1 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: What's up, everybody, and welcome to another edition of The 2 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: Falcon's Final Whistle podcast, where we break down everything that 3 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: happens after every single game of the Atlanta Falcon season 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: and the week AID installments. Was not a positive development. 5 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: They lost to the Carolina Panthers here at Mercedes Benz 6 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: Stadium by a score of nineteen to thirteen. It was 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: not an outcome that the Falcons were looking for. They 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: had an opportunity to go above five hundred for the 9 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: first time since twenty seventeen, and that opportunity slipped away. 10 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: Chris rim what was your biggest takeaway from this game? 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: Why do you think that What were the causes of 12 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: what happened here? Well, I think there are many causes. 13 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 1: In terms of start starting off. I think there was 14 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: just a challenging day for the team, from from losing 15 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: a player at the start, you know, the day coming 16 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: into it and having those adjustments. But I thought, you know, 17 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: the missed opportunity in the red zone and then struggling 18 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: to convert on third down and then turnovers as well 19 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: just really I think killed the team. So I think overall, 20 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: i'd probably say from those three, I would probably say 21 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: the turnovers. We're probably my biggest takeaway that kind of 22 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: hurt the team. Yeah, I when I look back at 23 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: this game, it was just kind of there were just 24 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 1: so many missed opportunities that I think I look back 25 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: on and I know we'll get into kind of the 26 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: moments that we all kind of thought was the catalyst 27 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: of business opportunities. But I think, like Matt Ryan after 28 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: the game said it best when he was talking about 29 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 1: they knew coming in that the way that Carolina wanted 30 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: to run the ball against them, and he was like, 31 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: and when you know that, you know that there's you're 32 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: going to be short on time and your possession time 33 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: is going to be short, and you have to take 34 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: a hold of those opportunities that you have. And the 35 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: Falcons really didn't do that tonight. Yeah. And over the 36 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: course of these four quarters, which we're going to spend 37 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: five minutes on a number of different topics. Number One, 38 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: we're gonna take out a magic wand and wave it 39 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: and if there was one play or sequence of plays 40 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: that could get taken away, which one would that be. 41 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: We are going to talk about the aspect of the 42 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: Falcons offense or defense that hurt the most we're going 43 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: to delve into a day to forget, maybe for rookie 44 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 1: tightend Kyle Pitts, who had been so good he was 45 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: less impactful in this one, and then obviously in the 46 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: fourth quarter. As we always do, we will take a 47 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: look at this opportunity missed and we will try to 48 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: project it forward for the Falcons as they have a 49 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 1: two game road trip coming up with the New Orleans 50 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: Saints and then the Dallas Cowboys. But before we do that, 51 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: we do want to say a big thank you to 52 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: our sponsor, Microsoft, Windows eleven, the official operating system of 53 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: the NFL and the Atlanta Falcons. The all new Windows 54 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: eleven is here to bring you closer to what you love, 55 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: including the Falcons Final Whistle Podcast. Learn all about the 56 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: awesome new features of Windows eleven at Windows dot com. 57 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,119 Speaker 1: And when we come back, we're going straight to quarter 58 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: number one. We're starting off the first quarter waving our 59 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: magic wands, pulling back a play or a sequence of 60 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: plays that could have helped the Falcons reverse this outcome. 61 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: And let's start with Tory mclaney, who I did not 62 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: introduce off the top. Where are manners? It's fine? I 63 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: feel like it would not approve. Well, I feel like 64 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: at this point they're like that girl that I know her. 65 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: I know that I know who that is. I at 66 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 1: least hope. So at this point, if y'all been listening 67 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: for eight weeks and you don't know my voice yet, 68 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: shame on you. And so Tory you can bust out. 69 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 1: I assume you're from House Griffendorf Hufflepuff. I like people 70 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: that don't automatically go Gryffindor and see on the quidditch team. 71 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: It's nice to mix it up. Yeah, but so if 72 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: you were, uh what not a Muggle? A Muggle? Now 73 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: I'm going to frail it back in all right somehow, 74 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: because I could go off on Harry Potter forever, but 75 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: I will not do that. Instead ask directly the question 76 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: I was trying to get to in a roundabout way, 77 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: which is, can you identify that that play sequence or 78 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: a specific play that you think if you could take 79 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: it back, change it, that the outcome might be different. Yeah. 80 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: For me, it was right at the start of the 81 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: fourth quarter when the Falcons are they have a third 82 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: and long situation and they're in the red zone, and 83 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: you know, the Falcons couldn't hadn't really gotten anything going 84 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: offensively that much up until that point, and you really 85 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: saw them, like at the end of the third quarter 86 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: putting a pretty good drive together. They had some momentum going, 87 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: and then they get down really close to the red 88 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: zone and Matt Ryan tries to hit how Pits and 89 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: it would have been a first down conversion and put 90 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,559 Speaker 1: them probably inside definitely inside the tin, probably inside the five, 91 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: I'm remembering correctly, and the ball just kind of lands 92 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: in his arms and then just pops out and then 93 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: the Falcons have to kick the ball and it was 94 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: a forty five yard kick and young Wayko misses the 95 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: kick and first time all season. And I think like 96 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: that sequence where you had an opportunity to get a 97 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: first down and be in really really good scoring position, 98 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: and then to not only get that first down but 99 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: to miss the field goal. I think those two plays 100 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: back to back where what was the moment for me 101 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: that really changed the scope of this game. And it 102 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 1: was something that even Arthur Smith talked about post game 103 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: as kind of the moment that he thought the momentum 104 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: started to swing. Here's the wacky part is that's two 105 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: of the most automatic guys on this team. Yeah, Young 106 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 1: Wade doesn't miss and Kyle doesn't drop. Really and to 107 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: have those things happen back to back where I agree, 108 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: we're definitely impactful. Chris, Is there any part of this 109 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: game that you could identify that fits what we're talking 110 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: about here? Yeah. The part that the play or the 111 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: play that resonated with me was the drive at the 112 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: Falcon's head, well, the first drive of the game that 113 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: came after the fumble, just because I think, you know, 114 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: momentum matters in football games, well, mensive matters, especially in 115 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: a division game against the division rival, and when you 116 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 1: start the first playoff from scrimmage and get a fumble, 117 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: you would like to see a touchdown there and kind 118 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: of you know the phrases, I guess, punch him in 119 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: the face or you know what I mean from the 120 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: from the opening drive. So it was just it was 121 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: not to say that the Falcons would win the game 122 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: if they scoring that drive, but I really do think 123 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 1: it would have been it would have felt differently, the 124 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: crowd would have been more energized to and then the 125 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: way that the drive went um they got negative two 126 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: yards on that drive that ended with the young way 127 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: up field goal, um, there's a past to Kyle. He 128 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: was he was in double coverage, Mike Davis run. So 129 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 1: I really just thought that drive was kind of an 130 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 1: example of its kind of the theme of this entire game, 131 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,919 Speaker 1: which I think Tory pointed out was missed opportunities. And 132 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 1: I think that's something that, like you said, Arthur Smith 133 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: talked about, all the players talked about post game, and 134 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: I think that's something they'll reflect on when they watched 135 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: film this week, is at these certain plays and drives 136 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: and think we has to missed opportunities and these are 137 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 1: things that we can easily fix. Yeah, and it's it's 138 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: crazy that you could look back on it and they 139 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: missed all those opportunities, but we're still right in the 140 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: thick of it. In the fourth quarter or because Carolina, 141 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: as for as much as they were moving the ball consistently, 142 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: especially on the ground, they couldn't punch it in. They 143 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 1: had twelve points all on field goals. And then in 144 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter here at the start of the fourth quarter, 145 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: it's one of these drives that you look just at 146 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: the bottom line, you're like fifteen play sixty five yards, 147 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: like the efficiency is not there. But the ultimate result 148 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: was because they ended up scoring a touchdown. And I'm 149 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: not going to talk about that touchdown play. I'm gonna 150 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: talk about third and nine. Sam Darnold, who isn't a 151 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: track star but has some mobility and showed it over 152 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: the course of Sunday's game, scrambled left to the tune 153 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,679 Speaker 1: of eleven yards, converted a first down with his legs, 154 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: got free, and then they ended up scoring that touchdown. Now, 155 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: if you go back and you exchange seven points for three, 156 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: now it's only a one score game, and the Falcons 157 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: don't have to kick a field goal and try and 158 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: on side kick that they just need to put it in, 159 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: punch it in that they could erase a lot of 160 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: wrongdoing here and that, and they weren't able to do it. 161 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: So I think, you know, waivery magic wand change any 162 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: one of those three plays, maybe we're talking about a 163 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: much different income. And we are moving on here to 164 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: quarter number two. Now we're gonna spend five minutes talking 165 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: about the aspect of the Falcons game that seemed to 166 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: hurt them the most. And we have a couple of 167 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: options here, one on offense, one on defense that ultimately, 168 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: if you can shore those things up, maybe this outcome 169 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: is different and the reason why we keep talking about 170 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: how to create a different outcome. It was very close 171 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,679 Speaker 1: to having a different outcome. And over the last five 172 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: games it's been a one score game heading into the 173 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: fourth quarter. The Falcons have done well generally speaking in 174 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: those moments. They didn't handle them there, they just kind 175 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 1: of seemed to wear down. But in this one tory, 176 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: is there an aspect of the Falcons game that you 177 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: really thought really hurt them? Yeah? I thought the offensive 178 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:53,479 Speaker 1: like inefficiencies on third down was really tough to overlook. 179 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: When you're looking at a third down conversion rate of 180 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: thirty percent, that's good. That's not good. That's not what 181 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: you want. And then also on top of that, when 182 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: you look at the way that the first dance, like 183 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: when you're looking at the first downs that the Falcons had, 184 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: and I think there was seventeen that they had and 185 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: of the seventeen, four came off of Carolina penalties like that. Also, 186 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: that was also a number that I was like, you 187 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: don't like that either, Like that to me shows that 188 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: like you're you don't have you're not moving the ball 189 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: on your own terms, And I think that's always what 190 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,199 Speaker 1: you want to do as an offense. I mean, even 191 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: going back to last week when Arthur Smith was saying 192 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: post game, where you're in the final minutes of the 193 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: Miami game and you as an offense want the ball 194 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: in your hands. Well, the ball really wasn't in their 195 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 1: hands at all today. I mean, the Carolina had the 196 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: ball for ten more minutes than they did and you 197 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: really really felt that. And I think but a lot 198 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: of that was because the Falcons offense couldn't convert on 199 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: third down. They couldn't really get any momentum going at 200 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: times when they really really needed too. And I think 201 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,719 Speaker 1: for me that was that was kind of what I'm 202 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: looking at in this game, and that's the biggest miss 203 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: opportunity for me. Yeah, and I think on the defensive side, 204 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: we saw the Panthers just able to continue well the 205 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: Panthers are stuck with running the ball, and then running 206 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: the ball became effective and it wore the defense down. 207 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,559 Speaker 1: Like you said, they had the ball for almost forty minutes, 208 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: think it was thirty thirty six minutes and some change, 209 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 1: and you know they were getting you know, four yards 210 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: to carry, which the Falcons were getting on the other 211 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: end as well, but it felt a lot different. It 212 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: didn't feel the same at all, and and it just 213 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: seemed like, um, each time as the game went on, 214 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: it seemed like they were you know, getting you know, 215 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,959 Speaker 1: long breaking off long runs with ease almost and um, 216 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: I just thought from the they were on the field 217 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: for a long time. And that's what greed Jer kind 218 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: of said after the game. Is tough when you're on 219 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: the field for that long. You got the sixteen play 220 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: they had, I think they had three. There was one, yeah, 221 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: there was one. Back it was like back to back. 222 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: It was like one was eight and a half minutes 223 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,719 Speaker 1: long and one was seven and a half minutes. It's tough. Yeah, 224 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: it's tough when you're doing that for you to for 225 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: you to be an effective defensive line, just to be 226 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: an effective defense. So but when I did look at 227 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: the when I was looking at just the stats and 228 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: just the numbers, one thing that did stood stand out 229 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: to me was just the fact that the Panthers had 230 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: forty seven rushing attempts and the Falcons had twenty rushing attempts. 231 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 1: And obviously you could look at the stats and say 232 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: certain things, but that just made me think, averaging around 233 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: the same yards per carry, Could you know the Falcons 234 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: have ran the ball a little bit more and could 235 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: that have helped the offense at all? Because CP and 236 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: Mike Davis they were looking better than they've looked in 237 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: other games today, So that was something that stood out 238 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: to me. But I think, like we said, the run 239 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: defense was, you know, left some room to be better. 240 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 1: I think today, Yeah, Caroline a ran seventy two offensive plays, 241 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: seventy two offensive plays, the Falcons ran fifty. Yeah there 242 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: there there per play average pretty similar. The Falcons at 243 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: four points I'm sorry, the Panthers at four point six, 244 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: the Falcons at four point three. So it's very similar 245 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: in terms of efficiency, but in terms of volume, it 246 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 1: does wear you down. And I think that these two 247 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 1: things that we're talking about kind of work hand in hand, 248 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: right because it could have been even doubt had the 249 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,719 Speaker 1: Falcons done better on third down, it couldn't have been 250 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: so lopsided. If maybe the Falcons defense was better in 251 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: those areas. I just think it's always concerning when you 252 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: get beat on the ground when you know the ground 253 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 1: is coming. Now. They were working inside, they were doing 254 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: stretch runs. Sam Donald was hurting them with his legs somewhat, 255 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: but the fact that the run defense wasn't able to 256 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,719 Speaker 1: get right even when you know that it's coming that, 257 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: I think is a troubling point. I mean, that was Yeah, 258 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: that was what Matt Ryan was saying post game two. 259 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: He was like, Uh, we knew this coming in because 260 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: we knew that this was this had a potential to 261 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: be a lopsided time of possession for us, and we 262 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 1: knew that our opportunities were going to be small, the 263 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: opportunities were going to be smaller in the grand scheme 264 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: of the game. And I think you knew, like what 265 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: you said, you knew that coming in with this team. Yeah, 266 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: And we're gonna delve more into Matt Ryan's performance in 267 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:06,599 Speaker 1: the third quarter coming up right now, We're going to 268 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,599 Speaker 1: delve into the performance of QB one, Matt Ryan and 269 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: quarter number three spend five minutes talking about a performance 270 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: that was unlike his recent showings. Matt Ryan's been borderline 271 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 1: invincible over the course of games where the Falcons won 272 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: three or four a little more mortal this time. He 273 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,559 Speaker 1: was twenty for twenty seven for one hundred and forty 274 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: six yards, one touchdown, two interceptions, and a sixty seven 275 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: point eight passer rating. That's not great. It's also a 276 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:37,319 Speaker 1: bit uncharacteristic. He was sacked, I believe three times. I'm 277 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,839 Speaker 1: not staring at that number right now. But nonetheless, what 278 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: were your guys' impressions of how the quarterback fared? And 279 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: he was under a good amount of pressure for the 280 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: most for the most part, How do you think that 281 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: Matt did today? Yeah, I think I think he could 282 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 1: have my best story. No, No, I think he could, 283 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 1: Like you said, I think obviously, he says, and he'll 284 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: probably admit that he probably could have played better. I 285 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: think there were something stakes like especially on the on 286 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: the the pick that came in the fourth quarter to Gilmore, 287 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: I was he was pressured from the front, but it 288 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 1: kind of seemed like Gilmore was like that was just 289 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: a throw. It seemed like that was just a throw 290 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: that wasn't there. Um. So that's one I think that 291 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 1: stands out to me where I'm sure he might be thinking, 292 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: I wish I had that play back, But he was 293 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: under pressure, and I think and I think overall, um, 294 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: like he had the cut on his hands, bloody towel, 295 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: his his white pants had the blood on it, took 296 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: like the Halloween theme to a whole new level. Yeah, 297 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: but but yeah, so I think I think, yes, he 298 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: struggled today, and um, there's there's room for him to 299 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: be better. But yeah, the one player that stood out 300 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: to me as far as like that I'm thinking about 301 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: is that that interception in Gilmore in the fourth quarter, 302 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: because it just seemed like he was there. Yeah. I know, 303 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: Like I was looking at the numbers in the stats 304 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: post game and I was like, Okay, when was the 305 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: last time that Matt had I can't remember what his tote? 306 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: What was it? Like? One forty three? Was how many 307 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: total passing yards he had today? Hundred and forty six? 308 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: When I was looking at the number and I was like, 309 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: when was the last time that he's gotten around that number? 310 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: And I had to go. I went back to twenty eighteen. 311 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: It was against Baltimore and he was in the one thirties. 312 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: I think it was like one thirty one or one 313 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: thirty nine. I can't remember off the top of my head, 314 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: but it was in the thirty one thirties, and I 315 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: was like, that's a long time. We're in twenty twenty 316 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: one to have to go all the way back to 317 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen to find a moment that kind of parallels this. 318 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: This just like overall stat line. I think it's just 319 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: very interesting and it makes sense as to why the 320 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: Falcons weren't successful today is when Matt Ryan doesn't have 321 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: the day that we normally expect from him. And that's 322 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: not against that's not solely on Matt ryan shoulders. It's 323 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: really tough when you're not you don't have as much 324 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: time in the pocket as you want to have, or 325 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: receivers aren't open, or you know, give Carolina credit for 326 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: what they did too. Defensively, they looked pretty good and 327 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: um so all of those things. But it just goes 328 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: to show like how important Matt Ryan is to this operation. Yeah, 329 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: and I think that you that you spoke directly to 330 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: a major issue is that he didn't have as much 331 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: time in the pocket to work, and we've seen that 332 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: when he does, he's pretty Yeah, he's pretty good at 333 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: picking defenses apart. Matt Ryan was also without one of 334 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: his primary targets, Calvin Ridley, was out of this game 335 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: with a personal matter. We're not going to delve into 336 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: that personal matter and we're going to respect exactly what 337 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: that was. But from a football perspective, they didn't have 338 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: one of their top targets there, and Lea and Carolina 339 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: just got Stefan freaking Gilmore back involved in the fray. 340 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: How much do you think that not having Calvin was 341 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: It's an obvious disadvantage, right, he's he's he's he's an 342 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: amazing talent, but not having him there, How do you 343 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: think that his absence affected the game that we saw 344 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: here on Sunday. Well, I mean Gilmore was lined up 345 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: with Pits for a lot of the game, so I 346 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 1: think And Arthur Smith mentioned post game that that he 347 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: didn't say directly, but he said, you know, with without 348 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: Ridley being there, he thought that that likely changed their 349 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: man to man scheme, which I think what he was 350 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: hinting at was that Gilmore likely would have shadowed Calvin 351 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: a lot more than he shadowed Kyle. And then Kyle 352 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: spoke about postgame that that was his welcome to the 353 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: NFL moment, which I wrote about. But yeah, but yeah, 354 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: so I think I think that affected, you know, Kyle's 355 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 1: performance for sure, but also really not being there with 356 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: significant for sure, but they also got checked up to 357 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: check yeah, and he was, he was everywhere. He had 358 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: a pick he was. I mean, Mike Davis did run 359 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: him over, but he was he was everywhere. So I 360 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: thought them too, being back really energized his defense, and 361 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: that's how Arthur Smith said. He was like, it changes 362 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: their defense when those guys are out there. Yeah. So overall, 363 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: I think that you see Caroline, they're coming off of 364 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: four straight losses, but that defense didn't look like that 365 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 1: type of unit. I thought they were pretty strong, and 366 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: ultimately that's was part of the reason why Carolina came 367 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 1: out on top of this one. We're going into quarter 368 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 1: number four here looking forward as we always do. During 369 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: the final period, after the Falcons lost a game that 370 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: they definitely wanted to have against Carolina, what was and 371 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: it's fair to be considered a very winnable game for 372 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons. They'd won two straight that as I 373 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: said off the top, they were going for their first 374 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 1: above five hundred records since twenty seventeen. All those things 375 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: were out there against a team that they I thought 376 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: they matched up pretty well with talent wise. Nonetheless, they 377 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: ended up losing this one. It's not the end of 378 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: the known universe. I don't think sky's not falling. Yeah, 379 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: I'm looking at Mercedes Benz Stadium right now. Yeah, the 380 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: sky is still up there. Nonetheless, they have a two 381 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: game road trip coming up against the New Orleans Saints 382 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: followed by the Dallas Cowboys. That ain't easy, Tory. What 383 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 1: do you kind of take from what you saw here 384 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: and how it applies moving forward? How can they kind 385 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: of get back on the right track after maybe a 386 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: little stumble here? Yeah, I know. I wrote about this 387 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: in my like five Things to Watch that runs on 388 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 1: Saturday mornings. I was kind of talking about how good 389 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 1: of an opportunity this game was for the Falcons and 390 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: how much I thought that a win today would be 391 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: such a catalyst going into the next two weeks where 392 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 1: you go, you travel to New Orleans and you face 393 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: the Saints. And I even said I was like, the 394 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 1: entire narrative of that game changes. If the Falcons are 395 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: coming off a win against Carolina, right and now, it 396 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 1: just feels a little different. It does. And I think 397 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: the way that this game kind of turned out, where 398 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: there were so many moments that the Falcons could have 399 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: pulled through and ended up winning this game. The fact 400 00:19:56,160 --> 00:20:00,360 Speaker 1: that there were moments where there were so many Missopptun. Yes, 401 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: that kind of accumulated. I think that is going into 402 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: the Saints game. You really really want to see them 403 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: perform as well as they have all season. I know 404 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 1: I do. I want to see them perform in a 405 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 1: way that you take kind of all the good things 406 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 1: that I think we have piece together over the first 407 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: you know, few games, and then finally getting a collective game. 408 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,479 Speaker 1: I don't know if that means they win, but I 409 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 1: would love to see just a very clean, well put 410 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: together everything. Everything's running on cylinders and firing on all cylinders. 411 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if that's possible. I really don't, but 412 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,959 Speaker 1: I think that it's something to strive for. And having 413 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: that consistency because the consistency issues is something that I 414 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: feel like we've talked about even in wins with this team, 415 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: and so I think being able to cope to go 416 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 1: to New Orleans and play a consistent four quarters is 417 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: what I really would like to see from this team. Yeah, 418 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,719 Speaker 1: I think I think for moving forward, I think they 419 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: need to figure out the running game issue that we 420 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: saw today. Look moving forward because you playing Mark mark 421 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: Ingraham and Alvin Kamara who Mark, They and the Saints 422 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: don't throw the ball. I mean, don't run, don't throw 423 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: the ball much this year, and when they do throw 424 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: the ball it's usually too Alvin Kamara and with Jamis 425 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 1: who just had an injury before we started recording, they'd 426 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,239 Speaker 1: be running the ball a lot more. Yeah, So the 427 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: way that Chuba Hubbard was today against the defense, I 428 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: think they definitely need to figure out if that was 429 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 1: if there was an issue with the scheme like what 430 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,439 Speaker 1: went wrong today, so that that does not happen in 431 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 1: the next two weeks because after them is Ezekiel Elliott yea. 432 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: So it's so many dominant running backs and I think 433 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: what happened today is not something you want to deal 434 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: with each week in terms of fifteen sixteen play, wearing 435 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: your defensive line down and then having every time you 436 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 1: get the ball you're you're you're almost pressure. You feel 437 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: the pressure to to really make an opportunity out of 438 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 1: which causes mistakes like we saw today. So I think 439 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: really figuring out that run game issue is the key 440 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: for moving forward in the next two games. Yeah, if 441 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: you can't stop the run, it's hard to do much 442 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: of anything. The one thing that you would hate to 443 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 1: see is to be back in January and everything's close 444 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: and it's decided by a tiebreaker or by one game, 445 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: and you look back at this Carolina game and you think, gosh, 446 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 1: what if, what if we had a tie breaker in 447 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: the division or within the conference or something that could 448 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: have helped them there. The one thing is my mind 449 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: goes back to that Washington game, and I stand by 450 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: the fact they could have and should have won that game, period, 451 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: full stop, end of discussion, right But they didn't, And 452 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 1: then the two games afterward took away some of the 453 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: conviction that I had because they found a way to 454 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 1: get hot. Maybe that you just can't go off of 455 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 1: the ws and els you put next to names in 456 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 1: April and May and even August. That the season evolves 457 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 1: and they may get hot in this game, it's magnitude 458 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 1: may not feel as strong as it does right now. 459 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,199 Speaker 1: Right now it feels like, oh gosh, they should have 460 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: had that one. And maybe in two or three weeks, 461 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: if they can get hot, they can fix this run 462 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: defense issue wishes an absolute core thing that they have 463 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,360 Speaker 1: to do. Yeah, if they can get that rectified, get 464 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: the passing game and the protection things worked out, then 465 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: maybe they can get hot and win some games that 466 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: you wouldn't expect, and we're gonna have to keep a 467 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: close eye on that. The one thing that I do 468 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: know is Arthur Smith's Falcons rebound and respond consistently well 469 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,959 Speaker 1: these days fight, they handle their practice week well, and 470 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 1: maybe they could come out and get some positives outcomes, 471 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:33,439 Speaker 1: positive outcomes out of what was essentially a negative result 472 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: here at Mercedes Benz Stadium. And with that, we're going 473 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: to end quarter number four and say thank you and 474 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: bid you ado after another episode of the Falcon's Final 475 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: Whistle podcast comes to its conclusions. So you guys know 476 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: what to do at this point. Head over to iTunes 477 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 1: or Spotify, subscribe, give us a five star rating and 478 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: a nice review, please pretty please with sugar on top, 479 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:58,160 Speaker 1: and subscribe. Definitely look forward to talking to you guys 480 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,919 Speaker 1: after they play the Saints big time rivalry game. I 481 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: know you guys will all be tuned in. Be sure 482 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: to listen in after that one as we break down 483 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: this Falcon season game by game