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Speaker 1: Falcons Final Whistle podcast, coming to you right after the

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Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcon secured a twenty seven to twenty victory over

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Speaker 1: the New York Jets. It was dramatic there at the end,

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Speaker 1: as the Falcons are known to do, and it was

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Speaker 1: interesting in the way that they were able to close

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Speaker 1: this one out. Tory mclaney, Atlanta Falcons dot Com beat

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Speaker 1: reporter in analyst, what was your main takeaway from the

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Speaker 1: second Falcons victory of this twenty twenty one season. Well, Scott,

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Speaker 1: I think it was actually what you wrote about postgame

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Speaker 1: was My biggest takeaway was that when you look at

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Speaker 1: what the Falcons did last week against Washington comparing it

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Speaker 1: to what they did this week against the Jets, they

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Speaker 1: actually did close it out. There was a really solid

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Speaker 1: finish offensively that really put this game away that they

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Speaker 1: that to me was one of the biggest moments of

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Speaker 1: kind of where this team is now going into the

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Speaker 1: bye league. And then and then Chris Ramar, Long Form

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Speaker 1: Features reporter, you spent a lot of time with Kyle

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Speaker 1: Pitts and really got to know him as the person.

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Speaker 1: This game was. I don't know if it's a breakout

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Speaker 1: game for him, but it was a big one. Nonetheless,

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Speaker 1: what was your main takeaway from what the number four

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Speaker 1: on this game and on this team in the victory. Well,

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Speaker 1: I think my main takeaway was, you know, when good

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Speaker 1: He got his most targets this year, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I thought the Jets would have done some different things

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Speaker 1: in the way the Jets tried to take away Calvin

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Speaker 1: in that game. I thought they would try to do

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Speaker 1: that with Kyle. But you know, he was one on

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Speaker 1: It was pretty easy for him today. And another takeaway

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Speaker 1: from me that I wanted to mention too earlier was

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Speaker 1: look at what happens when Matt Ryan, you know it's protected.

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Speaker 1: Is when when true, Yeah, when he's not back, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: when he's not when when Matt Ryan's not being pressured,

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Speaker 1: He's still a great quarterback. He still he shows you,

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Speaker 1: you know why he won that MVP. And I think

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Speaker 1: today was a prime example of who Matt Ryan is.

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Speaker 1: And we're gonna talk about all that and more on

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Speaker 1: the Falcons Final Whistle Podcast, as we do every single episode,

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Speaker 1: breaking these breaking this thing down. I can say that

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Speaker 1: right over the course of four quarters, starting with Kyle

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Speaker 1: Pitt's big day, we are going to go into detail

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Speaker 1: about that final and decisive offensive drive. We're also going

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Speaker 1: to ask about some unsung heroes, some MVP is not

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Speaker 1: named Ryan, Pitts or Patterson, and we are going to

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Speaker 1: talk about that feel good feeling heading into the bye

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Speaker 1: week and how important this win was for the psyche

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Speaker 1: of this team or We are going to address all

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Speaker 1: started with the first quarter. We're getting started here on

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Speaker 1: the first quarter of the Falcons Final Whistle Podcast, where

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Speaker 1: we're going to have five minutes to break down number

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Speaker 1: four overall, pick Kyle Pitts's day where he had nine

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Speaker 1: receptions for one hundred and nineteen yards, a touchdown, that

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Speaker 1: it was really impressive to see everything that he was

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Speaker 1: It was very I wrote this and I really meant it, Like,

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Speaker 1: tough coming out of the bye week. For me, I

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Speaker 1: not just that they won. You know, this was a

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Speaker 1: great win. Um on all I guess the I guess

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Speaker 1: But I feel like, as I feel like, as as

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Speaker 1: consider the amount of people who are out injured or

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Speaker 1: you know, the d line performed, the rookies got their

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Speaker 1: shot and they played well. Um, you know, you know,

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Speaker 1: these guys can play and up when needed. And then

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Speaker 1: the next week or or a couple of weeks, and

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Speaker 1: they should feel good about about where they as a

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Speaker 1: team and know that they let one get away from them,

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Speaker 1: and and that, you know, I think they should be

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Speaker 1: of want to build on what you were saying there.

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Speaker 1: I think it's it's a really good point that it's

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Speaker 1: not just that they want, it's how they won, especially

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Speaker 1: after a week where there were so many ready made

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Speaker 1: excuses or a loss. Right, No, Calvin, you just lost

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Speaker 1: Isaiah Oliver who had all the good feel story about him.

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Speaker 1: Rust Gage isn't back, Marlin Davidson isn't back. You got

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Speaker 1: to travel. You give up a home game to travel

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Speaker 1: across the you know, across an ocean to go play

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Speaker 1: another game at nine thirty am Eastern. You could have

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Speaker 1: picked your excuse for why they weren't able to perform,

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Speaker 1: three and maybe a team of lesser character would have

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Speaker 1: said why us, boy, did we get screwed? Right? They

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Speaker 1: didn't say that, and I think that has been evident.

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Speaker 1: That's the thing that impresses me most. This team is

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Speaker 1: very flawed. It has a lot of holes and makes

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Speaker 1: a lot of mistakes. But the fact that they they

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Speaker 1: just take punches, but they just keep swinging. They may

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Speaker 1: not be connecting, but they keep swinging and they keep trying.

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Speaker 1: I really like that about the character of this team.

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Speaker 1: I think that makes me want to follow them more,

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Speaker 1: even if I weren't getting paid to do so. I

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Speaker 1: just think that it's important to me to see that

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Speaker 1: type of characteristic. It may not equate to a lot

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Speaker 1: of wins necessarily, but I think it says something about

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Speaker 1: the players that they have there and could provide a

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Speaker 1: good foundation as we head forward. So yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think that really does it. Here. We have taken

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Speaker 1: this game, this incredibly dramatic game, and kind of broken

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Speaker 1: it down for you guys over the course of four quarters.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for hopping in. You guys know

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Speaker 1: you guys so much for joining us. We will take

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Speaker 1: a break for the bye and be at you after

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Speaker 1: the Falcons play of the Dolphins in two weeks. Do

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