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Speaker 1: We are back with the Falcons Audible presented by AT

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Speaker 1: and T. Your usual suspects are back here in the house.

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Speaker 1: I'm Derek Rackley, that's Dave Archer and DJ Shockley here

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Speaker 1: to talk a little bit more Falcons, a little bit

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Speaker 1: more post preseason Week two action. As the Falcons just

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Speaker 1: finished up their matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals. Here's what

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Speaker 1: we are going to talk about throughout the course of

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Speaker 1: this podcast. What stood out to us in that matchup,

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Speaker 1: how this offense is evolving a little bit right now,

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Speaker 1: and maybe how we see it evolving once we get

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Speaker 1: to the season opener against Panthers, What to expect against

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Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers in the final preseason matchup of the season.

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Speaker 1: And then, of course the kind of dreaded spot of

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Speaker 1: preseason is roster cutdowns for a lot of people. There's

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Speaker 1: probably twenty two guys that have a pretty good idea

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Speaker 1: that they're going to be here. There's a lot of

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Speaker 1: other guys that are hoping, and of course this last

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Speaker 1: preseason game is their last statement to be able to

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Speaker 1: make to the head coach and to the personnel department

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Speaker 1: that they should be a member of this So let's

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Speaker 1: get right into it. Arch, I got DJ, I got

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Speaker 1: two guys that are calling the game on two different mediums,

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Speaker 1: on radio and on television, so we've got experts in

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Speaker 1: the house to talk about this.

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Speaker 2: Arch.

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Speaker 1: Let me start with you. What did you like in

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Speaker 1: the game. Were the positives that came out of the

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Speaker 1: game that was productive for the Falcons to get on tape,

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Speaker 1: for them to get the reps of that really stuck

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Speaker 1: out to you?

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Speaker 3: Well, certainly the first units getting a chance to play

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Speaker 3: for the first time in preseason was a big deal, right,

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Speaker 3: so we got to see Desmond Ritter on the field.

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Speaker 3: I think the things that came out of it, Obviously,

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Speaker 3: the penalties you got to eliminate. The pre snap stuff

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Speaker 3: is stuff that has to be eliminated. The holding calls

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Speaker 3: and things of that nature are going to happen throughout

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Speaker 3: a season. Now, Chris Linstrom got called for holding twice.

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Speaker 3: He had one holding call all of last year, so

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Speaker 3: it's you know, I think the officiating crew was drunk

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Speaker 4: Came of that.

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Speaker 3: So I didn't agree with those kinds of things and

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Speaker 3: some of the some of the things, and I think

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Speaker 3: he might have gotten called x dentally and it should

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Speaker 3: have been somebody else. But for him to have two

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Speaker 3: holding calls in the same drive is just astronomically against

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Speaker 3: the against the probability, the rules of probability. So but

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Speaker 3: penalties that notwithstanding, you got a lot of people involved

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Speaker 3: in the opening drive, you overcame two major penalties, which

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Speaker 3: is really difficult to do in a drive. I thought

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Speaker 3: des kept his poise amongst some of the adversity face

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Speaker 3: and that opening drive because of the penalties, some of

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Speaker 3: the setbacks that push him back against the chains a

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Speaker 3: little bit, he overcame those. He made several key throws,

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Speaker 3: different kinds of throws, bootleg throws, guy in a face,

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Speaker 3: three count screen, guy in his face falling away, a

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Speaker 3: high point throw for Drake lenn along the sideline, pinpoint

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Speaker 3: accuracy inside to Scotty Miller coming across the middle. He

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Speaker 3: to be able to move around, stay alive if Zach

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Speaker 3: wet right. You got to, you know, Bergerron get his

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Speaker 1: Yeah, going back to the offense, DJ, I think Dave

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Speaker 1: kind of hit all the things, but what it stuck

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Speaker 1: all the playmakers that were brought in or have been

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Speaker 2: I mean, I really feel like you guys got cameras

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Speaker 4: For well, what I like.

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Speaker 2: But I think that's number one is the dish tribution

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Speaker 4: Here in year two and on at one Drive, we

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Speaker 2: And I think even in an instance where Arthur's not

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Speaker 2: it's not like Daz came out and said, all right,

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Speaker 2: to give Drake ball. Let's get Cale to ball because

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Speaker 2: we don't know how long he's gonna play. It was

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Speaker 2: And I love that part of the game was it

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Speaker 4: Like every throw he made it was the throw he

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Speaker 2: It wasn't like, oh, I'm, you know, waiting on something

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Speaker 2: So he called that key time out to give his team,

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Speaker 2: it was I thought, a total team effort from the

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Speaker 2: in a pressure situation. Arthur Smith said out of the game, Hey,

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Speaker 2: everybody involved, in a pressure situation for Coup and he said,

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Speaker 2: oh do these preciading games matter?

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Speaker 4: That was a big time pressure situation.

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Speaker 2: If you were in that Mercedes Been statum, you could

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Speaker 4: I mean, that's what it's about.

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Speaker 2: Those are the moments you can't really get out here

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Speaker 3: The ancillary piece of that racket shock are the individual

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Speaker 3: screen he's or on the on the bootleg, he spins

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Speaker 3: a play. Matthew bergeron getting a chance to get in

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Speaker 3: a game and a game situation. Now the offensive line

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Speaker 3: There's only so much you can do in practice. You're

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Speaker 3: Bjeon Robinson getting in the game his first carry and

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Speaker 4: Mind block one on one that's going right.

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Speaker 3: You look at the end zone coffee, David on Yamada

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Speaker 3: the a gap. That looked pretty good too. So some

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Speaker 3: individual stuff within the team concept of getting your feet

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Speaker 1: you mentioned, Kalais Campbell what I thought was cool and

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Speaker 1: US three being there in the stadium when when you

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Speaker 1: probably can't see it if you're not there, because there

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Speaker 1: was stuff that was happening before they were back on live.

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Speaker 1: Was the very first defensive snap, Kaleas Campbell is in

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Speaker 1: assumed that leadership position like he was basically telling the

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Speaker 1: we are going to play. It's not like he needed

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Speaker 1: a game or a preseason or two or three regular

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Speaker 1: the jump. I love to see him kind of set

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Speaker 1: the tone early on for the defense. And then Dave,

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Speaker 1: you talked about Bijon. It was great because that one run,

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Speaker 1: as you mentioned, it showed everything. It showed footwork, it

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Speaker 1: showed patience, it showed vision, and it showed burst. Right

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Speaker 1: like all of those things. It happened in a matter

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Speaker 1: of what four seconds? Yeah, right, So it was great

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Speaker 1: So we were all excited to see the starters. I

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Speaker 1: next step of this offense arch because Okay, all things

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Speaker 4: And that's the evolution on his offense.

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Speaker 2: That's where this offense will go, is the fact you

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Speaker 4: You name all these.

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Speaker 2: Maybe I'm just trying to pick up four or five yards.

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Speaker 4: So it's going to be fun to see how it evolves.

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Speaker 2: But I think ultimately it comes down to their ability

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And in addition to what Shaq's talking about about

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Speaker 3: I saw it happen all last year. They would come

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Speaker 3: and they're documenting that stuff upstairs. A document in alongest sidelines. Okay,

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Speaker 3: Here comes from Scotty Miller cross the formation. They're charting

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Speaker 2: I love for you to speak on this because you

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Speaker 4: The way they go about.

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Speaker 1: For well, I mean you mentioned it, you talk about

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Speaker 2: Get in the game and you lose your fundamentals, so

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Speaker 2: you lose some of the things that make you who

440
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Speaker 2: you are. Inside of pocket for a quarterback, but Daz

441
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Speaker 2: was calm, he didn't panic. His eyes were still downfield.

442
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Speaker 2: But then he was concise. He made a good decision.

443
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Speaker 2: It wasn't there he didn't like it. Take off, Let's

444
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Speaker 2: go get the first time, move on to the next play.

445
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Speaker 2: And that's what I thought was fun to watch.

446
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Speaker 3: And I thought the Drake London throw in particular, guys,

447
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Speaker 3: you reference that now. It's simple in the fact I

448
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Speaker 3: got a singleized safety. He's got no help. It's man

449
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Speaker 3: coverage on the outside. I'm gonna take my shot at

450
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Speaker 3: a big receiver. That's fine, but there's leverage as you

451
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Speaker 3: watch the receiver get off the ball. Now for me,

452
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Speaker 3: does the corner stay on top? Does he stay stacked

453
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Speaker 3: on top? Now it's a back shoulder throw. If he's

454
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Speaker 3: even I've got a six or five guy, I'm high

455
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Speaker 3: pointing him so he can go get it. If he

456
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Speaker 3: gets on top of the corner. Now and I'm taking

457
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Speaker 3: him down the field with the throw and three different

458
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Speaker 3: kinds of throws you could have made.

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Speaker 4: How fast does that happen? Yeah, it's a yeah.

460
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Speaker 3: But you you you you keep the safety in the

461
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Speaker 3: middle field and then you swoove your head outside. What's leverage? Boom?

462
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Speaker 3: I got to get it out and he made a

463
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Speaker 3: decision to high point him because of where the corner was.

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Speaker 1: It was a perfect.

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Speaker 3: Decision and then it's to execute the throw. I got

466
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Speaker 3: to put it where only my guy can get it

467
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Speaker 3: and not overthrow him. Take advantage of the opportunity. A

468
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Speaker 3: lot goes in simple decision. Maybe a lot goes into

469
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Speaker 3: the play, goes into it.

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Speaker 1: The execution is not as simple as what everybody thinks.

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Speaker 1: All right, guys, we've talked a lot about starters. We've

472
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Speaker 1: talked about preseason. We've talked about starters maybe not playing,

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Speaker 1: maybe trying to get to week one, and having all

474
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Speaker 1: of your studs. So I kind of want to combine

475
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Speaker 1: these last two points that we have here, Arch and

476
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Speaker 1: I want to start with you the fan that's going

477
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Speaker 1: to watch the preseason game number three, and they're gonna say,

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Speaker 1: all right, what are the most important things that I

479
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Speaker 1: should be looking for in this game? Because, like you mentioned, rightfully,

480
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Speaker 1: so may not see a whole lot of starters, But

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Speaker 1: I think what's important is to probably seventy five percent

482
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Speaker 1: of this roster how important this game is to them

483
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Speaker 1: making this team. What should a fan be looking for?

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Speaker 3: Well, I think all of us probably fall into this

485
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Speaker 3: category that we played, you know, late in games and

486
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Speaker 3: at some point in our career and then late in

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Speaker 3: the preseason at some point in the in our career.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, I remember being in that last series trying

489
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Speaker 3: to go out and get a win back in the

490
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Speaker 3: early back in the early days. So yeah, first of all,

491
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Speaker 3: everybody's watching these games. There's thirty there. You will be

492
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Speaker 3: two teams on this field. There's thirty other teams that

493
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Speaker 3: are playing somewhere else that are going to get some

494
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Speaker 3: forms of the tape of all the other games that

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Speaker 3: are looking at guys. Okay, so what you want to

496
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Speaker 3: be is employed in this league. You want to play

497
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Speaker 3: in this league. So opportunities are on thirty other teams

498
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Speaker 3: as well, is including the team that's across the ball

499
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Speaker 3: from you in Pittsburgh. But you want to stay here.

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Speaker 3: So those opportunities. You know this offense, you know this defense,

501
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Speaker 3: you know the special teams. Now you're going to get

502
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Speaker 3: those opportunities, probably to operate within those maybe more than

503
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Speaker 3: you would in most games. So here's your opportunity to

504
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Speaker 3: show them just that one last data point that you

505
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Speaker 3: And how many times do we hear coaches say, you

506
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Speaker 3: make the decision for me. I don't want to make

507
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Speaker 3: the decision. You make it for me. You're either going

508
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Speaker 3: to make it for them one way or the other.

509
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Speaker 3: Either you're going to be here or not be here.

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Speaker 3: And that's the opportunity that's in front of these got

511
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Speaker 3: a lot of pressure, but that's what you when you

512
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Speaker 3: play this game. The way we got a chance we

513
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Speaker 3: were fortunate to do is you thrive on that. That's

514
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Speaker 3: what makes you tick, is the competition or the the

515
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Speaker 3: pressure that you're under to perform in those situations. That's

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Speaker 3: what I dug and I know you guys did too.

517
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Speaker 3: That's what these guys are going to have the opportunity

518
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Speaker 3: to do. So what to look for. Watch the guys

519
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,920
Speaker 3: on special teams because a lot of times you'll see

520
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Speaker 3: some of the main guys, maybe not the starters, but

521
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Speaker 3: some of the main starters on special teams rock. You

522
00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:21,960
Speaker 3: know a ton about that. You want to dial that

523
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Speaker 3: stuff in and if you haven't gotten a chance to

524
00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,520
Speaker 3: get a lot of those guys in those situations, you

525
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Speaker 3: want to have that ready for the opening weekend starters

526
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Speaker 3: on all sense and defense maybe not, but look at

527
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Speaker 3: this defensive backs, watch the wide receivers. There's some versatility.

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Speaker 3: We talked about this last week. There's versatility on this roster.

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Speaker 3: As you're not sure, is it six receivers? Is it

530
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Speaker 3: five receivers? Because two of my backs can play receiver,

531
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Speaker 3: two of my tight ends can play receiver, you know,

532
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Speaker 3: And so that's interesting and trying to compare.

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Speaker 1: And the flip side to the wide receiver is is

534
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Speaker 1: your fifth or sixth wide receiver? Is he a four

535
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Speaker 1: special team guy?

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Speaker 4: Right?

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Speaker 1: Like punt return, kickoff, kickoff return? If it's not, then

538
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Speaker 1: that kind of starts to put you in a little

539
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Speaker 1: bit of a quandary. Right, So it's not just as

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Speaker 1: simple as you mentioned, arch As, Oh, they're gonna have

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Speaker 1: six receivers, they're gonna have nine offensive linemen. Right, It's

542
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Speaker 1: there's the swing positions in DJ. I'm gonna come to

543
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Speaker 1: you and I'm I'm gonna lead you into a guy,

544
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Speaker 1: but you don't have to necessarily talk about him. But

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Speaker 1: to your point, arch somebody like DeMarco Hellams, right, DeMarco

546
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Speaker 1: Hellams is starting to make it difficult to cut him

547
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Speaker 1: off of this team, right because he's a special teams

548
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,760
Speaker 1: player that can play all for and he is showing

549
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Speaker 1: up week after week on defense and who knows, the

550
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Speaker 1: numbers here in Atlanta may not stack up for him,

551
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Speaker 1: But like you said, he's already put on tape two

552
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Speaker 1: interceptions on defense. It could very well if he doesn't

553
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Speaker 1: make this team, somebody else signs him because I watched

554
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Speaker 1: his Alabama tape. We didn't get him after the draft,

555
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Speaker 1: but we're gonna get our chance to get him now.

556
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Speaker 1: Those are some of the opportunities for those next level guys.

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Speaker 2: Perfect example of a guy who has seized the opportunity

558
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Speaker 2: to be a guy that sticks out, a guy that

559
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Speaker 2: when you turn on the tape for some reason, Man

560
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Speaker 2: three seven is always showing up. I mean, this dude's

561
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Speaker 2: got a two of exceptions. He's got I think he's

562
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Speaker 2: got like twelve thirteen tackles in two games. He got

563
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Speaker 2: three pass breaker. I mean, this guy is around the

564
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Speaker 2: ball all the time. And oh yeah, he wants to

565
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Speaker 2: play special teams. He did that in college at a

566
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Speaker 2: major place where obviously we know what Alabama's all about.

567
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Speaker 4: But this is a guy.

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Speaker 2: I heard him when he talked to you ARCHIAID, Hey,

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Speaker 2: I know if they want me on special teams and

570
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Speaker 2: I have to be on special teams, that's where I'm

571
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Speaker 2: gonna go make my money. That's where I'm gonna go live.

572
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Speaker 2: That's where I'm gonna go to go help this team.

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Speaker 2: He is a perfect example I thought of the last

574
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Speaker 2: two weeks of Yeah, I had a good game in

575
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Speaker 2: the first game, but I didn't live on that. I

576
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Speaker 2: had to continue to put good things on tape so

577
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Speaker 2: that when time comes, Oh, well, there's no way this

578
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,280
Speaker 2: guy cannot be on our team. This guy finds a

579
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Speaker 2: way that only being around the ball. And also, aren't

580
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Speaker 2: you asked him about just Okay, you had to wait

581
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Speaker 2: a little minute. You had to wait a little time

582
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Speaker 2: to get in the ballgame. And that's what a backup

583
00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,000
Speaker 2: guy does. I did the years. You sit there and

584
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Speaker 2: you wait, oh, when's my time gonna come? And then

585
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:06,600
Speaker 2: but you have to be ready for your time when

586
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,679
Speaker 2: it's called. Yeah, he didn't play a lot of defense

587
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,000
Speaker 2: early in the game, but soon the second half, guess

588
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:12,919
Speaker 2: what he was around the ball. He was there, he

589
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,159
Speaker 2: was baiting, he was mentally into the game, so he

590
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,520
Speaker 2: knew what he needed to do once he got in

591
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Speaker 2: the game. So Hellams is a great example of that

592
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Speaker 2: kind of guy where you say, my hair's on fire.

593
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Speaker 2: I know exactly what I need to do, and that's

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Speaker 2: what you're gonna see. And this ball game is a

595
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Speaker 2: lot of guys having a lot of fight, a lot

596
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Speaker 2: of grit, playing with a lot of intensity because they know, ultimately,

597
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Speaker 2: this could be the last time you put on an

598
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Speaker 2: NFL uniform, This could be the last time you get

599
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Speaker 2: an opportunity to show these other teams, because guess what,

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Speaker 2: not only are the falcons you know I have to

601
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Speaker 2: get rid of, you know, thirty thirty guys, there's thirty

602
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Speaker 2: one other teams doing the exact same thing. So that

603
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,159
Speaker 2: pool is like an ocean. Now these teams can just

604
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Speaker 2: pick what you want, and a guy like Hellum's will

605
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Speaker 2: show up on table and say, guess what, I outshine

606
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Speaker 2: this guy. This guy knew exactly what I was about

607
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Speaker 2: in his ball game, and I stick out. That's what

608
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Speaker 2: matters the most.

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Speaker 1: So I will challenge you, the viewers, to say, if

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Speaker 1: you're going to the game this weekend, or if you're

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Speaker 1: going to watch the game on television, or if you're

612
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Speaker 1: going to listen to the game on radio, listen to

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Speaker 1: the guys' names that are constantly being called, Listen to

614
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Speaker 1: who they are signaling out as far as having a

615
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 1: great game, and then you decide are those one of

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Speaker 1: the guys that's gonna make the roster. Are they going

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Speaker 1: to be part of that fifty three man roster? Because remember,

618
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Speaker 1: even though you may not make the fifty three man roster,

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Speaker 1: there's a practice squad, and even on the practice squad,

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Speaker 1: you're still a play or a week away from being

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Speaker 1: on the active roster and playing and contributing for this

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Speaker 1: team once we get to.

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Speaker 4: The regular season.

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Speaker 1: All right, that's going to wrap it up for the

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Speaker 1: get them, congratulations because I don't even know where that is.

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Speaker 4: They'll get it, Go get it.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us, everybody, and enjoy the

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Speaker 1: game against Pittsburgh. Take care

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