1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: Mild two to the kind of slips. What's up, Falcons 2 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: fans and welcome back to Falcons final whistle. I am 3 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 1: here with Tory mclahaney overlooking Mercedes Benz Stadium. We've got 4 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: some postgame activities involving some children down here on the field. 5 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 2: Black football. 6 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: All yeah, I mean it looks like Deren Blast. They're 7 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: going through a variety of drills right now. It's great. 8 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: We're here to talk about the Falcons thirty seven to 9 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: nine lost to the Seattle Seahawks. It is a loss 10 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: that is officially eliminated Atlanta from the postseason. They were 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: out gained by Seattle three hundred and sixty five to 12 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 1: two seventy four, lost the turnover battle three to one. 13 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: They didn't score a touchdown. And Tory, anytime you have 14 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: kind of those stats that I just read out, it's 15 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: it's not gonna be a good day, is it. 16 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 3: No, No, it's not. Those are kind of like all 17 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 3: the things that out in a loss, right like in 18 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 3: any these kids that were looking at running through their drills, 19 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 3: if they were to play, you know, their seven year 20 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 3: old pee wee league, if they were to turn the 21 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 3: ball over as much as the Falcons did today if 22 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 3: they were to allow a. 23 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: One hundred yard kickoff re turn. 24 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 3: You know, the fundamentals of the game are the same 25 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 3: whether you're playing it at seven years old or you're 26 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,839 Speaker 3: playing it at twenty five years old in the world 27 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 3: on the world's biggest stage. And that was very evident 28 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 3: today with the Falcons. 29 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 2: And for lack of a better word, what they weren't 30 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 2: able to do. 31 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 3: It was very shocking to me how quickly the team 32 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 3: went from playing pretty well in that first half, especially defensively. 33 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: Yep. 34 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 3: I mean it was pretty lights out defensively up until 35 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 3: that final drive where it set him up for a 36 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,639 Speaker 3: field goal at the very very end of that second quarter. 37 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 2: But prior to that that, you know, you were like, oh, 38 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 2: they're in it. 39 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 3: Like they're they're making plays. This defense was fun to watch. 40 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 3: And then you come out of halftime and just the 41 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,839 Speaker 3: dagger of that one hundred yard kickoff return, followed immediately 42 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 3: by a fumble, followed immediately by interceptions thereafter, and all 43 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 3: the while the Seahawks are scoring like yeah, the I 44 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:25,119 Speaker 3: think that third quarter was the most points differential that 45 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 3: the Falcons have had in a very very long time, 46 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 3: giving up as many touchdowns and as many scores as 47 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 3: they did to Seattle. 48 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I mean we knew that this Seattle was 49 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 1: a good team coming in here. This was going to 50 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: be a hard fought if even if the Falcons brought 51 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: their best game, and that is why, you know, the 52 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: first quarter, as you mentioned, they're keeping things tight, they're 53 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: kind of doing what they need to. But then the 54 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: rest of the game happened and the end result drops 55 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,959 Speaker 1: Atlanta to four and nine on the season. But let's 56 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: go ahead and kind of dig into this game. For 57 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: those who are new here, here's what we do. We 58 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: go four quarters of action. We got six minutes per quarter. 59 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: When our quarter ends, we have this sound and that 60 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: is going to tell us to move right along. So 61 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 1: let's start first quarter. Falcons officially eliminated from the playoffs. 62 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: That was always going to be the case if they 63 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: lost on Sunday, and it's really it is just kind 64 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: of a disappointing season the way everything is unfolded, and 65 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: this was kind of an exclamation point on that. 66 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, one hundred percent, this was a team that going 67 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 3: into I mean, no one made it any type of 68 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 3: secret at all that twenty twenty five was supposed to 69 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 3: be the Falcons year, like at the bare minimum, was 70 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 3: supposed to be the year that they were ahead of 71 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 3: the NFC South, And now you're kind of looking at 72 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 3: where the NFC South stands and it's like, is the 73 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 3: Carolina Panthers or are they going to be the NFC 74 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 3: South champions because as it stands right now, the Tampa 75 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 3: Bay Buccaneers have lost I think five of their last seven, 76 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 3: including today losing to the New Orleans Saints, which if 77 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 3: the New Orleans Saints would have beaten Tampa Bay and 78 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 3: the Falcons would have beaten the Seahawks, then you're still 79 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 3: talking about like the Falcons are still alive. But of 80 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 3: course now we can't say that despite the fact that 81 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 3: the Saints did what they needed to do, they were 82 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 3: held up there end of the bargain for it. The 83 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 3: Panthers obviously on their bye week this week. So I 84 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 3: think it's one of those things that I think I 85 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 3: said this to you last week when we were talking 86 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 3: about how what Carolina did to the Rams last week, 87 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 3: only extrapolated like how bad the Falcons should feel after 88 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 3: coming off of their last loss against the Jets. Now 89 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 3: seeing the Saints beat Tampa Bay having already beaten Carolina 90 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 3: earlier in the year too, Like that just goes to 91 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 3: show that this NFC. 92 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 2: South was right for the taking. 93 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 3: Yes, and the Falcons did not show up in twenty 94 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 3: twenty five to take what I think a lot of 95 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 3: people thought they could. 96 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, it just felt like this was a year where 97 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: you just had to be in the mix. Yeah, you 98 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 1: just had to kind of tread water. You didn't have 99 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: to be a dominant team, right that. You look at 100 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: the NFC West the NFC North, Yeah, those are going 101 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: to be absolute kind of slugfests, I think, all the 102 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 1: way down the stretch. But the NFC South is competitive, 103 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: but it's not competitive in the sense of domination that 104 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: you're seeing some of the best teams in the other 105 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: divisions have. And so yeah, that is especially given the 106 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 1: way that Atlanta's defense turned the corner this season. You 107 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: on paper at the beginning of the year, if I 108 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: told you that one simple fact that hey, Atlanta's defense, 109 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: we're going to be kind of going into the bye 110 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: week being like, oh my god, Atlanta's defense number one 111 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: and DVOA like all of these things, you would say, Yeah, 112 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 1: I'm going to feel great about Atlanta kind of being 113 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: in the mix come week fourteen and not being officially 114 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: eliminated at the end of it. Yea. And you know, 115 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: I'm wondering though, if at the end of the day, 116 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: does is the outcome all that matters from this game 117 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: or does the way that Atlanta and that outcome happened 118 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: matter as well? Yeah? 119 00:05:58,279 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 2: I think it matters. 120 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 3: I think if you would have gone and played this 121 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 3: game for off four quarters the way you've played the 122 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 3: first two. 123 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 2: Then you feel a bit better. 124 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. 125 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 3: I don't think you're ever gonna feel great because a loss, 126 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 3: regardless was going to eliminate you because of everything that 127 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 3: you have done or not done to this point, right, 128 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 3: So yeah, I. 129 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 2: Mean I don't think there are any more of a loss, right. 130 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, But you could at least be like, well, this 131 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 3: defense really played great for four quarters. That didn't happen, 132 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 3: or this special teams unit really got their heads on 133 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 3: straight that didn't happen, or this offense really moved the 134 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 3: ball Beajeon was running all over the field that didn't 135 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 3: really happen. 136 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 2: Despite the fact that I felt. 137 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 3: Like they had good moments here and there, or even 138 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 3: something along the lines of like you have receivers that 139 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 3: you feel like you can rely upon outside of Drake London, Like, 140 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 3: can you feel any of that type of way after 141 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 3: a performance like this, I don't think you can. 142 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: No, absolutely not. Yeah, I mean I think this everybody 143 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: coming into this game. I heard a couple of things, right. 144 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 1: It was Seattle is one of the best teams in 145 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: the NFL, and man, this is going to be a 146 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: hard a hard game. 147 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 2: Yeah. 148 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: I also heard a lot of people being like, this 149 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: is the game Atlanta kind of wins sometimes, right, you 150 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: think back to Buffalo, or you think back to some 151 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: of the bigger games against bigger teams or marquee teams 152 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: kind of coming in here, and sometimes that's when Atlanta 153 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: plays its best football. It gets up for the challenge. 154 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: As much as we kind of shake our fists at 155 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: some of the like head scratching losses, they also have 156 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: some really surprised underdog wins. That wasn't the case at 157 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: all today, and in some ways it not only illuminated 158 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: or continued to shine a light on some of the 159 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: issues that have plagued the season or the team all season, 160 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: it may have like identified a few more. 161 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I think that some of the to your point, 162 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 3: like these aren't new issues. You know, the special teams 163 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 3: giving up one hundred yard kickoff return is not a 164 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 3: new issue. This is now the third week in a 165 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 3: row where they've given up a seventy plus yarder Falcons 166 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 3: offense on third down, they're one of one thirteen, one 167 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 3: of thirteen today, which enough I think is the Yes, 168 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 3: it's the worst mark in a game with ten plus 169 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 3: attempts since nineteen ninety one for this team. So all 170 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 3: of that to say, like a lot of these things 171 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 3: aren't new. 172 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 2: They're not new things. 173 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 3: We've been talking about special teams over the course of 174 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 3: this season. We've been talking about the falcons inability to 175 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 3: move the ball and third down for the entirety of 176 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 3: the season. So that's why I understand where the fans 177 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 3: frustration comes from. Because those things aren't getting fixed and 178 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 3: they're showing up. It feels like more and more instead 179 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 3: of less and less, which is what you want, and 180 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 3: to show sign up things being fixed. 181 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, like it kind of is. What is left 182 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: to play for at this point is at least a 183 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: sense of improvement, right, is that the areas that you 184 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: have identified in the Falcons had a big one. They 185 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: can point to you in the red zone. That was 186 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: an issue early on that did get fixed, but third 187 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,599 Speaker 1: down has continued to be a problem, perhaps one of 188 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,319 Speaker 1: the biggest problems for any team in kind of the NFL. 189 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: They are have not been good for a while. 190 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 3: Kirk literally said last week that if the Falcons can 191 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 3: look at third down over the next five weeks of 192 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 3: the season and feel like they improved. 193 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 2: There, you feel a bit better about what you have 194 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 2: going on offensively. 195 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 3: You just put up your worst third down percentage since 196 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 3: nineteen ninety one. Like so, that thing, though, what you 197 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 3: said last week didn't happen. 198 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 2: That's not on Kirk. That's on the whole team. It's 199 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 2: on the whole operation. 200 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: Absolutely it is. And we'll continue to see where they 201 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: go from there. But we are going to continue right 202 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: along to the second quarter. Oh boy, look at that topic. 203 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 1: Note offense is a major concern at this point. I 204 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: kirk cousin speaking of him. He has been solid in 205 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: his last two starts, but today not so much right, 206 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: not so much to write home about. He finished fifteen 207 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: to thirty four, one hundred and sixty two yards, zero touchdowns, 208 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: two interceptions. One was kind of tipped off, but it 209 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: was just not a great day. I think writ large 210 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 1: for the offense. Kyle Pitts had a good game, but 211 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: Jean Robinson had his other you know, his typical game. 212 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: But when you're one of thirteen, like that's the headline. 213 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: Did you notice any commonalities on third down? I know 214 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: you kind of did a deep dive into Atlanta's third 215 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: down midway through the season. Was there anything today that 216 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: stuck out to you? Or was it kind of here 217 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: and there and a bunch of different things. 218 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 2: I mean, it's the same. 219 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 3: I feel like a broken record saying this, but it's 220 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 3: like third down situations for this team are. 221 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 2: Not like one size fits all. 222 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: Yeah. 223 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 3: Well, you know, like they had some penalties that pushed 224 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 3: them back and got them off like off track. They 225 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 3: had some third and shore opportunities that they just didn't convert. 226 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,559 Speaker 3: Like there were no It wasn't like I could sit 227 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 3: here and say, and I even said this weeks ago 228 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 3: when I was going through all of the third down issues. 229 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 2: It's like I wish I could sit. 230 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 3: Here and say that there is one or two things 231 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 3: that are that's happening on third down that if they 232 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,439 Speaker 3: fix these one or two things, it's gonna magically change 233 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 3: what they're doing on third down and their production on 234 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 3: third down. I can't say that, and I think that's 235 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 3: why it's such a difficult problem to fix. Ultimately, it does, 236 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 3: I think, come down to execution and executing what you're 237 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 3: being asked to do, but also kind of you know, 238 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 3: there were a couple screenplays that I didn't necessarily think 239 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 3: were executed accordingly, one of which was the David Sills. 240 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 3: He tipped it up and the balls intercepted, like I 241 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 3: think the interceptions on a couple. The couple of the 242 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 3: interceptions was the ball hitting a receiver in the hands 243 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 3: and being tipped up into the air, and that was 244 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 3: exactly kind of what we saw last week against the 245 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 3: Jets too, on that final two minute drive, one of 246 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 3: the final two minute drives where Kirk's putting it on 247 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 3: their hands and they're not catching the ball. 248 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: Like. 249 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 3: There are just certain things that, especially when it comes 250 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 3: to third down, like these are critical situational moments that 251 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 3: you need to show up for. And I don't know 252 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 3: if I don't think there's been more times than not 253 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 3: that the Falcons collectively have shown up on third down, 254 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 3: regardless of what the situation is, regardless of down and distance, 255 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:04,719 Speaker 3: regardless of time on the clock, where they are in 256 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 3: terms of score, all of it. 257 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,959 Speaker 2: Like it's not again, it's it's hard to say that it's. 258 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 3: One thing, and if they fix this one thing, it 259 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 3: means that their entire third down operation would be different. 260 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, it would be one thing if kind of like 261 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: your interior blocking was just letting you down consists. So 262 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: it's like, all right, we got to adjust and go 263 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: outside of the tackles or we got to improve in 264 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: that era. But yeah, there have been just a number 265 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: of things and it is really hard when it's it's 266 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: drops and. 267 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, well I think even like three of the turnovers 268 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 3: came on third down, like the Bajon fumble he had 269 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,199 Speaker 3: the first down, he fumbles the ball, Like those are 270 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 3: just things you can't have happen. Like if you again 271 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,839 Speaker 3: critical moments where you need to move the chains at 272 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 3: that point, it's just like all right. 273 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: Like well, it's also it's the difference to in opponent 274 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: last week in this week is the Falcons were kind 275 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: of making those mistakes and it felt like it allowed 276 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: the Jets to stay in it and then ultimately win 277 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: the game. In this one, it was like the Falcons 278 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: need to play clean football and get that turnover by 279 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: Mike Cues and do X, Y and Z probably keep 280 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: up with the Seahawks, otherwise you're gonna get kind of 281 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:07,959 Speaker 1: blown out. 282 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 3: Well, you bring up a really good point about the 283 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 3: turnover by Mike Cues, the one that tipped off of 284 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 3: aj Terrell's hands and into Mike Cues's hands. I think 285 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 3: that there was a stat that I really wanted to 286 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 3: pull up. Oh, yes, here it is. The Falcons have 287 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 3: struggled to turn turnovers into points. So even if the 288 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 3: defense is doing their job and getting hands on the balls, 289 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 3: recovering fumbles, et. 290 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: Cetera, et cetera, you're not doing anything with. 291 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 2: You're not doing anything with it. 292 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 3: With it the Falcons, as of today, they have scored 293 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 3: just nineteen points off of sixteen takeaways this season. Further 294 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 3: context in that is that the only team with fewer 295 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 3: points off takeaways is the Jets with ten points. You 296 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 3: want to know how many turnovers takeaways they've had this 297 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 3: year two two to Atlanta sixteen and yet they have 298 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 3: nine points less. 299 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 1: And they so they did score those, Yes, they did 300 00:13:57,640 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: score points on each of those. 301 00:13:58,880 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 2: They don't have any takeo. 302 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: Wow, that is a great stat. Yeah, I was actually 303 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:08,559 Speaker 1: looking into the third down stuff. And so since Week eight, right, 304 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: these last seven games for Atlanta eight through fourteen, the 305 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: Falcons have a nineteen point five percent conversion rate on 306 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: third down. That's really when their struggles began. That is 307 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: among the lowest since two thousand. I started kind of 308 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: going there being like, this has got to be maybe 309 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: third lowest. Or it turns out there are a few 310 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: teams in seven game stretches that are like fifteen percent, 311 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: but they're not company you want to keep. 312 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like, oh, I don't want to be with 313 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 2: those people. 314 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: It's like the Chicago Bears teams and Arizona Cardinals and 315 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: New York Jets from the early two thousands who were struggling. 316 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: So Atlanta really again, it kind of is a couple 317 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: of things, but I think chief among them is a 318 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: lack of really trusted options with Drake London off of 319 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: the field, and you know, Darnell Mooney has been kind 320 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: of a disappointment this season relative to where he was 321 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: last year. Saw kind of the drop touchdown today, but 322 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: the maybe the swing play of the game early on 323 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: was that what seemed to be at least to me 324 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: a touchdown by Darnell Mooney. Officials call it ultimately incomplete tory. 325 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: Can you break down everything that happened there early on? 326 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, So it's tough. So we did have a poor reporter. 327 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 3: Josh Kendall went and had a conversation with the with 328 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 3: the league officials about what happened, why they called what 329 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 3: they called, and essentially, and I'll kind of give you 330 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 3: the spark Notes version of this because I think it 331 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 3: can get a little bit convoluted. 332 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: But. 333 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 3: Officials stuck to the call that he did not re 334 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 3: establish himself after running out of bounds on the route. 335 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 2: So that was the call in the field was that. 336 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 3: He got he was out of he ran out of bounds, 337 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 3: came back in, caught the ball before he was truly 338 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 3: established back in the field of play. 339 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 2: So they stood by that. 340 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 3: They also added that even if they did feel like 341 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 3: he actually did re establish himself back in the field 342 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 3: of play, that it actually would have been an illegal 343 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 3: touch because they felt like Darnell Mooney went out of 344 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 3: bounds on his own volition, Okay, And an important part 345 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 3: of that piece, so that was what was ruled on 346 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 3: the field, and an important part of that is that 347 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 3: that is not a reviewable entity. 348 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: So if you so, the call on the field is 349 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: going to be the call, right. 350 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 3: So if he did, even if he did get pushed 351 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 3: out of bounds, and I haven't gone back and watched 352 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 3: the replay, even if he does get pushed out of bounds, 353 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 3: if that's not the call that was on the field, 354 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 3: that's not a review. You can't go back and be like, well, 355 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 3: he was pushed out of bounds, so that's why all 356 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 3: of this happened. That's not Unfortunately, that's not a reviewable 357 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 3: set of circumstances. 358 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, and so the end result because I believe 359 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: that was a third down play as well. Yeah, so 360 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: the Falcons instead of getting a touchdown there at the 361 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: end of the second quarter, they run out the field 362 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: goal team, they tack on a field goal, but then 363 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: Seattle ultimately kind of moves right down the field and 364 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: they race that three point lead the built and it 365 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: really felt like just kind of a momentum blow. 366 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 3: Well, it was interesting because Rahiem are saying, Kurk cousins, 367 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 3: we're all We're both asked like, was that a backbreaking moment? 368 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 2: Was that a momentum swing? 369 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 3: And Raheem Morris especially said no, I don't think it was. 370 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 3: It felt more like the kickoff return for a touchdown 371 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 3: coming out of halftime was more of the momentum swing, 372 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 3: is what he said. 373 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, hey, getting those two back to back, 374 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 1: that's pretty great. Yeah, not great. All right, Well, that 375 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: is our whistle, So we will move into halftime, and 376 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: as always, halftime is presented by Microsoft co Pilot. So 377 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:30,959 Speaker 1: today's halftime stat we're going to talk a little bit 378 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 1: about Jean Robinson, who had a good game outside of 379 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 1: that fumble. On Sunday, as usual, go check out Tarren 380 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,880 Speaker 1: Walk's piece on Atlanta falcons dot com kind of highlighting 381 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: what Bijon has been able to accomplish even in the 382 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 1: midst of a down and disappointing year for the Atlanta Falcons. 383 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: But on Sunday, he became the third player in NFL 384 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: history with at least thirty five hundred rushing yards and 385 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: fifteen hundred receiving yards through his first three NFL seasons. 386 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: That is insane, and he joined on that list Hall 387 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: of Famer Ladanian Tomlinson, who is one of my favorite 388 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: players to compare him to, yeah, and maybe one of 389 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 1: my favorite all time Falcons William Andrews, who is perpetually 390 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 1: overlooked just because there's not that much film on him, 391 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 1: but he was amazing. 392 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:17,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, he is the one guy that every time Bjon 393 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,479 Speaker 3: breaks the record, he's breaking his record. 394 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: He's William Andrews is awesome, but so is Bajon Robinson. 395 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 3: It's so unfortunate that this team is four and nine 396 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,679 Speaker 3: right now, as I think we said on the Friday 397 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 3: five podcast, and it's even something that I said, I'm 398 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 3: writing a story on why Jean Robinson deserves your Pro 399 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 3: Bowl vote. 400 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:35,120 Speaker 2: Which he does. 401 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 1: Oh absolutely. 402 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 3: That is one of the things is like, if this 403 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,199 Speaker 3: team was nine and four, if this team had a 404 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 3: five hundred record, if they still were kind of in 405 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 3: playoff talks, playoff contention, Bjeon Robinson is a name that 406 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,439 Speaker 3: would be known league wide. 407 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 2: What he's doing this year and the numbers he's putting. 408 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 3: Up would be talked about by everyone because what he's 409 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 3: doing is so crazy and it sucks that it is 410 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 3: being overshadowed by the team underperforming overall. 411 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, anybody who watches the Falcons game, I 412 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: do think comes away being like, oh, oh yeah, he's 413 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 1: one of them. Yeah. But like you said, the team's 414 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: success does matter when you're talking about the overall national 415 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: view of a player, unfortunately. So that is our halftime 416 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 1: staff presented by Microsoft co pilot Jean Robinson. You keep 417 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,160 Speaker 1: doing the Jean Robinson things and really watching it, are 418 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: going to roll right along to the third quarter. Let's 419 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about Atlanta's defense. You kind of 420 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: noted them up top. I thought they started out strong. 421 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 1: James Pierce Junior specifically really kind of got off to 422 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 1: a good start. What'd you make of their beginning performance, 423 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: and then we'll get to the overall performance. 424 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 3: Yeah, so it felt like this is like kind of 425 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:47,640 Speaker 3: like an old adage, old cliche that gets used quite 426 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 3: a bit, but it really did feel like the tale 427 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 3: of two halves because their first half performance and what 428 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,360 Speaker 3: they were able to do, and how uncomfortable they were 429 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 3: making Sam Darnold in the pocket, like the turnovers, and 430 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 3: they just felt like peak Atlanta defense. How fun they've 431 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:05,639 Speaker 3: been to watch all year. That's what it felt like 432 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 3: in those first two quarters. They ended up having a really, 433 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 3: really impressive first half. Statistically, they gave up just six points, 434 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 3: which is the fewest in the first half this season 435 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 3: for them one and eleven total yards, the fewest first 436 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 3: half yards this season. Seven first down second fewest in 437 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 3: the first half this season, fifty five net passing yards, 438 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 3: the second fewest in the first half this season. 439 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 2: So they were putting up some of their It was 440 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 2: one of their. 441 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 3: Best halves of football as a collective unit, and then 442 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 3: it just got absolutely flipped on its head coming out 443 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:40,159 Speaker 3: in the second half. 444 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, like Seattle's granted this is the first 445 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 1: first possession, but their first possession minus ten yards. I 446 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: was like, they're on pace to have like negative one 447 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:50,959 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty yards in this game. That's crazy. 448 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 3: It's like Georgia Alabama negative three rushing yards like in 449 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 3: the SEC championship. 450 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 1: Plug. Yeah, good ocks, goods SEC champions once again. 451 00:20:59,320 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 2: What up? 452 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: But yeah, it was that has been the case for 453 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: a few of these games. Tampa Bay week one, same 454 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 1: exact thing. You start out and you're like, all right, 455 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 1: Tama's offense, Baker Mayfield, here we go. And then they're 456 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: in the shadow of their own end zone and they 457 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,120 Speaker 1: never escape it, and they like didn't for the entire 458 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: first quarter to It was really the moment that I 459 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: think I felt that shift for Atlanta's defense was after 460 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: Bajon's fumble. Yeah, and that was kind of the first 461 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: moment where Atlanta really needed to step up and kind 462 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,159 Speaker 1: of keep them in this game. At that point, it 463 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 1: was still a two possession game, I believe, and really 464 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 1: allowing Seattle to march down the field in the way 465 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: that they did with a couple of explosive plays. A 466 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: couple of conversions. 467 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:48,199 Speaker 3: Was that the touchdown from Darnold to JSW that was 468 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 3: Aj Traill's the first touchdown that he had given up 469 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 3: all season long. 470 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, at the pass and. 471 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:59,160 Speaker 3: That knowing that too, like that's such a dagger as well, 472 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 3: because AJ had it's been I mean, he was good 473 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 3: to start this game as well. He was, And I'm 474 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 3: not saying that any of this is on AJ. Like 475 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,719 Speaker 3: JSW has been one of the best, if not the 476 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 3: best receivers in the NFC, like so. 477 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 1: But he started this game with like five targets, two 478 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: receptions for nineteen yards. I was like, they're trying to 479 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: hit a third down play where it looked like JSN 480 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,159 Speaker 1: was going to pick up the first down and he 481 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: kind of punched the ball out and ends up bouncing 482 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: a yard short. YEA. So it was. 483 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 2: That was the thing going into this game. 484 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 3: I think we even talked about it on the podcast, 485 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 3: like I remember saying, and I don't know if I 486 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 3: said this on our podcast or I went on a 487 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,199 Speaker 3: Seahawks podcast this week, but saying kind of like, you 488 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 3: know that jsw is gonna get his Like he's too 489 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 3: good to not have his moments. It's about limiting those moments. 490 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 3: And I felt like in the first half he was limited. 491 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 3: I felt that way. And then but then after that 492 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 3: kickoff return fumble, they go down and score, Like that 493 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 3: momentum shift in the early the first half of the 494 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 3: third quarter was such a game changer for how the 495 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 3: rest of the game went. 496 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 1: Yes, and all right, So I've got these numbers from 497 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: next Gen Stats speaking of AJ and Jackson Smith and Jigba. 498 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,439 Speaker 1: So they matched up against each other twenty two times, 499 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 1: and on those twenty two times, JSN caught five passes, 500 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: seven targets for eighty one yards and a touchdown. So 501 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,719 Speaker 1: that's definitely a win, I think for Seattle's top receiver. 502 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: But when you look at some of the games that 503 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: he has had and he did end up with, you know, 504 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: a pretty good game here in Atlanta ninety two yards 505 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,360 Speaker 1: two touchdowns. I think any receiver would take that any 506 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: day of the week. But I think it's also safe 507 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 1: to say this was probably AJ's worst game against an 508 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: individual receiver this season, So I think that puts into 509 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: perspective ultimately how well AJ has played, Yeah, throughout the year. 510 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,880 Speaker 1: It's just it's kind of life of a corner, it is. Yeah. 511 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 3: I mean, that's the thing is, like, you you have 512 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 3: to have a certain level of thick skin to play 513 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 3: corner because you are out on an island so much, 514 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 3: and your mistakes are amplify FID tenfold like a lot 515 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 3: of you know, sometimes unless an offensive limban gives up 516 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 3: a sack or something, you don't necessarily it's one of 517 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 3: those things that you don't talk about him unless it's 518 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 3: like blatantly obvious that something went wrong. And sometimes corner 519 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 3: ends up being that same type of conversation. 520 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 1: Absolutely. Yeah. And fourteen of those twenty two times they 521 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,959 Speaker 1: went against each other, he was in coverage against him 522 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: was man coverage. Yeah. So that's a high level of 523 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 1: faith from Jeff Ulbrick in AJ trel again against the 524 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: receiver who is more productive than any other in the 525 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: league so far. This year, So I mean, we'll get 526 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 1: to kind of like some of the building pieces of 527 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 1: Atlanta's defense, I'm sure on future episodes. Right now, though, 528 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:46,719 Speaker 1: it is there enough here about Atlanta's defense that you 529 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: kind of still feel good going into the offseason putting 530 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: a lot of your focus on the offense or does 531 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,439 Speaker 1: it feel like no, there's some areas here that you 532 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: still really need to invest in going into the offseason. 533 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 3: You have a lot of decisions to make. I say 534 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 3: a lot, it really is only a few about how 535 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 3: you're going to handle personnel. Because Caiden Ellis is on 536 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 3: a contract ear so if you do have him walk, 537 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 3: what is that? What is the next iteration of the 538 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 3: interior look like? Knowing that when Divine Diablo wasn't out 539 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 3: there for four weeks when he was on air, that 540 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 3: made a difference in how Atlanta played, So like, if 541 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 3: Cayden Ellis wasn't out there, how big of a difference 542 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,679 Speaker 3: would he make by not? And I do think it 543 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 3: would matter greatly. So you have a decision to make 544 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,439 Speaker 3: within the interior. You like the way a lot of 545 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 3: these young guys are playing. You have ajhrell on for gosh, 546 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 3: a number of years he just signed an extension not 547 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 3: too long ago, so I am. I'm okay moving forward 548 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 3: with a lot of the core individuals that you've had 549 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 3: this year, and you hope that you see a shift 550 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 3: in kind of their ability to make the most out 551 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 3: of the moments ultimately matter, right like those big third downs, 552 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 3: the interceptions, the turnovers, the like, you know, not letting 553 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 3: them march down the field with two minutes to go 554 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 3: in the second quarter before end of half, like those 555 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 3: type of things. 556 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: Definitely, and I do think that this is a defense 557 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: ultimately that is built to protect a lead, which unfortunately 558 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 1: the Falcons have not been able to do much this season. 559 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:29,439 Speaker 1: But moving to the fourth quarter, if defense we feel 560 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: pretty good about, aside of from some of these key 561 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 1: decisions you have to make, then I do think you 562 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: shift your attention to the other two phases of the 563 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 1: ball for this offseason and where it's concerned. And to me, 564 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: Sunday's game clarified and also cemented a couple of areas 565 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 1: that the Falcons definitely need to address this offseason. Chief 566 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: among them is special teams. Yeah, and that has been 567 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 1: something that Atlanta has been able to hang its hat on. 568 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: You know, one phase or the other right, when Avery 569 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: Williams he was here, you had some really good punk 570 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: returns and kickoff returns. 571 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 3: He led punt return average by like a significant margin 572 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 3: that one year. 573 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 1: It was crazy. And so this has been a unit 574 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 1: at times again you've been able to kind of rely on. 575 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 1: This year, that is not the case. Seahawks blocked a 576 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: field goal yeah, early in this game, and then of 577 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: course the one hundred yard touchdown return to start the 578 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 1: second half that it felt like a momentum shift. 579 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 3: For sure, it was, and that was It was also 580 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 3: one of those things because you can't think about that 581 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 3: moment in a vacuum. Because again I think I said 582 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 3: this at the beginning of the pod, this is now 583 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 3: the third major kickoff return that you have given up 584 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 3: in just as many weeks. In three consecutive weeks, you 585 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 3: gave up a seventy plus yard or to the Saints, 586 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 3: you gave an eighty plus yarder to the Jets, and 587 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 3: now you gave up one hundred yard or to the Seahawks. 588 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 3: Like that is that's not sustainable because in a game 589 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,439 Speaker 3: that comes down to one score, as you usually not 590 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 3: that this one was. But in this league, this league 591 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 3: prides itself on having so many of these one score 592 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 3: games and that it draws excitement up for the viewer. 593 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 2: Special teams has to do their part. 594 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,200 Speaker 3: Two And how many times have we said even prior 595 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 3: to these last couple of years, like that was why 596 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 3: they had such like conviction in Young Wae who. That's 597 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,120 Speaker 3: why Young waik who was here for so long when 598 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 3: there was an obvious decline, was because of what he 599 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:32,479 Speaker 3: had done previously. And I just like, I think that 600 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,679 Speaker 3: you're at the point now where you have to you 601 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:36,679 Speaker 3: have to face it head on. 602 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 2: And I don't know what that means. 603 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 3: I don't get paid to make those decisions, but at 604 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 3: this point in time, it is what you have right 605 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 3: now is not sustainable and you're seeing now for the 606 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 3: second week in a row, third week in a row, 607 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 3: it has come down to bite you in moments that 608 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 3: matter absolutely. 609 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: And what's what's so interesting to me, and I'd love 610 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: to pick your brain on this is special team is 611 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: comprised of, you know, a lot of different parts of 612 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 1: your roster. It's not just like, oh, we've got our 613 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: starters for over like offense, defense, you know those guys. 614 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 1: Special teams comes from everywhere, and so yeah, team may 615 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 1: have two or three special team kind of aces. For Atlanta, 616 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,960 Speaker 1: Mike Ford is kind of chief among them. Caderrel Hodge 617 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: last year, still this year, Felipe Franks. You know, those 618 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: guys are your core special teamers. But to me, special 619 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: teams has always been a little bit of a an 620 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: indicator of the overall depth and strength of a fifty 621 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: three man roster. And so while we can look at 622 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: the starting unit for Atlanta and maybe feel good about 623 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 1: the names across that, I'm wondering if if this isn't 624 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: a bigger maybe warning sign of like the overall one 625 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: through fifty three and the level of that talent. 626 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think it's a fair question to ask. 627 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 3: It's one that you can't watch what's happened in the 628 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 3: last three weeks and not question that I think that 629 00:29:59,120 --> 00:29:59,959 Speaker 3: you know, I haven't gone back. 630 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 2: I can watch. 631 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 3: The last one, the All twenty two, and you know 632 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 3: I don't want to. My thing with special teams is 633 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 3: like I wish I knew more about kind of what 634 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 3: is being asked. It's kind of sometimes right, yeah, And 635 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 3: that's not me making an excuse for what we've seen. 636 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 3: That's not me making an excuse at all. It's just 637 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 3: like my don't information right, Yeah, So I My thing 638 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,239 Speaker 3: is is that like I don't know what you have 639 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 3: to do to fix it, but you got to fix it, 640 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 3: so like do it, put the effort into doing it, 641 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 3: because like, again, this is not a sustainable way to 642 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,280 Speaker 3: You're not like you're putting yourself in harm's way every 643 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 3: single time. You're now in a kickoff situation, like you're 644 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 3: now at the point in time where you do you 645 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:49,240 Speaker 3: trust this at all to kick it inside the landing 646 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 3: zone and feel comfortable with your coverage at this point 647 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 3: in time after what we've seen the last three weeks. No, 648 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 3: I'm kicking out the back of the end zone every time. 649 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,479 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's not when you want to be able 650 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: to play a few position game, when you want to 651 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 1: be able to do some strategic things. You can't live 652 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: that way. I kind of feel some of the same way, 653 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 1: where like do what you got to do to fix it? 654 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 1: About the receiver room, Yeah, you know, Sunday the top 655 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: two receivers on this offense for Kyle Pitts and Tyler 656 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,240 Speaker 1: all Year. I don't know if I ever want to 657 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 1: see Tyler all Year. I love Tyler all year. I 658 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 1: don't want him to be second in receiving yards for 659 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: a day, so that's crazy. I didn't even know that 660 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: Dylan Drummond the top receiver with twenty one yards, so 661 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 1: again mentioned kind of Darnel Mooney and how he hasn't 662 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 1: lived up to what we expected coming into the year. 663 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: Drake has obviously not been on the field. But to me, 664 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 1: this is like the number one priority this offseason should 665 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: be that receiver position in depth specifically. 666 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 3: It's crazy too because if you would have told me 667 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 3: back in August, you know, June July, like over the summer, 668 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,720 Speaker 3: that this is where this receiver room would be, I 669 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 3: wouldn't believe you at all, Like I because I felt 670 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 3: going into this year, I mean, how could you not 671 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:00,800 Speaker 3: How could you have expected? Hold on, I know you're 672 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 3: about to say something, but how could you have expected 673 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 3: that there was going to be this significant level of 674 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 3: decline when you have had a season last year where 675 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 3: you had three guys who had career years and you 676 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 3: had your fourth receiver who made some clutch plays for 677 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 3: your team and also was a Pro Bowl special teamer. Like, 678 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:23,760 Speaker 3: there were so many things about this wide receiver corps 679 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 3: that I was like Okay, you could maybe add a 680 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 3: few pieces here with depths, but like I was willing 681 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 3: to go and do whatever I needed to do defensively 682 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,040 Speaker 3: to help out your defense. That you know, receiver was 683 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 3: on the list, but it wasn't as high. And now 684 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 3: looking back, it's like to what you were saying around 685 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 3: draft season, like should the Falcons have drafted a receiver? 686 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 3: As people were asking us all the time in the mailbag, 687 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 3: as you're leading up to the trade deadline, should the 688 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:50,080 Speaker 3: Falcons trade for a receiver? Like receiver has turned into 689 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 3: this position group that went from being one of the 690 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 3: ones that you were most confident in to now I'm 691 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 3: not saying you're blowing the whole thing up, but outside 692 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 3: of Drake London, yeah, you haven't had the level performance. 693 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 2: That you've needed. 694 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:09,720 Speaker 1: Absolutely I agree. Sorry to just ignore the whistle here, 695 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:13,680 Speaker 1: but I think it's important always going in the endo 696 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,040 Speaker 1: each season and certainly training camp we got a taste 697 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: of this, Like right at the beginning of training camp 698 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: is to always kind of look at sure is what's 699 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,479 Speaker 1: the best case scenario, what's a reasonable scenario, and then 700 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 1: what's the worst case scenario? And that's where if you 701 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,800 Speaker 1: look to the worst case scenarios for Atlanta, you could 702 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: see a situation in which the floor dropped out pretty 703 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,080 Speaker 1: quickly because once you got past the proven guys from 704 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,880 Speaker 1: last year, and that was really only still one year 705 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: of it all working together, you had some question marks 706 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,719 Speaker 1: after that. Yeah, And unfortunately that's kind of the way 707 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 1: it's played out for Atlanta. So we have a lot 708 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: of time remaining to still talk about off season plans 709 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: where they go from here. Unfortunately, we are at a 710 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,720 Speaker 1: time and unfortunately the Falcons are now four and nine 711 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 1: after this thirty seven to nine lost to the Seattle Seahawks. 712 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 1: But they have a very quick turnaround before Thursday night 713 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are also again 714 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 1: licking their chops, and they hadn't been doing so great 715 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:09,840 Speaker 1: recently either, So we will see which team can rebounding 716 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 1: get things back on track. Tory got anything else before 717 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:13,279 Speaker 1: we get out of here. 718 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 3: I'm excited for Thursday night because it's gonna be the 719 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:20,360 Speaker 3: best looking game of the entire twenty twenty five season 720 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 3: because it's the throwback game. 721 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,440 Speaker 1: So you have the Sickles wait Campa Bay. 722 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 3: And then you have the Red Helmets with the Falcons, 723 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,480 Speaker 3: So I'm pretty pumped about that. Just like as someone 724 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 3: who loves like creative photography and stuff, I'm super excited 725 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:34,919 Speaker 3: to see what our what our photo team does. 726 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, the visuals from that game would be really. 727 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 3: Really nice in some like digital films stuff like I'm excited. 728 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:45,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, a little anything on Thursday night football, I love it. 729 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:48,799 Speaker 1: A quick programming note, we are not going to have 730 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: the Friday five this week. We will have another final 731 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:55,600 Speaker 1: whistle coming after that Thursday night game, so be on 732 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:57,799 Speaker 1: the lookout for that. But for Tory mclaney, I am 733 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,840 Speaker 1: Will McFadden. Thank you guys so much for tuning in 734 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:05,600 Speaker 1: as always, and we will see you on Friday