1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: Guys. Disappointing loss yesterday in Cleveland, twenty eight sixteen loss 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: on the road. The biggest thing, though, is a missed 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: golden opportunity for the Falcons. The way the weekend shook out, 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: they had a chance to go five and four, and 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: that would have put them ahead of the Packers, the Seahawks, 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,959 Speaker 1: the Cowboys, and the Eagles, who were all sitting at 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: four and five. The Packers are four to four and one, 8 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: and it was a game they should have had that 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: We've been saying for weeks that they need to win 10 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: these games and they just came up flat. I know 11 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: you want to talk about the players not playing up 12 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: to their capabilities. You want to talk about the defense 13 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: struggle on first a second down. I don't care where 14 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,919 Speaker 1: you want to start, but go ahead, shock. I want 15 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: to hear your I did the game yesterday. You give 16 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: me what your thoughts are. I felt this was a 17 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: game where you look at both sides of the ball. 18 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: I think offensively, there was the rhythm wasn't there as 19 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: much as you wanted. There were times where you wanted 20 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: to the tempo, you wanted to move to football, you 21 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: wanted to play with a different pace and they held 22 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: you up at times as far as the referees where 23 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: a couple of times I saw that. And then defensively, 24 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: first and second down was big for me. You look 25 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 1: at the issue of being picking up five, six seven 26 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: yards on first and second down was a huge thing. 27 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: They were running the ball they would throwing a year. 28 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 1: They were having some quick throws, and the Falcons were 29 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: in their zero coverage and they were giving up some stuff. 30 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: But I thought it was too easy. The fact that 31 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: you rushed for over two hundred yards average seven point 32 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: three yards of rush, and a lot of that was 33 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: on first and second down. And for any rookie quarterback, 34 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: if you come in and you're on third down, it 35 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: it's third and two or three or less. It's an 36 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: easy game playing the call. And I thought you got 37 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: to give the Browns credit. They came in, they had 38 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: a really good game playing offensive league, get the ball 39 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: out of Baker's hands, run the ball, be consistent in 40 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: that part of the game, and the Falcons, I felt, 41 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: never really adjusted totally to what was going on on first, second, nine, 42 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: which allowed him to be successful. I thought it was 43 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: an excellent game plan by the Browns. They, like you said, 44 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: they got it out of Baker's hands quickly. A lot 45 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: of that, a lot of those staffs were padded by 46 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: a ninety two yard run by Nick Job. But they 47 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: didn't sniff Baker all day. I mean that first half 48 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: he was twelve or twelve at one point one or 49 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: sixty five yards two tds, no pressure. They didn't sack 50 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: him at all during the entire game. Well, the one 51 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 1: play he makes in the passing game, early in the game, 52 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: there's pressure, he gets pushed out of the pocket by 53 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: Grady Jared. And it's what Baker Mayfield can do. It's 54 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: why they drafted him, his ability to extend plays. He 55 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: gets out of the pocket. Now if in shock and 56 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: I you see this all the time, if a guy 57 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: breaks contained, can you stay on coverage. Alford's guarding Higgins 58 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: on a post route on the backside. They wanted to 59 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: take a shot on rhythm, but because of Grady Jared's pressure, 60 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: it forces the quarterback out of the pocket. So now 61 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,519 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield has to do the impromptu. He's got to 62 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: make something. That happened. Alford did not plaster coverage. He 63 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: was too far off of Higgins and it allowed Mayfield 64 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: to shoot it. Down the field for the first touchdown 65 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: of the game. So there was some pressure when he 66 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: was when he was when he held it. He just 67 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: didn't hold the ball very much. The ball was coming 68 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: out too quickly. The only way you take that away 69 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: is to hug up on coverage and you got to 70 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: be And that's another part that I'm going to get 71 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: into about playing your capabilities. But in commenting on what 72 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: Shock was saying, absolutely, I think that first and second 73 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: down completely put them in perfect position on third day. 74 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: One thing to play off of what you just said 75 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: to is you know that one play where the Browns, 76 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: I mean they those stats were padded largely do that 77 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: night by Nick chob former Georgia Bulldog, who had a 78 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: great game. But you know that play specifically too. I mean, 79 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: all day long, it seemed like he had some nice 80 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: lanes to running. And that play where he broke it 81 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: to the right, it looked like Duke Riley came in 82 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: and instead of filling that gap was blocked right out 83 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: and it opened. He never had to pause right Dave 84 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: and or stutter and the safety valve was Demante kyzy 85 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,119 Speaker 1: and he just came up and flat out. He came 86 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: in hot and missed the tackle. Yeah, that's a good point, Vick. 87 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: I don't think there's any question that you'd like to 88 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: have seen better technique on by both those players. I 89 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: think you'd like to see Duke be a little bit 90 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: stronger at the point there, maybe take that block on 91 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: a little bit more and maybe make make Nick Chubb 92 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: have to move his feet, stutter step his feet, which 93 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: would allow more hats to get to the football. And 94 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: then once he broke clean at that point, Casey's got 95 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: to be more of us safety. That's what you got 96 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: him in there for, to try to leverage. He came in, 97 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: as you said, fired his gun, missed and the rest 98 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 1: is history. Guys off on the night. Two yard run, 99 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: longest run and in the history of their program sounds 100 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: I mean it was us, Yeah, but you know you 101 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: think it surprised me too. Is the speed. I didn't 102 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: realize Nick Chubb was that fast. I mean, I knew 103 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: he had some speed, but some guys, I was really impressed. 104 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: It don't show up on like maybe a clock or 105 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: somebody have game speed. They got football speed. That's what 106 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 1: he had. And I think a point to both of 107 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: you guys made was Casey coming in hot and that's 108 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: kind of how we've seen him play all year. And 109 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: to Arch's point and your point as well as about 110 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: you being as safety is you gotta break down, and 111 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: that's been a big issue all season as miss tackles. 112 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: He comes in there and he you know, he's trying 113 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: to take job out right there, and instead of breaking 114 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: down and maybe forcing to back to maybe true fan 115 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: who's trying to hold this guy off, and he end 116 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: up you know, shooting his gun and bam, he's going 117 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: ninety two yards. You know, they had a great performance 118 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: against the Redskins week before against the run specifically, and 119 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 1: people got excited a little bit about this defense, and 120 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,239 Speaker 1: with Dion Jones back at practice, it kind of feels 121 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: a little deflated now. Archy after that performance any more 122 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: thoughts than just the miss tackles and just the defensiveformance 123 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: and just playing up. I know you want to talk 124 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: about playing after their capability. I mean, maybe not so 125 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: much the defensive side of the football. I think that 126 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: we just documented what happened on that play and you 127 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: pointed out, yeah, a huge crease in there that can't 128 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: happen defensively. But I think the Kazy play might be 129 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: indicative of what I want to talk about. Play to 130 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 1: your capabilities. I think that you have to understand your 131 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: position as well understand the situation in the game. Some 132 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: of that is the youth, the inexperience. I think Kazy 133 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: has become a I mean he leads the league interceptions. 134 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: I mean, good lord, the guys got five picks. Had 135 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: a big play in the game earlier with the interception. 136 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: So he's a ballhawk, playmaking guy. But he's going to 137 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: have to learn as he gets more playing time that okay, 138 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: I'm the last line of defense and make that play. 139 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 1: I think more so for us, I think we understand 140 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: some of our limitations defensively with some of the injuries 141 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: and the new players. Twenty one different guys playing defensive football, 142 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: so to dialect group in makes it a little bit difficult. 143 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: So it's paramount on the offense that you got to 144 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: play to your capabilities. I thought, even though Ryan had 145 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: thirty eight completions, which is a career high for him, 146 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,919 Speaker 1: I thought there were four or five misses in the game. Shot. 147 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: There was a early in the game, had a had 148 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: a hitch rout open, just misses the throw. There was 149 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: a there was another play where they were playing a 150 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: lot of too high coverage and playing really deep, really 151 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: giving up so many on first down, you got to 152 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: take that check down right, You got to take the 153 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: back of the flat, and he kind of late got 154 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: to the back and missed it. And so all I'm 155 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: saying is you you're at one in four. You used 156 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: all your mulligans. Okay, we hit it in the woods 157 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: a couple times and lost our ball. To give lose 158 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: a golf analogy, we don't have any more mulligans. So 159 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: you have to play to your level of your capability 160 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: or you don't. You're gonna have a chance to win, 161 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: and you're gonna give a game away like this. And 162 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: no disrespect to Cleveland, but that's a that's a that's 163 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: a defense that Atlanta should roll through. Didn't run the 164 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: ball against the too high So as an offensive line, 165 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: you got to take offense to that. If they're playing 166 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: two high safeties, that means two guys are completely and 167 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: I'm talking about they were in Marlborough Country, they were 168 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: way out there. Okay, so they're playing with a nine 169 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: man defense and two of those guys are displaced to 170 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: play receivers outside. So I got seven men that I 171 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: gotta block. I gotta take offense that if I got 172 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: tight end in the back and I'm running the football 173 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: and I can't run the ball against that. Yeah, and 174 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: some guy named Zettel, I don't even know who that is. 175 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: He has twots, he had two tackles on the year, 176 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: got a sack on Ran. I don't even know who 177 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: the guy is. Yeah, that can't happen. That's what I'm 178 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: talking about. You gotta play your capabill you're Jake Matthews, 179 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: you're Ryan Schrader, you're Alex Mack in the middle. Gotta 180 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: play your capabilities. And they just didn't do that in 181 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: this game across the board. And I think another big 182 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: it should I know the fans had with was what 183 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: happened down in the red zone would have happened, you know, 184 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: on the goal line, not being able to get into 185 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: the end zone and not being able to pick up 186 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: one or two yards down on the goal line. And 187 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: that's another thing. It's just to where you talking about 188 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: arches down on the goal line is man on man. 189 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: It's imano imano. There's no zone blocking, there's none of 190 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. You're trying to get one yard 191 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: and you're not able to get one yard. There's one potio, 192 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: say Tevin Coleman gets tackled for maybe a two yard loss. 193 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: Nobody even blocks the secondary guy coming right in and 194 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: makes a play. I mean, those are the small details 195 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: that you talk about of a game that hurts you. 196 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: And now you have to go on four front goal 197 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: from the one, and you gotta get in the shotgun 198 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: because you've had your chance to start of running in 199 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: and you're not successful doing it. So those are instances 200 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: where this offense for the past since week one has 201 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: been really good in the red zone, and to get 202 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 1: down to the one yard line that day of the 203 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: score is a big issue. Let me ask one of 204 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: you this question, speaking of being down by the goal line, 205 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: either one of you can take it. But the play 206 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,719 Speaker 1: to Hooper word, it looked like he was in and 207 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: then they didn't challenge it. What did you think of 208 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: the lack of a challenge? I know, and DQ said, 209 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 1: but what do you Well, my thought on the no 210 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 1: challenge was because we're down twenty eight ten at that point, 211 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: he couldn't afford the challenge and lose a time out. 212 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: He knew he was gonna need all this time outs 213 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: plus the two minute warning to get back into game, 214 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: and had you gotten in when it was really close, 215 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: it was gonna play out that way, you were going 216 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: to get the ball back with a chance to win 217 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: the game. So I thought Q did a pretty good 218 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: job there of holding it because how many times have 219 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: seen And I thought Tevin Coleman happy with the no challenge? Then, yeah, 220 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: I thought Tevin Coleman scored on the third down play 221 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: on the drive before. Yeah, he got here the goal, 222 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: and I thought he brought the plane. But do you 223 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: challenge that and get this mealy mouth, Oh well, we 224 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: can't tell. So the play stands is called, which we 225 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: get all the time, and you lose the time out. 226 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: So I thought Q was in a bad spot right 227 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: there to challenge, and so I understood why he did. 228 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: On the other time, I thought why he didn't challenge 229 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 1: It was you're on a half yard line. Yeah, you 230 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: go a fast, you quick, you score. You lose two 231 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: seconds at the most because you're gonna score anyway, and 232 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: you're thinking you're gonna score. So I thought that was 233 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 1: part of it. That's kind of what he said too. 234 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: He said he liked his chances of score well, and 235 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 1: as it turned out, the officials, guys, I don't know 236 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:43,839 Speaker 1: if you says to watch this too and let be 237 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: interested to hear what you guys think. I thought there 238 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 1: was an undue hold of the football by the officiating crew. 239 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: We had a chubby little line judge on the right 240 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: side that kept coming in so far to spot the 241 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 1: ball that they had to wait for him to get 242 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: lined up. Ryan was going to do the Drew Brees 243 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: Tom Brady talk to him after the game, dive over, 244 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: extend the ball. But because they couldn't get lined up 245 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: and immediately and immediately they jumped offside, so you couldn't 246 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:11,839 Speaker 1: get the ball snap When they came back the next time. 247 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: After the off side, they put a guy over the 248 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 1: over the center. There was a bubble over the center. 249 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:17,839 Speaker 1: Ryan was gonna be able to dive over. But because 250 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: they held the ball, now that didn't you know, I 251 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: didn't lose the game for you. Obviously, Cleveland out played 252 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: you and you lost a football game because of that, 253 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: But that kind of added to it. It just kind 254 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: of the frustration. Yeah, speaking of the you talked about 255 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: the defense, speaking of the offense, and the frustration there 256 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: throughout the first half of the season, teams have buying 257 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,559 Speaker 1: large been able to haven't been able to stop this offense. 258 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: Do you think the Browns, I mean, is a great 259 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: game plan, you know, keeping everything in front, keeping anything short. 260 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: Is that kind of you think it's a blueprint there 261 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: maybe how to kind of corral this offense a little bit. No, 262 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: because Shock will tell you Ryan will adjust. So what 263 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: you'll do from a play call standpoint, if you're sark, 264 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 1: if you're going to see a lot of too high, 265 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:01,559 Speaker 1: you're going to design stuff to go against the two high. 266 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 1: You've got to be able to run the football. I mean, Shock, 267 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:06,839 Speaker 1: I mean talk about that. I mean you got to 268 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: go to run the ball against essentially an umbrella looking 269 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: the secondary, which removes four defenders from the play. And 270 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: it's I was looking at there, looking at the game 271 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 1: as well, and I'm watching it on TV as opposed 272 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,719 Speaker 1: to you know, you guys being there and they were 273 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: literally twenty five yards deep, and I'm I'm looking at 274 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: it like, Okay, they're gonna run the ball every time 275 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: you come up and you end up not running the 276 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: ball and you're trying to you know, throw the football, 277 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: and they're just keeping everything underneath and the Founders are 278 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: known to have that play action part of the game 279 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:39,679 Speaker 1: and they have to use it. But you have to 280 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: be able to run the football. You have to have 281 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: that threat. And there weren't many creases in this game 282 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 1: to run the football, which is I don't know why, 283 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 1: because you frantically, like you said, you're playing with seven 284 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: guys in there respect the play action. Yeah, okay, so 285 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: there their second level defenders weren't biting on play action. 286 00:12:57,679 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: They saw what happened to watch you till the week before, 287 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: said screw that. Yeah, we'll defend your run game with 288 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 1: our front four and rally with our second level defenders. 289 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: We're going to take away those intermediate throws him but 290 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 1: in behind Julio Jones and too Snoo. We know that's 291 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: the that's your defense, that's what you guys want to do. 292 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 1: So then it becomes even more paramount. You gotta run 293 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: the ball, and it was even tougher. There a couple 294 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: of times the Falcons throw that skinny post to Julio 295 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,959 Speaker 1: or Thawt to whoever coming off the backside and who 296 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: was such tight windows. Sometimes Matt had to lay it 297 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: in a hole or he had to throw it behind 298 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: a guy trying to hold him up. Sometimes they were 299 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: playing that. They came in with a game plan, and 300 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: you know, I thought, yeah, I thought their coverage, defensive 301 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: coverage on those slants was very good. But like you 302 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 1: said a few weeks ago, we the Falcons need to 303 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: be able to demonstrate that they can run the football, 304 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: and they just haven't. I was talking to Michael Turner 305 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: about this too. At some point, you have to prove 306 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 1: that you can run the ball. They did against Carolina, 307 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: they did against Washington, but it just has been so inconsistent. Dave. Yeah, 308 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,839 Speaker 1: And I don't have an explanation for that other than 309 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: the fact that I keep going back to we're not 310 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: really a power running team. I think I've said that 311 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: a number of times on this on this show. Is 312 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: the fact that we're a stretch kind of finesse run 313 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: team and play action off that bootlegs we ran? How 314 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: many bootlegs we run? The four road back? So that's 315 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: kind of who we are, kind of a it's a 316 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: it's not a power come off the ball, which hurts 317 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: you when you get down inside the five yard line. 318 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: You can't knock anybody off the ball, so it becomes 319 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: a twofold scenario though, So if your play action is 320 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: not available and you're not able to run it, we 321 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: get what we got. Yes. And the other part of 322 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: the run game is because we're a stretched team. Defensis 323 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: know that, and their front four all they want to 324 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: do is stretch it out. Ye. But they can keep 325 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: you going parallel to the line of scrimmage and let everybody, 326 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: like you said, rally to the ball. It's tough to 327 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: run the football now. Week. You gotta have guys who 328 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: are gonna be a fire off even in that zone 329 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: scheme to change the line of scrimmage. You are listening 330 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: to the Falcons audible presented by AT and T. If 331 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: you want to give us a call, it's four seven 332 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: zero three four one four one seven seven. That's four 333 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: seven zero three four one four one seven seven Sam 334 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: Marks and our producer. Hey, Sam, did we get a 335 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: phone call? But we want to play? We got one 336 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: coming up. Hey. My name is Craig. I'm calling from Kerry, 337 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: North Carolina, right outside of Raleigh, and I wanted to 338 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: talk about the Cleveland game real quick. Um. What I 339 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: noticed was that Cleveland was using short drops, quick throws 340 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: to try to keep the pass rush away from Mayfield. 341 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: I noticed there was zero quarterback hits, zero sax, which 342 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: is really unusual. Um. Do you think that was part 343 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: of their game plan? Number one and number two? Um? 344 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: I did not watch the entire game after the fact. 345 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: I mean I watched the whole game live, but I 346 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: didn't watch the replay of it other than highlights. Did 347 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: we switch the man demand coverage to try to upset 348 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: that to make Mayfield hold the ball a little bit longer? 349 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: Thanks always believing the Falcons. We're gonna beat the Cowboys 350 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: up and down the field on Sunday. Rise up, good call, 351 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: And we did not iff Baker Mayfield at all yesterday. 352 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: It was certainly their game plan. Yeah, they knew what 353 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: they know that our base defense is a zone defense 354 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: where you're gonna play at depth, and so they were 355 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: going to take the quick throws, the slants, the play 356 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: action off and throw off like the Shock was talking 357 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: about with what we like to do, quick play, fake 358 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: draw the backers in throwing behind the hook advantage that 359 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: which means the balls coming out quick dumped the ball 360 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: to the backs, and we didn't do a very good 361 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: job of coming up and hugging up. Now later on 362 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: he asked, did we switched to man coverage? We did 363 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: switch to some man coverage to start traveling with guys. 364 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: But at that point Cleveland had staked themselves to a 365 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: twenty eight ten lead, and they just ran the ball 366 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: especially didn't do anything. But in the fourth quarter, didn't 367 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: really do anything, just kind of ran into the line 368 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: and punted a couple of times, and we couldn't make 369 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: anything happen on offense. Here's a quick concept that you 370 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: can look at as a fan to see. Excuse me, 371 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: how the Browns were trying to attack the foul They know, 372 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: like I said, plan at zone cover cover three, and 373 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: they ran what's we called simple like a hank concept 374 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,640 Speaker 1: or slant flat concept. And all they kid was runn 375 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: a slant or they ran a curl on the outside, 376 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 1: and you got to back in the flat right there. 377 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 1: If the corner sinks or the linebacker stays inside, he 378 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 1: throws it to the flat. You can see that happened two, 379 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,199 Speaker 1: three or four times in the game. He throw it 380 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: to the flat, back picks up four or five yards. 381 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 1: Now you're in second and four again if they're one 382 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 1: time they had a penalty and they got backed up 383 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: the first and fifteen or whatever it was, throw it 384 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 1: in the flat again. That's just them giving him an 385 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 1: easy out in the ball game and making the game 386 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,880 Speaker 1: playing simple for him, making the reads easy for him 387 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: so he didn't have to hold on to it. So 388 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 1: to the callers, you know, call that was exactly what 389 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 1: they wanted to do, was not put him in situations 390 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: where they know who they have at the quarterback position 391 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: is a guy who wants to throw it down the field, 392 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: who wants to take chances, but they limited him in 393 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,120 Speaker 1: that boy getting the ball in his hands quickly. Yeah, 394 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: we talked awful lot about Nick Chubb, but I thought 395 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: Duke Johnson too, played an integral part in that game too. 396 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: He's great out of the backfield catching the ball. Not 397 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,679 Speaker 1: to make too much of this, but we did. We 398 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: witness kind of you know, the coming out parties. Are 399 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: witnessing the coming out parties of two good players in 400 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, Nick Chub. I mean, is this something that 401 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: you think Cleveland is going to grow on and build on? 402 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: I mean they I was impressed with them. Well, yeah, 403 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: I think we both were. All of us were Baker Mayfield. 404 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 1: Whenever you play quarterback, shock going to to comment on 405 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: this as well. The more time you get you grow exponentially. Okay, 406 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: and you may have a bad game, but you learn 407 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 1: so much more. Like Ryan Ryan's learning curve, he still 408 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: learns some things, but it's nowhere near what Baker Mayfield 409 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: is getting each and every week he goes out there. 410 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: So he because he's getting looks he's never seen before, 411 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 1: and so is he has success so that his confidence rises, 412 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: but his understanding game exponentially goes up as well, and 413 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 1: you can see it. You saw it against Kansasy the 414 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: week before. If you looked at the tape, they lost 415 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 1: the game, he had twenty nine completions for almost three 416 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 1: hundred yards and two touchdowns, so you can see him 417 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: starting to get better. This time he was much more 418 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: efficient only through what twenty times or something like that, 419 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: completed seventeen of them for over two hundred yards and 420 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,640 Speaker 1: three touchdowns. He took care of the ball, didn't put 421 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: it in harm's way, and then Chubb really hasn't gotten 422 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 1: an opportunity. Last week against Kansas City, I think had 423 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 1: twenty two carries eighty five yards and a touchdown. That 424 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: was the most he carried the ball. I think if 425 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 1: he added up all his carriages prior to that. It 426 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,120 Speaker 1: was the most he'd ever had, and so yesterday obviously 427 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: he was They got him rolling two. So I think, yeah, 428 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: my comment is that, yeah, Cleveland should be very happy 429 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: about those two guys. Now, can you get some more 430 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 1: people around him. I think you saw that by them 431 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: getting rid of Carlos Hide and knowing that, hey we 432 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: got a guy who, yeah, who can you know feel 433 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: the load? And I think for the Falcon standpoint, it's 434 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 1: kind of similar tool we talked about with Kayz. There's 435 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 1: nothing like that game experience that you can learn from. 436 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: There's nothing like missing that tackle and a guy going 437 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: ninety two yards and you have to watch it over 438 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: and over on film for you to learn from it. 439 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: And that's kind of a similing thing that you go 440 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: through as a quarterback, as a running back, anybody on 441 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: the field, when you're getting that kind of time to 442 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: play when you were a young guy, it only helps you. 443 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: And the mistakes are the ones that you learned probably 444 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: the most from. I'm glad you brought it up. You 445 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: mentioned the word turnovers. Dan Quinn before this game said 446 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: the one thing we have to do is protect the 447 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: ball they the Browns came into the game with allegue 448 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 1: leading twenty three forced turnovers. We had two fumbles, one 449 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: resulted in seven points. The Senoo fumble, that was just 450 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: something that we could not afford, the Falcons could not afford. 451 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,919 Speaker 1: And to turn the ball over again another you know, 452 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 1: example of just shooting ourselves in the foot. Kind of 453 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: a lackadaysical play, really, mad. I think that when you 454 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,160 Speaker 1: were talking about it was first and fifteen. Sanoo catches 455 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: about a five yard ball. He's trying to extend the 456 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 1: ball for another yard to make it second and ten 457 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 1: as opposed to second and eleven. Really kind of a 458 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: lack of dasical play got to take her to secure 459 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: the ball, especially in your own in turn the ball 460 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: where we got a short field opportunity, they are able 461 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:54,679 Speaker 1: to punch it in and make it twenty one ten. 462 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,880 Speaker 1: So I opened this episode talking about a missed opportunity. 463 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: Has to be five and four and right there for 464 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 1: that sixth spot if the playoffs were to begin today. 465 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: Tough road to hoe now they've got four road games 466 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: out of their final seven. They have to go to 467 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: New Orleans, Green Bay, Charlotte, Tampa Bay. It's not going 468 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: to be easy. It's doable, but it's not going to 469 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 1: be easy. This this game Sunday now, not to talk 470 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 1: about the games ahead, but the one Sunday is huge. 471 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: Dallas is four and five. Both of them are clinging 472 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 1: to that playoff their lives here with the playoff birth, 473 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,880 Speaker 1: I thought, little Cowboys, Yeah, I thought, even even with 474 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: what happened in our game, you're fortunately got a little 475 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: help last night with or yesterday obviously the Eagles losing 476 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: the game. That actually helped Atlanta. Dallas winning that football 477 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: game helped Atlanta because you don't have the tiebreaker on 478 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: Philly if Philly beach you and Philly has been pretty good. 479 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 1: So Dallas pulls Philly back down to where you are 480 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: at four and five, you get Alice, so you can 481 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 1: take care of Dallas yourself. Green Bay sitting out there, 482 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: you mentioned you could take green Bay yourself. You get 483 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 1: to take care of them yourself there four and four 484 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: and one, so you have an opportunity to maybe take 485 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 1: care take out some of these teams in front of 486 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,119 Speaker 1: the problem is is the two teams that essentially are 487 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: wildcard teams right now is obviously Carolina and Carolina opened 488 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: the door by getting their rear ind thumped on Thursday night, 489 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 1: because that was why the fight you jump into five 490 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: and four knowing you get to play them again, you 491 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: had a chance to take care of them. That slipped 492 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,400 Speaker 1: back a spot in Minnesota, sitting there at five, three 493 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: and one, just behind the just behind the Bears. So 494 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: there's a little bit of a fight there. I think 495 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: the Bears are six and three, so a little bit 496 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: of a fight between those two. So that's the other team. 497 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: One of those two teams is in position to be 498 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 1: a wild card. So by losing this game, you let 499 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: that cushion still be two games as opposed to sinking 500 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: it up by one game. Yeah, missed opportunity. So let's 501 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 1: talk Cowboys a little bit. Obviously, they have a very 502 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: good defense and like to run the football, and Zeke 503 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: Elliott had a big night last night. Based on what 504 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: we just watched with Nick Chubb, should we be concerned 505 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: with a little bit about our run defense, Absolutely, number one. 506 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 1: I mean this is the number one concern going into 507 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,439 Speaker 1: this game. He's the one guy that can hurt you, 508 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: and he's the one guy that can change the outcome 509 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: of the game, and he's I think probably a different 510 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 1: back than Nick Chubb. He's a more dangerous bammy. Chubb 511 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: was dangers in his own right, of course, he you know, 512 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,399 Speaker 1: rush for one hundred sent me some yards. But Ezekiel 513 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: Elliott is the type of back that can be a 514 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: backbreaker for you, and he continues to come after you, 515 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 1: and they've shown the propension to throw him the football 516 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,679 Speaker 1: out of the backfield as well. Think the game that 517 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: they just played versus the Eagles, Dak kind of found 518 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: a little confidence here there. You're bringing Amari Cooper, who's 519 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 1: another guy who can help operation, can help him become 520 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,640 Speaker 1: a better quarterback with his experience. But this office comes 521 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: in here U needing a big win. This team needs 522 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: a big win, and they got it the other night. 523 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: They got two games on the road here, so they're 524 00:23:58,320 --> 00:23:59,959 Speaker 1: gonna be excited coming to everything and they can come 525 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: and change their outcome. They're looking at their season the 526 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: same way. It's a huge game from both times. How 527 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 1: about that though, that's a great point shock. Okay, they 528 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: win their game to go from five and three or 529 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,399 Speaker 1: four three and five to four and five on the 530 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: road in Philly. We lose our game in Cleveland to 531 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: fall to four and five They're coming in with a 532 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 1: completely different outlook from a fans perspective, from a team 533 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,959 Speaker 1: perspective coming in here than we are, and we get 534 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: the same record, which is kind of interesting. So now 535 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: perception is a player and I know the fans you're 536 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 1: going to be upset, and it certainly should be. But 537 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: the team can't fall into that same rut. Okay, hey 538 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 1: we just lost the game. We're four and five, because 539 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 1: Dallas is not thinking that we won a game. We're 540 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: four and five. We're back into mix. So you have 541 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: a chance to take care of one of those teams 542 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 1: like we talked about, But Dallas comes in as a 543 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: team that what you have to do. It's going to 544 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: be a similar scenario. Shock just talked about it. So offensively, 545 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: you have to operate, Okay, you cannot flop around on 546 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: the off fencive side of the football and not convert 547 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: on third down and miss opportunities. Like I said, you've 548 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: used up all your mulligans. We can't hit it in 549 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: the woods anymore now. No, And you know last year 550 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: when when the Falcons placed the face of Cowboys, they 551 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: were without Zeke Elliott, they were without Tyrone Smith, Adrian 552 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,679 Speaker 1: Claiborne had the success. It was a monster day. And 553 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 1: then we think they don't remember that. You think doesn't 554 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: remember that. I think they remember that because what happened 555 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: too is like their season became unhinged after that Falcons game. 556 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: They were done after that. So they may be coming 557 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: in on a high note. But I'm fairly certain that 558 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: players don't forget that stuff, right, So it's gonna be 559 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: a good game. It's gonna be a huge game. I 560 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: think it's great that the Falcons are at home. I 561 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: got one run, real quick thing. I want to see 562 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 1: what you guys think about this. We'll put our put 563 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 1: on our our personnel hats for a second here. Okay, 564 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: we've got two games in a four day span. You're 565 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 1: gonna play Dallas on Sunday and then you gotta go 566 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,880 Speaker 1: immediately turn around and go to New Orleans to play 567 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: them in their building on a Thursday night on Thanksgiving night. 568 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: Dion Jones is going to be eligible to come back 569 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 1: this week. Okay, obviously, if Debo's healthy, clean bill of health, 570 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 1: you're playing right. Knock on what. But so now, let's 571 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,919 Speaker 1: say that it's a little bit of a quandary for 572 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: coach Quinn and the defensive staff maybe not quite up 573 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: the speed. Knowing you got two games back to back 574 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: like that, what do you do based on what you 575 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: just said that we can't we have no more mulligans 576 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: and we can't afford to drop any more games. You 577 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: play him, Okay, you play him. They need to win. 578 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: I'd say he's on a pitch count. I think you 579 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 1: how do you do that? Though? Shock with him? You 580 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: have to protect him in certain stays aways. Obviously he's 581 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: good in all three downs. So that's a that's a 582 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: tough part about having a guy like Deon Jones healthy 583 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: back and in that short span. Because you bring up 584 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: a good question, I know that's something that they're definitely 585 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 1: have to struggle with it. I understand you saying the 586 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,040 Speaker 1: same thing. We can't have We don't have time to 587 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,959 Speaker 1: weight on this season or weight on him to you know, 588 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: get back. But this is just as big of a 589 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: game I think as New Orleans, and I think you 590 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: have to find a way to get him in the 591 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 1: ball game and situational things, whether it's whether it's on 592 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: third down where you know they want to you know, 593 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 1: put it back out, or or just his leadership on 594 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: the field is big and whether you you see how 595 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,400 Speaker 1: the game's going and see how how he performs. But 596 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 1: it's tough to put him on the pitch. Guy as 597 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,639 Speaker 1: a linebacker in the perfect world, you get up to 598 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 1: a big you get out to a big league that 599 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 1: get that offense going, and you know he needs before Yeah, 600 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 1: that's a good point. Arrest him a little bit at 601 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 1: the end, and it's gonna take him a little time 602 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,120 Speaker 1: to get up speed. Right, So we're thinking about okay, 603 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 1: Dion Joe to come back in and this give be 604 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 1: the same guy to intercept the Drew Brees and the 605 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 1: end zone to win the football game. Latch. Yeah, it's 606 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: gonna take him a little while to get back to 607 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: see in change and reacting things properly. Bec I don't know. 608 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if I understand this properly, and maybe 609 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: you can tell me now. So he had you had 610 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,439 Speaker 1: to keep him on the on IR and there is 611 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: no designation for him. He's just on IR and then 612 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:06,880 Speaker 1: you designate him to come back. Once he comes back 613 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 1: to practice, then that window starts. So tell me how 614 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 1: well how long is the window to lay? Actually declare 615 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,920 Speaker 1: had to miss eight games in the bye week doesn't 616 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:16,959 Speaker 1: count as a game, So as soon as he can 617 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,159 Speaker 1: return is the eighteenth three thing? Okay, But then you 618 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,640 Speaker 1: have a window now that he's come back to practice, 619 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,119 Speaker 1: you've kind of designated him coming back. So what is 620 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,199 Speaker 1: that window where you have to put him on the 621 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 1: way in the like twenty one days or what is it? Oh, 622 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,120 Speaker 1: I'm not sure. I'm not sure. Yeah, that's a good question, 623 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: and we'll have to we'll have to charge what I'm scenario. 624 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 1: I'm of the opinion this team can win and beat 625 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: Dallas without Dion Jones on the field. Okay. Um. I 626 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: think that if he's healthy and ready to go, and 627 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:53,479 Speaker 1: he goes through practice and there's no residual effect of 628 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: him practicing for a couple of days, then he plays. 629 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: But if he's sore and a little bit banged up, 630 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: I don't play him. I getting ready for new oral, 631 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: I have being ready for normals because it's gonna be 632 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 1: tough for him to play back to back games coming 633 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 1: right off of the injured reserve list. I completely concur 634 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 1: with what you're saying, and I said it earlier. No 635 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: Mulligan's left, so you can't give a game away. And 636 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 1: I'm not suggesting you give a game away by Dan 637 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: Jones being on the sideline. I think they, you know, 638 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: in looking at it, if we said with the final games, 639 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: if they went six and two finished ten and six, 640 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: that would give them a fighting chance. But if they 641 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 1: drop one more, they're gonna have to win out and 642 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: that's just gonna be tough to do um with a 643 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: slate they have. I agree with you. What do we 644 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: got seven left? Yeah, so we gotta go. We gotta 645 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: go six and one, six and one down the stretch. 646 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: Four on the road, got finish road Warriors. But they've 647 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: won once on the road this year. Don't tell me that, don't. Yeah, 648 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: and they still have one more ANC team to play, 649 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: and they've they've gone we couldn't beat the last year, 650 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 1: I know, one and three. Yeah, oh Buffalo, those were tules. Yeah. 651 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: Make sure we won't schedule Anes at all. That's gonna 652 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 1: do it for US. Falcon's audible, Dave Archer, DJ Shockley, 653 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: Matt Sebek peas out