1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: Pilardi right down to see Barnard back dracks to the 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: twenty Kenyon twenty five three routes thirty thirty five partner 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,239 Speaker 1: forty five fifty has a block on the perimeter. He's 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: only got the putter to be. Pilardi is cut down 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,959 Speaker 1: and party Store touchdown keen Yond Barner and it is 6 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: seventy seven yards on the punt return. How sweet must 7 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: that taste? The ken Yon Barner who used to play 8 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: here in Carolina. You're listening to Falcons audible presented by 9 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: A G and G and I'm at to be joined 10 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: with Dave Archer and DJ Shockley, DJ how you doing? It? 11 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: Is a victory Monday here in Flowery Branch, Sir. Falcons 12 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: are coming off at twenty nine to three and win 13 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 1: over the Panthers and Fellows. They have outscored the past 14 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: two points fifty five to twelve in Atlanta's defense has 15 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: gone ten straight quarters now, Dave without surrounding a touchdown. 16 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: They're on a roll. To put it mildly, yeah, Levin Sacks, 17 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: you got four turnovers in this game. Forced the quarterback 18 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: into some bad throws and those are plays where you 19 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 1: don't even count where you're forced to quarter out of 20 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: the quarterback out of the pocket or hitting me as 21 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: he was letting it go. This has been a This 22 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: has been a fun renaissance, if you will. As to 23 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: what this defense has looked like. You go back to 24 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: the second half of the Seattle game, which is where 25 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: coach Quinn points to. Is that the changeover and how 26 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: this has worked, the shift that you've gotten complimentary football, 27 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: and it's something he's talked about, and this game was 28 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: probably the epitome of complimentary football. Shot when you get 29 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: the defensive performance, offense had a couple of short field opportunities, 30 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: did not cast that in but and you're not feeling 31 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: overly good, and all of a sudden, Kenyan Berner, the 32 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: third phase of the game kicks in and you get 33 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: a little touch there as far as so, I mean, 34 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: that's as good as it gets from a complimentary football standpoint. 35 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: I love the fact that you've got something going on 36 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: special teams. For years, we have been asking for a 37 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: return of some sort to happen to help this offense, 38 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: and for the longest it has been created by your 39 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: defense for short fields. And now Kenyan Barner looks like 40 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: the guy that you brought him here for and I 41 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: mean it was it was. It was great to watch. 42 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously the longest return we've had since what 43 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety with DN, I mean it was nine. I 44 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: mean it was it was fun to watch that fun 45 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: to watch this defense. Man, you know that this defense 46 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: has definitely turned the corner. I think this team, it 47 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: started to look like what everybody expected to look like 48 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: when you started this season, and everybody's feed off everybody. 49 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: I think the fact you're talking about complimentary football is 50 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: number one, but uh, all three phases are in sync. 51 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: The fact that you got you know, a couple coaches 52 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: on the defensive side and coach Albrook and Raheim working together. 53 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: I know they did it back in fifteen or whatever, 54 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: but uh, that is working really well. And of course 55 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: coach Coin has a lot to say so in that. 56 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: I mean he's on the he's on the headsets Wood 57 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: him with with his own suggestions and everything. But I 58 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:08,959 Speaker 1: think ultimately it's and I think ultoly what it came 59 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: down to is these players. The players have decided to 60 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: make a change the the off week. I think guys 61 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: looked at themselves in the mirror and said, guess what 62 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: these coaches that put us in position they called the 63 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: right plays. You know, we've had an opportunities, but at 64 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: the end of the day, it's not on the coaches, 65 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: it's on the players. And you can see there's a 66 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: conservative effort for those guys to play at a different 67 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: style and they're doing it now in all three phases. 68 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: Guys care about. I mean, one one example that epitomizes 69 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: how much of these guys play for dan Quinn is 70 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: Tack comes off the field with his shoulder hurt and 71 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: the first person that he meets is dan Quinn and 72 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: he gives them a forearm shiver with the other arm. 73 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: That's pretty good. And you see him just you know, 74 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: right there is is different man. I mean, he's hurting, 75 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: but his coaches there they're laughing about it, having a 76 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: good time, and it just speaks volumes to where his 77 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: team going. Tech is different. Tach is good. Um, you know, 78 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: the biggest, one of the biggest wise. I like that. 79 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: Maybe he'll put that in his Twitter byout now he's 80 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: got some got some good Twitter, I tell you, I'll 81 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: tell you. Yeah. You know, you guys talk about complimentary football, 82 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: and that's a phrase that's throwing around, throwing around a lot, 83 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: and they exemplify it. But there's no question though that 84 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 1: it just feels like the defense is leading the charge 85 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: here and the offense is playing efficiently. And it was 86 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,359 Speaker 1: a great return. And how sweet was that return for Kenyon? 87 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: He had played there last year, so uh, coming back 88 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: and burning his old teammates that I was kind of 89 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: fun to watch. But Dave, the one stat that just 90 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: really pops off the sheet to me is the Panthers 91 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: went two fourteen on third down and they were oh 92 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: for two in the red zone. Again. You know, we 93 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: talked about the score, the touchdown less Street ten quarters 94 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: dating back to this Seahawks loss. But this defense tightens 95 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: up when it matters and they're getting the getting that 96 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: offense off the field, and that's huge. Never mind the takeaways. Yeah, 97 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: you got to win the moments, no question about it. 98 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: And if you go back to the Seattle game, the 99 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: three opponents you've played, and this counts the first half 100 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: of that Seattle game as well, your opponents are eight 101 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: of thirty five on third down. Now, this was a defense. 102 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: It was allowing teams to convert over fifty percent of 103 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: the time in the first seven games, eight for thirty 104 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: five in their last three games, and you cut you 105 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: take that down to the red zone. They've converted three 106 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: of eight opportunities in the red zone have your opposition, 107 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,359 Speaker 1: including over two this weekend by Carolina. This was a 108 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: when you boil down defensive football shock. You know this 109 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: as well as anybody does. It's hard to stop a 110 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: team as well as this fence is done the last 111 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: three last two weeks, certainly giving up just four field goals, 112 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: and that's difficult in itself, but to try to limit 113 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: their opportunities. And when the way you limit them, the 114 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: way you get McCaffrey off the fields, you win on 115 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: third down, get him off the field. The way you 116 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: keep them out of the end zone is if they 117 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 1: do get there, then limit it to a field goal 118 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: opportunity or make them go for it. Put them in 119 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: such dire need they have to go for it on 120 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: fourth down, which they did in this game and netted 121 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: you know, you netted four takeaways as well. So overall, 122 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: playing really well defensively, but moments of the game, which 123 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: we talk about all the time, and that's what coaches 124 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: are going to talk about. Let's win on third down, 125 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: let's win in the red zone. That's where they're getting 126 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: it done. For me, you're talking about the Seattle game 127 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: that obviously that second half. For me, it goes to 128 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: the end of that New Orleans game when you know 129 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: you're up, I know things could you could just I 130 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: will let them score and you fight your tail off 131 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: and not allow that one four yard that they could 132 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: get an end zone. That just shows you this team is. 133 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter how much times on this clog, this guy, 134 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: they're playing with some pride, especially on that defense side 135 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: of the ball, where like you mentioned, the numbers that 136 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: they have been given up are ridiculous, and to be 137 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: able to turn that around and play in the fashion 138 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: if they played the last you know, ten quarters is 139 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: pretty pretty unbelievable, Dave. Last time you talked about how 140 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: it was first time since two thousand and five that 141 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: the Saints were held under ten points at the Super Dome. 142 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: You know, that's you know, before Drew Brees and how 143 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: just mind boggling that was yesterday. It was the only 144 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: the second time in the Ron Revere era that they 145 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: had been shut out for three quarters. They ended up 146 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: booting the field goal in the fourth, but mind boggling 147 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: it's it's just can they I guess, you know, everyone 148 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: kind of cho I wrote this in my count but 149 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: everyone kind of choked up the Saints game as possible 150 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: because they're you know, they only won one game, and 151 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: it was like, well, the rivalry game, it's a fluke game. 152 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: They it was the Falcon super Bowl, and they came in. 153 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: They were locked in. But they've done it back to 154 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: back games now and so and we've been waiting for 155 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: this to kind of happen. We know, we know the 156 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: quality of players, we know that dan Quinn is a 157 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: is a very good coach in all brick, and and 158 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: now that you know the change they've made with some 159 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: of the responsibilities. But it's there's a little more to this. 160 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: This is this is this is no fluke is what 161 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: it is. My point, this is a good team. Here's 162 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: something else to point too, is in those first part 163 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,559 Speaker 1: of the season, there was a lot of undisciplined things happening. 164 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: You go back to this ball game. Three penalties for 165 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: twenty yards bad matters. Think about how many times they've 166 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,079 Speaker 1: had penalties that have extended drives, or you have penalties 167 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: on offense that have put you in first and twenty 168 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: and we talk about winning those moments, those third down 169 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: situations or just critical times in a ball game where 170 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: penalties have hurt you and that gets you off schedule 171 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: on either side of the ball, or if it happens 172 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,679 Speaker 1: on special teams, it sets your offense all the way back. 173 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: You got to go eighty ninety yards. Now three penalties 174 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: for twenty yards. A more disciplined football team has turned 175 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: into a better football team to get them going. And 176 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: you know, it's a great point because we are talking 177 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: about in the first you know, five to six, seven, 178 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: eight games, it seems like every week there was just 179 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: some kind of breakdown. You go back to the first 180 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: game of the year, you talk a breakdown and special 181 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: teams where the pump block and it just trickles down, 182 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: it's snowballs. And then when you clean that up and 183 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: you're not doing that, what a difference. And I think 184 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,319 Speaker 1: we're seeing that now. Yeah, And that's not something that 185 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: coaching can get done for you. That's something that the 186 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: Shock talked about this maybe just a few moments ago. 187 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: There is a stock you have to take in yourself 188 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: as a player, and you look, if you do evaluate yourself, 189 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,079 Speaker 1: and that's what we all do when we sit down 190 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: and watch the tape. Is what am I doing? Am 191 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: I doing everything I need to do to help us win? 192 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: If I'm committing some of those penalties, or my step 193 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: is incorrect on my ability to get a block to 194 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: free one of our backs, or am I that's the 195 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 1: right depth on my route? You know? And my hand 196 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: placement as a dB when I'm jamming those little things 197 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: and we talk about it all the time. It's something 198 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 1: that was pounded in Shotguny's head. Is a little player, 199 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: a young kid. If you do the little things, the 200 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: big things going to happen for you. Now we can 201 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: argue and throw our hands in here and say what happened? 202 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,959 Speaker 1: Where was this early? I don't think you can get 203 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 1: caught up in that. This is a young football team 204 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: that kind of was trying to learn how to play 205 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 1: with one another and different offensive lineman. You had a 206 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: couple of young dbs that are being asked to play 207 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: much more minutes than they had before. The communication thing, 208 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: all that stuff a shift, just a small shift from 209 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: Kazy shift into free safety and Ricardo Allen's line up 210 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: to strong safety has made a big difference from a 211 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: communication standpoint little things like that have improved them. But 212 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 1: it's a player driven scenario and that's really where has 213 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: to come from. You can get all the coach you 214 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: want to, and this is a really good coaching staff. 215 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: They've put good, good plans together because we've seen it 216 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 1: moments of every game. There's been really good moments of 217 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 1: al much every game. Right, well, the players have to 218 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: blend that for sixty minutes. They've done that over the 219 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: last two and a half games, and different players have 220 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: stepped up and flashed, especially the last two weeks. You know, you, Dave, 221 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: you pointed out last week that hey, you know what, 222 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: it's not always gonna be Matt Ryan with the gaudy 223 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: stats Matt Ryan against the Saints, we said it was 224 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: about one hundred and eighty two yards and Julio. Julio 225 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: had what seventy nine And then the script was flipped 226 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: a little bit. Yesterday Matt threw for three to eleven 227 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: and Julio had a big day and they didn't run 228 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:43,839 Speaker 1: the ball quite like they did against the Saints, but 229 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 1: it didn't matter. It's just you know, you know what 230 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: I'm saying here. It's Yea, your defense has been sure 231 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,439 Speaker 1: taken the ball away and sometimes it's given. Take with 232 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: whether it's the run or the pass. I'll say this 233 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,719 Speaker 1: for the run game, and kind of struggled making my 234 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: point there, but you get that, yeah, yeah, yeah, all 235 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: the way through it. I think last week. Last week 236 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: we talked about a guy in Brian Hill who at 237 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: times had those hidden yards. Yeah. I thought in this 238 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: ball game, even though you didn't have the guarding numbers, 239 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,959 Speaker 1: there were times where you had short yarded situations third 240 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: and one or writing on the goal line and you 241 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: need a yard or two and you got it. I 242 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: think those numbers, those situations matter sometimes a little bit 243 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: more than if you rushed for one hundred and fifty yards. 244 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: When you need to run the football, you run the ball. 245 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: I thought they were able to do that at times, 246 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: and of course you want to be better running the football. 247 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 1: But yesterday it was a day where you had those 248 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: opportunities in short yarded situations and you want it. And 249 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 1: those are situations in the game where you look back 250 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 1: and say, wow, if we didn't have that, maybe we 251 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,559 Speaker 1: kick another field goal, Maybe that's three points. Maybe that's 252 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: another scenario that keeps them in a ball game, or 253 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 1: maybe we have to punt the football and give them 254 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: the football back. But you were able to come vert 255 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 1: those situations and it doesn't look like big numbers on 256 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: the stat sheet, but they were big moments to this 257 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 1: team for sure. Yeah, and make no mistake, this is 258 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: a This is a Carolina team that came into this 259 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: game knowing that they were twenty ninth in the league 260 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: against the run, that they've been gashed six of the 261 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: nine games coming in, they've given up one hundred and 262 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: twenty plus yards on the ground. There's a lot of 263 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: pride on that side of the ball too. You can 264 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: talk about Luke Keikley and those guys. They crowded the 265 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: box with eight in the box to stop the run, 266 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: and that's gonna be tough. But because the way the 267 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: defense was playing, again, here's that complimentary football concept and 268 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: sometimes that's kind of kind of a mystic thing. You're 269 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,839 Speaker 1: able to stay with the run game and pound the 270 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 1: run game the first couple series and make them continue 271 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: to defend the run because what happens in about that 272 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: third drive, all of a sudden, it's play action throw 273 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: behind it. They're committing so many resources to stop the run. 274 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: So Dirk as much as you're pounding your head against 275 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: the wall with dirt. Throw the ball. He setting it up. 276 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: He's setting it up, and he continues to set it 277 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: up with the run game, making them commit. They're having 278 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: some success, they start feeling themselves, and then all of 279 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: a sudden, boom, Julio Ridley, you got gauge guys making 280 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:17,559 Speaker 1: grabs in behind. That's that complimentary football. That's that kind 281 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: of that term where it comes together on the offensive 282 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: side of the ball. How about how about dirt forcing 283 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: Carolina to cover every single guy? Now you turn on 284 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: the film. Now you talk about the five wide receiver sets, 285 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: not even a five receiver sets. I'm talking about. There 286 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: are times where they're design plays for Christian Blake. There 287 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: was design play for Justin Hardy on on the little 288 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: short shovel pass near Blake is asking to make sure 289 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: you reot. Let's get the reverse out. Especially if that 290 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: was as good a hit as I've seen it a 291 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: long time where nobody got hurt. Give Trey Boston some 292 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: credit on Tray Boston, Holy you had a good game, 293 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: but you're right shock and getting I thought the wrinkle 294 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: with Hardy and if you go back and look at 295 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: the tape, Jamon Brown completely screws up the blocking because 296 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: it's a pin and pull and they they're gonna bring 297 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: Hardy right behind Ridley on the jet suite and if 298 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: if Jamon Brown hits the first thing that shows in 299 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: the whole, Hardy may score. But he misses the block 300 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: and so Hardy gets blown up for like a one 301 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: yard game. But it was a pretty cool wrinkle though, right, yeah, 302 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: I mean it was the first time I've seen you 303 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: that where all the eyes Usually when Ridley comes across 304 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: eyes everything, you're gonna looking at him, right, so all 305 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: the eyes go with him, and then here comes really 306 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: it comes Hardy right behind him, like you mentioned, one 307 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: block and he's in man. So I mean the creativity 308 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 1: that Dirk is using it is pretty cool to watch. 309 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: And it's not just Julio, It's not just Calvin, it's 310 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: whoever's in the bob. I mean, Graham had a big 311 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: cauchdown there, and two grabs for Graham, both for first 312 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: down exactly right. I like watching him play. He just uh, yeah, 313 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: you just like his hair because you don't have I 314 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: have hair hair envy there, I guess, uh. But you 315 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: talk about them sticking to the run. I mean they 316 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: did still have twenty five attempts if you take out 317 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: the one kneel down from Matt Shop. And it was 318 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: nice seeing those big backs in the backfield Quadrealison and 319 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: it was a lot of fun. That's the bulldozer want 320 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: it right, That's what that's the look we want it boy, 321 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: all of and real quickly, just to reiterate maybe a 322 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: little bit of what Shock's talking about, the hidden yardage 323 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: and also the punishment that goes along with it. Eric 324 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: Reid steps up on the edge. He's a box safety 325 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: and he ran into Quadrea all of a sudden down 326 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: there on the goal line, and he drove him back 327 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: like three three and a half four yards on the 328 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: play and you could see Reid get up and kind 329 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: of shake his head a little bit. Now, give him 330 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: credit for sticking his head in there, but how many 331 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: times do you want to do that when you got 332 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: a two hundred and twenty five pound back coming at you? 333 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: About that a couple of times? Yeah? Um, you know, 334 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: we just talked about guys that kind of stood out you. 335 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,239 Speaker 1: You talk about just moving guys Aroun round, Dave and 336 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: Rico back to back plays he made the past breakup 337 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: and then the pick right after it. Casey coming in, 338 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 1: he's playing a little bit more. Uh, he seems to 339 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: be more confident. He's thrown himself into those plays making 340 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 1: those tackles. But Devindre Campbell the second game in a row, 341 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: just has really just stood out and he I think, 342 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 1: how do me he tackles, He tackles. He's a leading 343 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: tackle on his team too. I think that people forget that. 344 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 1: Right year each year he's gone up too, and he's 345 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: having a great year. Quietly, that dude is so smart man, 346 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: I mean, Archer sit down with him was was pretty 347 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: cool to to listen to and hear him talk about 348 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 1: the progression and the growth that he's gone through now 349 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 1: in his fourth year. And he talked about you asked 350 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: him about guarding a guy like Olsen, and I love 351 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: what he talked about and you can't take any guy 352 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: for granted. But then he also talked about there's so 353 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: many things that he does nuanced wives in a route 354 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: at the line of scrammage using his body, and he 355 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: asked to think about how do I guard a guy 356 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: like this who not as fast, may not as athletic, 357 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 1: and a lot of guys may overlook, but he said 358 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: he does so many things that you have to really 359 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: prepare for it. And I just thought it was so 360 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: cool to watch and listen to a guy who is 361 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 1: known now as a leader on his football team and 362 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,199 Speaker 1: guys listen to him. And he talked about having to 363 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: do a day in and day out, bringing the energy, 364 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 1: bringing the jews to be able to show it and 365 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: kind of play with his actions on how guys are 366 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 1: following him, but just the preparation he puts in. It's 367 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 1: a reason why this guy's a leading tackler and why 368 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: he's playing at such a high level. Dave, every so often, 369 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:41,159 Speaker 1: I've been making a point to try and ask you 370 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 1: about the offensive line play. I know Matt was ultimately 371 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: sacked three times yesterday, but I felt like that at 372 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: times he had a nice clean pocket and time to 373 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 1: sit back there. I felt overall, considering you know, this front, 374 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,880 Speaker 1: considering the playmakers they have on this front, and then 375 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 1: throwing the rookie Brian and Burns, I thought, for the 376 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 1: most part, I thought the offensive line had pretty decent day. 377 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: What do you think, Yeah, I thought they I thought 378 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 1: they did a decent job in protection, had a tough 379 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: time moving him off the ball in the run game, 380 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: simply because there was too many people in the box. 381 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 1: But that was something Dirt took advantage of with the 382 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: play action stuff. I thought was pretty cool. Caleb McGarry 383 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 1: had a little bit of a rough game, Okay, Caleb, 384 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: he's learning. Think about Think about what Caleb McGarry has 385 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: seen so far. Guys. In the first ten games, right 386 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 1: out of the box, he gets Daniel Hunter. I mean 387 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: that's a pretty good, pretty good player. Right. Then a 388 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: couple of weeks later he gets jj Watt. Okay, that 389 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: that's not easy, right He gets Cam Jordan last week 390 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: and this week he gets Gerald McCoy and get the rams. Yeah. Well, 391 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: and he had the ramp well out on the edge, 392 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 1: he had Dante Fowler, He had Fowler coming off the edge. 393 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: I don't put him in the realm of those guys, 394 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: but he certainly had a good day. He had like 395 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: two sacks in the games. Quote you he said he 396 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 1: put himself in the Pro Bowl. Yes, so, but what 397 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: the thing that you love about him is he's a 398 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: rough guy that just kind of gets back in there 399 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: and comes off the ball and he's gonna miss some 400 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: guys and he over extends a couple of times. I 401 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 1: think his pass protection is gonna grow exponentially. The thing 402 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: that you can't teach is what he already has is 403 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: he's a masher in the run game. He loves to 404 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,360 Speaker 1: come down and shorten people's necks. He's really good at 405 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,199 Speaker 1: the pin and pull where he comes down and just 406 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: crushes one side of the line and allows one of 407 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: those guards to pull around. So but for the most part, 408 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: when you put yeah, when you put the points on 409 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: the board that you did, you like what the offensive 410 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 1: line is doing. I thought that this is a gamer. 411 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: You won twenty nine to three and you dominated the game. Yeah, 412 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: But the offense will go into their meeting rooms and say, wow, 413 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: we left a lot on the table and give credit 414 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: where credits due to Carolina. They've always been a rough defense. 415 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: But you had a turnover down in the red zone, 416 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 1: couldn't get it in or down near the red zone 417 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: around the thirty yard line. Short field opportunity on a 418 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: horrible punt near midfield, right, So two really short field 419 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,439 Speaker 1: opportunities early in the game. I mean this game, you 420 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: could have looked up at the at halftime and it 421 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: could have been it could have been thirty five twenty eight, 422 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: thirty five to nothing at halftime. So give Carolina some 423 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,400 Speaker 1: credit for hanging in there and fighting defensively because their 424 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: offense was having all sorts of problems with the Falcon D. 425 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: One quote out at about our man, Kylen McGarry arts, 426 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,239 Speaker 1: I'm listening to you guys on the broadcast. I think 427 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,160 Speaker 1: there was something happening on in the pile, and uh, 428 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: you said something to the fact of forget the ball, 429 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: he may come out with a guy's arms, And Allison 430 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: laid the ball in the ground later, right, Yeah, all 431 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: of a sudden fumbles the ball late and the one 432 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: guy on the bottom you get to look in and 433 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: at seventy six, and I said, wow, that's the last 434 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 1: guy I want to be on the bottom of the 435 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,479 Speaker 1: pile with. He may come out with some guy's arm 436 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: with the ball. I like, Kaylen McGarry, Yeah, yeah, the 437 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: upside on him is good. And I'm just pointing. You 438 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,160 Speaker 1: talked about old line play, and to be honest, we 439 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: had a we had some miss blocks and a couple 440 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: of times from pulling guards. And again, you gotta credit 441 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,479 Speaker 1: this is a really good front seven. When you talk 442 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: about Carolina's defense, they're gonna They're not gonna sit there 443 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: and wait for you to block at They're linebackers, knife 444 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: and come after you. So he there was a couple 445 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 1: of miss blocks there. We talked about the hardy play 446 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: and then Caleb is out there on an edge by himself, 447 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,439 Speaker 1: and give him credit, he battles, but he's had a 448 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: gauntlet of guys to play against this year. How much 449 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,400 Speaker 1: better is he gonna be in the future. But here's 450 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 1: the other look inside his building, look at the guys 451 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: he has to face every single day in practice. You're 452 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,919 Speaker 1: talking about guys who are really ramping up things they 453 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,200 Speaker 1: do on the edge and tacking Vick and Ac. I mean, 454 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 1: come on, he has no choice but to get better. 455 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:41,920 Speaker 1: So it's good he's facing those guys. But I don't 456 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: think if you know Caleb McGarry, he won't flinch. He 457 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: will be ready for any and every guy they put 458 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: in front of him. Well, we're talking about personnel real quick. 459 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: I want to mention a guy that and give Thomas 460 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: to Mitroff and the Pro Personnel Group credit for going 461 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: and getting Adrian Claiborne back on his team. Yeah, Adrian 462 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 1: Claiborne had a really good year. Two years ago in seventeen, 463 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 1: he left, got him a Super Bowl in New England, 464 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: was free again. They saw the value in a veteran 465 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: defensive end, and he had two sacks yesterday. We all 466 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: remember the seventeen game where he pretty much retired Chaz Green. 467 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: But Claiborne is one of those another one of those 468 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 1: guys that he has enough speed to get around the 469 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: edge and he's one of those shift to power bullrush guys. 470 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: I think he's he's kind of much as we talked 471 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: about what Dwight Freeney did in sixteen with this with 472 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: with Vic and those guys. I think that Claiborne his slowly. 473 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: People are kind of, hey, let's watch this guy. This 474 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: guy has been in the league for a while, was 475 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: a number one draft pick for a reason. Let's watch 476 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: what he's doing. And I think they're picking up on 477 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: kind of his fever pitch he plays with. If anybody's 478 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: seen the one sack he had, I mean he put 479 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: Oh he put the guy you're talking about skates, I 480 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,439 Speaker 1: mean he literally it was it was just unfair. His 481 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 1: reaction to that sac was great too. He uh, he 482 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 1: bull rushed him. Then he just kind of looked at 483 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 1: Grating just had this smirk like he got him, and 484 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 1: he held on the place, You're not the only one 485 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 1: I can get some of these now. Yeah, you know, Uh, 486 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 1: one of the one of the concerns going into this 487 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: game was Christian McCaffrey and uh, you know, he always 488 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 1: gets his so to speak, and he got he got 489 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,360 Speaker 1: his yards, but they were kind of those empty calorie 490 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: kind of yards. You know. He had, Uh he had 491 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: seventy one receiving, but it was just kind of and 492 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,199 Speaker 1: a lot of that was late. Right, you're playing a 493 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: softer zone, n so to that point. So good, Yeah, 494 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 1: he's so good. He's ridiculously good. He's one of my 495 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: favorite players to watch. I thought he should have won 496 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,919 Speaker 1: the hisman coming out, but I think they did. I 497 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: thought they did a really good job, especially for the 498 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: first half and three quarters, keeping him in check. Well, 499 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: he had one explosive run. It was the right It 500 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: was the run right at the at the started the 501 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: second half and they had it was all in drive 502 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: to start the second half. I said it on the radio, yep, 503 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 1: I said, I guarantee you Norv Turner is going to 504 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: pull out every stop they have to score on this drive. 505 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: In fact, they went for it. Remember they were on 506 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: the thirty five yard line and at Atlanta got him 507 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: off the field. But in that drive, McCaffrey, I think 508 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,199 Speaker 1: he touched the ball four times in the drive and 509 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 1: he had one explosive off the edge in the run game. 510 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 1: But yeah, I give him a lot of credit for 511 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: kind of discouraging Norv Turner to run the ball because 512 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: that really I think they ran it fifteen times in 513 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: the game. They kind of got It's not like the 514 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 1: game got out of hand. They could have stayed with 515 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: it a little bit and Atlanta discouraged him to run 516 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 1: the ball. That's funny you bring that up. Go ahead, 517 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,880 Speaker 1: real good communication when you have a guy like that 518 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: and where he belongs in an offense and where he 519 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,239 Speaker 1: lines up and how they use him. Another part of 520 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 1: you know, the interview you had with Deveandre was they 521 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 1: put this dude everywhere. I mean he's used in every 522 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:55,959 Speaker 1: single spot on the field, and I mean the Falcons 523 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: knew that. But knowing when he does get the football, 524 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: there were hats rout into him. And that was the 525 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 1: one thing that I know his defense talked about is 526 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: when he had a football, you have to leverage him 527 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: the right way, and if you don't, he's gonna make 528 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: you miss. He's gonna force you into situations he wants 529 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 1: you to be in. And I thought they did a 530 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: good job. I mean, we mentioned late the yard and 531 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: all that comes, so that's gonna happen. He's gonna get it. 532 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: But I thought they did a good job of limiting 533 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: him in the extra yards, the big play capabilities that 534 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,120 Speaker 1: he has where he can We've seen it this year 535 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: where he's taking you know, five six yard out and 536 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: taking it sixty seventy, or taking a run and taking 537 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: it eighty. And I thought they did a good job 538 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: of leveraging him on a lot of different plays and 539 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: rally into the foot. He's such he's such a different 540 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:40,479 Speaker 1: player than Alvin Kamara, and the other people say, well, 541 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 1: it's the same guy. Alvin Kamara is more of a 542 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: straight line, one cut, go guy. This guy is start 543 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: stop zero to sixty and nothing. He can change direction 544 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 1: and not saying Kamara can't do that, but this guy 545 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: in shocks exactly right. And that was the concept defensive 546 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 1: he didn't play. Remember all the men you played against 547 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: New Orleans played some in this game, but not nearly 548 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: as much because they wanted a lot of hats to 549 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: leverage him because they knew they were going to dump 550 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: him the ball. And if you watch when he caught 551 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: the football, there were a number of guys around him. 552 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: They leverage him inside, outside, got him and got him 553 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: on the ground, and he was the guy that they 554 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: were most staying. He touched at twenty six times, which 555 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 1: is kind of I think his average for the year. 556 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: He's gonna get twenty six touches per game, and that's 557 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 1: exactly what he got. Yeah, he got a lot of 558 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: receiving yards late, as you mentioned, Matt, but it was 559 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: the empty stuff. The game was over at that point. 560 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: You bring up a really good point too. The last 561 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 1: two games this defense they tackling much better. They're swarming 562 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:45,360 Speaker 1: to the football. It's it's really evident. Yeah, I think 563 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: that it's an attitude to tackle, and obviously you got 564 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: to take the right angles and stuff like that. I 565 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: think they've done some of that in practice, but I 566 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: think that at some point it's one that's one of them. 567 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:00,199 Speaker 1: Maybe the more attitude driven things on this team in 568 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: football is tackling. Blocking is a very similar way too, 569 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 1: but it blocking has a little bit more technique attached 570 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: to it. Tackling has technique as well, But you gotta 571 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: want to they gotta come and you see guys wanting 572 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,119 Speaker 1: to get it done. I think that, I really think 573 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 1: that of all the shifts and maybe personnel and things, 574 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 1: I think Ricardo Allen playing in the second level of 575 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: the defense has been huge. You pointed out the plays 576 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: he made in the past game, one in the middle 577 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: part of the field, one in the back end on 578 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: the interception overthrow. But we've watched Ricardo since he's been 579 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: in the league and since they've moved into free safety, right, 580 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,880 Speaker 1: he was supposed to be, you know, that next guy 581 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 1: that was going to be at safety for in a 582 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 1: dan Quinn defense his community. Remember he used to run 583 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: down have to tell the linebackers where to go. He's 584 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: yelling at d lineman, yelling. Now that he's on the 585 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: second level, he can talk to everybody. The communications there 586 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 1: and there's nobody that gets prepared to play. We get 587 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 1: a chance to talk to him every week. Nobody prepares 588 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: to play better than he does. As far as the 589 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: tape he watches, he recognizes routes. I just think you're 590 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: you're leveraging his ability to the highest possible degree put 591 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: him in that position. Smart move, and we said it 592 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 1: last week. We'll say it again. You know what, when 593 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 1: you're one in seven and you you reshuffle your staff 594 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 1: and move your coaches around and and say, hey, you 595 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 1: know what, it's on me that takes that's a bold 596 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,959 Speaker 1: decision and at a time when everyone is questioning everything 597 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: about you and your team, And props to Dan Quinn 598 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: for a standing firm and it's working, and uh, you 599 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: know that's what a head coach is supposed to do 600 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 1: and make those kinds of decisions. So I was thrilled 601 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 1: for him. I was thrilled for the coaching staff, the players, 602 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: and really thrilled for this fan base. Two great games 603 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: fans this morning, little little little too excited. I think 604 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 1: they're they're starting to talk to me. You know, hey, 605 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 1: what what what? What are our chances for a playoffs? 606 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 1: Right now? I'll take that. I'll take that base to 607 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 1: what we had before, right, We'll take that. Optimism is great. Yeah, 608 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 1: I said, look at enjoy this and but let's tap 609 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: the brakes a little bit. You know. One person even 610 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 1: asked mentioned the words super Bowl, and I'm just look 611 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: for them to even have a chance. It's less than 612 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 1: one percent right now. But if they can keep it going, 613 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 1: and they've done a great job of locking in week 614 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 1: to week the last two weeks. They've got Tampa Bay next. 615 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: We'll talk about them in a second. The only chance 616 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: they would have, and I don't want to waste a 617 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 1: lot of time talking a lot of scenarios, well, they'd 618 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: have to win out and the Saints would have to 619 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: lose five of the last six, or the Vikings would 620 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 1: have to lose out, or the Niners or the Seahawks' 621 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: it's and they got tie breakers over you too, So 622 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 1: I mean it's a lot. So yeah, Well, the one 623 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 1: thing I will say, to finish eight and eight or 624 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: nine and seven. Yeah, And I don't want to there's 625 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:48,640 Speaker 1: no reason to spend time on this right now. If 626 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: we get into December and we have a nice run going, 627 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 1: then maybe visit this. But you're two and oh in 628 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: the division, and you now are kind of fashioning what 629 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: you look like in the NFC. So those are two 630 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 1: tie breakers. You've got to take care of your division. 631 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: Win in division, then you also have to win in 632 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,640 Speaker 1: the NFC. So that being said, let's push that aside. 633 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 1: Let's not worry about that right now. We've got Tampa 634 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 1: Bay coming in. You wanted to talk about Tampa, Yeah, 635 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: let's talk about Tampa. I only brought that up because 636 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: I'm getting a lot of questions about scenarios now, so 637 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,280 Speaker 1: I just wanted to just bring it up, talk about 638 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: it's gotta be fun for you to be doing those 639 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: questions as opposed to what you're enjoy those right. Way better, yeah, 640 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 1: way better, Because if you feel like a broken record, 641 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 1: that's not playing a good song. All right, So say 642 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 1: what you want about the Bucks record, say what you 643 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 1: want about Jamis Winston and being a turnover machine, all 644 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: of that. Since I've been here the last three years, 645 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: every time they play line up against Tampa Bay, Dave, 646 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: it's a tough game. It's a close game. They it's competitive. 647 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: I'm expecting this game to go down to the wire 648 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 1: because that usually does. You should, you should, and I 649 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,800 Speaker 1: think it will. I think that you got one of 650 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: the elite receivers and Mike Evans on the outside. He's 651 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 1: got some complimentary pieces around him. Now, Jamis Winston turned 652 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: the ball over four times this weekend against the Saints. 653 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 1: He doesn't do that against Atlanta. Yeah, I don't know 654 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: what it is. And obviously you got a forced turnovers, 655 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 1: you got it. But he's also elusive enough. I think 656 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: all of us remember that's covered his team. When Jamis 657 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: broke in the league, he had a fourth and eighteen 658 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,000 Speaker 1: run or whatever the hell it was, right through the middle. 659 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 1: Everybody got a first down. This willed himself in position 660 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 1: and they I think they kicked the field goal and 661 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,640 Speaker 1: beat Atlanta that day. Yeah, this is it. You talk 662 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: about Carolina. You beat in Carolina seven in the last 663 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: eight times, and probably there's some numbers that are similar 664 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: against this team. But this team has found a way 665 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: to be in the game late. In fact, if you 666 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 1: go back to the Super Bowl year, they beat Atlanta 667 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 1: in the Georgia Dome in the first week end of 668 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,080 Speaker 1: the season. And so we didn't get off to a 669 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 1: great start with Tampa and Jamis had a big day. 670 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 1: Jamis has had a lot of big days against Atlanta. 671 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 1: This will not be a just a walk in the 672 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: park because you look at the record. I mean they're 673 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,360 Speaker 1: looking at our record and probably saying, well, this is 674 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,320 Speaker 1: gonna be a walk in the park. So this is 675 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 1: gonna be a really tough game. It's a divisional game. 676 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,800 Speaker 1: You know them, and they've ruled retooled a little bit 677 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: defensively with some things. Now the Saints, you have a 678 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: nice film to watch, right, the Saints had some success 679 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 1: against them, But no, this is gonna be a very 680 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:29,600 Speaker 1: tough football game. Five straight the Falcons had beaten that. 681 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: I knew it was gonna be a similar number. But 682 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 1: it doesn't feel that way, does now? It doesn't because 683 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 1: the scores well, first one's forty three, twenty eight, thirty four, 684 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, twenty one, thirty four, twenty nine, thirty four, 685 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: thirty two. So the last three or within a score. 686 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 1: And before that streak started, Atlanta had lost three straight 687 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 1: to them. So yeah, they've This has been a much 688 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 1: tougher matchup than people think. So what are we expecting from? 689 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 1: What's different? Have you had a chance to look at 690 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: Bruce arians offense and Jamis in the under Bruce now 691 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 1: and Byron leftwich and was throwing it, they would have 692 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. We have to d takes him 693 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,040 Speaker 1: forever to get rid of it. No, now you like 694 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: this matchup, just just without just your surface level, what 695 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,799 Speaker 1: are your thoughts? Yeah? I think that, Uh, it's a 696 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 1: it's a matchup that um from an offensive against their 697 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: defensive unit. There are a number of different players on 698 00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 1: the defensive side of the football, but it's a Todd 699 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:31,440 Speaker 1: Bowles defense. That's Uh. Those two were together in Arizona 700 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: when arians was the coach out there. Todd Bowles got 701 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,479 Speaker 1: that job to go to the Jets, so they kind 702 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,360 Speaker 1: of went their own separate way there. But they've coached 703 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,719 Speaker 1: well together. He's he does a good job at the defense. UM. 704 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,400 Speaker 1: I think that they've they've had some moments. Think about 705 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,360 Speaker 1: their moment out in LA when they went out and 706 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 1: spank the Rams, went out there and put what fifty 707 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,560 Speaker 1: five on the Rams uh in n in La. Emotional 708 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,839 Speaker 1: game for them. Yeah, and so uh one of those 709 00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,839 Speaker 1: moments where you know they can kind of hang their 710 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 1: head and say, wait a minute, we can get this done. 711 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 1: So this is a team that comes in not devoid 712 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: of confidence. So I expect a very tough football game. 713 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 1: I think that Jamis is gonna make some plays. The 714 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,479 Speaker 1: thing you don't want Jamis to do, and you didn't 715 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,640 Speaker 1: want Kyle Allen to do, is you don't want him 716 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,920 Speaker 1: to extend plays. I think that's one thing that Atlanta 717 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:19,839 Speaker 1: has done a really pretty good job of the last 718 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,240 Speaker 1: couple of weeks with their pass rush albit you've gotten 719 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,440 Speaker 1: home eleven times, is you haven't allowed the quarterback to 720 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: make a lot of plays out of the pocket. Kyle 721 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,880 Speaker 1: made a couple of plays this weekend that extended drives. 722 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 1: Jamis is great at doing that, getting out of the pocket. 723 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 1: He's not a great runner. He's a physical guy, but 724 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 1: he's really good at getting out of the pocket. The 725 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,160 Speaker 1: thing you know about Jamis is he's gonna he's got 726 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:42,839 Speaker 1: a big arm. He's gonna try to shove it into 727 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,480 Speaker 1: traffic and you're gonna you're gonna have opportunity to make plays. 728 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,319 Speaker 1: He will take chances and he can extend drives. He 729 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:52,000 Speaker 1: is He's look, he's entertaining to watch, and I know 730 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,680 Speaker 1: buccaneer fans probably want to pull their hair out watching 731 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:59,719 Speaker 1: them sometimes, but I know he can for all the 732 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: play is that you just kind of just bang your 733 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,239 Speaker 1: head on the wall. He makes us throw sometimes when 734 00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:08,160 Speaker 1: you're like he's special. But as a quarterback coming off 735 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,640 Speaker 1: a ball game where he's had those troubles and those 736 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:15,720 Speaker 1: interceptions and those issues, you know he watches the film, 737 00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,120 Speaker 1: and he's gonna see this is Atlanta team that can 738 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:21,239 Speaker 1: get The last two games have turned people over, and 739 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,319 Speaker 1: he's turned people over. So I guarantee you he's gonna 740 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 1: come into this ball game still having that same mentality, 741 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:28,719 Speaker 1: but at the same time, he's gonna be a little 742 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,960 Speaker 1: bit more careful with the football because he knows if 743 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,359 Speaker 1: he turns the football over, they're out of his ball game. 744 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 1: I'm looking at some of the scores of some of 745 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,840 Speaker 1: their games, and when he beat Carolina it was twenty 746 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: to fourteen. I mean, when you lost to the Giants 747 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 1: thirty two thirty one, yeah against the first time, versus 748 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,879 Speaker 1: to Wallen's thirty one, twenty four versus Carolina lost thirty seven, 749 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 1: twenty six, I mean twenty seven twenty three to the Titans, 750 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:56,120 Speaker 1: lost in overtime to Seattle. I mean, you know, so 751 00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,320 Speaker 1: their record says, hey, they got a bunch of losses, 752 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,440 Speaker 1: but in the ball game right there, So there's always 753 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 1: those four or five plays that we always talk about 754 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:05,919 Speaker 1: in the game could have went their way. And we're 755 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,000 Speaker 1: looking at Tampa baying a different like too. Let me 756 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 1: ask you this shock, Okay, Jamis is in the final 757 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:12,799 Speaker 1: year of his contract and as much as you don't 758 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,120 Speaker 1: want to bring in the monetary part of this, and 759 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:18,200 Speaker 1: what does a kid's got guy's future look like. You know, 760 00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:22,200 Speaker 1: he's obviously playing for his football future, maybe not in Tampa, 761 00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:25,719 Speaker 1: but can he be a starter someone else? And so 762 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:29,480 Speaker 1: how much does that factor? And with him from a 763 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:31,440 Speaker 1: personal Stampa, it's a team game and he's got to 764 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:33,080 Speaker 1: play with his teammates and all that kind of stuff. 765 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,359 Speaker 1: But on those personal levels where you're at home by 766 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,839 Speaker 1: yourself and you're kind of contemplating your lot in life, 767 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:39,879 Speaker 1: how much does that creep in you think for him here? 768 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:43,040 Speaker 1: I think a lot. He's a kid that I think 769 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 1: we all know does not does not have any lack 770 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 1: of confidence. And you're talking about a guy who came 771 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:55,960 Speaker 1: into his league very highly, highly drafted. Yeah, a lot 772 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: of expectations for him. And I know the last thing 773 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:00,960 Speaker 1: he thinks about his to be those guys one of 774 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:02,919 Speaker 1: those guys that's a bust or doesn't end up getting 775 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:04,920 Speaker 1: a you know, a big time second contract. He looks 776 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:06,320 Speaker 1: around and some of the guys that around him that 777 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 1: came out at the same time. So absolutely, I think 778 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:14,120 Speaker 1: he thinks about my next step is what and I 779 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,359 Speaker 1: think he has to put good things on film. He 780 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,279 Speaker 1: has to play at a higher level and I think 781 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:22,000 Speaker 1: he understands that. And and every guy that plays this 782 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,439 Speaker 1: game is all for the team for sure, but they 783 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,480 Speaker 1: also know the business part of it. And you have 784 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,200 Speaker 1: to go out and put some good things on tape 785 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,880 Speaker 1: if you want to be a successful player. And I 786 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:36,120 Speaker 1: know Jameis Wiston is in that same boat. Well, the 787 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,960 Speaker 1: Falcons has done a great job of locking in on 788 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:42,399 Speaker 1: their opponents the last two weeks. The Bucks are up next. 789 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,680 Speaker 1: They've got four of their next five games or at home. 790 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,920 Speaker 1: That's nice. I love that. Yeah. And we're gonna have 791 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:55,600 Speaker 1: in that stretch rematches with the Saints and the Panthers too. 792 00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:01,120 Speaker 1: That's gonna be fun too. Yeah. And it's a salute 793 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,680 Speaker 1: disservice this weekend too. Yeah. That's something I wanted to 794 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,799 Speaker 1: touch on here. And it's a it's a big deal 795 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,080 Speaker 1: around the league, and this month is a salute to 796 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,960 Speaker 1: service month around the National Football League. We saw a 797 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,719 Speaker 1: really good display of that in Carolina this weekend where 798 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:16,279 Speaker 1: they brought in one guy who was one hundred and 799 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,520 Speaker 1: two years old World War two vet. They sang happy 800 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,960 Speaker 1: the whole crowd sang Happy Birthday to him. It was 801 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:25,560 Speaker 1: phenomenal and really good job of the Panther's Really, I 802 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:26,960 Speaker 1: know you're not looking for a pat on the back, 803 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,000 Speaker 1: but we're giving you one from Atlanta here did a 804 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,360 Speaker 1: great job of that. This is an important week for 805 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:35,040 Speaker 1: Atlanta Atlanta. Really, this is something that's near and deared 806 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:38,880 Speaker 1: Coach Quinn's heart. Obviously, Steve Cannon, who's who's the president 807 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:43,279 Speaker 1: of all the mb groups for mister Blank, he's a 808 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:47,040 Speaker 1: West Point Grad Army Ranger. It's very near and dear 809 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:48,960 Speaker 1: to his heart as well. So it's a big deal 810 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:52,040 Speaker 1: here in Atlanta's a ton of vets that live here 811 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:56,160 Speaker 1: in Atlanta. Atlanta's going to host ninety six families here 812 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,680 Speaker 1: at Flowery Brands are going to come out, They're going 813 00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:02,160 Speaker 1: to meet the players. Position groups are going to adopt 814 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:06,120 Speaker 1: those families and represent them in the game. If you 815 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:07,560 Speaker 1: get a chance to go to the game, you're going 816 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,840 Speaker 1: to see a tremendous display on the Halo board of 817 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:14,239 Speaker 1: these guys talking about their experiences with these families and 818 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,880 Speaker 1: all the things they've gone through. This is more impactful, 819 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,880 Speaker 1: almost more impactful for the player than it is for 820 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:21,879 Speaker 1: these families, and I know the families get a great 821 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,600 Speaker 1: pleasure out of being around the team and what the 822 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,279 Speaker 1: pomp and circumstance that the Falcons put out there for them, 823 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:31,120 Speaker 1: and rightly so. But the players, you talk to the players, 824 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,160 Speaker 1: it's unbelievable how much it impacts their lives and stuff. 825 00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:37,400 Speaker 1: So a great week. If you aren't able to go 826 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 1: to the game, make sure you stay tuned to Atlanta 827 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:42,279 Speaker 1: Falcons dot com because the crew out here, Matt and 828 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:44,759 Speaker 1: everybody that does stuff here at Atlanta Falcons dot com 829 00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,360 Speaker 1: is going to do a tremendous job of following the 830 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:50,200 Speaker 1: story and telling you the stories of these families and 831 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:53,560 Speaker 1: the interaction with the players. So I encourage you woheartedly 832 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,120 Speaker 1: to stay tuned and pay attention to what's going on. 833 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:58,400 Speaker 1: The Falcons are really committed to that, and I'm so 834 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,279 Speaker 1: glad that lobbed that up for you and you just 835 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,880 Speaker 1: knocked it out of the park. M I had no idea, 836 00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:06,960 Speaker 1: um And I'm glad we talked about that. And you 837 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,319 Speaker 1: know you bring up Steve Cannon too. You know, he 838 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:10,880 Speaker 1: noted to me when I was talking to him. But 839 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:14,080 Speaker 1: the Falcons have this empty chair in the in the 840 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:18,160 Speaker 1: it's it's an actual stadium seat dedicated for the POW's 841 00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:20,560 Speaker 1: m ias and no one can sid in it. It's 842 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:23,640 Speaker 1: a reminder, it's a it's it's a powerful reminder. But 843 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,440 Speaker 1: when I was talking to Steve Cannon about that, he 844 00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:29,040 Speaker 1: noted that Georgia is home to Fort Benning, Fort Stewart, 845 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:32,560 Speaker 1: and Fort Gordon. When you think about that, there's more 846 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,000 Speaker 1: so than any other state, that's a lot of bases 847 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:38,320 Speaker 1: in one state, and so the military. There's a large 848 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:42,600 Speaker 1: military presence in the state. And the Falcons have taken 849 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,799 Speaker 1: that and run with it. And it's important to them 850 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,080 Speaker 1: because that they know a lot of their fans are 851 00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:51,080 Speaker 1: are a lot of military people here a Falcons fans, 852 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:55,240 Speaker 1: So there's that concentration of military families here and and 853 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,920 Speaker 1: they want to make sure that they have a seat, 854 00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:01,000 Speaker 1: so to speak, at this table um. So I think 855 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:02,799 Speaker 1: that's really cool, And yeah, it's gonna be a special week. 856 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:09,400 Speaker 1: Any final thoughts DJ on this two game streak in 857 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:13,759 Speaker 1: the Bucks coming up. It's good. It's it's what you 858 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:17,640 Speaker 1: thought this team should look like. And give the staff, 859 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:20,520 Speaker 1: give the players a lot of credit for not just 860 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:24,000 Speaker 1: mailing it in. So as a guy who played for 861 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:27,040 Speaker 1: this organization as a guy now who is a part 862 00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,359 Speaker 1: of it on the other side and watching his team fight, 863 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:32,680 Speaker 1: it's it's truly rewarding to see these guys go out 864 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,160 Speaker 1: and compete the way they're doing and not just mailing 865 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,719 Speaker 1: it in one at a time where a lot of 866 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,920 Speaker 1: people on the outside we're talking really bad about every 867 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,239 Speaker 1: single player, coach or whatever it may be a part 868 00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:46,160 Speaker 1: of this organization. And I mean, I know you take 869 00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:47,560 Speaker 1: a brunt of a two talking to a lot of 870 00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:52,719 Speaker 1: the fans, so I mean it's it doesn't go unthought 871 00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:54,960 Speaker 1: about as far as what the guys are doing and 872 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,640 Speaker 1: the staff is doing each and every week to put 873 00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:59,600 Speaker 1: a good product on the field. And I know fans 874 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:01,560 Speaker 1: care about out their team. I talked to fans all 875 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:05,000 Speaker 1: the time. They love this organization. They wanted to do 876 00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:07,200 Speaker 1: well and to see this team continue to fight is 877 00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:09,279 Speaker 1: all you could ask right now. And I think the 878 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,760 Speaker 1: team is doing that right now in their last two games, 879 00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:13,520 Speaker 1: and I think they will continue to do that. So 880 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,880 Speaker 1: kudos to Dan Coin for finding ways, whatever it may be, 881 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:22,319 Speaker 1: to get this team headed in the right direction. When 882 00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:25,400 Speaker 1: you're one in seven and then you turn around and 883 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:29,479 Speaker 1: win in this manner, in a dominant way that it's 884 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:32,000 Speaker 1: not just they're not just like eating out wins. Here there, 885 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:34,920 Speaker 1: they have made a statement of the last couple of weeks, 886 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,400 Speaker 1: and you're right, and we'll just end it there. This 887 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,520 Speaker 1: team has not quit on its coach and it's awesome 888 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:43,360 Speaker 1: to watch it since quite a message to the fan base, Diaker, 889 00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:47,440 Speaker 1: So all right, that'll do it. Thanks guys. This is 890 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:50,719 Speaker 1: Falcons Audible presented Fight A G and D