1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: Hill right back up in the pocket, grows backside hill, 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: open diving and scoring in the pilot, and the Atlanta 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: touchdown for Brian Hill, the last guy in the package. 4 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: You're listening to Falcons Audible presented by AD and D 5 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: and I am mad to be joined with Dave Archer 6 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 1: and DJ Shockley. On a chilly but sunny day here 7 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: in Flowery Branch, Georgia, team headquarters finds a friendly confines. 8 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,639 Speaker 1: It's friendly confines, a little chilly. I had to take 9 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: off my sweatshirt, but I do have my Falcons Audible 10 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 1: presented by AT and T shirt on. I just wanted 11 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: everybody to big win yesday. We're in great mood because 12 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: the Falcons won twenty six to nine. They went down 13 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: to Yeah, boy, New Orleans kicked the doors in. Dave 14 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: didn't take names played really well though. Early on, I 15 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: think Falcons fans were probably saying themselves, is this happening? 16 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: And then they probably went through don't screw this up? 17 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: And wow, they played four quarters and they played really well. 18 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: Your initial take, Dave, Yeah, it was a lot of 19 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: fun to do. Of course, Matt to be there called 20 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: the game. I've had a chance to be there and 21 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: beat them in their building. There's nothing that tastes better 22 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: than to be in that building as a player and 23 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: beat them there, to shut the fans up, to see 24 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: them get up at about the midway through the fourth 25 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 1: quarter or maybe early fourth quarter, like something's being given 26 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: away for free in the parking lot as they're headed 27 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,279 Speaker 1: to the parking lot. All those type of things were cool. 28 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: But the performance of the team, and you said it, 29 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: four quarters of football. It's what dan Quinn's been talking 30 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: about about. Complimentary football. If we play good defensively, we 31 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 1: need to answer on the offensive in and sometimes answering 32 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily mean you go down and get a touchdown, 33 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: means you possess the football, You work on their defense, 34 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: you begin to fatigue their defense and then go down 35 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: and if you get points, you get points, and then 36 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: being able to trust the other side of the ball. 37 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: But if I have to settle for three shots, which 38 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: has usually been a death nail against the Saints, if 39 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: you settled for three, Breeze is gonna get seven. You 40 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: hold Drew Brees without a touchdown for the first time 41 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: in his existence as a Saint in that building, that's 42 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: saying something. Yeah, Actually, since two thousand and five. It's 43 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: the first time that's happened, and that's before Drew Brees. 44 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: But like you said, Arch, since the Drew Brees era, 45 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: that's really really impressive. Yeah, and you're talking about one 46 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: of the highest scoring teams in NFL history since he's 47 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: been there and what he does and shock, I mean, 48 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's what immediately jumped out at me. 49 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: Four quarters of football and then the trust that both 50 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: sides of the ball had for one another. The thing 51 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 1: I think stuck out for me is when you're watching 52 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: this ball game, or if you did watch it and 53 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: you just saw the highlights, you just saw the score, 54 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: I think people would say, Okay, what happened to the Saints. 55 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: Did they turn the ball over four times? Did they 56 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: give him short feels? You know, stuff like that. The 57 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: stuff like that happened, so the Falcons were able to 58 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: do it. And I thought the best thing that happened 59 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: was none of that happened. The Falcon stood toe to 60 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: toe with the Saints in their building and looked like 61 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: the team that was seven and one. And I think 62 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: that was the biggest thing that I took from it 63 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: was all the execution stuff we've talked about the last 64 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: few weeks. That's all that needed to happen. But the 65 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: fact you go into that building and they don't give 66 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: you anything and you go take it. I thought that 67 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: was probably the most impressive thing to me was the 68 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: way they went about that win. And it was a 69 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: situation where you go into that stadium and you go 70 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: into that game and probably nobody outside of the team 71 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: with the Falcon on their helmet thought they had any 72 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: chance to win this ballgame, and something miraculous had to 73 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: happen for the Falcons to win, and it was a 74 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: total opposite. The Falcons went in and dominated the ball team. 75 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: People would have laughed at you. And that's what I 76 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: wrote my column. I said, you know, if you had 77 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: suggested such a crazy thought outside of the people in 78 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: that locker room and outside of the coaching staff, people 79 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: would have laughed. And here's when you say they went 80 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: and took it. When I the stats that screamed they 81 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: went and took it are ten play seventeen, play thirteen, 82 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: play eleven play drives, They sustained drives, Dave, and they 83 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: were running. They were People said that they were aggressive, 84 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: but they were aggressive in that they they were committed 85 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: to the run and uh, and they ate the clock 86 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 1: up and that was just fun to watch. And then I, 87 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: like you said, when it came to defense, they tightened 88 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: up in the red zone. You know they did three. Yeah, 89 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: they moved the ball at first drive and I'm to 90 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: talk about the Saints and we thought, okay, this is 91 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: too easy. And then they got down on the red zone, Dave, 92 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: and they you know they up Yeah twice they got 93 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: to the ten yard line or penetrated the ten yard 94 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: line and were held to three two times. So that's 95 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: excellent defense. And you mentioned committed to the run game, 96 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: and I think it's important that we maybe discussed that 97 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: for a second. I hear it all the time from fans, 98 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: some of the talking heads that are in this city 99 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 1: and other places, say, wow, we need to stay more 100 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: committed to the run game. Yeah. If the defense is 101 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: playing at the level they're playing at and they're getting 102 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: you the ball back or not allowing the other team 103 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: to go score, you can stay committed to a run game. 104 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: You can be willing to have what potentially is an 105 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: empty possession where maybe you get one first down and 106 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: you have to punt it. Yet you ran the ball 107 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: three or four times in the series, of the six 108 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: downs that you had in a series, you can stay 109 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: committed to the run game. But if you're if you're 110 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: going six plays and then punting and the other team's 111 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,559 Speaker 1: going down the field and putting a touchdown on the board, 112 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: and then you get the ball and you try to 113 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: run a couple more times, you gotta punt, and now 114 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: you look up and you're down fourteen nothing, you can't 115 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 1: stay committed to the run game. So I think that 116 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 1: it's important to distinguish for sure what you're talking about 117 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 1: and what you're discussing. Yes, it was nice to be 118 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: able to see dirt could stay the running. And I 119 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: will point out and I talked to a number of 120 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: the coaching staff after the game, and obviously it was 121 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: a it was a fun time to be on the 122 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: plane coming home. But this was a game that was 123 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: played almost entirely at the line of scrimmage, and having 124 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 1: played quarterback in that building, it's arguably the toughest environment 125 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: to call plays at the line of scrimmage, Okay, to 126 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: communicate to one another. Matt Ryan called eighty five percent 127 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: of the game from the line of scrimmage. Now there's 128 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: a play coming in his ear, and then at that 129 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: point you can see him change things based on what 130 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: look they were trying to stem to different looks defensively 131 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: up front, he would change the play to take advantage 132 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: of the different looks in the run game. So even 133 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: though Matt Ryan's not numbers don't look like a normal 134 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan day twenty to thirty five, one hundred ninety 135 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: yards and a couple of touchdowns, he was the facilitator 136 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: in the game to get the run game going and 137 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: get him in the right play. So let's make sure 138 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: that we remember Matt. I don't know if I can 139 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:55,839 Speaker 1: emphasize this enough. Shock you've played in some really tough 140 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: environments how difficult it is to communicate in that situation 141 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 1: with that crowd and try to do all that at 142 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. And here's something to add to it, 143 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: as he was there calling the game, and I had 144 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: the opportunity to watch it at home, And when I 145 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: watched it at home, there was a They showed a 146 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: couple of times clips of Matt in the huddle they 147 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: use the skycam and him coming down in the huddle 148 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: and everybody was literally a one foot away from him, 149 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: you can see his eyes going to every single guy 150 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: making sure the communication was there. I don't think people 151 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: understand how important that is. There were times where you 152 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: can see him literally holding up like two fingers, and 153 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: that's telling everybody, okay, two fingers is this is where 154 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: the snap coount's gonna go. Because in that building there 155 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: was a couple of times where you had a couple 156 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: of false stars, but those are drive killers, and he 157 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: knew from the beginning. If those situations don't play out 158 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: the way they're supposed to at the line of scrimmage, 159 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter what you call, because the next you're 160 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: gonna be in first and fifteen gonna be second and 161 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: twenty or whatever it may be. And him communicating not 162 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: just in the huddle, but like our just mentioned, at 163 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage is one of the toughest things 164 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: to do because you have to maybe communicated to all 165 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: five guys, and they make sure all other guys on 166 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: the outside to understand what play is being called. I've 167 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: been in the position before where you think everybody has 168 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: the call and one guy doesn't get it. As good 169 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: as players are, if that one guy doesn't get it 170 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: out of the ten, that play will go almost said something, 171 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: but that play will go into something really bad, and 172 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: the quarterback will be destroyed and it looks like, oh, 173 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: he doesn't know where he's coming from. You're gonna say 174 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: chicken salad becomes so so the communication is a big 175 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: part in that environment. I remember you were there. I 176 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: remember going to that building after Katrina on Monday night football. 177 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: You're talking about a place that's loud, and I can 178 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: imagine probably just as loud yesterday with them coming in 179 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: being seventy one and everything's flying, everything feeling good about themselves. 180 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: So I can't only I can only tell you how 181 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: bad it on a sidebar that moment, which was an 182 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: unbelievable moment, the Steve Gleason block punt against Michael cainean 183 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: early in the football game, after Atlanta's first series of downs. 184 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 1: It ends up leading to a twenty six win. Twenty 185 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: to six win. The Saints got to a point from 186 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: a pr or in stadium moment where the crowd was 187 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: so dumbfounded with what was going on that they played that. Okay, 188 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: Steve was in the building a lot of times, they'll 189 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: play it when Atlanta's there. And then they played highlights 190 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: of their Super Bowl win. They had nothing to play 191 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 1: because of the way Atlanta was shutting down. So I mean, 192 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: I've been in the building, beautiful thing a hundred times, 193 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:49,079 Speaker 1: and it was just a really strange fibe. I'm sure 194 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: they were loving it. That's great stuff. Yeah too. I 195 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: love the fact that you pointed out that Matt didn't 196 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,559 Speaker 1: necessarily have the gaudy numbers, but he won the game 197 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 1: with you know, the pre snap stuff and the communication 198 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: that's fans right in all the time talking about stats, stats, stats. 199 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 1: Matt would trade stats ten times out of ten for 200 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: performance like that. So I'm so glad you brought that up. 201 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: That's a great point. And then of course, you know, 202 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: they they've had trouble getting they've gotten behind, they've had 203 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: those mistakes, those communication issues that you've talked about early 204 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: on in the season. It's led to more problems than 205 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: being outscored. And it was just they had they had 206 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: a couple of drive stalled because of penalty yesterday and 207 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: you kind of thought, okay, okay, you know, but it 208 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: didn't phaze them. They just they kept their sleeves rolled 209 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: up and they stuck to it. Um let me can 210 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: I say one thing about what we were talking about. 211 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: That's why you're here. I mean, you don't have to ask, 212 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: just jump in and say it. No man, you guys 213 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: are just talking about the defense and the stuff that 214 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: they overcame, especially in the red zone. But there are 215 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 1: two other situations in that ball game where the Falcons 216 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 1: had short fields. I mean, the Saints had short fields 217 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: and they bowed their neck. I mean, how often are 218 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: you able to do that versus that style of offense 219 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: we talked about in the type of quarterback that they 220 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: have that they bow their neck. One the Saints are 221 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 1: getting the ball at midfield and they getting nothing from it. 222 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: That happened a couple of times. I mean, we talk 223 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: about the sacks and all that kind of stuff, and 224 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: that's really good because we haven't been able to get 225 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: a lot of sacks. The six sacks you got in 226 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: the ball game, a lot of it come from four 227 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 1: and five man pressures. It's pretty cool to watch. But 228 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: that moment I thought was pretty crucial that Saints had 229 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 1: short fields and weren't be able to capitalize on it. 230 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:39,599 Speaker 1: And I think ultimately that was a big part of 231 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 1: the ball game, and I think both sides offense and 232 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: defense fed off each other in that environment, which is 233 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: pretty cool. Yeah, you were watching the game really quickly. 234 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: Comment on the two ultra short fields. Now what he's 235 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: talking about. He had the return of the punt to 236 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: the thirty eight yard line, the falcon thirty eight. Yeah, 237 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: stone them. Okay, they get the kickoff return turn all 238 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 1: the way out to their own forty six yard line. 239 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 1: In fact, that led to a Gready Jarret sack which 240 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,959 Speaker 1: they got nothing out of. So the two short field 241 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: opportunities they needed three points. I mean again, I don't 242 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: want to sound like a broken record here, and we 243 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: kind of did that during the first eight games because 244 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: we were kept trying to tell people, look at this, 245 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,959 Speaker 1: look at this. But this was a defense and an 246 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: offense that played complimentary football. Quinn had been talking about 247 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 1: it all year long, and they did it. Complimentary back 248 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: end helps the front end of the defense. Offense helps 249 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: the defense, vice vice versa. You brought up that kickoff 250 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 1: return while I'm thinking of a young Way coup with 251 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: the tackle, Captain, Well, he forced him out of bounds, 252 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: but saved potentially an even bigger game or possibly a touchdown. Great, 253 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: great day for the young kicker any freaking bigger helmet 254 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: or something. I mean, it looked a little tight. It 255 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: looked a little tight, kind of a gym plunket looked there, Yes, yes, exactly, 256 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: the cheeks, yeah yeah, the cheeks coming out. Yeah, uh hey, 257 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: but I'm glad he made Hey And what about either 258 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: you guys surprised that he was h weird number seven? 259 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: He's no. I think they say it on the broadcast 260 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: that they said, uh, he was given the number, and 261 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: he saying about he didn't really want it, but he 262 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: was like, I just got here. I can't tell him 263 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: I don't want it. But yeah, man, it was kind 264 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 1: of fund at kid number seven. Uh yeah, a certain 265 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: other guy. Yeah, yeah, interesting though the way he handle 266 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 1: has been. I thought Kickers are an interesting lot. I 267 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: held my entire career in the NFL, and they're a 268 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: weird group. Now, um, there's a lot of a lot 269 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: of psychoanalyzing and all sorts of stuff. Tell some weird 270 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: stories are no, no, we will go there. But I 271 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: think that it was. I mean, obviously he doesn't know 272 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: hardly any by the team. He's still introducing himself to 273 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: people on the team. He doesn't know everybody, right and 274 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: now he's got to go in with the weight of 275 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: the team on his shoulders to go get points. Go 276 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: in there and and and make a drive viable or 277 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: make a drive incredible. First drive of the game. Yeah, 278 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: and goes down. And then you could see Quinn's reaction 279 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: on the forty eight yard because that was right where 280 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: q had set his limit. He said, Okay, all week long, 281 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: we need to get the ball to the thirty one 282 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: yard Lin because forty eight yards is where we're gonna kick. 283 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: Anything outside of that, I'm going for it. And he 284 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: did it. In the second drive of the game, they 285 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: went for it. Ryan runs for a first down on 286 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: fourth thound. By the way, he had two runs in 287 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: the game. One was their first. How it felt like 288 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 1: it was about a half hour, Well, he told me, 289 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: I felt like running down the field. But uh but yeah, 290 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: so really good job by by Ku. I thought it 291 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: was pretty interesally a little there's a little meme or 292 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: a little dat little coudat thrown out? How do you 293 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: guys feel about that? I liked that. Do you like it? 294 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: Anything to anything? To poke a little little sites face? 295 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: That's always ye pokes and I'm good with it. Feel 296 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: little poke shot out, shout out to the fac digital 297 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: to anyway, he did a nice job. Good job. He 298 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: did a good job on Twitter, So it's sure did 299 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: yeah like pent up. It was pent up understandable. Um, 300 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: you know the the young Huai Coup performance. He reminded me. 301 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: I couldn't help but think of when Tovaccio had to 302 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: come in on that Monday night game and you know, 303 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: win an NFSC Player of the Week that week. It 304 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: kind of had that feeling. It's just well, I can 305 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: take you further back than that. I can take you 306 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: back to Monday Night in the seventies when Lee MISSILISSI 307 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: what I was gonna say, not Lee missili What New 308 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: York met Now? I can't think of the guy's name. 309 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: I just lost his name came in he bartended the 310 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: week before. He kicks five field goals against the Rams. 311 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: With the Rams he was in the seventies. Yeah, it 312 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: was Bartending the week before bartending. What about me going 313 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: met missili U? It's a I think it's an Italian name. 314 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: Why can't Ken Vineyard? No, but at five field goals, 315 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: there's fans out there going, you idiot, it's this guy. 316 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: So I get it. As soon as we finished the pot, 317 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: you're gonna walk out to the parking line going five 318 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: field goals out after being a bartender the week before 319 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: to beat the Rams. But yeah, it was one of 320 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: those kind of efforts. This is a guy that had 321 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: kicked for the h for the Alliance team here in town. 322 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: Tim Aszetti, Tim Mozzetti, there you go. I knew was 323 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: an eye. I tim Mozzetti five field goals against the 324 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: Rams to beat him on a Monday night beat coming through. Hey, 325 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: I just I just went down the list. I just 326 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: went through the I just went just going through the 327 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: Google in his head. I just went through the list. No, 328 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: I just I'd look for the Italian. There you go. 329 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, hey Tissetti. Yeah No. It was similar to no, 330 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: you're right to Coo did a heck of a job 331 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: and controlling his emotions. First big opportunity really for him. 332 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: And this is you know, when you come through with 333 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: it for a team in that moment, in those moments, 334 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: think about the credibility. Now he's got to carry this 335 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: out and he's got another seven games to play, but 336 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 1: the credibility on the field in those moments that you 337 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: begin to build for sure with your team and for 338 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: an opportunity to potentially be that guy again. Yeah, I'm sorry, 339 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: I'm just reading about Tim Mazzetti. What he's doing. Yeah, 340 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: he looks like he's like a broker. The hell of 341 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: a Manhattan for you, I think from what he ended 342 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: up playing in the un for the Boston New Orleans 343 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: Portland Breakers. Anyway, Um, the running game, you know we 344 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: talked about it was they didn't get behind. It was 345 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: a close game. They stuck to it. Brian Hill stepped in, 346 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: DeVante Freeman was running hard. I love to play. They 347 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: opened with the quick hit with Ridley, the quick snap. 348 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: Uh that went eighteen nineteen yards and it was kind 349 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: of like, okay, um, and it's funny you too, that 350 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: Dave you brought up, you know, hey, if it if 351 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 1: they were they got without of what was it you said? 352 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: Thirty one? Thirty one yard line was kind of the 353 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: number for the King forty yard kick. But on the 354 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 1: broadcast you were listening to that the Fox broadcast DJ, 355 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: they were they were almost saying, look at they can't 356 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: talk about the Falcons. They can't afford in this game, 357 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: in this environment against this team to kick field goals. Well, 358 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 1: that's always thought, right, Yeah, and so it was kind 359 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: of you almost felt like if it was fourth and 360 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: short at any point that Atlanta had its ears pinned 361 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:34,400 Speaker 1: back and they were Donna. But I think the difference 362 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: was how your defense was playing. Yes, and a lot 363 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: of those other games where Breezes, you know, being Breeze, 364 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 1: you knew he was going to score points, and this 365 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: ball game is just felt different. Yeah. Um, even early 366 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: in the ball game where you possessed the ball with 367 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: nine minutes in the first quarter, and I mean you 368 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: you controlled. What we talked about earlier was the line 369 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 1: of scrimmage really and that's what mattered. And I thought 370 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: some of some of the guys who probably weren't the 371 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 1: key guys you thought coming to this ball game played 372 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: really well. Um. Obviously Brian Field come in play well 373 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: to Andre and certain spots played really well. Um in space, 374 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: I thought the Falcon's tackled really well in space two. 375 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 1: One thing tacked. One thing that says to do well 376 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: is yards have to catch, and you didn't see much 377 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: of that. I thought a lot of the throws were contested. 378 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: I thought they were guys there and their face. Um, 379 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: this is one of the best screen teams in the 380 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 1: National Football League might be the best screen team. They 381 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: ranked three three count screens and netted nothing. And it 382 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: was something Quinn had talked about, is we've got this 383 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: is one of the best screen teams I've seen. Both 384 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: backs are good screen backs. They go screens to the 385 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: wide receivers and they just got nothing out of them. 386 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,479 Speaker 1: And that's a big part of an extension of their 387 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: run game, and they just didn't get it going. Another 388 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: guy came in, Christian Blake, had a couple of catches. 389 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: Um Matt trusting him on a critical down, throwing him 390 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: in football when if you look at it, he wasn't 391 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: really that open. Matt threw him open on the opposite 392 00:19:58,200 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: side of his shoulder. He made a big catch. I mean, 393 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: some of those guys in those certain spots I thought 394 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 1: were asked to play big moments and did that. I 395 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: thought Jack Crawford, Uh, he actually had a pass breakup. Um. 396 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: You know, he's one of those unsung guys. Rookie rookie 397 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 1: Kendall Sheffield where we talked about before the podcast. I 398 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: think he was targeted seven times, gave up five catches 399 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: for twenty eight yards, but no touchdowns. I thought he 400 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: played well. He seems he's one of those guys arch 401 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: you kind of watch him grow up, you know, week 402 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: to week, Kendall's Kendall's that two way guy Matt that 403 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: he can play on the perimeter as a corner, but 404 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: he has he possesses those extra skills to play in 405 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: the slot. Remember he was the backup Nickel coming into 406 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: the season behind Kaz. With as much as they want 407 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: to play Kaz in center field as the free safety 408 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: and get Ricardo Allen down in the box, there's a 409 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: much better tackler. Even though he's not a big guy, 410 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: He's a good tackler understand scheme, reads things well. That 411 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: means Kendall has to come in and play or has 412 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: to slide inside and play that play that Nickel corner 413 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: um when they when they go to a six defensive back. 414 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: So I thought he does a nice job his versatility. 415 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: You're right. He made a really good play on a 416 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: throw down a seam that you normally see Breeze complete. 417 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 1: He was working against the speedy Ted Gin broke that 418 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: play up. Kaz came over and got a big hit 419 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 1: on the play. Kaz slowly becoming kind of that enforcer 420 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 1: in center field, trying to make the big hit, but 421 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: yet not the illegal hit. I thought he was doing 422 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: some of that stuff. He actually got into the skin 423 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: of a couple of their players to where there was 424 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: some there was some jousting going on between them because 425 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: Kazy's willing to talk to you a little bit after 426 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 1: you hitch you, and so that was kind of fun 427 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: to watch as well. You know, I don't know what 428 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: your take was watching the game, but with they had 429 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: I think at least four illegal hands to the face 430 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: penalties now and then you know, you watched the replay, 431 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 1: they were legit. Those are the ones they caught, by 432 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: the way the officials. Yeah, it just felt like, you know, 433 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: as the game went on that the look, they're seven 434 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: to one team, they're a very good team. Nothing, no 435 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: one's take anything away from there, but they seemed to 436 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 1: become a little unglued, and you know, and they when 437 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: you're doing that, when you're hitting the guy's throat and 438 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: hold that, you're frustrated, you know what I mean. It's 439 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: it was kind of interesting to watch. I think it's 440 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 1: a great analogy. The Falcons came in and weren't the 441 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 1: one in seventeen they thought. I mean, I know they 442 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: talked about, ah, you don't take anybody for granted, and 443 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 1: it's not the one in seventeen, But this is this 444 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 1: was a game that I thought when they came in 445 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: they realized the Falcons weren't gonna lie down. This is 446 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: a game where the Falcons came in and punched them 447 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: in the mouth quite quite frankly. And as the game 448 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: went on they continued to do so. And this wasn't 449 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,400 Speaker 1: the same team that they saw on film where first 450 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 1: half or second half they weren't this type of team 451 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: that would stay in the ball game. They went out 452 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: and established everything and they wanted to on both sides 453 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: of the ball, and the Saints literally had no answer 454 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: for what they were doing on either side of the Ballum, 455 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: you know what you're talking about. DeVante Freeman and and 456 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 1: and Austin Hooper. Those are two guys that you know, 457 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: they got dinged up yesterday. We don't know the long term, 458 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: their long term prognosis, but uh, two key guys that 459 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 1: it's you know, they're gonna need to if they do 460 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: end up missing some time or miss some actions, some 461 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,400 Speaker 1: other guys are gonna step up to Jane and Grahams 462 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 1: the Brian Hills. Brian Hill I thought played pretty well yesterday. Um. 463 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: Each time you see him out there, he he produces. 464 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: He you know, he had a nice touchdown catch. He's 465 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: he's he's worked hard. We've talked a lot about this 466 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,199 Speaker 1: in the offseason, you know, with with his pass catching 467 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: UM and Jane Graham's another guy in the preseason made 468 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: some plays. He's got you know, Arch we were talking 469 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: about this too. You know, he's got some marrys that 470 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: he needs to work on, but he's he's he's got 471 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: some ability to and every so often you see it flashly. 472 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: I like him. I like him as a receiver, Matt, 473 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 1: no question about. I think he's understanding of the pass game. Uh. 474 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: He's a guy that has some of those similar qualities 475 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 1: that Hooper has as a pass receiver. I'm not sure 476 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 1: where he is run after the catch yet. That's something 477 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: Hoop developed into, is a really run after the catch guy. 478 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: But if you need a pass receiving tight end, kind 479 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: of nice to know. Don't know what hoops situation is 480 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: right now. Took a hard shot on the knee on 481 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: that screenplay, So not sure where he is right now. 482 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: And we'll find out later on in the week as 483 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 1: coach Quinn makes that announcement on Wednesday. But you do 484 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: like the fact that Jayden Graham is a guy there 485 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 1: that that's made some plays in games and the DeVante 486 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 1: freemanage dress off free after the game, he was moving around, Okay, 487 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: looked like it was a foot injury and he's he's 488 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: going to kind of kind of probably be day to 489 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 1: day with the foot. But you do like the fact 490 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: that Brian Hill, when given the opportunities, has stepped up. 491 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: He'll had sixty yards rushing in the second half. He 492 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:46,919 Speaker 1: had one yard in the first half, really wouldn't didn't care. 493 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 1: I think carried the ball once or twice in the 494 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 1: first half. So he was given the load. And when 495 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,120 Speaker 1: you get in the lead and you want to run 496 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: clock and you want to run a football. And the 497 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 1: thing I like about Brian Hill shock whenever you turn 498 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,239 Speaker 1: around and I don't know if there's anybody you and 499 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: I both had really good running backs that we played with. Okay, 500 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: when you turn around, you hand to football to a 501 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: guy and it's bottled up, and when everybody kind of 502 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 1: gets out of the scrum and you look up and 503 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 1: it's second and six. Yeah, you think, wow, where did 504 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: he get the four yards? Where did the three four 505 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: yards come from? That's who Brian Hill, That's who Brian 506 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: Hill is. I thought he did a really good job 507 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: that in some of those scrum runs you got. I 508 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 1: like it. I'll watch the tape again this morning and 509 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 1: you're thinking, how did he get three or four out 510 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: of that in order? It's second and seven. I have 511 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 1: no clue, but he does. It's huge drive ability to 512 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: do that. Well. Those fans of don't understand. I mean, 513 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 1: you make third If you go into a third down, 514 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: it's much more manageable. Those are the hidden yards that 515 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: you don't think about. Those are the yards where it 516 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: makes a defense still honor what you're doing, because you 517 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: can have eight guys in the boxing you still fall 518 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,719 Speaker 1: forward for two or three yards. That's what you just 519 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: mentioned is he's that type of back that nine times 520 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: out of ten he's gonna fall forward. He's gonna be 521 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 1: a break one type and he's gonna make one guy man. 522 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: He's elosive enough to do that. And I think we 523 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: saw a way back in training camp when he came 524 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: in that he was a little bit different than what 525 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 1: we saw the first time he was here with the Falcons, 526 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: and this is I think probably a big moment for 527 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: him where everything's gonna be pretty much on his shoulders. Now, 528 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: you know, Barn, you know, we don't know what's happening 529 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: with Free but in that ball game watching him run, 530 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 1: I think as a Falcon fan, you feel good about 531 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,719 Speaker 1: where that position is. And going back to Jayden Graham, 532 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,399 Speaker 1: you look at who he's been coached by, and Mirkl mclarkey, 533 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: who is a tight end guy, is a hard nose. 534 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 1: He's gonna make sure that guy is ready to play, 535 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 1: and he's gonna make sure in the run game, pass game, 536 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 1: he's gonna be physical, but he knows exactly where he 537 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 1: belongs in this system. And I think he's been tremendous 538 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: for Hooper. He's been tremendous for every tight end. The 539 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 1: fact that you have a guy that's done it, that's 540 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:55,719 Speaker 1: played in this league and will most definitely ask for 541 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: the most out of that position. Two last notes on 542 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: maybe the run game here for me, Brian Hill, we 543 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: talked about his ability to kind of push the pile 544 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: get that extra hidden yardage. Shot is talking about that 545 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: hidden yardage that you look up and now it's second 546 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: and seven, second and six, and now as a play caller, 547 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: I feel pretty good about where I'm at as opposed 548 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: a second and ten. But he also made some good 549 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: decisions in the run game. A lot of times you'll 550 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: see guys or younger backs that get bottled up inside 551 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: and want to bounce, and it's okay if you can 552 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 1: do it, or you're you're comfortable with it, or if 553 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: you think you've got the but he was of the 554 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: opinion he made a decision not the bounce a couple 555 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,399 Speaker 1: of times he didn't want to lose the yardage. And 556 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,120 Speaker 1: I thought that he made a couple of really good 557 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: decisions in the run game to kind of just mush 558 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 1: rush it, get me two three yards, we'll settle for that, 559 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: and we'll line up again instead of bellion and somebody 560 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: shoots in from the secondary tackles team for a two 561 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 1: yard loss and all of a sudden at second and twelve. 562 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 1: And the other point I want to make about the 563 00:27:55,520 --> 00:28:00,359 Speaker 1: run game, it's Julio had two catches yesterday, okay, and 564 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 1: he had one big one for fifty yards. He had 565 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 1: three catches, one big one for fifty yards. He had 566 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: he drew the interfe he drew the interference penalty or 567 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: the holding penalty on Melatimore down close in the past 568 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 1: game kind of a non factor. He made a really 569 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 1: good catch on a slant route. He was a monster 570 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 1: in the run game. If you go back and look 571 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,160 Speaker 1: at the tape, which I did this morning, he had 572 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: four blocks in the run game. One he knocked the 573 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: guy on his rear end out there. The other time 574 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: he drove the guy off the ball where Brian Hill 575 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 1: or DeVante Freeman got to the perimeter and there was 576 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: nobody there. Or the first play of the game you're 577 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: talking about when Ridley hits it up inside, he hits 578 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: it up inside Julio Jones's block, Who's pinning the guy 579 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 1: to the outside. So who really had a factor affected 580 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 1: the game in other ways. That's a mark of a 581 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: really good player when you can do that. Let me 582 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: just point, let me just repeat what you just summarize 583 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 1: what you said about Matt Ryan Julio Jones. For our fans, 584 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:02,959 Speaker 1: neither had gaudy stats, and the Falcons dominated the Saints. 585 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: Those guys would trade those take those days ten out 586 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: of ten times, and that's that's what we're talking about 587 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: complimentary football. Just doing your job and doing the doing 588 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: the the pre snap stuff. That the nitty gritty blocking, 589 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: that's that's really that's those are big. Those are big 590 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 1: points that Falcons fans need to just kind of marinate on, 591 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: um and you know, let's flip it to the defense 592 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: real quick. Um Man, it was so good just to 593 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 1: see the defense play that well. I couldn't help but 594 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 1: just feel really good for dan quinn Um. You know, defense, 595 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 1: that's his calling card. We've said it over and over. 596 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 1: But for him to make the changes that he has 597 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 1: made the season with his staff and take the scrutiny, 598 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 1: and when you're one and seven, it's easy for the 599 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: national media. The writers out there are people I know 600 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 1: and as players can't stand them, but that's you know, 601 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 1: that's what they're paid to do, to question things. And 602 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 1: lord knows, the questions were getting louder and louder and louder. 603 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: In course, the fans read that and they start barking 604 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: louder and louder. And for him to make those moves 605 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 1: and stick to his guns and to just see it 606 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 1: all come together in the defense play as well as 607 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: it did, and just to see the emotions coach Quinn 608 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 1: on the sideline. It just it felt really good to 609 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,240 Speaker 1: watch that. It was it was just good to see 610 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,680 Speaker 1: the defense, you know, the back end playing with the front. 611 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 1: But you've pointed out it's complimentary football, but it was 612 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: just great to watch that unit. Yes, well, Raheem Morris 613 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: was put in the position shock to He's got a voice. 614 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: He's got a voice that resonates in the locker room, 615 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 1: not just in the wide receiver room, but in the 616 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 1: dB room. Remember where Raheem comes from. It comes from 617 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,360 Speaker 1: the defensive side of the football. In fact, when he's 618 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 1: originally arrived here, he was a defensive coach. They moved 619 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 1: him to the receiver room. He's well respected in there. 620 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,959 Speaker 1: I talked to Ricardo Allen, and Ricardo said, hey, he 621 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: is respected. He'll get on you. And you're upset that 622 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 1: that hadn't been happening before, but sometimes you have to 623 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 1: have that report. That's something that Marquan Manuel did. It's 624 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 1: something Raheem Morris did to the wide receivers he was 625 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: moved over. Give coach Quinn a ton of credit for realizing, Okay, 626 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 1: I've got to change the message in that room and 627 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 1: this is the guy I trust to do that because 628 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 1: of the credibility he has this football team. You can 629 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: say all that, but then it has to happen. Execute, 630 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 1: and Raheem was all over guys at practice. He had 631 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 1: guys after practice working on their techniques. If you notice, 632 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 1: they were much more handsy along the line of scrimmage, 633 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: much more bump and run coverage, man coverage. Dan wanted 634 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 1: to do that. At the beginning of the week, he 635 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: talked about how I had a chance of his weems says, 636 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 1: we're gonna play man coverage. We're gonna lock him up 637 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,240 Speaker 1: and try to play man coverage. We're gonna try to 638 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: get after the passer. That's what they did. But that's 639 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,120 Speaker 1: the plan. Now you got to go execute it. Who's 640 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: going to be that voice in the room. I'm not 641 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: in I'm in the D line room. I'm not in 642 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,520 Speaker 1: the dB room. Now I can talk to the whole defense. 643 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,960 Speaker 1: And but that's got to be reiterated. Meeting after meeting, 644 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: practice after practice, and all that stuff happened. Give Raheim 645 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: a ton of credit, Give Jeff Olbrich a ton of credit. 646 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: It's a group of guys, and I think there's a 647 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 1: bit of a misnomer, and you're right, Olbrick took more 648 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: ownership maybe of maybe play calling. But don't get this twisted. Now. 649 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 1: This is a conglomeration of ideas, thoughts of a game plan, 650 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 1: and the making calls. Dislike Bill Belichick's sons calling the 651 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: defenses in New England. Don't think that the line is, hey, 652 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:37,240 Speaker 1: I want to blitz here, Hey I want to I 653 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 1: want to play man coverage here. Hey, let's let's gang 654 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: up against the run here. That's coming from the dad. 655 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: That's what Quinn's doing as well, and he's been doing 656 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 1: it since he's been here. To his defense to elaborate, 657 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 1: I think the keyword when you think about Raheem is 658 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 1: I think I heard this when you actually talk to him, 659 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 1: talk to coach Quinn is the connectivity he has with 660 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 1: the players, the ability to be able to reach those guys, 661 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 1: and like you mentioned, if they respect you, whatever you 662 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: say to them, whether good or bad, they're gonna find 663 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 1: a way to make it right or they're gonna find 664 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 1: a way to improve on whatever the situation is. And 665 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: for people who don't understand, okay, yeah, you look at 666 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 1: the Falcons of the past few games, looks like they've 667 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 1: been playing man covered. It looks like they've been up 668 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: in the face. But there's a difference in types of 669 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 1: man coverage. When you're talking about being able to get 670 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: your hands on the guys the line of scrimage that matters, 671 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 1: especially playing in the ball game versus Drew Brees, where 672 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,480 Speaker 1: if you disrupt the timing just a little bit, guess 673 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: what we talk about the backing working with the front end. Well, 674 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: if the back end redirects or they disrupt what's going 675 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 1: on in the outside, guess what that front four they 676 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 1: have now a little bit more time to get to 677 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 1: Drew Brees because he's gonna hold on to it waiting 678 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: for a guy to get open. And that kind of 679 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 1: stuff happens because earlier in the year you see guys 680 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: maybe they're playing press covers, maybe they're playing the kind 681 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 1: of old lay where they look like press, but they 682 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 1: have to snap at the football, they open up and 683 00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 1: they run to them. That's part of playing man where 684 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 1: you put your hands on them, you disrupt things. And 685 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,880 Speaker 1: to go back, and just to make one more point 686 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 1: about coach Quinn, I've been around coaches where it's been 687 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,799 Speaker 1: their system, it's been their team and when things have 688 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 1: gone wrong or they say okay, I'm putting everything on 689 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 1: my shoulders. They say, okay, well I'm gonna go out 690 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 1: under my own terms. Well, the fact coach Quinn said okay, yeah, 691 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 1: this is my time and I'm gonna call the plays. 692 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,799 Speaker 1: But when things went a little sideware, things weren't going 693 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 1: away they were supposed to. In his mind, it wasn't okay, 694 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna just do whatever I have to do to 695 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,279 Speaker 1: make sure if something happens to me, I went out 696 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: under my own terms. Well, this is a guy that 697 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:42,000 Speaker 1: changed the entire landscape of the coaching system of what 698 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:43,719 Speaker 1: they wanted to do. How many times have you seen 699 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,640 Speaker 1: an offensive guy go back to the defense side of 700 00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:47,880 Speaker 1: the ball or see him give up the play calling 701 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 1: duties because he wants what's best for this team. It's 702 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: nothing ego wise. And that's what you gotta love about 703 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:57,640 Speaker 1: Dan Quinn is he's going through every single step to 704 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 1: make this organization where he thinks and knows where it 705 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:04,960 Speaker 1: should be. And yesterday was a great example of not 706 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 1: just him, but this entire team. And you understand that 707 00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 1: this is for real. They believe in what they say 708 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: every week, which is the brotherhood and people buying in 709 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 1: and playing for their coach. This was a great example 710 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:21,239 Speaker 1: of the entire team showing that when everybody thought it 711 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,880 Speaker 1: was quite impossible to go into New Orleans and win, 712 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,800 Speaker 1: team has not quit on him. That's pretty evident. I 713 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:29,440 Speaker 1: went as far to say, I don't know what you 714 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,799 Speaker 1: guys think of this, but in my column after the game, 715 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:34,839 Speaker 1: I went as far to say that this may be 716 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:39,160 Speaker 1: one of the biggest wins in dan Quinn's era as 717 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:45,360 Speaker 1: coach here because when you think about it, one and seven, 718 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:47,840 Speaker 1: going into a seven and one team against your rival, 719 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,759 Speaker 1: they had everything. No one gave him a chance heading 720 00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:57,480 Speaker 1: into this one. They had every excuse to make if 721 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 1: things start to go sideways in this game, to quit, 722 00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:05,200 Speaker 1: to give up, and the manner in which they played 723 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:10,360 Speaker 1: in the way they won, people are going to remember 724 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,480 Speaker 1: this game. For Falcons fans are going to remember this 725 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,080 Speaker 1: game for a long long time. I think, you know, 726 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,799 Speaker 1: they can look back at twenty nineteen. I don't know 727 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,200 Speaker 1: how this season's going to shake out. You know, they 728 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,520 Speaker 1: have a whole second half to play. Who knows what 729 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,320 Speaker 1: that final record is going to be. But the fact 730 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,320 Speaker 1: that the day they went down as a one and 731 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,800 Speaker 1: seven team into New Orleans against the big bad Saints 732 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:36,319 Speaker 1: who are highly favored, and kicked down the door and 733 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:40,719 Speaker 1: beat up Drew Brees and walked out of there. It 734 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,879 Speaker 1: is going to be a pretty special memory for Falcons fans, 735 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,239 Speaker 1: I think for a long time. I think the NFC 736 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,560 Speaker 1: Championship was huge, obviously going to the Super Bowl and 737 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:51,919 Speaker 1: the week before beating the Seahawks, and then last year 738 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 1: the seventeen when they went, you know, on the road. 739 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,040 Speaker 1: Is the only NFC team to return to the playoffs 740 00:36:58,040 --> 00:36:59,440 Speaker 1: and go on the road and beat the Rams. They 741 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,640 Speaker 1: up start as big wins. But I think as far 742 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,239 Speaker 1: as you know, when you talk about this rivalry and 743 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 1: that what you know, what games that fans will talk 744 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 1: about for years, I think this is going to be 745 00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,680 Speaker 1: one of those games that they will talk about for 746 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:15,000 Speaker 1: a time. I think it's a big win, but I 747 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 1: think it's one win. I think it was important that 748 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 1: you go out and play the way you did, But 749 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 1: I think from a player's mindset and perspective, this was 750 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:27,719 Speaker 1: one good win, but you have to pay it off 751 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,440 Speaker 1: with another. You have to continue to play at this 752 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,680 Speaker 1: level because if you don't and say you finish out 753 00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:35,359 Speaker 1: the rest of the year and you, you know, win 754 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,480 Speaker 1: one more game, it's gonna say, oh, you had a 755 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,640 Speaker 1: good win down to Down, you know in the New Orleans, 756 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,160 Speaker 1: and that's gonna be it. You guys just lucked up 757 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,759 Speaker 1: into that ballgame, or or you have to continue to 758 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:46,680 Speaker 1: pay it all. So, yes, this was a good win, 759 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,920 Speaker 1: and it was good for this team, but you have 760 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,920 Speaker 1: to pay it off this week. Every week is a 761 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,640 Speaker 1: different week, and Caroline is not going to say, oh, 762 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,759 Speaker 1: that was you know, congratulations, No, good guys for you guys, 763 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,160 Speaker 1: but you gotta pay off each and every week. And 764 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,000 Speaker 1: that's what I'll say about the rest of this season 765 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,160 Speaker 1: is I agree if you, yeah, you win this game, 766 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,200 Speaker 1: but if you don't continue to play at this level 767 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:11,480 Speaker 1: going forward, it won't matter. From all. I disagree with 768 00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:15,840 Speaker 1: you a shock on the impact from a historical standpoint, 769 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:19,440 Speaker 1: because the fans, yeah, they're gonna they're gonna look up 770 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,920 Speaker 1: and say, okay, you guys are three and thirteen. But 771 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,960 Speaker 1: this game, this team, this is one that we see 772 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:31,480 Speaker 1: the highlights of these games regard. I played on teams 773 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,880 Speaker 1: that were horrible, okay, and if we beat the Saints, 774 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,520 Speaker 1: those highlights are on the board. Those are things that 775 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:39,960 Speaker 1: people talked about. And yes, from as far as this 776 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:44,360 Speaker 1: team's ability to be viable or keep this group together 777 00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,359 Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff, they have to get 778 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,359 Speaker 1: ready and play this next weekend because that's one win. 779 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 1: You got to get the next one. But from a 780 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,839 Speaker 1: historical standpoint, which is what you're talking about, this will 781 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,520 Speaker 1: be a game whenever this to the Falcon fans can 782 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,959 Speaker 1: rub it in the Saints faces, and especially when you're 783 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,799 Speaker 1: a team that had a two touchdown underdog goes in 784 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:07,040 Speaker 1: and sacks the quarterback six times, this will be one 785 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,080 Speaker 1: that will be remembered for a while. No question. You 786 00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:14,600 Speaker 1: guys pointed that out and there in the broadcasting um. 787 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:16,840 Speaker 1: But yeah, it was good stuff and I think I 788 00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,680 Speaker 1: think we all feel good for Dan Quinn, the team, 789 00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:21,640 Speaker 1: the fan base. We feel really good for the fan base. 790 00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,480 Speaker 1: You could see if you're if you choose to go 791 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:28,759 Speaker 1: on social media and both like Twitter and Facebook, we 792 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 1: think about it. If you're a Falcon fan in New Orleans, 793 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,000 Speaker 1: or you're a Falcon fan here in Atlanta with a 794 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,319 Speaker 1: lot of New Orleansians live in the city, they do. 795 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:40,440 Speaker 1: If I wear my Falcon shirt to the store today 796 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:44,440 Speaker 1: and there's a Saint fan that walks in. He can't 797 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,880 Speaker 1: say anything to me. Now, I know, I'm two and 798 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:50,000 Speaker 1: seven and they're seven and two, and they got a 799 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,040 Speaker 1: chance to go to the super Bowl. We still beat 800 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,799 Speaker 1: and claw. You know what, you can't say anything to me, 801 00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:01,440 Speaker 1: stuck in your building, just like Superman. That's that's where 802 00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:05,080 Speaker 1: what you're saying, Matt does resonate from a historical standpoint 803 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:09,480 Speaker 1: and a feeling for the fan, no question about it. Yeah, 804 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:12,200 Speaker 1: big win for dan Quinn, big win for the fans. Um. 805 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:15,879 Speaker 1: Now they've got you, guys, just alluded to it. They've 806 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:20,319 Speaker 1: got Carolina. They play four straight NFC South games. Um, 807 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,319 Speaker 1: it's gonna be really fun to see because if you 808 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:27,880 Speaker 1: can go down to the Mercedes been super dumb and 809 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,319 Speaker 1: win there in front of that crowd. And you were 810 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:34,680 Speaker 1: talking about just how obnoxious they can be down there 811 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,040 Speaker 1: with the video board and everything else, and they're they're 812 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: dancing and everything else. But if you can win their arch, 813 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,480 Speaker 1: you should be able to win anywhere. That's got to 814 00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:44,799 Speaker 1: be one of the toughest environment road environments in the league, 815 00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,080 Speaker 1: right right, And I think that you have to take 816 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,120 Speaker 1: the same and Shock's talking about this, now you have 817 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:53,839 Speaker 1: to take the same preparation, the same steely eyed look 818 00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:56,799 Speaker 1: you had going into this week or last week that 819 00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:58,680 Speaker 1: you take into this week. You gotta say, you gotta 820 00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:01,800 Speaker 1: take that stame feel because you know, Caroline is pretty 821 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,960 Speaker 1: good in their own building. They've got a young quarterback 822 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,000 Speaker 1: that's kind of playing for his future and is playing 823 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:09,400 Speaker 1: pretty good. They've got arguably the MVP of the league 824 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,319 Speaker 1: in the backfield and Christian McCaffrey. It's a defense that's 825 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:17,960 Speaker 1: always kind of gotten after the quarterback, our quarterback before 826 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:21,200 Speaker 1: their defensive front. They got maybe one of the best 827 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:22,759 Speaker 1: line but not baby, We've got one of the best 828 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:24,799 Speaker 1: linebackers that's ever played the game. So this is a 829 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:28,200 Speaker 1: talented team that's playing for their playoff lives. They they're 830 00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:30,920 Speaker 1: they're playing for playoff position. Had to play at the 831 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,040 Speaker 1: end of the game against Green Bay, could not get 832 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,759 Speaker 1: in gots turned away. So this is going to be 833 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,920 Speaker 1: another fight. But yeah, I'd like to go over there 834 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,640 Speaker 1: and run my fist through their drum and get out 835 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:47,799 Speaker 1: of there. Drum, Dji drum they bring the guy out DJ. 836 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:51,759 Speaker 1: Big win like this, um in both of you you 837 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,440 Speaker 1: probably have been through this, but you big emotional win 838 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:58,120 Speaker 1: like this Yeah, you almost feel like, hey, you know what, 839 00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:01,280 Speaker 1: for hate games, We've been at the bottom of the barrel. 840 00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,359 Speaker 1: It's been terrible. Yeah, and then it tastes a win 841 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:06,759 Speaker 1: like yesterday. Yeah, you don't want to go back and 842 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:11,480 Speaker 1: taste that crap anymore. And so everyone talks about the letdown, 843 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,839 Speaker 1: emotional letdown and stuff like that. Can they maintain it? 844 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,080 Speaker 1: I'm not saying you're saying that arch, You're saying they 845 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:20,040 Speaker 1: need to keep that edge. But is that something that 846 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,560 Speaker 1: the coaching staff like they got half to guard against it? No? 847 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:24,160 Speaker 1: I don't think so, because I think you have so 848 00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:27,000 Speaker 1: many guys on this team who played in big ball games, 849 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:30,799 Speaker 1: or guys who are leaders who won't allow last week 850 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:34,440 Speaker 1: to sink in and kind of spill over into this 851 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:37,479 Speaker 1: week where you feel like, Okay, we can just rely 852 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,200 Speaker 1: on what happened last week. You got another big time 853 00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:43,919 Speaker 1: division game. I mean last week. I think the game 854 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:47,560 Speaker 1: versus Wallens tells you you can play at the style 855 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,440 Speaker 1: and the level that you have been practicing that this 856 00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:54,360 Speaker 1: team has talked about it for weeks. We've had great practices, 857 00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:57,440 Speaker 1: We've practiced really well Monday through Saturday and Sunday. The 858 00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:00,839 Speaker 1: execution just hadn't been there. Well, Sunday you saw when 859 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:03,040 Speaker 1: you put it all together, you can play with anybody 860 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,759 Speaker 1: in this league. So that gives you the mind frame 861 00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:08,399 Speaker 1: and the mindset of let's do it again this week. 862 00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:10,759 Speaker 1: We know what it feels like when we play at 863 00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,680 Speaker 1: a certain level, let's continue that. So I don't think 864 00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,560 Speaker 1: that's an issue for this football team. And I mean 865 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:19,200 Speaker 1: snowballs right. Well, we're all around this team a lot. 866 00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:22,400 Speaker 1: We know the staff, we know the mood of the players, 867 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,799 Speaker 1: we know the type of guys that owned this team. 868 00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,000 Speaker 1: They'll be ready to go for Carolina for sure. But 869 00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:29,480 Speaker 1: you get worried about a funk that creeps into a 870 00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:32,359 Speaker 1: locker room because of a loss. Okay, now you need 871 00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:35,160 Speaker 1: to carry the juice and the feeling that you just 872 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:38,239 Speaker 1: had on that plane trip home was in the locker room. 873 00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,799 Speaker 1: You have to carry that juice into this week. Yes, 874 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,279 Speaker 1: different opponent, and you gotta, like I said, take that 875 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:46,600 Speaker 1: steely ade approach that you had last week this week. 876 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,120 Speaker 1: But it's kind of nice to be carrying and you 877 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:50,680 Speaker 1: need to take that juice with you. And you know 878 00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:53,280 Speaker 1: how it feels Shock just talked about. That's a feeling 879 00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,759 Speaker 1: that you want to have. So how do I get 880 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,640 Speaker 1: that feeling again natural high? Right, Well, the way I 881 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:00,319 Speaker 1: do it is that go up and win and care Lina, 882 00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:01,800 Speaker 1: and they've got to have a great week of practice 883 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:05,319 Speaker 1: get ready for that one. Well, to quote the great 884 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:08,960 Speaker 1: DJ Shockling, let's do it again next week, let's do 885 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,000 Speaker 1: it by all right. That's I think that's great, great 886 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,520 Speaker 1: host to wrap it up, all right, thanks guys. This 887 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:19,360 Speaker 1: is Falcon's Audible, presented by AT and T