1 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: Dirty Birds, What's up and welcome to another edition of 2 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: Falcons Final Whistle, presented by Zaxby's. The Falcons were back 3 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: on the practice field for their second four day block 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 1: of training camp. But this was the first time that 5 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:20,639 Speaker 1: the pads came on. And so I'm here with Tory 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: mclaney and Tarren walk who's back from her wedding. Her 7 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: her wedding, her wedding trip is kind of what I 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,919 Speaker 1: meant there fear in my eye. It's funny because as 9 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: I was saying that, I was like, don't say her wedding, 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,599 Speaker 1: don't say her wedding. Don't say her wedding, And then 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: I said her wedding. 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 2: So her cousins a weekend off of my own wedding, 13 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: we would have other issues. 14 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 3: There's a bigger story there if that happened. 15 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: Arreen, Do you have any stories from this weekend's wedding. 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 4: Yes, it wasn't me who walked down the aisle. 17 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: That would have been a great story though, if you 18 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: had come back with that a lot. 19 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 4: Toist of the century. 20 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 2: But no, what was a really small world was at 21 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 2: the reception somebody came I really wish I remembered his name, 22 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: but somebody came up to me and said like, oh 23 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 2: my gosh, are you tear and walk from the Falcons? 24 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 2: And I was like, I'm in Watertown, Wisconsin, yes, but 25 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 2: how like what yea? But he wanted he like follows 26 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 2: along because he was a Minnesota Vikings fan and so 27 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 2: now obviously Kirk Cousins is here, so he's been falling 28 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 2: along with Kirk's journey that has continued. But he watched, 29 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 2: read and scrolled through the gallery for the Bajon Robinson Project. 30 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 2: Nice John Robinson, the Power of Example. Go check it 31 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 2: out now at Atlanta Falcons dot com. But and it 32 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 2: was just like high praise and it meant a lot. 33 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 2: I did find out smaller world that he is the 34 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 2: groom's grandpa and the father of the groom is a 35 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:46,559 Speaker 2: coworker here. 36 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 4: He's part of the bfo B family. Shout out to John. 37 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 4: He handles ticketing. Yes, small world, so yeah, but still. 38 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 2: Somebody who's not even a Falcons fan gave love to 39 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 2: the Bajon Robinson project, which just means everyone out there 40 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 2: listening to this right now to go to it. 41 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 5: That's exactly what that means. 42 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, between the lines, but that's such an awesome though, 43 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 1: when somebody, yeah, when like somebody reads, because it's at 44 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: times such a one way medium, Like even right now 45 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: we're sitting here just recording this podcast, and like we're 46 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: not we don't have access to everybody who is watching 47 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: it or the feelings and the feedback and things like that. 48 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: So when you when you get somebody who does take 49 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: the time to kind of say, hey, look, like I 50 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 1: thought it was great work. I appreciate that deffort that 51 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: you put in because I know firsthand like the amount 52 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: of effort that you put into that piece. So I'm 53 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: really glad to hear you say that that somebody kind 54 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: of sought you out and and thought you did a 55 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: great job on that. 56 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was. It was wild. I was like, Dad, 57 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 4: I got recognized. Look, I'm cool. 58 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: I mean, you're getting recognized of the weekend. Tory was 59 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: getting shout outs and practice on Saturday. One of these days, 60 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: I'll actually do something good enough to uh will come 61 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: on get some praise. 62 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 5: This podcast is all will. That is for sure. There's 63 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 5: a will. 64 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 4: There's a way. 65 00:02:58,800 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: I love that. 66 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, y'all, miss me, let's get into football. 67 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: The credit practice us lead us off. Then sorry, So 68 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: the Falcons were back out in impads for the first 69 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: time this training camp. What stood out to you, ah. 70 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 3: The physicality. There was some snippy moments, which I I love, 71 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 3: I love it. It's so good. It's exactly what you want, Like, 72 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 3: you want energy running high, you want there to be intensity, 73 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 3: especially going back to the very first thing that we 74 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 3: kind of talked about on the first day of practice, 75 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 3: the Falcons have to manufacture their own intensity and that 76 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 3: is something that we saw today. There was a lot 77 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 3: of really exciting play where you got to see a 78 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 3: bit more of these run fits and Jean Robinson, Tyler 79 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 3: Algier in this offensive line working a little bit more 80 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 3: because they have the pads on. So what you're seeing 81 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 3: in the trenches and what the defense is able to 82 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 3: do is it goes from you know, thirty percent to 83 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 3: sixty percent because they are actually able to do the 84 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 3: job that they are they have to do, which is tackling. 85 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 3: Granted they're not bringing anybody to the ground, but still, 86 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 3: you know, and I also think too that it was 87 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 3: really interesting that this was the first day, thank god, 88 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 3: first day we got one on ones, yes, and that 89 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 3: was something If you have been listening to this podcast 90 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 3: every day that we've been doing it, you have you 91 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 3: know how I feel about one on ones, seven on 92 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 3: seven's how much I love them, how much I've missed them, 93 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 3: how much I've been clamoring for them, And why. 94 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 1: Do you love them so much? 95 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 3: Like? 96 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 1: Is it just the ability to really hone in on 97 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 1: one person versus one person and see those details in work? 98 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 1: Is it? Is it kind of the added pressure of 99 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: it all and seeing who can kind of step up 100 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: in the moment. What is it about the one on 101 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: one experience? 102 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 3: I really like being able to see someone's skill set 103 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 3: in action. And I think sometimes when you're in these 104 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 3: one on one situations and your attention isn't on different things, 105 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 3: and you truly can, like what you're saying, spotlight focus 106 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 3: in on this singular DV versus this singular receiver or 107 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 3: tight end or. 108 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 5: Running back or lineback or whoever. 109 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 3: You see footwork, you see the route concept, You see 110 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 3: how the ball is, how they're tracking the ball through 111 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 3: the air. 112 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 5: Like there are just. 113 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 3: These little details that you finally get to see and 114 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 3: you really can look at it and be able to 115 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 3: to kind of compartmentalize it in your head. And I 116 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 3: don't know, I think the energy and those things are 117 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 3: really fun too. And seeing kind of the guys on 118 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 3: the sidelines hyping up the guy who is has that 119 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 3: spotlight on them, I think is pretty special. It's the 120 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 3: time where you really feel that like team energy. But 121 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 3: also it's funny because then there still is this like 122 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 3: level of like I'm like good versus good. I'm going 123 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 3: up against you and you're my teammate, but like I'm 124 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 3: gonna show you what it is like. So I don't know, 125 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 3: that's just how I've always loved it, Like even you know, 126 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 3: when I was little and watching watching this stuff. 127 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean the receipt versus DB's aspect of it 128 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: is is really fun. They had a great red zone 129 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: kind of end zone period today that that really illustrated 130 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: I think the the talent level and more specifically kind 131 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 1: of like the agility, the footwork, some of that stuff 132 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: that they've added at the wide receiver position. But it 133 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: was also such a great showcase for Kirk Cousins today 134 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: and kind of the touch and stuff that he was 135 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: putting on the ball. But Taren, we spoke with Jay 136 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: Rodgers after practice, who is the He is so excited, 137 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: he really is. He's the defensive line coach for the Falcons, 138 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: and what did he kind of tell us in terms 139 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: of what the kind of the linemen are thinking about 140 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 1: with the Pats coming on? 141 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 2: Right. I just remember during the off season program he 142 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 2: was like, we're playing in our underwear, Like you can't 143 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 2: like the defense is that makes any comfortable. 144 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: Like someone else all the time. They're just run around 145 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 3: in their underwear, and I'm like, that's weird. 146 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: It's a very it's a visceral image that just kind 147 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: of puts in your head that phrasing. 148 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 2: And pajamas, I don't know what you prefer. I would 149 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 2: rather do pajamas as long as they're like animal. 150 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: Right is pajamas or pajamas. I think the public and all. 151 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 3: Jama pj's pajamas is very Midwestern of you. 152 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 4: I feel like I did just come back in the 153 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 4: United States. 154 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: I'm reading a book to my son called Lama Lama 155 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: Red Pajama, which makes me think that it's pajama. 156 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 2: He's ad pajama pajama panama. 157 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: So anyway, we got underwear and pajamas, yes that have 158 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: been taken off. Now what do they have on instead? Gods? 159 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 2: But that is like the main responsibility of the defense 160 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 2: is to get physical. 161 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 4: I mean, but not only. 162 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 2: Them, because yes, we're talking about Jay Rogers. He's saying, like, 163 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 2: this is our time to shine, and this is day 164 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 2: one of practice honestly for the defense, especially the defensive line, 165 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 2: like everything they've been doing before warm up, this is 166 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 2: practice number one. But it's on the flip side of 167 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 2: the ball too, because we also talked to Jake Matthews 168 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 2: and he's over here like I woke up with an 169 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 2: extra pep in my step and this is his eleventh 170 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 2: training camp and he's like, pad's day one. Let's go 171 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 2: like a little excitement there, And that's because both of 172 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 2: them need to put their hands on people, right like 173 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 2: at that line of scrimmage they call it in the 174 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 2: trenches for a reason. They need to get physical, and 175 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 2: so this is like their opportunity to finally do it. 176 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 2: I know that it was only the first day of it, 177 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 2: and it still is a ramp up period. They're not 178 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 2: going one hundred percent or one hundred and ten, which 179 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 2: I realized. You say a lot one hundred and ten, 180 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 2: I do say, you gotta go above and beyond. 181 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 3: Well, it's just like I think, like one hundred percent, 182 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,559 Speaker 3: Like you can go one hundred percent, but there's always 183 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 3: a little extra ten percent. 184 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: That's a real coach's daughter. 185 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's always some other ten percent that you can 186 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 3: tap into. 187 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 2: Anyways, I like that, Thank you. It trusses me out 188 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 2: that there's an extra ten out there. 189 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 3: Well, honestly, like even in I don't know even people 190 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 3: listening to this podcast, there's always a ten percent that 191 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 3: you can tap into to be better. 192 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 4: Yeah. 193 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 2: I just noticed when I was listening to the podcast 194 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 2: on the way to work today to catch up on 195 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 2: things that I missed. But yeah, in the trenches, the 196 00:08:56,160 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 2: battle's getting real. It's gonna get more aggressive. I'm really 197 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 2: curious how it's going to be joint practice, joint practices 198 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 2: more so than preseason games. So, no, you desbise preseason 199 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 2: I loved practices because you have. Yeah, I think that's 200 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 2: even more of an indication of where team is than 201 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 2: the preseason game. 202 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 4: Agree, because everyone's involved. 203 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 3: If we did more joint practices in less preseason games, 204 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 3: you would never hear a complain out of me. 205 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: I think I kind of think coaches feel the same 206 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,959 Speaker 1: way a little bit, maybe right, And we've talked about 207 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,839 Speaker 1: this about how like shortening the preseason things like you're 208 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: in favor of that because it does it just feels 209 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: a little bit like it's become different than maybe it 210 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: was five ten, certainly fifteen years. Like the philosophy behind that, Yeah, 211 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:44,079 Speaker 1: it's everything's just changed. And so when it when it changes, 212 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: I think you do reevaluate what's working, what's not working, 213 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 1: and when you do have teams that are kind of like, yeah, 214 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: we're not really playing any starters this preseason. Yeah, that's 215 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: why I think the excitement maybe shifts in favor of 216 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: these joint practices where you know that you're going to 217 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: get Drake London out there against Miami's best corner. You 218 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: know that you're going to get Tyree Hill working against 219 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: aj Terrell or Jalen Wattle going against like Mike Cues 220 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: or Jesse Bates, right Like, so that stuff is certainly 221 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: going to be really exciting. But to bring it back 222 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: to kind of like the trench play, it it reminds 223 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: me of what Chris Lnstrom said on Day one, right, 224 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: and in kind of getting back to that physicality, he's 225 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: really focusing in on the small details of like his 226 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: hand place and making sure that that's accurate that's kind 227 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: of all the offensive and defensive line, if you like, 228 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: have to work with until the pads come on. Are 229 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 1: those like small little details. It's almost like a wide 230 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: receiver catching from the jugs machine. That's not a really 231 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: fair indication of what life is going to be like 232 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: on a Sunday when you've got a player draped over 233 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: your back trying to knock the ball down from in 234 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: front of you, Like, this is just a whole other level. 235 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,680 Speaker 1: And I really kind of thought that both sides had 236 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 1: some some good moments. But I was especially impressed with 237 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: Atlanta's I think run game. I don't know why I 238 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,679 Speaker 1: should have Like, I wasn't necessarily surprised by that because 239 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: we know how good their run offense can be. But 240 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: there were holes for Tyler all year, John Robinson and 241 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: Carlos Washington Tory, what did you see from the trench play? 242 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I was really pleased with what I saw, to 243 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 3: be completely honest, especially from this starting offensive line. 244 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 5: It was We've. 245 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 3: Talked so much. We talked to Dwayn Ludford, who's the 246 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 3: Falcon's offensive line coach, about how much continuity there is 247 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 3: and the fact that you return five starters that's almost 248 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 3: unheard of, almost. 249 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: At any level, that's unheard of. 250 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 3: And the fact that the Falcons are able to do 251 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 3: that for a group that was so productive the last 252 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 3: year in the run game especially, I think that only. 253 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 5: Bodes well for them. 254 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 3: And I'll say this, like you were able there were 255 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 3: a few times where you understand and you can see 256 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 3: even going not even going sixty percent, why Chris Linstrom 257 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 3: gets paid the money that he's being paid, why he 258 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 3: is constantly considered one of the best guards in the 259 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 3: league bar Nune and you saw that today. And granted 260 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 3: there are some there are certain times where the twos 261 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 3: are going it's the one the ones we're going against 262 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 3: the twos, But regardless, like Chris Linstrom is kind of 263 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 3: this lynch pin for this run game in a way 264 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 3: that I I mean, if you run the ball down 265 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 3: the right side, I just feel like you're gonna pick 266 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 3: up three or four yards every single time just because 267 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 3: of what Chris Lynstram was able to do. 268 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:19,719 Speaker 5: I know this. There was this one play. 269 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 3: Where it was Chris kayleb McGary and Kyle Pitts and 270 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 3: the hole that they were able to create for Tyler 271 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 3: Algier was notable and I know that we've had this 272 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 3: big conversation about Kyle Pits as this like full, big picture, 273 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 3: well rounded tight end, and you have to talk about 274 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 3: Kyle Pits the blocker in that regard to and seeing 275 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 3: seeing that from him in a moment that it's the 276 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 3: middle practice who cares but that, but seeing the hole 277 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 3: that he was able to provide in the block he 278 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 3: was able to put on his guy to help out 279 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 3: kayleb McGary and Chris Linstrom as they're already doing what 280 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 3: they need to do. 281 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 5: As I'm like ramming my head into the. 282 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 3: Microphone like that that matters in this run game. You 283 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 3: cannot overlook look all of that. 284 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm really glad you brought up Kyle Pitts because 285 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 1: that's kind of where I was going to go next 286 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: is I've noticed from him, and you've heard kind of 287 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: a couple of players and coaches make comments of it, Like, 288 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: I do think his blocking is far and away improved 289 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: from where he was in your one. And I know 290 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 1: everybody's itching for him to kind of get back into 291 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: that receiver first role that a lot of people envision 292 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: when he was drafted. But I do think we would 293 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: be wrong to discount maybe the work that Kyle Pitts 294 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:39,199 Speaker 1: has had to put in over these last couple of 295 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,559 Speaker 1: years in the offense that they found themselves in and 296 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: long term in his career, Like these two years are 297 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: a crash course in blocking at the NFL level, And 298 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 1: so now as he is maybe able to pull out 299 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: and focus a little bit more on you know what 300 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: he is maybe naturally more attuned to, which is that 301 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: receiving aspect, He's going to be able to rely upon 302 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: the foundation that he developed these last couple of years. 303 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: And he had a washdown block just where he kind 304 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: of moved everybody to the left and created a nice 305 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: outside lane for Jean Robinson later in the eleven on 306 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: eleven session. So again, like I kind of think this 307 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 1: has been an awesome camp for Kyle Pitts so far. 308 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: We hope it continues. But Taren, you were here for 309 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: the very first practice, notably, you know, not the most 310 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: exciting of the four day block, and now you came 311 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: back for the first day of pads. A lot kind 312 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: of did happen between then. I'm curious did you have 313 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 1: anything that just was like, oh wow, that's a little 314 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: Obviously the pads coming on is different but aside from that, 315 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: did you have any like that's different than what I 316 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: saw the first day? Some things have changed. 317 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 4: Well, it wasn't boring. 318 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: There we go. 319 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 4: We'll get that one out of the way right away. 320 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 3: Every single day someone has come up to me and 321 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 3: said something about my boring comment. Every single day it 322 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 3: was an exclamation when it was a comment. It has 323 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 3: she goes bar Rig, Yeah it was. 324 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 5: It's hung with me for a week now. 325 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 2: So but it's just being able to see that last 326 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 2: period where it was the ones versus ones. It's kind 327 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 2: of like you're seeing your first glimpse of the future, 328 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 2: almost like okay, now we're here. 329 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 4: Now we're talking football. Now it's the best versus the best. 330 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 2: Even if it was brief, the excitement that erupted among 331 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 2: the defense when Jesse Bates picked off Kirk Cousins on 332 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 2: that very first play, which. 333 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: You wonder if those one on one film sessions, if 334 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 1: those came back to my first thought, I. 335 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 5: Was sure your help to pick you off. 336 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 2: But I mean it just them having that one on 337 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 2: one time is also going to be beneficial, I think 338 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 2: to both sides of the ball. 339 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 3: Can we talk about how the rotation has has kind 340 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 3: of changed a little bit too with these this first 341 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 3: team you know who has been very exciting to watch 342 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 3: and his kind of maturation, very quick maturation. 343 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 5: Brayln Trice. 344 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 3: I wrote about this in our battle Lines story series 345 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 3: that we ran our first one this morning before yeah, 346 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 3: Tuesday morning. 347 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 4: Like that, asked him about it before practice. 348 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 3: There you go, thank your wait, thank you. 349 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean it was pretty succinct at first 350 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 2: because he's like those who deserve it deserve it, and 351 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 2: Brailin has proven that he is capable of working with 352 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 2: the ones. And then I even asked, like Arnold A. 353 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 2: Wakheti about it, and he's like, he's just really instinctual. It 354 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 2: comes so naturally to him, and so I don't know, 355 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 2: I don't I can't say I expected it. 356 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm excited about Brayln Trice. I think that seeing 357 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 3: him get those opportunities. 358 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 5: With the Ones, and I think that this is. 359 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 3: A very This is someone who will You may have 360 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 3: even said this, like early on we were talking about 361 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 3: like rookies who can make the biggest impact. 362 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: I think he's the most read out of the box, right. 363 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 3: It's Brailen Trice, and we are actively seeing that come 364 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 3: to fruition right now, which is very I mean, obviously 365 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 3: he's still a rookie. He's got things that he needs 366 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 3: to work on, things he needs to learn, and you know, 367 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 3: he'll kind of have to learn trial by fire a 368 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 3: little bit. But I don't know, the Falcons have been 369 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 3: pretty successful and sometimes over the especially the last two 370 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 3: years of these this like trial by fire type of situation. 371 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 3: Matthew Bergron trial by fire, Brayln Trice trial by fire. 372 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: I think you look at La last year, Kolby Turner, Yeah, 373 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: trial by fire right, and he he is U. I 374 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: think the proof of concept with what you're trying to 375 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: do here. But yeah, Brayln Trice not as surprised to 376 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 1: kind of see him be maybe one of those first 377 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: rookies that pop a little bit. And what did Jay 378 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: Rodgers say to us, have to practice like clearly defining 379 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 1: roles for these guys. Yeah, And that's why when you 380 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: looked at Brayln Trice, it was just really easy for 381 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: me to envision what a role for him looks like 382 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: in your one, which is kind of why I felt 383 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 1: like he may be the first guy to see some time. 384 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 3: Out there, especially considering how little was done in that 385 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,120 Speaker 3: outside linebacker room exactly. 386 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 5: Right, Like how little that it's a lot? 387 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, James Smith Williams, you bring back Lorenzo 388 00:17:58,920 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 3: Carter or Arnold A. 389 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 5: Kadis on his third year, but. 390 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 1: Like those are kind of the guys. 391 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:04,479 Speaker 4: That's kind of it. 392 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, this idea of designated roles, that was something 393 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 2: even Raheem spoke about and I kind of appreciate that 394 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 2: where it's like, you're all going to have a specific 395 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 2: role to run and you're going to do it to 396 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 2: the best of your ability, rather than it be a 397 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 2: little bit of wishy. 398 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: Washy exactly, And that's kind of what he was saying. 399 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 1: It's like on the coaches to define that a little bit, 400 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,919 Speaker 1: which which I like because again it feels like the 401 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: onus is on the coaching staff, like they kind of 402 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,120 Speaker 1: knew that that's what they were going to do. Yeah, 403 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: when you say that word you use, I'm going to 404 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: keep on us in the back of my mind and 405 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: I'm going to recall that really quickly. But it does 406 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: feel like the coaching staff is making their lives maybe 407 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: a little bit harder to make the players lives a 408 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: little bit simpler, and that should pay dividends on Sunday 409 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,360 Speaker 1: before we get to Camp Champ. For today, you were 410 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: in Arthur Blank's press conference. He came up to view 411 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: practice today, kind of take a little tour of all 412 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: of the upgrades that have happened in this building, which 413 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: are awesome. But what did if you can briefly kind 414 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 1: of like give us the highlights of Arthur's press conference 415 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: and maybe what stood out to you. 416 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 3: So first things, first found out today that the Atlanta 417 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 3: Falcons sold out their season tickets for twenty twenty four, 418 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 3: which is something that'd be. 419 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: Weird if they sold him out for twenty twenty five. 420 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 3: All right, yeah, but I mean I think that that 421 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 3: was Christmas. But that was something that right off the bat, 422 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 3: he was like, there, it's evidence that there is this 423 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 3: level of excitement that has picked up in the fact 424 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 3: that there was this like significant renewal rate which hadn't 425 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 3: happened in two decades prior previously. Was it like ninety 426 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 3: five percent? Yeah, which, yeah, I mean nine percent is 427 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,360 Speaker 3: ninety five percent. You don't got to say any other way. 428 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 3: But he kind of talked about that in the fan 429 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,439 Speaker 3: base and wanting to put a competitive product out on 430 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 3: the field and how that hasn't necessarily been the case. 431 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 3: And he talked about his optimism for the twenty twenty 432 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,199 Speaker 3: four season and how he has reason to believe that 433 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,120 Speaker 3: there should be optimism and that the hope should be 434 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 3: a playoff birth. And so we're having this conversation about hope, 435 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 3: expect pas and kind of seeing the fans be more excited, 436 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 3: more involved, more entertained. Let's just say, yeah, And that 437 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 3: was kind of the conversation. And the other part of 438 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 3: the conversation is, this is the first time that we've 439 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 3: talked to Arthur Blank since the Falcons drafted Michael Pennocks 440 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 3: with the number eight overall pick in the NFL draft 441 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 3: this year. Here we go again, and that the thing 442 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 3: is is, like he said exactly what everybody has been 443 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 3: saying since that moment. I literally wrote a story the 444 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:32,199 Speaker 3: night of on this where it's and I. 445 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: Showed the same thought. I didn't even work for the 446 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: team at this point, like that's this is. 447 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 3: They did not after going through what they went through 448 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 3: the last two years in the post Matt Ryan era 449 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 3: of not having a direct secession plan, they were not 450 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 3: going to make the same mistake twice. 451 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: It's as simple as that that is that. 452 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 5: Is the answer. 453 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 3: And they liked Michael Pennocks junior enough to make him 454 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,440 Speaker 3: the guy. Yep, and that is that is it? 455 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 5: That is it. 456 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: If this had been year sixteen of Matt Ryan and 457 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: they make that selection, I I believe that it is 458 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: not viewed as maybe there's not like this bewilderment about 459 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: the selection that I think there was when it was 460 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 1: immediately made, because I think it's much clearer to everybody 461 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: that like, all right, Matt Ryan is on the downslope. 462 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: You got to set up the future somehow. But because 463 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: it was like the bang bang of going to get 464 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,199 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins, which is already a new factor, it's like, 465 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: here's the future, you're already maybe like capping what that 466 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: that future timeline is. So I understand kind of that 467 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: again initial shock, but it's just that bang bang of 468 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: it that I think is what is tripping people up. 469 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 3: Here's the thing too, And I'll add to that. I 470 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 3: do think if the Falcons were able to get back 471 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:42,239 Speaker 3: into the first round and take an edge rusher, you 472 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 3: feel completely different about that draft class. 473 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: I agree, which they tried, which they tried to talk 474 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 1: to my boy like so I wanted literally, you. 475 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 3: Had these edg rushers that were in this block and 476 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 3: from like fifteen to thirty ten. 477 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,120 Speaker 1: The league told you what, like, that's where they were. 478 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 3: Right, and they tried. Terry Fono has said multiple times 479 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 3: we called everyone from nine to thirty two to try 480 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 3: and get back in and no one was biting right. 481 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 3: And I think if that happens, if they go out 482 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 3: and they get Michael Panics at number eight over on 483 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 3: double dip and double dip and get an edge rusher 484 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 3: and people can have this conversation, it's like that also 485 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 3: makes you feel differently about that one night. Yeah, that 486 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 3: one decision. 487 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,239 Speaker 1: Well, it's a little bit like, you know, some of 488 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 1: my frustration on a game day is this tendency to, 489 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: I think, be very reactive to the outcome, where part 490 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: of the way I view my job is like understanding 491 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: the decision. It's not about viewing the outcome. It's about 492 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: viewing the decision that led to ultimately whatever that outcome 493 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: may be. But when I hear that, I'm like, Okay, 494 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: So everybody who thinks that the Falcons just said they 495 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: were fine at pass rusher and stood pat and didn't 496 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: do anything and didn't plan to it's like, well, no, 497 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 1: they did plan to add somebody as a first round talent. 498 00:22:57,880 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 1: That's what they tried to do. It just didn't work out. 499 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 1: So you don't necessarily hold it against them for it 500 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 1: not working out because the plan was one thing and 501 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: the outcome was another. 502 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 3: And who's to say that Braylan Trice won't turn into And. 503 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 1: That's why I love pick is because it's like, again, 504 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,919 Speaker 1: he's he has still I think some upside. It's not 505 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 1: maybe as high as those first round guys, but his 506 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: floor is also considerable, and I. 507 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 3: Think that they were really worried that they weren't going 508 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 3: to get him. If you go back and you watch 509 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 3: like the on the Rise that we did, and we 510 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 3: have footage from the room, Yes, Terry is as a 511 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 3: very he's very nervous and he's kind of walking around 512 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:39,199 Speaker 3: and Raw even goes, would you relax like that? And 513 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 3: that was that moment he thought that he would need 514 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 3: to go back and watch that. Yeah, I go back 515 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:45,399 Speaker 3: and watch It was the the on the Rise of 516 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 3: our draft weekend that our video team put out, And 517 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 3: that moment to me was like they're very high on 518 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 3: Brailen Trice and we are now. 519 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 1: Saying why I remember a similar type of situation involving 520 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 1: the Grady Jarrett pick way back when where it was 521 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: it was kind of like, you know, I believe DQ 522 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: really really wanted Grady, had a sight set on Grady, 523 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 1: and Thomas was kind of like, hey, I understand how 524 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 1: the draft is working, how things are playing out. He's 525 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 1: going to be there. Trust me, he's going to be there. 526 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 1: He's going to be there. And he was there, right 527 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: and so. 528 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 4: And look where we are now exactly. 529 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: I was going to hopefully we got a similar situation 530 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: to tell in ten years. 531 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 4: I'm having draft flashbacks with this conversation. I know what 532 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 4: else today? 533 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 5: MB said, that's kind of. 534 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 2: It, he was. 535 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 3: I mean I could go into like the approvals process 536 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 3: of Rahim and Terry now. 537 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 4: Like, but I was there January flashback right exactly. 538 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,360 Speaker 3: These are all topics of conversation that we have hit. 539 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 3: The one the main thing was his excitement about the 540 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 3: season ahead, the optimism that he feels the fan base has. 541 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 3: We talked a little bit about primetime games and how 542 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 3: the Falcons went from not having really any hardly the 543 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 3: last couple of years, none at all last year to 544 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 3: now there are four between Monday, Thursday and Sunday night games. 545 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,439 Speaker 3: So there there's a there's there's an excitement level. He 546 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 3: says that he feels it within the fan base, and 547 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 3: that's kind of where he left it. 548 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 2: Those primetime postgame pods are gonna get weird, Yeah they are. 549 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're gonna have either so much coffee or yeah 550 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: espressos whatever. We're gonna figure that out. But let's go 551 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: ahead and move on to Camp Champ. We will wrap 552 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 1: up this episode by nominating the player that we felt 553 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: at the best practice out there today the first day 554 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: of pads. As a quick refresher, let me run through 555 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:31,199 Speaker 1: the four players who have already earned this designation so 556 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: far in camp. We had Grady Jarrett on day one 557 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 1: for his return. We had Ronde all Moore on day two, 558 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: we had Kyle Pitts on day three for his performance 559 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,199 Speaker 1: out at secondary high school, and then we wrapped it 560 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: up on day four with Jesse Bates' nomination of Troy Anderson, 561 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: who also had a pick. You know, I'm choosing to 562 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: believe it was a pick out there at a secondary 563 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: of high school. So for our first day back, Tarn, 564 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,679 Speaker 1: we'll start with you. Who are you nominating as today's 565 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 1: Camp champ. 566 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 4: I'm jurned between two. Can I see them? 567 00:25:59,400 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: By? 568 00:25:59,720 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 5: Was too? 569 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 3: I was torn between two, so maybe you say both. 570 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 4: Okay. 571 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 2: My first one and gut reaction was Jesse Bates because 572 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 2: of the first official, non disputable interception. 573 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,120 Speaker 3: Well, no, you weren't there at second your high school. 574 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:12,399 Speaker 3: We did have the very first interception of camp was 575 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 3: Clark Phillips, but it was. 576 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 4: K Yeah, I'm staying off of Kurt. 577 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:16,679 Speaker 2: Oh. 578 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 4: Okay, off, I guess I should have clarified. 579 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: I saw in your piece. So that's why I think. 580 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's that's why he got me. 581 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 1: Okay, but Clark Phillips did did get the first official. 582 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 4: Official Sorry Clark, you can have your flowers too, all right. 583 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 4: So JB three and Grady Grady Jarrett because the man 584 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 4: took contact today. 585 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: He is such a soft spot in your heart. 586 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 4: He's entering year ten after that injury. 587 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, the rehab bross and. 588 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 2: How vulnerable he was talking about it. Yeah, I got 589 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 2: a soft spot. 590 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,639 Speaker 4: Now. The man went through that man went through it. 591 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 4: He went through it, and I'm here to support him. 592 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: Okay, So we got we got Jesse and Grady. All right. 593 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 3: My two were Braylen Trice. I thought that you were 594 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 3: able to see him working a little bit more with 595 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 3: the ones. I find him to be a very interesting talent, 596 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 3: has a high ceiling that we were able to kind 597 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,360 Speaker 3: of tap into a little bit. My second one, which 598 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 3: is that I actually think the one that I'm going 599 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 3: into Nate. 600 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 4: Lammon double down on one of mine. 601 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 3: Nate Lammin, I thought had a really good day. There 602 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 3: were a few times where he kind of blew up 603 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,639 Speaker 3: a play on his own. And when you kind of 604 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 3: see the way that they are using Kayden ls kan 605 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 3: Ellis was up on that defensive line. I know we 606 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 3: talked about this the other day at second your High school. 607 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 3: It's happening even more. 608 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 4: He almost had a pick too. 609 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:28,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, he did almost have a pick. 610 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:33,640 Speaker 3: And so you see Cayden's role evolving changing, whereas Nate 611 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 3: is kind of the guy. He's he has the green die, 612 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 3: he's the one that's calling the defense. He has honestly 613 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 3: a little bit. Even though we did see a bit 614 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 3: more of Troy Anderson rotating in with the Ones today, 615 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 3: I think that Nate Lamban has I don't want to 616 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,199 Speaker 3: say it, but he's kind of made himself. What's the 617 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 3: word like indispensable. Ye that that to me was evident 618 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 3: today and with the pads on, with them going a 619 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 3: little bit fast, seeing how he commands the defense and 620 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 3: it frees up Cayden ellis to do some different things. 621 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,639 Speaker 3: And I don't know, Nate Laman, I think it's my pick. 622 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: I love that, and you and I've kind of talked 623 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: a little bit previously about how we did feel that 624 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 1: Caden's role last year could have been a little bit 625 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: more multiple versatile. So if Nate has moved into maybe 626 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,400 Speaker 1: more of that traditional type of linebacker role by extension, 627 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 1: it could allow you to use some of these different 628 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,679 Speaker 1: qualities that you have at the inside linebacker position. 629 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 4: cRIO is just so good. 630 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 1: It's like gonna be maybe my favorite group I think 631 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 1: to watch this season. I expected you to go with Nate. 632 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 1: I am prepared to also vote for Nate. However, I 633 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 1: want to throw out Kirk Cousins. Even though he threw 634 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: the pick today, I thought he just had an awesome 635 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: kind of goal line period. I touched on that wide 636 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: receiver dB session, but in a lot of ways to me, 637 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: that was like the Kirk Cousins show. He had one 638 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: pass to Darnell Mooney that like Darnell just beat his 639 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: guy on kind of like a little fade to the corner, 640 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: and you know the camera if you're watching us on YouTube, 641 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 1: which you always should be, he kind of like just 642 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 1: ran past the defender and held his arms out like this, God, 643 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: I look so silly, and didn't even move his hands 644 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: or his stride and the ball just dropped perfectly, so 645 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 1: softly in his arms. So the touch that Kirk is 646 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: able to put on the ball and he can still 647 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 1: drive it on these slants, but he can get it 648 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: over guys. It was just really really impressive in such 649 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: tight area. So I'm gonna throw Kirk Cousins out there. 650 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 1: I can't believe he hasn't been a Camp Champ yet. 651 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: He's been kind of like, to me, the star of camp, 652 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 1: but maybe not one particular day. However, I'm willing to 653 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: change my vote to Nate Landman because I thought I 654 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: thought he too had a really really strong day and 655 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 1: he's an important player in camp and for this team. 656 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:49,479 Speaker 4: Agreed. 657 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 1: Awesome well, Nate Landman, Congratulations. Day five Camp Champ for Tuesday, 658 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: the first day of pads. Only fitting we give it 659 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: to a hard hitting thumper. Yeah, in the middle of 660 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: the defense there, So that will do it for today's 661 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 1: episode of Falcons Final Whistle, which is presented at by 662 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: Zaxby's a reminder, Friday's practice will be at Mercedes Benz Stadium. 663 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 1: You can buy tickets. I believe they're what five dollars, 664 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 1: so go ahead and grab those. Come on down if 665 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 1: you haven't ben a Mercedes ben Stadium. It's an awesome 666 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 1: chance to just see the venue, but it is an 667 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: excellent chance to come out and see kind of what 668 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 1: we've been talking about this whole time. See Raheem's energy, 669 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: see the play between the receivers and the the DB's 670 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 1: and Kirk Cousins getting the ball to play in the trenches. 671 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: It's it's really going to be an excellent practice out 672 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 1: there at Mercedes Benz Stadium. It usually is. So please 673 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 1: come on down, say hi. Yeah, and while you're at it, 674 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: go ahead and like and subscribe to our audio and 675 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: video platforms. Hit the alert button. You'll get notified every 676 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: time we have a new episode up, just like this one. 677 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: But yeah, that will do it for us today. For 678 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: Tory mclaney, Tarren Walk, welcome back from night your wedding, 679 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 1: from your cousin's wedding. That's important. Everybody. Whack is back. 680 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 1: You pronounce your last night right whack attack. You can't 681 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: throw that on me at the last second as they 682 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,840 Speaker 1: were doing the episode. Now, I'm just thinking of Arnold Schwartzenegger. 683 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 1: I'll be walk all right. We got to get out 684 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 1: of here. I'm Will mc fadden. Thank you guys so 685 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: much for listening to today's episode. Until tomorrow, everybody take care.