1 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Thirty birds. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 2: What's up and welcome to another Atlanta Falcons podcast. I'm 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 2: your host t Will McFadden, joined by Tory mclaney and 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 2: Tory We've got some pretty big news that we are 5 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 2: here to cover. 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 3: Unfortunately, yeah, unfortunately, well, I mean, I guess it's according 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 3: to how you look at it. But unfortunately or fortunately 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 3: for the Falcons, they now have sixteen million dollars towards 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 3: the cap. But they did release Grady Jarrett officially Monday afternoon. 10 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 4: We're recording this kind of as the news is coming out. 11 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: Yep. 12 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 3: Grady was playing on the second to last year of 13 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 3: his deal. 14 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 4: And he had no guaranteed money left. 15 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 3: So I know, on this podcast and within this podcast network, 16 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 3: we've been talking a lot about how the Grady Jarrett 17 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 3: contract was a bit like the elephant in the room 18 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 3: of this offseason. 19 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 4: Was Grady Jarrett. 20 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 3: Untouchable because of who he is and what he's done 21 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 3: for this organization, this community and being a guy who's 22 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 3: been such an integral part of the Atlanta Falcons organization's 23 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 3: organization for a decade. Would you part ways with him 24 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 3: because he's too expensive and how much he was going 25 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 3: to cost towards the cap, which was north of sixteen 26 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 3: million dollars. And the answer to that is, yes, he 27 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 3: wasn't untouchable, and the Falcons did release him, which I 28 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:29,559 Speaker 3: think was a big shock for me personally, but also 29 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 3: a little bit professionally. I also, as a professional working 30 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 3: journalist covering the team, I thought that there would be 31 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 3: little doubt that they would be able to figure out 32 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 3: a way to keep Grady Jared, especially when the day 33 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 3: before it's reported that Jake Matthews gets a two year 34 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 3: contract extension as well, so they move some money around 35 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 3: get cap compliant. 36 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 4: I kind of just assumed, oh, they're not. 37 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 3: If they do touch Grady, it'll be a restructure, it'll 38 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 3: be an extension. I think the release was quite shocking, 39 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 3: to be completely honest. 40 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's it's fair to understand how they 41 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 2: got here and still be a little bit stunned by 42 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 2: the actual move itself. And like you said, you know, 43 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 2: this is kind of where we logically thought the off 44 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 2: season could go. I did feel I agree with you that, 45 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 2: you know, when I saw the extension news for Jake Matthews, 46 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 2: I was like, Okay, this is the mode that they're 47 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 2: going to take a little bit They're going to keep 48 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 2: some of these like legacy veterans who have been the 49 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 2: cornerstones of this franchise around for the next little stretch here, 50 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 2: and you can extend that money out and it like 51 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 2: lessens your cap hit immediately and it can kind of 52 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 2: solve a few different problems. That's the path that they're 53 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 2: going to take here. So to see the outlet outright 54 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 2: release of Grady is is tough on on like a 55 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: lot of fronts, right if you're going to move on, 56 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 2: the competitor in me is like, okay, well, could you 57 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 2: have gotten anything for him? Could you have worked out 58 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 2: of trade? You know, a thirty two year old defensive 59 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 2: tackle coming off of now two years removed but an 60 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 2: ACL injury like as tough is that is his value 61 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 2: as high as it once was? Probably not. But I 62 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 2: then also think about this as kind of an extension 63 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 2: of something that I just have been filing away in 64 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 2: the back of my mind with the Raheem Morris era. 65 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 2: I think here because my last time in the building 66 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: was with Dan Quinn and they get compared a lot. 67 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 2: But this was one way that I noticed some contrasting 68 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 2: qualities and it was really with like the holding players 69 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 2: accountable a little bit publicly and saying the things for 70 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 2: like that aren't easy to say, but are kind of 71 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 2: the right things to say in that moment. And I 72 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,119 Speaker 2: noticed just early on in the season him kind of saying, yeah, 73 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 2: our pass rush isn't anywhere where we want it to be, 74 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 2: right like in kind of speaking truth a little bit 75 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 2: in that moment. Then you see after this season with 76 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: moves like Jimmy Lake and the Kirk Cousins, you know, Benching, honestly, 77 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 2: internally me personally, Will McFadden, I didn't think they were 78 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 2: going to make that move even when they did. 79 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: And so this is kind of like that where I'm like, 80 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: I get this move. 81 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 2: It's it hurts and it sucks, But for the Atlanta 82 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 2: Falcons football organization, I get it. 83 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 1: I understand why you make this decision. 84 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 3: And also I think it should go on the record 85 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 3: that it has been reported that the Falcons did make 86 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 3: an offer to Grady Jarrett that's to keep him in Atlanta. 87 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 3: I think that a lot of people see the news 88 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 3: and everything like that, and you just see the one 89 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 3: like Falcons have released Grady Jarrett. But there's so much 90 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 3: more that goes into these conversations and the reports are that, 91 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 3: And I'll use Jeremy Fowler's report that kind of came 92 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 3: out around like one point thirty in the afternoon on Monday, 93 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 3: was that the Falcons did offer him a reduced deal, 94 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 3: but he felt more confident in his market value than 95 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 3: what they offered. And I think that's a very I 96 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 3: think to your point, like what is the market value 97 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 3: for someone like Grady Jarrett? And in this scenario, I 98 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 3: feel as that the Falcons were sitting there thinking one thing, 99 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 3: and Grady Jarrett, in his team and potentially who they're 100 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 3: talking to, has something different and it just didn't the line. 101 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 3: And I think it's no one's fault that that didn't 102 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 3: the line, you know. 103 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 4: And I think that from all the. 104 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 3: Conversations that I've had with Grady Jarrett over the last year, 105 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 3: I think he feels that he has a lot left 106 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 3: in the tank. 107 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, can you talk about that a little bit more? 108 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 2: Because that was the like, Toria an awesome column out 109 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 2: on the website right now, go read it please, But 110 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 2: that that was the part that really stuck out to 111 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 2: me was kind of the juxtaposition between this moment where 112 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 2: we ended up and kind of looking back at where 113 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 2: you were this summer with him and in that quiet 114 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 2: moment and kind of so tell us a little bit 115 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 2: about that. 116 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 4: Yeah. 117 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 3: So, I mean, like we've said on this podcast before, 118 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 3: you've seen it all over my social media. Are Digital 119 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 3: team spent the whole last year with Grady Jarrett and 120 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 3: telling the story of him rehabbing from the season ending 121 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 3: knee injury that he sustained in twenty twenty three to 122 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 3: get back to the gridiron for twenty twenty four, which 123 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 3: just happened to be his tenth year in the league. 124 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 3: That in and of itself, a defensive tackle that was 125 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 3: drafted in the fifth round by an organization, having spent 126 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 3: a decade with the same organization that he got drafted by, 127 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 3: while also being a home like from Conyers, Georgia, like 128 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 3: right down. 129 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 4: The road, that is rarity, Like that is a rare. 130 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 3: Set of circumstances, And so we were very compelled to 131 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 3: tell that story of Grady Jarrett working back to year 132 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 3: ten while also kind of telling this other parallel story 133 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 3: of what ten years with one organization means to him. 134 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 3: And I'm super super thankful that we had that moment 135 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 3: of the last year of being able to tell that 136 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 3: story because now looking back on that process, it is 137 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 3: this is this weird thing in my head where it 138 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 3: feels so different now than it did in the moment, 139 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 3: and I think back to this one specific moment where 140 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 3: it was one of it was the last interview that 141 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 3: we did with him for the project. We had gosh, 142 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 3: five or six meetups with him, seven or eight if 143 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 3: you include some of the workouts that. 144 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 4: We did with him. 145 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 3: Literally we spend so much time with Grady and his 146 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 3: family last off season and he it's me and him, 147 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 3: and you know, it's We had this idea of putting 148 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 3: him for the last interview in the locker room at 149 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 3: Mercedes beIN Stadium because it felt very symbolic because of 150 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 3: how I mean, he's been the one him and Jake 151 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 3: Matthews kind of been the consistent pieces of the last 152 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 3: decade for this organization that has seen massive overhauls and 153 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 3: had to say goodbye to a lot of players that 154 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 3: you thought would potentially end up being Falcons for the 155 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 3: entirety of their career. 156 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, and it didn't happen. 157 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 3: So sitting him down and it was very like we 158 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 3: turned off all the lights and the only lights that 159 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 3: were on him, were the like two big camera lights 160 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 3: and kind of we're just having this conversation about his 161 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 3: legacy and what it means to him to ultimately have 162 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 3: been a part of this organization in this community, not 163 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 3: just for ten years before his entire life, and he 164 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 3: was so I thought everything that he said was so 165 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 3: poignant in that he understands that this is a business 166 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 3: and he understands that it's not forever. I mean, he 167 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 3: was even contemplating the fact that, like the amount of 168 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 3: times that he said, you know, for as much as 169 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 3: you want to try and make a name for yourself, 170 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 3: people can forget you just as fast. 171 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 4: It's just the nature of the league. And you can't 172 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 4: be sad and upset about that. But it's it's the reality, 173 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 4: the unfortunate reality. 174 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 3: But he's like, but I have to fight and work 175 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 3: every day to be and what he said, like be 176 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 3: one of those ones and to be a guy that 177 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 3: has a legacy that speaks for itself. And I think 178 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 3: that him actually going off and potentially having the latter 179 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 3: part of his career somewhere else is evidence of him 180 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 3: wanting to further submit or submit his own legacy as 181 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 3: one of the best defensive tackles of the last decade, 182 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 3: and I'm really curious to see kind of where he goes, 183 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 3: where he lands, and what ends up happening. But I 184 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 3: don't think that this, by any means is kind of 185 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 3: a symbol that Grady's done. I actually think it's evidence 186 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 3: to the contrary that he wants to go out and 187 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 3: continue to submit himself. And that was something that even 188 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 3: with all the emotional kind of feelings you have about 189 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 3: Grady Jarrett no longer being an Atlanta Falcon, that was 190 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 3: the piece of it that I don't think he's done. 191 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 4: I don't think that. 192 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 3: I think that he has just as much fire as 193 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 3: he's always had. I mean, I've gosh, if not more 194 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 3: so in the last year from the conversations that I've 195 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 3: had with him. And also let's just be honest too 196 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 3: that like Grady Jarrett is always going to be a 197 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 3: part of Atlanta. Like, yeah, this does not this release 198 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 3: to me, does not mean the end of Grady's partnership 199 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 3: with Atlanta. What he's doing in the community, that's never 200 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,599 Speaker 3: gonna end. Like that's something that's always going to be 201 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 3: a part of Grady and his DNA and who he is. 202 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 3: And I think that even though the Atlanta Falcons are 203 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 3: kind of having to our parting ways with Grady Jarrett, 204 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 3: that doesn't mean that the city, the community, and what 205 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 3: Grady Jarrett has been for Atlanta the last ten years 206 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 3: goes away too. I think, if anything, it furthers cements 207 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 3: who he is well. 208 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 2: And I think that that is part of why the 209 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 2: value question when it comes to Grady jarreted specifically, is 210 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 2: so hard to answer, because the value of Grady Jarrett 211 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 2: to the Atlanta Falcons and to Atlanta Falcons fans is 212 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 2: intrinsically more than him to probably any of the other 213 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 2: thirty one teams because of just what he has done 214 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 2: for the community. Kind of that that relationship that he 215 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 2: has built organically naturally. But to the other part of 216 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 2: your point, like think about how he broke onto the 217 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,239 Speaker 2: national stage. It was on the biggest possible stage, imaginable. 218 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 2: It was in the Super Bowl with three sacks against 219 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 2: Tom Brady. So like, yeah, this dude in his second 220 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 2: season kind of went to the highest height and he 221 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 2: has and we've both witnessed this firsthand, like performed every 222 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,319 Speaker 2: minute of every day since then, working at the level 223 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 2: it takes to get back, like he is the consummate, 224 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 2: first one in, last one out. Like everything he's doing 225 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 2: is geared towards that singular mission. So I would understand 226 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 2: from his perspective, like, yeah, get me an opportunity here, 227 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 2: my last opportunity, probably to go out there and kind 228 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 2: of like really compete, because at his heart, like he 229 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:54,679 Speaker 2: is a competitor. 230 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 1: And I think like. 231 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 2: It would be easy to I think label some of 232 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 2: this as all right, yep, another year like seven and 233 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 2: ten again, kind of like saying the same things at 234 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 2: the end of the season. But I truly have believed 235 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 2: Grady every single time he's like, man, I'm pissed we 236 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 2: didn't make the playoffs, you know, like that frustration could 237 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 2: could kind of get a little bit old or stale 238 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 2: or feel phoned in a little bit, but it never 239 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 2: did with Grady, because I sensed that he was genuinely 240 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 2: like upset with the result every single time, like nobody 241 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 2: wants it more. So that's where I think a lot 242 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 2: of the fans sentiment is going to be, like this, 243 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 2: this sucks because we wanted it to be here with Grady. 244 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 3: Right, you wanted it for him, Yeah, because he wanted 245 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 3: it just as much for the organization and wanted. 246 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 2: It more right, So it's like, if you're going to 247 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 2: get it, like then go get it, go get it. 248 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 2: And he I've been thinking a lot about a juxtaposition 249 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 2: with another former Falcon defensive tackle, Jonathan Babino, who overlapped 250 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 2: for two seasons, I believe with Grady and Babineau's last 251 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 2: year was the Super Bowl run in twenty sixteen, so 252 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 2: it's like they almost had kind of these mirror careers, 253 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 2: but where Babino's ended on kind of this high of 254 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 2: like I've put in all this work and now I'm 255 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 2: going out on top a little bit. You just wish 256 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 2: you would have had that maybe for Grady. 257 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 4: Maybe to a certain extent. 258 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 3: And I don't want This is me just saying this 259 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 3: from my perspective, not anybody I've talked to or anything 260 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 3: like that original Tory Tam. 261 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:30,119 Speaker 4: Yeah. 262 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 3: I just I feel like with Grady, maybe he did 263 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 3: want or need to change, you know, like I don't 264 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 3: who knows. And I think he'll have the opportunity wherever 265 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 3: he lands, he'll have a press conference and he'll be 266 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 3: able to speak his part of this, and I know 267 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 3: I'll be watching and I feel like I'm curious to 268 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 3: see kind of what he says about this whole process 269 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 3: and kind of what his goals and aspirations are as 270 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 3: an individual take away the fact of his connection to Atlanta. 271 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 3: But Grady Jarrett the football player, what did he feel 272 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 3: like was best for him? If he felt like what 273 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 3: was best for him was staying in Atlanta, perhaps they 274 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 3: got they could have gotten a deal done and he 275 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 3: could still be in Atlanta. 276 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 4: I don't think it was. 277 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,839 Speaker 3: I think that both parties tried. I think there was 278 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 3: an attempt. It didn't work out, And that's again the nature. 279 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 3: It's kind of the harsh reality of the NFL that 280 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 3: you have to to play ball with a little bit. 281 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 3: But that doesn't mean that it doesn't suck. Yeah, And 282 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 3: I think that's where we can get into the emotions 283 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 3: of it a little bit right now. Like I know, 284 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 3: I'm sitting here and in myself knowing how much time 285 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 3: and effort I spent going through Grady Jarrett's entire story 286 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 3: for the last ten years in Atlanta, and I was 287 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 3: driving into the facility and it's pouring down rain and 288 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 3: I'm just like upset about it. 289 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 2: The weather was like weirdly perfect for this kind of News. 290 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 2: It's like Atlanta is just like weeping for him. Hey, 291 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 2: you know, I understand it. 292 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 4: I was driving in and I was actually listen. 293 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 3: I pulled up the last like two and a half 294 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 3: minute of what the year ten Grady Jared project that 295 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 3: we did. 296 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 4: I pulled up the last ten minutes of it, and 297 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 4: I'm not gonna lie, like. 298 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 3: A couple of tears escaped the old eyeballs because I 299 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 3: was just so I felt like. 300 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 4: I lived those ten years, you know, with You're just. 301 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 2: Picturing you like turning on the graduation song by like 302 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 2: Vitamin C, and you're just like looking at like it's 303 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 2: the it's the Wolverine meme. It's just like staring at 304 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 2: the picture of Green Jarret when he was drafted and 305 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 2: just like so sad. 306 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: I mean, same, man, it's so. 307 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 4: Bad because like this, it really doesn't. 308 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 3: I said, I wrote this in the column too, that 309 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 3: it feels a little bit reminiscent of when Matt Ryan 310 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 3: was traded to Indianapolis and kind of felt very similar. 311 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 3: And I was very fortunate that we were. I felt 312 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 3: like we were able to be a part of Matt 313 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 3: Ryan's retirement and be able to celebrate him. Accordingly, you 314 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 3: don't get to do that very often, so I hope 315 00:15:58,880 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 3: and like. 316 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: Less and less. 317 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 2: I think that's like when we say he it feels 318 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 2: kind of like one of the last ones, you know, 319 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 2: Matt Julio Grady when it happens to Jake as it 320 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 2: appensence everybody. 321 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: Like who after that, Yeah, it's like a j Trell Yeah. 322 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 2: And but like he at this point now feels like 323 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 2: a firm established veteran for this team. He was drafted 324 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 2: five years ago, right, That's it's crazy just how we 325 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 2: don't have that many Like I don't Marty and Prados 326 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 2: al Morpord's you know, just like these kind of guys 327 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 2: who were there for just decade yeah, not like your 328 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 2: Chipper Jones's right, but are just hey glue guys for 329 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 2: a decade plus. Like that's that's like we're kind of 330 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 2: missing that in sports. It's going away. It is so yeah, 331 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 2: like today feels truly like the end of an era. 332 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think there's like a lot of like 333 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 3: what we're saying, like there's a lot of emotions like 334 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 3: attached to that, especially when it's someone like Grady who. 335 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: Does it the right way, like every step of the way. 336 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 3: If you're a kid, and you want to model your 337 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 3: game after anyone, model it after Grady Jarrett, even if 338 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 3: you don't, if you play pick a ball, like, model 339 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 3: it after Grady Jarrett, like go after life and your 340 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:13,880 Speaker 3: pursuit of what you want like Grady Jarrett. 341 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 4: And I think that's just kind. 342 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 3: Of where where I'm at too, because there was this 343 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 3: one even me like personally, he had this quote that 344 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 3: he said to me while we were doing this project, 345 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 3: and I'll never forget it, but he said, my surroundings 346 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 3: don't dictate my effort. 347 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 4: And it's like I can live by that. 348 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 3: Everybody can live by that, that your surroundings don't dictate 349 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 3: how much effort you're putting into something. And I think 350 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 3: that and he said, that's kind of what I want 351 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 3: my legacy to be. If there's anything that I want 352 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 3: it to be, I want it to be that. And 353 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 3: I think his legacy speaks for itself. 354 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 4: Like we may be talking. 355 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 3: He may not retire for another five or six years, yeah, 356 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 3: I think, and right, I hope he goes on, and 357 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,479 Speaker 3: I hope he has so much success because he deserves it. 358 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,879 Speaker 3: But you wish it would have been with Atlanta, you know, 359 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 3: like you wish that it could have ended on a 360 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 3: different note, but that's again the business of this. 361 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 2: So let's briefly talk about where this leaves Atlanta before 362 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 2: we wrap up without Grady Jarrett. Currently, David Onyamada would 363 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 2: be kind of like the leader of that interior defensive 364 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 2: line group. They of course drafted Ruke Rover Roe, and 365 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,719 Speaker 2: Brandon Dorles last year in the second and third rounds 366 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 2: or fourth rounds. And then Zach Harrison is also kind 367 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 2: of in the mix as a little bit of a 368 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 2: joker to me, Like I don't know where he plugs 369 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 2: it right, especially with. 370 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 4: Jeff Ulbrick, Like what is going to want him to do? 371 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 2: He is your base four down end without anyway? Does 372 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 2: this where does this move interior defensive line on kind 373 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 2: of your offseason priority list for Atlanta? Like is is 374 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 2: it still behind edge and secondary? Does it move up 375 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 2: in the mix? Like where are young? 376 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:01,719 Speaker 4: It's so difficult. 377 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 3: I think it has to be above secondary now I 378 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 3: actually think that it moves it to. 379 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 4: I think I just think. 380 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 3: It's the front seven, like or the front four, you know, 381 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:18,439 Speaker 3: Like I think it's your interior line, just your defensive line. 382 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 4: Like I just think that It's funny. 383 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 3: Because literally two weeks ago we were talking about all 384 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 3: of the holes I felt like the defense needed to 385 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 3: feel and how much free agency money, how much draft 386 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 3: capital you were going to need to infuse into this 387 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 3: defense this offseason. With Grady Jarrett no longer on the team, 388 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 3: that magnifies that tenfold in my mind, because Grady Jarrett 389 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 3: has been the heart and soul of this defense for 390 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 3: a decade and the fact that you kind of need 391 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 3: to find someone who can take over one the mental 392 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 3: capacity of like being the true leader the buck stops 393 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 3: with me type of person in the locker room, and 394 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 3: also what Grady Jarrett did for this defensive front as 395 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 3: just a production maniac, and I know the production hasn't 396 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 3: really been there the last few years with the injury. 397 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 4: But you also have to think about how teams are playing. 398 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 3: There is not an offensive coordinator that was facing Atlanta 399 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 3: that did not know where ninety seven was on the 400 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 3: field at all times, and I think you've got to 401 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 3: find there are so many times when I was talking 402 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 3: about the Falcons defense over the last five years, I 403 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 3: would ask the question of who are you scared of? 404 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:37,919 Speaker 3: Who strikes fear into the opposing offensive line or opposing quarterbacks. 405 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 3: It was always Grady Jarrett. Yeah, who can you say 406 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 3: can do that now? I don't know if you could 407 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 3: have anyone you can say right now you feel confident 408 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 3: that you have that guy, You've got to go find 409 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 3: him and you've got to do what you've got to 410 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 3: do to find him, because at this point in time. 411 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:56,199 Speaker 4: I don't know who that would be. 412 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 3: And so there are a lot of things that, like, 413 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 3: without Grady Jarrett, you have to refeel And I think 414 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 3: Jesse Bates can be. 415 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 4: The leader of this defense easily. I think he has 416 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 4: He's that guy. 417 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think a j Traill kind of more of 418 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 3: a quieter, like I'm gonna let my play speak for 419 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 3: itself type of guy. But who on that defensive front 420 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 3: can can take over past the baton, if you will, 421 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 3: from Grady Jarrett to whatever comes next. 422 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 4: And it's gonna be it's gonna be tough. 423 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 3: You know, you have some money to a little bit 424 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 3: more money to play around with, but not that much 425 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 3: as we're seeing literally as we're talking defensive tackles and 426 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 3: what they're being what contracts they're being given, and Yep, 427 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 3: I don't know. I just I worry about where this 428 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 3: puts the Falcons defense, and it's gonna be up to 429 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 3: Terry Fondo in this front office to really figure things 430 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 3: out because this defense has a microsk I'm putting a 431 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:57,199 Speaker 3: microscope on this defense and how much they need to 432 00:21:57,880 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 3: reevaluate with it. 433 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, it does feel almost like it's it was always 434 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 2: going to be hard to compete in free agency. Certainly, 435 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 2: you know, when the cap went up, I think everybody 436 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 2: looked at that as a good thing for the Falcons, 437 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,919 Speaker 2: and ultimately I think it was just because of how 438 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 2: much they were, you know, under the cap. But now 439 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 2: that becomes detrimental because other teams also got that bump 440 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 2: they may have had, you know, all but four teams 441 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 2: did more space to play around with. So now you're 442 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 2: just seeing some really big contracts out there, and I 443 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 2: just kind of come back to the draft those right now, 444 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 2: those first two rounds, like it's got to be defensive line, 445 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 2: it's got to be a corner. Like, to me, that's 446 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 2: that is what I need to come out. Sure, could 447 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 2: you come away with two defensive linemen? Could you come 448 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 2: away with a corner and a pass rushing linebacker? Like 449 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 2: there are ways you could do that. But those are 450 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 2: like the two gotta have it positions for me. 451 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 3: Now, It's funny because I am doing its mock draft season, 452 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 3: of course, and I'm doing a mock draft every single 453 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 3: week leading up to the draft. At this point, I'm 454 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 3: just like, I'm just going to go back and forwards, edge, 455 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 3: do tackle, edge, do tackle, edge to tackle, corner edge, 456 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 3: do tackle. 457 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: It does. 458 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, it opens up a little bit more. I guess 459 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,479 Speaker 2: possibility of like who could be in play there at 460 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 2: fifteen And I mean, like we we did our top 461 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 2: five free agent defensive tackle lists last week. It went 462 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 2: up on the site, so go go check that out, 463 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 2: and then I picked Jaron Reid is kind of like 464 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 2: he's he'll be thirty two as well, so same age 465 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,159 Speaker 2: as Grady. But if you could get him for like 466 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 2: five million, six million dollars and save yourself kind of 467 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 2: ten million dollars in cap and still get a quality 468 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 2: player for a year or two, maybe that's an approach 469 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 2: that the Falcons can take. So there are a few 470 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 2: different ways that they can go about this. We should 471 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 2: before we get out of here, mentioned that that Drew 472 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 2: Dolman also signed a deal reportedly with Chicago, so it 473 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 2: looks as though he will not be back, So the 474 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 2: Falcons have a couple of players in the trenches who 475 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 2: are moving on after the twenty twenty four season. Unfortunately, 476 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 2: Toy anything else to say about Grady or Drew Dolmond 477 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 2: before we get out of here. 478 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean Drew Domond. I think I expected. I 479 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 3: think a lot of people were like, oh, his market 480 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 3: value might be a little too much. It ended up 481 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 3: being a little less than what I originally thought it was, 482 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 3: which I was kind of surprised about. I do think 483 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 3: that this opens the door for someone like Ryan Nusel. 484 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: I think that's I think that's how they'll go about 485 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: I do. 486 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 3: I do think so, And I don't have any you know, 487 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,639 Speaker 3: no one's told me that, but I think, to me, 488 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 3: if I'm putting this roster get together, you have somebody 489 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 3: who you could get on a cap friendly deal who 490 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 3: has the experience with this group, with this new quarterback. 491 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: That kind of continuity, yeah in place. 492 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 3: It makes that makes that seems like an easy decision 493 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 3: all around. 494 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,479 Speaker 4: With Grady, I don't know. 495 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 3: I'm sad, and there's a lot of things that I 496 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 3: can say and that I would love to say, but 497 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,919 Speaker 3: I'm just feel like I'm not able to articulate it 498 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 3: quite yet, and I think in the column I ended 499 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:01,439 Speaker 3: the column just saying, you know, it maybe simple, but 500 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 3: the profound part of what I would want to say 501 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 3: to Grady is thank you, Grady, but also to reinforce 502 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 3: to him that his legacy does speak for itself, Like, 503 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 3: regardless of how this thing ends, I will remember Grady Jared, 504 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 3: and I will essentially almost put him on a pedestal 505 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:25,120 Speaker 3: for what type of athlete I think people should try 506 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 3: to be. 507 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 2: Like, yeah, there's there's probably not a better way to 508 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 2: put that, so I won't try. We'll let that be 509 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 2: the way that we end this podcast. So thank you 510 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 2: guys so much for listening or watching. This is an 511 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 2: audio only episode, but you can check out all of 512 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 2: our podcasts that we have a video for on our 513 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 2: YouTube channel, along with other really great content a lot 514 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 2: of Grady Jared highlights over the years, to go check 515 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 2: those out, as well our written content on Atlanta Falcons 516 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 2: dot com. We will have free agency coverage just hot 517 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 2: and heavy the next couple of weeks. 518 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:01,919 Speaker 1: It's crazy. 519 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 2: The new league year starts March twelfth, so get ready 520 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 2: for that. But that will do it for Tory mclaney, 521 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 2: I am Will McFadden. Thank you guys so much for listening, 522 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 2: and we will see you all soon.