm a big Drake may guy, Like I really liked 559 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 1: what he did last year. So for that reason, I 560 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: could see the stretch starting as early as week's seven. 561 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: I could see the stretch starting as late as week 562 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,719 Speaker 1: nine or ten. Yeah, so I kind of think that 563 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,199 Speaker 1: we were both on the same page there, what is 564 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,400 Speaker 1: your toughest three game stretch in this schedule? 565 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 2: So I went back and forth. It's either the first 566 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 2: three games or I guess kind of yeah, the first 567 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 2: three four games or the last three four games, Like 568 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 2: I feel like between Tampa, Minnesota, Carolina, Washington. I know 569 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 2: you said three, but those first four weeks of the 570 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 2: season I think are difficult. But I also think the 571 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 2: last four weeks of the season at Tampa Bay, at Arizona, 572 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 2: against the Rams, against New Orleans like those like it's 573 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 2: almost like the bookends of the toughest part of your 574 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 2: schedule are these bookends of three or four games. 575 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: So yeah, we'll get to that in just one second 576 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 1: a little bit more. But I did have weeks fifteen 577 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 1: through seventeen written down, so you're right there to kind 578 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 1: of identify that stretch with Tampa, Arizona and LA as 579 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: a crucial one. But I also had six through eights. 580 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 1: So we just mentioned sam Fran in Miami. I if 581 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,439 Speaker 1: they break and they're good. Yeah, those two teams are 582 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 1: good and they're very capable Buffalo sam Fran and Miami 583 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,360 Speaker 1: with two of those games being primetime. Now all three 584 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 1: of the games weeks fifteen through seventeen are not one 585 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: o'clock kickoffs. Yeah, so there's some wrinkles here in this 586 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: this Falcon schedule, but yeah, there are a few tough 587 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 1: stretches in the start of the schedule. Is definitely no gimme. 588 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: Yeah either, what is the make or break month for you? 589 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 2: It's December, okay, and it's it's December because one, I 590 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 2: think that's again to our point, like that's some of 591 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,160 Speaker 2: the toughest opponents that you're gonna face. 592 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, Old Tampa Bay, Arizona and LA. 593 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 2: Yeah and that yeah, and New Orleans if. 594 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 1: We want to just include January. 595 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 2: Exactly, so I think that, I mean, we know again 596 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 2: NFC South has come down to the month of December 597 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 2: two January time and time again. I think it's probably 598 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 2: gonna continue too. There's no reason that I should think otherwise. 599 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 1: Like this is the division that had like different division 600 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 1: like worst to first for like seven straight years. It's 601 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: one of the craziest NFL history stats if people want 602 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: to go look it up. It's just like the last 603 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: place in the division just kept winning it the next year. Yes, 604 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: such turnover. 605 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 2: Also again, because the bye week is so early You're 606 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 2: really deep into the season without a break, and that 607 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 2: concerns me. That worries me. So it really does feel 608 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 2: like a make or break month for them. 609 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: If I was just to tell you, what if you 610 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 1: didn't even know the schedule, if I was just to say, 611 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: after the bye week you have Buffalo, San Francisco, Miami, Seattle, 612 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay, and LA, I'd be like, oh, that's tough. 613 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a little tough. Yeah, And that's not 614 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: even like that's like half of the teams that you have. 615 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 1: So again, the week five of it all really compounds everything. 616 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: I had December as one of them. I also had September, 617 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 1: So it really, like you said, it's it's just the bookends. 618 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 1: It's the book end of this schedule. But as we 619 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 1: learned last year, maybe it's not that simple, you know, 620 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: saying if the Falcons start hot, hey playoffs guaranteed. And 621 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 1: they did and then it didn't happen. So you got 622 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 1: to play well all throughout. But what is your grudge 623 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: match that you're most excited about? 624 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 2: Week four against Washington at home? I am so excited 625 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 2: for the Jade and Daniels. Michael Pennocks, Junior rematch that 626 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 2: game last year was so electric. It was Honestly, I 627 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 2: think I even said at our end of the year 628 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 2: when we gave out our end of season awards, that 629 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 2: was my favorite game. It was so much fun. You're 630 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 2: you were just seeing these two guys sling it and 631 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 2: do exactly what you drafted them to do. I'm really 632 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 2: looking forward to that. And I think, honestly, because it's 633 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 2: rabbit for the bye week, like if you're the Falcons, 634 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 2: give it all you got, like just turn it up 635 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 2: a notch and just kind of because you know you're 636 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 2: going into a bye week, you're gonna you should still 637 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 2: knock on wood, be relatively healthy, you'd hope. So I think, like, gosh, 638 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 2: kick it into a high gear when you face the 639 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 2: Commanders in week four. 640 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, I doesn't make it better for you. The fact 641 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: that DQ is the coach in Washington, because I like 642 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 1: to you, that just like brings them full circle. It's like, cool, 643 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,280 Speaker 1: you got Raheem, you got DQ, You've got Jane Daniels, Young, 644 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: Michael Penick Jr. There's just so much synchronous. Like my 645 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 1: grandma lives in Washington, DC, So like, what's up, Grandma? 646 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:09,640 Speaker 1: You know, I can like just talk trash to her 647 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 1: all day. It's great love that. Yeah, I have that 648 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: exact same grudge match selected. So, as purely a Falcons fan, 649 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 1: which month are you just raring to sink your teeth into? 650 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 2: It's the first, it. 651 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: Is, it's right in September. 652 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 2: In September, because there are so many new additions. Defensively, 653 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 2: you still kind of are like super excited to see 654 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,240 Speaker 2: Michael Pennix and his connection with a lot of these 655 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 2: pass catchers. And I think that there's a lot of 656 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 2: questions about who this Atlanta Falcons team is going to be. 657 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 2: And I think we'll be able to tell very early 658 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 2: on in September who they're going to be what they're 659 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 2: going to be. And it's because you're kind of playing 660 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 2: some big time competition in that first four week stretch. 661 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 2: So I'm that's what I'm really looking forward to. I 662 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 2: think we'll find out a lot. 663 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 1: You think they're better equipped to start strong or finished strong. 664 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 2: I think they may be better equipped to here's the thing. 665 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 2: I think they may be better equipped to start strong, 666 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 2: but I think they're gonna need to finish stronger. Like 667 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 2: that's the thing is I think that you can get 668 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 2: away with not starting fairly strong in that first four 669 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 2: games and pick it up towards the end. The problem though, 670 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 2: is is like you need to do both, like as 671 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 2: as we saw last year, like the Falcons had a 672 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 2: hot start and you thought they were so far ahead 673 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 2: that no one was gonna catch them, and then turns 674 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 2: out they got caught and surpassed. And so I think 675 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 2: that's where it's it's really tough because I want to 676 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 2: see them start hot. I think they have the opportunity 677 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,080 Speaker 2: to stop start hot because you have a lot of 678 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 2: really awesome pieces that I'm really looking forward to seeing. 679 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 2: But if you start hot and don't finish strong, as 680 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 2: we saw last year, it's not gonna matter. 681 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, And that's where like you can you've got the 682 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:54,080 Speaker 1: unique wrinkle of not a rookie quarterback but like a 683 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:58,680 Speaker 1: first time full time starter quarterback and does a hot 684 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 1: start playing that confidence factor for the overall team. Is 685 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 1: it Okay, we started slow, but that's okay. We expected 686 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 1: it because we're gonna build as the season goes along 687 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,720 Speaker 1: because we've got a younger group. Like you can kind 688 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,479 Speaker 1: of talk yourself into justifying any approach, but I agree, 689 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,240 Speaker 1: like I think you gotta start hot, even though I 690 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: think there may be a little better equipped to finish 691 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: strong for that reason, I think they'll be just kind 692 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,800 Speaker 1: of gelling more and more as the season goes along. 693 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 1: Could you if you had to flip any games though 694 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 1: on the schedule, are there any that you would you 695 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: would adjust? 696 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 2: Yeah? I absolutely would be moving either. I think I 697 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 2: would be moving Carolina week eleven into the bye week 698 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 2: at week five. 699 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: Oh okay, So I like what you're doing there. 700 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm flipping. 701 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 1: I didn't even think about the bye week. 702 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm flipping the bye week. I'm moving Carolina. 703 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 1: Yes, that's Carolina, Like you're going at Carolina Washington Carolina, Right. 704 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:58,320 Speaker 2: But I'm okay with that. Like it. Like it, especially 705 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 2: a team like Carolina that there's a lot of new, 706 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 2: and with the Falcons there's a lot of new. Defensively, 707 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 2: I think that it would bode well for you to 708 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 2: play them earlier. So that would be my flip. And 709 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,720 Speaker 2: then that gives you a bye week coming back from Germany, 710 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:15,240 Speaker 2: which I wish would have happened. 711 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, I like that. Actually, as I'm no, okay, this 712 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,399 Speaker 1: all still works out. So what I was looking at 713 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,759 Speaker 1: doing was flipping weeks ten and seven, So I would 714 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:30,319 Speaker 1: flip the Germany game to Week seven with the road 715 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,359 Speaker 1: trip to San Francisco. So you basically have the bye week, 716 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: a home game against Buffalo. Then you'd be taking to 717 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 1: the road to go against Germany. Not perfect, but at 718 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 1: least you've got the bye week there, and then you know, 719 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,799 Speaker 1: a tough match against Buffalo, but at least it's at home, 720 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,080 Speaker 1: and then you hit the road and then San Francisco 721 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:49,000 Speaker 1: falls a little bit like later on, just Buffalo San 722 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,560 Speaker 1: Francisco back to back, both prime time games. Something about 723 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 1: that has my you know, I also. 724 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,279 Speaker 2: Just thinking about this, looking at San Francisco, I would 725 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 2: honestly switch Week seven at San Francisco with Week fifteen 726 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 2: at Tampa Bay. That way you can have San Francisco 727 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 2: and Arizona back to back, and you could essentially do 728 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 2: like a West Coast trail, which I think is easier 729 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 2: on the body. 730 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,400 Speaker 1: You would then have, though, and maybe this is the 731 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:19,399 Speaker 1: reason the schedule makers didn't, You'd have Seattle, San Francisco, Arizona, LA. 732 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 1: You would have the entire NFC West in four straight games. 733 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 2: Right, which is not probably what they want to do. 734 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 1: As it stands, you basically have that with breaking it up. Yeah, yeah, 735 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:32,000 Speaker 1: that could be the ultimate deciding factor where they were like, 736 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,880 Speaker 1: we got to get this out of here. Yeah, okay, 737 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 1: let's go ahead and wrap up this show. It's been 738 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,760 Speaker 1: a lengthy one, but hey, there was a lot to 739 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 1: set out. What's the one thing that you were circling 740 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: on this calendar as our outro. 741 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 2: It's exactly what I said about the grudge match. It's 742 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,160 Speaker 2: that Washington game. I think Washington caught a lot of 743 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 2: people by surprise last season, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching 744 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 2: that team play, and I thoroughly enjoyed what we saw 745 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,600 Speaker 2: last year in Washington or I guess in Maryland, and 746 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:08,319 Speaker 2: I'm really really excited for that rematch. Specifically, I'm so. 747 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 1: Glad that this has not been brought up until this moment. 748 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,800 Speaker 1: It is one hundred percent, without a doubt. Week seventeen, 749 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,439 Speaker 1: the La Rams game. You just traded your first round 750 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 1: pick in twenty twenty six the La Rams. You don't 751 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,080 Speaker 1: think they have a very vested interest in kicking you 752 00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:26,960 Speaker 1: out of the playoffs and improving that first round pick. 753 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,440 Speaker 1: So I think if we're looking if we're looking at 754 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:34,560 Speaker 1: like closing the season, strong. Very rarely do you have 755 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,240 Speaker 1: a team that is probably likely right there in contention 756 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 1: with you, maybe for a wild card spot. Maybe they're 757 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,400 Speaker 1: the division lead. But like the La Rams are contenders, 758 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 1: they also own your first round pick if you make 759 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:49,080 Speaker 1: the playoffs. That is ten spots worse for them. So 760 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 1: it's just uncommon that you see two teams that are 761 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 1: on totally different coasts. Yeah, this late in the year, 762 00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:58,840 Speaker 1: being like, I'm looking at you, I'm coming for you. 763 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:00,920 Speaker 1: The Falcons want to be the Rams and be like, 764 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:04,279 Speaker 1: we justify that pick. James Peter sacked Matthew Stafford on 765 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,840 Speaker 1: third down to win the game. What's up? What's up? Sean? 766 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:09,359 Speaker 1: What's up? Less? 767 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:10,000 Speaker 2: You know? 768 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,920 Speaker 1: So who knows? But I just I'm circling that game. 769 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,279 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a primetime Monday night game, maybe the 770 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,480 Speaker 1: last one of the year. It's gonna be so much fun. 771 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:19,759 Speaker 2: I love that. I love that pick. 772 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:24,279 Speaker 1: Awesome. Well, I don't know if I fully love the 773 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,399 Speaker 1: Falcon schedule, but I'm excited that it's here. 774 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,360 Speaker 2: It's again, these are the cards that were Dell. It 775 00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 2: doesn't matter if I do Mcaleney like it or not. 776 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:32,840 Speaker 2: I will be at everyone. 777 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:36,360 Speaker 1: Please go check out all of our great coverage. Go 778 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,799 Speaker 1: check out the schedule lease video if you have not yet. 779 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,399 Speaker 1: But if you want to go ahead and pre order 780 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,239 Speaker 1: your tickets, get them online. We have a lot of 781 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,080 Speaker 1: different ways to do that. Go buy your tickets for 782 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty five season because it's as exciting a 783 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,680 Speaker 1: season I think on the doorstep as I can remember 784 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 1: in a while. 785 00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:54,080 Speaker 2: It's gonna be freaking fun. 786 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,080 Speaker 1: It's gonna be freaking fun, freaking fun. 787 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:57,839 Speaker 2: We're gonna have fun, all right. 788 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,000 Speaker 1: So I hope you guys had fun on today's episode. 789 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,560 Speaker 1: Please let everybody know where they can find us. But 790 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 1: for Tory mclaney, I'm Will mcfatten and we will see 791 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:05,480 Speaker 1: you all next time.