1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,639 Speaker 1: Welcome back to another edition of The Falcon's Audible, presented 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: by AT and T. Thanks so much for joining us 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: on Spotify, Atlanta Falcons dot com, YouTube, and of course 4 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,559 Speaker 1: iTunes all of the different channels to get your podcasts. 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: I'm Derek Rackley, He's Dave Archer, and this guy did 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: his job last week, just like we talked about again. 7 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: If you're an Atlanta sports fan, DJ was in Houston 8 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: last week. No eating ws DJ. First of all, before 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: we get to the Falcons, thanks so much for securing 10 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 1: that Braves World Series. When you're down in Houston, real 11 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: quickly for the folks that are watching, tell us about 12 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: the atmosphere and the experience seeing the Braves win the 13 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: World Series. I want to thank you for obviously putting 14 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: it all on my shoulders. I really went out and 15 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: we do it. We can did a swell job. I 16 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: got to save you know, I had to come home. No, no, 17 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: but it was an awesome experience though. Man, it was 18 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: cool to be able to go to a World Series 19 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 1: and be a part of it. I don't know if 20 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: you guys ever been to a World series not it 21 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: is pretty cool. I mean, it's equivalent to Super Bowls 22 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: and all that. I mean, the atmosphere around is cool 23 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: and they see the home team do it was making 24 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: he'd be more sweeter. So I was surreal moment for real. 25 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: Braves take care of business and grand fashion down in Houston. 26 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: But then we're not going to talk about the Braves. 27 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about the Atlanta Falcons and all things 28 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: NFL today. Before we get started, Fellas, here is the 29 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: rundown of what we're going to cover. Our quick hitter 30 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: is gonna be a who Dat edition. Of course, a 31 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: victory over the Saints gives us an opportunity to give 32 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: a little who Dat going on Atlanta Falcons style. We'll 33 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: talk about buying or selling are the Falcons closers? As 34 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: they closed out another game against New Orleans in the 35 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: fourth quarter story time, Dave and DJ are gonna tell 36 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: us some of the most satisfying New Orleans wins or 37 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: victories that they've seen, whether they were a part of 38 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: them or not. We will take a look at the playoffs, 39 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: because seems like every week the Atlanta Falcons they get 40 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: that victory kind of pushes them back into that discussion. 41 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: We'll talk about what it takes even though it's a 42 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: lot of season left, and then speaking ahead, looking ahead 43 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: to next week Dallas Cowboys on the road. Guys will 44 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: tell us what it's gonna take to beat the six 45 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: and two Cowboys. So let's go ahead and get it started. Dave, 46 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna start with you. This is our who that 47 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: addition a quick hitter. So basically what we're gonna do is, 48 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: you're gonna tell me a player that you thought was 49 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: who d because you know, the Saints fans are always 50 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: screaming at who Dad? And I don't even know if 51 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,119 Speaker 1: there's a definition of it, but we're gonna who dat 52 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: here Atlanta Falcon style. So you give me a player 53 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: that you thought was who dat game last weekend? Here 54 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: we go one, two, three? Who that? James Fotters? That 55 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: James Potters? James Laughters had the striped sack, of course, 56 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: did an ext outstanding job of creating a play for 57 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: the Falcons. All right, DJ, who dat for you? From 58 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons? Who that a lamba days the Keys? 59 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: Is that? Dude? I mean you're talking about a guy 60 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: came in, had three targets and two of them go 61 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: for touchdowns, three catches and the thing I love most 62 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: about Oz was his awareness within routes, Like the second touchdown, 63 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: we he has to kind of pin pin Billy back 64 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: backed out and go back to the right side and 65 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: just kind of uncovered from Matt foot the touchdown was big, 66 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: and knowing what to sit down when the first touchdown 67 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: was big. So alamindate a lot of a lot of 68 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: credit man, two big touchdowns in that ball game, all right? 69 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 1: We got voters who dat because of his strip sack. 70 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: We got Zakius's who dat because of his three catches, 71 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: two of them going for touchdowns. And I'm gonna say, 72 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan is who Dad? Performance? Last weekend? Will you 73 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 1: complete seventy six seventy seven percent of your passes on 74 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: the road against the Saints, a divisional opponent, three touchdowns total, 75 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: no interceptions. That's taking care of business and it's giving 76 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: your offense the best chance to succeed and ultimately your 77 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: team the best chance to win a game. So as 78 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: much criticism as Matt Ryan takes is the quarterback of 79 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons, I think he's also got to get 80 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: some credit speak speak Ryan speaking, who Dat? All right? 81 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: So there's your three Falcons that are who Dad? So 82 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: let's dive into this a little bit more so. This 83 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: is what the fourth time the season, maybe that we've 84 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: seen the Atlanta Falcons close out a game in the 85 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: fourth quarter. I think a lot of people would say 86 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: this is not necessarily how you draw it up in 87 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Yeah, I mean the game control for 88 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: Atlanta and then New Orleans give them credit for scrapping 89 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: their way back into it. Maybe Atlanta got a little 90 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 1: bit too complacent towards the end of the game. Tough 91 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: to manage when you have such a big league. But Dave, 92 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 1: your thoughts on Atlanta are have they shown enough to 93 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: be closers or is it still TBD for you? So 94 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: always be closing, Glen Larry gun Ross right, they always 95 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: be closing. So I think that there's uh and you 96 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: hate to hedge it, but I think they are learning 97 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: what it takes to win at the end of football games. 98 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: I think Arthur Smith is learning how to win games 99 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: at the end two I've talked to Arthur every game 100 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: pre game and always talk to him after the game, 101 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: and he talks about how do you call a game? 102 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 1: How do you finish a game offensively? I think he's 103 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: getting that done. I still think there's some some some 104 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: ground to travel defensively is how you win games? Can 105 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: you win the game with your defense on the field. 106 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: I think you'll love the fact that if Ryan gets 107 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: the ball at the end of the football game with 108 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: a chance to win the game, I mean, he's only 109 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: done at forty one time, he's gonna find a way 110 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: to get that done. But how do you play complimentary 111 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 1: football in the fourth quarter if you have a big 112 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: lead like this, where you get first down's work clock, 113 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: run it down to where the defense is it back 114 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: on the field after consecutive three and outs. That's the 115 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: one they got to. That's the one they got to 116 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: figure out. If they can get that figured out, they 117 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: truly are do have that dimension to be a closer. Listen, 118 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: closing a football game with a lead is like a 119 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: double edged sword, guys, because it's like, especially from a 120 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: fan's perspective, a fan's gonna say, Okay, you got a 121 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: big lead, what are you supposed to do? Drain the clock? Well, 122 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: how do you drain the clock? You run the football? Right, Well, 123 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: falcons try to run the football and they go three 124 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: and out basically right, So then you flip the coin 125 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: over and you're saying, oh, well, they're being too complacent, 126 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: they're being a little bit too conservative. Don't we mix 127 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: some throws in there? Well, then guess what. You get 128 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: a couple incomplete passes and you're stopping the clock. Right, 129 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: So everything is good when the players are working, when 130 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 1: you're running the ball and you're picking up first downs, 131 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: when you're throwing the ball and picking up first downs, Yeah, 132 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: that's the ideal situation, DJ, But it wasn't necessarily like that. 133 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: So do you feel like Atlanta is a closing team 134 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: or still something to be determined? You know what's crazy 135 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: is the QB brain of Dave and I is so 136 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: spot on because it is exactly what I was thinking 137 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: when you know, we were talking about this particular topic. 138 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: And for me, what I wanted to say was similarly 139 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: what Day said was, which is it comes from the top, 140 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: it comes from the coaching, it comes from being the 141 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: style in which they called the game at the end. 142 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: And the one thing that I'll add to what Dave says, 143 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: I'm not going to repeat what he said because it 144 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 1: is absolutely right, and I'm on that same kind of 145 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: wave link on their learning how to do it. But 146 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: the fact you do it on the road. The fact 147 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: you do it when everybody's against you, that you can 148 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: keep everybody together and everybody's against you and things aren't 149 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: going your way. Like you just mentioned, hey, you got 150 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:06,359 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff going for you up eighteen, but 151 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: then here they come storm it back. You get some 152 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: pillingis that go against you. You You get some guys doing 153 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: some some some maybe some foolish things there, laying the 154 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: ball game that that kind of helps them. But you 155 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: find a way to get it done in a hostile 156 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: environment and you continue to do that. So that gives 157 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: me a lot of confidence to know that this team 158 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: can absolutely do it and will continue to do it 159 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: because they've shown it on the road, which is usually 160 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: you don't hear aybody. Usually it's the team that's at 161 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: home you can find the way to doc you got 162 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: your home crowd, you can you know, build on all that. 163 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: But when you're away that makes it even tougher. So 164 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: give a lot of credit, Like I met you last 165 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: week to the leaders of this team, and I mean 166 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: we were talking about it before we came on a 167 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: minute ago and you got to go down to score. 168 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: They just took the lead and number two it doesn't 169 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: even blink. He walks in the huddle. First you hear 170 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: Cordill Patterson. They asked him after the game, what did 171 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: he say. He said, he said, we're gonna go win. 172 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: Like that kind of up you need to have around 173 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: your team and your environment. And you got a bunch 174 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: of guys on his team that they're doing it. And 175 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: then give like Archie had a lot of credit Arthur 176 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: Smith for not just trying to you know, hey, that's 177 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: Nacon dunc Mu's pick up a couple of yards tier, Hey, 178 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: let's go back to what worked. Usually a lot of 179 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: coaches don't do that. If something works early in the 180 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: ball game, you don't see it's happen too often. They 181 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: come right back to him. Run a slugo runs, you know, 182 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: and put your best player up the bat and you 183 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: go win. And I love the play call. The thing 184 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: that I think that we got to keep into consideration 185 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: of this closing thing. And it's tough. You see it 186 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: all over the league. We saw Baltimore, what a couple 187 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: of weeks ago on a Sunday night, come back from 188 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: seventeen down to win a game. It's not just happening 189 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: here Atlanta. It's hard to hold on a lead, like 190 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: you said, Rack, so how do you do that? So 191 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith has dramatically changed his play calling in that situation, 192 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: and he did in this game. He was very aggressive. 193 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: You remember they scored the touchdown, missed the two point conversion. 194 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: It's now twenty four nineteen is the score. We come 195 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: right out and he's throwing the ball. It's a play 196 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: action two man route where they're trying to get a 197 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: big shot and if they don't tackle Kyle Pitts, it's 198 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: gonna be a forty or fifty yard play. They get 199 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: defensive holding, they come back out, they run the zone, 200 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: read a different look out of that. Then they come 201 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: back and try to throw the ball again. In Alumiti's 202 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: the kist falls down. He's trying to do a little 203 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: retrace back outside against man coverage because he knows they're 204 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: committing resources to stop the run. So this wasn't one 205 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:22,599 Speaker 1: of those scenarios where he ran it three times. It 206 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: just ran the clock. The beauty of that sequence that's 207 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 1: going to get lost on the fan. And I want 208 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: to try to remind him, is your quarterback who you 209 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: just said completed seventy five percent of his passes in 210 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: the game. He also thinks through, Okay, if I'm throwing 211 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,599 Speaker 1: in completion, here the ball, it's going to stop the clock. 212 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: I'm taking the sack, and they talk that was strategic 213 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: in that situation. If you don't have it, take the sack, 214 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: don't throw the football away to conserve yardage. We can 215 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:55,079 Speaker 1: need the clock. Movie. That was a play that dictated 216 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: that's what you need to do. That's a cerebral type play. 217 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: Even though you look at it, that's a negative play 218 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: as a sack. On the defensive side, remember Dean P's 219 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: is having to manufacture pass rush. That means five, six 220 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 1: guys coming at the quarterback. We saw Foya Lewi can 221 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: come clean. We've seen Dion Jones complain guys coming off 222 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: the slot. When you go into that prevent defense, you 223 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: can't manufacture pass rush. Now the four guys have to 224 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: get home and they're not doing that to our satisfaction yet, 225 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: which means the quarterback has a tough enough time to 226 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: throw the football. So you're damned if you do. Damned 227 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 1: if you don't. If I bring six at you and 228 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: you beat me in man coverage for a touchdown, you're saying, 229 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: what the hell are you doing? Why are you playing 230 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: so aggressive on defense? The guy just ran by you? 231 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: Or you play back and say why are they giving 232 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: up all those throws. It's a really tough nut to 233 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: crack defensively for Dean right now because he doesn't have 234 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: fire breathers. Maybe one occasionally another one, but maybe it's 235 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: just Grady that can come after the pass or to 236 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: create that pass rush where I can drop seven into coverage. 237 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: So it's easier said than done when you look at it. 238 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: And when we last thing, you're right gonna add to 239 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,679 Speaker 1: the one particular player that Archer's talking about where Fourier 240 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: comes clean. And this is may something that fans may 241 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: not even see and made me recognize. You got Grady 242 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: jarried outside in the nine technique. You're moving him all 243 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 1: around and try to create ways for guys to get 244 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: pass rushed, and they'll never take to play. They use 245 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: all three guys in that defensive line and they push 246 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: everybody to the right side. Guy crossed his face and 247 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 1: it forces that that guard to come by, and now 248 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 1: you got a free runner in Fourier and he has 249 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: to let that ball go maybe a half a second 250 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: sooner than he wanted. To, but everything is working together. 251 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: They drop dults a fouler out right under where Kamara's 252 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: gonna be. You see Dean Jones drop into his area 253 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: with me. All eleven guys are doing it, and Peace 254 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: is doing a heck of a job of like Roger 255 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 1: just said, trying to manufacture some pressure so that it's 256 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: not where you're damn or you do damn you don't. Yeah. 257 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: The interesting thing that we talked a lot about the fans, 258 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: right fans, is what's watch watching this? And I think 259 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: it's it's easy to be critical on this game, especially 260 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: with the Falcons performance on They had such a manding 261 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: fourth quarter league and they let it slip away, right, 262 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: So a lot of people want to criticize. But here's 263 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: what I'll say, and all three of us play this game, 264 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: there's three things that came out of this victory that 265 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: I want everybody to understand. They won a game in 266 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: the NFL, which is extremely difficult to do. They won 267 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: a game against a divisional opponent, and they want a 268 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: game at a divisional opponent. Okay, So for everybody who 269 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: wants to be critical, these three right here will tell 270 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: you that is a great win. And as we sit 271 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: here today, those falcons and the coaching staff and the 272 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: personnel sitting across the street. They are happy right now. 273 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: They are extremely happy because it doesn't matter whether you 274 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: win twenty seven to twenty six or you win three 275 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: to two in the NFL, if you win a game 276 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: specifically against the divisional opponent, it's a great week for you. Agree, Absolutely, 277 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: you run and don't let the door hitch into We're 278 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: gonna go watch the film. We're gonna get better from 279 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 1: the stuff that we made a mistake about. But guess what, 280 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: we gotta win. We're four and four and we're still 281 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: in this hunt. We can all say and here, it 282 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: is far better to get teaching points and all the 283 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: coaching points after you win a game. There's no question that. Yeah, 284 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: they know they have a lot of stuff to fix 285 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: and get better at. And we're in week eight and 286 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: we're making those problems. 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Does anything stick out to you, 309 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: Dave as far as the most impressive victory over the Saints? Well, 310 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, Rack, I've been a part of this, 311 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: this rivalry for a long time. I played in this 312 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: game five or six times. I never lost the Saints 313 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: in their building, so anytime you go in the building, 314 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: love we beat them thirty one to ten, and I 315 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: mean we we have beat in recent memory. I think 316 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: that the game in nineteen was one that Atlanta was 317 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: really struggling right and just couldn't get a win in 318 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: New Orleans, in San Francisco or both on their ways 319 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: to you know, win in the division or at least 320 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: being the representative of the playoffs. You go to New 321 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: Orleans beat them, and you go to San Francisco and 322 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: beat them. I thought those were two really good wins. 323 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: But that win in New Orleans, specifically Sean Payton and 324 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: Drew Brees's team had never had been held without a touchdown. 325 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: Grady Jared I think had two or three sacks in 326 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: the game. They sack Breze seven or eight times and 327 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: won the game, I think too. Ironically. Another thing was 328 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: like twenty four to nine, which is kind of what 329 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: this score was, I think, or twenty four to six 330 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: was what the score was before they began their comeback, 331 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: So that one sticks out of my mind. This one 332 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: ranks up there because this is this is a game 333 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: you just lost a game at home. You were supposed 334 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: to win, yes, and you needed to go on. And 335 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: I don't think did anybody give them a chance to 336 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: go beat New Orleans and New Orleans after New Orleans 337 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: just beating Tampa the world champs. Yeah, nobody. This was 338 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: his right up there, DJ. How about you, Yeah, I'm 339 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: on the same well, I mean there was I'm gonna 340 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: be a prisoner of the moment because of what this 341 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: meant and ours just lined it up as far as 342 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: what just happened in previously you got we just talked 343 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: about a winning a division game is big, and you 344 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: just didn't do that. The previous week. They were coming 345 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: up a big win. They had a quarterback who gained 346 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: a lot of confidence after beating the world champs in 347 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: his own building. So he's coming and feeling really good 348 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: about yourself and you come into a ball game where 349 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: you feel like, if you don't have this, then you 350 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: fall way back behind in the division and you think 351 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: about being at the bottom. Now you're talking about, Hey, 352 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: you got a chance to be at the top of 353 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: the division and playing, you know, for January football, which 354 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: is what you all want. And if you don't get 355 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: this win, it hurts you. But the fact that everything 356 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: going into this ball game tells you you should not 357 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: win this ball game. You gotta you know, you got 358 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: one of your main weapons that's been out for you know, 359 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks now, and you're still trying to 360 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: figure out who's gonna be that next guy to step 361 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: up on the outside. We just talked about what they 362 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: were coming in with, so everything pointed to you not 363 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: going into this building and getting a win. And you 364 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: come out and you get the win. So this absolutely 365 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: was a big win for this organization for this year. 366 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: One last stat on this game, real quickly, just when 367 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: you start thinking about improvement, are we improving as a 368 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,479 Speaker 1: team When you look at the defense. He gave up 369 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: twenty you gave three touchdowns the fourth Grado tease. They're 370 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 1: not improving defensively. Let me give you just a quick stat. 371 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 1: You've been run over the last couple weeks. In the 372 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: run game, we talked about Carolina one hundred ninety eight 373 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: on the ground. Miami was one twenty five plus. This 374 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 1: was a Saint team that was averaging one hundred and 375 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: twenty five yards a game on the ground. Alvin Kamara 376 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 1: Ingram running the football. They got eighty three yards rushing 377 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: in the first half. Okay, do you think wow? Okay? 378 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: I mean that's more of the same, right, And it 379 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,119 Speaker 1: looked like at the first three or four, maybe the 380 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: first twenty minutes of the game. They had twenty six 381 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 1: yards rushing in the second half. And it's not because 382 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: they didn't run it. Alvin Kamara had seven carries for 383 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: forty two yards. You having six yards of carry in 384 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: the first half, he carried it six times in the 385 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: second half eight yards. They shut the door on the 386 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: run game. There's a lot of reasons why. There's some 387 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: names that we want to will tell you about, I 388 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:00,360 Speaker 1: guess here in the show. But they're doing some things 389 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: on that side of the ball that's improving. They're getting 390 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,400 Speaker 1: bigger bodies on the field. There's some things happening there. 391 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,439 Speaker 1: So pump your brakes on. This defense is not very 392 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: good because I think they're really trying to reach. Dean 393 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:12,199 Speaker 1: P's is doing a good job. But Terry Fontina and 394 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith are going out and putting guys in that 395 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: they're developing here in practice, they put some of those 396 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: guys on the field. We saw voters make a play 397 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,719 Speaker 1: Anthony Rush six foot five, three hundred fifty pound nose 398 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: tackle created problems in a run game. That's some of 399 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: that stuff you're looking for form an improvement standpoint. Well, DJ, 400 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: you talked a little bit about the playoffs, and we 401 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:31,919 Speaker 1: discussed it a couple of weeks ago, and then that 402 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: discussion kind of went away with the loss to the Panthers, 403 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 1: right because, like you guys said, it was like you 404 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 1: let one slip through your fingers. But it's back into 405 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: the discussion now because if you look at projections and 406 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 1: again we understand there's a lot of football left, but 407 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 1: the Falcons sit in the seventh playoff spot right now, 408 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:51,439 Speaker 1: and just like you said, DJ, it's just about getting 409 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 1: into the dance, getting into the postseason, and then anything 410 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: can happen. Right, So, what are you guys feeling as 411 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: far as the Falcons being a playoff contender? What do 412 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: they need to do throughout the rest of the season. 413 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: Obviously it's win games, DJ, but we got to go 414 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 1: deeper than that, right, What is at Lanta need to 415 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 1: do to keep themselves in the discussion of a playoff Berth, 416 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: You know what I think? You know, first off, you 417 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: talk about winning games. It's critical and you're gonna have 418 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: some games at home, you have to win. I mean, 419 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: we got to call a spade a spade when you're 420 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: winning games on the road, which is great, which is 421 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: you know what you want, but you gotta be to 422 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: win in your own building to get to January, which 423 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: is important. But I think the next step is offensively, 424 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 1: we have to find a semblance of a run game. 425 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 1: We have to have it. I mean, obviously, Matt goes 426 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: out and he's twenty three or thirty and you know, 427 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 1: three forty or whatever it is, two tubs, but we 428 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: can't expect that every single week. We can't expect teams 429 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 1: to play that man free and allow Corda Patterson to 430 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 1: be one on one on the outside and win. That's 431 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: not gonna happen every single weekend. We're gonna go against 432 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 1: defenses who are just as good as New Orleans, but 433 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: they're not gonna allow that. They're gonna see that. This 434 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: is what you do in crunch times. You find your playmakers. 435 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,080 Speaker 1: We have to be better than one point. Whatever it 436 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 1: was running the football. Matt Ryan was the leading rusher 437 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: in the ball game. It five carrecs for eight yards. 438 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: I mean, with kidding me, I mean, we can't have that. 439 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,360 Speaker 1: We have to find some similons of a run game. 440 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 1: We said it, since they won. This offense is predicated 441 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: of having the play action. Everything has to go into 442 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: one and when you have that value in your offense, 443 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: it makes it that much better. And you think about it, 444 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 1: if you have that, how much better this offense will 445 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: continue to be. When you already got a quarterback, you 446 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,120 Speaker 1: know it's gonna take care of the ball and it's 447 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 1: gonna distribute the football the right way. But if you 448 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: have a run game involved in it, it gives you 449 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: an even better chance to win and makes you even 450 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 1: more valuable. Even I've always been a run game guy, 451 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 1: and if you've ever spent any time with Alex Gibbs 452 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: can turn into a run game guy. And I with 453 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 1: two quarterbacks here, right, but they understand the importance of 454 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,959 Speaker 1: a run game and how it ends up helping your 455 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 1: passing game. You got to be able to take that 456 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: second safety out of the backfield, and you got to 457 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 1: get the linebackers to respect the line of scrimmage when 458 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 1: there's a playfake in the backfield, to open up those slants, 459 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: to open up those skinny posts. Dave is it similar 460 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: for you, Is it run game or what else does 461 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: it Landon need to do down this stretch to get 462 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 1: themselves into the postseason. Well, certainly the run game is 463 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 1: a part of it. But I think you have to 464 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: play really clean rack. I think that this is a 465 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: team that's gonna have to eliminate some of the dumb mistakes. 466 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: I don't think that they're they're so dynamic on either 467 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 1: side of the ball. There's certainly some semblances of it 468 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: on the offensive side. Defensively, it's it's a little bit 469 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: finer edge. You can't you can't have the past interference calls. 470 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: We can't have the rougher and to pastor calls. Got 471 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: away with it this weekend. But you have to play 472 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: cleaner in the game, so eliminate some of those negative 473 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: plays that extend to drive. You're always going to have 474 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: a bad call or two in a game, and you 475 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: just got to live with that. But you got to 476 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: play your techniques properly. Got to be I just think 477 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,879 Speaker 1: playing cleaner. Uh. And I'll give you for instance, we 478 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 1: were talking about it before the show started. Fabian Moreau, 479 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,159 Speaker 1: who I think has done a pretty solid job at corner. 480 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: I've got to understand that if I'm on the goal line, 481 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: I can't backpedal because they ran a speed out for 482 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: a touchdown. I can't give any ground there. I got 483 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: to play my technique a little bit tougher. Means that 484 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 1: just that little and it's a little thing. But played 485 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 1: a little bit cleaner on there. I knocked the ball 486 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,679 Speaker 1: down shock and I'll tell you that's the most dangerous 487 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: throw you can make. Go ask Joe Burrow how that 488 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:10,439 Speaker 1: throw worked out for him. I'm the goal line this 489 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 1: last week. Guy went one hundred yards for a touchdown. 490 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: You have the back line to protect you. You've got 491 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: the sideline to protect you. Don't backpedal, you don't need 492 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: to go anywhere. Just squat on the route. That's why 493 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: fear as a quarterback. They're gonna squat on the route. 494 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: Throw a speed out. That's a dangerous throw. Boom, it's 495 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: going on the direction. So just little things like that. 496 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 1: You know, Richie Grant makes the tackle and the kickoff, 497 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: he throws the guy out of bounds. You don't. You 498 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: don't need to do that, even though you're kind of 499 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 1: trying to get off him. He throws the returner out 500 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: of bounds. Get a fifteen yard penalty. Now you shorten 501 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: the field. Those things have to go away. Coupled with 502 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 1: what you guys are talking about, being able to run it, protect, 503 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: keep play action involved, those kind of things. But I 504 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: think the technique stuff has to be a little bit 505 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: cleaner for Atlanta maybe than it needs to be for 506 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: other teams. You're not quite as talented across the board 507 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,360 Speaker 1: maybe as other teams are. Yeah, DJ's talking about run 508 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 1: game needs to be better. Dave's talking about being maybe 509 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: a little bit more situationally smart and not necessarily third 510 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,479 Speaker 1: down and everything you're talking about moreau that's understanding the 511 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 1: situation where you're at on the field right. One of 512 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: the things that comes to my mind, actually two things. 513 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:13,880 Speaker 1: Number one is when I was in college, my head 514 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: coach Glenn Mason used to always tell us, I swear 515 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: every single week, there's gonna be four to six plays 516 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,400 Speaker 1: in a game that swing it one way or another. 517 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 1: And can Atlanta make sure that one of those four 518 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: to six plays is not like that pass interference that 519 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: gives up sixty yards, is not the holding penalty after 520 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: a sixty yard completion on offense that backs them back up. 521 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: Because when I look at it. I feel like the 522 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: Falcons margin of error is small, right because they're just 523 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: not a complete team. Yet, another thing that comes to 524 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 1: mind is it just really hasn't been a problem for Atlanta. 525 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: It was for New Orleans in the game last weekend. 526 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: Is drops can't be an issue in the passing game. 527 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: We know that Matt Ryan is a very good quarterback 528 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: and he's going to give his wide receivers and running 529 00:23:56,080 --> 00:24:00,160 Speaker 1: backs opportunities to make plays. But drops cannot be I'm 530 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 1: a problem later in the season. Every time you get 531 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: a step on the defense and the balls there, you 532 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 1: got to make the play. Whether it's Taj Sharp or 533 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 1: it's Kyle Pitts, You've got to make the play. If 534 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: it's as simple as a four yard catch or maybe 535 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: a forty four yard catch. These are all the little 536 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 1: things that these three here feel like is going to 537 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 1: help Atlanta get into the postseason. While getting into the 538 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: postseason might take a victory over a team like the 539 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. They're been kind of one of the class 540 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: teams of the NFC. Falcon's got to go on the 541 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 1: road this week to play Dallas. Dave, I'm gonna come 542 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: back to you this is kind of a special matchup 543 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 1: for you too. Before the podcast, you were telling me 544 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: that you don't necessarily have the best taste in your 545 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: mouth about the Cowboys. Yeah, I can give you a 546 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: couple of quick stories about Dallas. We played them my 547 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 1: second year in the league. We went out, there were 548 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 1: ten We're up ten oh at halftime. I understand I 549 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: threw three interceptions. Second and after the game. Uh, they're 550 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: a venerable coach with where and stuff where they are 551 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: talking about how they intimidated me, and they didn't. I 552 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,400 Speaker 1: just didn't play well. I just did throw very well. 553 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: They said. They said, we think we intimidated the kid. 554 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: I said, it was on my second year in the league. 555 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 1: It's only like my fourth start in the league, right, 556 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,919 Speaker 1: So I said, okay, Well, I filed that away. I 557 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: had no idea we were going to play him the 558 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: third game of the season. The next year, both teams 559 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,880 Speaker 1: are undefeated. We won our first two games going in 560 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: and we go to Dallas. Atlanta never beaten Dallas in 561 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: Dallas before and we won a classic game thirty seven 562 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: thirty five. We made a couple of plays late in 563 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: the football game to win. Mc Luckhurst kicked the game winner, 564 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: a little bit like young Wayko did this last weekend, 565 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: and we won the football game and we left there 566 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: with our chest stuck out and all that kind of stuff. 567 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: But I just remembered it, edichoodm. You always think about 568 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:41,120 Speaker 1: bulletin board material, right, does it really exist? I never 569 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: forgot that they had said that they had intimidated me, 570 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 1: and I could not wait to play against them the 571 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: next year and we went in and got a w. 572 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: So that's you got to kind of go in with 573 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: when you play on the road, and you guys, we've 574 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: all played in games on the road, and we've all 575 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 1: won games on the road. You gotta go in a 576 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: little bit of chip on your shoulder circle the wag mentality. 577 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 1: This team seems to have a little bit of a 578 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: bunker mentality about him that they kind of dig doing that. 579 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 1: And I like that. I like that they've got Now 580 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: we've got to get it figured out here when it's 581 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,639 Speaker 1: all of us in the same building, all Falcon fans, 582 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: but on the road. I like their mentality. Make no 583 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: mistake though, this Dallas team they just ket knocked off 584 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: by Denver. Kind of got surprised. Dak Prescott didn't play well, 585 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: they're going to be ready to play. This is not 586 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: going to be a surprise if Atlanta wins the game. Hey, 587 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: let me tee you back up on something that I 588 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,439 Speaker 1: thought about. I know Falcons fans, I know the players 589 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: across the street. Again, they've got a familiar matchup this week. 590 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: Dan Quinn, defensive coordinator for the Cowboys, is going to 591 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: be going up against Matt Ryan, a guy that he 592 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: coached for a number of years. Do you feel like 593 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 1: that favors one matchup or either side the fact that 594 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: Dan Quinn knows Matt Ryan some of these players so well, 595 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 1: or do you feel like it's just going to be 596 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: business as usual. I think there's a little bit of 597 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,479 Speaker 1: a probably a little bit of a bonus on both sides. 598 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,719 Speaker 1: I mean, Ryan understands what Quinn wants to do defensively, 599 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: and Quinn, his defense ebbed significantly from the time he 600 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 1: first got here. Is a cover three, rush four guy 601 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: to essentially bring in kind of like what we're doing now, 602 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: bringing more pressure, playing some more man coverage. And Ryan 603 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,680 Speaker 1: watched that evolution and saw that, and so he understands 604 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: that having to compete against his defense here in practice. 605 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: But I also know that Dan Quinn knows the throws 606 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 1: Ryan doesn't want to make, and Kenny force him into 607 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 1: those throws and force him into a situation where he's uncomfortable. 608 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 1: Dan will know that as well, So maybe that's in 609 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: the wash, you know, but it still will be a factor. 610 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: He'll still which guy can impose his kind of his 611 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 1: thoughts on the other one. And Qute knows a personnel too. 612 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:40,400 Speaker 1: I mean sometimes we think about, Okay, a guy knows 613 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 1: a particular person like our just mentioned the particular throws. 614 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: Maybe Matt doesn't want to make, but he knows, Okay, 615 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:50,360 Speaker 1: this guy and this protection really doesn't favor well when 616 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,120 Speaker 1: we bring this kind of blitz or you know, this receiver, 617 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 1: he doesn't really run this type of route every time 618 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 1: he's out. So there's gonna be a little bit of 619 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: cat and mouse going back and forth. But I think 620 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: once the game gets going, and it's going to be 621 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: how do you match it and how do you play 622 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 1: your style against him? Because at the end of the day, 623 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 1: he's not gonna be thinking about that's mad. I know 624 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 1: he likes to do this. He's gonna be worried about 625 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: how to start get his guys in the right spot. 626 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 1: I'll tell you one thing that might play in though, 627 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: Demember Demante Casey's playing in the back end of that 628 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 1: defense and Keyan O'Neil's playing at the second level. So 629 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 1: if there's a player to players scenario, Ryan knows those 630 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 1: guys extremely well, what did I beat those guys on? 631 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: Maybe in some one on one stuff here in practice, 632 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: that stuff will resonate as well if potentially those matchups 633 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,359 Speaker 1: come together. Definitely some familiarity. I think you make a 634 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 1: great point, DJ. You know Dan Quinn around here when 635 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 1: some of these offensive linemen were drafted, and maybe he 636 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: knows from watching in practice that maybe it's a footwork. Yeah, 637 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: maybe it's going left versus going right right, and that's 638 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: can to help him in his play calling. Maybe he 639 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 1: brings one extra to a certain side that he feels 640 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 1: like there's a weakness on the offensive line. So those 641 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 1: are some of the cat and mouse things that go 642 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: on in a matchup like this. I want to go 643 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: back to you guys real quick on this game. Just 644 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 1: give me one key on you think DJ, I'm gonna 645 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: start with you and I'm I'm gonna set it up 646 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: here for ten seconds to give you a chance to 647 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: think about it. One key that is going to be 648 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: important for Atlantic going on the road. We talked about 649 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: him being tough going on the road. That they're gonna 650 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:17,960 Speaker 1: need to do in this game to give themselves the 651 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: best chance to win. It could be offense, defense, or 652 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: special teams. I'm going to defense side of the ball 653 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: and talk about the obviously being aware with dak Is 654 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: because you just mentioned it, didn't play his best ball 655 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 1: game last week. He's gonna be salibrating to get back 656 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: and play at a higher level and something that has 657 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: hurt the Falcons throughout this season as guys who can 658 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: create once they get outside the pocket. We've seen Jaala 659 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 1: Hurtsch in Game one. We saw Tyler Heineke practically bring 660 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 1: his team back and win that ball game with the 661 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: way he moved around. So they're gonna be situation in 662 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: this ball game where you have to have eyes on 663 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 1: four and if you don't know where he's at or 664 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: how he's going to improvise, or how you stick to 665 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: a guy on the back end, that can hurt you. 666 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: And that's a big part of this ball game is 667 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,160 Speaker 1: his extension of plays and being able to create while 668 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 1: he's outside to pocket. And if they allowed that, it 669 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: will be a long day. I'll tell you this, guys, 670 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: not to digress or anything, but I always thought Dak 671 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 1: Prescott was a great college quarterback. I did not see this. 672 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: I did not see him turning into this type of 673 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 1: NFL quarterback. So credit to him in the work that 674 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: he's put in. Dave Key, for you, what sticks out 675 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: to you is most important? For Atlanta, Well, we're gonna 676 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 1: have score points this weekend, guys. I think that Dallas 677 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: is going to put some points on the board. I 678 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: think this their offense is going to play much cleaner. 679 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,240 Speaker 1: Dak had been on the bench for three weeks, so 680 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: he looked rusty. Made some throws that you normally see 681 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 1: him make pretty easily. Didn't make him very well. Give 682 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: Denver credit for being on coverage and being able to 683 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 1: snuff out the run because Dallas was not able to 684 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: run it. There'll be a better version of themselves this weekend. 685 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: Dak will be a better version of himself. So I 686 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: think that Atlanta is going to have to score points, 687 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: so offensively, you're gonna have to operate extremely sharp. You 688 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:48,960 Speaker 1: can bet that Quinn is going to try to take 689 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 1: the runaway Denver ran for one hundred and ninety yards 690 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: in the game against them. There that's like bitting beat 691 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 1: over the head. You do not want to physically give 692 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: up that kind of run game. They're going to crowd 693 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: the run. I would think early in the football game. 694 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 1: Play action is a major operation for you had success 695 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 1: with it. Think Ryan was seven of eleven on play 696 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: action this last weekend for over one hundred yards. I 697 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: think you'll see more of that this weekend on first down. 698 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: Take advantage of those opportunities. When last big stat that 699 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: I remember from his last ball game was the Falcons 700 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 1: had four plays of thirty plus yards, something that this 701 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 1: offense was lacking for a while. Explosive plays. I've now 702 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: been added to it, and that's something that I know 703 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: DQ and that Dallas Cowboy team will be looking forward 704 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 1: to and saying, hey, we can't allow that. Yeah, gotta 705 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 1: find a way to slip free, get behind the defense. 706 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 1: Whatever ends up being. So, I think it's great insight 707 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: from you guys as always, DJ. Great to have you 708 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 1: back in the studio. Was great to be back man. 709 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: So hopefully we can continue this momentum. Saves victory of Falcons, 710 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: victory and hopefully in Atlanta Falcons victory on the road 711 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 1: arch always great from you, and they just wanted to 712 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: remind everybody that he was not intimidated. Dude, don't get 713 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: in intimidated. That was not it. Dot played played crappy, 714 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 1: just played that that could happen. I think that's gonna 715 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 1: wrap it up here on the Falcons Audible presented by 716 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: AT and T. That once again, thanks so much for 717 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 1: watching on Atlanta Falcons dot com, YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes 718 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts. We thank you so much 719 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,600 Speaker 1: for joining us. We'll be back right here next week 720 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 1: to recap Atlanta against Dallas Cowboys, and for all three 721 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: of us and all those people across the street, hopefully 722 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: it's a victory because there's a lot of bees going on. 723 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:41,280 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us, everybody,