1 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: What's up everybody, and welcome to it yet another edition 2 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: of The Falcon's Final Whistle podcast. I'm Scott Bart alongside 3 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: my partnering crime Tory mclaney. Yea, and we're here signing 4 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: your books. Getting ready to go on a little summer vacation. 5 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: K I t put the phone number in the back. 6 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: Make sure to sign next to a funny quote by 7 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: your name. Interesting. Yeah, I mean, I feel like that's 8 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: what we're gonna do. We can. We might not see 9 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: each other in person for like a long time. That 10 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: is true, we may. And it was funny because I 11 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: was walking into the building today and all of the 12 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: players and the coaches were walking out and they're like, 13 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: have a good summer. Exactly, Okay, I'll see you when 14 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: we get back time the NFL offseason, which you would 15 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: think would be from the super Bowl to the start 16 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: of training camp. We all know that, ain't it, between schedule, 17 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: release and draft and free agency, and honestly, we've been 18 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: working harder. Yeah, exactly, that's true heading into the offseason program, 19 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: which starts with strength and conditioning in April and carries 20 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:15,479 Speaker 1: on through the mandatory minicamp, which just wrapped up the 21 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: on field portions of it on Wednesday Thursday as we 22 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: were recording this. The players and Arthur Smith and the 23 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,400 Speaker 1: coaching staff, they're all at top golf. I believe, yes, 24 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: she encin drives. Honestly, I'm kind of sad that I 25 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: didn't catch an inbot to that. I know I am 26 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: not good at golf by any means, but I would 27 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: love to just go hang, hit a few golf balls 28 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: and see who the best golfer of the team is. 29 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: I feel like it's one of the coaches, but I know. 30 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: We were talking to Desmond Ritter the other day and 31 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: he said that he wants to get Marcus out there 32 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: and hit a few rounds. So we'll see. Here's the 33 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: funny part about that. That conversation got brought up in 34 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: the pressor with Marcus Mariota yesterday. Did it really? I 35 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: wasn't in that. Yeah, and he is such a I 36 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: wouldn't say soft spoken, but he's a calm, even keel guy. Yeah, 37 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:11,119 Speaker 1: he heard about the Ritter challenge and he basically said 38 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: he would love to play him. He's here, he hears 39 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: Ritter is very good. I don't know what handicapped numbers mean, 40 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: but I know that when he said his handicap. All 41 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: the golfers in the crowd wearing the golf shirts they want, ooh, 42 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: you're pretty good, and he's like, yeah, I can get around. Okay. 43 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: So it's Marcus is the best one the team. We're 44 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: gonna go out on that limb. I think I'm willing 45 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: to say that. I'm also willing to say that Kyle 46 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 1: Pitts has only been playing since January and I think 47 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: has a very natural swing, and give him a year 48 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: or two and we might be able to have a 49 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: pretty good showdown at Shateau Alan or something like that. 50 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: I'm so down for that. Just put me in the 51 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,399 Speaker 1: golf court, like the golf cart. Yeah, Like, I won't play. 52 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: I'll just watch everybody. I can commentate the with the 53 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: truly in hand live stream Falcon's final whistle from the 54 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: golf course, with all this equipment on the back of 55 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: the cart, tor and Scott Wood whispering very quietly about 56 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: what's happening. Oh, I can't do I can't do that. 57 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: We already you're not good at that. Yeah okay, But 58 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: I still think it's an idea on the agenda, maybe 59 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: we should actually talk about what went on this week. 60 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: That seems a little crazy. Um, I have a tough 61 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: time remembering what happened yesterday because it may have been 62 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: borderline heat stroke blackout situation for someone from California, and 63 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: we always talk about the dry heat and things like that. Yeah, 64 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: and I'm from Georgia. And it was still brutal. It 65 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: was just thick with two seeds like it was thick 66 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: you could cut it with a knife. It really did 67 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: feel that way. I was on the sideline. And Casey Hayward, 68 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: who is from Perry, Georgia, so Middle Georgia, he knows 69 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: he did in high school. He did two days where 70 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: you literally are have full pads on, You're going one 71 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: hundred and ten percent. Guys are probably passing out left 72 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: and right. Even he said, this is different. It was 73 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: a different type of heat. It was. And Arthur Smith, 74 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: who if you've seen this press conference, likes to take 75 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: gentle jabs and ribs at some members of the media 76 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: walked around the field with about twenty minutes left, and 77 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: it was hot, and most everyone because the cameras can't 78 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: shoot practice to that point, why are the camera guys 79 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: and camera women standing out there. Of course they're going 80 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: to go back inside. But at one point there were 81 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: only two people standing outside in the sun. Yeah. We 82 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: were having a little pow wow underneath yeah, yeah, yeah. 83 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: And we were underneath the tree and Dean Pease called 84 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: us out and I said, I was like, I don't 85 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: have a problem with like, it doesn't hurt my pride 86 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: to be soft. Like if y'all want to call me soft, 87 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: by all means it doesn't hurt me at all. And 88 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: then Arthur Smith said something, and then the best thing happened. 89 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 1: Yeah it did. We were standing there underneath this tree 90 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: and Arthur has just given media up and down the 91 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: road from not being out in the sun. I was 92 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 1: looking for partial credit for just being outside. He gave 93 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: me yeah. And someone yelled like it's not for everyone. 94 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: And then one Eric Harris turns around, points at Scott 95 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: Bear who was underneath the tree, and said Scott get 96 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: out here. And he said, we're trying to build a 97 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: culture here, and so Scott gets out from under the 98 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: tree and he stood in the sun for the remainder 99 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: of practice. I did just I mean, we are trying 100 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: to build a culture around here. Hopefully, I don't know. 101 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 1: Hopefully it's a culture of respecting where they're shades. Sometimes. Yeah, 102 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: no one went to hold them and no one went 103 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: to fold them right because I was overheated. I wore 104 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 1: gray cotton, which is a rookie move. Yeah, Scott. I 105 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: was making fun of Scott because his shirt kind of 106 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: looked like Todd eye. Oh yeah, it was. It was 107 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: not a good look. But they got through two days 108 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: of mini camp. I'm not going to use the p 109 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: word practice word because Arthur Smith says their workout sessions. 110 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: I think what he's trying to do, he's trying to 111 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: create a semantic division between what you see in training 112 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: camp and what you're seeing with no pads where they're 113 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: installing and their learning plays. And maybe you know, to 114 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: not chart every single rep that happens out there. That 115 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: but I think general impressions are over the course of 116 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: the two days of open mini camp sessions. Yeah, and 117 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: the ot as that this is a team that and 118 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: we talk to several people about this. One the chip 119 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 1: on your shoulder mentality is real, and two this group 120 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: is really working hard at being a cohesive group that 121 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: likes each other. Yeah, I think, and if you can 122 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: do that, we don't know how it'll be tested. By 123 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: adversity yet, but that's going to be an important thing 124 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: for a team as they try to overperform expectations this season. Yeah, 125 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: I think it was great. Jared when we were talking 126 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: to him the first day and he said something that 127 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: I found very interesting where he was talking about how 128 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: he felt like this team, maybe more than any team 129 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: he's played with here in Atlanta, was friends. They were friends, 130 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: they were very very close. They all had a similar mindset, 131 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: and I think it does go back to what you're 132 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: saying about, like the whole chip on your shoulder mentality. 133 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: I think they all are very aware of the outside 134 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: perspective of the organization at this current point in time, 135 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: and I think it's honestly kind of bringing them together 136 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: in a way that maybe you don't see a lot 137 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: at the professional level because you are professionals. You're coming 138 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: in to do a job. You're not necessarily coming into 139 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: like I don't know, the word team isn't necessarily something 140 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: that I think carries the weight that it does at 141 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: like the high school or the college level, because you 142 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: are you are a bunch of individuals. It's a profession. 143 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: And to hear Grady Jared say that that he feel 144 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: like this team is so close already and we're only 145 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: through mandatory mini camp. I think that speaks volumes to 146 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: kind of what you're saying, like the cohesiveness of the 147 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: group and how they all just kind of genuinely like 148 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: being around each other. Yeah, and I think in terms 149 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:23,679 Speaker 1: of execution, one checkout tories what she learned at mini 150 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: camp day one and two. That's I don't know, maybe 151 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: twenty five words between the two of them, fully cow, 152 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: I mean I wrote many mini words, but I will 153 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: say probably five hundred of those words was a full 154 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: play by play breakdown of the offensive and defensive linemen 155 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: catching punts yesterday in order to see who didn't have 156 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: to run sprints at the end of practice. I don't know. 157 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: That's like gold to me. I did spend a lot 158 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: of time on my day to breakdown going over that 159 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: because I did feel like it was important for people 160 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: to know who caught their prints and who didn't. Yeah, 161 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: and I think it is. And trust me, we're going 162 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: to get to the ridder Mariota ness yea of everything 163 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: and Corderol Patterson and but let's really get down to 164 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: the fact that it was almost like watching a penalty 165 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: shootout from ninety two nine was saying yesterday, and I 166 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: think it's kind of right. And it ended up being 167 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: three for the offensive lineman caught everyone too. Because Anthony 168 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: Rush went first, he was the only guy to drop. 169 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: There was a little bit of sidestepping he had to do. Well, 170 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: here's the thing. He was in a tough spot and 171 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: it cost the defense. Yes, I think some of the 172 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: other ones I think about, like the one that was 173 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: so Jalen Mayfield went after Anthony Rush and it was 174 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: a significantly easier punt. Now, I'm not saying that catching 175 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: a punt is easy. If you threw me out there, 176 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: there's absolutely no way I'm catching anything at all. I'm 177 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: not catching it. I just know I wouldn't. But Anthony 178 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: Rush had to Like I don't know if the wind 179 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,959 Speaker 1: caught his or something, but I will give Anthony Rush credit. 180 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: Like one, to go first, that's hard, but two he 181 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: had the hardest punt to catch because it drifted so 182 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: far in the air. So Anthony, if you're listening to 183 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: The Falcon's final podcast, one, thank you one, thank you too, 184 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: I got your backbro. Yeah, this is this is the 185 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: Anthony Rush defense portion of it because he was in 186 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: a difficult spot. Ultimately, everybody else caught them, which I 187 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: thought was kind of impressive. Last year they lined it 188 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,439 Speaker 1: was the same type of thing where offense versus defense 189 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: was Lee Smith versus Marlon Davidson kicking field goals. It 190 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: Davidson's pretty good, maybe like an emergency kicker. Yeah. Possibly. 191 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,079 Speaker 1: This year catching puns I thought was pretty fund. He 192 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,599 Speaker 1: knew that he had the special team's prowess of what 193 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: he does. I know, right, And maybe it's like an 194 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: underrated skill that we don't know about. Um, But that 195 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: was a fun way to end practice. I think it's 196 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: the right way to conclude a spring that while we 197 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: see a lot of these guys out there and practice 198 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: in the heat and stuff like that, they're meeting a ton. 199 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: It's a Monday through Thursday sort of thing for six weeks. 200 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: The rookies come in, but the Vets have been lifting 201 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,439 Speaker 1: weights even longer. So I will say this too, I 202 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: think it was good work. Yeah. No, I was just 203 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: gonna say, like I saw a lot of tweets, like 204 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: when I was joking around about the offensive and defensive 205 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: linmen like catching punts and everything, and there were so 206 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 1: many people that was like, oh my gosh, like the 207 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: Falcons aren't taking things seriously blah blah blah, and it's like, 208 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 1: come on, like, let's let's take up breather, Like, let 209 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: these guys have fun. They've been putting in months of 210 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: work at this point in the final period of practice, 211 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:27,559 Speaker 1: like they want to go like have fun. Honestly, I 212 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: hate I hated that. I hate it when people are 213 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,559 Speaker 1: like not letting people have their fun. Yeah. I think 214 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: it supposed to be fun. Yeah, and everybody does it. Yeah, 215 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: Like this mini camp mentor mini camp is always three practices. 216 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: I can't think of a single team that actually is 217 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: on the field for three days, right, because it's time 218 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: to reward some of the hard work. And again, you 219 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: want to go into that summer vacation on a high 220 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: and feeling good about yourself and hopefully go find a 221 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: white sand beach. I'm gonna do that too, and you know, eventually, right, 222 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: get together and throw a little bit and get ready 223 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: and stay in shape for training camp when everything really 224 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: gets cranked up. So ultimately, how they looked, right, I'm 225 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: sure there's some diehards out there who want to know 226 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 1: about quarterbacks. That's going to be a driving storyline. I 227 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 1: don't know for a long time. Yea, until we have 228 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: an answer for the long term solution at quarterback post 229 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, which means we're gonna have QB quote unquote competition, right, 230 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: and then we're going to have is that person the 231 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,319 Speaker 1: long term solution? And should the other person come in? 232 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: And we're gonna be talking about quarterbacks forever, so without 233 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:35,839 Speaker 1: breaking down yardage totals and completion percentages generally, what were 234 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: your thoughts about how the quarterbacks did, about what you 235 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: heard from the quarterbacks and the coaches your impressions, Yeah, 236 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: I think it was. I want to go first off 237 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: by saying that this time is really more it's I 238 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: put a lot more weight in what they're learning in 239 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 1: the quote unquote classroom than what we're seeing actually out 240 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: on the field. Like, yeah, sure you can see Marcus 241 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: Mariota go six or seven and a seven on seven, 242 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: but like, you have no idea like what coaches are calling, 243 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: and you have no idea like what they're asking these 244 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,439 Speaker 1: guys to work on both offensively and defensively. So I 245 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: don't necessarily put a lot of stock into what I 246 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: am actually seeing on the field. I put more stock 247 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: in what these guys are saying in terms of how 248 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: comfortable they feel in the install process. And I think 249 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: that was something that Arthur Smith talked about on Wednesday 250 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: when he was talking about the progress of Mini Camp 251 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: and where he wants these these guys to be and 252 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 1: what he considers a successful mini camp to be. And 253 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 1: he made the comment that it's all about like the 254 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: install and getting the terminology right and making sure that 255 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: everyone is on the same page in terms of how 256 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: things operate here in Atlanta with this staff and with 257 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: this team. And so when you're talking about Marcus, Mariota 258 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: and Desmond Ritter, they are kind of the the focal 259 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: point of that because offensively, everything has to run through them. 260 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: And and so I thought that Arthur Smith's comments about 261 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 1: Marcus and Desmond understanding the scheme and how far along 262 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: they are in terms of feeling comfortable and confident in 263 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: it was what I took the most from this portion. Yeah, 264 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: and there's a lot of it. There were a lot 265 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: of interesting things said about both guys and from both 266 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: guys about some question that you asked Marcus yesterday and 267 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: has been a topic that he talked about, is trying 268 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: to play free within the offense, not just go through 269 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: his progressions one, two, three, four and make a choice, 270 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: but to play some jazz out there. And if he's 271 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: thinking about that in June, that's going to help him 272 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: in July and August. I thought, not knowing where the 273 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: ball was supposed to go, I thought his ball looked 274 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: pretty clean. I thought it was generally very catchable. I 275 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: thought it was a receiver friendly ball if we're going 276 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: to get real minuscule with it. When it comes to Desmond, 277 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: Desmond Ritter, I thought Arthur Smith said something interesting yesterday. 278 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna read this quote so I don't mess 279 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: it up. Behind the scenes, the things that he has 280 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: done as a rookie, really from the neck up now 281 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: i'm paraphrasing, is what has impressed Arthur Smith about Desmond Ritter. 282 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: Now I'm back to quoting. He's operating when we're doing 283 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: rookie walkthroughs, When we do these installations on and off 284 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: the field and in his command, then you're betting on 285 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: some of the physical things you see at times to 286 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: catch up. That means mentally he's locked in. Physically, he's 287 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: going to start executing that better. He's light years ahead 288 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: of most And here's the poll quote. He's light years 289 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: ahead of most young quarterbacks in terms of playing from 290 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: the neck up. I will give him that compliment. That 291 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: compliment comes from somebody who doesn't like complimenting rookies, right, 292 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: I don't know break that down for me. Oh gosh, 293 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I just think it's like, here's the thing, 294 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: and it's something that we talked to Desmond Ritter about 295 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: two days ago. Yeah, he said if someone asked him 296 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: what surprised him about coming into the league, and he 297 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: made the comment he was like, I thought that learning 298 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: the scheme and getting all getting everything down passed in 299 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: terms of the install was going to be the most 300 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: difficult part of this. And he said he feels pretty 301 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: good about where he's at. He feels very confidence, which 302 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: is such around right, you would rather him be good 303 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: from the neck out. But you know, and so I think, 304 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: and he also too was he was like, now it's 305 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: about you know, almost like the muscle memory of it. 306 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: He was talking, he told he told this cool anecdote 307 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: where he was talking about how he goes home at 308 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: the end of the night and he goes through the 309 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: playbook and he gets the play call and he says 310 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: it out loud and records it on his phone and 311 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: then puts his headphones on and listens back to what 312 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: the play call is so that he gets it and 313 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: he has that muscle memory of saying it out loud 314 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: and all of that kind of stuff. I thought that 315 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: was really really interesting in terms of where he is 316 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: and what kind of his overall scope of the offense is. Now. 317 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: You know, we're talking about a number seventy four overall pick. 318 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 1: So Arthur Smith saying, like football IQ is there, we 319 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: got to catch him up physically. That makes complete sense, 320 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: And I think it's easier to have it that way 321 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: than the other way around. I would rather someone I 322 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: always my dad used to always tell me that when 323 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: I was playing sports in high school. He was like, 324 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 1: You're never really gonna out athlete anybody, but you can 325 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: outsmart a lot of people. And I'm not saying that 326 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: like Desmond Ritter isn't an athlete. We have seen that 327 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: he is. I'm just saying that, like it bodes well 328 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: for his overall development that we are sitting here on 329 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: June sixteenth talking about how confident he feels in the scheme, 330 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: and not only that he feels in the scheme, but 331 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: how confident Arthur Smith feels in Desmond Ritter commanding a huddle. Yeah, 332 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: it's not just the quote that we read and then 333 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: broke down. It's the fact that it was uttered at 334 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,120 Speaker 1: all in front of a microphone. Yes, and what Arthur 335 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: Smith's tendencies are that I think that it adds weight 336 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: to it. I think that's to your point, that is 337 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 1: an important step. Now, just because we're saying all those 338 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 1: things doesn't mean that we're saying We're not talking about 339 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: who's gonna start it, who's not gonna start Let's not 340 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,880 Speaker 1: extrapolate what we're saying. Let's keep it within the context 341 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: lecture over. I do think Marcus Mariota again every time 342 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: I come away from one of his media scrums, just 343 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,679 Speaker 1: a nice guy, A nice guy who gets it and 344 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: who I think is a good leader for this team 345 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 1: in his own unique not Matt Ryan, not Desmond rid 346 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,479 Speaker 1: or not anybody else type of way. And he seems 347 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 1: very comfortable here, not only within the scheme, but with 348 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 1: the coaching staff and with what he's doing. And I 349 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: think all those things are positives at this point. Now, 350 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 1: this is a layer, you know, like situation. Every time 351 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 1: that we go we do one of these pods that 352 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 1: we see more practices, we get more information and we 353 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: stack it right. But the early impression from my perspective, 354 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: him often throwing against error quarterbacks, cornerbacks going at seventy. 355 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: I think he I think he managed and I think 356 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 1: he did he did well during the offseason program. Somebody 357 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: who we haven't seen during the offseason program is running 358 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: back slash offensive weapon, Cordarrell Patterson. Arthur Smith talked about 359 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: him being on his own. I'm not sure what termmy used, 360 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: a veteran. Veteran. Yeah, he's on a different program, and 361 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: the term isn't necessarily vital. But him not being here 362 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: right that can be a flashpoint for fans. It's not 363 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: necessarily a flashpoint for me. I don't care at all 364 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: that he's not here right now, right like I don't 365 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: care at all that he's not on the field. Yeah, 366 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 1: he was here, he took a physical, he was around, 367 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 1: but he did not participate him in practice. And I 368 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: thought Arthur Smith explained it perfectly, like it was smart 369 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: of him to explain it. Yes, I'm glad that he 370 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: did explain it because that was, like you said, that 371 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: was going to be a flashpoint for people, him saying, 372 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: look like, I'm not gonna rev Cordarrell Patterson up for 373 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: two days in June. I need him at one hundred 374 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:59,120 Speaker 1: and ten percent when we get to July, not just July, 375 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: because I feel like he'll he's very much gonna still 376 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: be not revved fully up through training camp. I highly 377 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: doubt we see him at all in the preseason at all. 378 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:13,959 Speaker 1: I think it really is a we need him at 379 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,640 Speaker 1: one hundred and ten percent week one, ready to go, 380 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: because you know from last year how much of a 381 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: load he carried. And I think it's also we talk 382 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 1: about Arthur Smith paying compliments, he actually paid a compliment 383 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: to Cordoro Patterson and essentially being like, I trust CP 384 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 1: that he's going out in the offseason and doing what 385 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: he needs to do. We communicate all the time, so 386 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: I'm not at all worried that he was not out 387 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: here for two days in mini camp. No, I'm not 388 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,199 Speaker 1: trying to correlate CPS to somebody that I covered for 389 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 1: a long time who's in the Hall of Fame now. 390 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: Ladanie and Thomlinson right, different categories, yes, but in the 391 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: preseason they were treated the same LT didn't participate in anything, 392 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: and he didn't take a preseason snap and nobody cared. 393 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 1: Now again, I know he's a gold jacket person, but 394 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: I think the same magic applies that for a position 395 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: where you're going to take such a high volume of 396 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: hits and take us such a high volume of touches, 397 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: and maybe learning from last year where he took all 398 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 1: those hits and all those touches, that you want to 399 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: try to preserve his health and his freshness as much 400 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: as humanly possible. I don't think that's any problem. Now, again, 401 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 1: we've we've talked so much about not over analyzing the 402 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 1: offseason program, and we're not doing that. But this is 403 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 1: the first time we've seen him five times now, three 404 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: Open Ota practices and too many camp sessions. General impressions. 405 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: Seeing this collection on a field for the first time 406 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: is a point worth discussing here. So as you looked 407 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: at it, was there any position group that stood out 408 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: to you that you were intrigued by With these new 409 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: personnel packages and things like that, and anything that jumps 410 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: out at you there. I really like this secondary, I 411 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 1: really do. I really like Aj Terrell and Casey Hayward 412 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: and Jalen Hawkins, Richie Grant, Isaiah Oliver when he gets 413 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: to be one hundred percent, Darren Hall. I mean, I 414 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 1: think this group is going to look very different than 415 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 1: it did last year. Eric Harris, I didn't say his name, 416 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:14,640 Speaker 1: but he's going to be a part of this too. 417 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: I just think that there are a lot of good athletes, 418 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 1: one in the secondary to some guys who is something 419 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: to prove. We talk about Richie Grant wanting to make 420 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 1: a significant jump in his second year in the league. 421 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: I just feel really, honestly a little bit confident in 422 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: this secondary's ability to do what needs to be done. 423 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 1: I'm not in terms of like position groups that I'm 424 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: worried about. I am not at all worried about the secondary. 425 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: I do think that it's one of the strengths of 426 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: this Falcons team, and I just really really think watching 427 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 1: them operate together, I think they have a very cohesive group. 428 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: Talk about like the deep safeties in the cornerbacks and everything. 429 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 1: I think they work well together. And again, I know 430 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: I've said this thousands of times at this point. I 431 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 1: just like Casey Hayward and A. J. Terrell, and they 432 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: have a really good relationship They've known each other for years, 433 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 1: they have the same agent. I just think that this 434 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: group has something that is going to be worthwhile to see. Right, 435 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: My first instinct about position group is the interior linebackers 436 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 1: because there's so much new and Dion is still hurt 437 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: and we don't know what's going to happen with him ultimately. 438 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 1: But the more I think about what I'm intrigued by, 439 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if impress is the right term, but 440 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 1: this is intrigued is the better one? Yeah, but this 441 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: group of pass catchers, yes, so we obviously know what 442 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts can do, and I've seen Brian Edwards play 443 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: a lot having covered the readers before, and Drake London 444 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: is a new piece, so that you try to keep 445 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: an eye on. But there's a lot of guys here 446 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: that could be contributors, like Alamada Zakis and Dary Hodge 447 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 1: and Anthony Firk. Sir right, that there are so many 448 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 1: different guys that are new to the system that could 449 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 1: be intriguing possibilities. You think if even if it's Deemi 450 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,719 Speaker 1: or Bird, if I'm saying it right as a speed threat, 451 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: that there's a lot of guys you think, how can 452 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: they plug and play and find the best five they're 453 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: not going to have They have what thirteen past catchers, Yeah, 454 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: thirteen receivers, seven tight ends, maybe a little bit less 455 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 1: now eight if you count Felipe, which you should, because 456 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 1: which you should. Yeah, right, So ultimately how this group 457 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 1: will transform into five or six receivers and three or 458 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: four tight ends is going to be fascinating. I'm really 459 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: excited about that portion of the offseason because we know 460 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: it's coming. We know that the Falcons are going to 461 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: make cuts with these receiving weapons, and we know they're 462 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 1: going to add more to the lines of scrimmage. We 463 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,199 Speaker 1: know that Arthur Smith has said that he's explained it. 464 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,400 Speaker 1: I am really curious to see how they go about 465 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: roster construction as we get closer and closer to fifty 466 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 1: three men cut down in terms of who they value 467 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 1: in the body type and the skill set of these 468 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 1: receivers of which they're valuing because there are a lot 469 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: of different guys out there, and I wonder like, are 470 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,640 Speaker 1: they just gonna go big? Are they just gonna keep 471 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: Dronima Allison and Auden Tate And you already have Cole 472 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 1: Pits as hot and you have Drake Lennon. I mean, 473 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,199 Speaker 1: are you just gonna go big and then have like 474 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 1: Ozy or are you gonna try and add some different variations, 475 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: Which I tend to think that that's probably the direction 476 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: of which they'll go, And so I'm very very interested 477 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: to see which body type they're valuing as we get 478 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: closer to Week one. See, here's the thing is that 479 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 1: I'm a huge roster construction nerd and you're a huge 480 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 1: roster construction nerd. And sometimes they get together and we 481 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: can go super nerdy. But I could talk a whole 482 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 1: half hour just on the body types and the types 483 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 1: of talents you can create, yeah, or mixed together to 484 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: find the ultimate? The ultimate? What grouping right so you 485 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 1: can get the most of it. Kind of. As we're 486 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: wrapping up here, Tory, there was something interesting that happened 487 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: yesterday in practice. And it's the thing. It was the 488 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: number five story on Sports Center's Top ten yesterday was 489 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: Top five play, Top top five play, and we saw 490 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: it live and you know, the play was Kyle Pitts 491 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: running relatively standard out and scoring a touchdown. You'll probably 492 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: see a lot of that this year, but it was 493 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: him versus aj Terrell. Which happens a couple of times 494 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: a day. But the best part about it was there 495 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 1: was some verbal exchange not he did, not contentious. Yeah, 496 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: just no one on the defense wanted number eight to 497 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,879 Speaker 1: score all day. They were very vocal about that, very vocal. 498 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: It was fantastic And it was funny because after practice 499 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,439 Speaker 1: we're talking to Casey Hayward and he said AJ and 500 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 1: Kyle were going at it before practice even started, just 501 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: like trash talking each other, all in good fun. And 502 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 1: then during practice, the entire secondary is just like, don't 503 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: get the ball to eight, like no touchdowns for eight, 504 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: and was fantastic. It's what I love about practice is 505 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: you get to see those interactions and then Kyle goes 506 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 1: and he does score a quote unquote touchdown and who 507 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,159 Speaker 1: launches the ball up in the air like has some 508 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 1: choice words for the secondary of the DVS and then 509 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: walks back over and it's just so fun. And after 510 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: practice they were talking to Kyle and he was talking 511 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 1: about like the competition between between him and AJ Terrell, 512 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: and I think it's so great to see two guys 513 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: who we know is the foundation and kind of the 514 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 1: face of the franchise at this point it's two guys 515 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: you want to build around if you're Terry Fontne and 516 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith. And to see them have that relationship and 517 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 1: that healthy dose of competition and to go against each 518 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: other as much as they do, I think is really 519 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 1: fun to watch. Yeah, definitely, and it's a good again. Yes, 520 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,160 Speaker 1: it's work, Yes, it should be fun. Yes, they should 521 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: want to. Yeah, talk back and forth and as Kyle 522 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: Pitts put it, laugh about it in the locker room, 523 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: which is exactly what happened. I'm sure at some point 524 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 1: during camp Kyle's gonna get got by aj Oh, of 525 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,119 Speaker 1: course that's gonna and Casey probably, Yeah, those things are 526 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: going to happen. But I think that what you need 527 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: to get accomplished from the off season to make your 528 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 1: quarterbacks feel like they know the system, make your inside 529 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: linebackers feel like the and safeties feel like they know 530 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 1: the system. Go back and read the story on Jalen 531 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 1: Hawkins and Richie Grant. They're they're getting it down. Rashaun 532 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,119 Speaker 1: Evans is getting it down, and I think there's a 533 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: little bit of positivity as they move through as they 534 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 1: have moved through the off season program and they head 535 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: towards training camp. So with that, we're gonna go ahead 536 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: and put a bow on this one, wrapping up the 537 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: Ota sessions and really heading off for summer vacation. We're 538 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: still going to give you some some good quality content 539 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: for your ear here, and there's gonna be an awesome 540 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: mini series coming up. That's all the hint I'm going 541 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 1: to get. So it's just gonna be so great. Yeah, 542 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: all as we head towards training camp in late July. 543 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: So thank you guys very much as always for down loading, 544 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: for listening to us a solid if we haven't already, rate, review, subscribe, 545 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 1: all that fun stuff, and again appreciate you listening, and 546 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: we are going to talk to you real real so 547 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 1: h