1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: We're back on another Falcons audible presented by AT and T. 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: I'm Derek Rackley with my fellows Dave Archer and DJ Shockley. 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: We're not going to get into a whole lot of 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: pleasantries to start, because I want to dive into everything. 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: But before we do that, fellas, let's give him a quick, 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: quick hitter about what's gonna happen today. We're gonna talk 7 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: about our key fix. We're gonna give you guys the 8 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 1: keys to the Bentley, the Mercedes, the Jeep, whatever one 9 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: it is of the Atlanta Falcons, and you tell us 10 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: what's your key fix something that one of those right now? Yeah, 11 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: maybe used to some lessons learned from the game. There's 12 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: obviously a lot of lessons that could be learned from 13 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 1: that game. And then we're gonna maybe take a step 14 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,919 Speaker 1: back and have the guys talk about maybe an experience 15 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: that they had in a lopsided game like that, but 16 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: more or less, how do you transition your mind and 17 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: move on to the next week, just like Atlanta has 18 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: to do. We'll talk a little bit about the divisions. Obviously, 19 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: Cam Newton back in the division with the Carolina Panthers, 20 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: and then we will look ahead and talk about the 21 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: Patriots as it comes up in two days. If you're 22 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: listening to this on Tuesday, very quick game for quick 23 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: turn around for Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night football. So guys, 24 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: let's go ahead and get into it. Your key fix. 25 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: And I'm sure everybody out there watching has got their 26 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: key fix one thing that they would change right now 27 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: with the Atlanta Falcons. I'm sure there's probably a number 28 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: of things when you come off and performance like that 29 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 1: and you're still kind of trying to find your way. 30 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: But the task here is one key fix, Dave, let's 31 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: start with you. Yeah, and these are kind of fantasy 32 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: changes because to a certain extent it's gonna take it's 33 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: gonna take some personnel, so we won't we won't go 34 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: a dive into that. But I would like to be 35 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: able to run to football. Yeah, if we could run 36 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: the football with some degree of success, I think it 37 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: changes the dynamic of how you defend aadline. Falcons. Yeah, 38 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: like it, DJ, What about you? I'm jump on the 39 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: other side, And I think it's been an issue in 40 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: someone We've tried to remedy. It's the pressure on the quarterback. 41 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: I think up front both line of scrimmages are something 42 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: that we have talked about for a while, and I 43 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: think we're still struggling in that category. I think Grady 44 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: was the only one who maybe had of pressure on 45 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: the quarterback this past Sunday. I'm no, you gotta tackle 46 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: for loss, but we need more guys getting after the quarterback. 47 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: Got to find that guy or two in a four 48 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: man rush situation that gets after the quarterback causes them 49 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 1: to get rid of the football early. Something along those lines. Dave, 50 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna kind of piggyback on yours. I'm old school. 51 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: I like to run the ball too, but pass protection 52 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: I feel like needs to be better. There's just been 53 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: too many times where you're seeing a guy come off 54 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and maybe it's a quick swim move, 55 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: it's a grabbing pull and they're immediately in the backfield 56 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: and Matt's having to try to get rid of the football, 57 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: not even having a chance to get through his progressions. 58 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: We understand it's going to happen occasionally, somebody's gonna get 59 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: beat at the line of scrimmage. It can't happen four, five, six, 60 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: and seven times throughout a game and you expect to 61 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 1: be able to move the ball through the air. So 62 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: those are some of our key fixes. You see where 63 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: it is at the line of scrimmage defensively offensively. Can't 64 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: really dispute that. So Dave, I'm gonna come right back 65 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: to you. What did you learn from the Dallas game? 66 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: Because as the players in the code just go sit 67 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: down review the tape. This is probably one of those 68 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: where it's a quick review and let's move forward. But 69 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: you have to review because you got to find out 70 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: where you made mistakes and how you can get better. 71 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,679 Speaker 1: So what did you learn from that performance? Maybe it's 72 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 1: something specific as far as X and o's, maybe it's 73 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: more big picture as far as the matchup between Atlanta 74 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: on Dallas. But what did you learn? Well, I think 75 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: that I've tried to be a cup as half full, 76 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,399 Speaker 1: and in this situation, maybe it's a cup quarter full. 77 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: After that game, there's no question it's hard to find 78 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: something to hang your hat on. But what I am 79 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: going to hang my hat on is the Atlanta's ability 80 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: to swallo up against the run on the defensive side 81 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: of the ball. We've seen it in back to back 82 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: weeks now Pollard and Zeke the two running backs for 83 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: Zeke Elliott and Tony Pollard the running backs for Dallas. 84 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: Twenty five carries eighty four yards. That's a winning effort. Okay, 85 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: that's less than four year. I can do the math there. 86 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: That's less than four yards about three point five yards 87 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: a carry. That followed up from last weekend. Remember we 88 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: talked about Alvin Kamara had seven carries forty three yards 89 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: in the first half. The second half he had six 90 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: carries almost the same six and seven. He had eight 91 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: yards in the second half. They limited the run game 92 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: even though it was the same amount of carries that 93 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: carried over this weekend. Now, obviously they were able to 94 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: have some success throwing the ball. But as I begin 95 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: to look at some of the changes with Anthony Rush 96 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: and Voters and some of these guys are a little 97 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: bit bigger body guys on the line of scrimmage, it's 98 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: showing a little bit of dividend there when it comes 99 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,559 Speaker 1: to stopping the run game. Yeah, and no getting around 100 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 1: the fact that Carolina was the one that really kind 101 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: of put things out there. We've got to be able 102 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 1: to stop the run if you plan on playing really 103 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: good defense. DJ, what did you learn from that game, 104 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: what stuck out to you, that needs to be fixed, 105 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: that needs to be addressed, that whatever it ends up 106 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: coming to you. You You know what. I love Arch talked 107 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: about some of the nuances inside the ball game. I'm 108 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: thinking more of the big picture stuff that you talked 109 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: about coming in and more big picture stuff is It's 110 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: kind of what we talked about last week. We had, 111 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: you know, one step four when we went two steps back, 112 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: and this ball game, I felt like we took a 113 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: couple more steps backwards. And I mean it took a 114 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: couple of steps backwards. It's not stacking performances together like 115 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: we were usually a team that went on the road 116 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: and played pretty well. I mean, obviously four wins on 117 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: the road, you thought you feel good about that, and 118 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: you just didn't have the same kind of energy. I thought, 119 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: the same kind of intensity. You didn't play with the 120 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: same kind of vitual that you wanted to go out 121 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: and get a win. And for me, it's if you 122 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: want to be a better football team, if you want 123 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: to show as we're getting into our nine, ten, eleven, 124 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: twelve game with a season, you gotta start seeing repeat 125 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: performances of good performances put together on both sides of 126 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: the ball, or even you know, in all three phases. 127 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: And I don't think this past week showed that we 128 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: were taking the right steps going forward. And I thought 129 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: we were going that way. I thought we were, you know, 130 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: obviously finishing games the right way. But this was a 131 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: performance that I thought we took a couple of steps 132 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: backwards because we didn't put together repeat performances. Yeah, some 133 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: things that come to mind. We hadn't really talked about 134 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: the bad special teams plays throughout the course of the 135 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: entire season, and that ends up kind of rearing its 136 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: ugly head in this game. And yeah, unfortunately that stuff happens. 137 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: You give up a box punk, But like it just 138 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: shows how things can snowball quickly when you start to 139 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: have the airs on special teams. And Dave, you talked 140 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: about building on successful run stopping defense. I thought we 141 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: also saw some past defense holes. There was quite a 142 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: few times that the Cowboys were running wide open into 143 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: some open zones, really not contested like it had been 144 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: in weeks past. So let's let's kind of move this 145 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 1: forward a little bit, because Dave, you made a great 146 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: point before we started. You said, if you play in 147 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: this league long enough, you're gonna have some games where 148 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: you absolutely get wiped out. And I'll start with this one. 149 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: This goes back to two thousand and four. We were 150 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: five and two to start the season, so we were 151 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: a pretty darn good team, Like we were already looking 152 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: about playoffs, so on and so forth. We took a 153 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 1: trip to Kansas City and absolutely got blown out of 154 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: Arrowhead Stadium day fifty six to ten. The one was 155 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: Dave was calling the game. Unfortunately. Dave said, the best 156 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: part was that I didn't even get Yeah, We're just 157 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 1: down there getting pounded. We gave up eight rushing touchdowns 158 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: in that game, Priest Holmes four to Derek Blaylock. And 159 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: that's like the hardest way to lose a game, when 160 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,679 Speaker 1: somebody just runs all over you. Okay, so that happened. 161 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: What happened the next week we went back on the road, 162 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: played the Denver Broncos. We ended up beating them. Dave 163 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: mentioned we got out of it right before snowstorm. I 164 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: don't remember all this. Your mind is just like crazy 165 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: sharp arch, so I appreciate that, but that was just 166 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: how do you take a huge loss like that? Right? 167 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: Do you let it affect the rest of your season 168 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: and ended up losing and losing and losing. Well, that 169 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: didn't happen for us back in two thousand and four. 170 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: We wiped it away. We won four straight games. We 171 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: had a bye week sandwiched in there, but we won 172 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: four straight games after that. So, rec what do you 173 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: remember about that week? It's so it's so eerie because 174 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: when I was listening to you interview Arthur Smith after 175 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: the game, I remember the things that he said was 176 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: the same things that Jim Morris said, is like, this 177 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: is gonna happen. You got to learn from it and 178 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: how quickly can we forget about it and move on? 179 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: And sometimes as players, you find out what your leadership 180 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: is because the next day you come back into the 181 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: building or you go out into the field, what's the 182 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: attitude of the team. Is everybody excited? Is everybody ready 183 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: to practice? Are they ready to get better? Are they 184 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: ready to play the next opponent? Or are they still 185 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: dwelling on last week? And if I remember correctly, we 186 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: hit the practice field with a pep in our step 187 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: and we were ready to go compete. And it was like, 188 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: you don't think about the last game, And that's one 189 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 1: thing that I try to tell my daughters in their sports, 190 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: and I'm sure you guys have told this to many 191 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: other people, is football is a game of a short 192 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: term memory. Yeah, if you don't have one, or if 193 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: you don't learn that skill, it's gonna be hard to 194 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: have success. And you guys have been able to do 195 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: it right before ours. Debs are here. One thing that 196 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: I heard, and we talked about it the last couple 197 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: weeks about the leaders on this team and how they 198 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: go about their business. And you talked about having a 199 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: chance to talk and some of these guys after the game, 200 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:04,719 Speaker 1: and I heard Grady get up after the game, and 201 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 1: the number one thing he said was this game only 202 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: counts as one and as tough as it was, as 203 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: you know, as as hard as it is to look 204 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 1: at the box score, as frustrating as it was, he 205 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: understands that this one game will not define us as 206 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: a team. And I know that was the message inside 207 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: of the team. I know that was the message that 208 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith was given. And the fact that he came 209 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: out to present that to a seam and said, Hey, 210 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,319 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go back to work and be ready to go, 211 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 1: that speaks volume So I hope that the leaders of 212 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: the team take that same kind of that you guys 213 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: had after that big time lost in Kansas City and 214 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:44,719 Speaker 1: it transfers into this week where you don't allow it 215 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: to beat you twice. I mean, we heard it all 216 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 1: a bunch of times. You gotta flush just when you 217 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: can't let this from beat you twice. And it's the 218 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,959 Speaker 1: truest statement you can ever have, because guys can go 219 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: out and have practice on Monday and Tuesday and still 220 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: be thinking about Sunday when you got a game coming 221 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: up here on Thursday where things matter, and got a 222 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: whole new opponent, a whole new guy who's gonna stand 223 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:03,839 Speaker 1: in front of you, and he's not gonna can that 224 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: you just got your butt whoop in Dallas. He wants 225 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:08,839 Speaker 1: to whoop you again too. So the fact that you 226 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:10,839 Speaker 1: don't allow that to beat you twice, I think is 227 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 1: a huge, huge part of just getting through this. And 228 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: we said it early, Hey you're gonna watch that fim, 229 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:17,719 Speaker 1: You're gonna move on. But the next mixed thing is 230 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 1: you do is think about, Hey, that one game that's 231 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: gone that doesn't matter. Just like if you go you're 232 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: getting win, you gotta move on from that one, just 233 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: like you do at a loss. Arch this ever happened 234 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: to you? And do you remember what happened to look 235 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: at the stole. Those teams that I played on, we 236 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,439 Speaker 1: had a couple of these, but certainly one sticks out. 237 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 1: Ironically enough, we went to Kansas City in my second year, 238 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 1: my first year as a starter, about midway through the year, 239 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 1: a little pass midway we played at Kansas City and 240 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: Kansas City beat US thirty eight to ten, I think, 241 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: and really wasn't that close. I threw a pick six. 242 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: I didn't you know, I didn't do anything. I helped 243 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: contribute to the problem in the game, but it was 244 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 1: a mindset that did you. You didn't pull a Teddy 245 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: Bridgewater on the pick six right now, you actually attempted 246 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,719 Speaker 1: to make the tackle. Oh yeah, you gotta go try 247 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: to make the play now. He ran off and left me. 248 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: Guy ran like, I mean, when you throw that, when 249 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: you throw the stick rout and the guy's coming downhill 250 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: and picks it on the run, not a lot of 251 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,079 Speaker 1: you could do with it. So I gave chase, but 252 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: it was there was a week Chase. He kind of 253 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: waved at me on the way, So how do you respond. 254 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 1: We came back the next week and beat the Vikings. 255 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: Vikings were pretty good. Team came in here to Atlanta 256 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: and beat them and change the mindset. In fact, won 257 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: the following weekend as well, put back to back wins 258 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: after really kind of an embarrassing loss. And the story 259 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 1: is the same that we all can relate. I know 260 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 1: it's hard for the fan to listen to when you 261 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: hear guys say we gotta flush this out of the 262 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: system because there's another one coming. It only counts one. 263 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: But that's the way you have. That's the mindset you 264 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: have to have. If you have any lingering doubts about 265 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: who you are, lingering ideas about oh here we go again, 266 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: then you will lose the following weekend. It will get 267 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 1: you the following weekend, and so all of us. Any 268 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: if you're in this business long enough, this is gonna 269 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: happen to you, and it's probably gonna have it to 270 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,439 Speaker 1: you more than once. How do you respond to it? 271 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,839 Speaker 1: It's the old adage, and I'm sure any fan out 272 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 1: there probably had their father and mothers say, hey, you 273 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: got knocked to the ground. How do you gonna respond? 274 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: And that's what this is you got knocked down, you 275 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: gotta respond yep, And that'd be interesting to see. Like you, 276 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: you'll almost be able to tell in the first quarter 277 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: the first couple of drives in this game offensively and 278 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 1: defensively on Thursday Night, like where the focus, where the 279 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: mind's at are the players? Are they focused on the 280 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 1: New England Patriots or they still have some doubt from 281 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. But that just shows a couple of 282 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: guys that have been through it before, Like how you 283 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 1: could get your butt whooped and then the very next 284 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:40,599 Speaker 1: week you can come out and you may have a 285 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: surprising port performance and beat somebody that some folks were 286 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: thinking that wouldn't happen. So let's go ahead and take 287 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: a step away from the Dallas Cowboys games. I'm sure 288 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 1: people that are watching are saying, let's talk about the 289 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:57,359 Speaker 1: division a little bit interesting division. Let's start with the Buccaneers. 290 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: They played this past weekend and they fall to Washington 291 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 1: nineteen DJ. Simple question to you bumping the road for 292 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay or is this a bigger issue that we're 293 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: starting to see? You know what? To me, I feel 294 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: like it started to be a bigger issue. And when 295 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:13,839 Speaker 1: I started to think about why it's a bigger issue. 296 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: I started to do a little research and see what's 297 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: going on inside the game. And obviously their games are 298 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: going on the same time. It's hard to watch all 299 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: of them. But I went back and just looked at 300 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:23,719 Speaker 1: some of the numbers. And when you go back and 301 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: look at their last two ball games, the two losses, 302 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: they got five turnovers, they got two verse Washington with 303 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: two picks from Brady. You had three versus Saints, two interceptions. 304 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: You had to fumble in this ball game. They gave 305 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: up thirty six points to the Saints and then they 306 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: ran for one hundred and fifty two yards against the Buccaneers. 307 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,439 Speaker 1: There's issues that's going on that you don't think that 308 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: it happening. Washington had five sacks in the ball game. 309 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: So this is a team that's not only getting pushed 310 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: around a little bit, but they turned the ball over 311 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 1: and that's not building confidence for the Bucks. Now. We 312 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,839 Speaker 1: hope that continues, of course, but you look inside the numbers, 313 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: this is something that you have to kind of worry 314 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: about because these are things that you know, when I 315 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 1: call it, I pushed Archie, any know, the doing thing back. 316 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: That's a problem yea, And right now, the Bucks again 317 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 1: pushed around, especially in the run game, and that's a 318 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: huge issue for him. So if you go forward, you 319 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: can't turn the ball over and you can't you know, 320 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: get pushed around in the run gaing. Yeah. And we 321 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: saw with the Falcons game last week about their lack 322 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: of success on third down. US football guys can generally 323 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: point to a few stats. If you can't convert on 324 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: third down, if you turn the football over, if you 325 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: can't protect the quarterback, chances of winning games are gonna 326 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: be hard. Dave, what's your thoughts on Tampa Bay. Do 327 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: you feel like they get this turned around quickly or 328 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: are there bigger issues behind it? Well, when you there's 329 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: so many numbers that you can put your finger on, 330 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: but you just talked about conversion down to me as 331 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: a big one. If you combine the three for three 332 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: that Washington was on fourth down, they converted thirteen of 333 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: twenty one conversion situations. Now, I don't I don't have 334 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: to be a mathematician. That's well, that's over fifty percent. 335 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: That's winning. If you getting at forty five percent, you're 336 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: winning over fifty percent against that defense. They held the 337 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: ball for thirty eight minutes in the game, and some 338 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: of it as to do with what Shock's talking about 339 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: is Tampa's giving opportunities to weigh they're turning the ball over, 340 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: which in turn puts the other offense back on the field. 341 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: I can't do anything without the football. Even though Devin 342 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: White tried to do it. He had eighteen tackles in 343 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: two sacks in the game for that really good Tampa defense, 344 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: they weren't on the field offensively enough to do any damage. 345 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: And all of a sudden you look up and I 346 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: don't want to start. I don't want to get it 347 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: caught up in the playoff thing unless you guys want to. 348 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: But they're two games ahead of Atlanta. You got a 349 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: game with them coming up now. Yes, they beat you once, 350 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: but you got them coming to your building. The Saints 351 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: are only a game ahead. You got a half game 352 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: of Carolina's a half game ahead. This thing is not 353 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: over by any stretch of the imagination. We're in the 354 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: midpoint and this division is gettable because Tampa just showed 355 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: they're gettable and people didn't think they were. Absolutely, so 356 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: you think about again, try not to bring it up. 357 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: But a poor game him from Atlanta Falcons, and then 358 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: we start looking at the division a little bit and 359 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: it's not so far stretched that a lot of people think. 360 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: So you mentioned Carolina, Dave, let me go right back 361 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: to you. They end up picking up Cam Newton, bring 362 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: back one of the best players in franchise history. They 363 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: waste no time getting him involved in the game. Plane 364 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: rushes for a touchdown, throws one. How does that impact 365 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: Atlanta moving forward as they will match up one more 366 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: time in December. Yeah, you get to go to Carolina. 367 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: I believe December twelve. I think we go to Carolina 368 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: to take him on. I think Cam will be the 369 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: starter by then. I think he will be the guy 370 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: Joe Brady having to try to put a package of 371 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: plays in he did this weekend. Cam ran for one 372 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: through for one. I think he only had four attempts, 373 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: but he ran the ball a couple of times resulted 374 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: in two touchdowns, so you can see his effect. He's 375 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: going to be a red zone threat for them probably 376 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: this week next week, but when he gets to Atlanta, 377 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: I think he's going to be the full time guy. 378 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: What he does is he brings to the table the 379 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: quarterback run game, and Atlanta struggled with that. Remember Sam 380 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: Darnold ran for like sixty yards in the game here 381 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: in Atlanta for Carolina. You go all the way back 382 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: to Week one, Jalen Hurts destroyed Atlanta with the quarterback run. 383 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 1: He's back to be willing to do that. He had 384 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:08,719 Speaker 1: twelve rushing touchdowns last year and what people would call 385 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: a down year for Cam Newton in that New England offense. 386 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:15,959 Speaker 1: So he's still a threat from an athlete standpoint. And then, oh, 387 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 1: by the way, Christian McCaffrey's back on the field. He 388 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: touched the ball twenty three times in the game for 389 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty yards. He's a problem as well. Yeah, DJ, 390 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 1: you look at Cam and it's like you probably he's 391 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: gonna need a few weeks, not to mention to become 392 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 1: the starter, but to kind of get his legs and 393 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: his speed back under him. Even though he scored a touchdown, 394 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: it kind of looked like he was laboring a little bit. 395 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 1: But you guys, you guys mentioned quarterback run game. He 396 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: presents even a different element because in the red zone 397 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: he's like a fullback. I mean, this guy's sixty five, 398 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: two hundred fifty, two hundred and sixty pounds. So again, 399 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: how does that affect that matchup for Atlanta as they'll 400 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: face off which will likely be a pivotal game for 401 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 1: the Atlanta foul. Well, when you get down in the raison, 402 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 1: I'm not even just in the red zone when you're out. 403 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 1: You know from the twenties and coming in, not many 404 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: teams really have to account for the quarterback. And when 405 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: you get down in the red zone, you got all 406 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: eyes on the quarterback, but you're still not accounting for 407 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: him in the run game. Now you add a fullback, 408 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: add another back in there, you add a Christian McCaffrey 409 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 1: who could easily slip out into the flat on you 410 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: when you think you got run game coming from the quarterback. 411 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 1: So there are a lot of different matchups in the 412 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: ballgame with Cam in the game, especially in the red 413 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 1: zone where your senses have to go up. Everything down 414 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 1: there is up for you as a defensive player, and 415 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 1: they're gonna only add to it. This is you know, 416 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: Brady's getting his first time getting his hands on Cam, 417 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:37,680 Speaker 1: So you got you gotta realize he's gonna have some 418 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: stuff stored away by the time we think he'll be 419 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: the starter. Whin the Atlanta season. So when you get 420 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,640 Speaker 1: into the red zone, everything's up intends up. Never think 421 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: that there's something they will not try with Cam down there. 422 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:50,879 Speaker 1: Like you said, he's two hundred and sixty some pounds. 423 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: He's looking to kind of revive his career as well, 424 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 1: so he's gonna be like our said, he's willing to 425 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: do anything right now to be the guy and become 426 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: the player that he you know, wants us. I think 427 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 1: everybody would agree with me here. The one thing Cam 428 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: does not lack is confidence, so you don't have to 429 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,439 Speaker 1: worry about that. He rush rushing touchdown, takes his helmet 430 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 1: off and screams at the camera, I'm bad. So that's 431 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: one thing that you're never gonna have to worry about 432 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: with him. We're never gonna get a chance to see this. 433 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: I'd love to see Dean p'ss game plan from the 434 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,959 Speaker 1: first time they play Carolina, so the next time they 435 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 1: play Carolina, because there was no Christian McCaffrey, no Cam 436 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: Newton the first time. I'd love to see those call 437 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: sheets and how different they're going to be between the 438 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: two meetings. This episode in part brought to you by 439 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 1: the Home Depot. 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What needs to happen 456 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: in this unique matchup against Bill Belichick and the New 457 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: England Patriots. Well, there's two things for me that have 458 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,919 Speaker 1: to happen. Number One, you cannot let New England run 459 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: the football. They had one hundred and eighty four yards 460 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: rushing against Cleveland. They blew Cleveland out much like Atlanta 461 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: got their rearans handed to him by Dallas. They beat 462 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: Cleveland forty five to seven. Ran for one hundred and 463 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 1: eighty five yards in the game. Romandre Stevenson the big 464 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: kid at Oklahoma. He's about a two hundred and forty 465 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: pound back. He had a one hundred yards rushing and 466 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 1: a couple of touchdowns. You got a limit the run 467 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: game and make mac Jones beach you, and he's proven 468 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 1: that he can probably do some of those things to 469 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: a lot of teams in the league. The youngster's playing well. 470 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 1: He's got six wins under his Bellot's got more wins 471 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 1: than I think all the other rookie quarterbacks combined. So 472 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: he's doing a good job and they're getting back. They're 473 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: back to playing Bill Belichick type of defense. They're one 474 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 1: of the top teams in the league and conversions on 475 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: third down. So my other key would be stopped the 476 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: run game from a from a defensive standpoint, make Matt 477 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: Jones makes some of those plays against a fairly nondescript 478 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: receiver corps. They're still NFL players. They're gonna make plays, 479 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: but your ability to stay on the field. We talked 480 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: about conversion rack. You and I kind of on the 481 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: same page on the you've got to stay on the field. 482 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: You cannot have you can't play forty five minutes of football. 483 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 1: You can't play, you know, thirty five minutes of football. 484 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: That's what Atlanta has done in their losses. They've even 485 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: done it in some of their wins. We saw it 486 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: last weekend two weekends ago against Carroll, against New Orleans, 487 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 1: where you kind of let things slipt and then you 488 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: went ahead and run the game. This game it was 489 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: a fifteen minute block against Dallas. You can't have those lulls. 490 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 1: You can't go three and out three times. That can't happen. Yep, DJ. 491 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: What sticks out for you the run game is a 492 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: big part of for me because when you look back 493 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: in New England and you look at the highlights, there's 494 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: a lot of things of mac Jones throwing the football. 495 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: Of course, and he's gonna do that, He's gonna make 496 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 1: some plays. But in their last three ball games they 497 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: rushed for a four hundred and seventy seven yards. Arch 498 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 1: mentioned one eighty four verse to Browns, one fifty one 499 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: versus Carolina and one forty two versus Chargers, there is 500 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 1: a definite I would have say that they want to 501 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: run the football to help this young quarterback. And here's 502 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:25,719 Speaker 1: other stat that that's gonna be interesting in the Falcons 503 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: have to be you know where of it you brought 504 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: it up. There were a lot of guys running free 505 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 1: in our secondary against the Cowboys. Well, this Patriots team, 506 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 1: they got forty eight plays of twenty plus yards. They're 507 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: gonna stress the field. They're gonna stretch you vertically, and 508 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 1: they're also gonna stretch your horse only with the run game. 509 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: So this is gonna be a big time matchup. And 510 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 1: this is a team coming here with one of the 511 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: last four out of five. They're gonna be confident coming in. 512 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 1: They got a young quarterback feeling good about themself. So 513 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: if you don't stop the run and you don't give 514 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: up the explosive, you got a chance to be in 515 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: this ball game to get yourself a win. Well, and 516 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: you look at their situation much like we looked at Atlanta's, 517 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 1: where you're only two games behind the division leader in 518 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: Tampa and you get to play them, You get to 519 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: play your other two division opponents as well. One more time, 520 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: so you very much have your destiny in your own hands. 521 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 1: New England's looking at the same thing. Buffalo stumbled a 522 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: couple of times. A lot of people thought Buffalo was 523 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: going to run away. You look up in Buffalo is 524 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,919 Speaker 1: only a game or so ahead of you. New England's 525 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: thinking they can go win the division again, and I 526 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 1: think they've got a chance to go play Buffalo again too. 527 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: So it's a big game. This is if you want 528 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 1: to start talking about playoff implications and things like that 529 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: for both these teams. Yeah, well, if you aspire to 530 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: be in position in mid December, these are the kind 531 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 1: of games you have to You got to win this game. Yeah. 532 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people didn't necessarily give Atlanta 533 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: the opportunity to win in Dallas, and maybe that was 534 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: rightfully so based on the way we played. This is 535 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 1: a game you gotta wint. You gotta find a way 536 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 1: to win this football and keep yourself in position. Guys, 537 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: anytime you play or you have a Bill Belichick team 538 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 1: coming in, the first thing that comes to my mind 539 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: is how Bill is going to attack the opposing team, 540 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: And bills big thing is take away what you do best, right, 541 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 1: So if I'm trying to think like Belichick. My guests 542 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: would be He's gonna come in and try to take 543 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 1: away two guys Corderill Patterson and Kyle Pitts. Okay, he 544 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: may not have to take away Carderal Patterson sells he's 545 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 1: not going to be able to play. So again, it's 546 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: can you win those matchups that they're trying to take away? 547 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: Can Kyle Pitts still find a way to get free 548 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: if Corderol plays, Can he still find a way to 549 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: be an impact player? Because the broad TV broadcast showed 550 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 1: a great stat of Corderol Patterson his touches this year 551 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: versus average touches his previous career and Atlanta and Arthur 552 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 1: Smith has found out that he needs to touch the 553 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: ball more so if he plays, does Belichick find a 554 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: way to keep the ball out of his hands and 555 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 1: out of Kyle Pitts? And he's gonna say, we need 556 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: Zekias to beat us, we need Mike Davis to beat us. 557 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: That's how That's what he's gonna say. Well, and I 558 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 1: think the Corderill Patterson thing is either said than done. 559 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: If Corderyl plays in the game, he he's not going 560 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 1: to be able to keep the ball out of his hands. 561 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: Now he might be able to shadow him with some 562 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: guys we're already seeing and you guys probably noticed it, 563 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: and I hope the fan got a chance to see 564 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:12,439 Speaker 1: some wide angle looks. Teams are already responding to Kyle Pitts. Now. 565 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: We saw it this weekend where they're trying to run 566 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: with a man, but they've got as much as they can. 567 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,160 Speaker 1: They've got another guy's shadowing him from a different level, 568 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 1: watching him. He's almost being doubled. He's not completely being 569 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,360 Speaker 1: bracketed or doubled, but they're keeping an eye with two 570 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:34,679 Speaker 1: defenders on him. That means what you're saying has to happen. Gauge, Zakias, Sharp, Gallman, Davis. 571 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 1: They all have to step up and make plays. And oh, 572 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: by the way, we got to block people up front. 573 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: You talked about it at the opening part of the show. 574 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: You've got to get people blocks O Ryan can make plays. Yeah. 575 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 1: So that's that's a number of different things, and guys, 576 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 1: it's just cleaning up all the little things. Special teams 577 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: has got to be better. Pass protection has got to 578 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: be better. We got to be able to convert more 579 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: on third down when you're not a team that's humming 580 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: on all cylinders. We talked about it. The margin for 581 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: air very small. So the guys are just going to 582 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: have to go out and they're gonna have to perform 583 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: this week on a short week and again flushing everything 584 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: out of the Dallas Cowboys game. Guys, thanks so much 585 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 1: for all your insight this week. That's gonna wrap things 586 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 1: up because we got another game to play here in 587 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: a couple of days. Yeah, go ahead, get your handshakes. 588 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:18,360 Speaker 1: And by the way, hey, thank you appreciate it. 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