1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: And welcome back to a special edition of the Falcons 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: Audible presented by AT and T. I'm Derek Rackley and 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: I'm back with my fellows DJ Shockley and Dave Archer. 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: And yes it is a special editions because the top 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: two spots, at least as far as football is concerned, 6 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: have been filled by the Atlanta Falcons. Arthur Smith has 7 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: come over as the offensive coordinator previously with the Tennessee Titans, 8 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 1: and he now is the eighteenth head coach in Falcons 9 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: history for the Atlanta Falcons. And then the same day, 10 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: it was finalized that Terry Fontino comes over from the 11 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints, longtime executive in the Saints organization. He 12 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 1: will take over as the general manager role, and those 13 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: two will work side by side to build this organization 14 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: back up to what the owner, Arthur Blank wants and 15 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: feels like the fans of Atlanta to deserve. So we 16 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: will talk a lot about what's going on with those 17 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,959 Speaker 1: two guys, the whirlwind that they're going through in their 18 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: new positions. But real quick, before we get to the guys, 19 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: I want to make sure I tell you what we've 20 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: got in store again. Reactions to the top two guys 21 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: for the Atlanta Falcons. We'll talk about how is Arthur 22 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: Smith going to duplicate what he did in Tennessee without 23 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: some guy named Derrick Henry, because that was a pretty 24 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: integral piece to the puzzle that he had up in Nashville. 25 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: And we'll talk about the general manager, Terry Fonteneau, as 26 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: he comes over and he starts to analyze this roster, 27 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: what are some of his first moves as as a 28 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: member of the Atlanta Falcons organization. And then we'll talk 29 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: a little bit about free agency in the draft and 30 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: how those two guys end up working together to build 31 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: this roster up to where they feel comfortable, to where 32 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: week one they're ready to be competitive and go out 33 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: and win football games. And then of course we'll just 34 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 1: kind of look into our crystal ball a little bit, 35 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: look out in the future and see where we think 36 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 1: things are going to go for the Atlanta Falcons. So 37 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: with that being said, let me get to the fellas here, 38 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: because DJ and Dave they want to talk. They like 39 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: to talk, and they've got good they when they do talk. Fellas, 40 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: it's been a little while we've had some playoff actions. 41 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: So DJ, let me start with you let me get 42 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: your first impressions when you heard of Arthur Smith being 43 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: hired and Terry Fonteneau coming over as the head coach 44 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: now and the general manager, those two positions, well, when 45 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: you first hear about it, obviously, we talked about it 46 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 1: some weeks back about the candidates that can possibly roll 47 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: into this spot, and during that time, that's when I 48 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: started to familiarize myself with a couple of these guys 49 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: and wondering, Okay, if this guy comes to Atlanta, what 50 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: does it look like? If this guy comes, you know, 51 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: where's this guy, bab what has he done? And we 52 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: finally settled on Arthur Smith and Terry Farnhal and we 53 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,959 Speaker 1: got a chance to hear their press conferences, and one 54 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,959 Speaker 1: thing that I took away immediately was these guys both 55 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: have an understanding of who they are first off, and 56 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: what they want to do going forward. I was impressed 57 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: by both guys. I thought both guys handled the Atlanta 58 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: media for the first time really well. I thought they 59 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: were asked a couple of hard questions that were questions 60 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: I'm sure a lot of fans wanted to know, but 61 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: I thought both guys were really sounding what they wanted 62 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: to do and a couple of things that stood out 63 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 1: to me when Arthur Smith was talking. And a lot 64 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: of it was about the idea and how he came 65 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: to this spot and his dad all that kind of stuff, 66 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: But the one thing he talked about was being great upfront. 67 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: And I think that's exactly where it starts in the 68 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: National Football League. I think it starts there in college, 69 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: it starts there in high school. And that's the number 70 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: one thing that he talked about is he's a guy 71 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: who's played it. He's played offensive line, he's talked offensive line. 72 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: And the fact that he's been there, done that and 73 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: has a warefare of how to teach these guys I 74 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 1: think was big. And then the one thing I took 75 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: away from Terry, which was really really good, was him 76 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: talking about his willingness to listen, learn, and adapt. And 77 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: I think as a GM that speaks volumes because you're 78 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: coming here and you have everything at your hands and 79 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: you can do this, you can do that. There's so 80 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: many different ways you can go. But the fact he says, hey, 81 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: I gotta have people around me, who was smarten to me. 82 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna have people around me who's just gonna 83 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: be yes people, but their willingness to listen, learn and 84 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: his ability to adapt, I think was huge and some 85 00:03:56,160 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: of the things he talked about. So the other thing 86 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: that really struck me was he talked about sustained success. 87 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: And I know that's probably one thing that a lot 88 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: of Falcons fans are wondering. Are we worried about what's 89 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: going on right now? We're going out, what's going on 90 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: for the future? And I think stained success means right 91 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: now as well as the future, and I love to 92 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 1: hear that part of it. So I was truly impressed 93 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: by both guys, really bright guys. I can see why 94 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: all the Bunk and Rich McKay were really excited to 95 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: have these guys are part of it. And Hey, Terry 96 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,280 Speaker 1: was the first one to interviewed, and Terry Fotter they'll 97 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: talked about. Hey, I went out and I interviewed these 98 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: guys myself before even Arthur them saying anything to me 99 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: about it. That sells me. He has the initiative to 100 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: go out and see what he likes about these coaches. 101 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: So I thought that was impressive as well. Yeah, DJ, 102 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: A bunch of great points that you make there. As 103 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: we get the dogs in the background that want to 104 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: chime into. There will be your time as well. Okay, 105 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: there will be your time to get dogs into the show, 106 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 1: you know, Dave. I think the interesting point here, though, 107 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: is that the Falcons have two guys coming into this 108 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: position that have not been in that position before. They 109 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: have not been head coaches, they have not been a 110 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 1: general manager before, which that's not always the case in 111 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 1: the NFL. I mean, you talk about Jacksonville. Even though 112 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: Urban Meyer has not been an NFL head coach, he's 113 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: been a highly successful head coach. So what were your 114 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 1: first impressions after seeing Arthur Smith and Terry Fonteno in 115 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 1: their press conferences today. Well, the first thing that struck 116 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: me is these are two guys that are very humble, 117 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: and DJ talked about listening. I think that's why they've 118 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: risen in the ranks of where they are is because 119 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 1: they're very humble. They're very thankful for their opportunity. Something 120 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: that Terry Fontineau said in his comments. He says, I 121 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: was My goal was not to be a GM in 122 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: the National Football League. My goal was to do the 123 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 1: best possible job with the opportunity I was given. He 124 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: was also asked about how did you pitch yourself to 125 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: the team. So I didn't pitch myself to the team. 126 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: I told him who I was, These are my values, 127 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: this is what my philosophy is. And I was very 128 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 1: transparent of who I am. And if that fits with 129 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons, which it did, then so be it. 130 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 1: He says, I have a good job in New Orleans. 131 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: He probably was the air apparent to Mickey Luna Loomis 132 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: for the job in New Orleans, so he felt like 133 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: the fit was perfect in Atlanta. He loved the ownership group. 134 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 1: And how do you not, I don't know there's a 135 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: better owner in the National Football League than Arthur Blank 136 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: another a better guy that's just under the owner than 137 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: Rich McKay, and a guy you can bounce stuff off 138 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: of that's been around the league as long as as 139 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: long as he has. So I thought that those are 140 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 1: the humble part about it. And then the accountability that 141 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 1: they talked about accountable, being accountable for their actions, making 142 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 1: their players accountable. They're best players accountable. They were in 143 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: lockstep with a lot of these things. And you kept 144 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: hearing about how they'd only known each other for a 145 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: couple of days or talk to each other a few times, 146 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: but the words that came out of their mouth were 147 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: the same words, and so the vision came together very 148 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 1: quickly as far as them being in lockstep as to 149 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 1: how this thing is supposed to work. And one other 150 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: thing that I thought, Terry fontina just to kind of 151 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 1: sum up, would both of them feel, how you do 152 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: anything is how you do everything? That stuck in my eyes, said, Wow, 153 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: that's powerful. You know, you know that's not something that 154 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: you hear all the time. And I know he's he 155 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: has he has the ability to pull some quotes from 156 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: some fury from fury smart people, but that's a good 157 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: one there. How you do everything, how you do everything, 158 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: or how you do anything is how you do everything. 159 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: I thought that that was pretty impactful. You know. I've 160 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,679 Speaker 1: read some of the social media reaction on the news 161 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: about Terry Fontineo and everybody was just putting their stamp 162 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: of approval that he should be the guy for the 163 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: job for the Atlanta Falcons. And we kind of all 164 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: talked before we got on the podcast that we were 165 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: all impressed with Terry Fontineau. It just seems like he's 166 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: a very polished knows what he wants, but to DJ's point, 167 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: also realizes that just because he's the boss, if you will, 168 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: it's not that he has all the answers. He's going 169 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: to lead other people to give them insight, as he 170 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: called it, layer of information, continue to deliver him layers 171 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: of information on how he's going to end up help 172 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: building this franchise and getting him competitive. I think it's 173 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: interesting here, fellas. I wanted to point out Terry Fontino 174 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: when he talked about Mickey Loomis. As you mentioned, Dave, 175 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: he got pretty choked up today, so you could see 176 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: how important Mickey Loomis was in developing him, taking a 177 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: chance on him as a marketing intern way back when 178 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: when he was at two Lane in college, and growing 179 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: him up through the ranks, teaching him basically everything that 180 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: he knows. But Terry also said that we're probably not 181 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: going to have a whole lot of conversations anymore as 182 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: rivals in the same division, so he's not necessarily going 183 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: to have that person to lean on. But Arthur Smith, 184 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: on the other hand, which is really intriguing, he will 185 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: have somebody to lean on as his father is the 186 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,079 Speaker 1: founder of FedEx. Now granted Arthur Blank in his own organization. 187 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: Is a guy that knows how to grow a big 188 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: time organization. But how about picking up the phone and saying, Dad, 189 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: I'm about to run this huge organization. Help. You did 190 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: a pretty good job at FedEx. You got a couple 191 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: of tips for me, and talk about that in psych Gosh, 192 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: that would be phenomenal. So I want to I want 193 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: to real quickly back, let me add to what Frederick 194 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: Smith brings the table, the father of Arthur Smith. He's 195 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: also a war hero. This is a guy that spent 196 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: time in Vietnam, led men into battle, and so when 197 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: you start talking, we always kind of compare sports to 198 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: wrongly by the way, but we compare sports to battle 199 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: and or service in the armed forces. He actually was 200 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: in Vietnam, Bronze Star, Silver Star winner, led guys into battle, 201 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: had to call in artillery strikes in a position where 202 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 1: he was to help save lives, rescued a number of people. Yeah, 203 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: you talk about a leaning on a dude that built 204 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: built a multimillion dollars, billion dollar operation at FedEx. How 205 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: about the fact that he's led guys into battle. That's 206 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: a pretty good one to be able to lean on 207 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, he's he's got some resources as far 208 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: as making sure that he runs this thing from the 209 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: top properly. And DJ, I wanted to pick your brain 210 00:09:57,880 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: because let's talk a little bit about the action on 211 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: the field, and let's stay on Arthur Smith here, because 212 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: as soon as you heard about the news for Arthur Smith, 213 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: you did a couple of breakdowns on what made him 214 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: such an effective play caller for Tennessee. I think the 215 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,719 Speaker 1: biggest thing to note here, and we talked a lot 216 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: about it during this podcast throughout the course of the season, 217 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: was the lack of the running game the presence in 218 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: the backfield for the Atlanta Falcons. Now, Arthur Smith had 219 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: it when he was in Tennessee. He had some guy 220 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: that named Derrick Henry that just rushes for over two 221 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: thousand yards and maybe one of the most feared running 222 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: backs in the National Football League. So how does Arthur 223 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: Smith do it in Atlanta without a guy in the 224 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: backfield at least as of right now, like Derrick Henry. 225 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: You know what. I had a chance to talk to 226 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: Ben Jones, who was the starting center for the Tennessee Titans, 227 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: and I kind of just picked his brain on what 228 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: is Arthur Smith like? What is his offense like and 229 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: the things he does. And in the fifteen twenty minutes 230 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: I talked to him, he talked about how detailed Arthur 231 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: Smith is in his play calling, in his design. He 232 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: talked to me about how the offensive line is looking 233 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: at it is at quarters, it's a quarter quarter halves. 234 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: If we got a hangover player, what they're doing here, 235 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 1: and that is a direct correlation coming from the officsive 236 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: coordinator and their coaches on how they prepare weekly. And yeah, 237 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: Derek Henry is a star. Yes we all know that 238 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: he's a big, physical downhill back, and yes he's deserving 239 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: of all the credit. But the more I went into 240 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: the film, the more I dived in, there were times 241 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: where Derrick Henry wasn't getting touched until he was into 242 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: the second or third level. And that's because of the 243 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 1: way he created run game. And you're talking about formations, 244 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: you're talking about motion, you're talking about using different shifts, 245 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 1: you're talking about putting guys in position to get the 246 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: right block, and we're talking about angles. We're talking about 247 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: all these exs and those kinds of stuff. But it's 248 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,680 Speaker 1: simple stuff when you watch the film that allowed them 249 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,199 Speaker 1: to be one of the top rushing attacks in all 250 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: of football. So when you talk about arfor Smith, it's 251 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 1: more to it than just Derrick Henry. It's more to 252 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: it and just Ryan Tannehill. The way he prepared his 253 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 1: players weekend and week out, and I went through five, six, 254 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: seven different games and it wasn't just one game. They 255 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: were doing this. They were doing this every single week. 256 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,959 Speaker 1: So it shows you each week they have the ability 257 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: to adapt, for one we talked about already, but to 258 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,559 Speaker 1: be able to change up what they do but then 259 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: find ways to create it for their players. And I 260 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: think the one thing that he talked about is we're 261 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: gonna make sure we use our personnel to its best ability. 262 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: And I think that's the number one thing is when 263 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:35,199 Speaker 1: some coaches come in, they say, oh, it's gonna be 264 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: my scheme, and this is what it's gonna be about. 265 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,679 Speaker 1: The first thing he said is it's all about players, 266 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 1: not plays, and I think that is the number one 267 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: thing as a play caller. If you understand I have 268 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: a set amount of guys who can do this, I 269 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: have a couple of guys who can do this, and 270 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: then using those plays to fit those guys. I think 271 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 1: it's tremendous. And Arthur Smith is a guy who uses 272 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 1: a multitude of ways to create plays for his playmakers. 273 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 1: And I saw it throughout out the film. I saw 274 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: it in the Run game. I saw it in the 275 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: Past game. I saw him change up personnel, change up formation. 276 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: I mean, he does so many different things. And at 277 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, it's gonna be fun to watch 278 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: this team. I text Arch about it and I say, 279 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 1: you're gonna be excited. I'm sure he's seen it through 280 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 1: and through, but he's gonna be excited Toby to call 281 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: it these games because of all the things that he 282 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 1: does to give his guys a chance to win. And 283 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 1: I just pre snap but post nap. Yeah, And Arch, 284 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: I think you can appreciate here because you know, you 285 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 1: look at the Tennessee Titans offense and I think Arthur 286 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: Smith has been getting the credit for kind of reviving 287 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill's career by how he's been able to work 288 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: with the personnel within that offense. Again, right now, falcons 289 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 1: like they're not going to have a guy backfield like 290 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry. But maybe it's the creativity. And the other 291 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: thing Arthur said in his press conference was adaptability, David, 292 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: and speak to a little bit about how you feel 293 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: like he needs to be more adaptable maybe than the 294 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: Falcons have been in the past, to you some of 295 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,719 Speaker 1: the weapons that he has right now and some of 296 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: the other ones that they're likely going to bring into 297 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: this organization. Yeah, let's look at what he did. Just 298 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:12,439 Speaker 1: from two thousand nineteen to two twenty, that offensive line 299 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: in Tennessee gave up fifty three sacks in two nineteen. Okay, 300 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: that was a shared quarterback duty between Marcus Mariota and 301 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: with Ryan Tannil fifty three sack. This year, they gave 302 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: up twenty five sacks, and that was with Taylor Lauan 303 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: missing the better part of three quarters of the season 304 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: with a blown acl and Ty Sombrello, Yes, Ty Sombrello 305 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: had taken over at left tackle he got hurt, So 306 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: you had three different guys playing the left tackle position. 307 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: Their ability to adapt, as you guys have talked about it, 308 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: and that's been an operative word. Is it an optive 309 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: word that both these guys spoke about their ability to 310 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: be adaptive to the personnel they had. To me, that 311 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: speaks volumes the ability to adjust that big group up front, 312 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: he says, we are standard along the offensive line is 313 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: we're going to be great upfront, and that's where you're 314 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: that's the brick and mortar guys of the house. If 315 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: we could get after people physically, that helps the run game, 316 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: that helps the passing game. Yeah, nobody had. There's not 317 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: a bunch of Derry Kendricks artifact. There's one, but there's 318 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: other people that run the football, and there's other guys 319 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: that can get that job done if you're providing the opportunities, 320 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: and like Shocked Head said, the ability to prepare guys 321 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: to know what they're looking at and make adjustments. Again, 322 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: the word adapt to what you see based on strength 323 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: of formation or personnel's out numbering Ryan being prepared to 324 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: change the play to an uncovered or outnumbered look to 325 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: the other side to get the run game going. These 326 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: are all things that that are very exciting to me 327 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: and Shock and I both played the quarterbackquisition to know 328 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: that you're gonna have options to be able to get 329 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: to it the line of scrimmage, so you're not running 330 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: the football into a stacked front, or you can throw 331 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: the football if they're trying to crowd you. The line 332 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: of scrimmage right right. Let me add one thing to 333 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: what ours just mentioned about the ability to do stuff 334 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage, I asked Ben Jones, I said, 335 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: and this is two different things. He said, when he 336 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: found out all the Smith was gonna be gone, he 337 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: immediately called him, text him or whatever it was, and said, Hey, 338 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: I know Alex Smith may be gone. I know, I 339 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: mean Alex mc excuse me, he may have a chance 340 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: to leave. What it may be, don't forget about me. 341 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: I would love to come to play for you in Atlanta. 342 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: But the second part of this was I asked him 343 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: who has the responsibility of the line of scrimmage? Is 344 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: it you or is it a quarterback? How much have 345 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: you guys work together? And this is his quote, he said, 346 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: we literally can change every single play at the line 347 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: of scrimmage to whatever we want. If there is a 348 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: situation where we're in a certain play and it doesn't fit, 349 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: or it doesn't look good, or it's going to be 350 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: a negative play. The quarterback has an opportunity to change 351 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: any play in the playbook at any time. And the 352 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: freedom at the line of scrimmage for a quarterback is 353 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: like gold Archie told you the ability may eil do 354 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: that in a line of scrimmage and not be caught 355 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: in a play. It's tremendous well. And if that ends 356 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: up being the case and Matt Ryan is still the starter, 357 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: you'd like to think at Lanta is going to be 358 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 1: in pretty good shape because of all the experience and 359 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: all the reps that he's had throughout his storied career, 360 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 1: would probably have a much higher up leg on a 361 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 1: younger quarterback and being able to make all those adjustments 362 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: to get the offense in the right play for them 363 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: to have some success offensively. So we talked a lot 364 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: about Arthur Smith. I want to you know, we could 365 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: sit here and we could probably talk for forty five 366 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: minutes to an hour about him. But let's switch gears 367 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: a little bit and talk about Terry Fonteneau here because 368 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: there's obviously a big personnel end of this and he's 369 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: going to be kind of the orchestrator, if you will, 370 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: as far as adding new pieces to the puzzle that 371 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: are going to help Arthur Smith achieve what he wants 372 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 1: to do offensively and for this entire team, defense and 373 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: special teams. Because they all talked about the three phases 374 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: of the game, and arch I want to talk with 375 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: you about Terry Fontineau. He was very quiet today during 376 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: his press conference on any personnel. He didn't feel like 377 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 1: it was fair to be talking about personnel at this 378 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: moment before and whoever the rest of his staff ends 379 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,439 Speaker 1: up being have a chance to discuss it. So I 380 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: can appreciate that. But let's put you in his shoes. 381 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: From a personnel standpoint, give us one or two things, 382 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: Give the fans one or two things that you, as 383 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: Terry fontina as the general manager, would be taking a 384 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 1: deep look at from this roster from the personnel standpoint 385 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: to help them improve in twenty twenty one. Well, there's 386 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:27,719 Speaker 1: I wrote down a couple of areas from a personnel standpoint. 387 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: Number one is probably the edge of your defensive front. 388 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 1: What are you going to do there? What can you do? 389 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: Obviously there's some salary gap applications that might hamstring you 390 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 1: a bit. In free agency, there are a couple of 391 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: players that potentially present themselves in the first couple rounds 392 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: of the draft that are intriguing. Another position is the 393 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: safety position. You're gonna have to make some adjustice there. 394 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: We know Kean o'neils deals up. We know Ricardo Allen. 395 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: You're gonna bring Riccardo Allen back at safety? Damante Keayz's 396 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: coming off of a blown knee. Are you looking to 397 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 1: add a safety? I wrote down five safeties that are 398 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: going to be available in free agency that might be affordable. 399 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: How about the running back position? There's four or five 400 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 1: running backs. Chris Carson, a local kid, played high school football. Here. 401 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,880 Speaker 1: He's a guy in Seattle. Let's carry the mail up there. 402 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: You've got a guy like that that potentially they're available. 403 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: Then also, we talked about potentially the last time we 404 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: got together about maybe trading where you move back and 405 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,120 Speaker 1: garner some picks. There's some really good players in the draft. 406 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 1: They're gonna be available to address the running back issue. 407 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: That's just a couple. The one question I have for 408 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: you guys, and you gotta help me out here. What 409 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,160 Speaker 1: are we doing at left guard? What's happening there? And 410 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: is that a scenario where you see Jake Matthews slide 411 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: inside and play left guard? Does he slide inside to 412 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 1: play there? And now all of a sudden that number 413 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: four pick is used on the big fellow from Oregon, 414 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 1: or you know, just another thought as to what potentially 415 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: number four could be. I know there's a lot of 416 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 1: talk about quarterback and this, and Terry Fonte talked about 417 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 1: drafting and being able to stock up all strength. Hey, 418 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 1: if there's a drink, the guy there, it's the best 419 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: player available. Even if we had a player there that 420 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: maybe playing for the next year or two, we could 421 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: still draft the guy there. He's not going to shy 422 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,120 Speaker 1: away from that. But there's a guy sitting there that's 423 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: supposed to be a generational left tackle that might be available. 424 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: Could that help fix your offensive line? Yeah? And one 425 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: of the things that he talked about is he kind 426 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: of comes from that mindset of best player available and 427 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: not necessarily reaching for a need, which we talked a 428 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago about a guy named Greg Rousseau. 429 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: I believe it is his name, the guy kid out 430 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: of Miami that's a pass rusher. But I think we 431 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: all kind of agreed without saying it that at four, 432 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: that's probably a little bit of a stretch, right. And 433 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 1: so if now that Terry Fonto is the general manager, 434 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: I don't think that that guy is in the mix 435 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: as of right now. Granted it's really early on. Maybe 436 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: he goes and he dazzles during his pre draft prep, 437 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: but he's not necessarily going to reach just because they 438 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 1: need a pass rusher. But what happens if a devant 439 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: Smith they feel like is the best player available at 440 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: number four, they feel pretty good about wide receiver. Maybe 441 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: he goes there just because his belief is best player available. 442 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 1: So DJ, I'm gonna ask you the same question personnel perspective. 443 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,919 Speaker 1: Terry Fontno now the general manager, what moves are you 444 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: making to help rebuild this roster? I think Arson made 445 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: a bunch of great points, and they are similar to 446 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: some of the things I think about when I think 447 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 1: about this roster. Where do you head? Where do you 448 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 1: go some key needs. One point that I think I 449 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: would pose to our group and pose to fans as well, 450 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 1: is if you don't get that guy four you want, 451 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: or if you think you can move back, maybe you 452 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: get a couple of picks in that first round. Here's 453 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 1: something to think about. Arthur Smith now is a guy 454 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: who uses two tight ends a lot. There's a guy 455 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,120 Speaker 1: coming out from Florida, then Kyle Pits. We got Hayden Hurts. 456 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: We also have an opportunity to get another tight end. 457 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 1: He uses tight ends a lot. There's a lot of 458 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: toil personnel. There's a lot of twenty two personnel. He 459 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: uses tight ends a lot. Here's another opportunity where, hey, 460 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 1: if you're able to go get a running back you want, 461 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: if you be able to go get a defensive in 462 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: your life, Well here's they know the playmaker for you 463 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball to go with 464 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: these receivers as well. So you pose some different questions 465 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,360 Speaker 1: and like Arch said, they're just gonna be options four. 466 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a good spot. You're gonna have a 467 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: chance to do whatever you want there depending on what 468 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: happens before you. But you can opportunity to move, you 469 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: can opportunity to stay there. But there's gonna be some 470 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 1: prime spots. And I think Arch mentioned that I don't 471 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,439 Speaker 1: have to repeat it, but those are all quality spots 472 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: as well as one other spot that we've talked about 473 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks is on the other side 474 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: of a J. Terrell, who's gonna be that guy who 475 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,719 Speaker 1: can solidify that spot. I think the guy that Arch 476 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: was alluding to was a guy like Patrick certain who 477 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,120 Speaker 1: can go on the other side and you got two 478 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: shutdown corners in a league or you know it's gonna 479 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: be a past frenzy league. Not just even in the 480 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 1: NFC South, but in the entire league. Teams have two 481 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 1: three receivers. Look at us here in Atlanta, we got 482 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,360 Speaker 1: a bunch of receivers. There's not a lot of dbs 483 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 1: that can match it. If you can get another guy 484 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: on the outside of the corner spot two that bowls 485 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: well as well, Yeah, there's the definitely plenty of options 486 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: with that number four pick. I think you guys have 487 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: talked about a couple of scenarios where maybe Atlanta ends 488 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 1: up trading back because DJ for a Kyle Pitts four 489 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: might be a little bit of a stretch for him, 490 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: but ten or eleven probably a little bit more in 491 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: his range. And if Atlanta decides to go quarterback and 492 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: it doesn't end up being obviously Trevor Lawrence or a 493 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: Justin Fields, maybe they end up trading back a little 494 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:22,959 Speaker 1: bit and you still get a Lance out of North 495 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: Dakota State or something like that. Again, a lot has 496 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: to happen between now and then to see where these 497 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: guys actually end up slotting. And again, we could sit 498 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 1: here and look up at mock drafts on the internet 499 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: all day long. It only matters what Terry Fontino and 500 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith and the rest of their staff how they 501 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: end up ranking the board. That's the only thing that 502 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: matters when it comes to the falcons and who they're 503 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,479 Speaker 1: actually going to address. And you know, the other thing 504 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 1: we talked about, guys, and we're not going to dive 505 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: too much into it here is a salary cap obviously 506 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,959 Speaker 1: plays a huge part in a lot of this that 507 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: goes on. Because we've talked about the draft, but there's 508 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: a free agency that ends up being a very integral 509 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: part of building your roster as well. But it's to 510 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 1: dive into that right now. With the salary cap. And 511 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 1: if you're one of those exes and os excuse me, 512 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 1: dollars and cents type people, there's plenty of websites out 513 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: there where you can learn about the salary cap because, 514 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: as Dave talked about before we got in this podcast, 515 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: there's one, maybe two guys in an organization that could 516 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: actually explain how a salary cap works. So if you're 517 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: Joe Schmo watching the podcast in your living room and 518 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: you've got the answer, put your application in for a team, 519 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,959 Speaker 1: because if you could figure out the salary cap, right, 520 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: that's like us. It's three of us over here in 521 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 1: Archer's the only guy who knows about salary cap. So 522 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 1: that's pretty much how it goes in organizations, too, bluff 523 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 1: my way through it. You guys bought guys. I wanted 524 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 1: to let let's kind of end this with this thought, 525 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: because we've talked a lot about both of these guys 526 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,479 Speaker 1: that have gotten their careers started with the Atlanta Falcons, 527 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith as the head coach, Terry Fontea's now the 528 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 1: general manager. A lot of work ahead for those two guys. 529 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: Probably gonna have very little sleep the next few weeks, 530 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,679 Speaker 1: probably gonna have a whole lot of phone calls and 531 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: tech messages, whether it's congratulatory or calling people to build 532 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: out their staffs. But let's just take a look ahead. 533 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 1: And again, it's hard to really assess what it's gonna 534 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: look like because these guys have not been leaders of 535 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: an organization, whether it's a general manager or a head coach. 536 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 1: But DJ, after what you saw today, how excited are 537 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: you for the future? And I don't want to sit 538 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 1: here and say, did they get the right guys? Because 539 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: that's such a cliche question. But what stuck out to 540 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 1: you that gives you promise for twenty twenty one for 541 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 1: the Atlanta franchise, right, I guess is something I learned 542 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: a long time ago and it's helped be become the 543 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: man I am today. And it's first impressions are everything, 544 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: And today was my first impression of Arthur Smith and 545 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,360 Speaker 1: Terry Fontono, and I was truly impressed by the way 546 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: they handled their salves in their press comments. Now, it 547 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 1: could have gone a number of ways. Of course, there's 548 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,400 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of time to tell about how 549 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 1: these guys, you know, really work out in this organization. 550 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,400 Speaker 1: But when I look at Terry Fontono, there are two 551 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 1: things that really stuck out to me. This guy's so personable, 552 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: and you think about if you watch that press conference, 553 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 1: you saw him bring his kids on there. You saw 554 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: he talked about high excited day where he talking about 555 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: now there's gonna be a bunch of Louisiana Falcons fans now. 556 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,239 Speaker 1: And then the other part that really impressed me was 557 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: at the end, before he started, you know, getting questions, 558 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: he did something he didn't have to do. He made 559 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,719 Speaker 1: an acknowledgement of a guy that we all know very well, 560 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: Von McClure and went on, you know, a nice little 561 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,680 Speaker 1: soliquy of you know, five ten minutes about what Vaughan 562 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: meant to him, what he meant to a lot of people. 563 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 1: And I thought that was that was paramount. That's him, Like, 564 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: that's something you can't fake. That's something that you know. 565 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 1: He's in a major position, and this was all about 566 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: him this moment, this press conference was all to talk 567 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: about him and his new spot, this new job. But 568 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: he wanted to you know, kind of you know, afflecting 569 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: and get it to his family, get it to Vaughan 570 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: talk about all the people around him that helped him 571 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: get to this spot. You talked about it. He choked 572 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 1: up talking about Mickey Loomis. Like that kind of stuff 573 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 1: tells you what kind of person a guy is. And 574 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: they listen to Arthur Smith being in the position, and 575 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: the one thing that I heard coming in, I'm gonna 576 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 1: keep it all the way rock keep one hundred. Everybody 577 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: talking about, Oh, I don't know how he's gonna be 578 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 1: with the media. He really hasn't had much training. I 579 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 1: thought he was awesome. I thought he handed himself. Well, 580 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: I thought he answered the question that were presented in 581 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,640 Speaker 1: front of him and then shy away from anything. So 582 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: first impression from me are everything. And both those guys 583 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: kicked it straight through the uprights and maybe the first 584 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: touchdown of the year for me for sure, all right, 585 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: hopefully the first of many to come for the Atlanta Falcons. 586 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: Arch you're gonna be speaking of touchdowns. You'll be calling 587 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: many of the touchdowns as the analysts for the Atlanta 588 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 1: Falcons radio network. And so again, after you saw Fontineau 589 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 1: and Arthur Smith today, just give us your kind of 590 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,239 Speaker 1: overall impressions in your excitement level now that you know 591 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 1: the two top two guys outside of Arthur Blank and 592 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,399 Speaker 1: Rich McKay that are gonna be running this organization from 593 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 1: a football perspective moving forward. Yeah, I'm ecstatic, guys. I 594 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: really was impressed with both guys. I would concur with Shock. 595 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: I thought both guys handled him extremely well. Remember this 596 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 1: was a pref conference for the coach at one o'clock. 597 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: It was a press conference for the GM at three o'clock. 598 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: And you heard adaptive, you heard accountability, you heard consistent. 599 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,120 Speaker 1: Both of them said the same things and not that 600 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 1: somebody was beating on their head or handed him a script. 601 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,199 Speaker 1: This was all stuff that they believe in together. And 602 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: that's pretty cool that you got two guys that are 603 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 1: in lockstep with one another. That well, the question I have, guys, 604 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:29,160 Speaker 1: is for for Terry Fontino is how does he get 605 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: rid of all the Saints stuff? You know how you 606 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: can't bring any of the Saints stuff through Atlanta? Right 607 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: and his family, he's he even made reference that it 608 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 1: says Saints on his credit card. He says he's got 609 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: a guy his credit card back. So you talk about 610 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: and it's funny and we could go tongue in cheek 611 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: with it, but think about it. This is a guy 612 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: grew up in Lake Charles, his wife grew up in 613 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: Lake Charles, and they got married in New Orleans. He's 614 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: been with the Saints since he was twenty two. He's 615 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 1: forty now. His kids don't know anything but going to 616 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 1: Saint games and cheering and Drew Brees and I thought 617 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: it was really cool. Right near the into the press conference, 618 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 1: he brought Kayden, his little boy up, who probably what 619 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 1: seven six seven years old, and one of the guys 620 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: on the press corps said, hey, Katan, who's your who's 621 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 1: your favorite football player? He said. Julio Jones I said, wow, 622 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: you talk about being buttoned up and ready to go. 623 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 1: Now the family is dialed in, they're ready. I mean, 624 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: come on, with a kid that age, how easy would 625 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 1: it have been to say Drew Brees or Michael Thomas 626 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 1: or something like that. So yes, it's it's almost like 627 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 1: getting to say he didn't even have a he didn't 628 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: even have a red tie. He say, had to go 629 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: get a red tie literally right before the Bass conference. 630 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: That tells you how long he's been. Two humble, two 631 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: humble guys that both mentioned leadership by servitude, and that's 632 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: who they are. That's it. They kind of came up, 633 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: kind of grew up through the ranks. Some of it 634 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 1: was a little quicker maybe for Arthur Smith than it 635 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,479 Speaker 1: was for for Terry Fontina, but they both worked their 636 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 1: way up. And you can't say enough about Arthur Smith 637 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 1: being retained by three different regimes in Tennessee kept him 638 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: as a coach. That doesn't happen. You might be kept 639 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 1: over one time to be carried over three different times, 640 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: and really it was four times because Malarkey and and 641 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: uh Wizzen kind of shared the duties after mun Check, 642 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 1: so it was actually four coaches that kept him in Tennessee. 643 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: Tells you a little bit about who he is. And 644 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 1: then giving being given the offensive coordinator duties his final 645 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 1: two seasons and improving on what they were doing in eighteen. 646 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, by the way, that guy in eighteen he's 647 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 1: now the head coach in Green Bay. That worked out 648 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 1: pretty good, right, And this guy blew his numbers out 649 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: of the waters. The offensive coordinator from him too. He 650 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: tried to steal him pretty good, pretty good. Well here, 651 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: I'll leave it with this. My impressions are really quick. 652 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,800 Speaker 1: I thought Art Smith he looked like a football coach. 653 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 1: Sometimes you get a head coach that gets up in 654 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,880 Speaker 1: there and they steal the press conference because they're so 655 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: they're so clean and buttoned up, and they got the 656 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: three thousand dollars fo on. But when I saw Arthur Smith, 657 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 1: I saw football coach. And you know what, that's perfectly fine, 658 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 1: because I want this guy to know x's and o's 659 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 1: better than everybody else in the league. I want him 660 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 1: to be able to make adjustments better than anybody else 661 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 1: in the league. I don't need to have that guy 662 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: know how to do the sweetest tie. Not in his tie, okay, 663 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: Terry Fontno. On the other hand, he was really polished. 664 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,479 Speaker 1: I was impressed by his professionalism. I was impressed by 665 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 1: his plan, even though he said that being a general 666 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: manager wasn't his plan. So I feel like the Falcons 667 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: are in really good hands with these two. Even though 668 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: these two don't know each other that well. I'm sure 669 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: they've been on the phone a whole lot these last 670 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: few days trying to get to know each other better 671 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 1: because they're going to have to work hand in hand 672 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: over the next hopefully a long number of years, let's say, five, ten, 673 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: fifteen years, because we know sometimes the NFL stands for 674 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 1: it not all right. That's gonna wrap it up on 675 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 1: behalf of DJ Shockley and Dave Archer, just bringing the 676 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,960 Speaker 1: thunder as always, and DJ says he keeps it one hundred, Arch, 677 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 1: you keep it one hundred as well. Thank you for 678 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: joining us on the Falcons Audible presented by AT and T, 679 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: a special edition to talk about the Atlanta Falcons new 680 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: head coach and general manager. And guess what, there might 681 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 1: be some more breaking news coming down the road, and 682 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 1: you'll get us three back on and we'll be here 683 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: to talk about it. Thanks so much for joining us, 684 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 1: everybody once again on behalf of DJ and ARCH. I'm 685 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: Derek Rackley saying so long. This is a Falcons Audible 686 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 1: presented by AT and T. Take care you're listening to 687 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: Falcons Audible presented by AT and T