1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Falcons Audible presented by AT and T. 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 2: We are back, DJ. 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: We said last week that we were hoping to come 4 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: back with you were doing a bunch of this stuff 5 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: last week, right, and we are effectively coming back throwing 6 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: up the dubs. 7 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 3: Now. 8 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: I'm sure there's gonna be a time when we come up, 9 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: come back, and we're not throwing the dubs up. But 10 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: you in the NFL, you celebrate and when you get them, 11 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: every time you get them, no matter how you get it, 12 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: as long as you have one more point than the 13 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: other team, you celebrate it. I heard the stat by 14 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: the way, Guys, correct me if I'm wrong. There were 15 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: four NFL teams that started the season with two home games, 16 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: and Atlanta was the only one to come out of 17 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: that two to zero of those four teams. 18 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 2: All right, so it's good start, by the way. Derek Rackley, 19 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 2: Dave Archer, DJ Shockley. 20 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: The old adage when I was playing again, we were 21 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: playing back in the sixteen game season, was if you 22 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: go undefeated at home and you split your road games, 23 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: you got a darn good chance of winning the division 24 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: and going to the playoffs. Right, So long season ahead, 25 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: But off to a good start when all that comes. Now, 26 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,199 Speaker 1: granted we're in the seventeen game seasons now. However, here's 27 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: what we're gonna talk about today, a little player spotlight. 28 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna let the guys pick a player that just 29 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: impressed them or it felt like they were the difference 30 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 1: maker in the game. On Sunday we will dive into 31 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 1: a little bit more of the call. 32 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 2: I don't know if it's actually. 33 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: If it's like going down in history yet, but the 34 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: fourth and one call by Arthur Smith to go for 35 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: it instead of kicking the field. 36 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 4: What I heard was was Dave called down and said, 37 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 4: Arch said, Yola, all right, I gotta play for you. 38 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: He said, so he pushed that special button on his 39 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: box in the booth right like only in special circumstances. 40 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 5: The only guy got that connection to him. 41 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: And then we'll talk about the hurdles that the Falcons 42 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: will face as they move into Week three and a 43 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: road contest against the Detroit Lions. Guys, before we dive 44 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: into it, I thought it was kind of cool we 45 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: got a chance to see some. 46 00:01:58,400 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 2: Throwbacks last weekend. 47 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: The Red Helmets, the old logo kind of joked about 48 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: it in the pregame show. You know you're getting old 49 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 1: when they wear the older Falcons logo, and that was 50 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: the logo that you started with. However, I feel like 51 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: Arch is the one that we should start this conversation 52 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: with because you didn't wear the red helmet, right Arch, Like, 53 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: I'm kind of. 54 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 2: Jealous the gold stripes. 55 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 3: So what they're doing is they're commemorating the original helmet. 56 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 3: You know, obviously comrades Georgia maybe more so than it 57 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 3: does Georgia Tech. But they they put the gold stripe 58 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 3: on it for Georgia Tech on south side of the 59 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 3: outside of the white stripe. So we did not have 60 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 3: the gold stripe on our helmet. We did have the 61 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 3: red helmets with the logo that. 62 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 5: You're talking about. 63 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 3: So yeah, there's some fun things to look back on. 64 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 3: I still think that those helmets pop. I thought they 65 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 3: popped on Sunday. I think the fans dug them. They 66 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 3: look good with the black jersey. We wore the red 67 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 3: jersey with the red helmet. I think it looks good, 68 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 3: really good with the black jersey. The old go back 69 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 3: to the beginning, and so I thought they really popped, 70 00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 3: And as it turns out, we popped as a team. 71 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 4: Not not all offensive linemen have good style or schwag. 72 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 5: Some of them do. 73 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 4: Now, But when you put on that red helmet and 74 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 4: the black I thought all the offensive links they look good. 75 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 4: You know, skilled guys, you're gonna always look good. You 76 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 4: gonna you know, you're gonna look the part always. But 77 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 4: I thought everybody looked good. I think pop is a 78 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 4: good word. I mean that red is like electric, It 79 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 4: just it stands out. I mean, you got dudes around 80 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 4: the league. I saw JJ White talking about man ken 81 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 4: fos make those uniforms permanent, like other people around this 82 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 4: league noticing them. I thought they were pretty cool too. 83 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 3: Man. 84 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 1: Two things I'm jealous about I'll just say, I'm gonna 85 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:34,359 Speaker 1: go on record and say it. The fact that the 86 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: guys get to wear Jordan's for Clayts now, Like I'm 87 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: pretty jealous about that. And number two, like when when 88 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: I when I was playing, we didn't have all the 89 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: different uniform combinations, right, we put it much more the 90 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: gray pants like every week, right, And. 91 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 5: We didn't and then we didn't have Nike either, right, it. 92 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,119 Speaker 2: We were in the rebox majority of that time. 93 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 3: Like, yeah, remember well, and he had those boring ass 94 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 3: uniforms that were up in Washington too. 95 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 5: In Minnesota. 96 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 2: In Minnesota, yeah, Brutal Minnesota, Golden from Ames, Iowa. 97 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: We were one of the first teams that had multi 98 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: uniform all Right, we digress. All right, let's go ahead 99 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: and talk about the falcons. All right, did you have 100 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: to start with you. We're gonna call this the just 101 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: real simple player spotlight. I want you to go on 102 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: a rant if you will go into detail on somebody, 103 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: one person, maybe two people that you felt like you 104 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 1: were impressed with or made a difference in the game. 105 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 2: Oh, you're one person getting. 106 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 3: Shock. If you give shock that kind of rope, then 107 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 3: all of a sudden, he's he's got the whole offense. 108 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 5: Laid out and three or four of the guys on 109 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 5: the defense. 110 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 2: What I just need to wrap the show up, right, 111 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 2: We'll see you later. 112 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 4: I've never done anything that's sort of people as if 113 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 4: we looked into the game. 114 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 5: I've never done that, So don't allow Arche to fool you. 115 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 4: But okay, if I get to choose one, I'm going 116 00:04:55,880 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 4: to say a position group. Okay, of the offensive, I 117 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 4: can't use the offensive line. 118 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 2: Go ahead, go ahead, offensive line. 119 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 5: You can't signal out just one. 120 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 4: But seriously, but seriously, you go out and you rush 121 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 4: for over two hundred eleven yards in the ball game 122 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 4: against that kind of front that you just played against 123 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 4: that speaks volumes. And I heard, you know, I was 124 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 4: watching the money in that game last night and the 125 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 4: guys on the call were talking about, uh, you know, 126 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 4: a couple certain players on Carolina team last week, not 127 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 4: really you know, stepping in there last week when the 128 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 4: Falcons were getting the run game going. This is what 129 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 4: this offensive line, this is what the kind of backs, 130 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 4: with the receivers on the outside, tight ends, it's all together. 131 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 5: But I just love the fact the offensive. 132 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 4: Line took that game in their hands and really really 133 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 4: put it down the throw of the Packers when you 134 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 4: need it to. And there were times in the game 135 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 4: where situations you say, you know what, we're gonna run 136 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 4: the football. Everybody knows it. It's thirty one, fourth to one, 137 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 4: whatever it may be, We're gonna run the football. And 138 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 4: they were physical enough to get that job done. I mean, 139 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 4: you could signal out a couple different players where guys 140 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 4: are really good up front, But when you go for 141 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 4: two hundred live yards in a national football Leade running football. 142 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean that's hard to overlook. 143 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, very impressive. 144 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: Forty five runs in the game, as you mentioned, two 145 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: hundred and eleven yards rushing, four hundred and forty six 146 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 1: yards of total offense in the game. We have we 147 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: have talked a lot about the skill position players, rightfully so. 148 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: But back in the offseason we did talk about the 149 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: offensive line arch because we were talking about Lindstrom and 150 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: some other guys that needed to step up and take 151 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: the next step in the development. Now that they added 152 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: Bjon Robinson. What's a player or position group that stuck 153 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: out to you in the game. 154 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm gonna pick I'm gonna leave you the low 155 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 3: hanging fruit. I'll let you go ahead and take number seven. 156 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 3: I'm gonna go with Nate Landman, who filled in it linebacker. 157 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 3: Call you go back and look at the tape. Now, 158 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 3: Nate Landman, you're saying, well, linebacker. He had four tackles 159 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 3: in game, tackle for loss. He made three or four 160 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 3: plays in the game that were difference making plays. Two 161 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 3: that stick out in my mind. Atlanta got out flanked 162 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 3: on particular play when they threw a little swing screen 163 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 3: to the outside. Landman reads it right off the start, 164 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 3: they were able to hook the edge defender for Atlanta 165 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 3: and they're going to get to the perimeter. Lanman runs 166 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 3: right by the guy that was going to block him 167 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 3: and blows the play up for about a two yard loss. 168 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 3: That was his tackle for loss. But the play that 169 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 3: jumps off the map is they're trying to run. They're 170 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 3: trying to run left side or right side of the 171 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 3: Falcon defense, and Landman's not going to make the tackle. 172 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 3: He completely destroys the lead blocker, who was the tight 173 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 3: end slash full back. I can't reven remember the guy's name, 174 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 3: and I'm pretty sure he doesn't know his own name 175 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 3: because he exploded this guy. I said, I had to 176 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 3: rerun it back and forth at who in the hell 177 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 3: to get Oh, you know, just you kind of cradished 178 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 3: a little bit when you saw he explodes this guy. 179 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 3: And then Kaden Nellis I think, runs through or Jesse 180 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 3: Bates runs through and makes the tackle right at the 181 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 3: line of scrimmage. But it was because of Nate Lammon. 182 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 3: There was a lot of concern about Troy Anderson, his 183 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 3: speed and nobility, and certainly you're going to be excited 184 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 3: to get him back on the field. But you understand 185 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 3: now why a guy that had one hundred over one 186 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 3: hundred tackles and Michael Walker is not on this team 187 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 3: anymore because of guys like Nate Landman who stepped in 188 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 3: and you didn't miss a beat defensively with Troy out 189 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 3: of the game. Now you've got a guy that's played 190 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 3: some plays and like Landman, and you got Troy. You 191 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 3: got Troy Anderson coming back. Boy, the depth at linebacker 192 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 3: just kind of just threw itself out there as you 193 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 3: could see it. 194 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: You know, Taylor asked me, Taylor Bismore asked me in 195 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: our pregame show on Sunday, you know what type of 196 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: loss is it? Not having Troy Anderson in a lineup 197 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: and everything? And guys, sometimes you just have to go 198 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: back to the old adage is like it's next man 199 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: up in the NFL, Right, Yeah, you hate to lose 200 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: a player like Troy Anderson obviously out in concussion protocol, 201 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: but it's this is where they've tried to build depth 202 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: in the offseason and it's now it was late in 203 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: Nate Lanman's turn to prove to himself and this organization 204 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 1: and the rest of the team that he's a viable 205 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: option for them at the linebacker position. I think it's 206 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,839 Speaker 1: a great point arch that you throw him out because 207 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: now that defensive staff even feels more comfortable with him 208 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: being active, maybe they start doing a little bit more 209 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: rotation because he's not just a holdover guy, not just 210 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: a stopgap guy, somebody that can come in there and 211 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: help make them plays on the defense. I will go 212 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: ahead and take the low hanging fruit and be Jeon Robinson. Guys, 213 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: we said it last week, we said it in the offseason. 214 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: This kid is freaking special, like truly special. There were 215 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: two plays that stuck out to me, and I know 216 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: you guys all know that the running play that I'm 217 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: talking about where he straight up made three people with 218 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: right and this is this is a rookie running backing. Yeah, 219 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: sometimes you got to take rookies with a green and 220 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: saw oh, they're gonna take a little while to get 221 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: their feet underneath them, kind of figure out the NFL game. 222 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 2: I mean, he shook jockstraps off of three dudes. 223 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: On one run and that was just like I'm as 224 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: I'm watching this play unfold and I'm like. 225 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 2: Oh, oh, oh, okay. 226 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: And then the other play that really stuck out to me, guys, 227 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: was they end up flexing him out wide, and I 228 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: think they had Pits in the slot and they run 229 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: the slant pattern right and he comes in and catches 230 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: this slant looking like a wide receiver, I mean, just 231 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: in stride, plucks the ball out of the air, catches it, 232 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: turns up field, and I had to remind myself, like, y'all, 233 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: this is a running back, right, Like, they're not really 234 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: supposed to look that smooth out there. But that again 235 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: is the somewhat of the Swiss Army knife that you 236 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: get with a guy like Bjean Robinson. 237 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 2: We talked about it. 238 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: One hundred yard game, one hundred and twenty four yards, 239 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 1: his first one hundred yard game probably going to be 240 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: first of many in his career, first rookie Falcons running 241 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: back to have ten receptions in his first two career games, 242 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: passing Sonny Campbell, and then the first Falcons rookie running 243 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: back since William Andrews pretty good company in seventy nine 244 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 1: to record one hundred yard rushing game within. 245 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 2: His first So will was a bad man. He was 246 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 2: a different statue, a little different player. 247 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:54,559 Speaker 3: But you know, you mentioned the catch rack and it's 248 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 3: a great it's a great point. And again another part 249 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 3: about it is you expand this in the way the 250 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 3: team's going. And just to throw some accolades at our 251 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 3: quarterback because we picked three different grew You picked the 252 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 3: OH line running back, I picked the linebacker. The quarterback 253 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 3: did a bunch of special things this weekend that I 254 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 3: think when you start talking about growing right in front 255 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 3: of your eyes, that happened in this game. He made 256 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 3: a couple of bad throws in this game, a couple 257 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 3: of throws who had been picked off. He made some 258 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 3: big time throws, but he made some decisions make in choosing. 259 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 5: Where to go. Really good call. 260 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 3: You displace Bijean outside the numbers, and you see you 261 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 3: see Devandre Campbell go with him. So now you've got 262 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 3: man coverage. You know, you got the linebacker out there, 263 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 3: and you're gonna get man coverage instead of trying to 264 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 3: find He knew immediately that's the matchup. That's the one 265 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 3: on one matchup. Jon runs the runs the slant, you 266 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 3: get the first down. His ability to decipher kind of 267 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 3: the pass rush, stay in a throwing position shot and 268 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 3: I can appreciate this. And then moving forward and going. 269 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 3: He he went and ran what are you run for 270 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 3: two or three four first downs in the game just 271 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 3: to extend drives. When you start to evaluate this quarter 272 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 3: as a fan and you're looking at him whether you 273 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 3: like him or don't like him, and you start trying 274 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 3: to judge him and stuff like that, make sure you 275 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 3: look at the little things that he's doing. 276 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 5: Like that. 277 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 3: Shock pointed out something he did last week, uh in 278 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 3: the game against Carolina, where he recognized we had a 279 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 3: potential RPO situation on the goal line Bajon's touchdown. He 280 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 3: sees the nickel blitz, he throws it to Bijon instead 281 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 3: of handing it off to to to Algier for maybe 282 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 3: a minus loss, throws it out and lets Bajon do 283 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 3: his special stuff. But you got to get him the rock. 284 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 3: So when you begin to watch, look at this quarterback. 285 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 3: Look at the growth you're seeing each and every week. Yes, 286 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 3: he's making some dumb throws he's. 287 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,679 Speaker 2: Made, but I played quarterback. You played where we all 288 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 2: make um when you were young. 289 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 5: Guys, what can you get away with? 290 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 2: What can't you get away with? 291 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 3: This kid's really growing before I. 292 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 5: Let me let me add one more to that. 293 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,559 Speaker 4: To that, you know what Archie is talking about, and 294 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 4: I think it goes directly to the trust that Arthur 295 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 4: Smith has in his quarterback. And I think the fans 296 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 4: should understand that Arthur Smith completely trusted this guy. Too 297 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 4: many make the right decision. Like Arts talked about the 298 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 4: fourth and fourth call where he runs it in. It's 299 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 4: his own read. He has to read it out. If 300 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 4: he reads it the wrong way, guess what, the ball 301 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 4: goes over and down, Steady pulls it and gets to 302 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 4: the edge and gets into the zone. I mean little 303 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 4: things like that. You think, oh he ran it in. 304 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 4: It was a great run. There's still decisions that have 305 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 4: to be made, whether it's in the run game or 306 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 4: the pass game. This guy's making those decisions now. Arch 307 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 4: You mentioned that, Yeah, he made some couple of bad 308 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 4: throws in the game, but guess what, he didn't allow 309 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 4: those shoot to hamper how he goes about his ball game. 310 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 4: And he, you know, finished that way in the right way. 311 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 4: And I saw some numbers on him the other day 312 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 4: about how well he's played in the first two games. 313 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 4: In the fourth quarter, think it's like eight of ten 314 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 4: for one hundred and eighty one yards, zero sacks, taking 315 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 4: care of the football and making good decisions what you want, 316 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 4: especially lay in the ball game. 317 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 1: You guys can attest to this as quarterbacks, like it's 318 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 1: one thing to watch Marcus Mariota on tape a year 319 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 1: ago and say that you're gonna learn from things that 320 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: happen in the game. It's another thing to learn from 321 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: some of your own mistakes. Because now Desmond Ritter saw 322 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: these plays unfold and the ones that you talked about, 323 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: the specifically the ones that should have been intercepted, he 324 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: has a chance not to go back and look at 325 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: the tape and say, gosh, I didn't see that guy 326 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: right there, and that just kind of gets logged back 327 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: into memory. Right next time, I'm not going to try 328 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: to make that same decision because I'm gonna anticipate this 329 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: guy being there. The other thing I'm gonna point out 330 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: as far as learning, and this is just me because 331 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: I'm kind of old school, and you want your quarterback 332 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: to be there for all seventeen regular season games. The 333 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: one that he ended up scrambling on on the opposite 334 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: end of the field where he took the big hit. 335 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: I'm sure as coaching staff is saying, we got to 336 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: get you down or get out of bounce like those 337 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: are types of hits that you don't want your quarterback taken. 338 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: It's just real easy to have a shoulder injury or 339 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: something like that. Again, all these learning experiences for him 340 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: are going to happen on the run as he is, 341 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: as he's playing games as a starter. 342 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 4: That's because he talks to Arch every week. His Arch 343 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 4: is a tank and he felt like that guy over. 344 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 3: I did stupid stuff like that too. I tried to 345 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 3: jump over people and all that kind of stuff. Once 346 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 3: you get eat a couple of helmets, you realize, you 347 00:14:58,280 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 3: know what that's. 348 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 5: Shock dude? 349 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 2: You did say last time I checked the paying you 350 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 2: to jump out? 351 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: Will point out Desmond Ridders second quarterback in franchise history 352 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: to record at least one hundred completions in his first 353 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: six career starts, joining Mike Moroski eighty three eighty four. 354 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: So we're talking about a couple of young guys here, 355 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: him and Robinson that are putting themselves up in some 356 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: pretty pretty good company and some things that have not 357 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: happened in a long time, uh, in this Falcons organization. 358 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: All right, let's move on and talk about what I 359 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: mentioned as the call. 360 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 3: Uh. 361 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: I'm standing back in section one nineteen. I'm right behind 362 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: where they're going for the fourth and one call, and 363 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: the first thing that comes to my mind is, oh goodness. 364 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 5: I don't love this call. Right. 365 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 1: I'm thinking, you kick a field goal right here, and 366 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: you got the lead, and I gotta play defense. 367 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 2: Right. 368 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: That's the reason why I'm not a head coach. They 369 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: don't pay me all the money. So Arch, you're up 370 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: there calling the game. You end up seeing how they 371 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: come out, and they decide not to kick the field 372 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: goal on fourth down, they go for it. What were 373 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: your first thoughts at that moment? 374 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 3: Arthur has a decision to make do I go ahead 375 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 3: and kick the field go here and give them essentially 376 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 3: three timeouts because I think it was before the two 377 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 3: minute warning three times three three time outs left? Or 378 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 3: do I do? I depend on my guys. And the 379 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 3: thing that's interesting is a play that it's the same 380 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 3: place Shock he ran earlier in the game on fourth down, 381 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 3: where we go, we go unbalanced, we move Jake to 382 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 3: the right side, he comes across, you know, tighten down 383 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 3: with a tight end on the other side, and we're 384 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 3: going to snap it quick. The problem was the referee 385 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 3: held the snap just to count and and Arthur was going, 386 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 3: oh God, don't want to get it snapped. And then 387 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 3: they snapped it, and then they got a ough field 388 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 3: rusher because they were able to adjust because of that 389 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 3: little bit extra time. They got a guy upfield, John 390 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 3: who I think makes the block or gets a block 391 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 3: on the guy just enough of enclips him, and of 392 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 3: course Bjeon uses his magic to get up the field. 393 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 3: So I my thought was, I loved I loved the 394 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 3: call because I didn't want to give them the ball 395 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 3: back with that much time left on the clock. In fact, 396 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 3: you wonder if with fifty six elevens the seconds left 397 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 3: and fourth and one at the five, if he was 398 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 3: considering doing it again. I think, you know, he kind 399 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 3: of realized, you know what, I'm gonna gohea and depend 400 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 3: on my defense here will pound it through and get 401 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 3: the field goal. But those are the kind of things 402 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 3: that we're going through my mind. 403 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I was again I'm a traditionalist, and 404 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,439 Speaker 1: I'm like, Okay, let's take the points and let's go 405 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: play defense and really put the pressure back on Green Bay. 406 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: But again, that's the reason why Arthur Smith is the 407 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: head coach and the one thing that did come through 408 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,400 Speaker 1: my mind DJ after and I'm sure this is probably 409 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: the way that Arthur Smith, in some way, shape or form, 410 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: was thinking, is I am not going to coach this 411 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: team scared right. At some point you have to, as 412 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: a coach feel like you got to put your foot 413 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: on the gas. And that's kind of what I felt 414 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 1: in that situation. After watching the play unfold, I was like, Okay, 415 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: Arthur's not here to play right, He's not here to 416 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: play conservative. He's here to go out and win. And 417 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 1: it worked out in his favor. And there will probably 418 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: be times DJ where he makes those decisions and it 419 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: does a workout. You win, some you lose. 420 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,160 Speaker 4: And I love the fact that you put your key 421 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 4: players up the bat. You put the guys who you 422 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 4: expect to make these plays up the bat. And I 423 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 4: think it more than anything, it's kind of an unspoken 424 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 4: kind of thing that he has with his players, like 425 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 4: I believe in you guys. I trust you guys to 426 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 4: go out and make the play when it's needed. And 427 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 4: guess what, I like my guys a little bit more 428 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 4: than going against those guys. And I think that's ultimately 429 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 4: what it came down to is I got, I got 430 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 4: a call. I like they actually adjusted like arts just mentioned, 431 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 4: and had a chance to possibly stop the play. But 432 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 4: guess what, we got dudes who can make plays in space, 433 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 4: and we got dudes who that first guy with number 434 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 4: seven probably ain't gonna make the tackle, and we've seen 435 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 4: that in the first two ball games. But I just 436 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 4: love the fact that Arthur said, hey, look, I believe 437 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 4: in you guys. I trust you guys. I'm not gonna 438 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 4: think about it. Let's go get it done and let's 439 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 4: go do it at home. So guess what. How much 440 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 4: did he endear himself to the fans because I guess what, 441 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 4: everybody was cheering, go forward, let's go get it. I'm 442 00:18:58,200 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 4: sure there are tons of other people who's like, kick 443 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 4: the no, this is like a but it works. 444 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 5: Out in I think in great fashion. 445 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 4: I think Auther Smith love the fact that his guy 446 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 4: stepped up to the challenge and made him right. 447 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 5: So I like that real quick. 448 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: Here's the quote from Arthur Smith when asked about that play. 449 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 1: I felt good about the play and the way we 450 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: were blocking. Whether it was going to be Beijon or 451 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: Tyler in that situation. I had a lot of confidence 452 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: that they were going to get the first down. That's 453 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: the belief. So it goes back to yeah, not coaching scared, 454 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: and Dave you talked about Cajoni's a little bit. It's 455 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: also belief in his players, in his offensive line and 456 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: the way we talked about like at that point, they 457 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: had already rushed for what two hundred and something yards, 458 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: So he has seen kind of the resume of the 459 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: game that we've been able to run the football. And 460 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: I'll just throw this out one more time again, if 461 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: you ever had any reservations about drafting a running back 462 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: that high in the first round, that guy right there 463 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: shows you why they did it, because he's got that 464 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,679 Speaker 1: special ability to make a play again in a rookie 465 00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: and when a game is on the line, he didn't 466 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 1: and flinch. Impressive. So let's move on to next week. 467 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 1: Falcons are going to go on the road Arch They're 468 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: going to face the one and one Lions. Of course, 469 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: Detroit beat Kansas City week one, twenty one to twenty 470 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: and then they fell yeah Sunday to Seattle thirty seven 471 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 1: thirty one in overtime. What type of animal is for 472 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 1: are the Falcons facing with Detroit? 473 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 3: Well, I think, yeah, yeah, that's animal. I think you're 474 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 3: going to get a team that thinks of themselves very 475 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 3: much the way Atlanta is trying to think of themselves, 476 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 3: or is thinking of themselves. A physical football team that 477 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 3: wants to play four quarters and beat you down physically. 478 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 3: They want to run the football. Now, David Montgomery got 479 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 3: hurt this last weekend. They're prized unrestricted free agent from 480 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 3: Chicago Iowa State. 481 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 5: By the way he went. 482 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 3: Down, he went down this weekend. So Jamiir Gibbs draft 483 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:04,479 Speaker 3: pick out of Georgia Tech Slash Alabama, will probably be 484 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 3: the featured guy. A little bit different guy. Montgomery's more 485 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 3: of a power runner, has it slipping slide a little 486 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 3: bit like Tyler Aljeer, and Gibbs will look a little 487 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 3: bit more like Number seven, you know, his ability to 488 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 3: some of those things. Goff's playing at a high level. 489 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 3: I'm in ross Saint Browns is an outstanding receiver, so 490 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 3: they've got guys around him that can go get the football. 491 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 3: Marvin Jones is on this team again, he's a good player. 492 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 3: They've got a solid offensive. A lot of people think 493 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 3: that their offensive line the way it's been assembled under 494 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 3: Dan Campbell might be the best offensive line in the 495 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 3: National Football League. There's a lot of people talking about 496 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 3: him in that regard. And on the other side of 497 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 3: the bard, of course, you know about Hutchinson and that 498 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 3: group that can come after you. They drafted Jack Campbell, 499 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 3: the linebacker of Iowa, first round. He's played some, he's 500 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 3: not played some, so he's not a starter in there 501 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 3: right now. You got the Johnson in the back end 502 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 3: who's done a good job for him. So they added 503 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 3: some free agents to the secondary. But it's a good 504 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 3: football team. I mean, they went in and beat Kansas 505 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 3: City on opening night, didn't play overly great offensively, we're 506 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 3: we're efficient, and then this weekend stubbed their toe. They 507 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,120 Speaker 3: allowed allowed Seattle to come in their building and win. 508 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 3: So it's a team I think similarly thinks of themselves 509 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 3: similar to the way Atlanta thinks of themselves, a tough, 510 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 3: hard nose, sixty minute football team. 511 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: One thing that stuck out to me that needs to 512 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: get shored up that they're probably going to see was 513 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: there was some explosive plays from Green Bay's offense against 514 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 1: the Atlanta defense last Sunday, and Jared Goff two hundred 515 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: and fifty three yards against the Chiefs, three hundred and 516 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 1: twenty three yards through the air against the Seahawks, and 517 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: three touchdowns. Of course, he did have the extra overtime 518 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 1: period to amass that they're probably going to take some 519 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 1: shots downfield. So yes, the defense is going to have 520 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:50,959 Speaker 1: to tighten some things up to try not to give 521 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: away some of those explosive plays. 522 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 3: Well, the biggest let me real quickly, biggest thing I 523 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 3: wrote down fifteen yards of plays fifteen yards or more 524 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 3: of plays. They had four pass plays, one run play, 525 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 3: So that's not dynamic by any stretch of the imagination. Shockets. 526 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 3: The penalties, Yeah, that's where you get touched up. I 527 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 3: mean that was about eighty yards of penalties on two plays. 528 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 3: How do you fix that? 529 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 5: And I think the great thing was even the first 530 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 5: play of. 531 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 4: The ball game where you know, AJ gets cast with 532 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 4: the pi off the you know, flee flicker. They went 533 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 4: negative yards after that, which was great. They went backwards 534 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 4: and you still don't want it because you know, a 535 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 4: better team obviously would do a Trey Flowers had one 536 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 4: as well, and you find a way to overcome those 537 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 4: I think those guys have been in those positions before 538 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 4: to be patient and to understand that you can't give 539 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 4: up those you know, chunk yards players because that just 540 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 4: gives them yards, as we all know. But the one 541 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 4: thing I wanted to to to to say was how 542 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 4: do we not give Archie any crap for talking about 543 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 4: Iowa State guy? Whenever I say a Georgia guy, it 544 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 4: gets it gets out of control. 545 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 3: But we don't have three guys on every team in 546 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 3: the National Football League like Georgia. 547 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 5: We have like five guys in the league. 548 00:23:58,320 --> 00:23:59,959 Speaker 2: You got you got four or five guys that every 549 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 2: saying that you played, He's. 550 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 5: Like, I know, yeah, what what? What? What? 551 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 4: One last thing I will mention is the Packers were 552 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 4: three of nine on third down in his ballgame, which 553 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 4: is great. That means you're getting off the field. Whether 554 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:16,399 Speaker 4: you're doing great on first and second Now we talk 555 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 4: about this every week, but you got off the field 556 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 4: and you were good. 557 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:20,640 Speaker 5: You gave your offense opportunity. 558 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 4: That's ultimately what kept you in the ball game because 559 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 4: of how well they were playing in the first half. 560 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 4: But second half three and nine and third down, that's 561 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 4: a that's a big, big test. 562 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 2: We talked about. 563 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: If you are a avid viewer listener of the podcast. 564 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 1: Last week we talked about third down and I mentioned 565 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: winning football in the NFL is somewhere around that forty 566 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: to forty five percent plus mark on third down. You 567 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: mentioned green Bay was three of nine thirty three percent, 568 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: Falcons six of fifteen. You guys know what the math 569 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:51,360 Speaker 1: on that is forty percent forty percent. 570 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 3: And add in and I talked to Arthur about this, 571 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 3: you mentioned conversion three or four of fourth down. So now, man, 572 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 3: because the show, you went nine of nineteen on third down. 573 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 3: And so if you get if you approach that forty 574 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 3: seven to fifty percentile, you'll probably lead the national football. 575 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: You're gonna win a lot of football games. One other 576 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:15,719 Speaker 1: thing that I wanted to know, we didn't mention. It 577 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: probably been mentioned other places. The first two weeks, the 578 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: Falcons have outscored their competition in the fourth quarter. 579 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 2: So yeah, we all as. 580 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 3: This fourth quarter, three series of downs for green Bay 581 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 3: eleven yards and their quarterback was zero for six throwing 582 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,719 Speaker 3: the football in the fourth total. 583 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 2: Sometimes you could like throw out stats. 584 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 1: They don't mean a whole lot, right, but like this 585 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 1: is called finishing and winning. So like when you throw 586 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: out finish and we need to win, like that's finishing 587 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 1: that defense, shutting them down when they had opportunities to 588 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 1: get back in the game. 589 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 2: Our offense after. 590 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: Stubbing their toe a little bit in the third quarter, 591 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: some some missed opportunities, potential turnover coming back outscoring the 592 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: competition the first two games, twenty seven to zero in 593 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. 594 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 4: Also in the fourth quarter two hundred and forty four 595 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 4: yards to fifty six in the first two more games. 596 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 3: Don't put the don't put the announcer Jinks on stuff. 597 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 3: He's not missed but inside fifteen feet in the last 598 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 3: four tournaments. Come on, yeah, no question about no the 599 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 3: fourth quarter play you mentioned it. Racket's a great point 600 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,199 Speaker 3: you have if you want to take this team to 601 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,719 Speaker 3: another level. You're playing sixty minute football. You have been 602 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 3: for the first two years of Arthur Smiths tenure. Here. 603 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 3: You're playing hard, you're playing Rough's a it's a tough 604 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 3: football team to play. But how do you get over 605 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 3: the hump? How do you win those close games that 606 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 3: you're not winning? You find a way to finish games. 607 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 3: And you make a great point, they're finishing it so 608 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 3: far the two games or two games, and they've finished 609 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:52,400 Speaker 3: these two football games. 610 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 2: What do you go for me? 611 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 3: Roight? 612 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 5: Last thing? 613 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 2: DJ go ahead? She raised her hand. 614 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 5: Thank you, thanks such a good student. 615 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, Sleep, you got two wins. You got two 616 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:04,439 Speaker 4: wins in the NFC. 617 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 5: Two. 618 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 4: How big is that? I mean, that's a huge. It's 619 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 4: it's monster to start to hear that way. Always want 620 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:10,919 Speaker 4: to win games. But even when you get missed out 621 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 4: a NFC, that means a little bit more. 622 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 3: I got a question for you, Shock. You got big receivers, 623 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 3: six foot five, six foot four, six foot. 624 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:19,439 Speaker 2: Collins looks like a bodybuilder. 625 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 3: By the way, Tell what do they tell us about 626 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 3: as a quarterback? When you got guys like that and 627 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 3: you're throwing the ball, what do you what are you 628 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 3: trying to do? 629 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 4: Give them a chance, that's all that matters. You got 630 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 4: to give them. Put them up to bag. Give him 631 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 4: a chance. I mean, Ridard did a great job on 632 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 4: the fleet flicker. What do you want to call it? 633 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:39,439 Speaker 4: Reverse handoff? 634 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 5: Game? Back to him and give Mac an opportunity to 635 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 5: go up and get it. Guys were hung. What do 636 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 5: you do the week before with Pitts? Put him at 637 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 5: the bat with two dudes, it didn't matter. They was 638 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 5: back there. 639 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 2: Give him a chance, Give him a chance. 640 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 3: I keep hearing people hit me up and said, hey, yeah, 641 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 3: but rider's numbers if you take this way and that way, yeah, 642 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:01,919 Speaker 3: if if an hands or kid. I'm putting guys up 643 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 3: that they have seven foot wingspan. 644 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 5: That's why we went. 645 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 2: Got us right. We could get a full, we could 646 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:07,640 Speaker 2: go get a couple of five. 647 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 5: Too far, they're not going to get that. Yeah, get 648 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 5: off that. 649 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: I don't have to throw the slant to them because 650 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: I want him to outrun somebody sixty yards. 651 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 2: Throw the ball up and let him come down and 652 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 2: make a play. 653 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 4: Two plays, two place. Stick out to me is the 654 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 4: Drake lonnon touchdown. Bodies of guy boxes him out, uses 655 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 4: that big body frame. And then there was another corner 656 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 4: route on the falcons left side over there, and he 657 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 4: throws the corner route against Gi Alexander. He comes flat 658 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,199 Speaker 4: and he uses his big frame to go get it. 659 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 4: And guess what, even though it's verse cover three, what 660 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 4: people don't understand is cover three the corners playing outside 661 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 4: leverage already, so corner rock probably wouldn't be as good 662 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 4: on this particular play. Drake beats him across his face, 663 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 4: comes flat, catch the football, big time play. 664 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 3: Give your guys a chance inside the action gired been 665 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 3: talking some noise. Yeah, and Drake, if you go back 666 00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 3: and look at it, Drake got a zero. 667 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, appreciate sheeting in his technique. 668 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 3: As you said, it was a big play along the 669 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 3: sideline might have been the best throat that DEAs made. 670 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 5: On the on the on the weekends. 671 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 3: But by the way, go check film session on Atlanta 672 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 3: Falcons dot com because shock breaks down and Drake Glennon 673 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 3: touchdown and it's really good. 674 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: We could sit here, as you can see and chop 675 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: it up, talk about plays and uh, dissect it even more. 676 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 2: But that's gonna We're gonna wrap it up, State guy. 677 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 1: That was the Falcons Audible presented by AT and T. 678 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 1: Remember to like, subscribe, and review on Spotify, iTunes, Atlanta 679 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: Falcons dot com and YouTube. 680 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 2: Send us your comments. Keep them clean, though, nah, make 681 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 2: sure they're good, because otherwise. 682 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 5: I'most oh no o, oura like them dirty? 683 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:39,800 Speaker 2: So I said my bulldog. 684 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 5: Yeah yeah, that's all good. Blazers of U A B. 685 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 5: Yeah yeah, all right, on the road. 686 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 1: For the first time of the twenty twenty three season 687 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: to face the Detroit Lions. We will see you next 688 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: week here on the Falconsible presented by AT and T