1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,599 Speaker 1: We are back on the Falcons Audible presented by AT 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: and T. Your crew is back in the house. Dere Crackley, 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: DJ Shockley, Dave Archer here and to say that it's 4 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: been an eventful forty eight hours as of the time 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: that we record this show is a bit of an understatement. 6 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: Falcons concluded their twenty twenty three season with a forty 7 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: eight seventeen loss at New Orleans and then subsequently, the 8 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: head coach for the Atlanta Falcons, Arthur Smith, has been 9 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: relieved of duty. So we've got a lot going on, 10 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: a lot to discuss here in the podcast. We will 11 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: talk about Arthur Smith's departure, look back a little bit 12 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: about the twenty twenty three season, then we will talk 13 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 1: about how things are gonna look moving forward. Now, what's 14 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: the process going to look like? Head coaches, Maybe get 15 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: into a little bit of the candidate type stuff. Obviously 16 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: quarterback situation. So there's plenty of stuff to talk about. 17 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: We've got a limited amount of time to keep people's attention, 18 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 1: so let's get into it. Huh. So, yes, we talked 19 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: about it. Let's recap the last forty eight hours or so. 20 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: Atlanta goes down to New Orleans fairly good game by 21 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: the half, and then the wheel, the proverbial wheels fell 22 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: off in the second half. Atlanta ends up losing forty 23 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,119 Speaker 1: eight to seventeen. Later on that evening or early early 24 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: on Monday, the announcement comes out that Arthur Smith has 25 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: been relieved the duty. So I'll just start it off 26 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: by saying this, let's not really go into the game. 27 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 1: There's no reason for us to rehash the Saints game. 28 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: It's time now to kind of looking forward. Is what 29 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: this Atlanta Falcons team is going to look like next year. 30 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: DJ initial thoughts when you heard the news about Arthur 31 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: Smith being fired. 32 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 2: Interesting enough, there's a show I do with Fox and 33 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 2: we're doing our Dirty Bird Report archers on it, and 34 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 2: right at midnight, I had just finished a segment walking 35 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 2: from one studio to the next, and you get the 36 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 2: alert and it was like, oh wow, it really happened. 37 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 2: And of course, with the way this season ended, the 38 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 2: last two ball games, not making the playoffs, obviously being 39 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 2: seven to ten the last three seasons, it kind of 40 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 2: you know the business of the NFL, you know the 41 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 2: business of what Arthur Blank wants for this organization, and 42 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 2: you could kind of see the writing on the wall, 43 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 2: and when it finally comes out, you're like, wow, it 44 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 2: actually happened. And I think for all of us, we've 45 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 2: had the opportunity to get to know author Smith. We 46 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 2: had a chance to have conversations with him at one 47 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 2: point or another, and just like any other situation, you 48 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 2: get to know the guy and you want the guy 49 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 2: to succeed. You want the organization to succeed, because we 50 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 2: all have connections and ties to this Falcons organization. So 51 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 2: when it came down, obviously not a huge surprise, but 52 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 2: you say, wow, it actually happened, and now you start 53 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 2: immediately thinking about, Okay, what is next. So it definitely 54 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: was a sour taste, a disappointing taste to see Arthur 55 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 2: Smith be relieved of his duties. But I think Arthur 56 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: Blank said it in his press conference yesterday when he said, Hey, 57 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 2: obviously the personal part of it is a big, big 58 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 2: part of it, but ultimately, this is a business decision 59 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 2: that we had to do was best for our organization, 60 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 2: for our fans, for our players, and I think that's 61 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 2: how you had to look at it. 62 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 3: Arch. 63 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: This doesn't seem like it's one of those contentious departures, 64 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: as you alluded to. 65 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 4: DJ. 66 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: Arthur Blank talked about it yesterday. The personal level of 67 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: this was very difficult for him because of the amount 68 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: of respect that they have for Arthur Smith. Him and 69 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: Rich McKay were up there and they did a very, 70 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: very lengthy press conference, which I appreciated, not so much 71 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: for myself because I wasn't there, but the fact that 72 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: they sat down and they said, we will take as 73 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: many questions as our local media has about this organization 74 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: because they wanted them to be dialed into it. So 75 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: it's not that Arthur Smith arch is leaving this organization 76 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: in disarray. There's still a lot of pieces, but it 77 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: was a decision from the ownership that felt like they 78 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: needed to be that needed to be made. 79 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that you know, this is an organization 80 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 3: you go down the wall. If you walk in this 81 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 3: building at Flowery Branch and you walk walk in on 82 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 3: the wall, Arthur Blank is a quote on the wall, 83 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 3: and he talks about representing the community on and off 84 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 3: the field in a in a tremendously positive way. And 85 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 3: I want to bring championships to this organization. 86 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 4: Or this city. 87 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 3: There's nobody in this organization that wants to win more 88 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 3: than mister Blank does. Let me be very real clear 89 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 3: about that. I think that they're you know this conversation. Well, 90 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 3: you know he's got this money and he does this. 91 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 3: Let me tell you something, nobody's more invested in this 92 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 3: community in Atlanta because of the philanthropic things he's done 93 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 3: in this city, not to mention the stuff he's done 94 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 3: all over the country, but in this city particular. And 95 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 3: then what he's tried to do to bring this team 96 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 3: a championship. Three NFC championship games. You've been to a 97 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 3: Super Bowl. He's working his rear end off to try 98 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 3: to put the right people in the building to go 99 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 3: win those games. And so that's what this decision is about. 100 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,799 Speaker 3: This decision is about trying to get that for the city. 101 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 3: The city hasn't sent a playoff game since twenty sixteen, 102 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 3: they haven't seen in their own building, they haven't seen 103 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 3: a playoff game on TV since twenty seventeen. So that's 104 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 3: what he's about, and so that's where this decision comes from. Yeah, 105 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 3: no animosity, things like that. And Arthur Smith would be 106 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 3: the first guy to tell you this business is about 107 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 3: going out and winning football games. Yeah, And they didn't 108 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 3: get that done over a three season period. I think 109 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 3: you could maybe dispel the first two years because of 110 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 3: the situation they're in. This year was not that year. 111 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 3: This was supposed to be a marketably improved year, whether 112 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 3: you won the division or not, there was supposed to 113 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 3: be some improvement and we didn't see that. 114 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, and you guys made a great point about Arthur Blank, 115 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: and I think if you're watching this and you're a 116 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: Falcons fan, maybe you don't live in the area, or 117 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: maybe you're not a Falcons fan and you're watching this 118 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: and you don't necessarily know what happens here. Arch talked 119 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: about how Arthur Blank, what he has done for the 120 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: city of Atlanta. It was a brand new children's hospital 121 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: that's got his name on the side of the building. 122 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: He is another one of he's not one of these 123 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: owners that's absent tee and he doesn't put anything into 124 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: this organization. I mean, you come up to where we 125 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: are right now at their Falcons headquarters, and it's an expansion. 126 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: Like he continues to pump into this building, into this organization, 127 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: and into the people that are part of it because 128 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: he knows that's what it takes in order to compete 129 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: at the highest level. And yes, we don't want to 130 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 1: sit here and just always talk about money. But this 131 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: is not an owner that's just sitting back making demands 132 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: and waiting for the wins to happen. He's doing his 133 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 1: part from an ownership perspective to allow those things to happen, 134 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: to give the coaching staff in the personnel department all 135 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: the resources to make wins, division titles and playoffs happen. 136 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 1: And now he wants to start seeing it. The interesting 137 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: thing he talked about he said, yes, I want to 138 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: win for our fan base. Yes he wants to win 139 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: for himself, but he also said, we want to win 140 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 1: for the players in the building. This is not just 141 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: about us or the fans. It's the guys that are 142 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: on the Falcons roster. He wants them to win. He 143 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 1: wants them to get into the postseason. So, guys, let's 144 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about this twenty twenty three season. 145 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: I think it's safe to say the things that went 146 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: wrong probably first and foremost, didn't get any answers taking 147 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,559 Speaker 1: care of it. The quarterback position. I've got two former 148 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: quarterbacks here. We've talked about it the entire season. We 149 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: don't necessarily at this point right now, arch need to 150 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: get into names for next year. But would you agree 151 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: that when the new coach comes on, that's the first 152 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: and foremost is they got to figure out what's going 153 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: to happen at the quarterback position. 154 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, you've got to have consistent quarterback play 155 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 3: to realize a championship or realize you know, consistent play 156 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 3: where you're going to be a playoff caliber team. Now, 157 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 3: you could argue if you look across the league, there 158 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 3: have been fifty four different starters starting the National Football 159 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 3: League this year. That's not as many as there were 160 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 3: last year. There were sixty three or sixty eight a 161 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 3: year ago. So clearly there's something going on from an 162 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 3: injury standpoint with quarterbacks and a lack of consistency even 163 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 3: with the best players. Well, you talk about Josh Allen 164 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 3: or even Patrick Mahomes this year where Mahomes had some 165 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 3: down years. Brock Purdy had like three straight games where 166 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 3: they didn't play. So quarterback is really hard to play. 167 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:57,679 Speaker 3: But when you look at this franch and nobody cares 168 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 3: about the rest of the franchise. They care about this 169 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 3: franch and that was the number one problem that plagued 170 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 3: this team was inconsistency at the quarterback spot, whether it 171 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 3: was making a play it was there, or making a 172 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 3: play that magnified the problem by turning the football over, 173 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 3: taking points off the board, or giving another team an 174 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 3: opportunity to score points because you turned it over deeper 175 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 3: in your own territory, so that I don't think you 176 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 3: have to be a five beta cap And to figure 177 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 3: out that that was one of the number one, if 178 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 3: not the number one problem this team had. 179 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: You know, and DJ, when we sit up here, this 180 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: is now the time where when there's a coaching change, 181 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,559 Speaker 1: everybody in this building and us from a broadcasting perspective, 182 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: like it's time to be honest, Like you got to 183 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: look in the mirror and see what is it going 184 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: to take to get over the hump? And Arch talked 185 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: about it, the inconsistent quarterback play. They brought in Taylor 186 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: Heineke in free agency with the anticipation of being a backup, 187 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: but feeling confident from his experience that he could come 188 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: in and help them win football games if that his 189 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: number was called. That didn't happen either, So yes, they 190 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: have to turn to another one. And DJ, I know, 191 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: like we live in Georgia, and everybody that is a 192 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,319 Speaker 1: Falcon fan, they quickly want to go to the name 193 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: of Justin Fields because he's from Georgia, started his career 194 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: at the University of Georgia. But I think the personnel department, 195 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 1: obviously and everybody else needs to understand that there's a 196 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 1: lot more to Justin Fields, and Justin Fields is not 197 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: even available yet. Okay, So what does the average fan 198 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: need to remember as this new head coach and Terry 199 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: Fontineau are going out to look for a quarterback? What 200 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: does the average fan need to remember? 201 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 4: You know what? 202 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 2: I think there are a number of things that you 203 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 2: can think about when it comes to a quarterback in 204 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 2: this league or a quarterback that will fit this organization. 205 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 2: I think one it has to be a guy that 206 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 2: can come in and command the respect and leadership of 207 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 2: this ball club, because you think whatever guy comes into 208 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 2: this situation, and Arthur Blake and Rich mc kay alluded 209 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 2: to yesterday and you talked about it when we came on, 210 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 2: they're already good pieces already in this building on both 211 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 2: sides of the ball that this guy's going to have 212 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 2: to come into, and he has to come in and command. 213 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:05,319 Speaker 4: I think that respect right away. 214 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,079 Speaker 2: And I think the other part about it is is 215 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 2: him coming in here and having the ability to lead 216 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 2: these guys and do something different than what's happening in 217 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 2: the past. And what I mean what's happening in the 218 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 2: past is what we saw this season. We saw twenty 219 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 2: eight turnovers this year, was tied for twenty fourth in 220 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 2: the league. We talked about it all year long. That 221 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 2: was a issue, that was a big time issue. Arts 222 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 2: just mentioned Mahomes, he mentioned Josh Allen. All these guys 223 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 2: have had issues turning the football over this season, but 224 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 2: they also have found ways to win ball games for you. 225 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 2: They also have been the difference in you winning ball games. 226 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 2: And I think that guy coming in just can't be 227 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 2: a guy that's all right, you make a couple of 228 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 2: plays here and there, but we need a guy who can. 229 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 4: Come in here, who can go and win ball games 230 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 4: for you. 231 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 2: And I think over the past couple of years, we've 232 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 2: had guys who have been what we say, serviceable guys, 233 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 2: but you don't feel as though in those big, major 234 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 2: situations they're going to be the difference makers. And as 235 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 2: you may, it's you know, it's my personal opinion. And 236 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 2: this is not something that you know, it's been talked 237 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,719 Speaker 2: about about his organization or anybody else, but I just 238 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 2: feel like there are times where you need that guy 239 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 2: who can be the ultimate difference maker. When you think 240 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 2: about guys in his organization who can do that and 241 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 2: who's done it over the years. 242 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 4: Number seven, Michael. 243 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 2: Vick is a guy who could absolutely go out and 244 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 2: win a ball game for you. Number two, Matt Ryan, 245 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 2: you saw him do it for a year and a 246 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 2: year out, go out and win ball games for you, 247 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 2: and consistently do that for you over that fourteen year period, 248 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:31,839 Speaker 2: and you knew, Hey, if it came down to the 249 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 2: end of a ball game, you felt really good about 250 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 2: this guy going down and get your points or finding 251 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 2: a way to get you, you know, a way to 252 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:39,839 Speaker 2: win the ball game. I can't say over the last 253 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 2: couple of years, if we've been in that situation, you 254 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 2: felt really confident about that. And that's just me being 255 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 2: honest about looking at this position and Art mentioned it, Hey, 256 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 2: it's hard to play in this league. It's hard to 257 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,719 Speaker 2: play quarterback, period, and to look at some of these 258 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 2: guys and say, all right, well, you can't go do this. 259 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 2: You can do that, it's still hard enough to do it. 260 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 2: I've been there before, I know what it is. But 261 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 2: at the point we are in his organization, you need 262 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 2: that kind of guy in his position because you have 263 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 2: guys already in place around him on both sides of 264 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 2: the ball that can help him do that. 265 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 4: Now you need that gotta go do it. Fellas. 266 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: We might be a little bit biased here when I 267 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: make this comment because we cover the team every single week. 268 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 1: We know what the roster looks like, we know what 269 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: the cap space looks like. But Arch this to me 270 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: seems like this is a pretty intriguing job for an 271 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,839 Speaker 1: incoming head coach. They have cap room. Terry Fonton and 272 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith did an excellent job in their three year 273 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: plan of getting out of a tough situation with some 274 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: veteran contracts that hurt the organization. So they've got cap space. 275 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 1: Arthur Blank talked about it yesterday that they've got money 276 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 1: to spend in free agency. They've got a pretty good 277 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: draft position sitting at number eight I believe it is. 278 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: And then with the Calvin Ridley trade that ended up 279 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: moving a fourth round pick up to a third round pick, 280 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: I believe is the last I had heard, so again, 281 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: the cabinet is not bear. You've got first round picks 282 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: at the skill position players. On offense, You've got a 283 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: defense that's vastly improved. You got a safety that played 284 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: at an all pro level this year. This is a 285 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: job that's probably intriguing, especially to an offensive minded coach. 286 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: Don't know which direction they're going to go because of 287 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: the guys that you have on offense, You've got pieces 288 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: to work with here. 289 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree with that. All of that. 290 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 3: You've got guys at all three levels of the defense 291 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 3: that are going to be back next year. 292 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 4: There'll be a big part of that. 293 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 3: I think that there are some going to be some 294 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 3: decisions to be made on some of the one year 295 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 3: contracts of veteran players that played prominent roles. That'll be 296 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 3: interesting to see how they sort that out. Is there another, 297 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 3: maybe a younger version of what they'd like to go 298 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 3: get because there are some dramatic improvements. If you just 299 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 3: look at the defensive side of the football, which is 300 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 3: where most of your money was spent. From a free 301 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 3: agent standpoint, you improved on all three levels. The safety 302 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 3: was a phenomenal player. Jesse Bates is going to go 303 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 3: to the Pro Bowl. You know, second in the league 304 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 3: interceptions with what six You've got Kate Nellis, who was 305 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 3: a second leading tackler, unfortunately lost Hayden early on in 306 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 3: the game last weekend. I think that made a difference 307 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 3: for what they were able to do and run in 308 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 3: the football if you're the Saints. But he was really 309 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 3: a difference maker. And then you look what you added 310 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 3: along the defensive front with David an Yama and Kalais 311 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 3: Cambell and some of these guys. Now some of those 312 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 3: guys were on one year deals. Kalais Campbell being one 313 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 3: of those guys, he's gonna have to make a decision 314 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 3: as to whether he wants to come back. He's leaning 315 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 3: towards doing that, and based on what I saw, he 316 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 3: looked more like a twenty seven year old than a 317 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 3: thirty seven year old, And I think there's value to that. 318 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 3: But there's a lot of decisions to be made around 319 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 3: the personnel. But to getting back to your original point, 320 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 3: a lot of youth on the offensive side. Your offensive 321 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 3: line is locked in. It's an offensive line that I 322 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 3: thought was marketably improved from a pass protection standpoint this year. 323 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 3: I think some of the sacks that we absorbed were 324 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 3: some of the inexperience at quarterback as opposed to maybe 325 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 3: the offensive line. You ran the football to a tune 326 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 3: of top ten in the conference or top ten in 327 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 3: the NFL, and running the football you like the way 328 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 3: the backs looked. So yeah, there's a lot to step 329 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 3: into here. I think there's a lot that you'd be 330 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 3: excited about. The problem is is the quarterback situation. And 331 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 3: that's a big one now as far as coaches. If 332 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 3: you're trying to cherry pick your coach, you know you 333 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 3: got a place. Let's let's face it, there's a couple 334 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 3: places that are open right now that have income at 335 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 3: quarterbacks that are that are pretty intriguing. This one is 336 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 3: one you would you like to mold it is there's 337 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 3: an opportunity for you to mold it, which is also 338 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 3: intriguing as well as what the quarterback can look like. 339 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: DJ, let's talk a little bit about the quarterbacks just 340 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: just because I think it's it's it's one of the 341 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: biggest conversations that's going to surround this organization for the 342 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: next few months. And we don't have to get into 343 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: who you think they're going to pick, but let's just 344 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: talk about the landscape a little bit, because I mentioned 345 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: justin Fields. We don't know whether or not he's going 346 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: to be available still with the Chicago Bears. You have 347 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 1: these are the organizations that I feel like have to 348 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: get quarterbacks. And you guys can chime in and correct 349 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: me if I'm wrong, But you're looking at Commanders, Patriots, Falcons, Broncos, 350 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: and Raiders are the ones to me that I think 351 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: are probably definitely looking for a quarterback. And then you 352 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: have the question marks to me, which there are Bears, Giants, Vikings, Steelers, 353 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: and maybe even Tampa Bay whether or not the Buccaneers 354 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: decide to bring back Baker Mayfield. Is there anything that 355 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: you guys disagree with on that front? Okay, So those 356 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: are the teams in my opinion, either that you're competing 357 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: with or you're potentially looking at as far as whether 358 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: or not let's say, for instance, a Kirk cousin who's 359 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: a free agent, whether or not he's a factor in 360 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: this organization. So when you think about the draft, when 361 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: you think about other teams that the Falcons are going 362 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: to be competing with, whether that's in draft or free agency, 363 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: that's kind of the landscape DJ, So, how does Atlanta 364 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: navigate this over the next couple of months knowing that 365 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: quarterback is the biggest priority. 366 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 4: I think it's a very intriguing question. 367 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 2: I think it's intriguing for a bunch of different reasons, because, 368 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 2: like we mentioned, we're not sure if the head coach 369 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 2: that comes in here what he actually wants or what 370 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 2: he's looking forward to. 371 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 4: Rights. 372 00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 2: There could be a situation where we talk about all 373 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 2: the pieces that you got, Maybe you want to add 374 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 2: a veteran like Kirk Cousins, Baker Mayfield's gonna be out there, 375 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 2: You're gonna have Ryan Tannehill's gonna be out there. Do 376 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 2: does that coach want to bring a guy who has 377 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 2: experience and who's played in his league and who can 378 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 2: be a plugin guy with all these other veterans around 379 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 2: him to be the guy? Or does like Arts just mentioned, 380 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 2: does this coach want to come in and bring a 381 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 2: guy that he can mold early, who he can build around, 382 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 2: who he can kind of, you know, say, all right, 383 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 2: this is a guy who I've watched in the draft. 384 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 2: This is the guy I've watched with all these individual 385 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 2: workouts that I feel like fits perfectly for what I 386 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 2: want to do as a head coach. 387 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 4: So that's I think that's the interesting part of it. 388 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 2: And it's hard to say which way to go for 389 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 2: which coach because it's gonna be, i think, specific to 390 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 2: what he wants for his organization going forward. So I mean, 391 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 2: my personal opinion is if you feel good about one 392 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 2: of these young guys, I think it's one of those 393 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 2: things that you have to pull the trigger on because 394 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,919 Speaker 2: I think we've singing over the years it's hard to 395 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 2: get one of those guys to come in here and 396 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 2: play well. It's hard for any you know, guy to 397 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 2: come at mean, I looked back to last year and 398 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 2: we looked at Bryce Young and said, this guy's going 399 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 2: to have a phenomenal Yeah, I mean, he still could 400 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,679 Speaker 2: have a phenomenal career, but you saw what he did 401 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 2: in college and said, Okay, this guy looks like he 402 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 2: could fit in anything and they gonna play well. 403 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 4: Well. 404 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 2: Actually, he goes to Carolina and things don't go as 405 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 2: well as they want. 406 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 4: And then you look at another guy in CJ. 407 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 2: Stroud who goes out and has a phenomenal year, his 408 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 2: team wins the division and in his rookie year, you 409 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 2: see Polo opposites, but coming into that draft, coming into 410 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 2: that season, we had no clue which way either one 411 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 2: would go. So I think you come into the same 412 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 2: situation this year with the season and you say, if. 413 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 4: I got one, who knows, it's a toss up. You 414 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 4: never know what can happen. 415 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 2: But I think it ultimately comes down to what that 416 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 2: coach wants to do heading into that season. 417 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: Both of those guys you mentioned, separated by one pick 418 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: right at the top of the draft. Both of them 419 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: did nothing but win in college. Right one of them 420 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: goes out and throws for over four thousand yards and 421 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 1: leads the team to the playoffs, and the other one 422 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: probably lost more games in one season than he did 423 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: its entire career. The most difficult position to scout for 424 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: an organization is the quarterback position. So Arch we get 425 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: back to some of the guys. Again, I'm not telling 426 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: you asking you to pick a guy, but here are 427 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: some of the guys that will likely be available from 428 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: the college side. You got Caleb Williams, Drake May, Jaden Daniels, 429 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: bow Knicks, Michael Pennix, and I'll even throw JJ McCarthy 430 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: in there, because even though he's got another year left. 431 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: He's coming off an undefeated season, just won a national championship, 432 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: and he fits the mold of an NFL quarterback, size, 433 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: throwing ability, he can run, so arch those are the 434 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 1: options that you have if you decide to go in 435 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 1: the college game. But to DJ's point, you never know 436 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: which one of these guys is gonna turn out to 437 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: be a great pro. And by the way, brock Perty 438 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: was never in this conversation, is the very last pick 439 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: in the draft, and look what he did for San 440 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: Francisco this year. So you just never know what you're 441 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: gonna get with a rookie. 442 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 4: Well, let's just it. 443 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 3: I mean it is a little bit of a crapshoot. 444 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 3: I mean, you gotta match the personality with the guy. 445 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 3: What does he know from a football acumen standpoint? Does 446 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 3: he understand and from a pressure standpoint, what it takes 447 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:07,719 Speaker 3: to be the focal point of an NFL team. You 448 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 3: look at Matt Ryan when he came in here. Matt 449 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 3: came in here as the number three overall pick. He 450 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 3: had thrown like twelve interceptions his senior year. I think 451 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:19,199 Speaker 3: he had like twenty touchdowns at Boston College. So it 452 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:23,719 Speaker 3: wasn't necessarily a knock you down statistical, but he had 453 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 3: something about him. There was a moxie about him. He 454 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 3: commanded you talked about commanding the locker room. He came in. 455 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 3: One of the first things he did was, you know, 456 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 3: he wanted to take care of the players, and so 457 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 3: the veteran players. He went and asked the veteran players, 458 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 3: what do you need. This was before we had the 459 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,159 Speaker 3: kind of the rookie salary cap. He was able to 460 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 3: get in and he had that monster number when he 461 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 3: first got here and they said, hey, we you know, 462 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 3: I think the old line said, hey, we want a 463 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 3: new sound system in here. He bought a Brian new 464 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 3: sound says you know, what do I need to do? 465 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,439 Speaker 3: And not that you're trying to buy their affections, but 466 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 3: just understanding that you want to talk, you want to 467 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 3: take care of your teammates, you know, kind of along 468 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 3: the lines that you were talking. 469 00:20:57,880 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 4: About before you before you finished that. 470 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 2: Just to pick back on that little instance and you 471 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 2: talk about Matt coming to that situation. 472 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 4: I was coming into my third year. 473 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 2: This is coming off me, coming off of a cl 474 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 2: hadn't you know, hadn't played. But as soon as he 475 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 2: comes in, he's picking my brain on how to be 476 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 2: a pro, how to go about things within the organization. 477 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 2: And from day one, one of the hardest working guys 478 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 2: I ever saw in the weight room, in the in 479 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 2: the meeting rooms, and those are the things that you 480 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:29,400 Speaker 2: talk about, how's a guy fit in a locker room? 481 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 2: And this is a great example of a guy who 482 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 2: is the third overall big coming in and he's asking me, 483 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 2: who is a seventh round guy, how he can be better, 484 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 2: things he can do and that right there, and you 485 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 2: talk about so much toff deal with a lot. He 486 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 2: did a whole bunch of stuff that helped him just 487 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 2: kind of kind of kind of give himself a great 488 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 2: feel for who he is as a person coming to 489 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 2: an organization. And that's a that's a it's a really 490 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 2: good point that you that we all bring up about 491 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 2: that kind of guy coming to this organization. What kind 492 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 2: of like Arch just mentioned, moxie or savvy he has 493 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:06,880 Speaker 2: come into this situation. 494 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 3: And we don't know about any of the guys you 495 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 3: mentioned as far as we know what it looked like 496 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 3: in college. And you know, frankly, you know we were 497 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 3: all pretty good in college, you know, So how does 498 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 3: it blend to the National Football League and and so 499 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 3: that'll be that's part of the crap shoot. That's part 500 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 3: of the you know, for every three or four guys 501 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 3: you can name that were really good, you can probably 502 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 3: pick three or four guys that didn't work out, you know, 503 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 3: And so so that's difficult. And is it attached to 504 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 3: the first round draft pick. Everyone wants to kind of 505 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,719 Speaker 3: attach the first round draft pick. You know, you can 506 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 3: rhy remind him of the stories about Brady or Rock 507 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 3: Purdy or Russell Wilson or Joe Montana or whoever you 508 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 3: want to go to that weren't drafted in the first round. 509 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 3: And we thought potentially that maybe we had one of 510 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 3: those here this year didn't work out, and so now 511 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 3: you regroup and you begin to evaluate these kids that 512 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:55,959 Speaker 3: are potentially coming out this year. 513 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 1: So we purposely did not come into this podcast picking 514 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: who's going to be the next coach, picking who's going 515 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: to be the next quarterback, because there is plenty of 516 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 1: time before all that happens. So Arch I want to 517 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: come right back to you again. For people that are 518 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: watching this from the outside, I want you to help 519 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: walk us through what the next let's call it a 520 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: month or so is going to look like for the 521 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 1: Falcons looking for their next head coach. 522 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 4: Well, they're not there. 523 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a myriad of things they're going to need 524 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 3: to do to begin to put the list of guys together. Remember, 525 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 3: and it's one of the great rules to me that 526 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 3: we've instituted, and I don't know how well teams have 527 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 3: actually used it, but the Rooney Rule is a rule 528 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 3: to allow some minority coaches to get an opportunity to 529 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 3: be interviewed for head coaching jobs in the National Football League. 530 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 3: And it's a it's a rule. It should have happened 531 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 3: a long time ago. There's been guys that are really 532 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 3: good coaches that have not been getting out of the 533 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 3: emine and weren't given the opportunity and maybe aged out 534 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 3: of the league and never got their shot. 535 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 4: So fortunately we get that. 536 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 3: So now they'll talk to some minority candids and there's 537 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 3: a bunch of good ones out there to talk to, 538 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 3: guys that deserve the opportunity to be listened to and 539 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 3: be given the opportunity to present their plan as to 540 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:08,159 Speaker 3: what they would do coming in. 541 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 4: And that's what it is. 542 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 3: Coaches come in and they come in and a lot 543 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 3: of these guys are from preparing for an opportunity like this, 544 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 3: and they'll have notebooks of what they're going to do, 545 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,439 Speaker 3: how they're going to structure the organization, what we're going 546 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 3: to do to practice, all these kind of things, and 547 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 3: they come in with and they make these presentations almost 548 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 3: like a PowerPoint. You come in and you make a 549 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 3: presentation of what you're going to look like from a 550 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 3: timetable with the falcons. Because there are rules established to 551 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 3: who you can talk to. Because of the NFL playoffs, 552 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 3: there are going to be guys that are on these 553 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 3: playoff teams, coordinators or whoever they're going to want to 554 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 3: talk to. And so this is going to play out 555 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 3: over the next three or four weeks, probably before you 556 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 3: and nationally settle in on your guy. And that's the 557 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 3: way you want it, right. I don't want to rush to, hey, 558 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 3: let's grab this guy or grab that guy. Let's evaluate 559 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 3: all the all the teams out there. I think we 560 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 3: have enough of a product here. You just talked about 561 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 3: how interesting this job is. Exclude the quarterback situation, and 562 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 3: this is already made roster on the offensive side of 563 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 3: the football with young talent that's under contract. You've got 564 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 3: a bunch of young talent. On the defensive side, You've 565 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 3: got veteran players that are coming back. They're going to 566 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 3: be a part of this team, marketable improve in defensively. 567 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 3: This is an attractive team, it's an attractive city. Free 568 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,719 Speaker 3: agents want to come to this city, so it's an 569 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 3: attractive job. So I don't think you have to worry about, hey, 570 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 3: we got a rush because we got to beat this 571 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 3: team or that team to the punch because they're going 572 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 3: to want to go there as opposed to here. I 573 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 3: don't think that's the case at all. 574 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 1: And DJ Arthur Blank was very clear yesterday that there's 575 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: no timetable on this search for a head coach, and 576 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: so there, I mean, there's a chance that there could 577 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 1: be a new head coach in a week and a 578 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: half or we could be talking sometime in February, right, 579 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 1: And Arthur Blank has said, you know through his discussions 580 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: that he is going to take his time and they're 581 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: going to do everything that they have to do to 582 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: get the right candidate. So for the average fan that's watching, 583 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: you may you may not get a head coach for 584 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: a little while. And just understand that's this organization is doing. 585 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 1: Their due diligence to find the right guy. 586 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 2: And I think that's most important, I think, and I 587 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 2: love the fact that Arthur Blake mentioned that he said 588 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 2: there's no timetable. We will not rush through this process 589 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 2: and said, hey, I want to make sure that we 590 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 2: get the best candidates for this job. And he mentioned 591 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 2: the word diversity. And I love that about the situation 592 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 2: is there's no stone that will not be unturned for 593 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 2: Arthur Blank and Rich McKay going through this process. And 594 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 2: that's what you're like, because you want to find the 595 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,959 Speaker 2: best guy for this job because of all the reasons 596 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 2: that you guys just mentioned of what is already here. 597 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:33,879 Speaker 2: And the one thing that I love the most that 598 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 2: he mentioned was we're ready to win now. We're not 599 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 2: looking to rebuild the roster. We're not looking to get 600 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 2: in a position where you know, we're trying to get 601 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 2: there in two three years and have this plan like 602 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 2: we've had the last few years where oh we had 603 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 2: salar cap issues. Now it comes to thirty and now 604 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 2: we can finally do something now. He wants to do 605 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 2: this now, and it starts with getting that right guy 606 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 2: into this mission now. And I think obviously we talked 607 00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 2: about some of the coaches that could possibly be candid, 608 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 2: and it's who are in the playoffs. And that's where 609 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 2: fans have to be patient. Is they're gonna do their 610 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 2: due diligence. They're gonna talk to all these guys. There's 611 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 2: times where they can interview these guys when hey, they 612 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 2: just want a game, or they get a couple of 613 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 2: days off and they can, you know, spend some time 614 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,959 Speaker 2: with these coaches. They're going to do what they need 615 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 2: to do to talk to these guys, and then there's 616 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 2: gonna be a situation where hey, all of a sudden, 617 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 2: where's this guy come from? All they've been talking to 618 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 2: him for the last two three weeks. So I love 619 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 2: the fact that there won't be a rush on this situation. 620 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 2: There won't be a rush to just go get a 621 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 2: guy in place, because we need to get one going 622 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,879 Speaker 2: right now. This is gonna be an interesting spot for 623 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 2: the organization to be in. But I love the guys 624 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 2: that we have at the top of it. Who's going 625 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 2: to make the decisions And we know with you know 626 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 2: what Arthur Blank's done in the business world, what he's 627 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:53,120 Speaker 2: done for this organization, he will make sure the right 628 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 2: guy is in position for this job. 629 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: I just think about there was, you know, two teams 630 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: that played on Saturday night in Houston and Indianapolis that 631 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 1: have had first year head coaches that came from teams 632 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 1: that made deep playoff runs the year before. Demiico Ryans 633 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 1: with San Francisco, Shane Stiking with the Philadelphia Eagles. And 634 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,640 Speaker 1: so sometimes you got to wait because there's some really 635 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: good coaches on the staffs that go deep in the postseason. 636 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: So maybe, who knows, maybe the next head coach will 637 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 1: come from one of these teams that ends up going 638 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: deep in these playoffs this year. But we will wait 639 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: and see the rest of the things that are going 640 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,439 Speaker 1: to happen coming up in the offseason. Obviously you're going 641 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: to have the Senior Bowl and some of the other 642 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: bowl games that the scouting staff is going to go 643 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: out and look at potential players. You've got the Combine, 644 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: you've got Pro Day workouts, and obviously you've got the draft. 645 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 1: And see, these are all the big moments that are 646 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 1: coming up aside from hiring a head coach, and we 647 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: will not be back on a weekly basis now. We 648 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,959 Speaker 1: will be back with some of these bigger moments as 649 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: they come out. Hopefully we'll be back the moment we 650 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: hear about the new head coach in the building, and 651 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: then obviously when some other of the big moments coming 652 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 1: up in the offseason, you'll hear from us talking about 653 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: what's going to happen in the twenty twenty four season 654 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: for the Atlanta Falcons. But that's going to wrap it 655 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: up for this twenty twenty three season. Thanks to all 656 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: of our people behind the scenes that you don't ever 657 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 1: get a chance to see that are working cameras, that 658 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: are putting together our topics of conversation and allowing us 659 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 1: to get out here and spew in opine and talk 660 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: about all of our analysis and our entertainment. We thank 661 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 1: you for joining us each and every week whichever way 662 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 1: you take your podcasts in and we hope to see 663 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 1: you very soon. 664 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 4: On behalf of. 665 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: DJ Shockley Dave Archer. I'm Derek Rackley. This has been 666 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: the Falcons Audible presented by AT and T Atlanta Falcons 667 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 1: looking for a new head coach to start the twenty 668 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: fourth season. See it. Take care everyone, Thanks for joining us.