1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: The fellas are back here with the Falcons Audible presented 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: by AT and T. We are back here to recap 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:10,159 Speaker 1: one game of preseason action in the books. These are 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: my guys, that's Shock, that's Arch. I'm rack otherwise known 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: as DJ Shockley, Dave Archer, Derek Rackley, here to talk 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: to you about all things Falcons and maybe a little 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: bit of NFL once it gets sprinkled in there. But 8 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: like I said, we've got an action, We've got some 9 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: action on the field that we got to talk about. 10 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 2: Plenty of things that we can discuss. We won't go into. 11 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: Too much detail because as we record this podcast, we 12 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: are four or five days. 13 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 2: Removed from that preseason. 14 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: Game and we'll kind of get amped up for the 15 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: next preseason game here coming up on Saturday at Baltimore. 16 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: But I got two guys right here that I asked 17 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: them before we came on the air. They were probably 18 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 1: separated by about twenty yards of actual distance in booths 19 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: okay down in Miami, as Dave called the game on 20 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: radio and DJ called the game on television. So I 21 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: got guys that watched every single play and they have 22 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: they have dove into the details and they've deciphered everything, 23 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:05,759 Speaker 1: and so now the. 24 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 3: Game just ended, by the way, Yeah, it feels like it. 25 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 2: It feels like it. 26 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 1: You're right about they are going to bring that knowledge 27 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: to you. So Arch, let me start with you. Let's 28 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 1: just get let's get like thirty thousand foot overall impressions 29 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: of what you saw in the game. 30 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 4: Yeah, sloppy probably would be. And I don't think Miami 31 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 4: would say anything different about where they played as well. 32 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 4: You're talking about guys in the back end of the roster. 33 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 4: There were some guys that probably going to factor into 34 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 4: down in and down out once we get to the 35 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 4: regular season, but a lot of the guys in the 36 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 4: back end of the ross scrambling to try to make 37 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 4: the team. So young guys, new guys, some of that 38 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 4: kind of stuff. But it was sloppy. Were there were 39 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,279 Speaker 4: the penalties that we talked about last week on the show. 40 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 4: There was some there were some mistakes here and there. 41 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 3: What you expect. 42 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 4: Game speed changes things. We can assimulate practice all we 43 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 4: want to, but game speed changes stuff. The one superlative 44 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 4: to me that jumps out. I know there was some 45 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 4: other ones, and I know Shock and I were watching 46 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 4: pinnis pretty close I'm sure the fans at home are 47 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 4: watching Pinis pretty closely be excited about the guy. I mean, 48 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 4: the dude has and I said it. I think I 49 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 4: tweeted out he's got the goods. He has it. Now, 50 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 4: did he complete every passage? Did he miss some? Yes, 51 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 4: all that happens, but there is a lot there to 52 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 4: be excited about. 53 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: Well, and Arch I'll kind of piggyback on that, like 54 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: sometimes you can tell with the things and you guys 55 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: know this as former quarterbacks. I was there at one 56 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: point in my life too. Is just like how calm 57 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: he looks, how much he looks like he expects to 58 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: be there, versus a guy that comes in, plays with 59 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: happy feet, looks nervous, makes bad throws like that wasn't 60 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: Penix like he seemed like it was just like he 61 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: was a month removed from wearing a Washington jersey. 62 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. 63 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: Now, granted, he's still got a lot of things to 64 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: learn because this game changes. It's going to change even 65 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: more once he goes up against starters, if and when 66 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: we see that opportunity. But that was one of the 67 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: biggest things that came away from this game. Was one 68 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 1: of the positive was that Michael Penix Junior, their first 69 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: round draft pick, played pretty well in his first action. 70 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 5: The one thing and I can say confidently that speaks 71 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 5: volumes of who he is and why you should be 72 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 5: excited about it is he had one comment to Dave 73 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 5: Archer after the game that I thought was exactly why 74 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 5: you should be excited and happy about who this guy is. 75 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 5: Arshe asked him, were you nervous after where you're nervous 76 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 5: going into this game where they any jitters? And he said, now, 77 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 5: I don't get nervous because I was prepared. Yeah, And 78 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 5: that right there speaks volumes going in. This is a 79 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 5: rookie going into his first NFL game, and everybody gets jitters. 80 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 5: But like you mentioned, when you watch him and we 81 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 5: watch him out hair Flyer brings, when you watch him 82 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 5: at second year when they had the first time in 83 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 5: front of fans, when you watch him at the bands, 84 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 5: when you watch him in the game, he looks like 85 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 5: it's always practiced. It looks like he's going on seven 86 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 5: or seven. He always looks like he's calm, looks like 87 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 5: he's always in a place where he's in peace. 88 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 3: Always feels like he has control. And I think that's the. 89 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,119 Speaker 5: Number one thing for a guy, especially playing this quarter 90 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 5: of exosition, knowing there's a lot of hype around him 91 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 5: coming in. Everybody wants to see what he can do. 92 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 5: And he was poised, he was confident. He made some 93 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 5: good throws. I think the number one thing that stuck 94 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 5: out to me was what Raheem talked about from day 95 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 5: one and his presser was he wants a guy that 96 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 5: can be able to be an elite processor, a guy 97 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 5: who can process information. And I thought there were a 98 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 5: couple times in the ball game where it was a 99 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 5: quick release balls out, I didn't have to get his 100 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 5: feet said, maybe he's, you know, one step into his target, 101 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 5: but it was an ackuld throw. 102 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 3: He was on him, let's get it out our hands. 103 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 5: There were a couple of players where I know, I mean, 104 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 5: I was literally I mean I almost stepped on my 105 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 5: play by play guy because I was so excited to 106 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 5: talk about this one particular player. He comes back and 107 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 5: he hits washing over the middle on the dig route 108 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 5: and you can see his head go right. Didn't like it, 109 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 5: had a little combination over there. They passed it off 110 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 5: from the defensive side and he comes back. His eyes 111 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 5: quickly get back to the dig route, hits the dig route, 112 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 5: but then the next step to that, which is what 113 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 5: you expect a guy that maybe who has played in 114 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 5: his lead two three, four years is he can see 115 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 5: the entire field. And this was the instance where yeah, 116 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 5: I got to did coming, But there's also another defender 117 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 5: right here. He doesn't throw him across the field where 118 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 5: this guy could possibly hit him, and then to be 119 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 5: a bang bang play, holds it up on the back shoulder, 120 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 5: and you're just talking about net one particular play, the 121 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 5: things mentally that he had to go through to get 122 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 5: to that point. 123 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 3: He's gonna be exciting to watch and arch mins. The 124 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 3: dude's got it. 125 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 5: The DU's got everything you want, and to see that 126 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 5: in his first game is exciting. 127 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 3: Yeah. 128 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: I mean I wrote down a couple notes when I 129 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: was watching the game, guys, and this might have been 130 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: the same play you were talking about. But right after 131 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: a false start, he comes back. He shows patience in 132 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: the pocket to hit Washington on a second and long, 133 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: and then on a third down he stares right down 134 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: the barrel of a free rusher running right at him, 135 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: gives his receiver a chance. I believe it was incomplete, 136 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: but he doesn't panic, right. He knows that there every 137 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 1: once in a while in this game, you're gonna have 138 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: free rushers in your face. But the really good ones 139 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: don't panic in they you'll find a way to get 140 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,239 Speaker 1: off a good thrower to give their team a chance 141 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: to be successful, because, as you guys know, on second 142 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: and third and short, there might be those times there 143 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 1: might be a breakdown on the offensive line where a 144 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: defensive tackle gets right in your face and you got 145 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: to make something out of nothing. And I saw a 146 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,239 Speaker 1: couple of those glimpses early on in his NFL career. 147 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: Like you guys said, that there's promise there. Now Here's 148 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 1: the interesting thing is that we hope that he's the 149 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: backup quarterback and that we don't really see him a 150 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: whole lot this year. However, that's the reason why this 151 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: organization went and got him that if there's a chance 152 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 1: that they need a backup quarterback, that they feel really 153 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: confident with the guy that they got coming in. 154 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 2: As a first round draft pick. 155 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 1: Fellas I believe if the Atlanta Falcons released before the 156 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: game is correct, I counted twenty two starters or significant 157 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: players that did not play in a game, which is 158 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: kind of the preseason as it stands now, same thing 159 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: could be said with Miami Dolphins. We didn't get a 160 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: chance to see a lot of the stars. There might 161 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: be some fans out there saying, well, I want to 162 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: see the these guys play this, that, and the other. 163 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: Understanding DJ that that health is the most important, especially 164 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: when I got a quarterback coming off an injury. But 165 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: for the average fan out there, how would you how 166 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: would you explain to them how to digest the preseason? 167 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 5: I think the number one thing is you look at 168 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 5: obviously your top twenty two to thirty and you say, okay, 169 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 5: those are the guys that you know, week in and 170 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 5: week out you absolutely need to depend on. But as 171 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 5: we know, this is a long season. You got seventeen 172 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 5: games in this year, and as we know, things happen, 173 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 5: guys go down for a game or two, and you 174 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 5: need guys who can feel this roster and can add 175 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 5: value when they're in the ballgame. There are a lot 176 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 5: of guys who look around this league who are six 177 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 5: seventh free agent guys who are a huge part of 178 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 5: what you do on a daily and a weekly basis 179 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 5: to get your team ready to play. Go back to DeMarco, 180 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 5: Helens from last year, a guy who was a seventh 181 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 5: round pick and shine and by the end of the 182 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 5: season he is just starting safety. But you don't know 183 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 5: that unless you see these guys in live action. There's 184 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 5: something to seeing these guys play when there's not a 185 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 5: coach behind them and they're yelling at them for the adjustment. 186 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 5: There's something to say where you have to communicate with 187 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 5: your guys on the field and you work it out 188 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 5: amongst yourself, as opposed to all right, let's rerun it, 189 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 5: let's rerack it again, let's see we can do it 190 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 5: again in practice. So there's something to that, And I 191 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 5: think obviously the norm in this league is let's get 192 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 5: our guys to the regular season. And in our own organization, 193 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 5: we saw last week losing you know, three guys that 194 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,319 Speaker 5: are absolutely gonna be a big part of what you do, 195 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 5: and you absolutely want to make those guys. You want 196 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 5: to get those guys to the point where, you know what, 197 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 5: we got a chance to compete week one. But then 198 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 5: the guys who we saw in preseason in practice that 199 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 5: hopefully we have brought these guys further up alan that 200 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 5: if somebody does go down, then this guy can step 201 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 5: up and he can feel. 202 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 3: The boy and be good to go. 203 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: DJ to your point, like, let's just say, for conversation purposes, 204 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: you say, well, why do we even have the preseason. 205 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: Let's not have the preseason anymore. Let's go back to 206 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: your example with the Marco Hellms. We don't have preseason. 207 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: He likely not make the active roster last year because 208 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: he got hot in the preseason. He showed the Falcons 209 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: what he could do on the field in the National 210 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: Football League in the preseason. You can always go back, David, 211 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: look at the tape from college. This guy was a 212 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 1: really good player in college. How many times have you 213 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: guys seen a really good player in college get on 214 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: the field the NFL and these different. 215 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 5: Can you trust one of your kids to go driving 216 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 5: out in the road before they've gone out. 217 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 2: And they've learned at first exactly. 218 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 5: Going out with you first to say all right, let's 219 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 5: practice it first. Now you're gonna be like, nah, I 220 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 5: don't trust you just now. I think the coaches go 221 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 5: through the same thing. 222 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 4: I think the tough one for the fan to digest, 223 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 4: and it is for me too. I think any of 224 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 4: us that are are excited about this team potentially where 225 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 4: this team could be is okay, DeMarco Hillms was a 226 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 4: young guy and earned his stripes in camp last year. 227 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 4: In fact, it was in the Miami game in the interception, 228 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 4: so you think, okay, well he ended the season a starter. 229 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 4: Why is he in the game? You know? And so 230 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 4: that's one that it's hard to get your head around. 231 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 4: Brayln Tri who's a guy that's really kind of worked 232 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 4: himself into being probably a rotational guy, maybe a start 233 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 4: at the defensive end spot. You know, why is he 234 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 4: in the game? You know, So there's no perfect answer 235 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 4: for the coaches. They're trying to get guys back up 236 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 4: to get up to speed. So a young guy, these 237 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 4: are two young players. I wrote down why the preseason, 238 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 4: preseason game is all question mark game speed for young players. 239 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 4: Young players have to get a feel for how to 240 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 4: ramp up. As much as you like to think college 241 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 4: football is all that, this is a completely different level. 242 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,559 Speaker 4: So you've got to be able to ramp to that. 243 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 4: But there is no perfect answer, Well, why is this 244 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 4: guy in the game and this guy's not in the game. 245 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 4: You know, at some points you got to play some people, 246 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 4: and unfortunately those two guys got hurt and if you 247 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 4: go back and look at the plays, Helms gets hurt 248 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 4: by his own player. There's a screenplay when the linebackers 249 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 4: comes in and dives to make the tackle and his 250 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 4: ankle gets caught. It looks like Hellams is going to 251 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 4: get back at some point, but it looks like it's 252 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 4: an ankle injury. For Trice, it's a really kind of 253 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 4: a non contact deal. He's rushing the passer and just 254 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 4: kind of push his foot his foot in the ground 255 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:08,719 Speaker 4: and get it kind of torque. It's just one of 256 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 4: those weird things. Well, you're trying to guard against that. 257 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 4: You're trying to keep guys from getting hurt. As Shock said, 258 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 4: get them to the regular season. Yet you got to 259 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 4: get some guys up to speed, and so it's a 260 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 4: really fine line that the coaches have to bounce. 261 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean going back to your point for rookies 262 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: and first year players. You know, we talked about for 263 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 1: quarterbacks being an elite processor, but that goes with any 264 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: position because all these guys are having to learn a 265 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: new system, they're learning new terminology, and how quickly can 266 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,079 Speaker 1: they process that information and make it to where they 267 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: can succeed on the field. Right you're a defensive back, 268 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: you start learning the new calls. 269 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 2: Right. 270 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: It's different to sit here with a notepad or an 271 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: iPad and know that on cover two, I've got this responsibility. 272 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: But then to see motion happening in front of you, 273 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: hear people talking, hear the crowd screaming, and then be 274 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: able to process and react all in that short amount 275 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: of time. That's the reason why those young players have 276 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: to be on the field to see if they can 277 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:08,239 Speaker 1: process that information and then can they turn that information 278 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: into making plays. And that's how you end up making 279 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: the football team. 280 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:12,719 Speaker 2: If you're a. 281 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: Seventh rounder and undrafted free agent, maybe a first year 282 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 1: player that's kind of been tossed around the league a 283 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: little bit. 284 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,680 Speaker 5: And it's funny you just say that, because what comes 285 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 5: to my mind is a guy who made a play 286 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 5: in the ballgame. Kevin King made a play in the 287 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 5: ball game, had to intercepting a big playing a game. Yep, 288 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 5: he's been out for the last thirty months. I haven't 289 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,559 Speaker 5: played in two years. How about confidence for a guy 290 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 5: to get in a ball game and feel like, yeah, 291 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 5: I do belong, Oh I still can do this. 292 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 3: For a guy who've been around for five six years. 293 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 5: But this is a guy who's still Okay, I'm coming 294 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 5: off a couple of injuries. How about confidence playing in 295 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 5: a ball game that gives them that word offall, you 296 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:47,959 Speaker 5: know what, I still can do this, And a lot 297 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 5: of guys need that going into preseas, Like they mentioned, 298 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 5: getting that game speed is a big deal because obviously 299 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 5: we know it's different from practice to a game. But 300 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 5: guys like that who were coming off injuries, or guys 301 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 5: who hadn't played in a while, guys who were on 302 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 5: practice squad last year and this is the chance to 303 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 5: play in a live game action, you need that confidence. 304 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 5: I was one of those guys who I felt good 305 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 5: in practice, but I still wanted to know what it felt. 306 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 3: Like to do it. 307 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 5: And sustain drives to you know, it's third and six 308 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 5: and you have to make a play like you want 309 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 5: to see it happen in live game action. So that 310 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 5: gives you confidence to feel good about yourself, let alone. 311 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:22,599 Speaker 5: Oh I got approven to the coaches. A lot of 312 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 5: these guys, they got approven to the self. 313 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, reciprocal on that. The last part of what Shaq 314 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 4: was saying there is it's also the confidence for the coach. Yeah, 315 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 4: I got to know I can put the guy in. 316 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 4: I got to know that Kevin King, who was a 317 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,319 Speaker 4: good player in Green Bay. Twenty nineteen, he had over 318 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:39,199 Speaker 4: sixty tacks with the corner spot in five interceptions. As 319 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 4: Shock said, he hadn't played the last two years, kills 320 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 4: ten injury last year. He walked away from the game 321 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 4: in twenty two for some personal reasons. So you're two 322 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 4: years removed from the game. All of a sudden, he 323 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 4: comes up. The biggest play, leads to a touchdown, He 324 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 4: has a huge interception, almost had another interception. I think 325 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 4: he was responsible for getting the ball out on one 326 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 4: of the fumbles too. So the guy showed up big time. 327 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 4: So me as Jimmy Lake, wait a minute, Yeah that's 328 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 4: the guy we saw on tape back in twenty nineteen. 329 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 4: So I'm good. So confidence is kind of goes both ways. 330 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, you as a player, you get the confidence from 331 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 1: getting back on the field, But you want those coaches 332 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: to go back in the meeting afterward and be like, hey, 333 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: Kevin King could still play. In opinion, like this guy 334 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: right here, he's going to do some things for us, right, 335 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: That's what you're looking for to get out of the preseason, 336 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: whether you're an established veteran that's looking to make a 337 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: comeback or you're one of the earlier players, younger players. 338 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 2: So Arch I want to come back to you. 339 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: Let's let's talk a little bit about more about these injuries. 340 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: Not in detail as far as the injury goes, but 341 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: one of the biggest stories for this organization in the 342 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: offseason was pass rush. They didn't address it in the 343 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: first round, which is what most people thought was going 344 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: to happen, to get a pass rusher to upgrade that 345 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: side of our defense. Didn't happen. But then we're thinking, Okay, 346 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: maybe this brayln Trice kid is going to be pretty good. 347 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: Showed some flashes out in training camp. Then all of 348 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: a sudden, he ends up going down. So let's just 349 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: kind of assess where you think we're at from a 350 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: pass rush perspective, and now where the production is going 351 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: to have to come from. 352 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 4: Well, and I thought this all along, and I think 353 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 4: you guys did too. We talked about I think last 354 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 4: week this defense is gonna hunt as a pack, and 355 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 4: so if you're gonna let's say you want to get 356 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 4: to that bar of forty five sacks, don you I 357 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 4: think what we have last year shock twenty forty one 358 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 4: sacks or something like that. We finished like twentieth in 359 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 4: the league, so there were more sacks a year ago. 360 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 4: I think that the two teams Kansasy's gone to the 361 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 4: super Bowl and won the Super Bowl. Last two years, 362 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 4: they've been in the top two or three in sacks 363 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 4: the last two seasons. Okay, so yeah, the Chris Jones 364 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 4: is coming in and again getting his if you can 365 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 4: hunt in a pack, and I think that's the idea 366 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 4: and why what I'm saying there is first and second 367 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 4: level guys are gonna have to contribute in that, and 368 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 4: based on what we're seeing from practice, that's kind of 369 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 4: who they're gonna be. They're gonna kind of be I 370 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 4: mentioned I say, I think I called them an amoeba 371 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 4: are They're going to kind of morphinning out of three 372 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 4: four four to three, the nickel pressures, different guys being 373 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 4: those pressure guys, linebackers, sliding from outside to inside, inside 374 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 4: to outside. I think there's a lot of variance to this. 375 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 4: So I don't know that there's going to be one 376 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 4: guy that's going to step forward. Now do some guys 377 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 4: have to step forward to maybe fill the role that 378 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 4: it looked like Brayln Trice is going to play. 379 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 2: Yeah. 380 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 4: Absolutely, I mean D'Angelo Mohonne. This is a big moment 381 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 4: for him. He was a monster on special teams in 382 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 4: this Can he step his game up? You know now 383 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 4: that he's a veteran player to come off the edge, 384 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 4: you know, Bradley and I this is an opportunity for 385 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 4: him kind of lost in the shuffle in Dallas and 386 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 4: was a guy coming out of Utah. You thought, Wow, 387 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 4: this guy could be a pretty good player and really 388 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 4: has kind of been lost in the wilderness a little bit. 389 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 4: So can he find something there. But it's going to 390 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 4: be accumulation. Lonzo Carter, Arnoldlebkatie's got to come. I thought 391 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 4: Arnold had a pretty good game from from pressure standpoints 392 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 4: in the game. So it's going to be an accumulation 393 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 4: of guys. I don't think it's going to be a 394 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 4: bulk of guys. 395 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 3: Yeah. 396 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: Shock. 397 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: We saw last year with Jesse Bates his ability to 398 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: steal possessions away from imposing offenses with the interceptions. But 399 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 1: I think we would all agree up here that if 400 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: you're going to play great defense National Football League on 401 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: second and third down, you either have to create negative 402 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 1: yardage plays to put teams behind the chains, or you 403 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 1: got to get off the field on third down. 404 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 2: And a lot of that comes with pass rush. 405 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: So yes, we weren't necessarily thinking that Braylan Trice was 406 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 1: going to be the guy. But however, Jimmy Lake in 407 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: this defense, in whatever cast of characters we see on 408 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 1: the field, they got to provide tackles for loss, get 409 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: off the field on third down. That's the way you're 410 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: gonna win the National Football League. 411 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 5: And I think we've heard from a couple of different 412 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 5: guys who play in this defense right now. They're talking 413 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 5: about the versatility, the things that they can do within 414 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,680 Speaker 5: this defense, like are just mentioned playing three four, four 415 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 5: to three pressures coming from all different ways. Well, there's 416 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 5: also that complimentary part where we talk about from the 417 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 5: front end to the back end helping each other out. 418 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 5: Let's go back to the interception once again. One guy 419 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 5: who are talking about the guy Zach Harrison, the guy 420 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 5: in his second year, was the guy who got pressure, 421 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 5: forced the throw to be a little bit maybe behind 422 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 5: or maybe late. Then the quarterback wanted to throw it 423 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 5: and Kevin It makes the interception. Front and working with 424 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 5: the back end, and sometimes it's not all about getting 425 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 5: that quarterback to the ground. We've heard it. Yeah, we 426 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 5: love sacks. Everybody wants sacks, but sometimes the pressure what 427 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 5: they call the havoc rate, getting around the quarterback making 428 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 5: him uncomfortable. As darg and I both know, there's a 429 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 5: little bit of bodies around your arm, round your legs 430 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 5: can cause an inaccurate throw, and that was one of them. 431 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 5: Zach Harrison coming up the middle, using games, whatever it 432 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 5: may be, is a way that you absolutely can can 433 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 5: create those type of turnovers and helping your back end 434 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 5: as well by getting pressure on the quarterback, because as 435 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 5: we know, there's a lot of guys in this league 436 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 5: who ain't gonna hold on to the rock. We got 437 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 5: a guy here and Kirk Cousins who if you're watch 438 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 5: him in practice, the ball's coming out. 439 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 2: Yeah. 440 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 5: So if you can't get to them, or you can't 441 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 5: force the issue by pushing it from the middle, it's 442 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 5: gonna be a long day. But if you can find 443 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 5: ways to get pressure on him and kind of change 444 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 5: that picture for a guy, I don't care. I mean 445 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 5: how many years you're playing this league. That's gonna cause 446 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 5: any guys some issues. 447 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: Create some of those off schedule throws from the quarterback 448 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: right because there's only a couple of them in the game. 449 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: Look at like a Patrick Mahomes like, he still makes 450 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,479 Speaker 1: the miraculous play when he's under pressure, he's forced outside 451 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: the pocket. He's got that innate ability to do it. 452 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,400 Speaker 1: But there's not a ton of guys out there that 453 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 1: can make those magician type plays if you just force 454 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,679 Speaker 1: them to get off schedule a little bit. When these 455 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the NFL can work on time, they got 456 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: they have protection up front, they have allow their receivers 457 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 1: to get people open and stuff like they're gonna pick 458 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: you apart. But if you can end up creating some 459 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 1: of that havoc as you talk about, they can find 460 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: some success. Guys, let's kind of let's just change gears 461 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 1: here and let's talk about this. We're all coming from 462 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,919 Speaker 1: the when we played the era of you played four 463 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: if not five preseason games with an international game, and 464 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 1: so I want you to guys to kind of equate 465 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 1: where we're at in the preseason. Okay, So these guys 466 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 1: for Atlanta Falcons right now are going into their let's 467 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: call it their second to last preseason game, which in 468 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,640 Speaker 1: again in years past, that was game number three, which 469 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: was generally like considered the most important one. Things that 470 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: might have changed a little bit, obviously the starters are 471 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: not playing as much. But DJ just start by saying, like, 472 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: what's the mentality of the players right now is they're 473 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: kind of getting to their second to last preseason game 474 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: and starting to feel the regular season getting a little 475 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: bit closer. 476 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 5: I think there's different feelings for different guys. And I 477 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 5: say that to say, there's guys who know they're going 478 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,400 Speaker 5: to be on this team. They're guys that know, come, 479 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,439 Speaker 5: you know, week one versus Pittsburgh, they're gonna have a 480 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 5: shot to be on his team. And you're looking more 481 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 5: forward to, Okay, let's fine tune our skills so that 482 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 5: we're ready to go by week one, and we had 483 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 5: on all silers. 484 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: You're one of those twenty two that didn't play in 485 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 1: the game against Miami. You're feeling all right, yeah, you've 486 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 1: got a roster spot. 487 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 2: One feels good opening weeks. 488 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 5: But then there's another spectrum of guys where I was 489 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 5: on that for many of years and you felt like, man, 490 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 5: I only got a few more opportunities to put out 491 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 5: there that I deserve to be on this team or 492 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 5: still playing a National Football League period, because there are 493 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 5: a lot of guys who this may be their last 494 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 5: time with a shot. So you're talking about maximizing every 495 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 5: opportunity that you have and realizing. Man, when we started 496 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 5: training came, it looked like he was gonna be a 497 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 5: long way to go. It looked like we had four 498 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 5: or five weeks we got all these games in practice. 499 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 5: But now you're looking at it like, Okay, here's the 500 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 5: limited opportunities for me too, baby, showcase who I am 501 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 5: and what I can do. And now every rep kind 502 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 5: of heightens. Every rep in a game matters, every single 503 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 5: play you look at like, I can't make a mistake. 504 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 5: And for a lot of guys, this is the part 505 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 5: of the year, the part of the camp where you 506 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 5: really have to be focused on absolutely doing your best 507 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 5: because if not, the time is going to be shot. 508 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 3: Cut real short. 509 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 5: So I think for most of the guys on this team, 510 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 5: that's where they stand. A lot of guys are looking 511 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 5: forward to Yeah, we're watching film on Pittsburgh, but a 512 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 5: lot of guys are coach, what else can I do? 513 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 3: How can I be better? One of the things I 514 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 3: need to do to make this team arch. 515 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: I think one of the things that has helped in 516 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: this stage that we're in the preseason is knowing that 517 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: the rosters have expanded by means of practice squad, right, 518 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: so guys know that they've got a better chance of 519 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: at least sticking around because the practice squads are bigger 520 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: than they used to be. But to DJ's point, it's 521 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 1: kind of like, you still have to have this. There's 522 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: a saying out there, be where your feet are right, like, 523 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: just think about the moment that you're in right now 524 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 1: in succeeding and giving everything that you have right now. 525 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: Because you can't predict or think what's going to happen 526 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: in the next preseason game or in the third quarter 527 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 1: when you might get in there. You got to take 528 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: advantage of what's happening right now. And that's what these 529 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 1: guys that maybe are on the fringe, they're on the 530 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: bubble have to worry about, is just studying practice hard 531 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: during the week and then when you get your opportunity 532 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:41,640 Speaker 1: in the game, you got to go make something happen. 533 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, Kirk Cousins said it in his press or this week. 534 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,959 Speaker 4: He was asked about you know, this is what his 535 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 4: thirteenth training camp or whatever, and if you go back 536 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 4: to high school, this is twenty two consecutive years he's 537 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 4: been in a training camp. So he hadn't had any 538 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 4: August off, right, So he talked about I have to 539 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 4: find folk and fine focus means I think about Wednesday. Okay, Wednesday. 540 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 4: I'm gonna make Wednesday the best Wednesday I've ever had, 541 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 4: and that I'm going to shred the defense and I'm 542 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 4: going to take advantage of every opportunity and put all 543 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 4: my guys up to bat, and I'm going to be 544 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 4: the best Kirk Cousins I can be from a leader standpoint, 545 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 4: from ball distributor standpoint to whatever it encompasses a quarterback 546 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 4: on that day. And it's exactly what you're talking about 547 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 4: is I've got to take advantage of each moment. The 548 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 4: interesting part about that is there's a big picture element 549 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 4: to this guy, as you guys both know. I asked 550 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 4: Kurt about, Okay, how important is it that you guys 551 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 4: have an identity and what is your identity? Is your 552 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 4: identity more schematic based or is your identity established how 553 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 4: we're going to play, because you're not going to know 554 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 4: how you're going to play, probably until you play Pittsburgh. 555 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 4: So how do you establish he says, He said, it 556 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 4: was a combination of the two. How we practice, put 557 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,919 Speaker 4: things together, our intensity, our focus. You're talking about on 558 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 4: today and getting better and stacking the days like we 559 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 4: hear said, and you talked about that last week, and 560 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 4: then also knowing that, Okay, this personnel group, this set 561 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 4: of plays, backbone plays. We dominate on these plays and 562 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 4: they're they're they're like washing our hands. We know exactly 563 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 4: how to do it. And it's interesting too. I think 564 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 4: we've all played on teams that the identity you want 565 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,640 Speaker 4: to establish that identity you want to hit the ground run. 566 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 4: This is not an easy schedule. The Falcons are going 567 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 4: to play coming out of the box. You have a 568 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 4: pretty you need to have a pretty good idea who 569 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 4: you are, and you might not know that until the 570 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 4: first two or three series of the Pittsburgh game, right, 571 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 4: but it's going to have to come pretty quickly. 572 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think it's still an opportunity a 573 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: time to be optimistic just because of the pieces that 574 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 1: you've brought in, the pieces that returning from years past. 575 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: But again, like you said, hearts, not until we actually 576 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: see them on the field in a regular season game, 577 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 1: and you could say preseason two. 578 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 2: But as you guys all know, the coaches are holding 579 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 2: everything back. 580 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: I mean, it's real basic, and it's like, we can't 581 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 1: really take advantage of you because we're running the most 582 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 1: simple inside outside zone, the crossing patterns, I mean, the 583 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 1: basically the things that just get taught at the at 584 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 1: the most elementary level in the National Football League. And 585 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 1: they don't start working toward towards all those game planning 586 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: things until Pittsburgh week comes around. 587 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 4: But those are all building blocks exactly. So they we've 588 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 4: were we're building a house. Okay, it's a new house. 589 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 4: We got a new quarterback, new coach house. But we're 590 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 4: building a house and we're putting a foundation. And so 591 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 4: that foundation is what you're talking aly. And so now 592 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 4: when we game plan for Pittsburgh or Philly or KC, 593 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 4: now we can we just stack little pieces around on 594 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 4: the house that is a firm foundation and we can 595 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 4: hit the ground arts. 596 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 2: You can't. 597 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 1: You can't enjoy the stainless steel appliances to the electronics 598 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,479 Speaker 1: in the media room floor and all that stuff if 599 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,160 Speaker 1: you ain't got the foundation set right, If you don't 600 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 1: have them walls, you got to have the walls. You 601 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: gotta have the floors and all that stuff before you 602 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: can enjoy the surround. 603 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 2: Sound in your home theater. 604 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 5: Uh. 605 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: So we're still working on the foundation right now as 606 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: we gets her to experience in. 607 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 2: A round sound far Steelers. 608 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 3: No, man, I mean, I mean you had that like 609 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,400 Speaker 3: it was ready, like you was like I. 610 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 4: Just had Really, I just saw how expensive was reside. 611 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 2: Oh sidebar. 612 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: I talked to a friend of mine that said something 613 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: about she had to she had to get her pipes 614 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 1: redone in her house because like the pipes at her 615 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: house were copper, and the guy suggested that she. 616 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 2: Got rid of all those and change them all out. 617 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 2: Guy told her twenty three thousand dollars. 618 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 3: Oh no, who just happens to have twenty. 619 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 2: Three thousand dollars in their house just laying around? 620 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean maybe these guys were the falcons. 621 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 2: I don't speaking of the Falcons. 622 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 1: They'll be back in action on the road again this 623 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 1: weekend at Baltimore playing against the Ravens, and they might 624 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: see Lamargin has an early game. Some changes Now. Normally 625 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: preseason games are seven PM games, but yeah, we get an. 626 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 4: Earlier played a noon game on on Eastern coast, East 627 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 4: coast time. Uh couch college. Okay, go to college, Yeah, 628 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 4: but not a not an NFL game. They got to 629 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 4: get us out of the way because I guess the 630 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:06,160 Speaker 4: Orals and Red Sox are playing at now Arch. 631 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 3: Is that that too early to have some crabcakes. 632 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:12,360 Speaker 1: And that's when you know we're in the preseason when 633 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: they got to get you out of They got to 634 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,400 Speaker 1: get the NFL out of the way for a baseball 635 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: game after that, because guess what second week is. 636 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 2: September comes around, the NFL will. 637 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: Get out of the way and nobody we are the 638 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 1: biggest show in town once we get to the second 639 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: week is September. All right, that's going to wrap it 640 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 1: up here. The Falcons Audible presented by AT and T. 641 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,400 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for watching us. As always, like Scratt, subscribe, subscribe, 642 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:37,119 Speaker 1: you gotta kind of slow that word out and review 643 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcast material Spotify, iTunes, Atlantafalcons dot 644 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: Com or YouTube. Hopefully we'll be back with more to 645 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: discuss next week after the Falcon second preseason game against 646 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 1: the Baltimore ravens On, behalf of Shock and Arch. 647 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 2: I'm Rack, Thanks so much for joining us. We'll see 648 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 2: it next time.