1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Ryan on the left side, the throw to the end 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: zone and it's cut falling out of the back of 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: the end zone Polio Jones and that's why he who 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: he is. You're listening to Falcons Audible presented by Ad 5 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: and G and I'm Matt to be joined by Dave 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: Archer and DJ Shockley on a Monday morning here in 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: Flowery Branch, Guys. Falcons lost twenty seven twenty four and 8 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: Indie exciting game, disappointing game two big two storylines for me. 9 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: Kan O'Neil's injury. Don't know the details yet doesn't look good, 10 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: but the Falcons. The sixteen penalties resulting one hundred and 11 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: twenty eight yards just a backbreaker when that continuously happens 12 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: in a game. Arch DJ not good that the Cults 13 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: ended up getting seven first downs as a result of 14 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: some of those penalties yesterday, and that's just that just 15 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: sucks the life out of the defense. And it's just 16 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,759 Speaker 1: the timing of it on some of those plays. Keeping 17 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: the defense on the field was rough. I thought Matt 18 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: Ryan came out in the second half sensational, completed eighteen 19 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: straight passes. We can get into that in a minute, 20 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 1: but those are my early takeaways, DJ, Arch, what what's 21 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: what's the one thing that you just take away other 22 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: than here we are sitting at one and two thirteen 23 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: games to go. Don't want to. I'm not hitting the 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: panic button. But a lot of Falcons fans are this 25 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,839 Speaker 1: morning in my inbox and we can get to that too. 26 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: But what's your What's your takeaway? D DJ and Arch. 27 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people were or I wouldn't 28 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: say discouraged about defensively what happened. And I think we 29 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: gotta put in context about how good the Colts offensive 30 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: line were. I mean, they did a great job and 31 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: I thought they came in with a great plan. I 32 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: thought they did a good job of one using Jacobe 33 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: bruth sating in a way where the ball was coming 34 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: out of his hands quickly. Uh. He found the matchup 35 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: he liked, he got real the football, and you know, 36 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: on the defense side of the ball, you gotta talk 37 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: a little bit better. Manday. We were talking about this 38 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: before we came on, but I thought this was a 39 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: game where you were down earlier. Obviously in the second half, 40 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: you had to find a way to come back. You 41 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: have to find a way to change your game plan 42 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: and I thought you did that. Um, you gave her 43 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: seven opportunity to having a chance to win that ball 44 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: gaming and you just didn't finish. But the coach came 45 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 1: in with a game plan of a lot of hypercenta 46 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 1: strolls defensively and offensively. Falcons came out and they ran 47 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 1: the ball to start the ball game early, really good. 48 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: What I thought was paramount for them to get going. Um. 49 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: Obviously the interception by Matt was one that, uh, people 50 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: are gonna talk about a lot, and he's gonna be 51 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: the first one to tell you you can't force that 52 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: football into there. And there was a tight spots there 53 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,839 Speaker 1: where you're trying to fit the ball and you're trying 54 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: to make a play. But this is a team that 55 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: I believe The record is what it is, but this 56 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: team will will fight through this and find a way 57 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: to get better. And you know, hey, you got the 58 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: tight I'm gonna hear and they're gonna find a way 59 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: to to recoup in and get back onto the winning track. 60 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: Horrible tackling yesterday is the first thing that jumped out 61 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: in my mind, and I don't think it got better 62 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: throughout the game. I thought that Atlanta, this is one 63 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: of the poorest tackling games they've had in a long time, 64 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: even with the sixteen penalties, and those were bad, and 65 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: you guys have already talked about those, Matt, you already 66 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 1: hit on that pretty hard. I don't know that I 67 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: need to go on into that anymore, which we can 68 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: go into how do you fix it? But even with 69 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: the sixteen penalties, if you tackle better defensively, you're gonna 70 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: probably win the football game. I thought that if there 71 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: was one thing, and I know everybody looks for blame 72 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: to lay it on something, I would lay it on 73 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: the inability to get people on the ground on defense 74 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: really cause you a problem. The reason that they were 75 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: able to use the short passing attack is because Atlanta 76 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: wanted to have eleven eyes on the run game. They 77 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: wanted to make sure they limited the run game and 78 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: other than a twenty six yard run in the final 79 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: series of the game, they took away Indies running. This 80 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: was a running team that was This is a team 81 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: that was average one hundred and eighty five yards of 82 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: ground on the ground a game. The first two games 83 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: they took the run game out of the mix, but 84 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: they were given up the short passing attack. If you're 85 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: going to do that, you must tackle well, and they 86 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: did not tackle well in the game. You guys bring 87 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 1: up a couple of really good points. This team, before 88 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck abruptly retired, was a chic pick for the 89 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, chic pick to come out of the AFC. 90 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: It's a good football team, good offensive line. Jacobi Proctt's 91 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: got experience. You know, he's playing some snaps. It wasn't 92 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,799 Speaker 1: just coming in with just two games under his belt. 93 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 1: Marlon mack arch is a good back. Quinton Nelson is 94 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 1: a very good offensive lineman. That all said there they 95 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: were you know, yeah, I did hit the penalties hard day. 96 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: But they've got thirty five penalties now in three games. No, 97 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: and it's it's worth mentioned. Yeah, but the thing that 98 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: you gotta do now is, Okay, there's thirty five penalties 99 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: and we had sixteen this game. That's water under the bridge. 100 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: So what do you do to fix it? Right? And 101 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: so to me, I know there's a lot of pointing 102 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: towards the undisciplined part of the team or the coaching. 103 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: Believe me, we're here at practice. They're not coaching grabbing 104 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: in the secondary. They're not coaching grabbing along the offensive line, 105 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: They're not coaching blindside blocks on special teams, and they're 106 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: certainly not coaching jumping offside on third down when it's 107 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: less than five yards. None of that's being coached. Now, 108 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: do you have to go back and emphasize technique. A 109 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: lot of these are technique problems, and I know the 110 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: fans sometimes, what's that mean? That means if you're an 111 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: offensive lineman, I can't get my head over my shoes. 112 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: I've got to sit back and wait. If I get overaggressive, 113 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: then a guy's gonna blow by me, and then I'm 114 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: gonna reach and grab in the secondary. I've got to 115 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: trust my technique. Yes, some of it has to do 116 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: with keeping the quarterback in the pocket. If the quarterback 117 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: gets out, it extends the play. Now, it stresses the coverage, 118 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: those type of things. But if I'm on the backside 119 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: of a punt return and this is bleedy Ray Wilson's foul, 120 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: it's a huge penalty. Atlanta is gonna get the ball 121 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 1: at the forty instead they get into the twenty two. 122 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: It's an eighteen yard penalty on a block that had 123 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: nothing to do with the play. So there's you've got 124 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: to be intelligent, so the players. To me, the reason 125 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 1: I say all that players have got to take ownership 126 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: in the focus of taking care of their technique and 127 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: doing the right things, because that has nothing to do 128 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: with coaching. It has everything to do with the player 129 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: taking ownership and what you're doing on a particular play. 130 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: And here's one thing I want to add to is 131 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: there are a bunch of times in this ball game 132 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: where we talk about eye discipline, Guys looking at the 133 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: wrong things, and you're wondering, how does a guy get 134 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: so open? How does this guy running right down the sideline? 135 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: How on third and one do you allow a guy 136 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: to get behind you? And a lot of it is 137 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: guys are looking at the wrong thing. A lot of 138 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: guys are looking into the backfield worried about what's going on. 139 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: And on that third and one they run smaller play 140 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: action behind it, thinking they're gonna run the football, and 141 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: you get him creeping out right behind Isaiah Oliver. You 142 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: can see him on for half a second. He looks 143 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: in the backfield looking at the play action, and that 144 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: gives enough time for him to sneak got another receivering 145 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: those a great job going in like he's gonna stalk 146 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: him and block him. But at the same time, that 147 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: run is not your responsibility. That receiver is your responsibility. 148 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: These are things that when you go out and watch 149 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: him in practice, guys are saying, this is your key, 150 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: this is who you're looking at. These are your responsibility. 151 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: So when you get into a ball game, these guys 152 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: have to remember those those moments that, Okay, let's not 153 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: trying to do too much. Let's try not to do 154 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: somebody else's job when it's not all responsibility and the 155 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: coaches are putting them in position, and like Arch just mentioned, 156 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: at the point of attack, you got to make the 157 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: play that's there. If you're supposed to make the tackle, 158 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: you got a guy lined up, make the play. If 159 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: you have this guy in man coverage, well you have 160 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: him and man cover regard that's what's going on in 161 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: the backfield. That's somebody else's responsibility. So it's an ownership 162 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: thing on both sides of the ball and even on 163 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: special team as well, to do your own particular job. 164 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: Colts got off to a really hot start per set, 165 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: as we said, completed straight sixteen straight passes. At one 166 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: point they had a pretty good game plan, you know. 167 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: They it was a lot of underneath stuff and they executed. 168 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: They jumped out to a twenty three lead heading into 169 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: a halftime. And I'll tell you what. Let's there were 170 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: a couple of things that stood out to me in 171 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: that first half. Matt's I nt but I thought DeVante 172 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: Freeman Dave really ran for the first time we saw 173 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 1: that burst this year. His first run, I think it 174 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: was a twenty eight yard run up up the gut. 175 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: I think he had a four yard run after that. 176 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: But it was really good to see DeVante Freeman run 177 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: the ball and pick up, you know, a lot of 178 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: yards and chunks. He had a couple nice runs yesterday. 179 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: I think he finished with eighty eight. It was good 180 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: to see freeback. But I want to talk about that 181 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: second half. Well's let's talk about the first half for 182 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: a second. A couple of things that the first half. Okay, 183 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: I want to just mention you mentioned Devanta Freeman, so 184 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 1: let's talk about Devant. It's nice to get DeVante Freeman 185 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: some creases. I keep hearing about how DeVante doesn't have 186 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: the explosion, and not from you or shock, but I'm 187 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: hearing it around the city. Where's the old DeVante Freeman. Well, 188 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 1: you gotta have some places to run with a ball, 189 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: and so they created some creases for him. And I 190 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: know Shock's going to have some stuff up on the 191 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: website later here on Atlanta Falcons dot com describing one 192 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: of those plays and what allows you to make some 193 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: of those plays is the explosiveness in the run game 194 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: is some of the blocks and getting on the blocks 195 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: to provide some running room for Freeman. One other thing 196 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 1: I want to point out in the first half for 197 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,439 Speaker 1: is you know the second half. Yeah, huge defensive series 198 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 1: in the end of the first half, They've got the 199 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: ball first in goal at the one half yard line 200 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: after the hole and in Atlanta holds them to a 201 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: field goal. That was a huge moment that just kind 202 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: of got passed over. They had driven the entire length 203 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: of the field and we're going to shove one in 204 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: the end zone to make it. Yeah, it was a 205 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: long drive. Was after the interception, they're going to have 206 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: a chance to go up to what twenty four to three, 207 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 1: Atlanta holds them bill field goal after it being first 208 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: and goal at the half yard line. I thought that 209 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: was a pretty big moment for the defense. To kind 210 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: of keep in touch with what was going on in 211 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: the game. No great Point'm glad you brought it up, 212 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 1: and I was just trying to build up the fact 213 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: that they were down I mean a lot. It seemed 214 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: insurmountable at that point, and it could have been a 215 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: lot worse, as you point out. That's why what happened 216 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: in the second half was just so impressive to me, 217 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: especially the job Matt Ryan did. That's why I ended 218 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: up writing my column out because, yeah, everyone's going to 219 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: talk about the penalties this morning. Everyone's going to talk 220 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: about Keiane O'Neill, as you alluded to DJ. You just said, 221 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: everyone's going to talk about Matt's I and T deep 222 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: you know, down the middle and the red zone for 223 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: a long time. It's unfortunate because what he did in 224 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: the second half twenty two of twenty three, and the 225 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: one incompletion was a drop by free was and then 226 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: he came right out and they scored fourteen unanswered points. 227 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: Think he got the team right back into this game. 228 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: It wasn't just all him, but it was impressive and 229 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: if you're an NFL fan watching this game, it was 230 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: a really exciting game to watch. And I don't know 231 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:26,959 Speaker 1: what the stat was, Dave, but I think they said 232 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: the Falcons had not come back from such a large 233 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: deficit seventeen plus points since like nineteen eighty seven or 234 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 1: something like that. CBS had it. But it was impressive 235 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: to watch, and I honestly thought that the Falcons were 236 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: gonna pull the game out at one point. They were 237 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: they were that hot on offense, and it just came 238 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: down to a possession at the end. But I think 239 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: a lot of it is you got want to talk 240 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: about Matt a little bit. You got a bunch of 241 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:53,679 Speaker 1: dudes on his team who competitors. You got a bunch 242 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 1: of dudes who not just gonna lay down in that situation. 243 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: And I think our dad, that was a huge point 244 00:11:58,480 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: in the golf ball game because that could have eat 245 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: put that game so far out of reach where you 246 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 1: struggle to think, can we get back into this ball game? 247 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: Because now you're wondering defensively, can we stop him? And 248 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 1: you got to score every single drive, so you hold 249 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: him too that field goal, and now you come out 250 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: in the second half and all you have to do 251 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: is put a couple drives together, put a couple series 252 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: together to give yourself some momentum, and I think the 253 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: mindset changed on both sides of the ball. I think 254 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: there was a little looking in mirror moment for a 255 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,319 Speaker 1: lot of guys going in a halftime, and the guys 256 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 1: came out and responded. And we all know coach Coin, 257 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: we know the staff, we know they're gonna make adjustments, 258 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: we know they're gonna come in him and challenge these 259 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: guys to hey, all right, that first half it's done. 260 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: It's kind of like the penalties. You couldn't do nothing 261 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: about it. Let's go out and let's change the narrative 262 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: here in the second half. And I thought Matt did 263 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: an excellent job for one taking with the coach give 264 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: him and then the guys around him giving him time 265 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: to throw. I don't think Matt was sacked one time 266 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: in his entire ball game, so he was upright for 267 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: most of this ball game. And also the guys on 268 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: the outside making plays, whining and when it was thrown 269 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: to him. Obviously, there were a bunch of third down things. 270 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 1: Were eight for eight on third down in the second half, 271 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: and a lot of those third downs were third and 272 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: eight plus you know, ten plus yards, you know, and 273 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 1: guys just understanding where they are on the field, understanding 274 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: where to sit down in certain zones. There was one 275 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: particularly third down the Muhammas and new Kitchener went on 276 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: the left side over here in between a backer and 277 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: in a corner, and he does a great job sitting 278 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: down right in that voted area. Each guy took that 279 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: second half, I think, and took their play up to 280 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,439 Speaker 1: a different level simply because they had to and they 281 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: were challenging, and the guys went out and did it. 282 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 1: So kudos to Madden that whole entire, that all that 283 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,719 Speaker 1: whole offensive side and defensive side as well, to get 284 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: your job done. Eight of ten on third down for 285 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: the Falcons, yes say yeah. And in toll And when 286 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: you go to the opening drive of the second half 287 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: or Atlanta had to score, this was a if there 288 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 1: was ever a must go down and put a touch 289 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: down on the board, you had to open the second 290 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: half with a touchdown in that drive. They overcame three 291 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: third and ten pluses to get the ball in the 292 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 1: end zone, and some of that had to do with 293 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: Ryan standing in the pocket with things beginning to disintegrate 294 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: around him, throwing the ball to Jones. Sanu Hooper I 295 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: just thought that the distribution of the football in reentering 296 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: what Shock said and taking what they were giving him, Yes, 297 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: but willing to put the ball up understanding that his 298 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: guys understood the value of the ball. Mohammed Sanu makes 299 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: a catch in the fourth quarter that in one of 300 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: those drives that led to a touchdown. That is a 301 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: professional football put professional receiver play. You as a quarterback, 302 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: are going to throw the ball into the middle of 303 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: the field. Mohammed Sanou is surrounded by three defenders. Ryan 304 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: knows that Sanus going to get the football, and so 305 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: he puts it and it's in harm's way now, but 306 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: Sanou attacks that comes back, attacks the football, snatches it 307 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: out of the air with three guys kind of climbing 308 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: all over him. Got a chance to talk to Moe 309 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: after the game, and I just as a former player, 310 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 1: I was so appreciative of the professionalism and how hard 311 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: he competed and played. He had a nice night, as 312 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: did Jones, as did Hooper. But he literally came back 313 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: like two three yards. Yeah, he just just an incredible performance. 314 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: But in one of the touchdown drives, they overcame three 315 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: major penalties to get touchdowns. So they operated a high level. 316 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: Matt was the focal point of that because of his 317 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: ability to distribute to football, take what they gave him, 318 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: take advantage of what they were doing, because they began 319 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: to play defense similar to the way we were playing 320 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: in the first half, and that was kind of their 321 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: mo They wanted to play the umbrella, and I thought 322 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: Matt did a really good job of distributing the ball 323 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: and getting out and they overcame. They kind of scored 324 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: in spite of themselves because they made a lot of 325 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: mistakes on offense to try to dig themselves holes. Another 326 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: positive I thought yesterday was the play off Austin Hooper. 327 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: He's a player. You know, we've talked about him here 328 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: and there. He doesn't get a lot of run just 329 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: because of all the playmakers on this offense, but he's 330 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: a player that's gotten better every single year, and you know, 331 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: if they can get more incorporate him more into the offense. 332 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: I like what he can do after the catch too. 333 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: Your thoughts on Hooper's play and just you know where 334 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: you see him in Dirt Cutter's offense moving forward? Well, 335 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: when I talked to Matt preseason about Hoop, it was 336 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: kind of in regards to Tony Gonzalez going into the 337 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: into the Hall of Fame, and I said, what do 338 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: you see in Hoop that maybe reminds you of Tony. 339 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: He's just a lot of stuff that Hooper does reminds 340 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: you of Tony Gonzalez. Now that's high praise. Now you're 341 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: talking about the greatest night end of all time. But 342 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: what Hoop does is he does an excellent job with 343 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: contested catch. He does a great job of catching the 344 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: ball in his hands. If we go back and look 345 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: at Tony, Tony meant a lot of contested guys on 346 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: his arm, contested catches, and then he was north and 347 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: south immediately when he caught the ball, And that goes 348 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: kind of goes to what you're talking about, Matt. He's 349 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: he's probably obviously Tony gonzale us in his fourth or 350 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: fifth year in the league, much like Hoop is in 351 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: his fourth year. More athletic version of that. He has 352 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 1: the ability to run with the ball, go over the 353 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 1: top of people. He also has a lot of power. 354 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 1: He ran through two people to get in the ends 355 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 1: on his first touchdown. So yeah, he's the leading receiver 356 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: on his team. He and Julio Jones both share the 357 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,640 Speaker 1: lead for receptions on this team with nineteen. I think 358 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: that's going to continue. Hoop is destined to have a 359 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: big year this year, and I think it makes them 360 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 1: much better as a team. Knowing that Julio doesn't have 361 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: to make every play he's got Hoop snow Ridley. It 362 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 1: makes him tough just to add to that. When you 363 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 1: watch Hoop, I think he's one of those type of 364 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: players that's so reliable and we hear all the time 365 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: there's a safety vible this guy. This guy, you know 366 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 1: where he's gonna be. You can depend on him. One 367 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: thing that I noticed about Hoop he's so I think 368 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 1: he's very crafty and smart, like a Tony Gonzalez, especially 369 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: when you're talking about sitting down in different zones, when 370 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,920 Speaker 1: you're talking about understanding where help is from a defense 371 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: and from a quarter back perspective. When you know your 372 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 1: guy's gonna be in the place where he's supposed to 373 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: be and you can throw him to that spot and 374 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 1: knowing that he's going to be there, there's nothing like it. 375 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,479 Speaker 1: And I think Hoop has gotten to the point where 376 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 1: he understands exactly where he needs to be in this 377 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 1: offense is relative to the guys he has around him, 378 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: and he knows, in certain situations, I'm the number one guy. 379 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,919 Speaker 1: I'm the number one threatening this particular formation or this 380 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 1: play design, and he knows I have to find a 381 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: way to get open. I think that's where he's grown 382 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,360 Speaker 1: the most, his understanding of where he's supposed to be. 383 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 1: To echo what you're saying, I think he wants to 384 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: be the number one option. That was not the case 385 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,239 Speaker 1: maybe a year or two ago. You go back two 386 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: years when he had a tough time catching the ball 387 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: contested catches. I'm not sure he necessarily wanted to be 388 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,360 Speaker 1: the first guy he was gonna catch if you throw 389 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: it to him, But then there was a reluctance to 390 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: make the play. Not anymore. I think he wants to 391 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: be the focal guy. Yeah, he was certainly a positive yesterday. 392 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: Too close game and they come up short. But let's 393 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: talk about the defense a little bit before we kind 394 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: of pivot and talk about Can O'Neil's injury and the 395 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: Titans coming into town. It was good and bad, you know, 396 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:16,919 Speaker 1: And I don't know what stood out to you. They 397 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 1: didn't get a ton of pressure on Brissette, but he 398 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: was getting rid of the ball so quickly too. The 399 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: cover This is where we go back to coverage helping. 400 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 1: And so what they did is they made at halftime 401 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 1: adjustment at halftime was the hug up on the receivers 402 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: because we were playing off. The reason again going back, 403 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: why were we playing off? You wanted eleven eyes on 404 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,640 Speaker 1: the run game, so and you took away the run. 405 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: So now you got to kind of throw caution to 406 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: the wind. They're killing us with a short passing attack. 407 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 1: The counter to that is to come hug up and 408 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: play man. Now, playing man makes you vulnerable to the 409 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: run game. Fortunately, it landed a decent job of still 410 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,439 Speaker 1: controlling the run game, albeit the last last series of 411 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 1: the game. So now the pressure started to get home. 412 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: And so now you had Bressette holding the football. That's 413 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: why they didn't have the six in the second half. 414 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: So good adjustment coaching staff wise. But the killer, the 415 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: killer of the whole deal was you didn't tackle very well. 416 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: Any thoughts DJ and the D I mean, I think 417 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: what Art mentioned is spot on. This is a this 418 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: is a unit that I think we've seen in the 419 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 1: first couple of games, still trying to figure out how 420 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,119 Speaker 1: to play each and every game and as far as 421 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 1: to who you're playing, and obviously the gameplayer coming in 422 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: was to stop the run, which is a good game plan. 423 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,400 Speaker 1: You want to because we've been bludging the first couple 424 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 1: of weeks running the football and being out leveraged and 425 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. So I think the emphasis 426 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: this week was to stop the running. You did a 427 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 1: good job of doing that. And then, like Art mentioned, 428 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: the adjustments you make end game are part of the process, 429 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: and I think fans have to understand those guys on 430 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 1: the other side the game planning for the Falcons just 431 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: as the Falcons game planning for them. So end game, 432 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: you have to understand these guys are gonna make some mistakes, 433 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: They're gonna have to make some adjustments, but it's how 434 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: quickly can you make those adjustments and become a better unit. 435 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: To say so, I thought they did a better job 436 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: in that second half of understanding here's what they're trying 437 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: to do. Let's make sure we adjust what we're trying 438 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: to do. But then also you got to do your job, 439 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: like you mentioned earlier in the game, and like I 440 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 1: just said, make a tackle where they get off the field. 441 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 1: There are times you got third and long and hey, 442 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: a guy catches the ball for six seven yards, Well 443 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: that's where he has to go down. He can't have 444 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 1: any yak, can't have any yards after catching and pick 445 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: up another key first down, then here comes two, three, 446 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: four more minutes off the clock. So that part of 447 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: the game is going to get better. And you can 448 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: see the emphasis of what they're trying to do upfront, 449 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: moving guys around. You're gonna get pressure up there, You're 450 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: gonna have some different looks. This is a defensive unit 451 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,479 Speaker 1: that's obviously they're going to continue to get better. And 452 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: that's no doubt about it. We say it every single week. 453 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: Outside of two three games that are a little bit lopsided, 454 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 1: these games are across the league arch DJ decided by 455 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 1: possession or two. And you gotta remember, this is a 456 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: falcon's off in the defense that's still top ten in 457 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,400 Speaker 1: the league. Yes, on both side of the ball, so well, 458 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: to me, the question guys that is out there now 459 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: as we move forward and we step past game three, 460 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: is how do you prevent the slow start? How do 461 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: you prevent getting off to such slow developing starts? And 462 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: why are you getting off to a slow start. In 463 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: my opinion, some of the slow start is contributed to 464 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: the fact of early in the year. There's still an 465 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: adjustment to what the package looks like on Sunday because 466 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: you don't have a bank of film shock to look at. 467 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: You get to week eight or nine and you're still 468 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: having slow starts, then you've got a problem. But right now, 469 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: that's part of the issue. Now, how do you fix that. 470 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: You've got to be even more dialed in on what 471 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: a team's tendencies are are certainly what they've shown in 472 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: the first couple of weeks, but there's going to be 473 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,199 Speaker 1: a lot of variation there. So I've got to be 474 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: on the ball. I gotta be a little bit more 475 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: fine focused on my technique and where I'm supposed to be, 476 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 1: because there are going to show some stuff to me 477 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 1: that's not scouted. It's not stuff I saw in practice 478 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: that was written up on cards. That's a completely different look. 479 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: I didn't see that, So I got to make sure 480 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: that I play my technique. It gets back to that again, 481 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 1: playing the technique proper. One thing I want to point 482 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: out is I don't know if people have the opportunity 483 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 1: to watch our falcons pregame show on CW sixteen and 484 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: it comes on before the game and you did a 485 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 1: sit down with some new and you asked him kind 486 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: of sort of about that first game and kind of 487 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: the slow start, and I thought it was so good 488 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: and how honest he was about that first Minnesota game, 489 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 1: him saying, we thought we would show up and everything 490 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: would just go. And he said it was all about 491 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: the details. And when you say those little nuances of 492 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:41,919 Speaker 1: the techniques of the thing that you got to do 493 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,919 Speaker 1: end game, those are the details that you kind of 494 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,439 Speaker 1: push it aside. And I think now him seeing it 495 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: in that first game, I thought he was so honest 496 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: to even say that that we thought we'd show up 497 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: and hey, we've had a great camp and everything was 498 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 1: just fall in line. But there was still the little 499 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 1: things end game detail wise that you have to pay 500 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: attention to. A fair question or does that concern you 501 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: a little bit? Though? When when a guy who is 502 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:08,159 Speaker 1: a veteran guy like Mohammed san Us say yeah, we 503 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 1: thought we'd show up and it's in the details, it 504 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 1: almost makes me well, I have to I have to 505 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: see the entire interview. I didn't see the interview, but 506 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:18,199 Speaker 1: it makes me wonder was he not No, no, no, 507 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: I don't think he was saying it to that point 508 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: of we weren't ready to play, we weren't dialed in. 509 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: He he sent it to the point of, there's still 510 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: some small things that we thought we were made would 511 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: go out and it could happen in game, as opposed 512 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 1: to as opposed to you're thinking, we're just gonna go 513 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 1: show up and things are gonna happen and we're gonna 514 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 1: fall in line. I think mentally he take care of themselves. 515 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: I think he thought that, you know, when we get there, 516 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: our ability plus what we do from a game plan standpoints, 517 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 1: we'll take care of itself. And then within that there's 518 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 1: the fine focus of the little details that they're missing 519 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 1: on and that's why they're getting off to some slow starts. 520 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 1: So let's let's talk about Keyan O'Neil. We don't know 521 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: the details. It's it appears it's an achilles injury. Um, 522 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 1: you know, let's just let's let's if he's out for 523 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: an extended amount of time, if he's out for the 524 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: rest of the season. Um, you guys know this team 525 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: is as well as anyone. Um, what do you think 526 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 1: the Falcons do. Now, what do you think heading into 527 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: this next home game against Tennessee? Um, what do you 528 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: outside of you know, I'll just throw this out, throw 529 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: this way. You're too I get a lot of questions 530 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: from fans, you know, they think it's fantasy football. Why 531 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 1: don't we sign this guy? Why don't we trade for 532 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: this guy? It's not realistic. Um, well, a lot of 533 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: these moves. But you know, no, maybe if they can 534 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,919 Speaker 1: make move, make make maybe they do. You don't. You 535 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: don't know that, but you're right in the fact that. Okay, 536 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: what's in the building that allows us to get ready 537 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: for this game. Let's stick with that. Let's stick in 538 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: the building. So in the building. So now I've got 539 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,239 Speaker 1: to take this based on who I'm playing and I'm 540 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: coming in. I've got Tennessee coming in that wants to 541 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: power run the football with Derrick Henry. They've got a 542 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,120 Speaker 1: quarterback that can move around a little bit, another short 543 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: passing attack. They've got a tight end that catches the football. 544 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 1: He's predominantly their number one target. Okay, so it's a 545 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,400 Speaker 1: controlled kind of atmosphere on the offensive side of the football. 546 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: So what do I need to do? Who do I 547 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: need to put on the field to help me combat 548 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: the run. Is that Kamal Ishmael as the big safety 549 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 1: or do you get the ball hawking Demante CAZy on 550 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,120 Speaker 1: the field all the time with Ricardo Allen at safety. 551 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: Casey's a big hitter, he's a smaller guy, so it's 552 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: a smaller body on the field to try to stop 553 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: the run. So those are the kind of things the 554 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: coaches are going to be going through as to which 555 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: personnel's on the field. Now, if Casey's going to play 556 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,680 Speaker 1: the extra safety, that means Sheffield's gonna play your nickel. 557 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,439 Speaker 1: So now, all of a sudden though, that's how the 558 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 1: next man up mentality begins to evolve. But I do 559 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: think there's gonna be a mix and match body size 560 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: on what they're seeing. Maybe on first and second down, 561 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 1: Kamal Ishmael's in the game or is there somebody else 562 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: that they would like to play in that position. Kamal 563 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 1: seems to be the guy they used that Casey's a 564 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 1: guy that loves to hit, but Demante, quite frankly, is 565 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: a victim of his own circumstances. You'll knock himself out. Yeah, 566 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: so you got to be careful with guy. But he's 567 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 1: a ballhawk. When you start talking about no turnovers, didn't 568 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: get he turnovers yesterday. He's a guy you'd like to 569 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 1: see on the field. He has kind of a knack 570 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: for something. Playmaker for sure. Uh. I can't have enough 571 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,120 Speaker 1: CAZy in my life. I need more CAZy. I need more, 572 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: but we need a lot of CAZy. Can we get 573 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: that on a T shirt? Um? So yeah, I mean 574 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: that's that seems like you know, that seems we can 575 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,119 Speaker 1: at least talk about that that that you know what's 576 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: in house and what they could do if they don't 577 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: make a move. Um. I don't know the extent of 578 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 1: you know, Smith's injury. Um, though you gotta believe that 579 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: if he's gonna miss any time that they're going to 580 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 1: activate maybe Brian Hill or Quadrea Allison. Um, and fans 581 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 1: have been writing in about that. Hey, we want to 582 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: see those big guys, right. So, well, it's kind of 583 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: twofold in the running back situation because Barner left the 584 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: game yesterday too, So Barner and Tedo the two backup 585 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: running backs. So now you're talking about Okay, it not 586 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 1: only affects the running game. I've got a return game 587 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,359 Speaker 1: scenario as well. Does that mean Hardy goes back to 588 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: return punts? Who's going to return kickoffs? So there's a 589 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 1: lot of in flux there. Plus what's going on behind 590 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: behind Devantae running to football right, So a lot going 591 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: on there, and we got questions. I think a lot 592 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:30,239 Speaker 1: of the questions are could be answered with coming out 593 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: of train camp. Everybody said, oh wow, Falcons are keeping 594 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 1: six running backs? You keep you know, nine ten dbs. 595 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 1: Well here's a big, perfect example of why you do that. 596 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: And I think we bring up a good point of 597 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: what you have in house really matters. And they have 598 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: really groomed these guys. They've trained these guys to be here. 599 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: So these are the guys you want and you're bringing 600 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 1: somebody else. Yeah, they made not the system, but it's 601 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: gonna take a couple of weeks to get these guys 602 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 1: acclommated to how you call sup, what you do, and 603 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 1: how to fit into this particular scheme. Well, you got 604 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: three or four guys already in house that fit this mold, 605 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: and you know who they are. Guys go out and play. 606 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 1: And a couple other questions is, uh, you know Grady 607 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 1: Jarrett left the game. He was not able to return. 608 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,719 Speaker 1: You also attack Attack McKinley limped off the field. Now 609 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 1: Attack came back into game. So yeah, you're at to 610 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 1: that point now where you're a little banged up, And 611 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 1: if you're a Falcon fan, I know I am, I'm 612 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: a little worried because this is kind of what happened 613 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: to the defense last year is they got beat up 614 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: early in the year. Now we lost some guys for 615 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 1: a significant amount of time. It doesn't look like maybe 616 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 1: just other than Keano, you've lost somebody for significant amount 617 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: of time, but still it affected him dramatically. So how 618 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: much better is your depth behind these guys that are 619 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: banged up that'll really be tested this week. That was 620 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: a big reason why they made a lot of the 621 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 1: moves they made in the offseason, particularly off up front 622 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: with the offensive line. Thomas to Mitchroff said we needed 623 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 1: more depth. While while I just brought it up, Um, 624 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: you know, they gave up four sacks in Week one 625 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: and you just mentioned no sacks. Yesterday they had one 626 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: sack against Philly. That's positive, you know. Um, I know 627 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: they've been had some moving parts up front, but that's 628 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 1: been That was the biggest story heading into the season, 629 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: and that's good to see it list At least there 630 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: were some holding calls um yesterday upfront, but hey, Matt 631 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: Ryan is up right, standing up right, and that's always 632 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 1: a positive. Any thoughts on the offensive line. Caleb McGarry 633 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: his play, He got to play the whole game, which 634 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 1: played the whole game. I thought, I was amazing. Think 635 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: about that. Last week we thought he was done for 636 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: the years. They left the field in the cart right, 637 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: and the next thing you know, he's back into game 638 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 1: and then he plays the entire game. His first full 639 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: teams in Atlanta Falcon. So yeah, and that's the kind 640 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 1: of guys you want up front. So I'm excited about 641 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: what Caleb could potentially bring. Jamon Brown's got to play better. 642 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 1: I think he shows some some prowess in the run game. 643 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 1: He's got to be better in pass protection, and they've 644 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: got to continue to get better upfront. This was not 645 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 1: an elite pass rushing team they played this weekend. Plus 646 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 1: Jamal Yard was hurt and did not play in the game. 647 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: They kept Justin Houston off Ryan for the most part. 648 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 1: I think he got one home once, he had one pressure, 649 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 1: so that was good. It was not a blitzing team either. 650 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: They did not come after Atlanta very much, so a 651 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 1: little bit different animal than you saw two weeks ago 652 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: against the Eagles. But this is going to be a 653 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: team coming up. It's a rough, physical, defensive unit against Tennessee. 654 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 1: So get ready to button your chin strap. Yes. And 655 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 1: after that they go to Houston and then they've got 656 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: it's gonna be an interesting before they hit the bye week. 657 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 1: They're going to have the two West Coast teams come 658 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:40,840 Speaker 1: in here, Seattle and LA. But you know, I've said 659 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: all along, look at but they could go four and 660 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 1: four heading into the bye week even or even three 661 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 1: and five or five and three with because of the 662 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 1: way the schedule sets up, with all their division games 663 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 1: in the second half the season, I'm not too concerned about, 664 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 1: you know, a slow start. I'm not too concerned about. 665 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: You know, look at any team that turns the ball 666 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: over three times and has a special team's breakdown, it's 667 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 1: probably gonna lose that game. A lot of teams that 668 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 1: commit sixteen penalties in a game, uh and and seven 669 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,960 Speaker 1: of them go for first downs when you had them stop. 670 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: It's gonna it's gonna put you in a hole. So 671 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 1: the thing. The point I'm trying to make is these 672 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 1: are correctable at least, right yeah. Uh, and and stop 673 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: doing it though, you gotta stop doing it. I mean 674 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,520 Speaker 1: it's nice to say, yeah you have they're correctable, but 675 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 1: let's get them correct Let's get him corrected. I'm not 676 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 1: defending it. I'm just I know, yeah, I know you're not. 677 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 1: And you're pointing out some positives that yeah it is. 678 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: It is self inflicted, so that means you can do 679 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 1: something about it. I will say I'm taking the coaches 680 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 1: in players perspective here. Uh, you gotta be one to 681 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 1: know this week, maybe you gotta find a way you 682 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:49,480 Speaker 1: cannot That's where I was kind of going, Yeah, you 683 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: cannot lose at home. You've lost a couple on the road. One, 684 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 1: it's an NFC game. Uh, and this has been a 685 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 1: thorn in Atlanta side for whatever reason. Why can't we 686 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 1: beat the AFC teams? Got to find a way to 687 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 1: get over that at all? Because you in someone brought 688 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,880 Speaker 1: that up? Is that? I mean it's a big number. 689 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 1: I mean you don't want to what do you want to? Nine? 690 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,440 Speaker 1: Is it? You mean dan Quinn teams or just the 691 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 1: Falcons in general? No, just over the last what last 692 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 1: three four seasons? You're oh, and your one it's the AC. 693 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,800 Speaker 1: It's odd. I don't It's not like they're a completely 694 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: different league. It's just it's it is odd you don't 695 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 1: have familiarity with it though. But I talked about it 696 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,400 Speaker 1: is the fact that they don't see him very often, 697 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 1: so you see these teams once every four years. So 698 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,240 Speaker 1: he put the onus on the players got to prepare 699 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: a little bit more, be a little bit more ready. 700 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 1: And I thought they were for this game. But you know, 701 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:40,720 Speaker 1: there's no rest for the weary. You got two more 702 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:42,640 Speaker 1: coming up that are pretty good teams. So you think 703 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 1: they got to win this game. It's must, it's must, must, must. 704 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: I'm not going must. Um I want to Yes, No, 705 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: I do think it's an important game though it's it's 706 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: an important game. It's an AFC game. UM. I think 707 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: the two other games I just mentioned are more important 708 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: than the Rams and the Seahawks. But everything's on the 709 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 1: table second half the season. I just they just need 710 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,680 Speaker 1: to continue to get better. Um. I think you still 711 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:14,480 Speaker 1: have to continue to stack those wins. For the standpoint 712 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: of yeah, you don't want to lose any games, AFC, NFC, 713 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:21,440 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. But you look at the overall big picture. 714 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 1: If you're a fan uh in your division. You got 715 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:29,360 Speaker 1: two teams in our division, their quarterbacks are out and 716 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,439 Speaker 1: you don't know how far they're gonna fall. What's gonna 717 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: happen with them? Obviously, the Saint's got a big win 718 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:39,480 Speaker 1: yesterday in Seattle. That was big fan base, your fan 719 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,400 Speaker 1: base energized. You can't you don't want to lose in 720 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,759 Speaker 1: your own building. This week into Tennessee. You got your 721 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,920 Speaker 1: you want your fan base cranked up. Now. If you 722 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:48,759 Speaker 1: lose a couple on the road, that's gonna happen. It's 723 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:50,759 Speaker 1: hard to win on the road in this league. But 724 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,440 Speaker 1: you got to take care of your building. Yes, when 725 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,399 Speaker 1: you get the second half the season, the divisions laid 726 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: out for you. But you've got to get to that 727 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 1: point where it makes a difference. When you get there. 728 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 1: You get there at two and seven or two and five. 729 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,640 Speaker 1: You got to be in position to make some damage 730 00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:07,680 Speaker 1: or make some hay. So you gotta take care of 731 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 1: some and I want to. I want the energy of 732 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,239 Speaker 1: the fan base. It's a great city. You want them 733 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,239 Speaker 1: fired up. We all want that. I agree. I just 734 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: want them playing their best football in November and December. 735 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: You man, you gotta get the fans out, man, you 736 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 1: gotta get the energy going. Many did you read my 737 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,680 Speaker 1: column about the NFC South landscape changing. Yeah, yeah, it's 738 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:33,839 Speaker 1: big escape. That's that's a writer word. It was a 739 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 1: big win though. I that is a big win for 740 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:39,200 Speaker 1: the Saints to be Seattle though, you know, as bad 741 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 1: as we tackled. And I know we're getting off topic 742 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:45,719 Speaker 1: here as we run along off the podcast, but I 743 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,440 Speaker 1: don't know that I've seen a Seattle team tackle that badly. 744 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,840 Speaker 1: I mean, they could not tackle any of the Saints yesterday. 745 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,399 Speaker 1: I was and of course I'm pulling for Seattle because 746 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,399 Speaker 1: I'm what the Saints to lose, But I mean, can 747 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 1: we get forty one on the ground? Can we tackle Camara? Anyway? 748 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,560 Speaker 1: All right, let's wrap it up right there. I think 749 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:06,960 Speaker 1: we all ridiculous. I think we all think that the 750 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,280 Speaker 1: best medicine right now would be a win on Sunday 751 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:13,040 Speaker 1: at home. It's gonna be an interesting matchup. And just 752 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:15,160 Speaker 1: be with the big back in the Mobile QB to 753 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 1: get back to back mobile. QB's now coming up with 754 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:20,080 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson coming up after him actually, and then Arizona 755 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:24,719 Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury's h Kyler Murray in his offense. Um, that's 756 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 1: gonna be interesting too. Three mobile quarterbacks coming up. Yeah, 757 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,000 Speaker 1: I think this is a guy that I think you 758 00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,799 Speaker 1: can affect his confidence pretty much, quite a bit. I 759 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,200 Speaker 1: think Mariote is not playing with a ton Mariode is 760 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,520 Speaker 1: not playing with a ton of confidence. So if you 761 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 1: can kind of thwart the run game or stunt the 762 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 1: run game a little bit, you're not gonna stop it, 763 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,000 Speaker 1: but stunt the run game a little bit to where 764 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,440 Speaker 1: he's got to make some plays. I think he has 765 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,879 Speaker 1: a chance to potentially get on himself or get down 766 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 1: on himself a little bit to the tune where they 767 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,160 Speaker 1: may even think about putting somebody else in the game. 768 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,719 Speaker 1: I think that's where they're at in Tennessee to a 769 00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,640 Speaker 1: certain extent. Kenny Hills back up. Yeah, they're one and 770 00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:04,360 Speaker 1: two and they had a huge win to open the season. 771 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,879 Speaker 1: They just thumped who was it Cincinnati or it was Cleveland, Cleveland, 772 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,520 Speaker 1: thump Cleveland, and then they've lost too straight. So I 773 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,160 Speaker 1: think there's some confidence issues there. But you know, you 774 00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,279 Speaker 1: gotta go get him there. You gotta take him to 775 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:18,520 Speaker 1: the deep water. Right. The plan, the plan, I expect 776 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:19,920 Speaker 1: it to be similar to what we saw on the 777 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: second half. You want to stop the run. You don't 778 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,359 Speaker 1: want to get Dereck Henry going, but also you don't 779 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,440 Speaker 1: feel as confident with them throwing the football down and 780 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 1: fielding now they will Mariota can throw it now. But 781 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,400 Speaker 1: this is a game plan. I expect you to have 782 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,520 Speaker 1: somebody what you had in the second half affect him, 783 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,640 Speaker 1: but also have eyes on the run game. So it's 784 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,960 Speaker 1: gonna be it's gonna be fun to watch this one. Um. 785 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:43,040 Speaker 1: But I think the chess match and the mindset of 786 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:46,560 Speaker 1: how dan Quinn goes into defending this Tennessee offense will 787 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 1: be similar to what we saw in the second half. 788 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:50,200 Speaker 1: All right, guys, that's gonna do it for us. Let's 789 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,520 Speaker 1: help next money. When we're talking and we're talking about 790 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,600 Speaker 1: a WUM. I had fun. See you, guys, see you. 791 00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:01,480 Speaker 1: This is falcons Audible Breeze Senate by ET and T