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Speaker 1: Dirty birds. What's up? And welcome to another edition of

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Speaker 1: Falcons Final Whistle. I'm your host, Will mcfatten. I am

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Speaker 1: joined as always by Tory mclaney and Tarren Walck, and

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Speaker 1: we are here hoping the Falcons get their fourth straight win.

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Speaker 1: They're going to be back at home against the Seattle Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: It's non NFC South opponent, it's a cross coast opponent.

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Speaker 1: They've got a West Coast opponent coming in. I guess, Tory,

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Speaker 1: what right off the top, like, what are your kind

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Speaker 1: of overall thoughts on this matchup?

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Speaker 2: I think it's one that on paper, I think could

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Speaker 2: lean towards the Falcons, especially the way that they've been

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Speaker 2: playing the last couple of weeks offensively pretty well. I

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Speaker 2: feel right, yeah, I feel that there is a sense

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Speaker 2: of confidence in this locker room, and that's something that

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Speaker 2: I think to this point in other seasons you didn't

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Speaker 2: necessarily feel as strongly. And I feel like guys are

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Speaker 2: starting to figure out how to play together. I think

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Speaker 2: they're moving in the right direction, which is what you

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Speaker 2: would want in week seven with a new coaching staff,

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Speaker 2: new players, all that kind of stuff. So I feel

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Speaker 2: like this is a game on again on paper that

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Speaker 2: the Falcons should be favored in, but of course we're

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Speaker 2: in the NFL and on paper means Jack Diddley squat,

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Speaker 2: so anything can happen. But I am looking forward to

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Speaker 2: this matchup a little bit because also I think that

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Speaker 2: the way Seattle plays and the way the Falcons play,

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Speaker 2: particularly defensively, and what their strengths are mirror each other.

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Speaker 2: So and I think in a lot of statistical categories

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Speaker 2: they're right there with each other. So I'm curious to

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Speaker 2: see how that all plays out.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Tara, do you sense your confidence level rising kind

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Speaker 1: of in this team?

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Speaker 3: Yes? And no. I like I'm a very neutral person

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Speaker 3: when it comes to confidence, because, as everyone likes to

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Speaker 3: say each week, it's the National Football League. Upsets happen,

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Speaker 3: and I'd rather stay neutral than be upset.

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Speaker 4: I love that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm like just nihilism across the board, just like,

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Speaker 1: don't get your hopes up and you will never be

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Speaker 1: let down.

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Speaker 5: You never know, So I hope some don't get up

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Speaker 5: poor down.

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Speaker 3: I'd rather be surprised than disappointed.

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Speaker 5: It is what I like to say. Thank you, Hope

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Speaker 5: that was a little more positive than my first phrasing.

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Speaker 4: That was No, that was good.

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Speaker 5: I like that.

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Speaker 3: I like, like, I think something that'll be really interesting

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Speaker 3: is they are coming off this really strong three and

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Speaker 3: oh run where the buzz was super high. They just

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Speaker 3: swept the divisional opponents for the first time around, and

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Speaker 3: so you can feel that energy and that enthusiasm. But

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Speaker 3: at the same time, it's like, all right, are you

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Speaker 3: gonna maintain that or are you gonna go back to

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Speaker 3: being like me neutral and think of this next opponent

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Speaker 3: as the next opponent and forget what just happened. And

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Speaker 3: that was actually something literally today I asked Marquise Williams

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Speaker 3: about because as someone who was on last year's staff,

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Speaker 3: he rode the roller coaster a little bit more, especially early. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: and you were just saying like, they haven't had this

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Speaker 3: in a while, they haven't had this feeling, this excitement

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Speaker 3: in a while, And so my question was like, how

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Speaker 3: is the coaching staff, like, how are you making sure

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Speaker 3: everyone is staying on the right page and not getting

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Speaker 3: overly excited or overly eager given what just happened. And

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Speaker 3: he said, Raheem Morris is a really good job of

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Speaker 3: being like, what happened happened. Next game, you can't look

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Speaker 3: too far ahead, and you can't look backward.

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Speaker 5: All you can deal with is the present moment. It

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Speaker 5: is true my language. No, it is true too.

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Speaker 2: And we now have our incredible video team goes into

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Speaker 2: the locker room after every win and is able to

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Speaker 2: capture Hem Morris's postgame kind of chat with the team,

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Speaker 2: and every time it's this who's next, he uses other

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Speaker 2: language that I'm not going to say on this podcast.

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Speaker 2: I would, but I don't want to be the ability

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Speaker 2: to be right. No, but he's always, after every single

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Speaker 2: game in that locker room that they have won, it's

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Speaker 2: who's next. And I think that is honestly a very

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Speaker 2: psychological tactic that they're even in this moment of writing

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Speaker 2: he's already like, we're moving on.

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Speaker 5: So you can't get caught up in it, right, You

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Speaker 5: can't ride the roller coaster. No, Yeah, it's too long

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Speaker 1: As soon as you as soon as you think you've arrived, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it'll it'll kick you right back down. So I mean,

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Speaker 1: and this week's opponent is a great example of that.

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Speaker 1: The Seahawks started the season three and oh they're coming

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Speaker 1: into this matchup three and three, right, So they were

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Speaker 1: trending one way and now they've trend kind of the

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Speaker 1: other way, just as hard. But let's really quickly get

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Speaker 1: into kind of an injury update. We are recording this

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Speaker 1: Thursday afternoon, so the Thursday Andrew report has not come

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Speaker 1: out yet, so this is all really Wednesday's numbers, but

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Speaker 1: I think they give us an indication to start the

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Speaker 1: week of how these two teams are shaping up. So

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Speaker 1: the Falcons had a few guys on there who were

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Speaker 1: just resting, so we're not going to include those, but

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Speaker 1: they've got five guys listed. Antonio Hamilton was limited with

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Speaker 1: a back injury on Wednesday. Nate Lanman limited again with

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Speaker 1: cafin quad injuries, but he played this past week, as

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Speaker 1: did Antonio Hamilton, so you know, we'll see what happens there.

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Speaker 1: Lorenzo Carter did not practice with a concussion. Justin Simmons

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Speaker 1: then Troy Anderson did not practice on Wednesday with the

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Speaker 1: but obviously three defensive names who didn't practice on Wednesday

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Speaker 1: that could be key going up against, you know, the

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Speaker 1: league's best passing offense for the Seahawks. There's a lot

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Speaker 1: of guys on this injury report, so I'm not going

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Speaker 1: to list them all. Stone Forsyth, so what a name.

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Speaker 1: I just add, what a what a freaking name?

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Speaker 4: Right there?

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Speaker 1: Stone Forsyth, offensive tackle. He didn't practice. They've got a guard,

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Speaker 1: Derrick Reid was limited with a knee injury. Julian Love

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Speaker 1: a look at the injury situation. But let's dig into

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Speaker 1: one topic that has really been on everybody's minds, the players,

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Speaker 1: the coaching staff, chero.

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Speaker 4: We have been asked about it, and it's the pass rush. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So Tory Falcons have five sacks on the season, fewest

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Speaker 2: I do think it's about production and individual matchups and

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Speaker 2: individual moments. I think that the Falcons to this point

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Speaker 2: are blitzing at a very high level. They're blitzing. They're

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Speaker 2: what's so interesting and this is a conversation that Will

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Speaker 2: and I I think geeked out on all day yesterday

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Speaker 2: because I was looking at this and I was like,

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Speaker 2: if you look at the other teams in the top

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Speaker 2: quarterback pressure rate very much coincides with that. If they

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Speaker 2: are blitzing, they're getting to the quarterback, They're causing pressures,

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Speaker 2: they're causing havoc. The Falcons, out of everybody else in

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Speaker 2: the top ten, was the only team that had a

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Speaker 5: In the twenties.

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Speaker 2: I wanted to make sure that I know that's a

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Speaker 2: lot of numbers that I threw at all, but safe

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Speaker 2: to say that that means that the Falcons are blitzing

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Speaker 5: It's not correlating, it's not correlating.

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Speaker 2: And so when it's correlating with other teams that have

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Speaker 2: like why is this not working? Why is it not working?

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Speaker 2: And to be honest, there are a lot of different

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Speaker 2: that the falcons aren't sending you know, don't have as

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Speaker 2: wanting to help out on the back end with the secondary.

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Speaker 2: It's also just at the end of the day, guy's

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Speaker 2: got to win, yep. And I think really and truly

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Speaker 2: that's what it boils down to, is winning upfront and

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Speaker 2: so far, And the numbers speak for themselves. Only twenty

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Speaker 2: three percent of pressure on dropbacks, which is worse in

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And I mean I think the key here

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Speaker 1: of I think the search for the pass rush could

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Speaker 1: I say that is when they send at least five

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Speaker 1: twenty fourth in defensive success rate among teams this season.

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Speaker 1: When they send six guys at the quarterback, they're twenty

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Speaker 1: eighth in defensive success rate. So the more guys they're

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Speaker 1: they're doing right on defense, and that's the problem.

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Speaker 2: That's why there is such this like huge discrepancy in

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Speaker 2: people being like, oh, like do this, do this, do this,

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Speaker 2: And it's like they've done a little bit of everything

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Speaker 2: right and they've sacrificed different things in order to do that,

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Speaker 2: and at the end of the day, it's like, what.

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Speaker 5: What more is there to show?

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Speaker 2: What more is there to do that you haven't already

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Speaker 4: Yep.

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Speaker 5: That's the conundrum right now.

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Speaker 4: It really is.

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Speaker 1: And I mean that's that's the balance that you have

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Speaker 1: to strike. And ultimately you can look back and say,

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Speaker 1: they're still winning games, right, Terren, So like you don't

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Speaker 1: want to throw everything out. It's fortunate that you're winning

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Speaker 1: these games, but you've got to kind of tweak I

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Speaker 1: think the mix a little bit, and which is why

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Speaker 1: we probably keep circling back to it's the guys like this.

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Speaker 1: This defensive line was a standout group in training camp.

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Speaker 1: They added to it late with Matthew Judon. We are

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Speaker 5: I think that's a little positive coach speak.

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Speaker 3: So it's like, do you have to pick your poison?

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Speaker 4: Like yeah, you want both?

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Speaker 2: Well, and to something that will you brought up. I

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Speaker 2: we're trending in the right direction. But also the exact

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Speaker 2: It's not like we're talking We're not talking about.

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Speaker 5: I think three. Okay, I could be wrong though, Yes.

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Speaker 4: So it's just me Thames the red rocket.

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Speaker 2: There is there is I will caveat that by saying that,

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Speaker 1: let's let the receivers kind of almost do a scramble

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Speaker 1: But we'll see how this ends up ultimately shaping things

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Speaker 3: I was so interested that you picked this quote because

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Speaker 3: last week when asked a lot about the pass rush,

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Speaker 5: So maybe you're still hanging your hat on that.

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Speaker 3: But if there was an opportunity to slam the door

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Speaker 3: It's always the next opportunity. But like h that was

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Speaker 2: I know Grady Jarrett was asked about it this week,

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Speaker 2: and I thought what he said was interesting, like you

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Speaker 2: but there does need to be this sense of urgency.

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Speaker 5: That we got to get it fixed.

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Speaker 2: Like that was kind of his talking point for the week,

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Speaker 2: I do believe him when he says that there's a

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Speaker 2: I don't. I'm not paid that money to figure that out.

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Speaker 2: But I can sure as he talk about it, I I.

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Speaker 1: What would you like to see, like if if we're

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Speaker 5: For this, I was hoping for a coach of salary.

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Speaker 1: It's to your responsibilities exactly. Go ahadn't fixed the pass?

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Speaker 4: Right?

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Speaker 2: Well, something that we talked about was like stunts, loops, twists,

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Speaker 2: I think you can go ahead and.

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Speaker 4: Those cards fly.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, let them fly, see what happens. Try something new.

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Speaker 5: I mean, at this point it's.

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Speaker 2: Not going to get worse, so might as well throw

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Speaker 5: That's not the term.

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Speaker 3: Oh I got an analogy though, Okay, holding that wild

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Speaker 4: All right, I don't play enough Uno to really have

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Speaker 1: Yeck on you, but a great, a great analogy, you

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Speaker 4: I assume it's a wild card for the Yeah.

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Speaker 5: He has no idea what I'm talking about.

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Speaker 1: The people do the people? I used to be the people,

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Speaker 1: but now I have to pass that along with Terran.

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Speaker 1: She is now the woman of the people. Today's episode

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Speaker 1: of Falcons Final Whistle is brought to you by Zaxby's.

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Speaker 1: And after a long game, when I'm tired and I

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Speaker 1: need to refuel, go get yourself some Zaxby's. So the

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Speaker 1: reason it's important for the Falcons to find a pass

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Speaker 1: when you are talking about defending the one of the

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Speaker 5: There is a direct correlation. I know we've been talking

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Speaker 2: What's that correlate, what's that this one this one does

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Speaker 2: If Gino is under pressure, he's not performing as well

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Speaker 5: It's that simple panic under usher will they say, I mean?

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Speaker 2: And so I think I don't know if how the

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Speaker 1: And I don't think it's just a two week time

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Speaker 1: right Like that is that's their job as the pass

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Speaker 5: What I do think is once you get it going,

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Speaker 3: I feel like that's what everybody says.

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Speaker 4: It is what people write.

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to recall because like against Caroline, obviously they

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Speaker 2: Literally, it's like when you see like, oh, a red car,

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Speaker 1: Or do they just come in bunches? Ye, you know

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Speaker 4: We shall see, we shall see, but you know, I'll

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Speaker 5: Roof is open.

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Speaker 4: If the roof is open.

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Speaker 4: Why do you feel that way?

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Speaker 2: I feel that way because you look at the It

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Speaker 5: Their pass defense is really good.

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Speaker 2: if you're this Falcons run offense, rushing attack, I do

438
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Speaker 2: think the Falcons would like to.

439
00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,560
Speaker 5: Go back to it. I think they would like to see.

440
00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,400
Speaker 2: That continue from one week to the next and kind

441
00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,840
Speaker 2: of get this continuity within the run game, whether it

442
00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,800
Speaker 2: be with I think it's with the collective group overall

443
00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,439
Speaker 2: the offensive line. They're playing very confidently right now. I

444
00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,720
Speaker 2: think Charlie Warner, we could talk all day long about

445
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:01,520
Speaker 2: his run blocking.

446
00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:03,840
Speaker 5: Love it. I make no mistake about it.

447
00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,800
Speaker 2: I've written about it, Terren's written about it, talked about

448
00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,440
Speaker 2: it on Rise Up Tonight, like that's such a big

449
00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,399
Speaker 2: part of it. Downfield blocking with Drake London and Darnell

450
00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:15,720
Speaker 2: Mooney and Ray Ruymcloud that part of this offense right now,

451
00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:19,159
Speaker 2: after coming off of Caroline, the Carolina game, where they

452
00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:23,119
Speaker 2: also didn't have a very productive run defense, I think

453
00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,280
Speaker 2: could continue into this game and it wouldn't surprise me

454
00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:32,320
Speaker 2: if it. The game plan does follow that simply because

455
00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,760
Speaker 2: one they had success this past week, but also two,

456
00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,360
Speaker 2: it's not the strength of the Seattle defense.

457
00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,639
Speaker 1: No, absolutely, you are. Yeah, you're playing to your strengths

458
00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:44,440
Speaker 1: a little bit, and I know they're rushing yards. Like

459
00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,560
Speaker 1: per game numbers, the Falcons are not where they have

460
00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,800
Speaker 1: been the last couple of years, but the per play

461
00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,200
Speaker 1: numbers are still very high. And I was actually surprised

462
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Speaker 1: by this when I was looking at some of the

463
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Speaker 1: player SATs. The Jean is twelfth in the league in

464
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Speaker 1: Carri's this season, it kind of doesn't feel like that,

465
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,840
Speaker 1: partially because of the time of possession thing where earlier

466
00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,240
Speaker 1: on in the season the Falcons just didn't have like

467
00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,040
Speaker 1: a ton of plays to run and so they quickly

468
00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,280
Speaker 1: kind of slipped down some of those player metrics, but

469
00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,679
Speaker 1: also because of Tyler al jeers involvement, because of the

470
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Speaker 1: amount they're passing like that, that stat took me a

471
00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,560
Speaker 1: little bit by surprise, but Terran. We have seen different

472
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Speaker 1: forms of this offense the past couple of weeks. That's

473
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Speaker 1: one of my favorite things about this team so far

474
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Speaker 1: this season is that duality that they are able to contain.

475
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Speaker 1: Do you think that we will see kind of the

476
00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:33,600
Speaker 1: run game like Terry's are torn?

477
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Speaker 5: Whoa so Terry and torn?

478
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Speaker 4: Oh my god? Okay, Sam market again, No, what I've

479
00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:48,480
Speaker 4: been overruled. Everybody just gets to hear that really funny?

480
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Speaker 3: All right, So, teren so what do you expect?

481
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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna start pointing and it's not going to

482
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Speaker 1: be very good in an audio meeting you, yes, do

483
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Speaker 1: you expect to see more of a run or pass approach?

484
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Speaker 3: I don't know what I expect, but what I want

485
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:04,720
Speaker 3: is still a balanced approach.

486
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Speaker 5: What we saw is such.

487
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,119
Speaker 3: A heavy pass, such a heavy.

488
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Speaker 5: Run, but I think it souls.

489
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Speaker 2: They were pretty balanced though last year year. Sorry, I

490
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:19,200
Speaker 2: feel like I feel like they are more balanced last week.

491
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Speaker 3: No, I agree, I agree, but it all started with

492
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Speaker 3: the run, and I do think that's what they've been

493
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,920
Speaker 3: wanting to get more towards. So I think we'll see

494
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Speaker 3: more of a run this week. I think the pass

495
00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,080
Speaker 3: was just kind of like, well, what happened? Yeah, those

496
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,560
Speaker 3: numbers were insane. Well they were giving it to them, Yeah,

497
00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:34,960
Speaker 3: so they might as well take it.

498
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Speaker 5: Yeah, but yeah, I expect to want.

499
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Speaker 3: I think they need to do the run again, kind

500
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Speaker 3: of establish that all over and just keep building that

501
00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,360
Speaker 3: run game confidence because if you can keep establishing that

502
00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,040
Speaker 3: on a consistent basis, that's going to open up the

503
00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,760
Speaker 3: passing game again where it's not just oh, that's all

504
00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:52,280
Speaker 3: we can do.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I also think situationally it matters too, Like where these

507
00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,240
Speaker 2: games are, how they're flowing. Yep, you couldn't get into

508
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,240
Speaker 2: situations and you know, the first five games of the

509
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,399
Speaker 2: season because you're working from behind and you're had a

510
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,800
Speaker 2: ton of two minute drills, whereas this when you're using

511
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,320
Speaker 2: the run game to put the game away.

512
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Speaker 5: So ye, situation let's yeah.

513
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,359
Speaker 3: So forget the balance, let's actually see a lead early on.

514
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,000
Speaker 3: There you go, because then we can see what they

515
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,280
Speaker 3: really want to do and what they really can do.

516
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Speaker 5: Because even Carolina was tight until it wasn't.

517
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean there is there is like an adage

518
00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,440
Speaker 1: I think around the NFL kind of right now where

519
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:28,879
Speaker 1: it's you throw to win the game and then you

520
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,000
Speaker 1: run to like put the game away a.

521
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Speaker 5: Bar by Kirk Cousins after the game, for sure.

522
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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, and so I.

523
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Speaker 1: But what I'm really curious to see, Tori, is that

524
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Speaker 1: moment where the twelve minute mark in the first quarter,

525
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Speaker 1: right when you and I you kind of turned the

526
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,159
Speaker 1: me and you were just like, it feels like the

527
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 1: passing game is a little bit out of rhythm, right,

528
00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,680
Speaker 1: and Kirk wasn't necessarily seeing the field as well as

529
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Speaker 1: we had, you know, in a two minute drill. Yeah,

530
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Speaker 1: And I'm really curious to see if that specific moment

531
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Speaker 1: takes place on Sunday or if kind of TL's point

532
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 1: the way that they opened up the Carolina game with

533
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Speaker 1: Bijon breaking off a big run on the first play,

534
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 1: a big run like six years a healthy run on

535
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Speaker 1: the first play, do they kind of stick with that

536
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Speaker 1: for longer and really run, run, run, like they did

537
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,600
Speaker 1: on their first scoring drive, or do they kind of

538
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 1: keep a foot in both pools and say, hey, running throwing,

539
00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:22,280
Speaker 1: we're just kind of touching the defense a little bit

540
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,960
Speaker 1: in all parts to see where we can probe later on.

541
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Speaker 1: That is what I'll be looking for, is like, have

542
00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,040
Speaker 1: they learned not even a lesson but just like, Okay,

543
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 1: we're going to take the in game lesson that we

544
00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,719
Speaker 1: learned against Carolina, just go ahead and apply this to

545
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,320
Speaker 1: the Seattle game, because their defense does shape up to

546
00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,399
Speaker 1: be pretty well attacked, I think on the ground, So

547
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 1: that's kind of what I'll be looking for. But let's

548
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,640
Speaker 1: flip it around and talk about Seattle's passing attack, which

549
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,120
Speaker 1: I just mentioned is tops in the league, against Atlanta's

550
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,960
Speaker 1: past defense which has been incredible, and especially again and

551
00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,840
Speaker 1: defending those explosive passing attacks. But that is what Seattle

552
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,080
Speaker 1: wants to do with DK mex he is. I think

553
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,160
Speaker 1: the highest amount of yards on go routes this season

554
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,520
Speaker 1: is what I saw on next Gen stats, so that'll

555
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,640
Speaker 1: be kind of crazy. Is just to see the safety

556
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,439
Speaker 1: play I think in this game. Torri, what do you

557
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,359
Speaker 1: think about the Seattle passing Atteck.

558
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Speaker 2: I think it's one of the most significant tests to

559
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,160
Speaker 2: this point of this pass defense and who they are

560
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:19,280
Speaker 2: and who they want to be.

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Speaker 5: It's going to be.

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Speaker 2: I think the biggest thing is going to be whether

563
00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 2: or not you can get Justin Simmons fully healthy. I

564
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 2: don't really play around with hamstring injuries, and I know

565
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 2: those can be finicky and they can linger. And I

566
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 2: know originally Raheem Morris said that the Falcons took Justin

567
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,560
Speaker 2: Simmons out of the game last Sunday out of more.

568
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,400
Speaker 5: Like precautionary reasons.

569
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Speaker 2: But I'm going to be heavily monitoring what his practice

570
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Speaker 2: reps look like. You know, he did not practice to

571
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 2: your point earlier, did not practice on Wednesday. If he

572
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Speaker 2: can't go, which you know, or if he's even kind

573
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,120
Speaker 2: of not one hundred percent, how does that affect what

574
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,920
Speaker 2: this de fence, this secondary can do. Are we gonna

575
00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,720
Speaker 2: see more of Richie Grant? Like is that something that

576
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 2: we can kind of think about? And how does he fit?

577
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:12,120
Speaker 2: And how much more does Jesse Bates put on his plate?

578
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:13,760
Speaker 2: And how much more are you relying on some of

579
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 2: these other guys? Do you Offford in the slot? Aj

580
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,159
Speaker 2: and Mike cues out wide, Clark Phillips accordingly? You know,

581
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:25,679
Speaker 2: Like that to me is gonna be the storyline heading

582
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,399
Speaker 2: into this game is what happens with Justin Simmons and

583
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 2: how that affects what this secondary looks like? You know,

584
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,639
Speaker 2: and you hope knock On Wood that he's fine and

585
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,840
Speaker 2: he's one hundred percent and he goes on Sunday, but again,

586
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,359
Speaker 2: hamstring injuries are tricky.

587
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,120
Speaker 4: What about you arn when it comes to.

588
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 5: The passing attack versus.

589
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Speaker 1: Just are our secondary? They're passing attack.

590
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 3: That's what I'm most excited about because we have talked

591
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,800
Speaker 3: endlessly about how strong the secondary has been about ending

592
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,280
Speaker 3: explosive plays and where it's like, all right, number one pass,

593
00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,440
Speaker 3: the team is coming in, stand your ground.

594
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of similar to how we felt coming

595
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,200
Speaker 2: into the Saints game, yes, where it was very much

596
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,000
Speaker 2: like do you know Derek Carr and.

597
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,280
Speaker 5: He was airing it out at that point.

598
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a very different like they didn't and then.

599
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:10,879
Speaker 1: And they didn't do that, and then they went up

600
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:16,240
Speaker 1: against Atlanta and it broke them. This is a real

601
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,119
Speaker 1: good on good matchup though, and I kind of feel

602
00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,120
Speaker 1: like it plays into the falcons favor obviously, Like I'll

603
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,239
Speaker 1: say that right, but just because of the way that

604
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 1: Seattle really wants to attack through the air. Jackson Smith

605
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 1: and Jigoba has been kind of their short route guy.

606
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,400
Speaker 1: But Tyler Lockett is in that intermedia route. But really

607
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: DK Metcalf he's fourth in the NFL and receiving yards

608
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 1: and he just is down the field constantly, and so

609
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 1: if if the Seahawks kind of like some of these

610
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 1: other teams have tried to do. I think we saw

611
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 1: Kansas City get a little bit impatient tried to take

612
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 1: some of those shots of the end zone. What happened,

613
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,640
Speaker 1: one was picked, the other should have been picked, And

614
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,000
Speaker 1: I'm curious to see if that's what Seattle ultimately ends

615
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,680
Speaker 1: up doing, or if Gino is being the veteran that

616
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,320
Speaker 1: he is, is able to stay patient kind of in

617
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: the way. I honestly wouldn't be shocked if it is

618
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 1: a little bit like Andy Dalton, just kind of the

619
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,360
Speaker 1: checkdowns mixed with some of those intermediates and knowing when

620
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 1: to really take your shots. And then of course Gino

621
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: has the ability to get outside of the pocket and

622
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 1: move much more than Andy Dalton does, so there's that

623
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,040
Speaker 1: element as well. But it's going to be I think

624
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: the defining part of this game, outside of maybe Atlanta's

625
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 1: run game. If they can really get their rushing attack

626
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 1: going against Seattle's defense, that to me has the ability

627
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,600
Speaker 1: to kind of like take over the game. But on

628
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 1: the flip side of it doesn't if that's neutralized. I

629
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 1: really am keying in on Seattle's passing attack against Atlanta's

630
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 1: pass defense as maybe what could be the defining part

631
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: of this game. So let's flip to our final topic

632
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 1: and just discuss three things we feel like the Falcons

633
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 1: need to do on Sunday to emerge with a win.

634
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 4: Taren, We'll start with.

635
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 5: You might still goo with establish the run early.

636
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 3: Love it because that's an obvious one that I believe

637
00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,400
Speaker 3: in when it comes to getting a balanced offense.

638
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 1: Bounce, breakfast, tried and true, old football head right here, Tarn, Yep.

639
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 5: Don't call me old.

640
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 3: My second thing, it's not really what they have to do.

641
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,160
Speaker 3: I guess kind of Justin Simmons being healthy, because here

642
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 3: we are talking about the pass from Seattle going against

643
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,320
Speaker 3: the defense from Atlanta, and he is a key part

644
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,600
Speaker 3: of that secondary him and Jesse Bates out there blocking

645
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,280
Speaker 3: down things left and right, picking things off left and right.

646
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 3: So him being healthy is massive. I've never had a

647
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,400
Speaker 3: hamstring issue. Sounds like you're really sensitive towards them.

648
00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 2: I don't think I'm sensitive towards them. It's just like

649
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 2: I've I've been around long enough to know that they

650
00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:37,120
Speaker 2: are tricky.

651
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 5: They're one of them.

652
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 2: When people hear hamstring injuries are like, oh, it's whatever,

653
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 2: but those things can last for a long time if

654
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:45,920
Speaker 2: you don't heal them correctly.

655
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Speaker 1: I had won my junior year in college playing rugby,

656
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Speaker 1: and it's like as soon as you feel good about it,

657
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Speaker 1: and as soon as you start getting back up to like,

658
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 1: it's like you feel that twinge again and then all

659
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Speaker 1: of a sudden you got a dialogue.

660
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 5: It's a nicey band of it's.

661
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: It's yeah, yeah, any of these of these, like ligaments

662
00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 1: or any of these like, yeah, hams.

663
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 5: What is it? Soft tissue injuries, They're always tricky.

664
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Speaker 3: But yes, justin Simmons being healthy one of my three

665
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 3: and my third is still put the game away. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I just I don't consider Carolina put away fully like

667
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Speaker 3: I do think the defense really stepped up when it

668
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 3: had to, and it did so, but the one pick,

669
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,240
Speaker 3: if you took away one of those picks, we could

670
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,960
Speaker 3: have been talking a different ending, not ending as an outcome,

671
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Speaker 3: but like stress levels, we'll go with.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

673
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Speaker 5: So those are my three, all right, my three? So

674
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,360
Speaker 5: the first one score slash.

675
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,880
Speaker 2: Get in the end zone, which means the same thing

676
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 2: following a turnover or a key stop late, So a

677
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:49,760
Speaker 2: part of the Panthers game that I think really gave

678
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 2: us something to talk about that we hadn't to this

679
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 2: point was when A. J.

680
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,120
Speaker 5: Tyrell got his had his interception.

681
00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 2: The Falcons took nine plays and over five minutes of

682
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 2: time off the clock in the next offensive series, and

683
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,360
Speaker 2: they scored off of it. And that was kind of

684
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Speaker 2: the nail in the proverbial coffin, so to speak.

685
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Speaker 5: And I feel like that, and I said.

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Speaker 2: This after the game when we talked about it in

687
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Speaker 2: the postgame podcast, But that drive there, that moment the

688
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 2: interception followed by a long, steady, healthy drive that scored points.

689
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Speaker 2: That to me was the drive was the moment that

690
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 2: the Falcons hadn't had in their first five games of

691
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 2: the season to that point. I want to see more

692
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,320
Speaker 2: of that. I want to see against the Seattle team

693
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Speaker 2: if they have a chance to have a moment where

694
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 2: there's ay the defense causes three and out or there's

695
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 2: a pick or a fumble or whatever, that the offense

696
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 2: turns around and gets in the end zone.

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Speaker 4: Capment football, right, that.

698
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Speaker 2: That to me is a game changer for that this team.

699
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 2: And you saw it against the Panthers. So that's Number one,

700
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 2: Number two is it has to be about pass rush.

701
00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 2: It has you have to make Geno uncomfortable. To the past,

702
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 2: to the points that we were talking about earlier, there

703
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 2: is an obvious drop off in Gino's production when he's

704
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 2: under pressure. You have to I don't I don't know

705
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 2: if that means, and I don't know if it can

706
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,480
Speaker 2: mean getting him on the ground, but wreaking have it

707
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 2: and causing him to move around in the pocket, making

708
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:16,880
Speaker 2: him uncomfortable.

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Speaker 5: That is to me gonna be a big part of

710
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Speaker 5: this game as well.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: The third one, keep Bajon Robinson and Tyler Algiers yards

713
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Speaker 2: per rush around four to five yards of pop. I

714
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 2: know that's a big number, but we've seen that it

715
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 2: happened over the course of this year. I think Tyler

716
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:36,800
Speaker 2: Algier is yearly like on the year, his averages pretty

717
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 2: is over five. That's five point five, five point five.

718
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Speaker 2: So keep doing that, keep that those numbers around that.

719
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Speaker 2: If not higher, if you can be hired, be higher,

720
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Speaker 2: But keep it around four to five in the game.

721
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Speaker 2: And I think that that means that the run is

722
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 2: being established, they're taking time off the clock if the

723
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Speaker 2: if that specific stat looks that way, Yeah, those are

724
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Speaker 2: my three.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, just to clarify, like Baijon is averaging four point

726
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: six yards per carry, that's twenty first in the league. Tyler,

727
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:08,520
Speaker 1: like we said, is five point five yards per carry,

728
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 1: that is sixth in the league. Y, So between four

729
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,200
Speaker 1: and five, keep it right there, keep it right between

730
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 1: the navigational beacons.

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Speaker 4: All right.

732
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Speaker 1: So my three are stop long passes. We kind of

733
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:21,920
Speaker 1: already talked about this inherently. That is what this Atlanta

734
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,319
Speaker 1: defense is built to do. Seattle. They want to hit

735
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 1: those explosive plays, right. Their offensive coordinator kind of comes

736
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,839
Speaker 1: from college, a lot of familiarity there, so they want

737
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 1: to put the ball down the field and hit some

738
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,759
Speaker 1: of these big explosive plays to the Falcons being able

739
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Speaker 1: to stop that, because I do think they'll be tested

740
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,400
Speaker 1: a little bit more than they have been by some

741
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,200
Speaker 1: of these teams at times. That is going to be

742
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,240
Speaker 1: huge in this one for Atlanta's offense. I think establishing

743
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 1: the run like you guys said, but then hitting play

744
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,880
Speaker 1: action off of this. This is something where when I

745
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 1: was watching the Seattle San Francisco game on Thursday night,

746
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Speaker 1: you just noticed how San Francisco's play action game and

747
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:57,880
Speaker 1: they have one of the best play action games in

748
00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:01,480
Speaker 1: the NFL. Was really pulling Sattle's linebackers up and then

749
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 1: they were hitting stuff right over top of them. I

750
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,399
Speaker 1: can so see that working in Atlanta's favor, right, I mean,

751
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 1: that is just kind of what this offense is built

752
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:13,319
Speaker 1: to do. And then finally is stopping runs in the

753
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 1: red zone for Atlanta's defense.

754
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,720
Speaker 4: Seattle's success rate.

755
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Speaker 1: On red zone runs first in the league, Atlanta's defense thirtieth. Wow,

756
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,439
Speaker 1: in red zone runs. So talking, yeah, we're talking about

757
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 1: all these passes and like them moving the ball on

758
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:30,920
Speaker 1: the field, but when the field gets condensed, which is

759
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: actually when Atlanta's defense has been playing some of their

760
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 1: best football, right. Thing of all the field goals that

761
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 1: we've seen after some of these long drives or turnovers

762
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 1: that have been put the offense in good position immediately,

763
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 1: they've been doing a great job. But Seattle is going

764
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: to get down there and then with Kenneth Walker and

765
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,239
Speaker 1: Zach Sharboney just kind of pound the rock and then

766
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:50,400
Speaker 1: maybe Gino is going to get involved as well. So

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Speaker 1: I think when the red zone becomes a factor, really

768
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:56,240
Speaker 1: keying in on the run and stopping Seattle's rushing attack.

769
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Speaker 1: But outside of that let's throw the ball, baby, I

770
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 1: want to see it get move down the field if

771
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,800
Speaker 1: you're Atlanta's offense. Anything else that you guys want to

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00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:05,839
Speaker 1: mention before I wrap us.

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Speaker 5: Up, No, I'm good.

774
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Speaker 3: When you were talking through that year three thing, something

775
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 3: that like just kind of clicked was Seattle's going to

776
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:17,880
Speaker 3: test Atlanta's strongest points. You talk about the passing defense,

777
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:19,880
Speaker 3: you talk about stopping.

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Speaker 5: In the red zone. You're just like, well, they're number

779
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 5: one in.

780
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Speaker 3: Both, so their best is going against the best.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's gonna be a it's gonna be a fun matchup.

782
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Speaker 1: And you know that Seattle is coming into this game

783
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: given that they're on a three game slide, like, they

784
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 1: have to pick it up, right.

785
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:36,319
Speaker 5: So Atlanta has to keep it up.

786
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly right.

787
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Speaker 1: So it'll be a really interesting test, honestly, I think

788
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 1: for Raheem and this coaching staff. Yeah, because I was

789
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:46,279
Speaker 1: really impressed with what they did in Carolina and kind

790
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 1: of I know a lot of people going into that

791
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 1: game wanted to see if the Landa would handle the

792
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 1: business trip. I know kind of at halftime, people on

793
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: social media were not overly pleased with what they had seen.

794
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 1: But then I thought Atlanta responded so well in that

795
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,280
Speaker 1: second half. It did kind of what we all wanted

796
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,560
Speaker 1: them to do, which was just take care of business,

797
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 1: shut the door on both sides. Like, let's see if

798
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,959
Speaker 1: they can keep up that mentality. Now that they did

799
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:10,959
Speaker 1: do that in Carolina, they've got this three game winning

800
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 1: streak and they're going up against a team that's been

801
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 1: licking its wounds a little bit recently. Just another mental

802
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:17,320
Speaker 1: test for the Falcons.

803
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 2: What wasn't that, Yeah, what was it that Kirk said

804
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 2: that he wanted to see if this was a mature team.

805
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:26,479
Speaker 2: A mature team goes into this game against Seattle that's

806
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 2: in this team specifically, and doesn't let their foot off

807
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:35,560
Speaker 2: of the gas last week. Yeah, A mature team doesn't

808
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 2: look at an er and three team coming in when

809
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 2: they're three and oh coming in over the last three

810
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,040
Speaker 2: weeks and just kind of is sitting back like, ah,

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00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 2: it'll be fine. A mature team doesn't do that. A

812
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:52,279
Speaker 2: mature team acts like the Seahawks have won their last three.

813
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 1: You know, absolutely, we will see if the Falcons are

814
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 1: a mature team. On Sunday, We of course, are the

815
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 1: most mature podcast in the whole Falcons family. So I mean,

816
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:05,760
Speaker 1: thank you guys so much for listening to our just high,

817
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 1: high level maturity today. But that will do it for Falcons.

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823
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 1: goes live on YouTube an hour before kickoff, so if

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Speaker 1: They also did an amazing job breaking down this game,

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Speaker 1: Thank you guys so much for watching, listening wherever you are,

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