1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,400 Speaker 1: Dirty Birds. What's up? 2 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 2: And welcome to another edition of Falcons Final Whistle. I'm 3 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 2: your host, Will McFadden. I am joined by Tory mclaney 4 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 2: and Omna Sabon and we are overlooking Mercedes Benz Stadium 5 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 2: right now. The crew has cleaned up, the fans have left, 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 2: and the Falcons fell to the Seattle Seahawks thirty four fourteen, 7 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 2: snapping a three game win streak for Atlanta. It's not 8 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 2: the outcome that I think many fans or certainly the 9 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: team wanted today. But Tory, do you feel like this 10 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 2: was a game that the Seahawks won or that the 11 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 2: Falcons lost? 12 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 3: That the Falcons lost? Yeah, I think going into this game, 13 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 3: you knew the areas that you could take advantage of 14 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 3: against this Seattle team. You know what you knew at 15 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 3: their limitations would be as run defense and also the 16 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 3: issues that they were going through as a secondary with 17 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 3: injuries piling up and having to plug and play there 18 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 3: as a defense. You knew what they were going to 19 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 3: try and do you knew how much Gino Smith and 20 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 3: DK Metcalf were going to be a factor in this 21 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 3: game and how much this Seattle passing attack, which is 22 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 3: one of the best, if not the best, in the 23 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 3: league according to what stat you're looking at. They were 24 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 3: going to air the ball out, so you knew that 25 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 3: was going to be a test. And I think despite 26 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 3: knowing all of that, I think this Falcons team didn't 27 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 3: show up today able to combat the things that they 28 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 3: knew the Seahawks were wanting to do offensively or defensively. 29 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 3: And I think that falls on the shoulders of the 30 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 3: Falcons more than it falls on the shoulders of Seattle, 31 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 3: because Seattle knew what game plan they wanted to come 32 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 3: in and enact, and they did that. They did everything 33 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 3: that they wanted to do in Atlanta. Today, the Falcons 34 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 3: I don't think did anything that they wanted to do 35 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 3: against the Seahawks today. 36 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 2: No, it's interesting, and it's a great point. I mean 37 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 2: I kind of was thinking after the three and zero 38 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 2: division run that we had reached a point with this 39 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 2: team where if Atlanta comes in and plays it's it's 40 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 2: a game, maybe even it's it's B plus game like that, 41 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 2: they would be able to beat a lot of teams 42 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 2: in this league. You know that they are kind of 43 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: in that tier of good teams, and if you're going 44 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: to play good football, then you're gonna be successful, probably 45 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 2: more often than not. And and that's why I agree 46 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 2: with you. I look at this as more of a 47 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: Falcons loss than a Seattle win because I don't think 48 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 2: Atlanta played anywhere near what it is capable of doing, 49 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 2: and if they had, that game was out there and 50 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 2: for the taking. I mean, there were opportunities for Atlanta 51 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: to get back into it. There were there were chances 52 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 2: where they really could have kind of put Seattle behind 53 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: the eight ball more than they did on a Do 54 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 2: you agree with Tory and I that this was a 55 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 2: game Atlanta kind of let slip by or do you 56 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 2: think Seattle made the plays and you're kind of giving 57 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 2: credit more to the to the road team. 58 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 4: I think if I was a player, I'd say, you know, 59 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 4: all the credit to Seattle. They played a great game, 60 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 4: they had a you know, a great you know, they 61 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,839 Speaker 4: executed well, and that's what we heard from the locker room. 62 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 4: But for me personally, I think, yeah, I totally agree 63 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 4: with you guys. And the Raheem said it like it 64 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 4: takes a lot of energy to win for in a row, 65 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:12,239 Speaker 4: and that was like, emotionally, you win three straight against 66 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 4: the division opponents, you're running the South. You're living up 67 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 4: to what you were trying to do at the beginning 68 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 4: of the season, from that first meeting that Raheem had 69 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 4: with the team when he got hired. So there's like 70 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 4: a lot of emotions that you have to work through. 71 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 4: And the good teams and they talk about all the time, right, 72 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 4: they don't ride the emotional rollercoaster. They come out with 73 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 4: the same energy and they execute and they get it done. 74 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 4: Even when they're not playing their best game, they figure 75 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 4: it out. 76 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 2: And it made me think of a quote where the 77 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 2: problem with being kind of on top is that every 78 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 2: single day you have to walk back uphill just to 79 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: get home right. And so when you are coming into 80 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 2: a game with three straight wins, and I think that 81 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 2: is kind of what we saw a little bit, is 82 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,119 Speaker 2: they just felt off. You know, they didn't feel as 83 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 2: sharp as they had the last couple of weeks. You know, 84 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 2: certainly if you think back to that New Orleans game, 85 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 2: that Tampa game, like they came out and you could 86 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: tell laser focus. They knew it was in front of 87 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 2: them and they were hell bans on getting it done. Today, 88 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 2: I just didn't feel that same level of focus and 89 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 2: I'm wondering, if you know that walk uphill every day 90 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 2: just to kind of get back home, you take your 91 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 2: eye off the ball a little bit, and then you 92 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 2: can see what happens and you get humbled in this 93 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 2: league very quickly. But let's start with the penalties and 94 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 2: the miscues and kind of the reasons why we felt 95 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 2: that it was a sloppy game. I broke down the numbers. 96 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: The Falcons had nine penalties overall, five of them on offense, 97 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 2: four of them on defense. You know, nine is not 98 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 2: a number you want to live with, but it's not 99 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 2: like egregiously high. I've seen games with thirteen penalties before. 100 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 2: But it was more when the penalties occurred, right, They 101 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 2: had Five of those nine penalties came on third downs. 102 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 2: Two of the defensive penalties came on third downs and 103 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 2: extended the drives. They were personal fouls, and one of 104 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 2: those ultimately ended up in a touchdown. Kenneth Walker scored 105 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 2: on the very next play. So that is kind of 106 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 2: where the penalties I think were magnified because of when 107 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 2: they occurred. So Amna, as we again look ahead to 108 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 2: a really important game next week, you confident that the 109 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 2: Falcons will get these penalties cleaned up or is this 110 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 2: something that you know you're a little bit worried about 111 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 2: in the back. 112 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: Of your mind. 113 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 4: I'm a little bit worried. I'm not gonna puck because 114 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 4: I looked at the numbers and yeah, nine isn't that high. 115 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 4: But they had they had four last week, which it 116 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 4: felt like, Okay, maybe that's a trend in the right direction. 117 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 4: They limit that they take care of business on the 118 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 4: road and those wins against Tampa and Saints. They had 119 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 4: nine against the Saints and eight against Tampa. And you're 120 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 4: doing that and wins and you feel like, Okay, we 121 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 4: are winning while we're still learning. Like that to me 122 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 4: is becoming a little bit of a trend, and you 123 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 4: want to clean that up as much as possible, especially 124 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 4: in that how important that Tampa game is going to. 125 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: Be for sure. 126 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 2: And Iraheem after the game called it an anomaly. He 127 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 2: called the penalties today and anomally. He did feel like 128 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 2: they had been kind of progressing in that area, but 129 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 2: he also laid that on concentration and I feel like 130 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 2: that again, is just the theme of today's Maybe that 131 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 2: lack of concentration. 132 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: Tori, are penalties a concern for you as well. 133 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we've talked about penalties at various points 134 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 3: in time actually throughout the course of this season so far. 135 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 3: That was something that you look back on the first 136 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 3: couple of games in the seasons that the season that 137 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 3: the Falcons could not pull away from, and the issues 138 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 3: that they were having offensively, and you were talking a 139 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 3: lot about illegal motions, You're talking a lot about holdings, 140 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 3: you're talking a lot about false starts, and then you 141 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 3: get through these last few weeks and there wasn't that 142 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 3: much that we were talking about by way of penalties, 143 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 3: But now it's kind of reared its ugly head again, 144 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 3: and to the point of what Raheem was saying, where 145 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 3: he's like, penalties are based on concentration, and that's exactly 146 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 3: what you felt like some of these penalties, maybe not 147 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 3: necessarily defensively, but offensively. The false starts. Three false starts 148 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 3: in the first five plays of the game is unacceptable, 149 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 3: and I think every single person in that locker room, 150 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 3: coaches or players would say the exact same thing. That's 151 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 3: you shooting yourself in the foot. And that's why, going 152 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 3: back to kind of what we're talking about off the top, 153 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 3: why I said I felt like this was a game 154 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 3: the Falcons loss more than a game the Seahawks won 155 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 3: because of this right here, This idea of coming out 156 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 3: flat and never ever being able to inflate yourself, this 157 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 3: idea of penalties based on concentration, being a miscue, a misstep. 158 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 3: Those are things that you can control as a team, 159 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 3: and I think those are the things that when I 160 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 3: look back on this game, I'll remember the most. 161 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 4: And I don't think it goes understated that that was 162 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 4: the first offensive drive of the game. Yeah, Like, well, 163 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 4: you talk about setting a tone, and that's you're kind 164 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 4: of shooting yourself in the foot a little bit there. 165 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I mean even the second play for the defense, 166 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 2: right A J. Trell gets that defense pass interference, Like 167 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 2: that's when you'll live with, right DK Metcalf like one 168 00:07:58,200 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 2: of the best receivers in the league. 169 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: That's a big I am willing to take that. 170 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 2: And it almost makes me think that there are two 171 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 2: camps for these penalties. There's penalties that happen when you press, 172 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 2: and then there's penalties that happen when you have a 173 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 2: lapse in concentration. And I'm curious, toy, do you think 174 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 2: one of those is like harder to saw it because 175 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 2: to me, the lapse in concentration thing seems easy to fix, 176 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 2: but you know, you got to go out there and 177 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 2: do it. And we've seen a couple of times now 178 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 2: where there have been some of these big moments and 179 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 2: the lapse of concentration happens. 180 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think for me, I have a hard time. 181 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 3: I'm okay. I think you hear a lot of coaches 182 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 3: say this night tend to agree, but like if there's 183 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 3: a hold in the moment, like an offensive line holds 184 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 3: a guy, and you know you'll take that. 185 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: But there's like holding every. 186 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 3: Play, holding every play like it's just what they decide 187 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 3: to call and they call it. So those type play 188 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 3: the DPI on aj Terrail, yep, I thought it was 189 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 3: good sticky coverage and you know. 190 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,719 Speaker 2: Like hands to the face by Nate Landman where he 191 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 2: was he's trying to try. 192 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:04,439 Speaker 1: His hands up. 193 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,719 Speaker 3: It's just kind of one of those things like a 194 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 3: face mask sometimes I can kind of live with. Yeah, 195 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:13,599 Speaker 3: they're unfortunate, but like they're not egregious. It's the lapses 196 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 3: in mental fortitude that are the ones that you have 197 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 3: a hard time getting over. And that was what we 198 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 3: saw at least offensively very early on with those false starts. 199 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it just impacts your offensive continuity. It I 200 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 2: think hinders your ability to get into the flow of 201 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 2: the game. And there were a lot of I think 202 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 2: critical If you do like key moments, right, if you're 203 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,079 Speaker 2: watching like Prime a Thursday night game, you can kind 204 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 2: of like rewind and catch up with like the key moments, 205 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 2: those would have all been probably Seattle moments. Yeah, because 206 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 2: if you look at the end of the first half, 207 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 2: driving down the field and kind of getting a touchdown 208 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 2: to DK Metcalf, there was huge the defensive strip sack 209 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 2: that's then returned for a touchdown another big play. It's 210 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 2: it felt like Seattle was making those plays where in 211 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 2: previous weeks Atlanta has kind of been the team making 212 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,719 Speaker 2: those plays. Which of those two that I just kind 213 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 2: of laid out for you, Tori, do you think mattered more. 214 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 2: Was it the end of the first half and giving 215 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 2: up a touchdown there or was it that defensive touchdown 216 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 2: that really felt like it kind of put a nail 217 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 2: on the Falcons coffin early in that fourth quarter. 218 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 3: I actually do think that it was the drive at 219 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 3: the end of the first half. I felt like that 220 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 3: was to the point of the strip sack return for fumbled. 221 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 3: That was to me like kind of just like, Okay, 222 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 3: that's the end. It's done, put a fork in it. 223 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 3: It's done. But the end of the first half, that 224 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 3: drive that I believe was six plays, you hit DK 225 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 3: metcalf on was it third or fourth? Third in low? 226 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, just a simple post. I mean the key with 227 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 2: that situation is they had ten seconds left. Yeah, there 228 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 2: had no timeouts because of an intentional grounding on the 229 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 2: play before, and I turned Amna at that moment, I 230 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 2: was like, this is going to be a weird play 231 00:10:56,559 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 2: because Seattle does not want the ball to be anywhere 232 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 2: in the middle of the field because I don't think 233 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 2: they're gonna be able to get a field goal off. 234 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 2: So if you're Atlanta, you want to put the ball 235 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 2: into the middle of the field. And I didn't mean 236 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 2: like that, I didn't mean just you know, right in 237 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 2: the middle of the end zone to DK metcalf Yeah. 238 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,319 Speaker 3: I think that was the moment that I really felt 239 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 3: like things shifted from Oh, they're in it and they're 240 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 3: just not playing well too. That's pretty demoralizing. Yes, that's 241 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 3: the moment that's the moment that I felt like the 242 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 3: wheels came off the wagon where you've been so reliant 243 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,559 Speaker 3: on your secondary to make a play and you know 244 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 3: they'll make a play, and you feel confident that they'll 245 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 3: make a play, and then they don't. Yeah, And I 246 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 3: think when that part of your entire team doesn't step 247 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 3: up in the moment that they're normally used to stepping 248 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 3: up in and you give, now for the second week 249 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 3: in a row, a touchdown in a two minute end 250 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 3: of half situation, I think that is very much a 251 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 3: can get into your psyche type of thing. And I 252 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 3: think going into halftime, even though the Falcons got the 253 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 3: ball coming out of half time, I do think obviously 254 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 3: being down ten to seven coming out of halftime getting 255 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 3: the ball back versus seventeen to seven is very very 256 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 3: different situationally, and then knowing also if you're Zach Robinson 257 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 3: having to make the decision in the third quarter of like, Okay, 258 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 3: we're playing from behind, but our run game is working. 259 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 3: How long do we stick with this? How patient can 260 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 3: we be? I mean that those are the games within 261 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 3: the games that you have to think about, and they 262 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 3: wouldn't have been in that situation they wouldn't have had 263 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 3: to have those moments in the third quarter of having 264 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,199 Speaker 3: to maybe play faster than what they would want to 265 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 3: if this two minute drill with a touchdown with four 266 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 3: seconds left didn't happen. That was, again I use the 267 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 3: word demoralizing them because that was the moment that I 268 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 3: felt like it was the crux of the game. 269 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:56,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a pivotal point, and it was really again, 270 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 2: like I love the point that you brought up though 271 00:12:58,280 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 2: about this being now the second week in a row 272 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 2: where we've seen kind of that drive right before the half, 273 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 2: because those are the moments where good teams, winning football 274 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 2: teams like they figure out ways to kind of come 275 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 2: through in those situations. And yeah, I knowing kind of 276 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 2: what Seattle wanted to do. Seeing them just chunk their 277 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 2: way down the field in no time at all through 278 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 2: the air was on the one hand, surprising because Atlanta's 279 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,439 Speaker 2: defense has done such a good job, especially as teams 280 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 2: get closer and closer to the end zone, I feel 281 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 2: like they get stingier and stingier, and that just kind 282 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 2: of didn't happen today. But I don't know, were you 283 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 2: surprised that Seattle was able to have the success throwing 284 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 2: the football that they did, given what we've seen from 285 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 2: Atlanta's pass defense so far this season. 286 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 4: I was a little bit surprised, but also their number 287 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 4: one for a reason. 288 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 1: Mm hmm. 289 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 4: But like, yeah, everything that you guys were talking about, 290 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 4: Like when they came down at the end of the half, 291 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:56,959 Speaker 4: I felt like, Okay, this is one of those moments 292 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 4: where they're going to limit them to a field goal, 293 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 4: and that's something that this defense been really good about doing. 294 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,319 Speaker 4: And just the fact that that happened it was a 295 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 4: little bit surprising to me. But yeah, like I said, like, 296 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,359 Speaker 4: Seattle is number one in passing offense. 297 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 3: For a reason. 298 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 4: Gino Smith is having the season he's having for a reason. 299 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 4: But like, yeah, four receivers he passed it around I 300 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 4: think to six different guys. Four receivers had chuck plays 301 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 4: of fifteen. 302 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: Yards or more. 303 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 4: Those are stuff that you absolutely want to clean up. 304 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 4: And then they had that like they knew this coming in. Yeah, 305 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 4: that was gonna be my thing exactly. 306 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 3: I was gonna be like, I'm not necessarily surprised by 307 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 3: what the numbers and what the totals for Gino Smith 308 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 3: and DK Metcalf and everybody else on that passing offense 309 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 3: was I don't necessarily think I was surprised, because you 310 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 3: couple the fact with knowing what they were gonna do 311 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 3: and what they wanted to do, knowing the deficiencies and 312 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 3: pass rush that the Falcons have had over the first 313 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 3: seven weeks, at the six weeks at the season, I 314 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 3: felt going in that, Okay, Gino Smith is gonna get 315 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 3: his air yards. He's gonna have the the yards through 316 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 3: the air that we've kind of come to know of him. 317 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 3: In twenty twenty four. 318 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: They pushed the ball down the field. 319 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 3: They pushed the ball down the field. I think I fell. 320 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 3: I wasn't surprised that they did that, because again going 321 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 3: back to the first point, you knew what they who 322 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 3: they are, what they want to do in. 323 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: Day are who thought they were. 324 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 3: Exactly The problem to me, and the surprising part to 325 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 3: me was that the Falcons offense didn't ever take over 326 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 3: the game knowing what they knew about Seattle's defense, and 327 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 3: also coming off of two games where one game, you 328 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 3: know they've been talking about like, oh, we just gave 329 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 3: what the defense, We took what the defense gave us 330 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 3: against Tampa. It was through the air against Carolina. It 331 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 3: was on the ground, and I thought that this offense 332 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 3: was going to take over the game, and I thought 333 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 3: they had opportunities, But you cannot have three consecutive drives 334 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 3: in the second half when technically speaking, they still were 335 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 3: It still was a ten point game. Yeah, and you 336 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 3: had three consecutive drives where you're turning the ball over. 337 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 3: That just that can't happen. 338 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, You're you're pretty spot on there. I definitely felt 339 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 4: like it was going to be a shootout and that 340 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 4: just didn't happen. 341 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 1: Right. Yeah. 342 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 2: I talked to my brother on the way over today. 343 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 2: He lives in Seattle, and he was kind of like, I, yeah, 344 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 2: I feel like this is going to be a very 345 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 2: similar to kind of like the Tampa Bay game is 346 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 2: what he brought up. He was like, that was such 347 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 2: a great Thursday night game. I got to watch it 348 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 2: because it was on National TV, and I just feel 349 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 2: like this Seattle team is not very like he compared 350 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 2: them to the Panthers defense, and he was like, this, 351 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 2: this really could be a thirty seven to thirty five game. 352 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 2: And that is where like, on the one hand, yeah, 353 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 2: I think that that makes sense, and that is probably 354 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 2: from the outside looking in like the expectation for this. However, 355 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 2: when Atlanta had the opportunity there before halftime to potentially 356 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 2: take the lead and go up fourteen to ten, and 357 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 2: then they were going to start on offense in the 358 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 2: second half, I was thinking, Okay, given the success they've 359 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 2: already had on the ground, and we'll get to Bajan 360 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 2: here in a second, that this was all setting up 361 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 2: beautifully for Atlanta to even if you get a field 362 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 2: goal kind of late in that first half and it's 363 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 2: ten ten and then you come out in the second 364 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 2: half and march down the field and add more points 365 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 2: like that was setting up, I think to put Atlanta 366 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 2: in a favorable matchup against Seattle's defensive weakness, which is 367 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 2: defending the run. And Atlanta still had a great day 368 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 2: on the ground. I mean, but John Robinson had one 369 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 2: of his best games of the season. It's just unfortunate 370 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 2: that now it's footnote. 371 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: In a loss. But you could see how that was. 372 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 2: Going to shape up for Atlanta to really kind of 373 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 2: put this game away with its ground attack, and it 374 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 2: just never got the opportunity. 375 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 3: That's why that dk metcalf touchdown in the two minute 376 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 3: mattered so much. Yep, because again I do think it 377 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 3: even if you don't score, even if it's ten to seven, 378 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 3: if it's ten ten coming out of halftime, you're willing 379 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 3: to run the ball till the cows come home. And 380 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 3: you couldn't, and that was a problem. 381 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 2: Today's episode of Falcons Final Whistle is brought to you 382 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 2: by Zaxby's. And after a long game, when I'm tired, 383 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 2: n ie need to refuel, I turned to Zaxbies. They're marinated, handbreaded, 384 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 2: fried to perfection chicken fingers. 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And it's a shame that 394 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 2: like one of these has not gone for like a 395 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 2: seventy two yard Saquon Barkley esque like highlight touchdown run. 396 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 2: Usually he's gaining like twenty six yards on some of 397 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 2: these like crazy break four tackles like make two men miss. 398 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 2: But he had a season high plus twenty six rushing 399 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 2: yards over xp xation in today's game as well. And 400 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 2: I think part of that has to do with the 401 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 2: offensive line and some of the injuries there. So this 402 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 2: was a lot on Bajon's shoulders, and I think he 403 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 2: handled himself really well. But I'm gonna to you, is 404 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 2: is he a true silver lining in today's game or 405 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 2: is he going to go down as just kind of 406 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 2: like a footnote in a loss in Week seven. 407 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 4: I think that it's a little bit of a silver lining. 408 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 4: It's something to build on for him. Like you've been 409 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 4: kind of waiting for him to pop, and you really 410 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 4: saw him pop in this. 411 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 1: Game, like a second week in a row exactly. 412 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 4: And and I just go back to Tyler Algier in 413 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 4: the locker room, like yes, Like the mood is kind 414 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 4: of somber. You know, you're in a loss. You felt 415 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 4: like you had this game, you could have won this 416 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 4: game coming in, but he was like shoot man, Like 417 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 4: Bijon was like a like a play like a video 418 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 4: game the way he was he was exactly, So like 419 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 4: there is that little bit of a silver lining and 420 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 4: for Bijon in a second year, Like, like I said, 421 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 4: that is something to build on. He hadn't I think 422 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 4: I can't remember off the top of my head, but 423 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 4: like reaching that one hundred yard rushing, yeah, threshold is 424 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 4: something he hadn't done this season. It's something he got 425 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 4: close to. He had done it a couple times a 426 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 4: few times last season, So like you're seeing him pop 427 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 4: a little bit more and that's that's exciting if you're 428 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 4: a Falcons fan, even though it came in a loss. 429 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's always done it with all purpose yards, right, 430 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 2: He's gotten over one hundred all purpose yards a few 431 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 2: times this year, but he had to do it on 432 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 2: the ground and again on a day when kind of 433 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 2: the offensive line had a couple of injuries of note. 434 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 2: You know, I think that does just highlight how good 435 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 2: of a player the Jean is. 436 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: But Torri, were you. 437 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 2: Impressed that the offensive line was able to or that 438 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 2: the offense was still able to move the ball effectively 439 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,360 Speaker 2: at least on the ground, you know, I know through 440 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 2: the air a little not what we're used to seeing. 441 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: I would say, so, were you impressed with that? 442 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 2: And then how concerned are you about some of these 443 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 2: injuries moving forward? 444 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I think these are going to be something 445 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 3: that we monitor over the course of the coming week. 446 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 3: Ryan Nouzl left the game and came back, so that 447 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 3: I'm not necessarily too worried about, especially considering that Drew 448 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,159 Speaker 3: Doman he has an ankle injury and has been on 449 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 3: IR But I do believe we are to the point 450 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 3: now where you can he's missed four games, you can 451 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 3: start bringing him back. So week three that went on, Yes, 452 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 3: so I feel okay with that. If he's trending the 453 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 3: right direction, you have depth at center, and you know, 454 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 3: even if he's not fully ready, you can bring him up. 455 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:32,479 Speaker 3: So I digress. The injury to Matthew Bergeron, though, is 456 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 3: the one that I find the most concerning and the 457 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 3: one that I would be worried about the most because 458 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 3: I think what Matthew Bergeron has done in pass protection 459 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,360 Speaker 3: and in the run game so far this year has 460 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:46,679 Speaker 3: been really, really solid and really really good. And he 461 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 3: was taken out of the game and evaluated for a 462 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 3: head injury, and he cleared concussion protocol. But then stayed 463 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 3: out of the game with a neck injury. And those 464 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 3: are never, you know, those are never things that you 465 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 3: want to play around with head or net. So I 466 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 3: don't know what the next week will hold for Matthew Bergron. 467 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 3: If he can't go, it'll probably be Kyle Hinton who 468 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:12,239 Speaker 3: went today, who filled in for him. So, even in 469 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 3: saying all that and setting all of that up, I 470 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 3: think the fact that the Falcons were able to run 471 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 3: the ball pretty consistently for the most part over the 472 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 3: course of this game with those reserves in, I think 473 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 3: speaks to what they have been wanting to establish here 474 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 3: in Atlanta for a while. It's like, yes, we have 475 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 3: continuity at offensive line, but that continuity means nothing because 476 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 3: andreies are going to happen in the trenches all the 477 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 3: time in this league. So how continuity builds within not 478 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 3: just the starting five, but the group as a whole. 479 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 3: And I think the fact that you were able to 480 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 3: see Matt Hennessy come in for Ryan noosel Ryan News 481 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 3: will come back in for Matt Hennessy, Matt Bergron Lee, 482 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 3: Matthew Bergron leaves, Kyle Hinton comes in. I think the 483 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,439 Speaker 3: fact that you're seeing all of this movement, and I 484 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 3: didn't necessarily think they must have be particularly running the 485 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:05,400 Speaker 3: ball was a good thing. However, I still do think 486 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 3: that because of the nature of the situations that they 487 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 3: were in in the second half, it allowed the Seahawks 488 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 3: to just send guys and pin their ears back, and 489 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 3: you saw Kirk in a lot of pressure situations that 490 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 3: ended up not turning out very well for this offense. 491 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, he finished with two interceptions and of course had 492 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 2: that fumble. What I don't know, what did you make 493 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 2: of Kirk's day today? You know, I know there was 494 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 2: a lot asked of him, especially in that second half, 495 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 2: and it felt like I would be really curious if 496 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,199 Speaker 2: if those interceptions, if he still has two, you know, 497 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:40,919 Speaker 2: if this was kind of a closer game and they 498 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 2: were able to be a little bit more balanced and 499 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 2: two dimensional offensively later on in this one. 500 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 1: But what'd you make of Kirk's game? 501 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 4: I don't think he really ever had the chance to 502 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 4: get going, And that was kind of the story of it. 503 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,439 Speaker 2: Is that partially because of the penalties, like when they 504 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 2: started building those ums, it was getting just negated. 505 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 4: Absolutely, and I feel like everything that could have gone 506 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 4: wrong for him kind of did, like in those moments 507 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 4: where it's like they really need a play, he's getting sacked, 508 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 4: or in those moments where you're coming out of the 509 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 4: second half and you're trying to build something and then 510 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 4: you throw an interception. Like just everything that could have 511 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 4: gone wrong for him did And I feel like this 512 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 4: was probably his weakest performance of the season, Like he 513 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 4: didn't seem like. 514 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: Himself. Yeah. 515 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, Like and in Week one there's a lot that circumstances. 516 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,640 Speaker 4: Steelers defense was really good. You're week one, you're figuring 517 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 4: things out. Just this part in the season, you'd probably 518 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 4: want him to look a little bit sharper for sure. 519 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 2: So that's I think a great note to to kind 520 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 2: of toss his question out, Toy. We'll start with you, though. 521 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 2: Is this a game that you the flush or that 522 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 2: you learn from? 523 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 3: I would flush it. I do think, you know, there's 524 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 3: alway the cliche there's always things to learn about a game, 525 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 3: but there is nothing I want to rewatch about this 526 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 3: game personally, And I think that the issues that they 527 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 3: had are things that we have known that they've had. 528 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 3: Pass rush is an issue giving up you know, even 529 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 3: though the secondary hasn't really been a huge red flag. 530 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,360 Speaker 3: There has been moments in where they are giving up 531 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:27,360 Speaker 3: those fifteen yard pass plays that extend drives and keep 532 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 3: them on the field longer. The offense kind of starting 533 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 3: and stopping in fits and spurts. That's been a storyline 534 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 3: over the course of this this season. So to me, 535 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 3: this game, I thought we were past all of that, 536 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 3: or not past it, but there was a bit more 537 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 3: confidence that you weren't going to go back to it. 538 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 3: This game was going back to kind of what I 539 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 3: felt for the offense early on in the season and 540 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 3: for the defense it's been recently. So for all of that, 541 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 3: for all those reasons, it's like they know what their 542 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 3: issues are. This game didn't change what those issues are. 543 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 3: If anything, they highlighted them. So for that reason, I'm like, 544 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 3: flush it. You have to also, from a mentality standpoint, 545 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,919 Speaker 3: get back to where you were going into that Tampa 546 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 3: Bay game, because you're now about to have to turn 547 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:25,120 Speaker 3: around and go down to Tampa Bay and face this 548 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 3: team that you beat in overtime off of a walk 549 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 3: off touchdown. 550 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 2: Who then put up fifty points against the Saints and 551 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 2: are going to be playing a big Monday night game 552 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 2: against the Ravens. 553 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 3: Like correct, and you just got You just faced Gino 554 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 3: Smith and DK Metcalf and they did what they were 555 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 3: able to do in the past game, and you're about 556 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 3: to go face Baker Mayfield, who did what he did 557 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,919 Speaker 3: in the past game, not two weeks ago. Yeah, for 558 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 3: that reason, just flush this and move forward. Look at 559 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 3: every single thing you can about Tampa, and only to me, 560 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 3: focus on that. Don't even think about that game for 561 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 3: another second. I don't even care if you watch the film. 562 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 3: To me, it doesn't matter, Like just go just literally 563 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,400 Speaker 3: go back and watch the Tampa game and go watch 564 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,959 Speaker 3: what Tampa has done in the last two weeks. Yeah, 565 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 3: and prepare that way because this game I don't want 566 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 3: to see it again. 567 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 2: So it's I like what you said there, and it's 568 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 2: making me think back to kind of the question that 569 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 2: Raheem was posed, where like, winning four in a row 570 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,640 Speaker 2: is that the next step for a good team? 571 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:28,880 Speaker 1: Right? 572 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 2: And having avoiding that kind of dip maybe in concentration 573 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 2: in your mentality, you said that everything that played to 574 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 2: the Falcons today we kind of already knew right to 575 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 2: some degree, So maybe the details of this game are 576 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 2: not as important on that as the overall approach coming 577 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 2: into it, and if I'm a coach on this staff, 578 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,880 Speaker 2: you know I'm looking at Okay, was our team's mindset correct? 579 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,719 Speaker 2: Were they were we getting the energy the right amount 580 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 2: of jews from these guys? 581 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,199 Speaker 1: Were they ready to go in that way? And and 582 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: as you look. 583 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 2: Forward, knowing what the details of the game were and 584 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,640 Speaker 2: that they are kind of the same that we've seen 585 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 2: even in wins this year, it's more maybe about fixing 586 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 2: the mindset. Is that kind of where where you fall 587 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:13,640 Speaker 2: on this as well? 588 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, and after Tori's very impassionate speech, a. 589 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: Lot of hand gest I'm sorry we're not on YouTube. 590 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 4: Is I agree with everything that you're saying, And I 591 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 4: still am going to say that there's something to be 592 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,439 Speaker 4: learned from it, but not necessarily from the tape and 593 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 4: not from the mistakes like on the field when you're 594 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 4: just mentally you come out that way, you have to 595 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 4: learn from that. Like that's and to your point, that's 596 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 4: exactly what you were saying. But those are the things 597 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 4: that matter, like what happened on the game film short 598 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 4: like Tampa's what's most important. But you have to be 599 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 4: able to learn and fix your mindset. You cannot come 600 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 4: out flat in the National Football League, Like they say 601 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 4: it all the time, you know what I mean, Like 602 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 4: any team can win on any given week. 603 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 2: Hmm yeah, And I mean the Falcons one constant refrain 604 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 2: we've heard all seasons, starting in training camp and OTAs 605 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 2: was yeah, sure, you know, we like what we've seen 606 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 2: out there. We got to go out and prove it. 607 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 2: So we gotta go earn our right every single Sunday. 608 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 2: And today is to day where I don't think they 609 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 2: did that, And that is what would be the number 610 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,239 Speaker 2: one thing I'm harping on on Monday is, Look, we 611 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 2: said we got to go out there and earn it 612 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 2: every single Sunday. 613 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:18,640 Speaker 1: We didn't go out and earn anything today. 614 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 2: So how do we get back into that right mentality 615 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 2: to start looking at our opponent and saying, hey, just 616 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 2: try to stop us. 617 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: You can't. So I agree with you guys. 618 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 2: I don't think there's a ton to be learned detail 619 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 2: wise in this one that we didn't already know. So 620 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:35,640 Speaker 2: maybe it is the right thing to say, Hey, look, 621 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 2: we got a big game ahead, let's just turn forward. 622 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 2: Let's let's keep that same swagger we had coming out 623 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 2: of that three O division stretch. But let's hone back in, 624 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 2: let's resharpen our focus, and let's go back in and 625 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 2: get a nice division win against Tampa Bay. 626 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: So turning the page. 627 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 2: Forward, what is one thing that you need to see 628 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 2: Atlanta clean up next week? 629 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 4: I'm keeping offensive drives alive. You absolutely need to do 630 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 4: that when you're going into halftime, you have three times 631 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 4: a minute left and you can tie the game with 632 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 4: a field goal or if you get a touchdown, like 633 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 4: really start that momentum and instead Kirk get sacked and 634 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 4: we know we talked almost the entire podcast about that 635 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 4: specific situation. 636 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, so you have to keep that alive. 637 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 2: So just keeping the offensive momentum going and especially capitalizing 638 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 2: in some of those pivotal Yeah. 639 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 4: And I feel like we've seen spurts of it, right, 640 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 4: Like I think Carolina, like the second half, Carolina was 641 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 4: a great example of how they can look Tampa when 642 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 4: they're throwing the ball and singing it all over the place. 643 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 4: But like this has kind of been a continuing trend 644 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 4: not keeping those drives alive. 645 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, Tory, what about you penalties? 646 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 3: Not to sing song it, but penalties you cannot have. 647 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 3: I think the situational penalties that you had in this game. 648 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 3: And it's frustrating because again I think I thought that 649 00:30:55,480 --> 00:31:00,080 Speaker 3: they were past it and you're never gonna get it 650 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 3: to omn this point. There are certain times where you're 651 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 3: never going to get in a rhythm in a flow 652 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 3: if you are having these moments of stop having to 653 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:13,720 Speaker 3: stop the Yes, they literally they do. So I think 654 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:18,040 Speaker 3: that you, against some teams you can get away with 655 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 3: some of this stuff. I personally didn't have the Seattle 656 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 3: Seahawks ver high on my list as a team that 657 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 3: you like that it would be as detrimental as it was, 658 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 3: but they came out and showed that, yeah, you can't. 659 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 3: You can't do that against anyone in this league. Yes, 660 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 3: and you're sure as heck can't do it against the 661 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 3: Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa Bay. That's not going to happen. 662 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,720 Speaker 3: You're not going to be able to get the win 663 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 3: that you need for sure. 664 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 2: And uh, you know I again, those two go hand 665 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 2: in hand. I'm flipping over to the defensive side of 666 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 2: the ball, and by and large, the secondary has been 667 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 2: like one of my favorite aspects of this team. Absolutely 668 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:01,960 Speaker 2: enjoyed the heck out of whyching Mike Hughes all the 669 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 2: way down to Clark Phillips with Jesse Bates and Justin said, 670 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 2: like all of them, love them. Today was not the 671 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 2: best day for my boys on the back end, and 672 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:12,960 Speaker 2: I need to see that get cleaned up going into 673 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 2: Tampa because you know, we saw what DK Metcalf could do. 674 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 2: Mike Evans also has had a lot of success against 675 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,840 Speaker 2: Atlanta and the secondary. Kudos to aj Threll, like he 676 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 2: never backs down from any of these challenges, and I 677 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 2: think that he was a dog in the run game 678 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 2: today like he has played hard all season long. But 679 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,600 Speaker 2: there are gonna be some explosive plays that Tampa Bay 680 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 2: is hunting for as well, and it's got to be 681 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 2: that combination of the pressure on the front end giving 682 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 2: those guys on the back end a little bit of 683 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 2: a break. But you know, I don't want to see 684 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 2: some of the mental mistakes I think I saw from 685 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 2: Atlanta's secondary and more past defense in general. 686 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 1: I'll put the linebackers in that as well. 687 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 2: But a lot of scramble drill plays that Seattle got today, 688 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 2: which you know, sticky coverage got to stay on your 689 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 2: guys and press on him. So it was a lapse 690 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 2: for the secondary I'm willing to give him a pass 691 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 2: today again, especially against a Seattle offense that was number 692 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 2: one in the league in passing yards per game coming in. 693 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 2: But you knew what they were going to do and 694 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 2: they didn't have their best day. So Tampa's is a 695 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 2: team that is going to chuck the ball and they're 696 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 2: going to try to test this secondary deep. 697 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: So just want to see them clean it up a 698 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:18,680 Speaker 1: little bit. 699 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,479 Speaker 2: What are your thoughts real quick about Tori the Tampa 700 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 2: Baltimore game on Monday night. I mean, that's going to 701 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,120 Speaker 2: be If Tampa wins, they'll be in sole place of 702 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,160 Speaker 2: the division lead in the NFC South. That they lose 703 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,240 Speaker 2: Atlanta and Tampa will still be tied for the first 704 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 2: place in the NFC South with obviously next Weekend's game 705 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 2: to come. I mean, that's one of the best games 706 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 2: I think of the week. 707 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think if you're a Falcons fan and you 708 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,080 Speaker 3: should be watching it. Kat Ravens, I know, yeah, I 709 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 3: know that every single I know I'm going to be 710 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,760 Speaker 3: watching it. Hecklake, I think it'll be a really really 711 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 3: good game. And the way that Baker Mayfield has been 712 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 3: playing so far in twenty twenty four he's been lethal, 713 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 3: and I think that there have been times where Lamar 714 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:06,239 Speaker 3: Jackson being Lamar, his name carries such a heavyweight, but 715 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,440 Speaker 3: he hasn't been the Lamar in twenty twenty four that 716 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 3: I think everybody assumed he would be. But it's picked 717 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 3: up here recently, so I think they're actually meeting at 718 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 3: a very very interesting time for both organizations. So I 719 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,839 Speaker 3: think it'll be very very interesting. And also you have 720 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 3: to think about it too, that's gonna be regardless of 721 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 3: whatever happens on Monday Night, that's going to be a 722 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 3: very emotional game, a very like brawl game. It's going 723 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,319 Speaker 3: to be a very physical game. And I think that 724 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:41,919 Speaker 3: bodes well for Atlanta seeing the Buccaneers next, because after 725 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:43,240 Speaker 3: coming off of that game. 726 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, especially on a short week for them. 727 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, shorter, shorter, shortish, shortish, but awesome. You guys got 728 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,840 Speaker 2: anything else before I go ahead. 729 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 1: And wraps up. 730 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 2: Nope, nope, alrighty, Well, like I said, the Falcons will 731 00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 2: have a rematch against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coming up 732 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 2: in week eight, but until then, they will try to 733 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 2: figure out solutions to some of the issues that popped 734 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,880 Speaker 2: up here on Sunday In this loss and really, you 735 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 2: know work I think to get that mentality right going 736 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 2: into another big game. But they have stepped up for 737 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,480 Speaker 2: the big games this year, so let's hope that they 738 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:18,799 Speaker 2: can do so again. Thank you guys so much for 739 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:23,880 Speaker 2: listening to today's Falcons Final Whistle presented by Zaxby's. Please like, subscribe, 740 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,480 Speaker 2: rate review wherever you can spread the word too, Let 741 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 2: your friends know, let your family know if they're Falcons fans, 742 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 2: where they can find us, and we will be here 743 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,799 Speaker 2: every single week throughout the season. The next time you 744 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,280 Speaker 2: guys will hear us will be Friday previewing this upcoming 745 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:42,239 Speaker 2: matchup between the Falcons and the Buccaneers. But for Tory 746 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 2: mclaney and Amnisban, I'm Will McFadden. Thank you all so 747 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 2: much for listening and we will see you next time.