1 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: What's up, everybody, and welcome to another edition of the 2 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: Falcons Final Whistle. I'm Scott Baer and with me Tory 3 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: mcelaney and Ashton Edmonds. We're coming to you after a 4 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: Week seven result that did not go the Falcons way. 5 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: The Bengals beat them soundly thirty five to seventeen at 6 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: pay Course Stadium in Cincinnati. All three of us are 7 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: back home in the atl We're going to try to 8 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: make sense of not only what happened in this game, 9 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: but where the Falcons go from here, how they can improve, 10 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 1: and the state of affairs in the NFC South, which 11 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: spoiler alert, it's pretty up for grabs right now. Shockingly so, 12 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: after Carolina beat Tampa Bay and the Falcons and the 13 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers are still sitting atop of the division 14 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: at three and four. So, first of all, let's focus 15 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: on this game first before we go big picture. Y'all. Ashton, 16 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 1: your initial impressions on this game? Overall, it wasn't a 17 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: game that went well for Atlanta. Where where do you 18 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: think that it went wrong? Yeah? I mean I think 19 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: the biggest thing was a lot of players were hurt. Um. 20 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,759 Speaker 1: I think that's what hurt the Falcons the most early 21 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: in the game. I mean, Tyler boy, you support a 22 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,119 Speaker 1: touchdown with two minutes into the game. The game just started. Um, 23 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: but like the secondary was beat up, and I think 24 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow just capitalized on knowing that. I think, um, 25 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: you know, they they knew that the Falcons had a 26 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: lot of injured players and you know, especially on defense, 27 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 1: and I just think they capitalized on that and and 28 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: just you know, kind of made the most of that situation. 29 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 1: And you know, they had all three of their wide 30 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,559 Speaker 1: receivers were healthy, so I think it was just easy 31 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: to find those open pockets and and you know capitalized. 32 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: Like I said, Tory, what were your takeaways from this point? Um, 33 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: I had a lot of takeaways, but none as big 34 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: as This is the first game that the Falcons have 35 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: played that I don't want to take anything from. And 36 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: I say that because the first six games of the 37 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: season I felt like, even in losses, there was something 38 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: kind of a redeeming quality of which you could take 39 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: from it and something that you knew you could build 40 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: off of. This loss, to me was the first time 41 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: that I felt like I would like to leave the 42 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: loss where it was. And after I do my notebook tomorrow, 43 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: like not even look at it again, because I think 44 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: that the Falcons are better than what they put on 45 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: the field on Sunday against the Bengals. I completely agree 46 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: with what ashe was saying, where I think the Bengals 47 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: played the game that they wanted to play. I never 48 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: felt like the Falcons were dictating the game. I always 49 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: felt like the game was in Cincinnati's hands to change 50 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: and to dictate. And for that and that alone, it's 51 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: that that, to me was my biggest takeaway, on top of, 52 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: of course the statistical day that the Bengals had in 53 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: comparison to what it was for the Falcons. I mean, 54 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: I'm sure we'll get into all of that later, but 55 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: just that was my overarching feelings as we kind of 56 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: headed back to Atlanta. Yeah, I mean, I understand what 57 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: you're saying Jake Matthews was saying. I spoke to him 58 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: in the postgame locker room, and he said, the one 59 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: thing that we can't do is not learn from this. 60 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: Pardon the double negative, but we have to correct everything 61 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: and not let those mistakes happen again. But so I 62 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: can understand what he's saying, Okay, I can also understand 63 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: what you're saying, and I don't think that they're completely disparate, right. 64 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: I think when it comes down to it is that 65 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: there were errors of execution, right, And then now we 66 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: can bring Ashton's opinion into this thing that they were 67 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: super beat up in the secondary and that fact was 68 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: compounded by a j. Terrell leaving in the first quarter 69 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: with a hamstring injury and being ruled out of that game. 70 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: Their secondary was decimated and it seemed like the Bengals 71 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: didn't even really feel like running very much, and they 72 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: and they saw a weakness they exposed it. Right. Well, then, 73 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: since we're on this topic right now, Okay, have the 74 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: Bengals created some game tape that other opponents can use 75 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: or do you think that this is a situation of 76 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: Cincinnati knew what it had Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase, Tyler 77 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: Boyd and Te Higgins and against the beat up secondary. 78 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: Is this an individual matchup situation or are there things 79 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: positive or negative that can be get extrapolated about the 80 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: Falcons and how they defend. Like to understand my question, like, 81 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: is it like, yeah, was it this matchup or is 82 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 1: it something grander at play here? I think it's honestly, 83 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: probably a little bit of both. I think that we 84 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: have seen moments where the Falcons defense has st ruggle 85 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: to stop an offense that kind of looks like how 86 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: the Bengals operate. I think about the Rams, I think 87 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: about the Tampa Bay game and how these quarterbacks have 88 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 1: been able to take advantage of the Falcon secondary at moments. Now, 89 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: is this a formula that other teams can replicate down 90 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,799 Speaker 1: the road, And I believe that's kind of what you're asking. 91 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: It's like, honestly, it kind of does. That is the 92 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: one thing that does worry me moving forward, because it's 93 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: now we've seen games, a few games where the Falcon 94 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 1: secondary and the past rush not getting there, and they're 95 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: kind of this problem extrapolating a circumstance, and so it's 96 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: not just defense too. I know I'm harping on defense 97 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: a lot because of the statistics that was Joe Burrow 98 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: and those three receivers for the Bengals, but it was 99 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: an offensive problem too. When the run is not working, 100 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: the Falcons struggle to move the ball, and when they 101 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: are in obvious passing situations, they struggle to move the 102 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: ball in to move the chains because of that, I 103 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: think there is almost this formulaic type of look at 104 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: the Falcons where it's like, if you put them in 105 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: passing situations and then also if you as an offense 106 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: are passing the ball, is that a recipe for success 107 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 1: against the Falcons. I think that is a much bigger 108 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: question that I'm not sure I can answer fully yet. 109 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: But there have been moments where it has felt like 110 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 1: that over the course of the first seven weeks of 111 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 1: the season. Yeah, and just kind of as you were talking, 112 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: I was briefly thinking back about the quarterbacks that I've 113 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: seen faced the Falcons this year, and Joe Burrow was 114 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: the best, better than a forty five year old Tom 115 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: Brady at that particular week, better than Matthew Stafford back 116 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: in Week two. No offense to Geno Smith and his 117 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: comeback player of the year run right now, but Ashton, 118 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 1: looking at what Joe Burrow was able to do. You 119 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: and I talked a lot during the week, kind of 120 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: away from things that record, just about how how the 121 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: Bengals kind of take advantage of those passes within zero 122 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: to nine yards in the air and turn it into 123 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: fifteen twenty year plays. What did you think about kind 124 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: of Joe Burrow's operation and do you need an elite 125 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: quarterback to kind of execute this this strategy like that 126 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: we're talking about. Yeah, I think Joe Burrow did a 127 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: great job in the air today. I think, um, he 128 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: found the Falcon's weak spots on defense as soon as 129 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: Cornell Armstrong came in the game. I mean he started 130 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: targeting jam Jamar Chase. You know, I think maybe like 131 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: two or three times back to back. And he's an 132 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: experienced quarterback. You know, he played in the Super Bowl 133 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: last year. He's relatively young, but he still has the 134 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: NFL experience and he can read defenses and know who 135 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: to throw it too, when to throw it to him. 136 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: And you know, he knew aj Terrell was was banged up. 137 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: He knew Casey Hayward wasn't in UM. And I'm sure 138 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: that you know, his coaches and the players study UM 139 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: the secondary and knew that we had a lot of 140 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: young players in the secondary, you know, Richie Grant, Jaalen 141 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: Howkins like these are relatively young guys. So UM, I 142 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: think Joe Burrow knew the weapons that he has and 143 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: the trio with Tyler Boy, Um T Higgins and UM 144 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: Jamar Chason. You know, he utilized his weapons and um, 145 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: you know, I think he, like I said, I think 146 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: he found um, he found all the weak spots in 147 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: the Falcons secondary and just you know, capitalized from there. Yeah. 148 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: I think A. J. Terrell's status is going to be 149 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 1: something to monitor closely as we move forward here with 150 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: Casey Hayward. Who um, and I guess you can come 151 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: at me in the comments, but who I think has 152 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: been or was the best Falcons cornerback, Not the most talented, 153 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: but the best, most consistent Falcons cornerback through the first 154 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: six weeks with him being on injured reserve, and even 155 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: a rookie liked Alford, who's good in space and good 156 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: making place on the ball, him being unavailable, and then 157 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:08,839 Speaker 1: AJ Terrell going out and being ruled out quickly. That's 158 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: generally not a great sign. But that secondary, which was 159 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: a strength and had a lot of depths, is just 160 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: in a different place right now. I think Darren Hall 161 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: has some talent. Cornell Armstrong was kind of thrown to 162 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: the Wolves. Talking to him afterward, he said he wouldn't 163 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: have given up the opportunity no matter who he was playing, 164 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: and he wants to do better next week. Isaiah Oliver 165 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: just came back. They just got the secondary together, only 166 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: to see injury kind of fall apart there. You know, 167 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: I just think that that was definitely difficult, and kind 168 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: of going back to everything that we're saying here is 169 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: it was coaching for the Bengals, understanding the state of 170 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: the secondary where it was at, how much it got 171 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: worse with aj out and an elite level quarterback with 172 00:09:55,200 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: elite level targets taking advantage of their strengths, and ultimately 173 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 1: it came down to it. It's not like this game 174 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: was without fight for the Falcons. The second quarter flurry 175 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,319 Speaker 1: there with a sixteen play drive that was a touchdown 176 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: and then a seventy five yard strike to DeMier Bird 177 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 1: followed by the amazing Avery Williams punt return to set 178 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: up Young Waykup's field goal, which also gets to a point, 179 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: I'm kind of abandoned the scriptory. I'm sorry, but I'm 180 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: gonna let you kind of take it from there. Because 181 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: you asked Arthur Smith a question, and we talk about 182 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: all these explosive plays and all these stats and all 183 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: these big name players doing big name things. There was 184 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: a part in this game that you brought up to 185 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith that I think is really important because it's 186 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: boring and you could overlook it in a box score, 187 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: But there was a pivotal series in this game that 188 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: really changed it more than anything else. Which series and 189 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 1: which kind of sequence were you talking about there with coach? Yeah, 190 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: so it was the opening three drives of the third quarter, 191 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 1: and you look at where the Falcons were. They were 192 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: down twenty eight seventeen. They had just you know, you 193 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: talk about Aby Williams setting up young Way coup field goal. 194 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,719 Speaker 1: They had got it within twenty eight seventeen. You go 195 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: into halftime, you kind of feel the momentum, you know, 196 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: you get the ball coming out after halftime, and then 197 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 1: you get the ball and you go three and out. 198 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 1: Tyler Algeria runs the ball for one yard two in 199 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: completions punt then and so that in and of itself, 200 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: that three and out is not what you want. But 201 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,679 Speaker 1: then it was also Cincinnati gets the ball in their 202 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: own forty two yard line and the defense comes up 203 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: with a with a stop. They you have Rashaun Evans 204 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: who allowed like no gain on second down, and then 205 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: you had Cornell Armstrong with a pass breakup on third down, 206 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: and so Cincinnati gives the ball back to the Falcons. 207 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: They it was a turnover on downs, I'm pretty sure 208 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 1: on fourth down if I'm remembering correctly. And then so 209 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: Atlanta gets the ball back. So now you're like, okay, 210 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: well that first drive of the third quarter, it didn't 211 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: go as you wanted to. But then they get the 212 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 1: ball back and they don't do anything with it. And 213 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: not only do they not do anything with it, Tyler 214 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,839 Speaker 1: Alger has dropped for three on first down, Mariota is 215 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: sacked for a loss of one on second down, and 216 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: then you're I mean, you're looking at third and very long, 217 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: and it's a situation where you had two good chances 218 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: offensively to do something with a defensive stop in sandwich 219 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: between those two three and out, that to me was 220 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: a moment that was the most discouraging. I know, we 221 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 1: could talk a lot about the yards that were garnered 222 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: throughout the whole entire four quarters, but that probably let's 223 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: say five minutes swing was really tough for me to 224 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: move past because I felt as though the Falcon score 225 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: touchdown in that opening drive, I mean, you're looking at 226 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: a different You're looking at a one score game always 227 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: through the third quarter, that completely changes how you feel 228 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 1: moving forward. It gives you a little bit moment of momentum, 229 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: It puts you back into the game because then after 230 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: that it just kind of went. I mean, Cincinnati went 231 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: and scored on their second drive of the third quarter. 232 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: So it really to me that moment, that five minute 233 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: period was kind of what sealed the deal for the 234 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: Falcons in this game. If I'm reading this correctly, in 235 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:36,239 Speaker 1: the second half, I hope I'm reading this correctly, had 236 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: the Falcons had drives of net yards net yards of 237 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: one yard gained, seven yards gained, and nine yards gained 238 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: over the course of the third quarter, where the Bengals 239 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: have been really good this season. In the fourth quarter, again, 240 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: if I'm reading this right, it looks like they only 241 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,839 Speaker 1: had twenty three net yards in the fourth quarter. And 242 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 1: that's where we're going to shift a little bit to 243 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 1: the offense here. And I just wanted to bring up 244 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 1: a couple of numbers. Number One, the Falcons ran forty 245 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: five offensive plays to Cincinnati sixty six average gain at 246 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:18,559 Speaker 1: four point eight yards. And here's the interesting thing, right 247 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: that I've mentioned. I feel like we all have kind 248 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: of talked about this, that there might be a time 249 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: where the Falcons are gonna have to go get a 250 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: win or pressed to get a win by throwing thirty 251 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 1: five times right, by really trying to work the ball 252 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: through the air to try to make it up. And 253 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: you look at the play disparity here, and we're talking 254 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: about twenty nine runs. They ran more than the Bengals 255 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: for the same per carry average, and I only see 256 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: now there could be penalties that would have eliminated dropbacks, 257 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: but there were only thirteen attempts, so even when they're 258 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: behind multiple scorers, the Falcons still aren't passing. I want 259 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: to make this very very clear with before we go forward. 260 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: This is not a question of we are not questioning 261 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: play calling. That's not what's happening here. I don't do that. 262 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: We don't do that on this podcast. It's dumb, Okay. 263 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: What I think that we're doing is trying to extrapolate 264 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: truth about this team, right, and that's where I want 265 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 1: people to focus and understand what we're talking about here. 266 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: We're not saying should I call the pass when you 267 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: call the run? Arthur? That ain't it? Okay, that's base 268 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: level rhetoric that doesn't have any place here diet tribe 269 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: over this type of play disparity. I think it does 270 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: speak to what the Falcons do well. They run the 271 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: ball well, but they have not found that type of 272 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: consistent passing rhythm without the benefit of a play action 273 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: pass or a big strike or something like that. This 274 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 1: team is not, you know, kind of balanced in that 275 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 1: same way right now. I mean, that's just the way 276 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: that it is. Yeah, it's funny too, because I feel 277 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: like we've been saying this about the Falcons, but in 278 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: like the opposite conversation, like with the Matt Ryan in 279 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: the pocket, it was always a conversation of, oh, they're 280 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: not balanced because they can't run the ball, like they're 281 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 1: not running the ball as an offense. I feel like 282 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: for the last I don't even know how many years 283 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: that has been. The problem is when you're talking about 284 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: the balance of the offense. Now it's kind of flipped 285 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: on its head and it's kind of the other side 286 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 1: of the coin where it's like the Falcons can run 287 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: the ball and do find success doing that. But again 288 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: going back to what I was saying earlier, earlier, when 289 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: they are in obvious passing downs's it feels like it's 290 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: either elominate is the key as their bust, you know, 291 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: like that's kind of what it feels like. But I 292 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: think when you look at this offense, it is something 293 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: that they have to clean up because we go back 294 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: to now there's a formula for how to defend this 295 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: team when you look at it, how much can this 296 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: offense kind of take the more film that is put 297 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: on other teams radars because the Falcons are at their 298 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 1: best when they do have a bit of mystery in 299 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: what they're doing offensively, can we say that they were 300 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: still mysterious, you know, getting into the third and fourth 301 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 1: quarter of this game. And I mean, and then it 302 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 1: even goes back to the Rams game in week two, 303 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: this scene this started, this has started to feel like 304 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: a similar topic of conversation over the course of seven games. 305 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: Is like the Falcons are having trouble in those obvious 306 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: passing downs, yeah, and I mean, but other side of 307 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: it is, if you go back to the Browns game, right, 308 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: they were in trouble and they weren't passing the ball 309 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: well and they barely threw the ball at all, and 310 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 1: then they decided to you know, to run the run 311 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: the ball a lot shall we say, I'm not going 312 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: to repeat, I will say I will say too with 313 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 1: with that, like it, I felt like the day the 314 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 1: game was different. Like the game In this game, you're 315 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: fighting from behind at one point, you're down by what 316 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: eighteen and you're still running the ball like that is. 317 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,120 Speaker 1: It's not wild to me because I can understand doing 318 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: it because it was it was what was working for 319 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 1: you and it's kind of your roots as an offense. 320 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: But it does make me wonder, like what's the confidence 321 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 1: level in being able to throw the ball and when 322 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: you know that was something that not to like compare 323 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,159 Speaker 1: apples to oranges, but when you talk about what the 324 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 1: what this offense was last year, it could go out 325 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: and get big chunks of yards throwing the ball down field. Now, 326 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: can we say the same thing here? Yes, I mean 327 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: you can, because Marcus Mariota connected for damir or Bird 328 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: a seventy five yard touchdown. But it's like doing it consistently. 329 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:45,880 Speaker 1: That's the difference. It's like one play is great, but 330 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 1: can you do it through four quarters? Right? And I 331 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: mean if you're throwing in completions on first and second 332 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: and ten and setting up third and longs, that's not 333 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: good either. But I do think that if the Falcons 334 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 1: are playing their game, if they set the tone and 335 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: dictate tempo and create turnover, something that they didn't do 336 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:10,199 Speaker 1: against the Bengals, then you create situations and recipes that 337 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 1: are right for victory. And I don't think that it's 338 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 1: outlandish to say that that is a winning formula for them. 339 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 1: They need, but they can't get in these types of 340 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: situations against I mean, Joe Burrow's elite level quarterback, right. 341 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:30,679 Speaker 1: I was searching for my adjective there. But nonetheless, I 342 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,640 Speaker 1: do think that that the Falcons have a winning formula. 343 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: I think that I'm sure other teams probably think that 344 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: they have a beatable formula. But do you have Joe Burrow? 345 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: It is PJ. Walker Joe Burrow is yeah, is can't 346 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 1: because even the Rams, who I think had a similar concept, 347 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 1: even matt Stafford, couldn't execute at the level that was 348 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: required to put that game away. So I will also say, 349 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: though I do think the trio of receivers that the 350 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: Bengals have very different than what Matthew Stafford has with 351 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: the Rams. I do think that this was honestly a 352 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: recipe for Uh it was it was, Yeah, it was 353 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: gonna be it was gonna be really tough for the Falcons. Like, 354 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 1: going in, you knew that this matchup like wasn't one 355 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 1: that really like turned in the Falcons favor at all, 356 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,880 Speaker 1: and the Bengals are hot. You know, this is Cornel 357 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: Armstrong's like very first game of the season, right, yeah, 358 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 1: practice quade elevation. Yeah yeah, I mean, like you said 359 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: he was thrown into the Wolves, I think this is 360 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 1: probably the toughest game. I mean, I think it's only 361 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: gonna make him better. But like him getting thrown against 362 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: the Bengals, you know, I think that it was just 363 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: like you said, a recipe for disaster. Yeah. So, I mean, 364 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: you know, kind of perfect storm situation with the Falcons 365 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 1: secondary being severely hindered by injury, plus Joe Burrow plus 366 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: the Bengals being hot, plus the three targets that are 367 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: all kind of next level. Kaya. I think we've done 368 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 1: a pretty good job deciphering what this game was and 369 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 1: maybe some question marks or things to identify about, you know, 370 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: how the Falcons can win, maybe how they can be beat, 371 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: and what means to get fixed in order to eliminate 372 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: those strategies. All that said, right, Arthur Smith said in 373 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: his press conference, making no excuses, and I think that 374 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 1: was important that they're also thankful that this only count. 375 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: Says one. You lose, thirty five or thirty four, you 376 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 1: lose like this still just one loss and wild results 377 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: considering everything that Carolina has been through recently. Tampa Bay 378 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: lost to Carolina by multiple scores. So go figure. New 379 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: Orleans lost to Arizona on Thursday night. We are in 380 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: the middle of an NFC South race that is looking strange. 381 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: The Valley's lost a game but didn't lose any ground 382 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 1: in the division is really what I'm trying to get at, 383 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 1: and I think that that's something I wrote about in 384 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,919 Speaker 1: my column. I think after the initial frustration of the 385 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,479 Speaker 1: fan base wears off from what they saw today, they 386 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: will come to realize that opportunity um still exists and 387 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: maybe that not only are the Buccaneers vulnerable, but maybe 388 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,880 Speaker 1: the Falcons can fix with fix the problems that they have, 389 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,360 Speaker 1: find ways to surge and scrap out and get victories 390 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 1: and be alive in December and find some consistency, find 391 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: some rhythm. That's something that they haven't found yet, something 392 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: that rare Shaan Evans set Ashton. I just said all 393 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: that stuff, but really kind of entering Week eight here 394 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 1: with an ability to go out there. They get Carolina twice, 395 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: Chargers who lost today, and then you know this isn't 396 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 1: an order, but Chicago, Washington, Pittsburgh that that they they 397 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,360 Speaker 1: do have an opportunity to get in rhythm and kind 398 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: of establish themselves, you know, as a as a contender 399 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 1: in this division. Oh yeah, most definitely. Um. I mean 400 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 1: they beat a really good Browns team, a really good 401 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 1: Seahawks team already. These are really good teams that have 402 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 1: been winning, you know, consistently over the last few weeks. 403 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,160 Speaker 1: But I think going into Week eight against the Panthers, 404 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 1: the Panthers, you know, they don't have Baker Mayfield, they 405 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 1: have a lot of young players. Their team has kind 406 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: of pieced together as well. Um, they did execute against 407 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: the Bucks, but I think the Falcons do have a 408 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: great chance at winning UM this this upcoming Sunday against 409 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,159 Speaker 1: the Panthers. To go for them for I think this 410 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: was the toughest three games stretch UM and I think 411 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: they played relatively well through it. UM, but I think 412 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: this last game, you know, it kind of hurt them. 413 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: But like I said, they were hurt for the most 414 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: part all around with the defense, and you know, the 415 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: offense just wasn't executing. Um And I think after they 416 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: watched film this week, I think they when they see 417 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 1: what they can clean up going into Week eight against 418 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 1: the Panthers at home, they you know, they won two 419 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: at home already, so they have that momentum. I think. Um. 420 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I think the Falcons have a great chance 421 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: at going above five hundred going into week eight. Honestly, yeah, 422 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,920 Speaker 1: go ahead, go ahead, go for it to right. I 423 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 1: was just gonna say, like, you know, of the places 424 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 1: where I feel like this team has been over the 425 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 1: last like three years, the fact that they're three and 426 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: four right now is not like the end of the world. 427 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 1: I mean, to be completely honest, I feel like there 428 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 1: are a lot of people that did not think that 429 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 1: they would get to Week eight at three and four. 430 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: I would have win against the Bengals have been fantastic, Yeah, 431 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 1: I would have. But that didn't happen, and it showed 432 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 1: this team what it has to work on. And I mean, 433 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 1: it's not I think Arthur Smith has said it before, 434 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: and I think I even said it like last week 435 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: on the podcast where It's like being objective after a 436 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,719 Speaker 1: win is just as important as being objective after a loss. 437 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: And I think the Falcons probably learned more about themselves 438 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: in this loss than maybe even the win last week, 439 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: and kind of because I mean it goes back to 440 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: what we were saying about, like formula for winning versus 441 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 1: a formula for getting beat Like what is the difference 442 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 1: in that for the Falcons? And I will say, like 443 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 1: heading into this stretch of games over the course of 444 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: the next probably like month, I feel like it's a 445 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: good opportunity for the Falcons to we talk about identity 446 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 1: a lot too against some of these teams really capitalize 447 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: on who they are as a team and as a 448 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 1: as units and all of those things. I think it's 449 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: really important that they solidify that over the course of 450 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 1: the next month, because, like what you're saying, if you're 451 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: getting into December and you're playing pretty hot, that's that's 452 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: the perfect time. I mean, we talk about it with 453 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 1: Scott's a Padres fan, and so we were talking about 454 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: baseball a lot in the context of it's like all 455 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: about who's hot at the end of the season. It 456 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 1: really does feel that way, and I feel I feel 457 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 1: like There are kind of sprinklings of that in the 458 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: NFL Season two, especially right now, where anyone can be 459 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 1: anyone on any given Sunday. I think that is so important. 460 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: There's not a lot of parody in in in NFL 461 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: football right now. There's a lot that of just people 462 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: being kind of on similar levels. I mean, you just 463 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: saw the Panthers beat the Bucks and I eat the 464 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: Falcons are three and four. You know, there are there 465 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 1: are a lot of things across the league that I 466 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:16,360 Speaker 1: think make it interesting when we're looking at where this 467 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,479 Speaker 1: team goes from here. Yeah, I mean you bring up 468 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:25,400 Speaker 1: unexpected losses. Washington beat Green Bay today, right, Yeah, that 469 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 1: makes that makes zerological sense if you were to analyze 470 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: that game heading into it, Um Taylor Heineke versus Aaron 471 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 1: Rodgers seems like a lopsided outcome. Turned out to not 472 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 1: be that way. But nonetheless, that's why they play the games. 473 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 1: That's why so many of these teams, even the Bengals, 474 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: which look like an absolute juggernaut in week seven or 475 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: four and three, they've stumbled. A lot of these teams 476 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 1: have stumbled. So how you like, how you recover, how 477 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: you kind of bounced through it and if you can 478 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 1: get on a couple two three game hot streak and 479 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: go three out of four like the Falcons, justin you 480 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 1: can find yourself in a good position, you know, and 481 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: those are all things to monitor. 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