1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: It's shop Flaye Bake looks guns ends on at his 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: card touchdown Austin Ooper. You're listening to Falcons Audible presented 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: by A G and G and Good Morning from Flowery Branch. 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: I am Matt Speak, joined by Dave Archer, DJ shot 5 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: the Fellas. Good morning. We need to just jump right 6 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: in to this twenty seven twenty loss by the Falcons 7 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: a cl Seahawks yesterday. The Falcons now are one in 8 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: seven and have now lost six straight games heading into 9 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: the bye week. It was unusual yesterday to Dave, the 10 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: owner came out after Dan Quinn's press conference and just said, 11 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: you know, um, he's extraordinarily disappointed. Um, no surprise there, 12 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: but once again it feels like a broken record that 13 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: the Falcons played really well for a half but fell 14 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,119 Speaker 1: behind in that first half. And it's kind of been 15 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 1: a story all season long being outscored in the first half. Yeah, 16 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: really has been. I think the complimentary football the coach 17 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: Quinn keeps talking about just doesn't seem to come together 18 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 1: for sixty minutes, and for whatever reason, it's happening most 19 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: of the time in the first half. I thought that defensively, 20 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: you started the game Okay, you forced them into some 21 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: situations where they tried to convert you ultimately forced a 22 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: field goal. This was an offense that you knew you 23 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: were gonna have to try to stop the run. I 24 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: thought that was the focal point. That was my key 25 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: on the radio was you've got a limit, Chris Carson 26 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: and then ultimately Russell Wilson, who's kind of the complementary 27 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: part of that run game. They were averaging about one 28 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty yards coming into the game. Can you 29 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: find a way to limit that and make Russ make 30 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: some place from the pocket? Ultimately, you didn't do that 31 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: in the first half in the run game. Got a 32 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: good to start the game, but ultimately they began to 33 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: get the run game going. And after looking at the tape, 34 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: shock I thought that based on what I saw, I 35 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: thought we were overly aggressive and really played out of 36 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: control in the first half. Defensively, I thought that was 37 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: the ultimate reason for a lot of the run gaffs, 38 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: if you will, not gaps, but gaffs and mean mistakes 39 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: in the run game, misfitting the run because they were 40 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 1: out of control on some plays. Maybe charge the inside 41 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: gave the cutback lane that edge I just thought that 42 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: that really plagued them. They settled down in the second 43 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: half and played much more discipline and subsequently kind of 44 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: owned the line of scrimmage in the second half. And 45 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: you took the words kind out of my mouth when 46 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 1: I looked back at the run game and what was 47 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: successful for them, and yeah, I think you can point 48 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: back to three or four different times when they had 49 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: the cutback run when they wanted to keep it play side, 50 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: but for some reason, maybe it was the backside in 51 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: that got too far up. Feel worried about maybe Russell 52 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: wil wasn't coming back on the bootleg or a guy 53 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: just not squeezing enough on the backside, and they had 54 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: that cutback three or four times that end up being, 55 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: you know, huge games for him. And when you got 56 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: two backs that rushed for over four to half yards 57 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: to carry, it's gonna be a tough slid for y'all 58 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 1: throw out a ball game. So I thought our inability 59 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: to be able to stop the running key spots were big. 60 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,119 Speaker 1: I know the second half was a hole on the story. 61 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: You did a good job there, but when you're down 62 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: twenty four nothing at halftime and you're having to fight 63 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,119 Speaker 1: that uphill battle. It makes it tough one you every 64 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: single time. But when a team is able to use 65 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: their run game to kind of take the air out 66 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: of the ball game, it's tough to kind of overcome. 67 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: And they did a lot of that, especially in the 68 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: first half, allowing you not to catch them in third 69 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: and long situation. There weren't a lot of situation where 70 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson had to be the extra key guy to 71 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: make a guy miss here and there. Yeah, he made 72 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: a couple of plays here and there when he had to, 73 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: but for the most part, that run game kept them 74 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: honest and Russell Wilson didn't have to crush you in 75 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: the past game as he has done throughout this season. 76 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: I thought their game plan helped kind of the Falcons 77 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: get in their situation, if I can say it that way. 78 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: In the first half, they game planned and they pinned, 79 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: did a really good job of pinning the edge defender, 80 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 1: whether it was on the cutback or whether it was 81 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: play side where they pinned the edge defender. Atlanta has 82 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: not been very good perimeter tackling team. The corners have 83 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: not tackled very well this year. I mean, I think 84 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 1: all of us would agree with that I mean Isaiah. 85 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: I thought Isaiah Oliver may have had his best game 86 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 1: of the year this year in coverage, but we still 87 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: got outflanked in the run game some because you took 88 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: the wrong angle to get inside and ultimately become that 89 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: last line of defense from an edge player. Now that 90 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: they did a nice job a couple of times they 91 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: caught Atlanta in man coverage. One play I can think of, 92 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 1: they pitched the ball to the left side to Rashad Penny, 93 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: and Penny got to the edge. They used the wide 94 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: receiver to pin Tack McKinley to the inside. Tack was 95 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: blocked down to the inside, and so the cover guy 96 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: for that receiver is Sheffield, and Sheffield didn't immediately respond 97 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: and Phil he kind of played it soft and ultimately 98 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: was about a fifteen yard play. Guys come around, they're 99 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: kicking you out all kind of stuff. So that was 100 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: like one play. But I thought they did a good 101 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: job too on the backside as that backside end. As 102 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 1: Shock was talking about Crash, they pinned him down to 103 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: the inside, where now you're one on one with a 104 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: secondary defender, which is a lot of times the corner. 105 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: So I thought their game plan helped facilitate some of it. 106 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: I thought we were a little bit reckless defensively. That 107 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: settled down in the second half though they made some adjustments. 108 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: They played much more sound defensively, and I think that's 109 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: why you had an opportunity to get back in the game, 110 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: because you got the ball back to your point. Dave 111 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty yards on the ground. The Seahawks 112 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: rushing yards came in the first half of their one 113 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: fifty one, so they did almost all of their damage 114 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: in the first half in running up that score twenty 115 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: four nothing. And for the season now, the Falcons have 116 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 1: been outscored one forty four to fifty in the first half. 117 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: Differential differential ninety four points. It's it's cliche, you say 118 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: start fast, but for this team, it has been an 119 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 1: Achilles hill for sure, and you think about how you've 120 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: had to overcome it in the second half of a 121 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: lot of games. You've had to play with a sense 122 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: of urgency to try to get back in the ball 123 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: game when and I'm sure they talk about it every 124 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: single week. It's something that it's not something that they're 125 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: new to. What they say, Hey, we want to, you know, 126 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: get going later. On. They want to start fast too. 127 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: I mean, we saw a couple weeks ago what coach 128 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: Quinn takes the ball first. I mean, there is an 129 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: initial to try to go out and star fast, but 130 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: it's been your Achilles hill not to be able to 131 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: do that. When you look at the stats in the 132 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: league and if you fall down fourteen points in the 133 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: game eight at ten times, you're not coming back to 134 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: win the football game. I mean there's stats that are 135 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: league wide if you get down two touchdowns that to 136 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: overcome that in the National Football League, because now you're 137 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 1: essentially playing behind the score right if they continue to 138 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: match it, there's no way you can get back, even 139 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: if they kick a field goal and you score a touchdown. 140 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: So that hole you're digging for yourself early in the 141 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: game has been daunting just from a statistical standpoint, let 142 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: alone the reality of the fact that you've been down 143 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: in four of the eight games, You've down by what 144 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: seventeen points in the first half, and four of the 145 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: eight games seventeen plus. I mean, it's just it's and 146 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: then there's that feeling, overwhelming feeling. As much as we 147 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: try to fight it as players, you're thinking, wow, here 148 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: we're in the same hole again, and you don't have 149 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: any really good memories of erasing it. So one thing, 150 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: if you came back and erased it a couple of times, 151 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: and you did. You came back against who was at 152 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: the Cardinals, but you haven't done it enough to where 153 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: you think, okay, we got this. We're okay. As much 154 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: as you try to convince yourself that you look up 155 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: and said, wow, here we are again. As far as 156 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: the memory goes, the home fans have watched the Falcons 157 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: be outscored sixty one to ten and six straight quarters 158 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: at home. So a couple of things you guys said, 159 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: you know, and I want to jump on too before 160 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: we move on. Isaah Oliver did play I think much 161 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: better coverage wise in that game. He had to pass 162 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: breakup in the right corner of the end zone, saved 163 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: a touchdown, and came back the very next play, forced 164 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: the receiver out of bounds and broke up a pass. 165 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: There it was they took a couple of shot set him. 166 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: They wanted to isolate him, and he got isolated on 167 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: the inside fade run. As you said, he turned located 168 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: the ball, batted it down and then the next play 169 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: the quick out where he's in the guy's face. Now 170 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: it's a catch, but he forced the guy out of bounds, 171 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: so it's incomplete. And then he had another play. It 172 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: was an inside fade on the other on the other 173 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: side up the sideline. There was some hand fighting it 174 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: went on, but it was incompletely knocked the receiver to 175 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 1: the ground. So yeah, if you're starting looking for things 176 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: where guys of improving, Oliver's got tremendous athleticism, so you'd 177 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: like to think that he's improved. Right, Yeah, you saw 178 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: those long arms, the other things that you know made 179 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: him attractive as a second round pick. You're starting to 180 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: see It's. Granted it's not as fast and as quick 181 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: as our Falcons fans would like to see, but he is. 182 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,319 Speaker 1: You feel like you're seeing progress. He's been strong in 183 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: the run support at times this year, and you know 184 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: it was good to see a little bit of progress 185 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: in the in the coverage area. Yeah. Here's what people 186 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: have to remember too, is this guy. Is this his 187 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: second year. Yeah, you think about last year he was 188 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 1: a spot duty special teams guy. He got some time 189 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,439 Speaker 1: near the end the year, but this is his first 190 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 1: time really playing down in and down out, rip in 191 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: and rip out, and he has to learn in game 192 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: action where a lot of guys can be hit, a 193 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: lot of guys can slowly might make their way in 194 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: a ball game, but he has had to play that 195 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 1: loader side. As soon as Alfred was gone, you're the guy. 196 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: And now he's getting every single rep he's playing outside, 197 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: he's playing the inside. Like you're talking about. Those two 198 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: inside favor routes are hard to cover because as a quarterback, 199 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:11,599 Speaker 1: we have so much room to throw that football in 200 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: that space. So what in the receiver is looking for 201 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: the ball sometimes deepens the back. He doesn't look to 202 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: the bear end. So him doing a great job of 203 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: not panicking at the top of it is where I 204 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: think he's improved the most because it's so easy to 205 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: grab a guy or to just run into him right 206 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: at the point of attack. But yeah, and he's done 207 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: exactly that. He had some issues with his technique beginning 208 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 1: in the press preseason. He even sets out, you know, 209 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: I've been my technique was off and I got our position, 210 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: I grabbed high, I got called I deserved it. But 211 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: the other thing you see with Oliver two, just to 212 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: kind of close the book on him is for today? 213 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: Is the body language is there, the confidence is there, 214 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: you still see so that's good to see with him too. 215 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: And then just the other you know, we talked about 216 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: the cornerbacks, young cornerbacks. Kendall Sheffield. I thought played he did. 217 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: I thought you couldn't have had better coverage on Lockett 218 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:13,959 Speaker 1: on a couple of those completions and just you had 219 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: to tip your hat. I mean the guy in the 220 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: second catch he makes is by one with one hand, unbelievable. 221 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: I mean the accuracy from Russell Wilson was pretty cool. 222 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: There is a quarterback. I know you appreciated that shock. 223 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: He dropped the ball right in on him, and so 224 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: other than knocking the ball away, Sheffield couldn't have done 225 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:34,319 Speaker 1: anything else. And that's one of those deals. Are you 226 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: just kind of tip your hat and say, heck of 227 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: a heck of a play by Lockett. Now, ultimately, when 228 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: you look up and you see Lockett head over one 229 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: hundred yards receiving, that's a that's not a win. But 230 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: I do like that he took on the challenge. He 231 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: was handed that. Hey say, coach Quinn said, you got 232 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: Lockett today in man coverage, and he took it on 233 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,719 Speaker 1: and and ultimately didn't win, but I think he'll be 234 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,439 Speaker 1: better for it again. A young core let'sten a thing. 235 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: I don't know what's going to happen as we unfold 236 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: as far as what happens with this team and what 237 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: happens with the hierarchy of the team, we don't know. Okay, 238 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: we don't have any eye ins. We don't know about that. 239 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: But I do know that these players are going to 240 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 1: be back. Yeah, Sheffield isn't going anywhere. Oliver's not going anywhere, 241 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,719 Speaker 1: And so as a fan, you gotta begin to hang 242 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: your hat on. Am I seeing progress with guys individually 243 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: that are going to be a part of my team next? 244 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,439 Speaker 1: You can't caught everybody. Yeah, there's gonna be some turnover 245 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: on this team, but a lot most of these guys 246 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: are gonna be back. And some of these young guys 247 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: were highly regarded guys Oliver Sheffield were highly regarded guys 248 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: that would have been drafted by somebody else that they 249 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: not been picked here. So you're looking for that incremental 250 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: improvement for them to be factors for you as you 251 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: move down the road. And here's something that I want 252 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: to pull on out. I don't know if people can 253 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: watch um Falcons pregame show we do on CW sixty 254 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:56,719 Speaker 1: nine and Art has to sit down, uh Archill does 255 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 1: They sit down with a player every single week and 256 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: this last week it was with Isaiah Oliver. And the 257 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:07,079 Speaker 1: mentality I think is most important from a corner is 258 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: what he spoke about with you and you asked him 259 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: about you're a quin's guy, You're a guy, especially about 260 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: all the noise that's that's hurt on the outside, and 261 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: I thought it was so cool him just being able 262 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: to hyper focus on what's most important. And of course 263 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: he didn't lie about it. He said, yeah, I mean 264 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: some of that stuff you hear, it creeps in. But 265 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: then the day I can only control what I do. 266 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 1: And the fact that he is in a space where 267 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: he knows, day in and day out he has to 268 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: go and get better in his craft, I think it 269 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: is most most important, whether it's physically or mentally. I 270 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 1: think he understands that role and it's pretty It was 271 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: pretty cool to see him be able to because I 272 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: had never heard him speaking that way, So it's pretty cool. 273 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: So we established that the Seahawks definitely wanted to come 274 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: out run the ball and the Falcon's defense. You said 275 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: it was aggressive. Do you think part of that to 276 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: day was because just of what Russell Wilson brings to 277 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 1: the table with his mobility, was the attempt there to 278 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: kind of just kind of corral him a little bit more. 279 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: And then they took advantage of their pretty big upfront, 280 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 1: and so they you know, they took advantage of that 281 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: too to kind of Okay, you're gonna come hard, We're 282 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: gonna push up them up the middle. A lot of 283 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: those runs were between the tackles. Yeah, this was the 284 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: first team that I saw pushes around in the middle 285 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: in the run game. And you know, when you took 286 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: take a look at those two guards on the interior, 287 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: one was three thirty in a potty and and Flukers 288 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: about three forty. They lost their center. Their center went down, 289 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: Britt went down early for the year. Hunt came in 290 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: Britt's six six about three twenty himself. He went down, 291 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: and they brought in Hunt their backup center, who was 292 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: a smaller player at three hundred pounds. But they did 293 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: a nice job of creating some push in the middle 294 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: and making life tough on the two defensive tackles, which 295 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: in turn, makes life tough on the two linebackers. If 296 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: you can't eat up blocks, now Devandre and Dion are 297 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: not going to be nearly as effective. I didn't think 298 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: that it was an overly good game for them in 299 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: the first half. I thought that they misfit some runs. 300 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: I thought there was some mistackles. But they did settle 301 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: down in the second half, and I thought that. I 302 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: talked to Tyler Davidson post game, and he talked about 303 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: I said, what did you do at halftime? Because it 304 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: was a different looking group and they played more zone, 305 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: They watched things, They attacked when they needed to, but 306 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: they played their positions tougher. He says, we just settled down. 307 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: Did we were a little bit overly hyped for the 308 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: game maybe, or just kind of got it ran ourselves 309 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: out of position on some plays. They were more aggressive 310 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: with man coverage in the secondary linebackers were committing a 311 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: little bit more to the edge of the line of scrimmage, 312 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: and so yeah, Russ probably had a little bit to 313 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: do with that. But ultimately, you know, Carson was the 314 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: number one concern and he got off in the first half. 315 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: And here's something to remember about Russell Wilson is, here's 316 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: a guy that doesn't really he doesn't want to run, 317 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: but if you force him, then that's where he becomes special. 318 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 1: And I think the Falcon understood in the second half. 319 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: This guy wants to be inside the pocket. He wants 320 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: to throw the football from inside the pocket. And if you, 321 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: like Dave said, if you rush at a level where 322 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: he stays in your eyesight but you don't get too 323 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: far afield, but you still can push from the middle, 324 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: which is what happened when you got the sack with 325 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: Grady and all that kind of stuff. They had good 326 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: angles at the top and then they pushed from the middle. 327 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: Those are spots where I think of the defense, you 328 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: understand and you start to hone in on what you 329 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: can do and how you go about, how you go 330 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: about really just stopping certain guys. And in that second 331 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: half you can see the game plan was different, but 332 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: it all predicates on those guys on the outside of 333 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: being able to lockdown the receivers too. Three short field opportunities, 334 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 1: two guys led to kind of your lot in life. 335 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: And then then yeah, your special teams hurt you. And 336 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: I know it's miss field goals, but it's still a 337 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: special teams operation, so you trust to go out and 338 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: try to bang one through. And Matt missed two fifty 339 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: plus yard field goals. Now it's a decision to do 340 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: that and then ultimately you have to execute it. But 341 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: you had the interception where Shabby made a mistake on 342 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: an RPO where you should have handed the ball off 343 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 1: through at Kindricks picked him off that it was a 344 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: forty six yard field, and then he had two miss 345 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: long field goals, one made it a fifty seven yard 346 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: field and I think a fifty nine yard field, so 347 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 1: half the field essentially on their three touchdown drives. If 348 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: they start those drives at their twenty five or their twenty, 349 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 1: they've got to get two or three more first downs 350 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: to just get to the starting point where they're at, 351 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: and that gives you those opportunities, those maybe two or 352 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 1: three more opportunities to get them off the field. I 353 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: think that was significant in the first half to kind 354 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: of paint you into that hole. Turnovers were costly. Again, 355 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: it's it's been you know, they get down, So we 356 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 1: just hammered home the fact that once you're down by 357 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 1: even fourteen points and they've been down multiple time, seventeen 358 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: this time twenty four. Yet they continue to scrap and 359 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: they fought back Dave and but the turnovers, you know, 360 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 1: the one interception by Shop ultimately led to a touchdown 361 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: putting them up seventeen. Nothing. Um, there was a fumble 362 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: right before the half. Nothing really happened. That didn't really 363 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: matter because the half ended. But then the big one 364 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: I thought was DeVante Freeman's fumble um down inside. I 365 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: think it was down. It was recovered at the get 366 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: it five Bobby Wagner, Yeah, and that that resulted in 367 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 1: a fifty four yard field goal, so they got points 368 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: off of that one too, so there's ten points off that. 369 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 1: But I think, yeah, I'm pretty sure it would have 370 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 1: been a one score game if they punched it in there. 371 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: You just can't. You can't continue to lose the turnover 372 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: battle and get down. That's been a big, big problem, 373 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: and I think they're either at the bottom of the 374 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: league or near the bottom. When it comes to that 375 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 1: turnover differential. Well, I mean, you look at it. It's 376 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: something they preach. Ball is the number one is the 377 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: is one of the cores of what coach Quinn talks 378 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: about the value of the ball. Both taking it away 379 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: and protecting it. This year, we have not taken it 380 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 1: away and we've not done a very good job of 381 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: protecting it. And Davante, you know, you'll like the effort, 382 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,360 Speaker 1: but you've got to understand, I cannot expose the football 383 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: in that situation. You score there and now it's twenty 384 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: four to eighteen. Now all of a sudden, you're a 385 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,360 Speaker 1: one score down and you're back in the football game 386 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: after really being dead and gone in the first half. 387 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: So it's it's kind of that double edged sword. You 388 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:35,239 Speaker 1: love his effort in his fight, but he's got as 389 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: a veteran player, understand, I got to protect the ball. 390 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: It's just a it's a bad play by him. He'd 391 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: be the first guy probably to tell you that. I'd 392 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 1: like to think now it was if you want to 393 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: argue whether he's down or not, you can't put it 394 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: in that situation where they have to make a decision 395 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: right protect the football. We're on the two yard line, 396 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: probably first in goal or second in goal. As a 397 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 1: first down play, it was first in goalf. I think 398 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: from the eight yard line through the through the checkdown route, 399 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: now second and goal from the two. I like our 400 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 1: chances of getting in there, you know, so it's just 401 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: a bad play. And when you dig yourself a hole, 402 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: you can't make any more mistakes, you can't do anything. 403 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: You've already created a problem. Now you can play really clean, 404 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: no penalties, no turnovers, and they just can't get out 405 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 1: of their own way. That's the part where the Falcons 406 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: have struggled from my point of view, is when you're 407 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: not executing at the level that you expect to execute at. 408 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: And early in the year it was all about the penalties, 409 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: and you've gotten better with the penalties, but when you're 410 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: struggling as a team, you cannot have the bigger things 411 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: happen to you, like turnovers. Execution is a big part 412 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: of it. You haven't been executing, You've had guys in 413 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: certain spots that should be there, and guys are not 414 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: making plays. And then you talk about penalties and turnovers 415 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: coming all in one something you have to be good at. 416 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: You can't. You can't have all those things happen to 417 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: you and expect to be a good football team. And 418 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: the Falcons have struggled in those areas throughout the entire season. 419 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: And if you culminate all that into one game, you 420 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: can't expect to win a ball game. I mean, Dan 421 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 1: Quinn said that a number amount of times. Is you know, 422 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: if you lose a turnable battle, there's numbers that tell 423 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: you you're not gonna win the ball game. But then 424 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 1: if you couple that with, Okay, we've had seven or 425 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: eight penalties in bad spots, or you have guys not 426 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: executing when everything's going your way and you have opportunities 427 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: to get off the field. You had opportunities to catch 428 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 1: a football for a first down, or you have an 429 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 1: opportunity to block a guy who's right in front of 430 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,479 Speaker 1: you and you don't do it. You can't have all 431 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: those things happening until you, one time in a ball 432 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: game expect for things to go your way and win 433 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:40,400 Speaker 1: ball games. One thousand, four hundred and twenty one that's 434 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: how many days it had been since Matt Shop started 435 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: a football game. He threw the ball fifty two times 436 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: yesterday because he had to through for four hundred and 437 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 1: sixty yards. I thought he played pretty well. There was 438 00:21:55,240 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 1: an interception and a nearer interception, but I thought by 439 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 1: and large he gave them a chance, which is what 440 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,959 Speaker 1: you want. And all those readers and fans out there 441 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: that questioned why Matt schab is the backup. I think 442 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: he silenced everybody. We didn't need to silence or convince us. 443 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: But he came in and did what you want from 444 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: a veteran backup yesterday. He gave the team a chance 445 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 1: to win, to be competitive. You know, we can pick 446 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: apart some of his throws. I thought the offensive line too, 447 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 1: Dave did a much better job this week. I granted 448 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: they didn't have Aaron Donald than Dante Foller, who you 449 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: said we put in the Pro Bowl last week. Yeah, 450 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: but they did a decent job of protecting. We couldn't 451 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: run consistently. Yeah, But I just want to I want 452 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: to talk about Matt No I think I think it's 453 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: a great point, Matt, and I think that what happened 454 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: here in this game. If you go back and look 455 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: at the tape, Shabby played even better than you think 456 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,199 Speaker 1: he did because there were a lot of clean rushers 457 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: that were hitting him in a mouth as he was 458 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: letting it go. So as much as much as I'd 459 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 1: like to as much as I'd like to say, the 460 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: offensive line was much better. Dirk had a great plan 461 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 1: for this game. They tried to use play action, which 462 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: is more blockers. In fact, we didn't even release Hooper 463 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,920 Speaker 1: into the pattern a couple of times so he could 464 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 1: stay in and protect to give Shop opportunities to throw 465 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: the ball down the field. And he still got hit 466 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 1: on some plays. Now, I thought that they were better. 467 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: I think that's that's fair to say that they were better. 468 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 1: I thought the backs did a pretty good job of 469 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: trying to pick guys up. We had the tight ends 470 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: help and pick things up, and Shabby did a good 471 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 1: job of getting the ball out. But I thought Dirk's 472 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: plan of using play action and then the quick passing 473 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: attack Shabby is really good it diagnosing what you're doing 474 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 1: from a scheme standpoint. We knew you were going to 475 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: get the kind of the zone coverage that the Seattle 476 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 1: Atlanta's kind of famous for, so you got to turn 477 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 1: around fair play. You got to take advantage of it. Right, 478 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: We've seen quarterbacks take advantage of us. He did a 479 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: really good job of getting the ball to the slots, 480 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: getting the quick outs, throwing the ball to the backs, 481 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: quit getting the ball out of his hands. What's frustrates 482 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,679 Speaker 1: pass rush makes your offensive line feel better, and now 483 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: all of a sudden you're getting all these different guys 484 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,400 Speaker 1: involved really put you on your heels defensively. Yeah, that's 485 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 1: something too that readers and fans and even casual fans 486 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 1: that you know don't take time to watch. And I 487 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: get it, But what makes shobs so good as pre snap? 488 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: As you're pointing out, you don't get that with the 489 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 1: Danny Atling. I understand. Fans of Love got enamored with 490 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: Danny Atling because he could run. He played really well 491 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,919 Speaker 1: in the fifth preseason game against Jacksonville, and there's a 492 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: lot of people write in why don't we play Danny Atling, 493 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 1: especially if we can't protect, because Matt Shop can diagnose 494 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: in defense and he can beat it before he even 495 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: gets the ball in his hands. And so that's really 496 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: important to just process that. Think about that, think about 497 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 1: what advance he gives you and gets the ball out quick. Sorry, 498 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:02,959 Speaker 1: I just had to throw that in there. No, it's 499 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: a it's a good point, and real quickly before you 500 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 1: jump in he shock, Deshaun Watson, Russell Wilson, Pick, whoever, 501 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. Those guys would much rather throw the football 502 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: than to run with him. And if you've got a 503 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 1: guy that can make those decisions, you get it back 504 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,239 Speaker 1: out that gives you. That gives you opportunity, much better 505 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: opportunity to win. One thing I don't think people understand 506 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: is how much Matt Show means to this offense. It's 507 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: a reason why he's been around here for this long. 508 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 1: A lot of people don't realize how much Matt Ryan 509 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 1: leans on match Shop, end game in preparation and the 510 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 1: weekly prep for a ball game. He leaves on match 511 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: Shop a lot because this is a guy who I've 512 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: just been around a long time. But he understands the 513 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,120 Speaker 1: nuances of how that football should be out your hand, 514 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: and there are a lot of opportunities to throw the 515 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,120 Speaker 1: football down the fielding this ball game. But Shop knowing 516 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: the soft coverage, knowing what a defense is trying to 517 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: do before he is that backstep. A lot of time 518 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: he was checking it down and you're checking it down 519 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 1: and he's free picking up another eight nine yards off 520 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 1: just a simple two three yards checked out. Those are 521 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 1: some of the things that I think you forget about 522 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: when you have a quarterback back there who is you know, 523 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 1: is really deliberate and what he's trying to do in 524 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: the game plan, and Shop is a guy I had 525 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:24,400 Speaker 1: a chance to be around on my first couple of years, 526 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: smart at all get out, and I remember every week 527 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: he would know the game, playing back in front, front 528 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: to back. He would know just by formation what played 529 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: the coach is about the call. So you're talking about 530 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: understanding an offense to a degree of Okay, I know 531 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: what I'm doing, but he knows what the other team 532 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: is doing before it even happens and then where to 533 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: go to football simply because he's been in this position before. 534 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: If you ever watched Shabby during a ballgame, he's always 535 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: has his head, always helpled on way to listen to 536 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: the play, always got a ball in his hand. He's 537 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: always process and he's always going through the information of it. 538 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: And I wasn't surprised to see this type of outcome 539 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 1: and a ball game from that shop and his ability 540 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: to be to steal play at a high level and 541 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 1: go out and give this team an opportunity to win 542 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: a ball game. Yeah. We had him on the podcast 543 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,439 Speaker 1: this year and I asked him, I said, when Matt's 544 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 1: out there, how much do you try to, you know, 545 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: grab his ear? He said, you know what, He'll watch 546 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,679 Speaker 1: the defense. He knows Matt's looking at different things, so 547 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,719 Speaker 1: he'll try to focus on other things too, And if 548 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 1: he does see stuff, he said, for sure, I go 549 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 1: over there and tell him all the time. So it 550 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,360 Speaker 1: is like having another set of eyes. It's not kind 551 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: of it is. It's another set of eyes to see 552 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: things and watch things that maybe Matt's reading something and 553 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: Matt's shop will watch something else at times and share 554 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:42,159 Speaker 1: that with him, and that's invaluable. Just so, yeah, I 555 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: just you know, I know we ultimately lost the game, 556 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 1: but I just think that what he did at thirty 557 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 1: eight was pretty amazing. Yeah, third most yards thrown for 558 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 1: by a guy his age, right, and you got to 559 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 1: go to Manning and Brady, I think are the only 560 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,919 Speaker 1: guys that have thrown for open five hundred yards at 561 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: the age of thirty eight years old. That's a pretty 562 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,160 Speaker 1: good company to paton. Manning through for four seventy nine, 563 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,719 Speaker 1: Brady through for four sixty six. That's pretty pretty good 564 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: company to be in. Thirty nine completions is a franchise record. 565 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 1: It's the second most yards in franchise history behind what 566 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 1: Matt's five oh three. I believe he through four against Carolina. 567 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 1: A couple of years ago back and I believe in 568 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:26,479 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl year, so he actually threw for more ones. Yeah. So, um, 569 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 1: it's amazing to think a pretty good performance by shop 570 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 1: coming thirty nine completions coming off coming off of coming 571 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: off the bench, and and I guess we probably should 572 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: mention two Matt Ryan. That's the first time Matt Ryan 573 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: has not started. I don't know if you've got that number, 574 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: but that's since December of two thousand and four something 575 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: like that. It's yeah, I don't know how many days 576 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: that is. I don't know if you've got the days. 577 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: If you had the days, you would really just be 578 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: But if you give me a few minutes, been a 579 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: long time now. You think about one hundred and fifty 580 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 1: four consecutive starts. That doesn't include post season. Yeah, so 581 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: you get all the postseason starts as well for Matt. 582 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 1: But he missed a game in December. His last game 583 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: was in December of maybe the end of November of 584 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: two thousand and nine. He hurt his foot early in 585 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: a game against against I think against Tampa, and Chris 586 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: Redmond came in and Redmond actually helped win that football game, 587 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 1: and then Atlanta lost two straight with Matt on the bench, 588 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 1: and then Matt came back when we beat the Jets 589 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 1: in New York in two thousand and nine ten seven 590 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 1: on a Tony Gonzalez catch at the back of the 591 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: end zone. Yeah, it was one hundred and sixty three 592 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: consecutive games, fifth longest streak in NFL history. Is crazy. Well, dude, 593 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: you know was right there. I've called everyone those game 594 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: right there, So you know, Julio two had a quiet 595 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,960 Speaker 1: but productive day. I feel like we one hundred and 596 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: fifty two yards and if we're sitting here talking about milestones, 597 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 1: a six player in league annals history to have thirty 598 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 1: career games with at least one hundred and twenty five 599 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: yards receiving, joining Jerry Rice forty nine games, Randy Moss 600 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: thirty five, Marvin Harrison thirty two, Lance Alwarre thirty and 601 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 1: Isaac Bruce at thirty. Is Isaac Bruce in the hall? 602 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: He's not in the hall yet. Those other guys all 603 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 1: have a gold jacket. He had a quiet but productive 604 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:19,239 Speaker 1: day yesterday. Julio, you know the area that bothered me, 605 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: and I know we're kind of talking about guys that 606 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 1: have improved and how good Shabby played and I know 607 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 1: we're trying to kind of find some silver lining here, 608 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 1: but ultimately you're one in seven and we didn't stop 609 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: the run way we need to in the first half. 610 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: The part that's a little bit disturbing and a part 611 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: it has to get fixed. As we talked about some 612 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: guys that have improved in the secondary, but the inability 613 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:44,719 Speaker 1: to get lined up and then then the ability to 614 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: diagnose routes and cover guys that crept into this game. 615 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: The first touchdown by DJ Metcalf DK Meta is a 616 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: play where he runs a stick route and Casey's late 617 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,280 Speaker 1: were lining up and so I'm not saying it was 618 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 1: his guy, but it's he's late getting over there, and 619 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: he kind of overran the play. And all DK does 620 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: is run a stick route, which is straight up the field, 621 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: turn around at six yards and catch the football. They 622 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: line up up in the same formation, stack look, and 623 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: and you've got Isaiah and Isaiah Oliver and Kaz over there, 624 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: and they miscommunicate who's going to run with the over 625 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: route And unfortunately that's happened to him a number of times. 626 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: And so as you begin to try to get better, 627 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 1: we talk about communication. Q talks about communication all the time. 628 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 1: If you're gonna play man coverage, that's what we want 629 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 1: his quarterbacks on the goal line. We want you to 630 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 1: play man coverage because now I can use all the 631 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 1: type formations and the rub routes, the stack releases where 632 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: both guys both the same direction, one goes one way, 633 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: one goes the other, and I can get defenders to 634 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 1: run together. It diag. It happens quickly, so you can 635 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 1: see it. All those things are in the quarterbacks, in 636 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 1: the quarterback's favor. It's something we have to get figured 637 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: out and be better at. And I'd like to think 638 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 1: that the DBS when they look at the tape today 639 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,720 Speaker 1: and they dike and then they digest it, they get 640 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 1: better and take it with some earnest that we can't 641 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: keep doing this over and over again to ourselves because 642 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 1: it's just it's an easy touchdown. It's easy plays. I 643 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 1: think that's the exact same play that I broke down 644 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: in this week's film session. And in that particular play 645 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 1: we talked about, Okay, if as a quarterback, you want 646 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: to know manner's own, so they start to play out 647 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: with the tight end way outside and they bring them 648 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 1: down and obviously comal Ishmael's outside, so they know, okay, 649 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 1: we got man coverage. So right now Russell Wilson knows 650 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 1: where am I man beaters? So they stack those receivers 651 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 1: and one goes out and one goes in. Now, in 652 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 1: that particular moment, the dbs have to say, okay, is 653 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 1: it in and out or is it complete man coverage? 654 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: And when I say in or out, that means the 655 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: outside the defensive back. If he's outside leverage, anything that 656 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 1: comes outside, I take him. Anything comes inside, which was 657 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 1: Casey sitting on the inside, I take him. Now, we 658 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: don't know the communication if they said in and OUTO, 659 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 1: if the guy was a gold Man coverage all the 660 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,480 Speaker 1: way across the field. But that's the communication that has 661 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,719 Speaker 1: to happen at that particular moment that both guys are 662 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,960 Speaker 1: on the same page. Because if you look at the plane, 663 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 1: they start in that stack set, they don't move. So 664 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the play, you should be talking 665 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: right then and there, this is what we're gonna do, 666 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 1: not when the play starts. And this isn't something really 667 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: complex or complicated either. This is something that you're taught 668 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,040 Speaker 1: in high school, but it's what teams due to you 669 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 1: down there, especially if they know you're in man coverage, 670 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,640 Speaker 1: they're gonna starts get in those man type of plays 671 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: or formations. That makes it tough for defensive to communication. 672 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 1: It's certainly stuff you've wrapped in practice, right when you 673 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 1: practice red zone offense. When you look at Seattle on 674 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 1: tape prior or a game, they run a lot of 675 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: tight sets. Okay, so it's not a mystery. So now 676 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 1: it's as shocks talk talking about if I'm Casey and 677 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 1: Oliver are going you know, I know, I know, you know, 678 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 1: in and out, in and out, you know, And so 679 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,399 Speaker 1: I line up to the inside and I take it. Now, 680 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,280 Speaker 1: the way you beat that is your release receivers both 681 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,400 Speaker 1: the same direction. So but they hadn't gotten to that 682 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,880 Speaker 1: point yet. That was their first foray into kind of 683 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,880 Speaker 1: splitting them and doing this. So one went out, one 684 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,919 Speaker 1: went in. Now, if I'm the OC and I see 685 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,000 Speaker 1: that they covered it, now I'm going to release them 686 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,840 Speaker 1: both outside or both inside to try to fight the 687 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 1: I the in and out coverage. But still there's just 688 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: no diagnosis to that, and that's that's killing them, especially 689 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: down in the red zone when you really want to 690 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: play man coverage. They didn't seem to have communication issues. 691 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,760 Speaker 1: I know there was there was a time last season 692 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 1: where they worked on the communication and um, you know 693 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 1: it was documented. You know, coach coach Quinn even had 694 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 1: mics on players and stuff to make sure. But why now, 695 00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,880 Speaker 1: why these You know, Cazy's not a young young amaze 696 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 1: younger player, but why is it happening now? Why is it? 697 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 1: Why did this degree? Well, I could speculate, and I 698 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,279 Speaker 1: don't know that. I don't know that it would be 699 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 1: positive to speculate on it right now, So I'm not 700 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,120 Speaker 1: gonna do that. I mean, that's just like just fans 701 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:16,080 Speaker 1: just wanted these aren't these aren't you know young players? Well, 702 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:17,839 Speaker 1: these are the things we talked about. Though, as far 703 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 1: as execution, like that can't be something that's on the 704 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 1: coach because it's something that you've practiced, you've repped, and 705 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:30,319 Speaker 1: when you get into a game, the players have to execute, 706 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,239 Speaker 1: execute in that moment. So those guys have to communicate 707 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:35,640 Speaker 1: to each other. You don't have the coach standing behind 708 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 1: you like you're doing practices and okay, everybody know who 709 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: you got. These guys just have to execute. At the 710 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:42,440 Speaker 1: end of the day. It's the old adage of do 711 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,520 Speaker 1: your job, and it just hasn't happened in certain moments. 712 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,720 Speaker 1: Well when you see, I mean on the one touchdown 713 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,560 Speaker 1: there was nobody within ten fifteen yards of Metcalfe and 714 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 1: he had a teammate trailing behind him about five yards 715 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 1: who Russell could have picked one and thrown it to 716 00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,279 Speaker 1: for an easy score. And so it's it's it's frustrating 717 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,239 Speaker 1: from a fans respective, and it's just frustrating just to 718 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: see these kind of continuous communication issues. One last bright 719 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:09,879 Speaker 1: spot I want to throw out there. I just want 720 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,279 Speaker 1: to mention his name was Brian Hill. I thought he 721 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 1: came in, showed he was the story of training camp. 722 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,120 Speaker 1: He was the feel good story. Worked a lot on 723 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:20,759 Speaker 1: you know, he the one club in the bag he 724 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 1: was missing was his past receiving. Worked really hard about 725 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:28,239 Speaker 1: that on that. Coach Quinn talked a lot about that, 726 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:32,880 Speaker 1: how he stayed after he's get starting to get some 727 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:37,000 Speaker 1: opportunities because edo Smith is missed some time. And I 728 00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 1: thought he came in you saying, showed, you know, he 729 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,319 Speaker 1: looks physically like a different guy this year, and he 730 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:47,080 Speaker 1: showed that speed yesterday. He split two defenders on that 731 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:50,120 Speaker 1: one run and I just I don't know if he'll 732 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,160 Speaker 1: see more, but you you kind of he's a guy 733 00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:55,480 Speaker 1: that I do kind of root for just because you 734 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,279 Speaker 1: just watched, you know, he was practice squad, went to 735 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:02,720 Speaker 1: the Bengals, came back. He's kind of he's dedicated himself. 736 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,640 Speaker 1: He loved to see those field, good stories and those 737 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,080 Speaker 1: guys kind of yeah, you know, show on the field. 738 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:08,680 Speaker 1: He did as one of those guys that's taking advantage 739 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:10,399 Speaker 1: of his opportunities. If you're right, he did a nice 740 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,080 Speaker 1: job on the run. Go back, if you want to 741 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 1: go back and look at a run that's blocked as 742 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,560 Speaker 1: good as you can block it, go back and look 743 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:20,080 Speaker 1: at Brian Hill's touchdown run. Because the two tight ends 744 00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: that are lined up that side, Stocker and Hooper do 745 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,320 Speaker 1: a great job of pinning defenders of the outside. Really 746 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,480 Speaker 1: good job by Jake mass Used to reach and get 747 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:30,719 Speaker 1: the end and get him hooked, which means you they 748 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 1: didn't weren't able to set the edge. Alex Matt gets 749 00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,040 Speaker 1: up to the second level, gets on the linebacker Bobby 750 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,520 Speaker 1: Wagger and does a really good job and there's a 751 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,840 Speaker 1: nice crease in there and Brian hits it running downhill 752 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,239 Speaker 1: and because he's a bigger bodied guy, he's gonna run 753 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,800 Speaker 1: through arm tackles. And he ran through the arm tackle 754 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,200 Speaker 1: about ten yards down the field and shoved it in 755 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:50,840 Speaker 1: the ends On showed his speed too. I thought he 756 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,960 Speaker 1: showed his quickness because safety defenders or secondary defenders are 757 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,880 Speaker 1: coming down to make the play. He got to the 758 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:58,120 Speaker 1: pylon and showed his speed. I'd like seeing play more. 759 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,480 Speaker 1: I'd be quite honest with him. I'll be honest with you. 760 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,120 Speaker 1: I'd like see Quadre Alison get some opportunities as well. 761 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 1: I think that you're the point now where I think 762 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:07,200 Speaker 1: you need to look at some of those guys and 763 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:11,560 Speaker 1: see him play. I think what Brian Brian Hill brought 764 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:13,319 Speaker 1: to the table. I thought he did a really nice 765 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:15,279 Speaker 1: job of picking up Bobby Waggner on a play that 766 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,600 Speaker 1: I thought Shabby gave up on too early. There was 767 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:21,040 Speaker 1: a rush where Wagner came right through the gap, timed 768 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:24,000 Speaker 1: it perfectly. Hill stepped over got him block. I thought 769 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,719 Speaker 1: Shop could a sidestepped him and throwing the ball up 770 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,279 Speaker 1: the field, but he felt like the edge rusher was 771 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,480 Speaker 1: coming too, so he thought, you know, let's protect the 772 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,279 Speaker 1: football here. I'll just take the sack and hate the 773 00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,839 Speaker 1: football there and that happens. But I think those two 774 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,920 Speaker 1: bigger body backs help you in protection to some They 775 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:41,600 Speaker 1: both have shown they can catch the ball, as you 776 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,000 Speaker 1: just talked about out of the backfield. It'll be interesting 777 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,480 Speaker 1: to see as we move forward, and what does the 778 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,680 Speaker 1: bye week have for us? What's the offing in the 779 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,480 Speaker 1: bye week? I think you begin to look at that 780 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:55,400 Speaker 1: scenario and obviously you don't give up on the season. 781 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,279 Speaker 1: You've got all your division games on the back end, 782 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:02,000 Speaker 1: and yes things stranger things have happened where you can 783 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:05,000 Speaker 1: run through things, but anything can happens. Still have to 784 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 1: make sure that you understand who your roster is when 785 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:11,400 Speaker 1: the lights come on, and that means in game situations, Okay, 786 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:13,920 Speaker 1: you're gonna get there, here come, You're gonna get an 787 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,280 Speaker 1: opportunity to play your division rival coming up here pretty 788 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,040 Speaker 1: soon in a team that's probably playing as good as 789 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:22,839 Speaker 1: anybody in the league, in the New Orleans Saints. I 790 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,239 Speaker 1: would make a point of trying to get some of 791 00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:28,680 Speaker 1: those guys some playtime, not trying to make it a 792 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,279 Speaker 1: preseason game, but put him in meaningful moments and let 793 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,520 Speaker 1: like Brian Hill's moment the other day, that was a 794 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,480 Speaker 1: meaningful moment. He needed to make a play and he did. 795 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,040 Speaker 1: He got blocking and made a play. Ken Allison do 796 00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:40,760 Speaker 1: the same thing. I think that you got a couple 797 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,399 Speaker 1: of backs that are kind of gems that are laying 798 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:44,719 Speaker 1: in the weeds that you might be able to take 799 00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:47,120 Speaker 1: advantage of. You know what I loved about Brian Hill too. 800 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:51,520 Speaker 1: After he scored, he was a ball, couldn't get it 801 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:53,640 Speaker 1: on special teams, he was the first guy down the field. 802 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,400 Speaker 1: I love that, Yeah, love that. But those are the 803 00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,960 Speaker 1: Vaalue guys that you need. And I think, like you 804 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:02,239 Speaker 1: mentioned him going from place to place now being the 805 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,439 Speaker 1: spot I think he has a little second life about 806 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:08,040 Speaker 1: him and understands each moment, especially until Archer's point and 807 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:09,920 Speaker 1: your point as well, is you got some guys who 808 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,680 Speaker 1: are hunkered. You got some guys who want that time, 809 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,960 Speaker 1: and you never know what those guys can do until 810 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,360 Speaker 1: they're put into that time or put into that spotlight. 811 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,200 Speaker 1: And Brian Hill shine in that moment. There are probably 812 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,040 Speaker 1: some other guys who else probably could shine in that 813 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:24,919 Speaker 1: moment as well. But you gotta see what you got 814 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:27,000 Speaker 1: and there's a reason they're on this, you know, on 815 00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,960 Speaker 1: this team running now because you feel in some way 816 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,279 Speaker 1: or some fashion, whether this an hour or later, they 817 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,760 Speaker 1: can help you in a ballgame. His first game without 818 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,480 Speaker 1: Mohammed Sanum, you know, in talking about the roster and 819 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,040 Speaker 1: making it better, that's one of the things they said, 820 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:40,960 Speaker 1: look at we're always looking at the roster, are always 821 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,960 Speaker 1: looking long term. They pulled the trigger on that deal. 822 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,240 Speaker 1: They got great value for him second round pick, and 823 00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:52,480 Speaker 1: I thought the guys that played, you know, in his place, 824 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:56,000 Speaker 1: you know, Russell Gage played well, So that was good 825 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,600 Speaker 1: to see. You talk about young players, and that's exactly 826 00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:00,920 Speaker 1: what some of the fans were writing into today saying 827 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:05,839 Speaker 1: and asking, is it time, Dave, that we do start 828 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,680 Speaker 1: looking at taking a longer look at the Germaine Graces 829 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,799 Speaker 1: and then John Kaminski. You know, I know John was 830 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,960 Speaker 1: hurt his ankle, I think yesterday. Um, we don't know 831 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,080 Speaker 1: the details that, but yeah, is it time to start 832 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:21,239 Speaker 1: seeing those guys? But is that too also a sign 833 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,200 Speaker 1: that hey, you're not throwing the flag in though you're 834 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,520 Speaker 1: just what you're just trying to well, some of these 835 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:30,920 Speaker 1: guys are playing anyway, ye Already Grace is not playing 836 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,759 Speaker 1: as much defensively, has gotten some snaps a luiks kind 837 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,040 Speaker 1: of that change up linebacker that comes in. But he's 838 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,840 Speaker 1: playing a ton of special teams. I'm talking about guys 839 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:40,759 Speaker 1: when I say I need to look at some guys. 840 00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:43,560 Speaker 1: Quadrea Alison has been inactive all year long, so he's 841 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:45,600 Speaker 1: he's a guy that I'd like to see. Look now, 842 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:48,880 Speaker 1: Brian Hill has been active, inactive some but because of 843 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:51,319 Speaker 1: the Edo Smith injury, he's up and so he's got 844 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,040 Speaker 1: a chance to play. And when he got his opportunity, 845 00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:55,040 Speaker 1: he took advantage of it. I think you begin to 846 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,640 Speaker 1: look at that to echo your thoughts on what Russell 847 00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:01,640 Speaker 1: Gage brought to the table. This is something that Thomas 848 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:05,480 Speaker 1: and Q saw in training camp. They saw it to 849 00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,719 Speaker 1: begin to emerge that this guy is not just a 850 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:10,160 Speaker 1: special team's ace. This is a guy that has a 851 00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:12,800 Speaker 1: chance to be a pretty good player at a receiver position. 852 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,359 Speaker 1: He goes and attacks the football. He's got a good 853 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:19,160 Speaker 1: feel for coverage, and he's not afraid to come over 854 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,879 Speaker 1: the middle to catch the football. And he did all 855 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:24,680 Speaker 1: that in this game. Seven grabs for Russell Gauge. And 856 00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:28,319 Speaker 1: so when you move a guy like Sanu, there's got 857 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:30,279 Speaker 1: to be a plan attached to it, and obviously it 858 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,920 Speaker 1: was a firm plan in place by Q and by 859 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:36,879 Speaker 1: TD in this scenario, we really like Russell Gauge. We're 860 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:39,360 Speaker 1: going to get something for Sanu a second round rapid 861 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,160 Speaker 1: because we're probably not gonna be able to resign him. 862 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:45,080 Speaker 1: And Russell Gauge is sitting here because we really like him, 863 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:47,480 Speaker 1: and so there was a plan to put him in 864 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:49,960 Speaker 1: the game. So I just thought that the plan played 865 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,640 Speaker 1: out perfectly. Now, obviously it doesn't help. It didn't. It 866 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,560 Speaker 1: didn't get you the win, but I do like what 867 00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:56,799 Speaker 1: you got out of Gauge. Yeah, they have confidence him 868 00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,480 Speaker 1: outside of Julio. He had second most targets. All right, Well, 869 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:03,719 Speaker 1: we got the Saints in two weeks, and uh, we'll 870 00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:08,360 Speaker 1: be off. Obviously we won't be back here following the 871 00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,799 Speaker 1: bye weekend, but we'll be back after that Saints game. 872 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:15,799 Speaker 1: And like you said, Dave It, they they in San 873 00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:20,879 Speaker 1: Francisco playing some very good football right now. It's gonna 874 00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:24,319 Speaker 1: be interesting, but it's also the NFL and anything can happen, 875 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:30,960 Speaker 1: So let's hope. Let's hope these next couple of weeks 876 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,400 Speaker 1: some good things happen here. And as far as preparation 877 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:37,279 Speaker 1: and who knows they go out and stunts on the 878 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:43,200 Speaker 1: NFL world. It's gonna do it. Thanks guys. 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