1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to Falcons Audible presented by AT and T. I'm 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: Dave Archer and I've got two heavy hitters with me. 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:09,319 Speaker 1: I've got Tory mclahaney and I've got DJ Shockley. So 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: we're going to get you covered on free agency today 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: because there's a lot going on with his team guys. 6 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: We talked a little bit about the quarterback. We'll revisit 7 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: what we've talked about a little bit with Kirk Cousins 8 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: because there's more to talk about there. But there's been 9 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: a bunch of guys that have come in and joined 10 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: this football team in a number of different areas. We'll 11 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: try to dive into all that for you and give 12 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: you kind of some clarity as to what that makes 13 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: that depth chart look like. And maybe we get Tory 14 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 1: and Shocked to tell us who we're going to draft 15 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: within the. 16 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 2: Raking I don't. 17 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 3: I mean, I have to make eight mock drafts. I 18 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 3: keep telling people, I like, at some point I'll put 19 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 3: out a mock draft that has the guy you want 20 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 3: me to take, But I got to do eight of these, 21 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 3: so just be patient. I'll take somebody you know that 22 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 3: you want. I'll take Dallas Turner at some point give 23 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 3: me a break tour back. 24 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 4: First off, we know you're not a stranger to the 25 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 4: podcast world, right yeah, but we want to welcome you too, 26 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 4: Audible you know, sit in pro guy Iraq. You know 27 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 4: you do a great job for the Falcons. 28 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 2: So honesty, I think we've upgraded. No, don't clip that 29 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 2: for ACT. Don't clip it for ACT. 30 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: So let's let's just jive into it. 31 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 2: Guys. 32 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins obviously the biggest free agent signing probably in 33 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 1: the National Football League. I don't think that's unfair to say. 34 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 3: To me, I think that's totally fair. I mean, the 35 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 3: one move that I felt like was bigger than all 36 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 3: the rest. And when you knew that the Falcons were 37 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 3: coming into this offseasons like they have to have a 38 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 3: starting quarterback, that's what's blatantly obvious from the moment the 39 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 3: twenty twenty three season ended, and because of that, it 40 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 3: was kind of like, Okay, what direction are they going 41 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 3: to go in in Arch? I know we talked about 42 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 3: it on our last podcast, but to me, if I'm 43 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 3: looking at what the moves of this free agency was 44 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 3: for the Falcons, the word that kind of comes to 45 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 3: mind is enlightening. I felt like we learned a lot 46 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 3: about one, how the Falcons viewed themselves and what they 47 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 3: needed in the moment, how close they feel like they 48 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 3: are too, kind of being there where they want to be, 49 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 3: and putting together a team that they feel can go 50 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 3: out and be successful and a big The first lynch 51 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 3: pin of that, the first dominant to fall of that, 52 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 3: was going out and getting someone like Kirk Cousins who 53 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 3: you know can come in immediately and you hope can 54 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 3: make a difference offensively. 55 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: Jock, I know you had a chance to sit down 56 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: with him with Fox five and you guys sat down 57 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: and talked a little bit about him coming here, the background, 58 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: he has the city. Why should Falcon fans be excited 59 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: about Kirk Cousins being an Atlanta Falcon? 60 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 4: One eight let's start there, yea and rocking to eighteen? Now, 61 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 4: you know what I think? Tory just used the word 62 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 4: of lighten, and I think the word that comes mind 63 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 4: for me is rejuvenation. And when I think about it, 64 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 4: you think about. 65 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 2: All the big words, all the I mean, come on, 66 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 2: we got to bring I mean, you got one. 67 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 4: I get to talk to you all the time, so nobody, 68 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 4: but yeah, you think about adding a guy like Kirk Cousins, 69 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 4: and we're gonna talk about some of the other pieces 70 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 4: you added to but when you think about adding a 71 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 4: guy who's been to the league twelve years, who have 72 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 4: the success he's had, and think about what he will 73 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 4: bring to this organization, I think that's the biggest piece 74 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 4: that I think they wanted to make sure that they 75 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 4: got right. And I think you opened up by saying, Hey, 76 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 4: one of the biggest storylines of this offseason has been 77 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 4: signing Kirk Cousins. And when you sign a guy like Kirk, 78 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 4: you know exactly what he's about. You know he's a leader. 79 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 2: For one. 80 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 4: You talk to him, you notice a guy who has 81 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 4: an idea of where he wants his career to go. 82 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 4: He has an idea of how he wants this organization 83 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 4: to look, how he wants to be as a player. 84 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 4: And I think that's number one that you got to 85 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 4: like about him is the guy came in with a 86 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 4: clear cut idea of where he wants to take these 87 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 4: last maybe a few years of his career, saying he 88 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 4: wants to retire as a Falcon. 89 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 2: That was big. 90 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 4: You hear him talk throughout his suppressor and he talked 91 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 4: about the nuances of understanding his teammates, wanting to deep 92 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 4: have a deeper dive into who they are as well 93 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 4: as what they do. Well, I heard you guys talk 94 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 4: about it and talk about some of the things he 95 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 4: talked about he wanted to do with his teammates and 96 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 4: all that kind of stuff. And to take it one 97 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 4: step further, the fact of him talking about, all right, 98 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 4: let's say, if you got this corner route and you 99 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 4: run it at this certain angle, why did you run 100 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 4: it there? Not just Okay, you look good running there. 101 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 4: That's a good job of putting it there. But I 102 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 4: understand it, But why did you do it? I think 103 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 4: that goes so much deeper into understanding your teammates and 104 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 4: that content that you got to build. But this is 105 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 4: a guy that has done it, you know, seven years 106 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 4: of you know, at least four thousand yards, eight seasons 107 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 4: of twenty five touchdowns and more never thrown more than 108 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 4: fourteen interceptions in a season. It just speaks to a 109 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 4: lot of things that you like from this guy. And 110 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 4: he's one of those kind of guys that I think 111 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 4: from day one, when we heard Arthur Blank talk after 112 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 4: the season, and you heard Row talk after the season 113 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 4: when he first when he first came on, the one 114 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 4: thing they talked about was, this is. 115 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 2: A roster that is ready to go win. 116 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 4: Right now, and you need that guy in place to 117 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 4: take that next step. And Kirk Cousins, whether you know 118 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 4: people want to admit it or not, whether you you know, 119 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 4: we're gonna keep it one on, it is an upgrade 120 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 4: from what we've had in the building, and he has 121 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 4: shown that over twelve years. So I love the fact 122 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 4: that they went out and got the guy that they wanted, 123 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 4: a guy that fit this system, a guy that is 124 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 4: from day one, they said, is an elite processor, a 125 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 4: guy who makes good decisions, a guy who is accurate 126 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 4: with the football, a guy who plays on time within 127 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 4: your offense. And those are things that you'd like to 128 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 4: see from your QB one, I should say. So, it's 129 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 4: gonna be fun to see this all, you know, kind 130 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 4: of transpire. And obviously we got to get on the field, 131 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 4: we got to see it happen, you got to see 132 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 4: it go on the game. But right now everything points 133 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 4: to this is the ideal fit for what the Falcons wanted. 134 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: Kirk talked about alignment, he talked about the owner, the 135 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: GM the coach and the quarterback all being aligned. He 136 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: felt like that was something that was in place here 137 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: and he was excited about that. You mentioned pros in 138 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: decision making. That was something that Raheem Morris mentioned in 139 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: his opening press conference. You and I talked about that 140 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: about being able to process stuff, make quick decisions, get 141 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,239 Speaker 1: the ball out on time. Those are things in keeping 142 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 1: it one hundred we have not had, for sure, we 143 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: have not had here taking care of the football. He's 144 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: a three to one interception to touchdown or a touchdown 145 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: the interception ratio guy over his last six seasons. I 146 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: mean you can go into the numbers. He's number eight 147 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: all time all time in passing against pressure. He's one 148 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: of the top five play action guys b Jean Robinson 149 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: and Tyler Algier bean guys. He's going to play action 150 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: off of if there's anybody going to you're gonna bite 151 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: on somebody. Those are two running backs you're going to 152 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: bite on the way this team is running. So all 153 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: that being said. 154 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,919 Speaker 3: I'm curious too. I want to ask because there was 155 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 3: something that kept coming up over the course of this offseason. 156 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 3: At the beginning where it's like raw and Terry both said, 157 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 3: we want to be aggressive and going after a quarterback. 158 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 3: To me, this actually was the safest choice that they 159 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 3: could make to go after someone who you know exactly 160 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 3: what you're getting Kirk Cousins. Yes, he's coming off of 161 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 3: an achilles injury and there are some unknowns with that, 162 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 3: but in terms of like a guy who is ready 163 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 3: made to come in and change the scope of what 164 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 3: you can do offensively immediately, there is a safety net 165 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 3: almost built in, I think with Kirk Cousins and what 166 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 3: he could be. 167 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: How much how much? And that's a good point tory. 168 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: How much did Raheem's history with Matt Ryan because you 169 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: brought this up last time we had a chance to talk, 170 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: how much did that shape this because you knew what 171 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: you were going to get when number two stepped on 172 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: the field. And this guy's a similar game and I'm 173 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: trying and I don't want to say that, hey, Matt 174 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: Ryan's being brought back. This is Kirk Cousins is his 175 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: own guy, and in a lot of situations. You can 176 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: look at some of the ratings and the numbers and 177 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: it may be a little bit of a step up 178 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: in his efficiency at the quarterback position, But how much 179 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: did that play into this. 180 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 3: I mean, I think it had to write. Like going 181 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 3: back to what I was saying, it's like you needed 182 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 3: in what y'all have been saying too, you needed a 183 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 3: certain sense of stability at the quarterback position that you 184 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 3: haven't had in a long time. And I know that 185 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 3: I've said this time and time again. I don't think 186 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 3: people knew they what type of stability and consistency that 187 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 3: they had in Matt Ryan until he was gone. And 188 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 3: I know that there are always going to be people 189 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 3: who Matt Ryan wasn't their cup of tea. There's always 190 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 3: going to be a loud faction of individuals who that's 191 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 3: the case. But I don't think you can look at 192 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 3: what Matt Ryan did in Atlanta and discredit it. And 193 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 3: I think from the past two seasons of going through 194 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 3: this with Marcus Mario to Desnator Taylor Hanneke, nothing against 195 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 3: those guys, but there wasn't that consistency. There wasn't that 196 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 3: level of stability. And Kirk Cousins, over twelve seasons in 197 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 3: the league has provided that for two organizations, and you 198 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 3: kind of had that expectation that that's going to be 199 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 3: the same. You hope when he comes here in Atlanta. 200 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 4: One thing that came to mind when both of you 201 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,839 Speaker 4: guys are talking about Kirk and some of the things 202 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 4: that he brought here, and the one thing I think 203 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 4: everybody made a not a joke about, but everybody talked 204 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 4: about the one word that was used into press conference 205 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 4: all the time, which was collaboration and continuity, collaborate, all 206 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 4: that coming together. And Arch you mentioned it about what 207 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 4: Kirk said about Hey, the owner, the GM, the head coach, 208 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 4: everybody on the same page, and without even saying the word. 209 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 4: I felt like Kirk was saying that in his press 210 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:22,559 Speaker 4: conference about his teammates, about the coaching staff, about how 211 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 4: we all have to get that continuity and we have 212 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 4: to collaborate together. And it kind of tells you that 213 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 4: everybody from Arthur Blank to Raheem to Terry, they had 214 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 4: an idea of the kind of guy they wanted and 215 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 4: then you bring in this guy and he's speaking kind 216 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 4: of the same language without even saying it. And that's 217 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 4: the kind of thing you got to like, is they're 218 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 4: already having that continuity together and understand what's it gonna 219 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 4: take to be successful. And I think they are already 220 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:53,959 Speaker 4: taken the steps and he's you know, I was excited 221 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,199 Speaker 4: to hear him say, you know what, I want to 222 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 4: be ready to go by the end of the summer. 223 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 4: You know, I'm working my tail off, I'm doing everything 224 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 4: I'm supposed to, and I want to get in there 225 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 4: with these guys, not just on the field. I want 226 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 4: to make sure that I get to know these guys 227 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 4: off the field the way and know what makes them ticks. 228 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 4: So that collaboration, that continuity that he's already trying to build, 229 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 4: that the guys up here have already said this is 230 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 4: what we need. And then you're bringing your quarterback who's 231 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 4: speaking the same language, You're already head in the right direction. 232 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, collaboration, continuity. Hey, this just then, this is the 233 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: greatest team sport of all time. Not one guy's gonna 234 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: step on the field away and make those plays. So 235 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 1: let's transition to some of the guys that are going 236 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: to make plays around Kirk Cousins and namely at the 237 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: wide receiver corps. Atlanta goes out and makes a makes 238 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: a really good deal with Darnell Mooney. Uh, let's talk 239 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: about Mooney and his ability to affect the game. If 240 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: you watch go put a highlight tape onto this guy. 241 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: Dude has got an incredible catch radius. He's got speed 242 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 1: to burn. Uh, he's got it. He's got tremendous hand 243 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: eye coordination. 244 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 2: Whatever. 245 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: You want to look at Tory Darnell Mooney and adding 246 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: him to this receiver receiver room. 247 00:10:58,480 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 2: What does that? 248 00:10:59,040 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: How does that change the die? 249 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 3: So honestly, before we start talking about Darnell just specifically, 250 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:06,079 Speaker 3: I kind of want to pull back a little bit 251 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 3: and look at the moves that the Falcons made from 252 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 3: a totality at wide receiver, because that was something I 253 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 3: think that when you look at one guy like Darnell 254 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 3: Mooney going out and getting ron Dell Moore going out 255 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 3: and getting Ray Ray McCloud, to me, it showed a 256 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 3: very obvious difference from what the previous staff wanted in 257 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 3: the receivers and what this staff values in the receivers. 258 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 3: You're talking about the last two years, we've been talking 259 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 3: about how big these receivers are in Atlanta, how tall, 260 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 3: how long you you look at the prototype of being 261 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 3: like six two sixty three. Now all of these guys 262 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 3: are under six foot, all of them. I'm pretty sure 263 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 3: ran under yeah, under a four four five When they 264 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 3: were at the combine whenever, whatever years they were in, 265 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 3: and that to me is so it's it's a marker 266 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 3: to me of what a Zach Robinson offense could look 267 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 3: like and what they're prioritizing. And Darnell Mooney was kind 268 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 3: of the first, I guess, Domino to fall because this 269 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 3: is a guy who you look at that prototype, you 270 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 3: look at kind of what a Sean McVay, a Zach 271 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 3: Robinson offense could look like. And someone like Darnell Mooney 272 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 3: is someone who very different from kind of some of 273 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 3: the receivers that we've seen in this in an Arthur 274 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 3: Smith's system. Now, more than anything, the moves of this 275 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 3: wide receiver room dictate the differences in scheme. In my opinion, Yeah, 276 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 3: I don't think there's any question in shock. 277 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 2: I want to go directly to that. 278 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:35,719 Speaker 1: So really good way of putting it, Tory, Let's encompass 279 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: the guys and all of them together, because there is 280 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: an ability to really affect an opposition or a defense 281 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: based on how you deploy them. We talked a little 282 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: bit about some of the things I was watching on 283 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: tape with the rams and the playoffs, where obviously Zach 284 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,439 Speaker 1: was the past game coordinator where they got a bunch right, 285 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: tight end, tight left, and they've got Cooper Cup in 286 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: the backfield. I mean, how many times we see Puka 287 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:00,959 Speaker 1: Nakoua carry the ball on a yet sweep and here 288 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: he is a receiver, got he would to catch one 289 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: hundred and fifteen hundred and twenty balls down the field. 290 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: So the ability to use multiple guys Rondo Moore, Darnell Mooney, 291 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: Ray Ray McCloud, some of these guys that can be 292 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 1: put in the game and put in the backfield. So 293 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: talk to me about that. And the ability, like Tori's 294 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 1: talking about the versatility of what this offense is going 295 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 1: to look like under Zach Robn. 296 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 4: The ability to make it look so different to a defense. 297 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 4: I think it's critical and you come personnel. You can 298 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 4: have eleven personnel, you have twelve, you can have ten, 299 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 4: and it can look like so many different things, and 300 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 4: you come on to the field, the defense has two 301 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 4: seconds to the match and say, Okay, this guy's here, 302 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 4: this guy's there, and they oh, let's motion Bjon at 303 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 4: the backfield. Now it changes everything. I think having these 304 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 4: caliber and style of players allows you to do exactly 305 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 4: what you want to do in this offense, which is 306 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 4: you want to be very aggressive vertically, but you also 307 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 4: have the opportunity to be really good in space. You 308 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,439 Speaker 4: got a guy like Ray Ray and Roundell who are 309 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 4: really good in space, who can make it very hard 310 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 4: on the defense. And then you add Bijon to you 311 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 4: add Kyle to it, you add Drake to it, and 312 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 4: it adds a different dimension to this offense that says, 313 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 4: all right, no matter how you line up, we're gonna 314 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,680 Speaker 4: be able to find the matchup that's advantageous for us. 315 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 4: And I think that's what's really crucial is in this 316 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 4: game trying to find those key matchups, trying to find 317 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 4: guys who have the speed who can push the field vertically, 318 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 4: but also I can dump it to them on an 319 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 4: option round. They can make a couple guys miss and boom, 320 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 4: we got ten twelve yard game. These are the type 321 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 4: of playmakers and you look at Darnay Moves, a full 322 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 4: three to eight guy coming out of two line. We've 323 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 4: seen what Ray Ray and what Rondelle can do in 324 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 4: a special teams game. We've seen what they can do 325 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 4: in space with the ball in their hands. These are 326 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 4: all guys that absolutely at any given time, can stretch 327 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 4: the field vertically, but also can stretch it horizontally. And 328 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 4: then you got other guys around that can add other 329 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 4: pieces to it, like a bijon, like a drake and 330 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 4: everybody that comes into it. But then you got the 331 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 4: guy who can get them the football too. You talked 332 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 4: about a quick decision, talk about getting the football out. 333 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 4: You have a guy and Kirk Cousins who understands match 334 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 4: and understands the game. I was watching something with with 335 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 4: Minnesota the other day and they got Jordan Allison coming 336 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 4: out of the backfield and he's running a wheel right 337 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 4: down the middle, and you got one guy in the 338 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 4: middle field of safety. You got to find a way 339 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 4: to beat him down the side, and he throws a 340 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 4: perfect ball to him. Those are some of the things 341 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 4: that they gonna turn on the table and say, Okay, 342 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 4: he likes this, he likes that, he understands. There are 343 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 4: a lot of bunch sets you talked about they used 344 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 4: in Minnesota with the three by ones. That gives an 345 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 4: indication of who's going to be that matchup you like, 346 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 4: and they absolutely crushes. So there's gonna be so many 347 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 4: opportunities I think in his offense to exploit. 348 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 2: A defense in so many different ways with the players 349 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 2: you got. 350 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 3: I think you make a good point too about the 351 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 3: ability to stretch the field, because I feel like, and 352 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 3: you know, I love y'all's opinion on this too, because 353 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 3: I feel like that was maybe something that the Falcons 354 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 3: were missing in the last couple of years, is the 355 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 3: ability to stretch the field and you know, have plays 356 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 3: beyond Honestly, I know, like Drake Lennon can can book 357 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 3: it down the field and you can. 358 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 2: Talk that's the one that's the only guy right exactly. 359 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 3: And so you're kind of we're missing that extra layer 360 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 3: of ability to be able to do that. And I 361 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 3: think with Darnell Mooney, and I believe that if I'm 362 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 3: thinking about the right like graphic, I believe that he 363 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 3: with the Bears had one of the most like honestly, 364 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 3: he elm the long ball. Specifically, he was one of 365 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 3: the most accurate pass catchers for the Bears, not just 366 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 3: the Bears, but I think in the league as well, 367 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 3: and beyond twenty yards downfield that matters for this team 368 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 3: that I think at times of the last couple of 369 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 3: years has struggled kind of building upon explosive plays, not 370 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 3: just building upon explosive plays with scoring touchdowns, you know 371 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 3: when they get inside the twenty and so. 372 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the element, the element of being able 373 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: to throw it down the field. And I think that's 374 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: part of what you're alluding to, Tory, is if I'm 375 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: a defense, I wasn't overly concerned about Atlanta run anybody 376 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: by me. 377 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, you can get okay. 378 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: I mean, Pitts might run one down through the middle, 379 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: But I've got a guy maybe trailing Pits. Maybe maybe 380 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: we sent Drake. We didn't really have anybody run by anybody. Now, now, 381 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: if I'm on defense and I'm looking at the tape 382 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,439 Speaker 1: and I see Mooney blowing down the field on some 383 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,360 Speaker 1: kind of route, and by the way, his route integrity 384 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 1: and how he runs routes is outstanding. Rondell Moore has 385 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 1: got big speed, he can run. You mix that in 386 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: with trying to prepare for this offense. Now, all of 387 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 1: a sudden, the element of striking down the field is there, 388 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: right Shockso, but the thing that most these games boil 389 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,719 Speaker 1: down to is guys being able to make plays in space. 390 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 1: How many different times we talk about, Hey, where's the 391 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: next Deebo, Samuel, where's the next guy that can catch 392 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: the ball? Underney. These guys can all stretch it like 393 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:37,439 Speaker 1: you're talking about Tori, but they also can catch the 394 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: ball short, bubble screen, shallow drag route, whatever it might be, 395 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden they turn a five yard 396 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: throw into a seventy yard play or a fifty yard play. 397 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 1: So not only do you have the ability to stretch 398 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: defenses and threaten them and make them defend the back end, 399 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: you also have the ability to drop it off and 400 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: have guys make big plays. Nothing likes a quarterback like 401 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: more than a five yard route to turn seventy yard players. 402 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 4: Oh no, No, it's like having a good run game 403 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 4: for a quarterback. You have guys who you can hand 404 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 4: it off to and you can make three four yards 405 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 4: out of nothing. You got guys on the outside who 406 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 4: you could just dump it down to like Archer's mentioned, 407 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:13,919 Speaker 4: and be able to make something happen with it. And 408 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 4: that's I think the nature of this league. And that's 409 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 4: why you think about some of the top receivers in 410 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,640 Speaker 4: the game. When they have the football in their hands, 411 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 4: it's usually they're doing great things after the catch, and 412 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 4: that's what you want. You want to be able to, 413 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 4: you know, find a matchup you like you got one 414 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 4: on one, you're playing man coverage in his league. You 415 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 4: expect your guy to go win, and then when he wins, 416 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 4: make something happen. I think that's why you look around 417 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 4: and you look at some of the greats around the 418 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 4: National Football League now and you see him run away 419 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 4: from guys or you see him making guys miss. I 420 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 4: think that's why people look at a guy like Tyreek 421 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 4: Hill so much, because if he catches a slant, he 422 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 4: catches a hitch, he got a chance to go at 423 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 4: any time, and it happened just to be a goal route. 424 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 2: And you can look at. 425 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 4: A guy like Rondee Moore who's in that same kind 426 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 4: of molde and has that same kind of build that 427 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 4: if you give him a chance, he might go. 428 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: So tell you what think that could do to you 429 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: as a defensive court Now you're thinking, Okay, am I 430 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:03,360 Speaker 1: willing to play man. 431 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 2: Coverage against these guys? 432 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, because if this guy gets clean and they throw 433 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: a crossing route to him, he's gonna go. Because I 434 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,719 Speaker 1: got guys that are following other people, do I have 435 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: to play more zone? So now all of a sudden, 436 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,120 Speaker 1: as an offense, you're dictating to a defense how you're 437 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: gonna play. And that's what Zach Robinson is trying to do, 438 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: not only with the personnel, with the deployment, all that 439 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: kind of stuff, but just the ability of the players 440 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: to kind of dictate on the other side of the ball. Okay, 441 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,719 Speaker 1: ed Charlie Warner. That a tight end who I think 442 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: is going to help in the blocking game. He's also 443 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: gonna help on special teams. He's a guy that is accomplished. 444 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: He can catch the football if he needs to. Obviously, 445 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: you got Kyle Pitches, you're outstanding tight end. Caderol Hodge 446 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,120 Speaker 1: add him in outstanding special teams planatory is a guy 447 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: that's kind of a core guy. I think we forget 448 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 1: about that sideway. 449 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 3: We do and I think so I can't remember who 450 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,120 Speaker 3: made this point to me a couple of days ago, 451 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 3: but they're like, if you need somebody who can just 452 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 3: go out fifteen yards downfield, make a catch, keep moving. 453 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 3: That's Caderrall Hodge. Like he has been incredibly I think 454 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 3: almost to the point of I use the word reliable 455 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 3: a lot with Caderrell and he's shown it's why they 456 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 3: keep bringing him back. But to the going back to 457 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 3: your point too about Charlie Warner and going back to 458 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 3: all of the things that we can now see the 459 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,360 Speaker 3: Falcons may be able to do in terms of spreading 460 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 3: out defenses and making them kind of play on their 461 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 3: heels a little bit. How much does that impact what 462 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:21,879 Speaker 3: they're able to do in a run game that is 463 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,199 Speaker 3: already very successful. When you pull it back and you 464 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 3: kind of see and you give Tyler Tyler algia doesn't 465 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 3: even need a hole. This man is his yards after 466 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 3: initial contact, is out saying. But then you have Jon 467 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 3: Robinson who has the same playmaking ability where sometimes guys 468 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 3: can't even touch him because of what he can do 469 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 3: in space. So we're talking about these receivers and what 470 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 3: they can do. But as I'm sitting here thinking about 471 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 3: like Charlie Warner blocking, it's like if Charlie Warner gets 472 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 3: one block downfield, it's like Jon Robinson may be gone 473 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 3: fifteen to twenty yards. 474 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 4: Here's the other part about this. We talk about a 475 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:58,880 Speaker 4: guy like Kadero, a guy like Charlie Warner. You need 476 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 4: guys on the team who under stand their role. Like 477 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 4: there's so many guys who of course, you all want 478 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 4: to be the playmaker. You want to make plays, you 479 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 4: want to catch football, you want to do things for 480 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 4: your for your team. But there's other times where I remember, 481 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 4: you're coming into a meeting room and you turn on 482 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 4: the tape and it's a guy pancaking a guy. It's 483 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 4: a guy springing a guy for a big run. And 484 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 4: you got a guy who's doing his job. He's on 485 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 4: the backside of and he cuts it off. And that's 486 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 4: the reason why the cutback was there. There's so many 487 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 4: guys that's going to be on his team, like a 488 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 4: Charlie Warner, like a Caderio Hodge. I remember last year, 489 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 4: you wouldn't see Cadero Hodge for three four games, and 490 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 4: then all of a sudden, here he has three four 491 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 4: catches in a ball game. He has a couple of 492 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 4: big first downs and then boom, there you go. That's 493 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 4: what you needed. 494 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 3: And he had the I will say this, he had 495 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 3: the average best average for yards per catch. I think 496 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 3: it was like sixteen point six. It led the team 497 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 3: last year. So it goes back to that whole like reliability. 498 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: For sure, monster grabs. Speaking of pancaking guys, Storm Norton 499 00:21:56,080 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: re signed. Start talking about depth, me telling a Storm 500 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 1: Norton step in on either side to play some offensive tackle. 501 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: I think that's a great get there as a guy 502 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: that understands what's going to be expected him. You mentioned 503 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: filling in the role, but he's gonna play your swing 504 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 1: tackle a lot of lot. How many times you go 505 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: through a season where you don't have an offensive line 506 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: and get hurt. Rarely happens, especially at that offensive tackle sicition, 507 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: big addition, six foot seven, three hundred and twenty pounds, 508 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 1: Storm Norton back on this football team. 509 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 3: I remember I was talking tackle to start to interrupt, 510 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 3: but I remember talking to Dwayne Ledford a couple of 511 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 3: weeks ago about what the goal for this offensive line 512 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 3: should be in twenty twenty four, and he made such 513 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 3: a good point because he was like, we know what 514 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 3: the starting five is. They've played together, they have a 515 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 3: lot of time together, they understand what to do together. 516 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 3: Now it's about building depth behind them. Because you like 517 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 3: what you're saying. You're never going to get to a 518 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 3: point where you have all five for every single game, 519 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 3: every single rep, every single snap. That's that's non existent 520 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 3: in this league. So the fact that they went out 521 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 3: and brought back a guy like Storm Norton. And also, 522 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 3: I think we're missing too Ryan He's back as well. Right, 523 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 3: these are guys who had significant reps in depth like that. 524 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 3: I can't wait to see kind of how Dwayne Ladford 525 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,639 Speaker 3: honestly like takes this starting five to the next level, 526 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 3: but how he has this goal of like, Okay, it's 527 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 3: beyond them too. It's the Storm Norton's, it's the Ryan Noozles. 528 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 4: The one thing that comes to mind for me is 529 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 4: one guy I think about when you guys talk about 530 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 4: adding depth and having a guy and it's on the 531 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 4: other side of the ball, and we talk so much 532 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 4: about the preseason and how much it means to trying 533 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 4: to find his depth and find these guys, and when 534 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 4: you put him in then obviously they can still feel 535 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 4: that void and play to a high level. And it's 536 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:42,880 Speaker 4: a reason why you want these guys on your team, 537 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 4: like a Storm Norton. What about Nate Lamon last year? 538 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 4: What if you didn't have him? You know, he was 539 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 4: a coming into the season, thought oh he's a depth guy. 540 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 4: He's played some, but it wasn't really having that role 541 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,360 Speaker 4: and came in and was a big time player when 542 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,639 Speaker 4: Troy went down. So you gotta love those type of 543 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 4: guys who when given their opportunity, when needed to step 544 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 4: in and fill a row, they fill a row and 545 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 4: other things stormed with that kind of guy. 546 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, and in all honesty, now and well, I'll ask 547 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: this question at the end here from a when you 548 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: begin to evaluate what you're looking at in late April 549 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: because of the way Nate Landam played, because of the 550 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: way Storm Norton played. And the next guy, I'm going 551 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: to bring up Kntavious Street, a guy you added because 552 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: of injury as a depth guy. All of a sudden, 553 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,120 Speaker 1: now you can kind of muddy the water for everybody 554 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: else Where's Atlanta going? What are they going to do? 555 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: But let's talk to Kntavia. 556 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 2: Street real quickly. Is back. 557 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 1: He got hurt late in the year, came in because 558 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 1: of some injuries, and I thought that he really did 559 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: a nice job Towy filling in from a depth standpoint. 560 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: The flexibility that he gives. 561 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 3: You, You're never going to replace someone like Grady Jarrett, 562 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 3: Like that's that's never gonna happen. He is the heart, soul, 563 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 3: everything that you need in a defender and a leader 564 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 3: on your team. You're never gonna find that outside of 565 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 3: Grady Jair in the way that Grady jer provides it. 566 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 3: So it was never for Contavious Street. It was never 567 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 3: about being Grady Jarrett. And when david On Yamana was 568 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 3: going through his ankle injury, it was never about being 569 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,920 Speaker 3: david On Yamada. It was just making sure that there 570 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 3: wasn't this like significant drop off in play from this 571 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 3: defensive front. And if you go back and look at 572 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 3: the numbers from from this defense, especially in the run game, 573 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 3: you didn't really see that much of a difference. And 574 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,239 Speaker 3: I think that's all you can kind of ask for. 575 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 3: And I really liked the thought that it's like, Okay, yes, 576 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 3: Contavia Street is somebody who, let's be honest, over the 577 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 3: course of his time in the league, has been injured 578 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 3: for a lot of it. This was finally I really 579 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 3: did feel like this past year, his early time with 580 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 3: Philadelphia and then the back half of the year with Atlanta, 581 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 3: he was really like coming into his own and really 582 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,919 Speaker 3: kind of finding a niche and what he does best. 583 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 3: And you know, as they're moving kind of to a 584 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,719 Speaker 3: three four, which I know we can talk you know, 585 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 3: defensive scheme all day long, and sometimes I feel like 586 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,400 Speaker 3: it doesn't matter. Sometimes like you're gonna put Grady Jared 587 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 3: on the field even though he's not like a true 588 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 3: nose tackle like. But for a guy like Contavia's Street 589 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 3: to have this reassurance that, like, we liked what we 590 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 3: saw to you from you in five games, we're bringing 591 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 3: you back, like in five games, that's all he played 592 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:18,120 Speaker 3: for this And then he had. 593 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 4: The most iconic celebration. I mean, come on, remember the 594 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 4: Pumberry slide versus Minnesota, matter of fact slides an end 595 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 4: zone with my mind's head like just I mean, come on, 596 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,959 Speaker 4: anytime I can pull out. 597 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: But Contavious Street, as you mentioned, didn't play a ton 598 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 1: for the team, but for them for him to have 599 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: done enough in the minutes that he got to play, 600 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,919 Speaker 1: for him to impress a brand new staff Jimy Lake 601 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: coming in, you got you got uh Raheem Morris, who's 602 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,200 Speaker 1: going to be very much tied to that defense. They 603 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: loved what they saw. They remember, this is a this 604 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: is a group that's been coaching Aaron Donald and some 605 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: people like that. So when you begin to look at 606 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: at their impressions of what kN TV Street brought to 607 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: the table. 608 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 2: It's a big deal. And here's the other part you 609 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 2: think about too. You remember left for talk about Leffort. 610 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, how many times you think, right, he went to 611 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 4: him and said, hey, who gave you some fits in practice? 612 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 4: You know, sometimes you look at the game say oh, 613 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 4: you didn't have the numbers, this didn't show up. But 614 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 4: there's so much other things that go into a decision 615 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 4: of okay, can this guy fit we want to do? 616 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 4: What kind of guy is he? And he say, okay, well, 617 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 4: this guy gave us a lot of fits in practice. 618 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 4: This guy was a guy who's a penetrator. This guy 619 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 4: that you know stood his ground, you know, didn't let 620 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 4: the lineman get up on backers. Those are kinds of 621 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 4: things that you look at and say, all right, this 622 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 4: is a guy that we could use because we got 623 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 4: a guy who know him, who's went against our offensive 624 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 4: line that gives you that credibility and says, all right, 625 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,199 Speaker 4: this is why we know we could give that to him. 626 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 4: Maybe the numbers don't show it in a game. Maybe 627 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 4: he had you know, three or four games where you 628 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 4: know he didn't do much, but you look at some 629 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 4: of the things that he can do in practice, it 630 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 4: gives you advantage. 631 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 1: All right, last thing on Falcons audible here presented by 632 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,479 Speaker 1: AT and T. Does this clear up the picture for 633 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,719 Speaker 1: you guys at all as to what late April looks 634 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 1: like on that Thursday night when Atlanta approaches the podium. 635 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,199 Speaker 2: Oh, big, big breath right now? 636 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 3: Can I say? 637 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 2: Yes? 638 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 3: But the thing is is I have been saying this 639 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 3: team needs to draft an edge rusher in the first 640 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 3: round for the last three years and they've They've not 641 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 3: done it. This regime has not done it. They have 642 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 3: valued offensive weapons the quote unquote best player available at 643 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 3: the spot that they're picking. So even though I'm sitting 644 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,640 Speaker 3: here saying like, yeah, it's a no brainer, they're gonna 645 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 3: go ed rusher in the first round, I can't, like, truly, 646 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 3: in my heart of hearts, fully believe that because I do. 647 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 2: We talked about this other day. 648 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 3: I really like this wide receiver group, I really do. 649 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 3: I like how deep it is. I like the idea 650 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 3: of But the thing is is like, because it's so deep, 651 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 3: it's like, do you not gamble but to a certain extent, 652 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 3: gamble like waiting for one of these guys to fall 653 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 3: into the second round. You have the option too. I 654 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 3: mean to move back up into the first if you 655 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 3: really truly felt like you needed to to get one 656 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 3: of these receivers. So for that, I'm I do lean 657 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 3: ed rusher, and I know this is probably gonna be 658 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 3: a hot take too, also kind of lean cornerback as well. 659 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 3: I do still think that that the edge and cornerback 660 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 3: because of all of the moves in free agency that 661 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 3: the Falcons have made to rebuild in a sense, or 662 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 3: not rebuild, but restock this wide receiver room and obviously 663 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 3: quarterback with Kirk Cousins, there hasn't been a lot of 664 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 3: defensive moves that that's not happened to this point outside 665 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 3: of bringing back Nate Lamon and Kenttavia Street. So I'm 666 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 3: really ready for the Falcons to make a splash defensive move. 667 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 1: And it's interesting, really cool, real quick. It's interesting that 668 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 1: you make that analogy because look at last season, okay, 669 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: last season in free agency defense dominate right, Sure, the 670 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: draft was the offensive side of the football, right you 671 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: had the running back and lineman come off the boards 672 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 1: right away. Okay, we're flipping the script right exactly all 673 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: offensive guys in free agency. Does that mean can the 674 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: fans shot. Can the fans say this is the year 675 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,560 Speaker 1: Atlanta's gonna attack the defense. 676 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 2: In the draft? I think you can. 677 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 4: And I think it goes back to the last two 678 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:12,960 Speaker 4: three years under Terry. It's been best player available versus need. 679 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 3: They did not need John Robinson, you know when you look, Yeah, 680 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 3: when you looked at that fifty three man roster when 681 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 3: the draft started, they did not need. 682 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 2: Jon Robins coming off a thousand yards. They did not. 683 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 3: I mean, I'll say this to I don't think they 684 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 3: needed Drake London when they got him. They didn't need 685 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 3: Cowpits when they got him at number four. Overall, they've 686 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 3: never been the type to really be like, oh, like, 687 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 3: we have to get this guy because we desperately need 688 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 3: an ed drusher, We desperately need a receiver like that's 689 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 3: never been this regime. 690 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 4: But does but does this draft? Does the position you're 691 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 4: right now give you best player available and need exactly 692 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 4: at the same time. 693 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 1: And that's a great analogy. 694 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 2: And we're gonna believe me that we're gonna be and 695 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 2: we're gonna talk draft. 696 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: We know we're about a month away and we're realitching 697 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: to get to that piece of it. But It does 698 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 1: give you a little intrigue. It gives you an idea. 699 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: And I think this is a draft that the best 700 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 1: player available is much closer together than a definitive Jon 701 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: Robinson is the best player on the board. You could 702 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 1: talk about Malik Neighbors and Dallas Turner and wow, we're 703 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: comparing that's pretty close. Right, So wide receiver, defensive back, 704 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: defensive lineman, edge rusher. 705 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 2: Hold on. 706 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:30,440 Speaker 4: I mean, before we leave, we have a guy here 707 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 4: who has seen this Falcons team and called every game 708 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 4: for that twenty. 709 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,800 Speaker 2: Years, right, twenty years. 710 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 4: We can't leave without Dave Archer saying what he thinks 711 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 4: the Falcon you can't get us. 712 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: It's not going to be funny because I fall into 713 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 1: the same boat that Tory does. I've been calling for 714 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 1: this guy, this. 715 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 2: Guy for the few years. 716 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: I truly believe that when we get to late April, 717 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 1: Atlanta is going to squeeze the trigger on what they 718 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 1: think is the best defensive player on the board, which 719 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 1: it's either a corner as you mentioned, or the edge rusher. 720 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,280 Speaker 1: There's some really good interior defensive linemen there. When you 721 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 1: begin to look at what that side of the ball needs, 722 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 1: landman surfacing, Troy Anderson coming back. You'll love your linebackers. 723 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: Your safeties look really good. You got one corner you're 724 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,720 Speaker 1: really excited about. You got a young corner that's coming on. 725 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,400 Speaker 1: Is that a spot wow? 726 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 2: We'll be back. 727 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 1: Come back for Tory mclahaney and DJ Dave Archer. This 728 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: has been Falcons Odie represented by AT and T Like, subscribe, 729 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,640 Speaker 1: review at Spotify, iTunes, Atlanta Falcons dot com, YouTube, and 730 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 1: by the way, go to Atlanta Falcons dot com because 731 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 1: Tory and everybody there there's an unbelievable job at keeping 732 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 1: you updated. 733 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:43,840 Speaker 2: Thanks for being with us.