1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Cool. Well, that's enough about twenty twenty five. That is 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: so last year? What we got two reds? All right? Well, 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: sorry Kirk too ye. Happy New Year, Falcons fans, Welcome 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: back to the Friday five New Show, New Year, same guests, 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 1: Tory mclanny, Tarren Walk. I'm Will McFadden. Welcome back. How 6 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: how was the New year? Everybody? 7 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 2: It was good? 8 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I had a good time. Went to the aquarium, 9 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 3: all right, I had a lot of fun. Saw some fish. 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, you partied with fish, partied with the fish. Ynice. Well, 11 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: we are going to, of course talk about the season 12 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: finale between the Falcons and the Saints. Bring me the 13 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: five things that you need to know for this final 14 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 1: matchup of the twenty twenty five season. But before we 15 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: get to that, we're going to start, as we always do, 16 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: with our Question of the Day, which you can follow 17 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: along on TikTok at Atlanta Falcons to see all of 18 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: the questions of the Day throughout the season. So, Tory, 19 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: what do we got? 20 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 3: Yeah? What was the best part of twenty twenty five? 21 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 3: Who wants to go first? 22 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: I'll quickly just say my second son was born, So 23 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna you're gonna go with that. That feels like 24 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: an easy one. Yeah. 25 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 3: That that was the Miami Dolphins game. 26 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, for those that was the best day. 27 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 2: Of you for me, for Will Will we probably will alone, yeah, 28 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 2: literally just me, just the McFadden family. 29 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 3: Just the mcpadden's. For me, I think it was winning 30 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 3: an Emmy for the Grady Jarrett document. Go. That was, 31 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 3: as I've said on this podcast, for gosh, you probably 32 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 3: are tired of hearing me talk about it, but that 33 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 3: was kind of like a labor of love over twenty 34 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 3: twenty four and to get the hardware for it along 35 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 3: with Mark Whittingham was just like really special. 36 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: Nice. 37 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 2: Gosh, I don't know so much. 38 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 4: I know, I know I was gonna say my sister's engagement, 39 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 4: but that's about her. So I'm gonna go with my 40 00:01:58,280 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 4: thirtieth birthday weekend. 41 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, Ashville, Yeah, that was a time. 42 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: Love that. 43 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 2: Okay, three to zero three, not the a marathon. Old 44 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 2: that was my third one. 45 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: Okay, well, all right, old hat. 46 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 3: She's like I already done that. 47 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: Cool. Well, that's enough about twenty twenty five. That is 48 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: so last year? What okay? Good? I didn't know if 49 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: that was Oh, I loved it. Well, Honestly, I'm happy 50 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: it's the best case scenario that it was one of each, 51 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: because that's what I go for. The Falcons and the 52 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: Saints are going to close up the twenty twenty five 53 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: season with their second game. Falcons won the first one 54 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: back in week twelve, And it's really interesting when you 55 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: look at this kind of matchup because it's between maybe 56 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 1: the two hottest teams in the division. Falcons are on 57 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: a three game win streak, Saints have won four. They 58 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: won five of their last seven. Tyler Shuck, who will 59 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: talk about it later on in the podcast, is playing really, 60 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: really well. But it's it's fascinating that you've got kind 61 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: of this matchup and then the other matchup is the 62 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: one that will actually decide division between the Bucks and 63 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: the Panthers. So Tarn like, why don't you kind of 64 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: walk us through how the division can be decided here 65 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: in week eighteen. 66 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, she has a lot of notes. 67 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 3: She's ready for this. 68 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 2: I know reading them is going to be fun. 69 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 4: But the division is just so interesting, and it's kind 70 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 4: of like there's a lot of different moving pieces just 71 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:23,519 Speaker 4: for like one outcome. 72 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 2: Obviously, we'll start with like where. 73 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 4: The division stands and you have the Panthers the top 74 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,239 Speaker 4: the NFC South with an eight and eight record. The 75 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 4: Buccaneers and Falcons are both seven and nine. And I 76 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 4: had to look into this a bit to figure out 77 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 4: why the Buccaneers were ahead of the Falcons despite having 78 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 4: the same division record, and so Will and I looked 79 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 4: into like the tie breakers, and first up is the 80 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 4: head to head and the Falcons and Bucks split their series, 81 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 4: so that one doesn't work. Then it's a division record, 82 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 4: which I already said they have the same one, so 83 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 4: another one that doesn't work. And then you got to 84 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 4: common games, and that's where the Buccaneers have an advantage 85 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 4: where they are five and six and the Falcons are 86 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 4: four and seven because their shared opponents were the Panthers, Saints, 87 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 4: forty nine, Ers, Patriots, Rams, Jets, Dolphins, Bills, Cardinals, and Seahawks. 88 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 4: So that's where that tiebreaker came in, just kind of 89 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 4: setting the tone for why we in. 90 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: The AFC East I think too much. 91 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 4: Yeah, basically, and then the Saints are fourth at six 92 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 4: and ten. Okay, And as Will said, the Buccaneers and 93 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 4: Panthers play Saturday, the Falcons and Saints play Sunday. If 94 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 4: the Buccaneers beat the Panthers and the Falcons beat the Saints, 95 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 4: the Buccaneers, Panthers, and Falcons will all be eight and nine. 96 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 4: It'll be a three way tie for first in the 97 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 4: NFC South. The Panthers would win the division though, because 98 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 4: they have the best head to head record. Yeah, but 99 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,119 Speaker 4: like that's just crazy to think it'll be a three 100 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 4: way tie after how this season has gone. 101 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: Insid The Falcons would be third in that instance, right. 102 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 2: Yes, because yes, I think the Common. 103 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: Games again second, if the Panthers win and Atlanta wins, 104 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: I think maybe second in the division. Yeah, okay. 105 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 4: In order for the Bucks to win the division for 106 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 4: the fifty year in a row, they need to beat 107 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 4: the Panthers and the Falcons would need to lose to 108 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 4: the Saints. 109 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: Yeah. So the Panthers have like kind of the easiest yes. 110 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 2: In because of the Falcons win over the Rams too. 111 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 2: So yeah, look at. 112 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: That, it gets the Falcons. 113 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 3: I saw a tweets where someone said, just like, give 114 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 3: Zan Gonzales like a statue in Charlotte. 115 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, tear new transitions. 116 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 5: So yeah, anyways, to continue with my notes, my brain 117 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 5: is operating at like e today. But if the Falcons 118 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 5: lose to the Saints, they'll both be seven and ten, 119 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,799 Speaker 5: and the Saints would get the tiebreaker because they already 120 00:05:55,680 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 5: have a a better division record, And then the Saints 121 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 5: could be second in the NFC South if the Buccaneers 122 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 5: win for the same reason. So if the Bucks win 123 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 5: and the Saints when the Saints are second so in 124 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 5: the NFC South. 125 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: It feels it feels like literally basically any version of 126 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: this could end up manifesting this weekend. Tori, Are you 127 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: surprised that that's the case again this year in twenty 128 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: twenty five? 129 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 3: I mean, if you would have asked me kind of 130 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 3: going into the season, I maybe would have said, yeah, 131 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 3: this is surprising. But when you look at it in 132 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 3: the context of what the NFC South has been for 133 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 3: the last one like five years, it has been like 134 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 3: this is just another example of the chaos of the 135 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 3: NFC South reigning supreme. 136 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's classic NFC Sex, classic NFC South. And at 137 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: the new year, same division. 138 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 3: Right like at the beginning of the year, you had 139 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 3: Tampa looking unbeatable and starting the season six and two 140 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 3: firmly positioned like coming out of the boy to continue 141 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 3: that dominance and only to absolutely implay and to the 142 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 3: like to the degree of you know, I know last 143 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 3: year we had a whole conversation about how the Falcons 144 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 3: started so hot in the NFC South and then the 145 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 3: South caught up. But with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it's 146 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 3: kind of like this, the same type of story. They 147 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 3: were firmly in control of things. They looked like they 148 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 3: were playing out of their mind, thinking was like an 149 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 3: MVP candidate, Yeah yeah, yeah, And now they've lost seven 150 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 3: of their last eight. I believe like the fall off 151 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 3: has been extreme for Tampa Bay. And then speaking of extremes, 152 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 3: you have Carolina and Atlanta as these two like hot 153 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 3: and cold entities, like both teams putting together some big wins, 154 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 3: having some big moments, but also laying eggs periodically. And 155 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 3: then there's just the Saints, which I think the Saints 156 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 3: are actually the ones that, along with the Falcons, the 157 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 3: trajectory is pointing up a little bit for them compared 158 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 3: to how they started the season with you know, ten losses, 159 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 3: and I think that they've actually now found a lot 160 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 3: of success or at least a bit of success with 161 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 3: some of the key young pieces that they have, which 162 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 3: I know we'll talk about that later. So yeah, it's 163 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 3: just kind of one of those things where like there 164 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 3: is a possibility, to your point of like, after everything 165 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 3: that happened, the Falcons could potentially there is a path, 166 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 3: a very notable path for the Falcons to be second 167 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 3: in the NFC South after everything and after being out 168 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 3: of playoff contention for the. 169 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 2: Last three weeks. And same with the Saints. 170 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 3: Insane with the Saints. 171 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: Yes, it's so crazy, and like the thing that I 172 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: keep coming back to is that it's such an interesting 173 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 1: exercise for like expectation and where you are as a 174 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,959 Speaker 1: team relative to like your kind of time frame for 175 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: everybody involved, and because again, yeah, like this division can 176 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: three teams could finish tied, right and the other team 177 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: would be like two wins off, or that team could 178 00:08:57,880 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 1: finish in the second. You know, like, yeah, there's so 179 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: many different variations. And yet you have Saints fans who 180 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: probably feel really good right now because of the four 181 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: game win streak. You feel like you've got a quarterback 182 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: you can build on, like the arrow is pointing up 183 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: for you. You've got a Panthers fan base that is 184 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: kind of like maybe we're a year ahead of schedule. 185 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 3: Yeah, like pleasantly surprised. 186 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, there are still some questions there, but hey, like 187 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 1: if we win the division in a year that maybe 188 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: this wasn't supposed to be the year, awesome, how could 189 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: you be mad at that? You've got a Falcon team 190 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: that is still kind of like looking great at times 191 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: and then setting itself back at times, and you don't 192 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: know what to make and you've been kind of stuck 193 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: in this purgatory for a few years. Then you've got 194 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: a Bucks team that is going through very much what 195 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 1: Atlanta went through last year, and we all remember how 196 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: much fun that was. So it's just fascinating to be 197 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: like four teams with pretty similar records, pretty similar like 198 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: outcomes this season and just the way everybody feels about 199 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: it is fascinating to me. 200 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 3: Very different. 201 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: But we talked about the Saints kind of looking to 202 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: end their year on a five game win streak. They 203 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: will be doing so without one of their best players. 204 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: News kind of was reported Thursday morning that Chris o'lave 205 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: would be missing this game due to a blood cloth 206 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: that they found. So it sounds like he'll be okay, 207 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: but it's precautionary and that's going to be a big 208 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: loss for the Saints. You look at Chris Lave, He's 209 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: sixth among wide receivers with one hundred and sixty receiving 210 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: yards this season. He's third in targets with one hundred 211 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: and fifty six. So he has been really kind of 212 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: like the safety blanket for whoever has been in their 213 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: quarterback for New Orleans. So I kind of wanted to 214 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: bring that up because that happened early Thursday morning, as 215 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: we record that the Falcons have some injury news of 216 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: their own terror and you want to walk through that. 217 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 4: I mean, Rahee Morris said it best that the Falcons 218 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 4: dodged a big time bullet. Brandon Dorless is week to week. 219 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 4: I mean there's one week left. 220 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 2: But it's just a few weeks. 221 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 4: A couple weeks where when he got injured in the 222 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 4: Rams game, it looked like it could be something severe, 223 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 4: like he needed so much help get off that. 224 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I went back and I watched the replay 225 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 3: of that, because you know, we can't see from the 226 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 3: press box. We just saw him get helped off and 227 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 3: then get carted to the locker room. But then my sister, 228 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 3: my eighteen year old sister, actually texted me randomly in 229 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 3: the middle of the game and goes, who's number fifty four? 230 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 3: And I got Brandon Dorless, why and she said he 231 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 3: was so sad, Like I'm so sad for him. I 232 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 3: wanted to give him a hug, like because he was 233 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:26,959 Speaker 3: so upset, like getting carted off the field. And now 234 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 3: I went back and watched it and it was like 235 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 3: that reaction you you would have thought that it was 236 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,599 Speaker 3: and it was reported to be a knee in the 237 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 3: right like that, Wow. Yeah, I mean, it's it's really 238 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 3: it's really great for the Falcon Zan for Brandon Dorlyss 239 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 3: that that wasn't a catastrophic injury. 240 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 4: Right, big sigh of relief for the second year player. 241 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 4: He has eight and a half sacks, tied with edge 242 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 4: rusher James Fears Junior for most on the team. So 243 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 4: you love to see that second year jump for him. 244 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 4: I mean, he was a third round pick last year. 245 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 4: He only played in two and made three tackles. So like, 246 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 4: it's sad that his season is ending early, even if 247 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,479 Speaker 4: it is just one game, but you are very relieved 248 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 4: that it's not a severe injury. You are very excited 249 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 4: about his future and what he's going to possibly be 250 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 4: able to do in year three. Otherwise, cornerback Mike Hughes 251 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 4: will likely miss his third game in a row. Morri 252 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 4: said he doesn't think Ques will be good to go, 253 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 4: kind of still dealing with that ankle injury. And then 254 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 4: you had cornerback Clark Phillips, third safety DeMarco Hellams, and 255 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 4: defensive linemen Sam Roberts are all in their twenty one 256 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 4: day window because they were designated to return from injured reserve. 257 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 4: Two of them last week, one of them this week. 258 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 4: So injuries but not nearly as many as on the 259 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 4: Saints right now. 260 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, I think obviously the Brandon dor List news 261 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 1: is big. 262 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 2: Yeah. 263 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:56,239 Speaker 1: If he has avoided any major surgery or any reconstructive 264 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: stuff to his knee like that obviously then allows him 265 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: to be involved in the offseason program and be right 266 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,559 Speaker 1: back where he should be in training camp, and that's 267 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: going to be huge. You pay to not have him 268 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: out there for this game because I kind of think 269 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: the Falcons defense want I'm curious to see what they 270 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: look like. Lakhalle Lennon has had a great year, Yeah, 271 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: but I don't know if he's the pass rusher right 272 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: Brandon Doorless has been so just how does that like 273 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: ripple outwards and then what do we see from the edge? 274 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: Guys without having kind of that interior penetration will be 275 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: something to watch. But the reason that could be important is, 276 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: as we mentioned earlier, as the play of Tyler Shuck 277 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 1: at quarterback for the Saints. He's kind of a member 278 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,079 Speaker 1: of like a new look I think group that is 279 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: starting to define itself for this New Orleans team and 280 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: obviously being the falcons biggest rivals, we're gonna probably be 281 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: seeing a few of these names in the years to come. Toy, 282 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: what do we need to know about Tyler Shuck? 283 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, it kind of feels like against all odds and 284 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 3: even a viral combine video, I know people saw that. 285 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 3: It's hard, it was hard to not see that, but 286 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 3: the Saints like despite all of that, the Saints may 287 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 3: have actually found something to move forward forward with and 288 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 3: build off of with Tyler Schuck, like since they went 289 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 3: to him as the starter at the end of September. 290 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 3: He went from me and kind of someone no one 291 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 3: really gave much of a second glance to now leading 292 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 3: this offense through four consecutive wins, like I think the 293 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 3: Falcons this coming weekend will see a much more confident 294 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 3: version of Shuck this time around than they did the 295 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 3: first time. Like last time, and it was his first 296 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 3: home start, he was under a lot of pressure. The 297 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 3: Falcons got five sacks against him the last time they 298 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 3: saw him through an interception under pressure, couldn't really get 299 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 3: anything going downfield at all, which I think is a 300 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 3: testament again to this defense and how they're playing. But 301 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 3: flipping it forward to looking at the Tyler Shuck that's 302 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 3: coming into now this week eighteen finale. He's averaging over 303 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 3: three hundred passing yards per game in his last three outings. 304 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 3: He hasn't thrown an interception in four weeks. We talked 305 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 3: earlier about the Chris Lave story and not injury, but 306 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 3: like the not being available this weekend, that's actually I 307 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 3: think gonna be a major point of this game for 308 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 3: Tyler Shuck because he and Chris Lave has showcased like 309 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 3: a very productive connection. Yea, almost like I think even 310 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 3: Chris a Lave spoke about that connection and how it 311 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 3: almost has brought the love of the game back to 312 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 3: him a little bit after everything he's gone. 313 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: Kind of it feels that way watching some tape for 314 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: New Orleans over the last couple of weeks, Like you 315 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: see that these players, the skill players in particular, are 316 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: like playing a little bit harder. Like I know, this 317 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: is the NFL and you're gonna play hard every but 318 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: you can just sense it a little bit that they 319 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: believe in this quarterback. And when you believe in the quarterback, 320 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: obviously you feel like you got a chance, right And 321 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: he's done. 322 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 3: So I think he's done so much to allow the 323 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 3: team to believe and to trust in him and what 324 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 3: he's done. 325 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: So I have a lot of. 326 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 3: Kind of respect and even looking at Tyler Shuck moving 327 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 3: forward into six and twenty seven and potentially beyond, like 328 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 3: he's someone to to keep a weary eye on. 329 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: I think he's a little bit older. I think that's 330 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: why he's kind of getting knocked in the draft process 331 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 1: because he's twenty six years old but ancient that's yeah, right, 332 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: Like that's pretty young in my book and second round pick. 333 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: But I just saw this note from Nexttion SATs. He's 334 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: completed sixty nine percent of his intermediate past attempt so 335 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: between ten and nineteen yards. That's the highest mark in 336 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: the NFL. So like he's he's kind of living in 337 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: that range where modern I think quarterbacks thrive, which is 338 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: like over the middle of the field in these intermediate windows, Taren, 339 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: what about the defensive side? Who do we need to know? 340 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 4: I know, like in our prepping meeting, I wanted to 341 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 4: talk about defensive lineman Brian Rizzy since he was the 342 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 4: oh the Saints almost at the Falcons, the Saints' first 343 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 4: round draft pick when I was actually in New Orleans. 344 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 4: But a quick look at their defensive stats and whatnot, 345 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 4: and it's actually defensive end Chase Young, Yeah, who I 346 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 4: really want to highlight because he has been so good 347 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 4: this season. 348 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: Juvenated. 349 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 3: Yeah. 350 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 4: I know, he's like dealt with a bunch of injuries 351 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,360 Speaker 4: throughout his career and that's kind of like the one 352 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 4: knock on his resume, but including this year. I mean, 353 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 4: he missed the first five weeks of the season, but 354 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 4: has made such an impact since his return. He is 355 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 4: the second most sacks on the team with eight and 356 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 4: a half, which matches the Falcon single player not record 357 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 4: high high yeah high, It's like blanking only Cam Jordan 358 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 4: Leaves with leads above Young with the Saints with nine 359 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 4: and a half. But that really doesn't surprise anyone. 360 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's doing it on like a snap count two. 361 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:44,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, you look at all this now it's like sixty two, 362 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 1: sixty two and then like thirty one for Chase. 363 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 2: Jordan. Yeah, and he's still still producing. Yeah. 364 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:58,239 Speaker 4: But going back to like just how I think New 365 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 4: Orleans kind of has resurrected Young's performance too, because he 366 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 4: was the number two overall pick in twenty twenty for Washington, 367 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,679 Speaker 4: had seven and a half sacks as a rookie, but 368 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 4: kind of puttered off after that breakout season because of injuries. 369 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 4: He had seven and a half again in twenty twenty three, 370 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 4: but that was split between two teams, Washington and San Francisco, 371 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 4: and then the Saints signed him last year and he 372 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 4: has found some like consistency, especially late in the season. 373 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 4: Now he has had what was it, at least one 374 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 4: sack in the last three games, and the Saints overall 375 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 4: have forty one sacks, which is tied for tenth most 376 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 4: in the NFL. The Falcons, just for reference and to 377 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,640 Speaker 4: top it, have fifty three and our second in the NFL. 378 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 2: So what we'll be curious. 379 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:46,120 Speaker 4: To see is like how the O line stacks up 380 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 4: against the Saints defense, because Kirk Cousins hasn't wasn't sacked 381 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 4: at all against the Rams, and he was only sacked 382 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 4: once the three games before that. It was actually this 383 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 4: Saints the first time around who sacked Cousins the most 384 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 4: this season with three times in Week twelve, So you 385 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 4: kind of don't want to see that again now. 386 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, and the A line has played pretty well. I 387 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 1: no sacks against the Rams, that's nothing to sneeze at, 388 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 1: nor no plus and having a great run game obviously 389 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:19,239 Speaker 1: helps a couple other players for the Saints. I just 390 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: want to touch on is rookie safety Jonah Sanker, who 391 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: has been in there starting lineup basically since Week two, 392 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 1: third round pick. He's only allowed one touchdown this season, 393 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: got a couple of interceptions, four pass breakups, and then 394 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: mentioned Chris Olave going down, So who would be maybe 395 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: that next man up? They're going to have a mixture out. 396 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 1: Expect Juwan Johnson tight end to get involved by Devon Veley, 397 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 1: seventh round pick for the Broncos last year. It's his 398 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: first year with the Saints, but he's got sixteen catches 399 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 1: for two hundred and two yards and a touchdown in 400 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: his last three games, so he has really been coming 401 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: on strong lately. I think he's going to get a 402 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: lot of work in that intermediate range with Chris o'lave out. 403 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: So moving on, we've got I. 404 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 4: Do want to add something because we did just talk 405 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 4: to Jesse Bay earlier today and he actually highlighted Taysom 406 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 4: Hill as who he expects to really step up in 407 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 4: a lave's absence. And I didn't know this, but Jesse 408 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 4: said that he heard or saw somewhere that this might 409 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 4: be Taysom hills last season. 410 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 2: And if this is Taysom Hill's last. 411 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,119 Speaker 1: Game, they're absolutely trying to get. 412 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 2: That shut down. 413 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 4: Then Circle highlighted rolled it underline because that man has 414 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 4: been kind of a thorn in the Falcons side thorn. 415 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,919 Speaker 3: Its only room for in this town that. 416 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 5: It is. 417 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, So we wanted to kind of bring 418 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: back a fun game from previously, which is our you know, 419 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: I can't even remember what we called it, but it's 420 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 1: the green, red yellow game. There we go. 421 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 3: That's red lights, stop light, stoplight. 422 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: So basically we've got a number of Falcons that kind 423 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 1: of can reach some records are milestones in week eighteen. 424 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: So basically we've got I've got six of them written down, 425 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 1: and we're gonna just kind of do confidence levels with this. 426 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: So green means you're very confident, Yellow means you're like 427 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: kind of on the fence. Red means you're fairly unconfident 428 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 1: that it's gonna happen. Everybody understand, Yes, okay, So the 429 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 1: first one is Bejean Robinson scrimmage yards. Now, we know 430 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: we already set the Falcons all time record in scrimmage yards, 431 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 1: passing William Andrews this past week. Casual, he's got two 432 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty five On the season, he's averaging 433 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: one hundred and forty one scrimmage yards, oh my gosh 434 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: per game. So if he reaches that average, yeah, if 435 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: he just has one hundred and forty one, just casual, 436 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: low key, fine, he'll finish with two three hundred ninety 437 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 1: six scrimmage yards, which would put him third all time 438 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: in the NFL in a single season. He would just 439 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: pass Christian McCaffrey, who had twenty three hundred and ninety 440 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,439 Speaker 1: two yards in twenty nineteen. I know that's a lot 441 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 1: of numbers, but I hope you guys are sticking with me. 442 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: So what is our confidence level? That he can have 443 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,679 Speaker 1: one hundred and forty one yards and reached third on 444 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: Sunday three two one two Greens. 445 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 3: I feel very good about this just because Bajon continues 446 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 3: to do things that were just kind of like only 447 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 3: Bajonne can do. He's coming off of a two hundred 448 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 3: and twenty nine scrimmage yard performance. I just think that 449 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 3: they're Yeah, I just think that there's a little bit 450 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 3: of uh momentum with Beajon, and even looking back at 451 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:32,159 Speaker 3: what he did against the Saints earlier, I know it 452 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 3: wasn't like his biggest or brightest performance, but still had 453 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 3: over one hundred and ten scrimmage yards. 454 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 4: I believe, Okay, Yeah, I just think back to was 455 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 4: it last week where we were talking about him breaking 456 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 4: the record and we were debating, like, is one fifty 457 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 4: two high of. 458 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 2: A number of things? Is that realistic? And then he 459 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 2: goes in tops two hundred. 460 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: So he's never we're going to lower that number, Yeah, exactly. 461 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 2: Never under your estimate that number seven. Yeah, never either, 462 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 2: but like number seven. 463 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, cool, next one. So we talked about the Falcons 464 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: sack performances. Here, they've got fifty three sacks, second in 465 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:12,159 Speaker 1: the NFL, second all time for a single season. They 466 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: have a chance to set a new record if they 467 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: get just three more sacks in this game. The all 468 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 1: time record for sacks and a season for the Falcons 469 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: is fifty five in nineteen ninety seven. As I said, 470 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 1: they're at fifty three now, two to tie it, three 471 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,640 Speaker 1: to beat it. What's your confidence level? They will beat 472 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: this on Sunday and at three sacks three two one 473 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: two greens. Again, we got a confident bunch. 474 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,959 Speaker 3: I Okay, I think it's I think they're gonna do it. 475 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 3: I feel I have this like feeling that it's gonna happen. 476 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 3: I think so the last time I already mentioned this 477 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 3: the Saints. The last time the Falcons played the Saints, 478 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 3: they had five sacks. Tyler Schuck has been sacked I 479 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 3: want to say, like almost ten times in the last 480 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 3: four games. Like I think at least two in the 481 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 3: last couple So I feel even without Brandon Dorles, which 482 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,639 Speaker 3: that will that does put a damper on things, But 483 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 3: I still feel very confident that they'll be able to 484 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 3: do this. 485 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 4: They're talking about it, and that always kind of gives 486 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 4: a little extra juice. I mean, they're being asked about it, 487 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 4: but then they're talking about, right, and it's just something 488 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 4: that they want, and I think this defense deserves it 489 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 4: given the fact, like from last year to this year, 490 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 4: the change in the pass rush insane. 491 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, And when you look at just kind of 492 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: like Tyler Shuck's numbers, he's been pressured at the eighth 493 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: lowest mark this season, but the pressure to sack ratio 494 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 1: is the second highest in the NFL, and the Falcons 495 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: actually have the highest pressure to sack ratio on defense. 496 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 1: So when you're getting those opportunities, like Tyler Shuck isn't 497 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: necessarily getting out of that pressure and buying time and 498 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 1: escaping it. He's usually more often than not going down. 499 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 1: And Atlanta's going to manufacture that pressure one way or another. 500 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 1: So I like this record to fall as well. All right. 501 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: Another sack candidate is James Pears, the rookie first round pick, 502 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 1: has eight and a half sacks on the season. Everybody's 503 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,479 Speaker 1: been talking for a little while about him maybe reaching 504 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: double digits. What is our confidence level that he is 505 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 1: going to reach ten sacks on the season. On Sunday 506 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: three to one, two yellows, All right. 507 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, we need to differ. 508 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: I know, we start on this one. 509 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 4: I just think it's gonna be multiple players who get 510 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 4: the sacks on Sunday. And I don't know, I just 511 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 4: it's it's a gut feeling. Maybe it's just recency bias too, 512 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 4: since he didn't have any against the Rams, but yeah. 513 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: Tough crowd without a sack and everybody's chatting. 514 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 2: They've never gotten. 515 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,879 Speaker 4: But no, I would love it for him, right, But 516 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 4: I don't know. I just I could see other people 517 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 4: kind of stepping up in Brandon Dorles's absence. 518 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know, one and a half. It's the 519 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 3: it's the half. 520 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: The half its classic like over under thing. 521 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, half is getting Yeah, because I do think he could, 522 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:01,959 Speaker 3: like he get his sack, for sure. I do think 523 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 3: that's possible, but it's like the multiplicity of it is 524 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 3: kind of where I'm a bit more like, I don't know. 525 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: He's only had or he's had two games this season 526 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,159 Speaker 1: with one and a half sacks or more. So we 527 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 1: will see if he does that on Sunday, prove us wrong. Yeah, 528 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: next one. Kirk Cousins is a two hundred and ninety 529 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 1: seven career passing touchdowns. If he gets a three hundred, 530 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,479 Speaker 1: he'll tie John Elway for fourteenth most in NFL history. 531 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: This season, he's only got one game with three touchdown passes, 532 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 1: which was against Tampa Bay. But we you know, we 533 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 1: know what Kirk Cousins can do. So what's the confidence 534 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 1: level that he will get three and at least tie 535 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 1: John Elway on Sunday three to one? Karen, we got 536 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: two reds? All right, sorry Kirk too. 537 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, you guys are like looking at each other and 538 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 3: we're watching like, yeah, dang. 539 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 2: It's not like they're in the notes either, like this. No, 540 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 2: we don't know luck of the draw. 541 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, so you guys aren't. Let's we can 542 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 1: we can roll right past this one since we don't 543 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: feel very very confident about Kurt. 544 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 3: Well, my thing is, I just think the run game 545 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 3: is gonna kind of beat the way out rains scream 546 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 3: a little bit. 547 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 2: And I noticed Saints. 548 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 4: Pass defense is better than their run defense just statistically, 549 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 4: So that's where I'm kind of pulling the red from. 550 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,680 Speaker 1: Okay, well, then maybe that doesn't bode well for these 551 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: next two. Kyle Pitts is currently at eight hundred and 552 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: seventy receiving yards. What is the confidence that he can 553 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 1: reach one thousand on the season, so he needs one 554 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty to do that. He's got one game 555 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: with more than one hundred and thirty this season against 556 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay, one sixty six. So confidence level Kyle pits 557 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 1: one thousand yard season three too, one two reds yet again. 558 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 1: Oh no, So I'm sensing big, big run game. Yeah, 559 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 1: on Sunday. 560 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 3: I also just think, like an he needs one hundred 561 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 3: and thirty yards. That's a lot. If it was a seventy, 562 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 3: I would be a lot more closer to green, But 563 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 3: one hundred and thirty is a bit too much for me. 564 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 4: You want to half the numbers actually, right, exactly. Yeah, 565 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,439 Speaker 4: and with Drake London back, I don't know. Yeah, he 566 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 4: was really getting a lot of love in Drake's absence, 567 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 4: but you guys just got to share the ball now 568 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 4: with everyone on offense at least healthy. 569 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 3: Yeah. 570 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 1: Speaking of Drake, his task is a little bit harder here. 571 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 1: But he's at eight hundred and forty one yards, so 572 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 1: he needs one hundred and sixty to get to a 573 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 1: thousand on the season. 574 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:13,360 Speaker 3: Yeah. 575 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: He's done that twice in his career against Carolina and 576 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: against Tampa Bay. So it would be nice to like 577 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: kind of cap off that trithecta again one against New 578 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 1: Orleans and reach a thousand yards. What's our confidence level 579 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: in that happening? Three to one, two reds yet again, 580 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: all right, look at y'all, same page. 581 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 3: All then it's so difficult to say that he's going 582 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,439 Speaker 3: to have one hundred and sixty receiving yards win in 583 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 3: the last Since his return from injury, I think it's 584 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 3: been a little bit of a knocking some rust off 585 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 3: and trying to get back into it. And you know, 586 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 3: he had what he missed four games, like almost a 587 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 3: full month. Like, Yeah, I think that it's unfortunate that 588 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 3: that injury happened when it did, because I think that 589 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 3: he was on such a high, like was was one 590 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 3: of I think the best receivers at a time, and 591 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 3: I think was making a push to be a Pro 592 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 3: Bowl candidate. There's all those things and then and then injury, 593 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 3: and so it's just Drake London should have been over 594 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 3: a thousand yards this season and it's really sad that 595 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 3: he's that he may not be. 596 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I second all of that. 597 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: Before he got hurt, there was like a stret where 598 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: it was like five of six games he had like 599 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighteen yards. Going back and looking at 600 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 1: his box score this uh morning, I was I was 601 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: struck by that. 602 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 4: We're going to be completely wrong on all these and 603 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 4: the hundred yard passing game something insane in. 604 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,640 Speaker 1: Which, for the record, I'm going to predict because I 605 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: was confident in everybody. 606 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 2: He's only green. 607 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 3: He's only green. Will just put like the green dot 608 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 3: over his face. 609 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 4: And somehow game as a whole is going to top 610 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 4: a thousand yards in Will's mind, and this one Will is. 611 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 3: The optimist of the group. M yeah, yeah, he sees 612 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 3: the glass half. 613 00:29:55,160 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: Full only smiley emoji's all right. So it is January seconds, 614 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: Happy birthday to my brother. 615 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 2: By the way. 616 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: On as you guys are listening to this on on Friday, 617 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: And because of that, we're going to do a quick 618 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:13,239 Speaker 1: New Year's related leave behind look Ahead tour games. Why 619 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 1: don't why don't you start start this? 620 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, So the premise of this is, like we were 621 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 3: we kind of decided like, Okay, what is one thing 622 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 3: that you're going to leave behind in twenty twenty five 623 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 3: and what is one thing that you're looking forward to 624 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty six? And for me, my leave behind 625 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 3: I want to leave behind the emotional roller coaster that 626 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,800 Speaker 3: Raheem Morris has kind of spoken about a few different 627 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,719 Speaker 3: times after losses over the course of this season, and 628 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 3: when what I mean by that too is like the 629 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 3: highs and the lows of the twenty twenty five season, 630 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 3: like the inconsistent play, the inconsistent outings. Like I think 631 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 3: that I said this in the mailbag, I said this 632 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 3: on Fox five this week, but like the highs for 633 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 3: this team were so high, exuberant, le high, and then 634 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:07,719 Speaker 3: the lows were like such determining factors in ultimately what 635 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,959 Speaker 3: this team was in twenty twenty five. And so I 636 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 3: think that if you can get rid of the absolutes 637 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,400 Speaker 3: that we talked about in the Final Whistle podcast, if 638 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 3: you can get rid of those and kind of become 639 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 3: more of this consistent entity, I think that's something that 640 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 3: I would want for this team in twenty twenty six. 641 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,560 Speaker 3: So I would want to leave the inconsistencies, leave the 642 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 3: absolutes in twenty twenty five. So that's that's my lead 643 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 3: behind my look ahead to stay on the theme of 644 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,719 Speaker 3: like sacks and this defense and everything, I'm really looking 645 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 3: forward to continuing to see this young defensive corps, continue 646 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 3: to develop, continue to produce, continue to grow. I think 647 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 3: that they there's this thought that they were absolutely ahead 648 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 3: of schedule where I thought they would be, and they 649 00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 3: like they were ahead of schedule even like three weeks 650 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 3: into this season. Yeah, like I thought that they Jeff 651 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 3: Albert has been able to do with this defense, what 652 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:07,960 Speaker 3: this young core has been able to do in terms 653 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 3: of playmaking, Like, yes, they still have things that they 654 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 3: all got to work on, like, and there's gonna be 655 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 3: some decisions that needs to be made about like Caden 656 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,959 Speaker 3: Ellis and you know, David and Yumata here are going 657 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 3: to be free agents this coming off season. But I'm 658 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 3: just really excited about what this defense did in twenty 659 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 3: twenty five and just only knowing that it can be 660 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 3: built upon in twenty twenty six because you have so 661 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 3: many guys that are returning. 662 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:34,200 Speaker 2: They went from second to last in Sacks to second. 663 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, what I'm talking about. 664 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 2: They at the all time bottom hour here in Sacks. 665 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 1: It's crazy. For like every year for the past like 666 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 1: two decades, sitting here for this episode, we would be like, Sacks, 667 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 1: what do we need to see next year? The pass 668 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: rush get fixed? Oh my god, it's been fixed, right, 669 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: and we just were like, cool, thanks, moving on to 670 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 1: the next thing, right, yeah, ate it. Oh my gosh, 671 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: all right, I'll go quickly and then Tarren will wrap 672 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: up with you. But I would like to leave vining 673 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: some of the injuries. You know, I don't think that 674 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: that's been really a huge problem for the franchise over 675 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: the last five years or so, but this year, obviously 676 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: the biggest among them is Michael Pennock Junior, your quarterback 677 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: going down. But even when you think back to like 678 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 1: how training camp started with Darnell, like, I really kind 679 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 1: of think that that set the tone for some of 680 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 1: the receiver play and just like that disconnects or not 681 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,959 Speaker 1: necessarily living up to what we expected out of that 682 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: part of the offense. Yeah, so you can kind of 683 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:39,200 Speaker 1: trace back to there, Drake dealing with some of his 684 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: own injuries, Caleb McGarry obviously lost for the season, like 685 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 1: that's big, and then a couple of guys like Troy Anderson, 686 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 1: Braylon Trice. I would have loved to see them out 687 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 1: there as part of this defense. We don't really know 688 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 1: kind of what the status is for them for the future, 689 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 1: but I would like to not have as many major 690 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,720 Speaker 1: injuries in twenty twenty six, and then looking ahead is 691 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 1: Mine's kind of a little of a question of like 692 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,480 Speaker 1: what I'm going to be looking for because we always 693 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,440 Speaker 1: talk about identity. That's always the question in training camp, 694 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:08,879 Speaker 1: what's this team's identity? And Raheem's answer has always been 695 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,520 Speaker 1: like it it's developed out there on the grass, which 696 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:15,000 Speaker 1: I totally understand because on one hand, like you don't 697 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,879 Speaker 1: want to force a team into a box. You want 698 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 1: to allow it to happen kind of naturally. But I 699 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 1: also think back to like Jeff Olberg came in here knowing, Hey, 700 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:27,280 Speaker 1: my defense is playing on its front foot and we attack. Yeah, 701 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,360 Speaker 1: I'd like to see the team as a whole have 702 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,040 Speaker 1: a like this is our best pitch, this is who 703 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 1: we are, and we build off of that. And I 704 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,360 Speaker 1: think offensively you've got that in the run game. But 705 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,880 Speaker 1: I would like to see as a as a group 706 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,279 Speaker 1: kind of like, what is this identity that you can 707 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,960 Speaker 1: always rely on even when you don't have your best stuff. Yeah, 708 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,000 Speaker 1: So yeah, that's kind of where I'm at. Taren, what 709 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:49,520 Speaker 1: about you? 710 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 4: I'm going to leave behind the issues on special teams. 711 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 4: As much as I love talking about special teams. I 712 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,600 Speaker 4: did not like the way we talked about them this season. 713 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:02,319 Speaker 4: It's just like the miss kicks. The kicker changes, the 714 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:07,720 Speaker 4: return coverage flops at times. I do think they've found 715 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,799 Speaker 4: a lot more stability in Zane Gonzalez and just kind 716 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:12,879 Speaker 4: of like fixed a lot of the issues they have had. 717 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:16,279 Speaker 4: But that's normally not a unit you want to talk 718 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:19,160 Speaker 4: about because that mean it's like offensive lineman. If you're 719 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,839 Speaker 4: talking about them, they're doing something being wrong. Yeah, So 720 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,800 Speaker 4: just issues with that, leave it in the past, continue 721 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:30,400 Speaker 4: with this consistency into next season, and then looking ahead. 722 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 4: Cana Jean Robinson top this season. I'm so curious, Like, 723 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 4: I don't know. 724 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:39,200 Speaker 1: He hasn't done enough for you this year. 725 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,279 Speaker 4: I mean like he has, but that's like why I'm like, 726 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:44,400 Speaker 4: all right, can you do it again? 727 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:47,399 Speaker 2: Can you top it? Like three thousand yards? 728 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:51,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go, the three k. 729 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 4: I mean, I don't see a world in which the 730 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,320 Speaker 4: Falcons don't pick up his fifth year. 731 00:35:56,160 --> 00:36:00,240 Speaker 2: Option next year. Yeah, who this year? It's twenty twenty six. 732 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 2: That's going to take a while, but yeah, can you 733 00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:06,719 Speaker 2: do can can you top it? 734 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,440 Speaker 3: If he does? What does that mean for like his 735 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:13,040 Speaker 3: next contract? 736 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 2: You know, I love that contract. 737 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:16,279 Speaker 1: We got a whole year to talk about it. 738 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:20,239 Speaker 3: I know, I know, I know, we thinking about like 739 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:21,360 Speaker 3: cap stuff and. 740 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:26,560 Speaker 1: Lady got a spreadsheet out with the multiple years. Man 741 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:30,839 Speaker 1: you joke. Oh man. Well, it's been a great year 742 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:34,160 Speaker 1: of this podcast, even if it hasn't been the season 743 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:37,720 Speaker 1: that everybody expected. But we appreciate you all for listening 744 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,120 Speaker 1: and sticking with us this entire way, whether that be 745 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:44,040 Speaker 1: on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, however you listen, or if you 746 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 1: watch on YouTube, be sure to check that all out. 747 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,520 Speaker 1: We will have our final pregame show an hour before 748 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,879 Speaker 1: kickoff on YouTube Sunday, and then we will have our 749 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:56,920 Speaker 1: final final whistle wrapping up the game afterwards. Next week 750 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 1: a lot of season ending press conferences, so that will 751 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 1: kind of probably be on the news for that, but 752 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,880 Speaker 1: anything else before we get out of here for I 753 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:07,600 Speaker 1: guess the first time in twenty twenty six. 754 00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks for watching, Thanks for listening. We appreciate you. 755 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:11,080 Speaker 5: Guys. 756 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 3: Actually met a couple people at the game last Monday 757 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:18,040 Speaker 3: who listen to the podcast and listen to what we do, 758 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 3: and I just I appreciate the people who have said 759 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,960 Speaker 3: nice things as we've tried to figure out kind of 760 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:24,880 Speaker 3: what this podcast. 761 00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:27,600 Speaker 1: Was injuring dream gives Yeah, come up and say hi Swiss. 762 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:28,600 Speaker 2: Be nice. 763 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,440 Speaker 1: Nice, But with that we'll carry the niceties into the 764 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 1: new year. Happy New Year everybody, Thanks as always for 765 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,879 Speaker 1: watching and listening, and we will see you next time.