1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:01,119 Speaker 1: Mile two. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 2: He's on the slip. 3 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 3: Falcons fans, welcome back to final whistle. We have an 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 3: incredible show for you today. We have an incredible game 5 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 3: to talk about. It is eleven fifty three PM as 6 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 3: I am here with Tory mclaney overlooking the beautiful Mercedes 7 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 3: Benz Stadium field all decked out for the throwback game, 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 3: and man, we have an incredible uh performance by this 9 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 3: Atlanta Falcons football team to talk about, don't we, Tory? 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 2: We sure do. 11 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: Honestly, I can't even talk right now because it was 12 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,959 Speaker 1: one of those games that I do believe that this 13 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: could potentially be a game that we can look back 14 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: on and point to as the moment where you maybe 15 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: feel like the Falcons put almost everything together. 16 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, it did. It really felt like a complete performance. 17 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 3: You know, there were a couple of moments right where 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 3: you felt it could get hairy, but that's it. That's 19 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 3: like the only complaint you can have in a twenty 20 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 3: four to fourteen win against a team that a lot 21 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,919 Speaker 3: of people coming into the year were picking to be 22 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 3: a Super Bowl champion, if not, you know, contenders, and 23 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 3: they led twenty one to seven at halftime. I mean, 24 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 3: I guess when one of your all time franchise greats 25 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 3: is nicknamed Primetime, you're destined to be very good when 26 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 3: the lights when the sun goes down. They're eight and 27 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 3: one on Monday Night Football since twenty fifteen and crazy. 28 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 3: I can't imagine many looked better than this one did tonight. 29 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: I mean I can't think of very many. I mean 30 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: outside of you know, recency bias being the Philadelphia game 31 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: last week and Week two, and we know what that 32 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles team ended up being. And I think that 33 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: this performance tonight is going to be something that a 34 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: lot of people talk about, not just for the Falcons, 35 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: but for where things go in terms of power rankings 36 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: and who's looking at who and who's looking over their 37 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: shoulder as games come down to the wire later on 38 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: down the season. I mean, this is a big I 39 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: know the Bills are an AFC opponent, but like this 40 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: is to your point, like this is a Super Bowl contender, 41 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: this is a playoff team. The Falcons came out and 42 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: made a statement on Monday Night Football and in primetime. 43 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, they didn't just look like they belong 44 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 3: on the same field as the Bills. They looked like 45 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 3: they were the better team on the same field as 46 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 3: the Bills for much of this game, So we're going 47 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 3: to get into all of the action. For those of 48 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 3: you who are joining Final Whistle for the first time, 49 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 3: first off, welcome, hell glad to have you. We are 50 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 3: going to go four quarters, six minutes each, brief halftime 51 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 3: in the middle, and each quarter kind of focus on 52 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 3: a different aspects of this game. So right up at 53 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 3: the top, toy I mentioned eight to one on Monday 54 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 3: Night football. They've played really well I think in primetime 55 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 3: games another one tonight. If you're a member of the 56 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 3: national audience tuning in, what was kind of your main takeaway? 57 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 3: I think about this Falcons team and maybe how they're 58 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,399 Speaker 3: different to where they fall in the NFL hierarchy. 59 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: So something that I've kind of been toying around with 60 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: the course of the last honestly two years, is I 61 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: keep saying the Falcons have pieces in place to be 62 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: elite and to be a team that the national. 63 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 2: Zeitgeist can talk about. 64 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: And I you know, you have Jhon Robinson, Drake lenn 65 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: and Michael Panics, Jesse Bates, A J. Trell like you 66 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: have so many of these individual pieces that we've been 67 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: talking about for a lot of the last two three 68 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: years and how much they were doing in terms of 69 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: where they were ranking individually. The problem though, was is, 70 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: for at least a little bit, the Falcons very rarely 71 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: played in primetime there for a while, went a couple 72 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: of years where I think they only had one or 73 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: two primetime slots that they were playing. 74 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, and a Thursday Night came out. 75 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: Exactly, so you had that, and then coupled with the 76 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: fact that, let's be real, they weren't winning games when 77 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,119 Speaker 1: they were in kind of these moments where they could 78 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: take the NFC South last year and run with it 79 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: and outpace the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 80 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 2: Then they start losing those games, and you. 81 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: Know, you teams that the Josh Allens of the world 82 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: and the Justin Jefferson's of the world, like some of 83 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: these upper echelon of players that you're constantly talking about, 84 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: Drake Londonjon Robinson, they're in that conversation with a Christian McCaffrey. 85 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,239 Speaker 1: The problem, though, is is the national perspective hasn't really 86 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 1: been there. Everybody and their brother wants to take bajon 87 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 1: number one or number two overall in their fantasy league, 88 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: but they couldn't tell you hardly anything about the Atlanta 89 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: Falcons outside of Bajon. I think tonight was a moment 90 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: in time where, yes, Bjon Robinson is gonna get all 91 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: the headlines, of course he should. But what the entire 92 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: collective group, especially the defense, what they were able to 93 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: do tonight, I think just ultimately takes the national perspective 94 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 1: and they're like, oh, wait, no, the Falcons have a 95 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: good team, not just good pieces. They have a good 96 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: group around these individual pieces that are making all the headlines. 97 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's really well said. It's kind of like the 98 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 3: cohesive group is really coming together in the sum is 99 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 3: greater than the individual parts, even though the individual parts 100 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 3: are so fantastic. But yeah, when you look at some 101 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 3: of the numbers, like the Bills came in and their offense, 102 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 3: like they never punted. They were always ending in a 103 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 3: touchdown or a field goal try. Very rarely did the 104 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 3: punter come out on the field came out six times tonight. 105 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 3: The Bills were two of nine on third down, They 106 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 3: were held under three hundred yards. Like, this is an 107 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 3: offense that is a juggernaut. Has put up thirty points 108 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 3: against multiple teams this season and they average just over 109 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 3: five yards of play, Like this was a truly suffocating 110 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 3: defense defensive performance, but ultimately the way that they fed 111 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 3: off of each other, the way that the offense picked 112 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 3: up the defense, the defense picked up the offense, and 113 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 3: when they were rolling, I mean, they looked as good 114 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 3: as any team really I've seen this season across the NFL. 115 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 3: So did this performance kind of change or reset your 116 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 3: overall expectations for kind of what the foul could do? Yeah? 117 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 2: I think so because you going into this. I know. 118 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: I sat down for a round table at the beginning 119 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: of this week actually with Taylor Vismore, d J Shockley, 120 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: Dave Archer, and we were kind of talking and Taylor 121 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: presented the question of like what do you expect from 122 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: this team? 123 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 2: And I said, I was like, we don't really have 124 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 2: that much to go off of just yet. 125 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 3: We have just four games. 126 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 1: We're just four games into this thing. And I was like, 127 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: I feel like the team that played against the Washington 128 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: Commanders in Week four was not the team that lost 129 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: to the Carolina Panthers thirty to zero. Like I said 130 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: this before we started recording, but it feels like the 131 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 1: farther and farther we get from that Carolina Panthers game, 132 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: the more and more it does feel like an outlier 133 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: in terms of performance. Like we now know that the 134 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:44,119 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers are legit contenders. This is a team 135 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: that you know they're winning. Baker Mayfield is doing some 136 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: really great things for that offense, and I think that 137 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: looking back at that game, they were a few plays 138 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 1: here and there from ultimately probably winning that game. And 139 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,559 Speaker 1: so I do think that as I'm looking at where 140 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: this team is right now, you see kind of the 141 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: top end of what they could be. 142 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 3: Now. 143 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: Of course, it's like goes back to what Michael PENICKX 144 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: was saying, where you know, you have the first half 145 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: and everything good that it was, and then things taper. 146 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 2: Off in the second half. But that's why you have 147 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 2: this defense. 148 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: That's why you pumped the money you did and the 149 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: resources you did into this defense. Because they went out 150 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: and they showed that it's not just a number one 151 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: defense because they didn't play and they had their bye 152 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: week in Week five. No, this is a number one 153 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: defense that took the number one offense toe to toe, 154 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: and I say even you know, surpassed what I think 155 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: many even probably gave them credit for going into this game. 156 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's the defense. Like it's October, right, 157 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 3: so it's a fitting time for a baseball analogy. But 158 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 3: like carrying an ace pitcher into the postseason, you just 159 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 3: kind of feel so good about regardless of what your 160 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 3: maybe bats are going to be doing that day. Hey, 161 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 3: if he's on the mound, it's probably gonna be like 162 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 3: one nothing either way, right, And having an offense. If 163 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 3: you're an offense and you're kind of hit a roll, 164 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 3: as happens in a game, right the third quarter, teams 165 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 3: go make adjustments. What you did for the first half 166 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 3: might not necessarily work. But when your defense is then 167 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 3: able to kind of like put the clamps on and 168 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 3: just hold water right there until you can find that 169 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 3: groove and get things clicking again, I do think is 170 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 3: necessary to be a successful team for the long term, 171 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 3: and I think it's a little bit different than what 172 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 3: we have seen from the Falcons in recent years. 173 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 1: Well yeah, because yeah, I mean the Falcons are up 174 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: to what fourteen fifteen sacks this year, like this season 175 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: through five games. It's the most that they've had through 176 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: five games since two thousand and five, twenty years ago, 177 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: two decades ago, the Falcons have not done this, so 178 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: I feel like they're doing things. 179 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 3: That like Grady Jackson, like Ed Jasper on those teams, Sheatrick, Kearney, 180 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 3: Brady Smith, let's go. Yeah, those were incredible defenses with 181 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 3: Mike and all that, but this this feels like it 182 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 3: could be even better than maybe that group was. So 183 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 3: that is our first whistle. We're gonna move on, and 184 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 3: I want to put a pin in the defense for 185 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 3: coming back to it. But how can we not talk 186 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 3: more about Bajon Robins. 187 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 2: I know we've been waiting for that. 188 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's honestly, we've been kind of like holding it in, 189 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 3: holding it in. We'll no longer tory Bejeon Robinson two 190 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 3: hundred and thirty eight yards from scrimmage, which frustrates me 191 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 3: a little bit because it's one yard shy of the 192 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 3: highest mark so far this season, which Rico Daddle did yesterday. Yeah, 193 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 3: two days ago. I guess in current listener time, one 194 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 3: hundred and seventy yards on the ground matched his career high. 195 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 3: I mean, there are a lot of accolades we can 196 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 3: shower on Jhon Robinson, but I'll just put it to 197 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 3: you straight, like, should we consider him the best running 198 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 3: back in the NFL right now. 199 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: Yes we should, because no one else is doing what 200 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: Bajon Robinson's doing right now, point blank period. I mean, 201 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: even when we're talking about Saquon Barkley, Jamir Gibbs, Christian McCaffrey. 202 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 1: I really do think that in the coming years, whether 203 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: it's whatever Bajon's you know, next contract looks like, I 204 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: don't know what it's gonna look like. 205 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 2: I imagine it's. 206 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,199 Speaker 1: Gonna be absolutely massive. But you think about when Bajon 207 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: Robinson was drafted number eight overall by the Falcons. At 208 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: that point in time, the running back as a position 209 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: was in this very odd state, very low state, where 210 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 1: the value of a running back was very very low. 211 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: You had many saying that the value of a running 212 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: back is going down. You had many saying that, well, 213 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,199 Speaker 1: why not just pick up a guy in the fifth 214 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: round and you know, hope for the best. And I 215 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: mean the Falcons had one have one currently right now 216 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: in Taller Algier, who could be a number one back 217 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: at a few different places across the league. But I 218 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: say all that to say that what Bajon Robinson has done, 219 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: along with some of those other guys that I have 220 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: named has been a needle mover for what the running 221 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: back position is and what the valuation of the running 222 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: back position is moving forward. So I think that when 223 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: you think about running backs in the league right now, 224 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: how can you not put Bajon Robinson at number one 225 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: after this performance? After everything he's done over the first 226 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: five games of this season. I mean every single I 227 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: think you tweeted this, every single time the ball is 228 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: putting Bajon's hands, you just kind of feel like something's 229 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: gonna happen. Yeah, And how many players can you say 230 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: that about? Not very many, not to the level of 231 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: how much Bajon Robinson is used in this offense and 232 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: how often he is getting positive gains to the tune 233 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: of what we saw tonight an eighty one yard rushing touchdown. 234 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I like, first off, that play was incredible because 235 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 3: I can't wait to if you want to, if you 236 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 3: can pull this up while I'm talking, I wonder what 237 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 3: his miles per hour were on that play, because to 238 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 3: my eye, that was the fastest I've ever seen him move, 239 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 3: you know, and he had a brief stumble there, but 240 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 3: like he picked up that speed and you could tell 241 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 3: he's not gonna get tracked down from behind, But I agree. 242 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 3: I mean, he's like he's the poster child for the 243 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 3: modern NFL running back, right, somebody who has taken the 244 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 3: mantle a little bit from Christian McCaffrey's still out there 245 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 3: doing it himself, right, So the mantle is maybe shared 246 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 3: by those two guys. But I was kind of coming 247 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,839 Speaker 3: into this game thinking about like, Josh Allen is almost 248 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 3: like Lebron, right. I think Jon's like Steph Curry. You know, 249 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 3: it's kind of like, as the quarterback, you are just 250 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 3: the central figure in any game. You're gonna be touching 251 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 3: the ball. You dominate it like you are the guy. 252 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 3: But like Bajon is just kind of I think the 253 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 3: player that all the kids want to emulate. Like he's 254 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 3: the coolest player in the NFL right now. The way 255 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 3: he runs, the way he kind of carries the ball 256 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 3: to I don't know how he didn't fumble a couple 257 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 3: of times out there. Hold on to that rock, Bajon, 258 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 3: but he's just like everything about him is so exciting 259 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 3: at this point in time. 260 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 1: It's so funny too that you bring up Steph Curry, 261 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: because Bajon actually brought up Steph Curry in his postgame 262 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: press or where he was talking about how you know 263 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,199 Speaker 1: Steph Curry has a three point shooter and being one 264 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 1: of the most elite shooters in the NBA it has 265 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: been for a very long time. But he kind of 266 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: made the comment where at some point Steph Curry said, like, 267 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 1: I really start getting into a groove and it almost 268 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 1: feels like the basket gets bigger and bigger and bigger, 269 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: to the point of where it's like I can't miss 270 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: because it looks so big to me. He was like, 271 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: that's how I feel running behind this offensive line sometimes 272 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 1: when things really get going. He was like, you just 273 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 1: feel like there's more space, there's more room to work, 274 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: And I mean they did. And what's so funny about 275 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: Jean is he really doesn't need that much space to 276 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: work sometimes, Like he can make guys move and he's 277 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: so elusive. And I'm so excited that you know, I'm 278 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: not jumping the gun on this, but there is a 279 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: project that we're working on that we have been working 280 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: on since April about what makes Bajon Robinson so so 281 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,439 Speaker 1: special and it can't. 282 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 2: Come out a better time. 283 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: So make sure you're checking out Atlanta Falcons dot Com 284 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: our YouTube page as we go through this week, because 285 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: there's something that we've been cooking up in the lab 286 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: for a little bit, specifically about what makes bon so 287 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: special and I've got to your point miles per hour 288 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: and ground four and how much ground force like generates 289 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: and what makes him so special something called the loop, 290 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: which I'm so excited for you. 291 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a uh that's my new favorite word. 292 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: It's a split second decision making loop that was generated 293 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: by the Air Force in the late nineteen seventies to 294 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: know what with pilots. 295 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 3: My father in law gave me a book about this 296 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 3: exact about the guy that came up with that. I'm 297 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 3: gonna have to go read. Man. I should I should 298 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 3: have given you that book. You should have. 299 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: I mean, who knew that studying Bajon Robinson and what 300 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: makes him so special is going to leave me to 301 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,119 Speaker 1: Air Force fider pilots, literal. 302 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 3: Fighter pilots are trained to see things in emotion fast 303 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 3: as Bajean Robinson can do that exactly. That's the coolest 304 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 3: thing I've ever learned ever. 305 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, So. 306 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: Take a tune to everybody, because we have some fun 307 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: stuff about Bajon that's coming in a Heck, I'm sure 308 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: there are going to be seventy thousand roof clips of 309 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: what Bajan's doing. And honestly, I could sit here and 310 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: list for the next thirty minutes all of the accolades 311 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 1: that Bajon had in this one single game, but I'm 312 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: not going to, cause you can go look at that 313 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 1: on Atlanta Falcons dot Com right now. 314 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 3: Yes, Bajeon has just a huge array of crazy stats 315 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 3: from this game, and Tory has an excellent piece up 316 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 3: on all of them, so please go check that out 317 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 3: and shout out to to Drake Lennon who had an 318 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 3: awesome game tonight as well. The offensive line I thought 319 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 3: played really well. Yeah, I mean Mike calarl Jeer started 320 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 3: it off with the touchdown run. 321 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, Michael think about it too, like Michael Jarrett Jerrel 322 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: and Elijah Wilkinson stepping up it as the tackles for 323 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: this team. Like, I mean, we don't know what's gonna 324 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: happen with Jake Matthews. I'm sure we'll know more about 325 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: it in the coming days, but he left with an 326 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: ankle injury, and you had somebody who had to step in, 327 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: and I thought that he did fairly well for himself. 328 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, you didn't really miss a beat. All right. There 329 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 3: is our second whistle so quick halftime to tell you 330 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 3: about a really cool stat brought to you by our 331 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 3: presenting sponsor, Microsoft co Pilot, which helped us put together 332 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 3: this incredible podcast outline. The Falcons blitz Josh Allen on 333 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 3: fifty five point nine percent of his dropbacks. That's not hot, 334 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 3: highest blitz rate that Josh Allen has faced since Week 335 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 3: eight of the twenty twenty one season. He was only 336 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 3: drafted in twenty eighteen, you know, so people learned pretty quickly, 337 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 3: we don't want to blitz this guy because he's gonna 338 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 3: burn you. He buys time outside of the pocket, which 339 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 3: he did in this game. And I thought the biggest 340 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 3: difference toy was the Falcons did an incredible job in 341 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 3: the secondary of plastering on receiver. Something Ajterrell told me 342 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 3: after the game was a real emphasis for that unit. 343 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 3: So I thought the combination of a blitz heavy approach 344 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 3: really being on your front foot and attacking while also 345 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 3: on the back end just sticking like glue to the 346 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 3: guy you're assigned to, that was a pretty successful strategy 347 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 3: for them out there. 348 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 2: I thought so too. I mean, should we just go 349 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 2: ahead and start talking about this defense. 350 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, let's go ahead and get into our third quarter. 351 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 3: So that was our halftime presented by Microsoft Copilot. Here 352 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 3: we go a third quarter. Let's talk a little bit 353 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 3: about that defense. Yeah. 354 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 2: I'm so excited to talk about this defense. 355 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: And I want to start off by sharing this anecdote 356 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 1: from Bajean Robinson when we were kind of asking him 357 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: postgame about what this defense did, and he made the 358 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 1: comment he was like, I really thought during the summer, 359 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 1: during training camp. 360 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 2: OTAs all of it. 361 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: He was like, I thought I was tripping because I 362 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 1: couldn't really get anything going against this defense. And he 363 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 1: was like, I felt like they were always just one 364 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: step ahead, and we're playing very very well and making 365 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: things very difficult on us. And I asked Michael Pennix, 366 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: did you feel the same way, and Mike was like, yeah, 367 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: day one, I felt the pressure was on because they 368 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: were bringing a completely different type of energy. And so 369 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 1: I say that to say that Bajon said, ultimately, like 370 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: the toughest competition he's seen is against this defense, and. 371 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 3: So it's amazing. 372 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:53,719 Speaker 1: So now seeing that kind of come to fruition and 373 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: poor Bajon was like, I'm just so glad that it 374 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: wasn't me. It's like this defense is legit, Like I 375 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 1: wasn't tripping. This is a really really good stout defense 376 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,719 Speaker 1: and they are playing kind of lights out right now. 377 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 1: I know, I said the stats of what their sack 378 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 1: totals are so far through the first five games of 379 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: the season, but coming into this game, the Bills had 380 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: only had I just talking about, you you know, them punting. 381 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,360 Speaker 1: I believe the Bills only had two three and outs 382 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: going into this game on Monday night against the Falcons, 383 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: and they forced three or four three and outs over 384 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: the course of this game. It just felt like more 385 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: than we've seen Josh Allen in a very long time 386 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: look uncomfortable, Like how many times did he even barely 387 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: miss some of these like shovel passes or you know, 388 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: tossing it up on a scrambled play Like I just 389 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,199 Speaker 1: felt like when you looked at what the defense was 390 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: able to do, even though they gave up kind of 391 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: a couple more explosives than what they want to. Again, 392 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: this is Josh Allen. This is the raigning MVP. You 393 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 1: knew he was gonna have his yards it was all 394 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: about limiting how detrimental those were and give credit where 395 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: credit is due. I mean, this Falcons defense showed again. 396 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 1: I say it like what I said off the top, 397 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: that like they're they're truly a number one defense in 398 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: this league. It's not just oh, how the Falcons get 399 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: up at there at the top defensively, No, they deserve 400 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: to be there. And this was the performance that I 401 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: think put the league on notice that this defense is legit. 402 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, it may have been the loudest statement of the 403 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,719 Speaker 3: night was from this defense. And you know we mentioned 404 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 3: kind of the pressuring and the drop back. Josh Allen 405 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 3: still got his, but they got three sacks. Four sacks, 406 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 3: I believe is maybe what he finished with. He was 407 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 3: pressured on nine of the nineteen blitzes. Again, I thought 408 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 3: the communication on the back end allowed for a lot 409 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 3: of that to happen. When I'll be honest, when Josh 410 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 3: Palmer catches that first play forty five yards down the field, 411 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 3: that there was a little bit of me like, oh, 412 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 3: all right, this is gonna be the offensive shootout that 413 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 3: maybe we predicted. But that was it. That was kind 414 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 3: of the biggest play I felt like for the Bills 415 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 3: all night long. And that is such a credit I 416 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 3: think to their ability to respond, their ability to kind 417 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 3: of like it didn't matter who was making a play 418 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 3: at any one given time, they were all going to 419 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 3: make plays and everybody was stepping up. So is it 420 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 3: time that we kind of officially retire conversation about past 421 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:18,640 Speaker 3: Atlanta defense, Like I don't want to hear any more 422 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,119 Speaker 3: about how they have no pass rush and the Falcons 423 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 3: haven't had they do now. This is a very different 424 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 3: Atlanta Falcons defense. 425 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: I completely agree with that, and I think they've shown 426 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: us that through five games. And you know, when we 427 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:35,360 Speaker 1: are sitting here going over stats that haven't been manifesting 428 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: for this defense since. 429 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 2: The early two twenty years, like. 430 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:42,479 Speaker 1: In twenty years and two decades, Like, something different is 431 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 1: brewing in Atlanta with this defense, and you have to 432 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 1: give credit to I think like Jeff Olbrick and kind 433 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 1: of how he has these guys playing and. 434 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 3: You feel a little vindicated. I do. When he was 435 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 3: hired and we're all you and I were like, hey, 436 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 3: we know Jeff Olbert, you know what he's capable of, 437 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 3: the type of person he is. I feel great, I too, 438 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 3: how it's happened to. 439 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 1: I mean I do too, because I think for you 440 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 1: and I, we were here when Brick was here that 441 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: first time around with Raheem, with Dan Quinn and everything, 442 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 1: and I remember even then, like when he was the 443 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: interim defensive coordinator. 444 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 2: I felt like he got it. 445 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 1: I felt like if I was a player, I would 446 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 1: want to play for somebody like that. 447 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,360 Speaker 3: The destruction of that staff. Like I was first off, 448 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 3: I was like, man, I do like DQ. I'm sad 449 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 3: to see him go, like bring it. But I was like, 450 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 3: I think Jeff Ulbrick is an outstanding assistant coach and 451 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 3: a coordinator, and I was sad to see him going, 452 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 3: I'm glad he's back. 453 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think he's just getting the most out 454 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: of the guys. But what's so funny, And this is 455 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: something that I wrote earlier, honestly earlier Monday, was about 456 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: Jeff Ulbrick kind of saying like, yeah, we're the number 457 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 1: one defense, and yeah, everything's good, and the numbers are 458 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,239 Speaker 1: great and the stats are great, and I look at 459 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: stats just same as you, but there's so much more 460 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: left for this defense and kind of constantly moving the 461 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 1: goalpost for this defense to. 462 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 3: Be the carrots right in front of her right to. 463 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 2: Be even better than what we've even seen them to be, 464 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 2: and a. 465 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 1: Part of that is pressure. So he was like, I 466 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: don't want to be a pressure team. I don't want 467 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: to be a blitzing team. I want to be able 468 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: to win up front. But what they did tonight against 469 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,159 Speaker 1: Josh Allen and him being pressured as much as he was, 470 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's a testament to even what 471 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 1: they're trying to do when they're not trying to do it, 472 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 1: you know. 473 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 3: No, absolutely, And that was a spot on Jeff ulbrick impersonation. 474 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 3: Thank you, Thank you. So we've talked a lot about 475 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 3: what went well, and I'm not about to bring up 476 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 3: anything that didn't go well because frankly, there wasn't a 477 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 3: lot that didn't go well for the Falcons on Monday night. 478 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 3: But I do want to take you back to the 479 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 3: end of the first half. Seven seconds left, Drake lund 480 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 3: and catch the slant. Looks like he's gonna make it 481 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 3: twenty eight to seven. Instead steps out of the one 482 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 3: yard line, and I remember being like, all right, file 483 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 3: that one away. Yeah, these games get tight. Is the 484 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 3: NFL in the third quart of Bills come out on offense? 485 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 3: March down the field, score a touchdown. It's the easiest 486 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,360 Speaker 3: it had looked for them. Kind of all night. Falcons 487 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 3: get the ball back, five plays, eight yards, punt the 488 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 3: ball right back, and it was kind of in that 489 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 3: moment where you know, I'm sure there were some Falcons 490 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 3: fans watching, going, man, Buffalo is about to tie this. 491 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 3: We're gonna have a whole new ball game. All of that, 492 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 3: and even though there were a couple of defensive holding 493 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 3: penalties that kind of took some momentum away, you always 494 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 3: felt like the Falcons responded after those moments of adversity 495 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 3: with their defense. David On Yamada came right back with 496 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 3: a sack, they force a turnover on a fourth down, 497 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 3: fourth and two in complete pass. That moment right there 498 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,160 Speaker 3: where it felt like the game was starting to kind 499 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 3: of maybe tilt back in the direction of Buffalo after 500 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 3: all of the moments where you think back to Tampa 501 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 3: in Week one, right, that was a game where I 502 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 3: felt like they were the better team. They started out 503 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 3: really hot and the game kind of slipped away from him. 504 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 3: For that not to happen tonight and for them to 505 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 3: answer the bell a few different times defensively and then 506 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 3: ultimately kind of string together those long drives on offense 507 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 3: and milk the clock. Like, how much did that change 508 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 3: your perception? Not the national law in perception, but what 509 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 3: this Falcon kind of identity can be and how they 510 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:05,640 Speaker 3: can overcome moments of adversity. 511 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: I mean, freaking finally right, Like, I think the best 512 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: way I can put it is, I've been covering this 513 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: team for five years, six years now, and the amount 514 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: of times that I have seen the Falcons be the 515 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 1: better team for three quarters and five minutes, but then 516 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: something happens in the final ten minutes of a game 517 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: that leave you with a sour taste in your mouth 518 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: because they couldn't ultimately finish. Yep, And that's happened a lot. 519 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: It's been a marker and a monocure. We talk about 520 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 1: national perspective, that's kind of been true in those moments, 521 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: like the Falcons have found a way to lose instead 522 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: of finding a way to win. And I actually thought 523 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,719 Speaker 1: it was really funny our friends over at the Falcoholic 524 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: I don't know who tweeted this out, but I made 525 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: a note to I sent it to myself because I 526 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: thought it was very indicative of how the fan base 527 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 1: feels about the organization and what they've seen and kind 528 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: of what they come to know, and they tweeted and 529 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 1: it's around the time that you're. 530 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 2: Talking about where the offense isn't. 531 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: Really doing that much, like the Bills come out and 532 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: score very early in the second half, and it's this 533 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 1: is way too familiar. At some point, the Falcons have 534 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: to assure us that we don't have to expect the worst. 535 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 1: And I think that is the sentiment, like and that 536 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:29,679 Speaker 1: is the Falcons specifically, this defense put the team on 537 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: its back and said, you know what, we're not going 538 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: to be what everyone assumes us to be. We're going 539 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: to put the reigning MVP on notice a little bit 540 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: and keep them uncomfortable to the point where we're causing 541 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: three nouns, to the point where we're getting them off 542 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: the field and we're making their punt team run out here, 543 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: like regardless of what the offense was doing, which you know, 544 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: for bits and spurts, it wasn't a lot there. I 545 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 1: think like that's that's what changed for me in terms 546 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: of narratives and everything like that. Now you gotta do 547 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: it again, you gotta do it over and over and 548 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 1: over again so that you don't feel like you're reverting 549 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: back to old habits, whether or not their old habits 550 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 1: or you know, whatever the case may be. But I 551 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: do think that this was a very good step in 552 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,680 Speaker 1: the right direction, and you gotta go and do it again. 553 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,120 Speaker 3: Yeah. Maybe maybe My favorite play of the entire night 554 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 3: was what was it like, fourth and one down here 555 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 3: in the red zone right before I think the Falcons 556 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 3: scored kind of their their go ahead or kick the 557 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 3: field goal, yeah, to go up by two scores, and 558 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 3: they got them to jump. I don't know what they had, 559 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 3: but it felt like they had something kind of up 560 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 3: their sleeve in that moment that they were saving for 561 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 3: that exact moment, and I'm just like. 562 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 2: It was the Felipe Franks play. 563 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 3: Well, well that was that was another fourth that was 564 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 3: in the first quarter. They they gotta they kind of 565 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 3: the encroachment. 566 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 2: But when they got them to jump, well, it was. 567 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 3: Felipe coming back again. Okay, maybe that got obscured so 568 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 3: they came back to the well yes, yeah, wow, I 569 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 3: loved Okay. So yeah, just there's like the little nuances, 570 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 3: the little vantages, the small details. The Falcons felt like 571 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 3: they were the better team in that area as well, 572 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 3: and that hasn't always been the case in these games. 573 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,920 Speaker 1: Also, let's talk too about that play that James First 574 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: junior made on that really important what was at fourth 575 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: and three at midfield, and it was a very key 576 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: moment and you know he sniffs. 577 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 3: Even bawled out today. 578 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, even if Josh Allen doesn't kind of like fumble 579 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,679 Speaker 1: the ball a little bit, like he had that sniffed 580 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 1: out ready to go. Yeah, there was there was no 581 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: that play was getting blown up whether anything whatever. 582 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 3: Happened to the ball. There was such a cat and 583 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,159 Speaker 3: mouse game on both sides going on, Like there were 584 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 3: multiple times where the Bills offense we're making checks and everything, 585 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 3: and then I watched specifically like AJ Trel and Jesse 586 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 3: Bates kind of like AJ pulled Jesse over and told 587 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 3: him something and then that was the play that think 588 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 3: that they got the sack on. So it was like 589 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 3: just games within games within games. And when you have 590 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 3: a football team executing it as high a level as 591 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 3: Atlanta was tonight, going up against a team as good 592 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 3: as Buffalo with that kind of coaching, cat mount Man, Yeah, 593 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 3: that's so much fun. This game was a blast to watch. 594 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,199 Speaker 1: It really was, and even when things were kind of 595 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: going a little bit like I don't know which way, 596 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: Like you know how I feel about defense. I love 597 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:13,679 Speaker 1: watching good defenses play. I think defensive wins championships. Like 598 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,919 Speaker 1: I am a full firm believer. I feel like I 599 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:20,159 Speaker 1: see the game through a defensive lens, and I seeing 600 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: what this defense did in that second half when the offense. 601 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,360 Speaker 2: Wasn't really giving them all that much. I think again 602 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,679 Speaker 2: just goes to show that the Falcons defense is legit. 603 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 3: The defense is legit. That is our final whistle. Thank 604 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 3: you guys so much for listening to Falcons final whistle today. 605 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 3: We had just so much fun. So we left so 606 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 3: much on the cutting room for No, we didn't even. 607 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: Talk about the fact that the Falcons have the number 608 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: one total defense and they also are ranked number one 609 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: or number two in total offense in the league. 610 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 2: They're the number one rushing team in the league. 611 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: Like we're talking about this team in the scope of 612 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: putting up numbers that are the best in the league. 613 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's I mean, Drake London had another really good 614 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 3: game even without darn Ol Mooney and Ray Ray McLoud 615 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 3: out there. Like that's what's exciting too, is the Falcons 616 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 3: have not really even been fully healthy to start this season. 617 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 3: There at three and two, and it feels like their 618 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 3: best football may still be ahead of them. So they're 619 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 3: coming out of the bye week red hot. They got 620 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 3: another big game against the San Francisco forty nine ers, 621 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 3: going to take to the road on that one, and 622 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 3: that's another really good team. You got to bring it 623 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 3: for that one. 624 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 2: An NFC matchup, so another primetime matchup as well. 625 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, but let's hope the Falcons show up like 626 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 3: they did in this one, the primetime darlings so far 627 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 3: this season. But thank you again so much for listening 628 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 3: to Falcons Final Whistle presented by Microsoft co pilot for 629 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 3: Tory Knacklaney. I am Will mcfabney and we will see 630 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 3: you next time.