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Speaker 1: And welcome to Falcons Audible Podcast. I am Matt Tubeek,

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Speaker 1: joining with Will mcfatten, beat writer Atlanta Falcons dot Com. Will,

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Speaker 1: it's been a little while since we sat down together.

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Speaker 1: Last week we had Kan O'Neill and Ricardo Allen. How

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Speaker 1: are you doing, Bud. I've disappointed to miss last week.

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Speaker 1: It was a great podcast though, got a chance to

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Speaker 1: listen to it. I'm excited to be back. We got

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Speaker 1: a lot of football to cover here before the last

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Speaker 1: preseason game. Yeah, we sure do. There's a lot to

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Speaker 1: wrap our head around. Um. You know, I don't want

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Speaker 1: to spend a ton of time talking about that Redskins

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Speaker 1: game Jacksonville. But first let's just quick jump on that

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Speaker 1: Redskins game. What was your main takeaway from that game?

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Speaker 1: I think I really liked what I saw from some

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Speaker 1: of the reserve defensive players. I know you and I

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Speaker 1: talked during the game a lot about guys like Duke Riley,

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Speaker 1: guys like Jermaine Grace who really have stood down. It

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Speaker 1: shows the team speed that coach Dan Quinn has has

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Speaker 1: built on this roster, even in the reserve guys. These

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Speaker 1: are very fast linebackers. There was a play that Jermaine

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Speaker 1: Grace made And if I hadn't known, just you know,

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Speaker 1: by looking at him who that was, I would have

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Speaker 1: thought it was Dean Jones. The way he covered space

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Speaker 1: as soon as the ball was out of the quarterback's

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Speaker 1: hands to tackle the receiver right where he caught the ball,

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Speaker 1: identical to what number forty five does on Sundays. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: The play I love by Jermaine Grace was the past

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Speaker 1: breakup at the goal line. And you know the Redskins

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Speaker 1: ended up kicking a field goal or did they miss

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Speaker 1: on that? I forget. Yeah, they kicked a field goal,

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Speaker 1: I think, but that you know, they were first and

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Speaker 1: goal at one point, and first and goal from the one.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of Duke Riley, you bring him up. He needed

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Speaker 1: to have a big game and he sure did. It

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Speaker 1: was probably well it was. It was the best game

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Speaker 1: he's had this preseason. It led the team in tackles

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Speaker 1: with six six. Yeah, and the one that sticks out

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Speaker 1: obviously is when he took on the lead blocker in

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Speaker 1: the hole, shot him and stuffed Darius Guys on that

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Speaker 1: run right at the goal line. Yeah, right at the

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Speaker 1: goal line. Great play by Duke Riley. He's a guy

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Speaker 1: that you know, for for for whatever reasons, has not

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Speaker 1: you know, clicked on all cylinders yet. Since he's been here,

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Speaker 1: he's had his moments. And you know, a year ago

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Speaker 1: this time, you and I were talking about how, hey,

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Speaker 1: he's probably going to be the regular starter heading into

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Speaker 1: that season, Oprah with Philly and things just unfolded the

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Speaker 1: way they did. But he need to have a big

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Speaker 1: game and he did, so yeah, I mean having him,

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Speaker 1: having him step up is only benefits this team. We know,

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Speaker 1: of course what they've got with Dion, with Devantre, with

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Speaker 1: Foyer last season, but guys like Jermaine Grace and Duke

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Speaker 1: Riley really pushing Bruce Carter kind of in that reserve role.

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Speaker 1: That only makes this defense better. We learned last season

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Speaker 1: how important death can be. So those those were your

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Speaker 1: big takeaways. My big takeaway will would have to be

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Speaker 1: the fact that number two was upright the entire game

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Speaker 1: when he was in there behind center. The offensive line

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Speaker 1: played much better, much better than it did against the Jets.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't say it was a perfect night by any means,

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Speaker 1: but it was a very good night because Matt Ryan

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Speaker 1: he was hit once. You know, I think it was

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Speaker 1: Montes sweat got to jump on Matt Ghanou as Matt

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Speaker 1: was throwing the ball, and it took took a little

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Speaker 1: bit of a shot, but he got the ball out. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was got the ball out. But I just liked

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Speaker 1: chatter about the all line after that Jets game. Yes, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: we'll talk. I'll talk a little bit more about Matt

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Speaker 1: jo later on in the in the podcast. But he was,

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Speaker 1: I mean, really really good. I went back and rewatched

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Speaker 1: that game and he stood out to me even more

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Speaker 1: than he had on that first night, and I think,

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Speaker 1: I think he's a really good player who has a

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Speaker 1: lot more upside. It happens if our producer here, Casey Richardson,

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Speaker 1: could go back and play an excerpt from the very

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Speaker 1: first podcast you and I did together and how I

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Speaker 1: just gushed over Matt Gono heading into camp. I would

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Speaker 1: love that because he is a guy that you and

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Speaker 1: I have talked about, not just you know recently. Will

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Speaker 1: a whole lot, and he checks all the physical you know,

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Speaker 1: he's all the boxes, he's got all the physical tools.

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Speaker 1: He's just got to learn the game. But we'll get

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Speaker 1: into that later. Yea, Let's talk about the final, Thank goodness,

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Speaker 1: the final, Yes, the final preseason game is here, Thank goodness,

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville Thursday night. You know, there's a number of battles

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Speaker 1: say that, you know, the coaches probably know what they

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Speaker 1: Ye But obviously the big, big one besides right tackle

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Speaker 1: is place kicker pressure. That has been a big headline

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Speaker 1: of you know, and it's not a headline that anybody

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Speaker 1: You know, when we talk about the takeaways from that

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Speaker 1: Washington game, it was Georgio missing that thirty nine yarder

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Speaker 1: and that has resulted in the team bringing in Blair

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Speaker 1: Walsh for kind of an ongoing competition this week, open competition.

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Speaker 1: We will I presume see both players on Thursday night

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Speaker 1: against the Jaguars, and yeah, those guys got to step up.

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Speaker 1: They got to do it in a game. I rarely

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Speaker 1: get excited for that fourth preseason game. I hope this

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Speaker 1: game would be so exciting to me if the Falcons

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Speaker 1: have six field goal attempts and they each get three apiece.

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Speaker 1: You and I differ on what makes an exciting football game,

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Speaker 1: but not I hope, I hope that happens for you, Matt.

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Speaker 1: It's no, let's let's clarify. This not an exciting football

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Speaker 1: I think the sport you're looking for a soccer. I

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Speaker 1: hope that we see these guys have a kickoff and

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Speaker 1: what I mean by that is a one on one

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Speaker 1: and I hope they each get like two or three

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Speaker 1: attempts each. And I personally think Will, I'm being serious here.

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Speaker 1: I think Georgio Tevekio is going to kick his way

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Speaker 1: I was the one who was, you know, standing out

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Speaker 1: a fifty four yard or a fifty two yarder that

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Speaker 1: he missed the thirty nine yarder wide left, it was

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Speaker 1: harder to defend. And then what really kind of you know,

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Speaker 1: did it for me? Will in jumping to the other

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Speaker 1: what he said after the game. Which was the Falcons

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Speaker 1: it's probably a little shaken. It's probably gonna be tough

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Speaker 1: for his heart not to be pounding a little bit

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Speaker 1: when he when he lines up to make that first kick.

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Speaker 1: But you don't do that at the highest level on

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Speaker 1: Monday night football and go three for three if there's

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Speaker 1: not something inside of you that can come through in

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Speaker 1: wins this job on Thursday. Oh you don't. Well, that's

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Speaker 1: what I'm saying too. I'm saying he kicks his way

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Speaker 1: of the competition, out of trouble. Yeah, okay, like works

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Speaker 1: his way through it. Yeah. So you think he wins

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Speaker 1: I think you have to bring in the competition at

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Speaker 1: this point. For a coach who like Dan Quinn, who

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Speaker 1: preaches competition at every single spot, this is probably good

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Speaker 1: for it. You just have to know if you're you

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Speaker 1: have to forget just the kicker every guy you try

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Speaker 1: got to have supreme confidence that they're going to do

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Speaker 1: their job and if if they're not on this team,

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Speaker 1: you go find him. Right. So I credit Thomas Dimitroff

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Speaker 1: they they worked out three different kickers. They even talked

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Speaker 1: it's open competition. Because you need to find out if

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Speaker 1: final preseason game, will Um, there's a number of positions

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Speaker 1: that are definitely besides kicker that we need to be watching.

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Speaker 1: What's the number one position for you? It's been this

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Speaker 1: a couple big backs. And after that first game with Allison,

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Speaker 1: It's clear that that informed a lot of what the

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Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons did this offseason, and I think it's going

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Speaker 1: to pay off this year. I've liked what I've seen

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Speaker 1: the group. You'd like to think so, and that's why

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Speaker 1: everyone kind of overreacted, well reacted the way they did.

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Speaker 1: And with the Jets game, you know, there's one point

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Speaker 1: where Matt had eleven dropbacks and was hit eight times,

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Speaker 1: and so it's just you just don't want to see that.

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Speaker 1: And so especially at all the talk and investment and everything.

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Speaker 1: So again, there was a lot of reasons why that

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Speaker 1: happened too. You can talk about game planning, and you

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Speaker 1: talk about Greg Williams and the stints, you know, stunts

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Speaker 1: and blitzes. But regardless, it was kind of good that

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Speaker 1: they had that happen and could coach it. And but

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Speaker 1: let's see what happens here against Jacksonville. But last two

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Speaker 1: second thought on Andrew Luck. I applaud the guy. You know,

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Speaker 1: he had a lot to play for if you look

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Speaker 1: at it in one way. But then he's also you know,

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Speaker 1: he's big enough to kind of say, look at I

446
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Speaker 1: just got married. I had the rest of my life.

447
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Speaker 1: I want to take care of myself and enjoy myself

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Speaker 1: and be able to have a family one day and

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Speaker 1: and and be healthy enough and realize that there's more

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Speaker 1: to life than you know. For the playing for people

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Speaker 1: that I don't know, um, and look, I don't want

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Speaker 1: to get into this, but I was I was disgusted

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Speaker 1: by the fact that the Colts fans booed him going

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Speaker 1: off the field too, But you know whatever, But I'm

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Speaker 1: done on Andrew Luck. I applaud him. What a tough

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Speaker 1: situation to find out, you know, weeks before you're opener

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Speaker 1: that you're starting quarterback is going to retire. But tough, tough.

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Speaker 1: It must have been just got wrenching for him and

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Speaker 1: his family and in the Colts. But uh, but that's them,

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Speaker 1: not us. That's got one more game to go, that's

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Speaker 1: in Week three. Will yes that that is huge? Falcons

462
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Speaker 1: do play cold tweek three. I assumed Jacoby Brissette barring

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Speaker 1: any moves. I mean, that's still a really good roster.

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Speaker 1: That's they still got talent on a lot of at

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Speaker 1: a lot of positions. So I mean, there's do you

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Speaker 1: follow Jacoby percent on Twitter? I can't say I do.

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Speaker 1: You might want to. He is an interesting cat. He

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Speaker 1: tweets some weird stuff and I'll just leave it at that. Well,

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Speaker 1: I don't think you should. Has me really worried. I know,

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Speaker 1: you gotta should I follow him or not? No, let's

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Speaker 1: let's talk about Falcons and let's talk about this roster.

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Speaker 1: So Um, now that we've we've kind of teed up

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Speaker 1: what to watch. The big The big story obviously is

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Speaker 1: roster cutdowns. Um that happens after the Jacksonville game. That's

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Speaker 1: really what all this is about. Dan Quinn said the

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Speaker 1: early on this week. The focus of this week is

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Speaker 1: really trying to figure out who's on the roster, who's

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Speaker 1: going to be on the practice squad, and then who

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Speaker 1: is going to be available possibly via other other teams.

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Speaker 1: He said, since April, there's gonna be a thousand new

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Speaker 1: players on the on the streets after this weekend. That's

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Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of potential bodies that you

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Speaker 1: could add. I DQ said a thousand, even said, okay,

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Speaker 1: so I thought you said thousands. I was like, that's thousand, guy,

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Speaker 1: That is a lot of guys. Um, No, I don't

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Speaker 1: think it's that many. I don't even know if it's

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Speaker 1: a thousand. But there's gonna be a lot of people

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Speaker 1: out there looking for for jobs and if if you

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Speaker 1: can bring in somebody, and we've seen people take some

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Speaker 1: Falcons players in the past. Chris Odam the Packers signed

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Speaker 1: after the twenty seventeen preseason. I mean, it's not uncommon

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Speaker 1: for a team to be keeping an eye on a

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Speaker 1: player on another roster and if that guy gets hits

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Speaker 1: the streets for them to give him a call. So,

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Speaker 1: I mean, there could be some movement. But yeah, this

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Speaker 1: this game, we're not really expecting too many starters out there,

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Speaker 1: if any, and it's going to be a lot of

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Speaker 1: competition for some a few roster spots. Dan Quinn didn't

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Speaker 1: say there were that many at this point up for graps. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and if you're a fan out there thinking that you're

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Speaker 1: you know you're gonna go the Falcons are going to

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Speaker 1: somehow end up picking up a starting, defensive, inequality guy.

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Speaker 1: That's probably not going to happen. But there's you know, hey,

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Speaker 1: I don't rule anything out that maybe somebody makes a trade,

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Speaker 1: maybe somebody offers a guy I don't know, but they

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Speaker 1: can't wait for this to end up on a blog

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Speaker 1: site somewhere. No, I'm not saying that's going to happen.

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Speaker 1: But what I am saying is that dan Quinn's as

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Speaker 1: part of the player acquisition process when you get to

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Speaker 1: late August in teams because they have to sign their

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Speaker 1: draft picks, because young guys beat out some other guys

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Speaker 1: because of they are making, you know, decisions on long

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Speaker 1: term contracts with other guys. It's a business. At the

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Speaker 1: end of the day, there's a salary cap, and good

515
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Speaker 1: players end up finding themselves walking the street and signing

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Speaker 1: with other teams. And some of those guys end up

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Speaker 1: pushing other teams over the top. Yeah, for sure. And

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Speaker 1: one of the things that I asked him about today,

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Speaker 1: because the Falcons, more than most teams I think, really

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Speaker 1: prize their development. It's it is guys like Matt Gono,

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Speaker 1: who was on the active roster last year but never

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Speaker 1: saw any game time, never was dressed out for a

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Speaker 1: game because a they thought he was good enough to

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Speaker 1: try to keep him away from other teams who might

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Speaker 1: sign him off of the Falcons practice squad. They didn't

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Speaker 1: want to put him on the press. But when I

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Speaker 1: asked coach Quinn, what is are there traits that necessarily

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Speaker 1: he looks for in a development player when he's looking

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Speaker 1: at this group of guys who he's going to have

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Speaker 1: to say goodbye to some of them, what stands out

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Speaker 1: about a couple that makes him want to say, I

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Speaker 1: can I can invest in you? You're worth developing. And

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Speaker 1: what he said was you really look for the guys

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Speaker 1: who look like they do belong in the NFL, who

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Speaker 1: maybe just don't have that refinement yet, but guys who

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Speaker 1: are strong enough and fast enough if you don't have

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Speaker 1: that baseline, and I mean that seems obvious, he said

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Speaker 1: too if something weird happens to him, like maybe maybe

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Speaker 1: they had an injury or setback, or maybe you know,

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Speaker 1: they maybe two schools or because of a personal thing,

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Speaker 1: whatever it may be, they're set back, and there they

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Speaker 1: somehow have slipped off a radar and not gotten the

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Speaker 1: coaching they've maybe needed. Yes, but that's the you coach

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Speaker 1: up to the skill set. But you can't necessarily coach

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Speaker 1: up the natural traits, right the speed or the strength.

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Speaker 1: But you can coach up you know, route running, you

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Speaker 1: can coach up catching. You can't coach up hand placement

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Speaker 1: on a block. So those So when you're looking at

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Speaker 1: guys as fans, when you're watching this last game and

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Speaker 1: you're trying to think, okay, who who could stick around there,

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Speaker 1: that's maybe a good place to start is who just

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Speaker 1: looks like from an athletic standpoint, they belong out there

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Speaker 1: on the field. Because you can coach up a lot

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Speaker 1: of the other stuff. I think that's tough for Joe fan,

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Speaker 1: but that's what you know, these scouts get paid to do.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think a lot of people would just

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Speaker 1: look at a guy say, well, he's big, he must

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Speaker 1: play in the NF. Now there's a lot more to

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Speaker 1: it because there's a lot of big guys that can't move.

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Speaker 1: Um that all s I'm rolling out will my roster

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Speaker 1: predictions by position group this week. You've already got a

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Speaker 1: few out right. Yeah. I rolled out running back in

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Speaker 1: defensive line on Monday. Today. I'm rolling out three cornerback

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Speaker 1: and offensive liner out now on Atlanta Falcons dot Com.

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Speaker 1: And tight ends will be out later today and then tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: I've got safety, linebacker, and wide receiver. And then I'm

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Speaker 1: ending it with a bang. I've got quarterbacks and then

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Speaker 1: special teams who, well I pick is the kicker. The

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Speaker 1: anticipation is probably just killing people. Um. Anyway, let's talk.

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Speaker 1: Let's go. Let's go through this really quick running back

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Speaker 1: any you know, you know you saw who I put

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Speaker 1: out there? What's your take on it? I like it? Um,

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Speaker 1: I thank them keeping four guys, all four running backs, yes,

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Speaker 1: plus partner. I'm counting him as a special right, right right,

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Speaker 1: and and the team does as well. The team, you know,

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Speaker 1: Dan Quinn has said, if if we look at a

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Speaker 1: guy just because he might play running back, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: look at him as our returner. So the team does

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Speaker 1: as well. But yes, I think all four guys deserve

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Speaker 1: a spot. That nobody has done anything to lose this job.

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Speaker 1: All of them have competed to win it. I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying that they're gonna go with four guys, but if

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Speaker 1: they did, it would not shock me because all four belong.

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Speaker 1: If they go with three for some reason, I'm worried

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Speaker 1: about Brian Hill, just because he started off strong and

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Speaker 1: he just hasn't had the numbers since. But the coaches, no,

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Speaker 1: the coaches know what he brings. But at the same

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Speaker 1: time too, it's like you gotta go buy what they

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Speaker 1: do in the game. Moving on to defensive line, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna these I'm talking about a little differently because they're

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Speaker 1: already out there bubble guys with the defensive line that

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Speaker 1: you know where I kind of kind of parked the

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Speaker 1: car at Will was d Drin Senat, Rashida Hageman, Justin

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Speaker 1: Zimmer and then and then there's like three guys that

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Speaker 1: I have in the practice that really two of them.

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Speaker 1: I really really liked rant Miles and Larkin. But I've

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Speaker 1: got a staff for you for Zimmer. You ready for this? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: hit me with it. He's such a I like that guy.

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Speaker 1: He was the fourth highest graded pass rusher this preseason

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Speaker 1: per PF. So they are ranking and some people, you know,

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Speaker 1: take or leave PF. But it's notable because they watch

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Speaker 1: every single player, every single snap. He had an eighty

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Speaker 1: seven point seven pass rush grade. And it's notable because

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Speaker 1: we've been talking all season about or all preseason about

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Speaker 1: how well he's played and he's kind of underrated. It

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Speaker 1: goes under the radar a lot of the plays that

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Speaker 1: he makes. But it's pretty notable that PF is seeing

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Speaker 1: the same thing it is. And you know what else

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Speaker 1: you bring that up? I guess who was the highest

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Speaker 1: rated player this week at defensive tackle D D rinsenat

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Speaker 1: Now there you go. And so he needed to have

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Speaker 1: a big game. He didn't. He did. I thought he played.

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Speaker 1: I thought he played pretty well most of most of

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Speaker 1: the preseason. That sack, force, fumble play the game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean we talked about the running back group being

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Speaker 1: really deep. The defensive line groups really deep too. I

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Speaker 1: mean you look down the list this, I like that.

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Speaker 1: Tyler Davison, Yeah, I'm like there they had. They didn't

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Speaker 1: bring in the flashy name that I think a lot

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Speaker 1: of people were looking for this offseason when it was

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Speaker 1: draft time and we were sitting here talking about you know,

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Speaker 1: I loved Brian Burns, I know you loved Montes sweat

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Speaker 1: guys like that, and it was which one of these

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Speaker 1: top tier pass rushers are they getting in this draft.

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Speaker 1: They didn't do any of that, but I don't think

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Speaker 1: they've needed to. I think the combination of what dan

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Speaker 1: Quinn is going to do upfront with some of his

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Speaker 1: looks schematically, and just the versatility of a guy like

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Speaker 1: Tyler Davison who can play that one technique play the

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Speaker 1: run really well. But oh we also saw him knife

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Speaker 1: into the backfield and make a tackle for a loss.

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Speaker 1: The guys that they can move inside and outside on

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Speaker 1: this defensive line. I really like this group. Yeah. Not

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Speaker 1: in a lot of surprises with Corner. I don't think

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Speaker 1: this year. I think they stay with six, the one guy,

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Speaker 1: you know. I think they're going to keep their two starters,

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Speaker 1: and I think they're gonna keep their two draft picks.

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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna keep that guy named I think

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Speaker 1: Kazy around. Um. I think Bleedy Ray Wilson would be

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Speaker 1: your one guy maybe, but I think they keep him. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's stuck around the past couple of He's a good

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Speaker 1: I think, veteran depth piece who knows the system really

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Speaker 1: well and has the length to play it. Tight ends

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Speaker 1: they kept they've kept traditionally. Three. You know, I think

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Speaker 1: that Graham could go on the practice squad. He's practic

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Speaker 1: squad eligible, right. I think it's like six starts, you

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Speaker 1: can't have made more than six starts or something like that. Okay, well,

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Speaker 1: we'll do that research and have an answered for you

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Speaker 1: next week, fans. Yeah, I think that's what it is.

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Speaker 1: But I think he's I do know this Alex Gray

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Speaker 1: is no longer counted as an international player. Okay, I

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Speaker 1: do know that one. I did ask about that one. Yeah. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, safety, linebacker, receiver. I think those position groups

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Speaker 1: are pretty set, So I think quarterbacks set too, sure. Um,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, the big question is going to be, you know, obviously,

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Speaker 1: special teams with a kicker. I think Kenyan Barner's wrapped

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Speaker 1: up the return job just because I think he's yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know what you're getting. Well Again, this was a

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Speaker 1: position where because Kenyon was the established veteran coming in here,

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Speaker 1: somebody was going to have step up and win the job.

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Speaker 1: I feel very safe in saying that nobody did that. No,

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Speaker 1: they had their opportunities too and just did not happen. So, hey,

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville's here. Then it's roster cutdown, and then we finally

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Speaker 1: get me to week one. Yeah, so we're going so

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Speaker 1: for our listeners out there, we're gonna record again on

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Speaker 1: Tuesday after the after cutdowns and then this show some

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Speaker 1: big breaking news here. This show is going to be moved.

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Speaker 1: So it is going to be a postgame show immediately

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Speaker 1: following the Falcons games on Sundays and when they play

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Speaker 1: on Thursday on Thanksgiving. Yes, we'll be here breaking down

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Speaker 1: everything right after the game for you guys. Yeah, after

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Speaker 1: we write our stuff and get it up to Atlanta

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Speaker 1: Falcons dot com and you know i'd write my postgame column.

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Speaker 1: We are going to record this and we're going to

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Speaker 1: have you know, what's going to make this podcast different

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Speaker 1: from a lot of other podcasts is we know the

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Speaker 1: team better than anybody else, and we are going to

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Speaker 1: react immediately after the game, and we are going to

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Speaker 1: get it up and you'll have it to listen to.

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Speaker 1: So hopefully Sunday nights, Monday morning driving home Sunday night,

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Speaker 1: driving to work Monday morning, if it's an eight thirty

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Speaker 1: pm kickoff, we will stay up until four am to

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Speaker 1: get you your commentary that you need for your Monday

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Speaker 1: morning drive. We are that dedicated to you, our fans.

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Speaker 1: And also be on the lookout for an announcement next

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Speaker 1: Tuesday on the show's name, because it's yet to be.

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Speaker 1: It's not going to be the TBD pod. No, I

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Speaker 1: think that's taken. Yeah, someone took that. If you have

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Speaker 1: any suggestion, send him into Straight from the Beak. No, yeah,

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Speaker 1: and no cliches please, No Bird's Nest podcast. You don't

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Speaker 1: want the wing in it pod? No, I don't, I know,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm you know what, I'm actually kind of

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Speaker 1: cool with what the Falcons postgame show with Beacon McFadden.

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Speaker 1: But if we want to get a cute name, we can,

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Speaker 1: let's leave it you because you gave me a list

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Speaker 1: of some really some there're some clever ones in there.

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Speaker 1: I'm nothing if not clever Matt. Nico Tan, one of

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Speaker 1: our social media guys, came up with a good one too,

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Speaker 1: but he did I know you're not crazy about it.

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Speaker 1: If you're listening to Nico, Will mcfad's not crazy. But

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Speaker 1: I liked it. Uh what was it called? The end?

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Speaker 1: Around the end? A round? You know for a postgame show.

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Speaker 1: We'll figure it out and we will have it for

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Speaker 1: you guys. All right, guys, Well, thanks so much for listening.

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Speaker 1: This was a lot of fun. Thank you Casey our producer.

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Speaker 1: Let's uh, let's let's pump up the volume on that

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Speaker 1: that music. Casey, I love you so I guess