1 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Who're gonna bounce it right at Samuel and he's gonna 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: throw it back and to the far side, goes Emmanuel 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 1: sand Or. No, Richie James. Now he's gonna sling it backwards. Now, Boster, 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: it's gonna take the deep shot. Ball hits the ground. 5 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: Ball game. That is the ball game. And a Lama 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: days the kist. He's gonna score the ball got loose. 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: The kids get this second, ls, the ball game is over. 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: You're listening to Falcons Audible presented by A G and G. 9 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: And I'm Matt speak here with Dave Archer and DJ 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,919 Speaker 1: Shockley in the Flowery Branch studio, headquarters of the Falcons 11 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: on a very happy victory Monday, Falcons win twenty nine 12 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: twenty two gents, And oh my, what an ending that 13 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: game was. Is this really held on a second? You 14 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: do such a good job of running the ship on 15 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: this thing. I think that we should give Is this 16 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: the studio at Flowery Branch? Is that what this is? 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: I thought this was shadow to beek. Oh hey, we 18 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: can do the chateau to b caren't we? Westwood one, 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: Flowery Branch one. No, I apologize for interrupted a little bit, 20 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: a little giddy after a little bit giddy after the 21 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: plane fight back Matt And man, what time did you 22 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: get to sleep last night? Dave? The plane got back. 23 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: We got back to to Atlanta about three, but you know, 24 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: a little before three, and I was able to maybe 25 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: fracture a speed limit or two getting home maybe and 26 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: got back about three thirty to my house. And I 27 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: think most of us, I think you probably want a 28 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: little bit over. I think most of us. Most of 29 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: us got back, probably got to bet about four o'clock. 30 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: But it was a fun trip. It was a fun trip. 31 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: I was here watching the game and writing my postgame 32 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: column here. But wow, we were at the end of 33 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: that game. Let's just start right there. Let's just start 34 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: with the end of the game. Falcons take over with 35 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: what they had a minute and trying to think how 36 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: much was on the colt like one twenty one and 37 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: one time out Matt Ryan, before we even go to offense. Okay, 38 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: how about give the defense some credit? Well, I want 39 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: to because I got some steps. I'm saying just from 40 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 1: just from if we started in the game. I think 41 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: the defense holding them to three points is big. Holding 42 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: them to that point where if they pick up another 43 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: first down or they go score. We don't even have 44 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: an opportunity to talk about this. Yeah, the defense, no 45 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: doubt about it. The defense is the story of the game. Um, 46 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,679 Speaker 1: until that that ending, we can start wherever you want. 47 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: But uh, you know I forgot we're chat Tobek, so 48 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: well let's just yeah, we're gonna talk about it all here. 49 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: But the defense certainly keyed, uh shutdown that vaunted forty 50 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 1: nine ers run game. And we'll talk about that. But 51 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: the Falcons drive down the field, Matt Ryan shows a 52 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: ton of grit, ton of poise. Um, if there's any 53 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: doubt about what the guy brings to the table, you know, 54 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: it's funny. I know I mentioned in the past, but 55 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: so many fans you know, just don't have an appreciation. 56 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: It feels like for Matt Ryan and what he's done. 57 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: And boy, Dave, I'm just you know, I know you 58 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: wrote about it in the Quarterbacks Take this morning and 59 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: on Atlanta Falcons dot com. But Matt Ryan driving him 60 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: down the field showed a lot of toughness. The line 61 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: played well, he was only sacked twice yesterday, but just gritty, 62 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: gritty play and talk us through that series there especially, 63 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: Let's just let's just pick it up right there where. 64 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: And you know when the incomplete past to Austin Hooper 65 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: that was overruled and then the play to Julio, well, 66 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: let's let's put us go back into drive if we couldn't, Matt, 67 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: because I thought that there was there was a tremendous 68 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: amount of synergy between offensive coordinator and quarterback in the drive. 69 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: Four different guys caught passes in the drive that took 70 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: you down the field to win the football game, and 71 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: the ability of Dirk to kind of morph to what 72 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: they needed to be. This was an elite pass rush unit, 73 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: and we were having a really tough time blocking their 74 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: guys up front. Ryan was under dress a number of times, 75 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: albeit only sacked twice, as you mentioned, got knocked the 76 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: ground a number of times, had to eat a helmet 77 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 1: to try to get the ball if there was a 78 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: number of plays where he couldn't even get the ball 79 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: off in time because he got hit before he could 80 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: get it out. So this was a moment and I 81 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: thought both quarterbacks the final drive, I'm talking about the 82 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: whole game, Yeah, but I'm talking I thought both quarterbacks 83 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: were under siege the entire game. I thought both defensive 84 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: lines played really well. But anyway, that final drive, I 85 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: thought Dirk did a really good job of making a 86 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: point of getting the ball out of his hand. Shock. 87 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 1: I thought that he did a good job of spreading it, 88 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 1: like I said, to four different guys. And then when 89 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: you get down there, a really good job by Ryan. 90 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: He runs out of the pocket. They're gonna have to 91 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: kill the clock. They great moment there where Quinn decides, Okay, 92 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: that's where I'm gonna burn the time out. You and 93 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: I've been that situation before, and you're taught as a quarterback. 94 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: When you're getting that forty to thirty range seconds left, 95 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: it could be a detriment to try to rush to 96 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and kill the clock because you're 97 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: gonna lose about ten or twelve seconds. Go ahead and 98 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: take the time out there, and at that point you 99 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: can kind of dictate how the last thirty four or 100 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 1: thirty two seconds plays out. I thought that Quinn did 101 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: a really good job of saving the time out first 102 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: in the drive before but then using it right there 103 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 1: to give Max Matt the maximum amount of time to 104 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: provide the throw. But Shock talk us through the last play. 105 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: I talked a little bit about it on my deal 106 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: on Falcons Quarterback Take on dot com, which is just 107 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:47,039 Speaker 1: explained that really really poorly. But um, welcome to the club. 108 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: But shock take us through that because I know it's 109 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: gonna be something you're gonna feature on Atlanta Falcons dot 110 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: com here this afternoon. Yeah, I think we both this 111 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 1: quarterbacks look at that play and look at all the 112 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 1: things that happened throughout it, and I know you talked 113 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: about it. I've talked about it again when you see 114 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: Falcons film session, broke down all the things that happened 115 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: on this player and a lot of people say, okay, well, 116 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: he threw the ball to Julio and Julio did his best, 117 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: you know, tough physical impression to get into the ends 118 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: on which he did. But to start their play there 119 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: with a lot of other things going on, they started 120 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: Julio to the left side of the formation and they 121 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 1: brought him across pre snap automatically. This tells Matt, Okay, 122 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: what coverage do I have now? Is it? Man? Is 123 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 1: his own? He comes across, Okay, the guy that runs 124 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: with him, you know you have man coverage. Initially when 125 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: the ball is snapped Matt wants to work Russell Gage, 126 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: who is in the slot on an option route option 127 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: round he can work in, he can work out, and 128 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: that is the initial read that Matt looks at. On 129 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: the outside, Christian Blake has a outside release gold route, 130 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: so it gets that corner out of the way in 131 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: case he wants to work out. But with the forty 132 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: hins did they doubled Russell Gage on the inside. The 133 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: safety on the inside was playing inside the nickel guy 134 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,359 Speaker 1: who's playing outside, so they had him double. Now his 135 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: eyes come back to the middle of the field where 136 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: Julio is coming across on the crossing route. But the 137 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: other thing to notice is they put Julio in a 138 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: little bunch set. And when they put him in a 139 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 1: little bunch set, Austin Hooper is the guy at the 140 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: top of this bunch head. The reason his route is 141 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: so important, he goes vertical. As he goes vertical, it 142 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: forces the guy that's covering Julio Jones to go over 143 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: the top. When he goes over the top, that gives 144 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: Julio separation, and it creates that separation away from that 145 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: deepnessive back that's trying to cover him and man coverage 146 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: and Hooper continues to drive him in vertical and now 147 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: you have the separation. And the last thing about that 148 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: is Julio runs this route and when Matt throws a football, 149 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: he puts the ball kind of on his back shoulder, 150 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: on the left back shoulder. And if I know, everybody remembers, 151 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: the safety is coming in from the opposite side. And 152 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: when he comes in from opposite side, because Matt puts 153 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: that ball on that outside that that inside shoulder, it 154 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: turns him towards the goal line. And when the guy 155 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: hits him from below, his momentum takes him towards the 156 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: front of the front of the end zone, which ultimately 157 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: broke the end zone and the Falcons get the touchdown. 158 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: So well designed play. I thought, like you just mentioned, 159 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,239 Speaker 1: Dirt did a good job first identifying is it manner zone, 160 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: giving Matt an idea where should I go to football? 161 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,119 Speaker 1: And then Matt going from one read to the next 162 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: in a critical situation, not trying to rush it, not 163 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: forcing it, but still going through his progressions. And it's 164 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: kind of what you just talked about. This is a 165 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: guy who a lot of people, whether you like him 166 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 1: you don't like him. This guy continually comes and fights 167 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: and plays, and even in a clutch situation like that, 168 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: the guy still is fundamentally mentally one of the best 169 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: in the game. That did it, and ultimately he got 170 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: his team a big time win because he did the 171 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: little things Dirt called the perfect play each guy did there, 172 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: one of eleventh as they call it, doing your particular 173 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: job and ultimately ended up being the game winner. See 174 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: you guys, See that's why I set you both up. 175 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: And I want to talk about the end of the 176 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: game there was. It was beautiful. The subtleties within plays 177 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: like that matter kind of what turned he and I 178 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: was crank because we sat and watched, We watched tape 179 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: for endless hours as a young player through college into 180 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: into the pros, and then to look and watch the 181 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: little subtleties of the Hooper release or the Jones motion 182 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: that's timed up as he gets right to the end 183 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,559 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, the ball snapped, the placement of the 184 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:27,359 Speaker 1: football gauge occupying two players. It's just those little subtleties 185 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: make the game what it is for he and I 186 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: and hopefully if fans enjoy that too, because it's really cool. Well, 187 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: I enjoy it. Two Arch and uh, let's talk about 188 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: the play before, because that was an excellent play too. 189 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: The Niners call time out with eight seconds left, and 190 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: it looked like Ryan hit Hooper for a touchdown. Thrilling 191 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: moment there. Paul ball comes down. Looked like to me 192 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: on TV that the ball actually hit Hooper's foot, but 193 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: the ref's ruled later on that the ball touched the 194 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: ground but he didn't have control incomplete. But just think 195 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: about the emotions there. It looked like they'd come back one, 196 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: but they still had five seconds left on the clock. Yeah, 197 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: talked was the one you just explained. But really good 198 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: job on it. By the way, Alex Maca talk to 199 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: Max right after the game. I said, Alex said about 200 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: that man, He goes, yeah, we won, we lost, we won. 201 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 1: I mean it was back and forth. That was really 202 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: the emotion of it. I'm sitting there calling the game 203 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: with West Durham and we were riding that same emotional wave. 204 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: But you know, when you talk about subtleties, and Shack 205 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: will probably back me on this, how about the ball 206 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: placement on the throw to Hooper? Okay, so he's trying 207 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: to throw the ball a high point ball where only 208 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: Hoop can go get it, and as it turns out, 209 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: Hoops they got his hands on the ball. But you know, 210 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: give the forty nine ers credit. They had three guys 211 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: around him. They able to rake the ball out enough 212 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 1: to or the official thought that the ball had come out. 213 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: You re rack and you make another play to another 214 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 1: big time player in Julio Jones. So they had a 215 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 1: pool reporter meet with the senior Vice president of Officiating, 216 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: Al Veron, and Verin said, by rule, since it's ruled 217 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: to touchdown, we take a look here in New York. 218 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: We see that a player gets control of the football. 219 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: He gets two feet down, but he doesn't make a 220 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: football move. The ball actually takes him to the ground. 221 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: This is the one remaining situation where you have to 222 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: have two steps. But if you don't have a football move, 223 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: you're going to the ground. You must survive the ground. 224 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: In this situation, he takes the ball, it hits the ground, 225 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: and then he loses control of the football when he 226 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: comes back up. Therefore, it's an incomplete paths it's and 227 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,599 Speaker 1: it's a good description. We don't know and all of 228 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: us were talking before we started today that it's hard 229 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: to tell if the ball actually touches the ground, but 230 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 1: in their estimation it did touch the ground look like 231 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: it might have been on a shoe like you suggested. 232 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: So his description of it is really good. They really 233 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: did a good job. At the end of this football game, 234 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: Giddy it done the right way, Sure did, and the 235 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: Falcons approved to five and nine. They're four and two 236 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: in the second half of the season, really playing well. 237 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: They've knocked off now the Saints and the forty nine ers. 238 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: You noted that in your piece. I noted it in 239 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: my postgame column. This team, I'm telling you you want 240 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 1: to talk defense, Let's talk defense now. For a little perspective. 241 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: In the first half of the season, when they were 242 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: one and seven, Atlanta statistically defensively wasn't very good. Before 243 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 1: the bye, Atlanta had allowed two hundred fifty points in 244 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: eight games. That's thirty one point three points per game average. 245 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: After the bye, Atlanta has allowed one hundred and fifteen 246 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: points in six games, which is nineteen point two. A 247 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: little perspective on that. The Broncos heading into the weekend 248 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: were tenth in the league with twenty point one points 249 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: per game. They've gone from thirty two to a top 250 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: ten defense. That's astonishing points allout, and that's the big 251 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: for me, that's the big stature. Sure, I think that 252 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: keeps you in games. I mean, the obvious part of 253 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: it is when your defense is playing well, you're getting 254 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 1: teams off the field. I think in this game, they 255 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: were four of twelve on third down. I mean that 256 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 1: speaks to We talked about it every week about what's 257 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: going on. Yeah, San Francisco's for twelve. It talks about 258 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: how good they are on first and second down. But 259 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: I think Arch brought that to attention earlier. About the 260 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: defensive lines in this game, I thought the defensive front 261 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 1: in this ball game, especially the Falcon side, did a 262 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: really good job of harassing Garppolo. Garoppolo a lot of 263 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: times in this ball game, got him off his spot, 264 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 1: and a lot of times that's what coaches who are 265 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: defensive guys, or even just coaches pier talk about. Sometimes 266 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: we can't get the sack, it's all about moving him, 267 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: it's all about the havoc. It's all about moving him 268 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: off his spot and forced him into some uncomfortable spots. 269 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: And I thought the D line did that give Grady 270 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: a bunch of creating this ball game. The way he 271 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 1: affects the game from the middle of up a defense 272 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: is unreal. Uh, Devandre is continue to play at a 273 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,199 Speaker 1: high level. I mean he's over one hundred taggers for 274 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 1: the first time in his career. Well, and here's something, guys, 275 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: because Okay, so Alan Bailey doesn't travel with the team 276 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: because of a family situation. He is not a personal situation, 277 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: is not with the team. So defensive end run stopper out. Okay, 278 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: Tack McKinley goes down in the second series of the game. Gone. 279 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: So now you're already thin at defensive line. Now Jack Crawford, 280 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: who normally plays inside, is rotating outside at defensive end. 281 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: And Twyot Mariner, who plays kind of sparingly now is 282 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: getting meaningful snaps at defensive end and doesn't have a 283 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: ton of experience. So that's what you had to do. 284 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: And I keep hearing about. Okay, well the forty nine 285 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: ers didn't have their players. Well last night, check Calvin 286 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: Ridley and didn't play. Alan Bailey was gone. You lost 287 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: Tach mckilly the first I didn't see a full complement 288 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: of Falcons on the field either, So this was two 289 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: These were two teams that have realized that what the 290 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: battle of attrition is in the National Football League. Everybody's 291 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: banged up at this time of the year, right and 292 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: so you've got certain guys on the field that you 293 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: have to go win with. This was a huge game 294 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: for the forty nine ers. Look at the playoff picture 295 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: right now. The forty nine ers of a fifth seed 296 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: right now. Seattle went to the one seed because because 297 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: of that, now they're gonna play the Rams and the 298 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: Seahawks at the end of the year, and so they 299 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: have a chance to write the ship if they want, 300 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: if they can, but I had a chance to do 301 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: it yesterday, but they had a chance to maybe seal 302 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: their opportunity with this win. So huge game for them. 303 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: And then when you talk about the defense, the number 304 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: one key for me in the game was can you 305 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: limit San Francisco's run game? They were number two in 306 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: the league average one hundred and forty nine yards a 307 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: game and saved Tevin Coleman's thirty seven yard run. They 308 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: ran for eighty three yards in the game. You take 309 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: the eight thirty seven year and it was right at 310 00:15:58,720 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: the end of the half you got the nice run 311 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: that led to a field goal. They did nothing in 312 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: the run game and shock you and I know Kyle's 313 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: offense operates off of the run game, play action quick game. 314 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: All that stuff is a part of an extension of 315 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: their run game. And George Kittle had a monster day, 316 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: but nope, Emmanuel Sanders was in witness protection. Where was Deebo? Samuel? 317 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders had seven for one fifty seven and a 318 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: touchdown against the Saints the week before. Yeah, I mean 319 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: the defense completely locked them down and put this vauntage. 320 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 1: This was the number two scoring offensive league, averaging thirty 321 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: one points a game. Thirty thirty one points a game. 322 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: I mean, just a tremendous performance by the defense, and 323 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: then a really good job by Dirk offensively and that 324 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: staff to find a way to be have a few 325 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: meaningful runs to kind of supplement screen game, getting the 326 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: ball out of Ryan's hands, moving the football and putting 327 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: points on the board. It was a really nice, nice effort. 328 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: One guy I want to add to that are two 329 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 1: you talk about the defensive side. It was a Bleedy Ray. 330 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: I thought Bleedy Ray stepped in and played a really 331 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: big game and I had three pass intrusting They tried 332 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,160 Speaker 1: to isolate him. One time with Kittle on the outside 333 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 1: held his own in the end zone, I thought he 334 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 1: had a chance for interception. I mean, Bleedy stepped up 335 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 1: in this ball game, and I thought played some really 336 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: phenomenal minutes and was a big key to helping his 337 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: defense play the way they did, especially on the back 338 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: end and the second and third levels tackle well. I mean, 339 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: it wasn't easy for the forty nineties. Whenever the ball 340 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: was strong, they had guys around him. So I thought 341 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: that was a big part of the game too. I'm 342 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 1: glad you brought up Bleedy, because yeah he did. There 343 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: were three plays stood out to me with him, and 344 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: two of them were near picks, and those were those 345 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:44,360 Speaker 1: would be game changed. And so the beauty of it is, Matt, 346 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: you look at this thing and you think, Okay, just 347 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,400 Speaker 1: gotta win on the road against arguably maybe the best 348 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: team in the in the conference. Right certainly in the conversation, okay, 349 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: you you didn't play overly good in all three phases. 350 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: Your special team teams really struggled yesterday. It was a 351 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,439 Speaker 1: number of mistakes made in the special teams category. You 352 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 1: had eleven penalties yesterday that just derailed drives right, Bishop 353 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 1: Blake cuck called for two holding penalties that really derailed 354 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: an opportunity to move the football. He wasn't the only one. 355 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: There was a number of guys that got called. So, 356 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: I mean, you look at this thing, and you got 357 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: a great win on the road against a really good 358 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: football team and you didn't even play your best football. Again, 359 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: that just kind of points to how talented this team 360 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: is and how how hard they grind and try to 361 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: fight through some of the adversity. Yeah, and that's that's 362 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: kind of where I was at when I was kind 363 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:39,479 Speaker 1: of assessing this team and trying to come up with 364 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 1: my column idea in angle and and the one thing 365 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: that just stands out is that this team has never 366 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: quit on its coach. And you know, Dan Quinn, when 367 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 1: things were really not going well in the first half 368 00:18:55,400 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: of the season, made some bold decisions. A lot of 369 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: people were looking at him, you know in the media 370 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: with the side eye, going what is he doing? And 371 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:11,159 Speaker 1: he stood firm and he reshuffled his staff, he checked 372 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 1: his ego at the door. And you know what, kudos 373 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 1: to coach Quinn because those moves clearly have paid off. 374 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: You know, we talked about when they came out of 375 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 1: the buy arch and you know, they played really well 376 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:27,919 Speaker 1: down in New Orleans, kicked in the doors, but then 377 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: went up to Charlotte beat the Panthers up there. Really, 378 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: you go back in the second half of the Seahawks game, 379 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: they played really well, and they've been playing well for 380 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 1: a while, and we just noted statistically how well defensively 381 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: they've been doing. That's that's all, you know, dan Quinn's decisions. Yeah, 382 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, whether you know who cares who's 383 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: calling the plane at this point, who cares? He doesn't. 384 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: He just cares about the end result. And they're on 385 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 1: track and they have a chance to go six and 386 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: two down the stretch, which that's saying something. I think 387 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: you bring up a good point about the staff and 388 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 1: what he did to kind of change things around. And 389 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,879 Speaker 1: aren't you just mentioned the fact that here's a lot 390 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,119 Speaker 1: of talented guys on his football team. There's just as 391 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: much talent in the coaching staff. Think about we talked 392 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 1: about coming to this season, how many of these guys 393 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: on his staff or former head coaches, And aren't you 394 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: alluded to at the end of the ball game the 395 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:24,959 Speaker 1: way they use the time out the way they went 396 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: about assessing that part of the game and making sure 397 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: it gave him the right opportunity. When you have some 398 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: of these guys in Coach Quinn's ear to help him 399 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 1: through this process, think about how many of these coaches 400 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: as well have been on teams where they have struggled 401 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: and finding ways to motivate players. So it's not it's 402 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: not just these players. These coaches are finding ways to 403 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: get the most out of the players as well. Now 404 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: it goes hand in hand. The guys have to respond 405 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: to it. But I think the fact that you just 406 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: mentioned Coach Quinn having these type of guys on his 407 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: staff who've been around, who've done it, and now they're 408 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: motivating the guys to play at this type of level. 409 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: Then the guys responding to it and not giving up 410 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: and some of these tough moments, it just speaks to 411 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: what he has established since day one of coming to 412 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 1: this organization and exactly how much these guys love him 413 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: for one and how much they're willing to give him 414 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: everything and they have even in the toughest situations on 415 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: the road. It just doesn't get any better than that, 416 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: no doubt. It was interesting, Uh, Matt being out there 417 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: for how long we were out there since Thursday evening, 418 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 1: So you know, you're got to pick up one of 419 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: the rags out there and read what they've got to 420 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,679 Speaker 1: say and stuff like that. And and and then I follow. 421 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: I follow, what's the that's the newspaper, that's the old 422 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: that's the old one. That's a very endearing fish Yeah, 423 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: if you're in Seattle, of course, but uh, well maybe 424 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 1: in San Francisco to um, but we call the fish 425 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: trap when it's a bat day. But I did have 426 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 1: a chance to look. And I don't know, I'm not 427 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 1: trying to endorse the Athletic here or anything like that, 428 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: but I do follow the Athletic. We've got a really 429 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:03,919 Speaker 1: good writer here that follows the Falcons, and Jason Bud 430 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,679 Speaker 1: who's who writes for the Athletic, and Jeff Schultz and 431 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: some guys that are pretty good. And there was an 432 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: article out there that was written on the West coast. 433 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: It was a West Coast guy that wrote it, was 434 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 1: not one of our guys that followed the Falcon team. 435 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 1: And the discussion was that San Francisco was Atlanta West 436 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 1: and there was a long they went through and they 437 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 1: interviewed all the guys that were former coaches that went 438 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 1: with Kyle from Atlanta to San Francisco and say, okay, 439 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 1: give us an idea. It's taking you three years, but 440 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: here you are in year three and now they're viable 441 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: and a threat to potentially win it. Why is that 442 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 1: Every guy, to a man, including Kyle Shanahan, mentioned dan 443 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: Quinn and the culture that he had built here in 444 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,919 Speaker 1: Atlanta that they tried to copy that as close as 445 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: they could possibly copy it in San Francisco, from the 446 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 1: concept of togetherness and or brotherhood or whatever whatever they 447 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 1: call it out there, to how they practice, to the 448 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: energy that's around things, the positivity around things that dan 449 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 1: Quinn constantly has. That was that was something they mentioned 450 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,439 Speaker 1: to a man that they were on this and then 451 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: you go look at all the players that are former 452 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 1: Falcon players that they've brought out there to help kind 453 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 1: of manifest that idea the program. I mean, I think, 454 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 1: you know, you start talking about what the highest form 455 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: of flattery is when somebody copies what you say or 456 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 1: immitation do yeah, imitates what you do. Imitations the greatest 457 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: form of flattery, no doubt about it. Just to uh 458 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: want to clarify one thing too. I know Matt was 459 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: under duress and it was a hard fought game. Great 460 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: defensive line. The Niners had Bosa as good as it 461 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: is good by the way Lynstrom. I gotta tell you 462 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: about the Lynstrom shot on Bosa, but go ahead and 463 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: finish it. Yeah. My thought was this, and and you know, 464 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:53,880 Speaker 1: feel free to disagree, but I thought based on where 465 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: this line was at different points in the season, based 466 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 1: on the fact that Lynstrom is just now getting back in, 467 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: just based on the fact that Caleb McGarry each game 468 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: is getting more experience and getting a little bit better, 469 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:13,439 Speaker 1: whether it's in past protection, whether it's pulling and leading, 470 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: you know, sweep or whatever it may be he's asked 471 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: to do. I thought Jake Matthews at times looked really 472 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: good yesterday. Alex Mack is Alex Mack. I just felt 473 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: like against that front, I felt good. As a Falcons 474 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:37,120 Speaker 1: fan is someone who is watching the game observing. Yeah, 475 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 1: we didn't run it quite as much as we wanted to. 476 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 1: Matt didn't have the great gaudy stats, but I thought 477 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: the one word that keeps coming up is solid. I 478 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 1: felt like the offensive line was solid. It wasn't great, 479 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: but it was solid. I felt like the offense when 480 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: it needed to be answered the bell. That's that's all 481 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 1: I wanted to clarify. I was they're not the second. 482 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 1: I didn't try to refute what you're saying. You said 483 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: that the old line played solidly, and they did. I 484 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: think that you know there's qualifiers. You got a place 485 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 1: on performances. I think when you've get a defensive front 486 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: like this one, this is as good as a defensive 487 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: front as you're gonna see in the league. Okay, this 488 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,439 Speaker 1: is a team that came in with forty five sacks. 489 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 1: What they do is they get ahead and they rushed 490 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: the passer. If you could take them into deep water 491 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: and make the game close, now, can they be as effective. 492 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 1: I felt like you needed to pound him in the 493 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 1: run game because they weren't very good against the run. 494 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: This was a defensive front that had given up over 495 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: one hundred yards eleven of the thirteen games, so you 496 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 1: needed to pound him in the run game. I thought 497 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 1: Dirt tried to stay there with that. He sprinkled the 498 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 1: screen game, which is a part of your run game 499 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: as well. Um this was I thought that they I 500 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:49,880 Speaker 1: thought both defensive fronts controlled the game for about three quarters. Uh. 501 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: There were moments where both offenses got on track. Forty 502 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: hundreds had a really long drive to score their touchdown, 503 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 1: and a key moment. Now Atlanta had gone had a 504 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: couple of series in the game during that time, gone 505 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 1: three and out, four and out, and now here go 506 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 1: the forty enters on this long drive for a touchdown. 507 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: The game could get sideways right there. Okay, if you 508 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 1: don't come out as an offense and do something. And 509 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 1: what did Atlanta do? They came out, made two or 510 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: three conversions on third down and went on a six 511 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: minute drive of their own and punched one in the 512 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 1: end zone themselves. I thought that was a huge moment. 513 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: It was early in the games, in the first half, 514 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 1: but you start thinking about, okay, moments in the game. 515 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 1: We all want to point to Julio's grab. Okay, well yeah, 516 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 1: but you gotta get to that point. What's going to 517 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 1: get you there? And I thought that was a really 518 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 1: big moment in the game that you allow your defense 519 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 1: to stay on the sidelines. They just were out there 520 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: for about six seven minutes, gave up twenty one plays. 521 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: But we need to make some adjustments. We need to 522 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: rest a little bit. Can you provide that opportunity. Not 523 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,199 Speaker 1: only did it provide the opportunity, they put points on 524 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: the board even the game up. Those are the moments 525 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: in the EBB and flowing a game that sometimes gets lost. Wow, 526 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: that was a big moment right there. Maybe the game 527 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: gets sideways on Atlanta right there if their defense is 528 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: back out on the field for sure. How about right 529 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: after halftime, Q goes for the on side kick. I 530 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: loved it. I mean how about I mean, I know 531 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: it didn't work out. We didn't have all eleving guys 532 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: on the field, but how about the aggressive call. I 533 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 1: this is These are things that that sometimes goes unmentioned 534 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,400 Speaker 1: because it doesn't work. Well, it didn't work out, but 535 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: even if it didn't work, it sending a message to 536 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 1: his team. And I thought it was phenomenal in that 537 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: moment to have that kind of gut you down, or 538 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: you're down with nineteen to ten at the time or 539 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: something coming out of a halftime or something. It was 540 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 1: only thing was the thirteen ten, but it was it was. 541 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 1: It was a moment where you're gonna potentially give one 542 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: of the best offenses in the league the ball to 543 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,159 Speaker 1: fifty yard line and so you go ahead and roll 544 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: the dice and do that. Now we can laugh about 545 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: it now, shot can I have been some of these meetings. 546 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: I don't know who was not on the field for that, 547 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 1: but there's going to be a significant kangaroo court. Fine. 548 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 1: You know what, even though they didn't have you know, 549 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,160 Speaker 1: they were penalized, didn't have enough. Man, it was ten 550 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: ten by the way, Uh, the fact that Koo kicked 551 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 1: it and I think Alui Can recovered right like deja vu, 552 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 1: and it didn't Okay, so it didn't work out the 553 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 1: penalty butt it was still kind of like a feel 554 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 1: good moment. It was like we did it again, and 555 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: it was still kind of that jolt the team needed. 556 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: It was like and it sent a message to the team. 557 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,479 Speaker 1: It sent a message to Frisco, like, hey, we're here, 558 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:35,640 Speaker 1: play thought and so I felt like there was still 559 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 1: some juice that came out of it. Yeah, it was 560 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: just it wasn't the best day for the special teams 561 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 1: because we've had some really good special teams games. Right, 562 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 1: Kenyan Barner had the fumbel Kenyon dropped the football at 563 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: Kidney was talking after the game, and it's it's you know, 564 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 1: obviously all this stuff you can kind of you can 565 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 1: dine the joke. But Kenyon was running around it, or 566 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: say the bail bond has been bailed. You can see it. 567 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: He felt horrible. There's nobody that's more wrapped up. We 568 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: get a chance to be around those guys post game, 569 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: and he is wound tight. Now it means a ton 570 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,959 Speaker 1: to him to perform at the highest possible level and 571 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 1: do his job. He knows he has a specific moment 572 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 1: when he can make a play. How about the punt 573 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 1: return and a really poor decision about Jamal Carter and 574 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: make a block on a guy that really no angle 575 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 1: in the block. Does that block really make a difference 576 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: because it looked like Barner is gonna be free anyway. 577 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,959 Speaker 1: So there were a number of moments there and it 578 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 1: was not. This won't be the funnest time to sit 579 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: down and watch the watch the tape with Ben Wick, 580 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 1: you know, the the special Team's coordinator. Hey, you know 581 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: what to tell me about this h store? Oh okay, 582 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: so so Bosa who you mentioned? You mentioned Jake Matthews. 583 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if you If you guys go back 584 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: and look at the tape on the deep throw to 585 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 1: Jones where he gets interfered within the end zone. Yeah, 586 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 1: Bosa's one on one with Matthews and Matthews shadows even 587 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 1: keeps it off Ryan for about three four seconds there, 588 00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: So Rank and load it up and let it go. 589 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 1: That's really pretty cool moment. But he goes to the 590 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: hard speed rush on Caleb McGarry right, and Caleb sets perfectly. 591 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: It gets to the outside. Now Boss is going to 592 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 1: try to come back to the inside. Well, Lyndstrom kind 593 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 1: of checked Mac to see Mac was okay. He cranes 594 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 1: his head to the outside and he declets oh, I 595 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 1: mean he comes down on him and boom, I mean 596 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 1: just destroyed him. I thought that when you start sending 597 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: messages of physicality up front, and there's never any doubt 598 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: that a Caleb McGary is physical. Just haven't seen Lynstrom 599 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: enough or have him identify or give himself an identity 600 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 1: out there enough. That's an identity play. He knocked the 601 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: hell out of this day that maybe maybe the rookie 602 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 1: of the year just dropped the hammer on him. I 603 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: just thought that physicality that you want to have as 604 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 1: a mentality kind of showed up on that you brought 605 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: those two plays up with Matthews and Lynstrom. Fans a 606 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 1: little inside on Lynstrom. I think a lot of people 607 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: have seen Lens from talk or you've been around him 608 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: outside of the field, and he's just the most likable guy, 609 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: kind of you know, really saw spoken kind of guy. 610 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: But I heard from from from somebody who's on the 611 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 1: field and during the game said he is one of 612 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: the most intense guys you've ever seen. He said, when 613 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,040 Speaker 1: this guy came off the sideline talking about Lynstrom, he doubled. 614 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 1: He looked at him like, is this the same dude, 615 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: And he said, this guy has a different motive, as 616 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: a different switch when the when the game happens when 617 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: he's on the field. So you love that edge about him, 618 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: and I think that's the tough oness that you love. 619 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 1: And he's gonna be a guy that you want to watch. 620 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: And I love the fact that he checked he checked 621 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: Bosa like that. I just want to bring up Kenyan 622 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 1: Barner too. Um, not so much for yesterday, but he's 623 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:48,479 Speaker 1: provided quite a spark for this team. Um, he catches 624 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 1: the rock, that's what matters. He catches the rock and 625 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 1: trying to get something for the past couple of years 626 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 1: we've been looking for that spark on special teams and 627 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 1: he's provided it, I think this year. And he and 628 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,480 Speaker 1: the other stuff that he does too. He's a he's 629 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:05,080 Speaker 1: a capable receiver coming out of the backfield. He's proven that, 630 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 1: so he's versatile. He's a six year vet. But I 631 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: love what he's brought to the team in terms of attitude. 632 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: Um In one of the credit one of the fans 633 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 1: who wrote in last week about partner and got me 634 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 1: thinking about it. You know, when they trained Mohammed Sanu 635 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: to the Patriots, Sanu was in a lot of ways 636 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 1: kind of that guy that kind of you know, he 637 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 1: brought some attitude to the juice guy. Yeah, that's a 638 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: great term, juice guy. And I think Barner has been 639 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,719 Speaker 1: that juice guy for this team. Yeah, a lot of way. 640 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: He doesn't back down. He's a he's a swagger guy. 641 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: He's a guy that, you know, look at us, forget them, 642 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: you know, we we've got this. He does bring all that. 643 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 1: I agree with you completely, and it's a good point 644 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: about the Sanu LEAs losing Sanu and maybe Barner stepping 645 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 1: up into that role. Um kah ken Yarn is a 646 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:56,880 Speaker 1: guy that. I've had a chance to talk to him 647 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: a number of times, and he's a learnered man. He's 648 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 1: got his dugree. This guy is a smart guy, but 649 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: he he what he'll do, and it's hard to explain 650 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: to those that have never done it before. And I 651 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 1: think all of us have gone down and caught punts. 652 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,240 Speaker 1: But now when you got eleven guys coming down to 653 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: try to hitch in the mouth, man, it's a different deal. 654 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 1: And so it's easy to kind of wave the hand 655 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: in fair catch. Now you got to catch it, which 656 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: I don't think it's easy anyway, but to catch the 657 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: football knowing and glancing down and looking because you rarely 658 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: see him fair catch the ball. Now he's trying to 659 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 1: make a play every time. Maybe you do a detriment 660 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,479 Speaker 1: on the one that he fumbled, but he also has 661 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: a big return for a touchdown and helped us win 662 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: a game and had another play that was going to 663 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: give us a short field opportunity. So yeah, ken Ron 664 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: Barner has become a big part of what this team is. 665 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 1: And he's the first guy that you kind of sit 666 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: up on the edge your seat since Devin Hester was here. 667 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 1: You think, wait a minute, this guy has a chance 668 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: to do something big, right. I love that comparison in perspective, 669 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: I should say, but so here here they are five 670 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 1: and nine and have Jacksonville coming to town and have 671 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:08,680 Speaker 1: a chance to finish seven and nine. Go figure. Not 672 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,880 Speaker 1: a lot of people thought at the bye that that 673 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:16,880 Speaker 1: would be a possibility. So what team what? Dan Quinn 674 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,759 Speaker 1: was asked as in the presser after the game. When 675 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 1: you're assessing this team, is it? Which team are you? 676 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 1: You know, when they're looking at this team and this year, 677 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: well you know they're five and nine team. You are 678 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 1: what your record says you are. However, you gotta love 679 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:34,640 Speaker 1: how they finished, how they are finishing. But there's work 680 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,319 Speaker 1: to be done. They've got they can't come back home. 681 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 1: They've got they've got a tough game coming up with 682 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 1: jackson was just coming off a win, I believe. And 683 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,480 Speaker 1: then Tampa Bay beat the Raiders and their swan song 684 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,839 Speaker 1: in Oakland, Alameda, Panic Sallise and there's no a game 685 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:49,759 Speaker 1: that the Raiders wanted to live win more than that 686 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: to leave that building, and they didn't get it done. Yeah, 687 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:58,560 Speaker 1: and then the Buccaneers, my goodness, Uhamus Winston, he's back 688 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,799 Speaker 1: to back four hundred and fift yard games with four touchdowns. 689 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: I mean, the guy nobody's ever done that before. Wow, 690 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,000 Speaker 1: So he's like and he lit us up last time 691 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 1: we saw him. So they've got their work cut out 692 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,799 Speaker 1: for him. You've thought thoughts on Jacksonville and just where 693 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,960 Speaker 1: this team is fun fun last two games. I think 694 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,840 Speaker 1: the way you finished means a lot. I know everybody 695 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,400 Speaker 1: talks about the start of the year, which is a 696 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,399 Speaker 1: part of your story, but at the end of the day, 697 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 1: I think what you put on film the end this season, 698 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,800 Speaker 1: how you look, how you persevered, how you begin to 699 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 1: play these last two games, I think matters and I 700 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,279 Speaker 1: think ultimately you hear coaches say it all the time, Yeah, 701 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,360 Speaker 1: we can see a different opponent across from us, but 702 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,200 Speaker 1: I think the true correlation of who this team is 703 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,640 Speaker 1: is how they played within within their selfs and a 704 00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 1: lot of games we've seen and not be the other 705 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,400 Speaker 1: team that has affected the foul, it has been the 706 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 1: foul because that infected their selves. So ultimately, I think 707 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,239 Speaker 1: it just comes down to the way they finished. But 708 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,759 Speaker 1: these are, Yeah, these are two big games to show 709 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,680 Speaker 1: what this team is made of, and I think ultimately, 710 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:02,319 Speaker 1: just come well You've got two wins over the two 711 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,800 Speaker 1: best teams in the NFC right now, and in Seattle 712 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07,040 Speaker 1: you're on the road. You beat them on the road, 713 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,920 Speaker 1: and you had a chance maybe laid against Seattle that 714 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 1: kind of derailed a little bit after a great second 715 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,239 Speaker 1: half against the Seahawks. So you've played toe to toe 716 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:19,040 Speaker 1: with the best three teams in the conference, I think 717 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,279 Speaker 1: right now. So all that's great, you know, that really 718 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,120 Speaker 1: is good. You're four and two in the back half 719 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,080 Speaker 1: of the year after a horrible front half. You're riding 720 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:30,120 Speaker 1: the ship here in the back half. All of that 721 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,000 Speaker 1: is cool. But I'll be honest with you, guys, I 722 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,640 Speaker 1: really think there's a ton riding on these last two 723 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: games that validate those couple of wins and those couple 724 00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 1: of feel good moments. If you can close the show 725 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:48,200 Speaker 1: now here against the Jacksonville team that's thinking the same thing. 726 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,400 Speaker 1: They want mini a momentum going to the offseason. Are 727 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:55,520 Speaker 1: they trying to maybe preserve what Doug Morone's situation potentially 728 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,640 Speaker 1: is in Jacksonville, those type of things. There's a lot 729 00:36:57,719 --> 00:36:59,719 Speaker 1: going on with them that they're trying to fight through. 730 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,200 Speaker 1: Got a young quarterback that's trying to prove that he's 731 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:05,839 Speaker 1: the guy in this league, and he's had some moments himself. Yeah, 732 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,040 Speaker 1: so you've got to you've got that to deal with, 733 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,279 Speaker 1: and then you've got your divisional opponent, which we'll talk 734 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,759 Speaker 1: about next week that I think that's going to be 735 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,320 Speaker 1: a really difficult game. But let's get let's get Jacksonville 736 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,080 Speaker 1: taken care of this week, and I think it's gonna 737 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,400 Speaker 1: be a very tough football game. They pride themselves on 738 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:23,600 Speaker 1: being physical defensively. They got a quarterback that, like I said, 739 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:25,400 Speaker 1: is trying to prove who he is and and they 740 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,399 Speaker 1: like to run the football too. So you better bring 741 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,520 Speaker 1: your big boy at pads and get ready to play. 742 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,000 Speaker 1: And let's win in your own building. That's been kind 743 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,759 Speaker 1: of a struggle to win in front of your home fans. 744 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,319 Speaker 1: It's been some neat moments on the road. Let's let 745 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,680 Speaker 1: our own people sample that. Let's let them get a 746 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,000 Speaker 1: feel for that. You got one against Carolina two weeks ago. 747 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,400 Speaker 1: Let's get one against Jacksonville this week. Especially in that 748 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:49,680 Speaker 1: environment yesterday, it's it's something to see. You know, I 749 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:53,320 Speaker 1: wasn't there, but I you know you were there. But 750 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:56,680 Speaker 1: when you see a pack stadium late or middle of 751 00:37:56,719 --> 00:38:00,840 Speaker 1: December with the team playing for a lot that you 752 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:04,279 Speaker 1: know that that says something, especially no ownership. UM. I 753 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,239 Speaker 1: liked what dan Quinn said though when he was asked 754 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:07,920 Speaker 1: about it, he said, I don't want to go back 755 00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:11,200 Speaker 1: or look too far ahead. I just want to stay 756 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,360 Speaker 1: in the moment with this group of guys. However, we 757 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:17,000 Speaker 1: fouled it up. This is where we're at. So he 758 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:20,960 Speaker 1: is very much focused in the moment. It's real and 759 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,960 Speaker 1: they are locked in on you know, they are locked 760 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,600 Speaker 1: in on Jacksonville. And it was it was a great win, 761 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:32,839 Speaker 1: but there is a lot of work still to be done. Uh, 762 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,520 Speaker 1: and they've got you know, some business to take care 763 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,640 Speaker 1: of jasone on to jackson I think he said it perfectly. 764 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,719 Speaker 1: Arch all right, that's gonna wrap it up for us. Uh, 765 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:50,000 Speaker 1: each out, guys. This is Falcon's audible, presented by E. 766 00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:50,719 Speaker 1: G and D