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Falcons Audible 11 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: presented by AT and T is back. You got the 12 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: crew here with you. DJ Shockley, Dave Archer, Derek Rackley. Unfortunately, 13 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty four season for the Atlanta Falcons has 14 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: ended a little bit due to Atlanta Falcons loss a 15 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: little bit due to a Tampa Bay Bucks win. But 16 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: nonetheless this season has concluded, so eight to nine season 17 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: for the first year under Raheem Morris and finds the 18 00:00:54,200 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons organization unfortunately short of the postseason. As the 19 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: ultimate goal for any NFL team, you can sit there 20 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: and you can slice it many directions that you want. 21 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: You could say, oh, you want to win your division, 22 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: you want to get into the postsea. You want to 23 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl right there, all these that you 24 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,199 Speaker 1: can come out, but at the end of the day, 25 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: your goal is to get in the postseason because then 26 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: anything can happen. 27 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 2: Right. 28 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: You want to get yourself in the dance to play 29 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 1: extra football, and that hasn't happened now. So let's kind 30 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: of break this down a little bit. Let's talk a 31 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: little bit about the game against Carolina guys, and it's 32 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: one of those it's going to be somewhat difficult to 33 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: talk about just because it was, you know, a big 34 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: time opportunity. Again, Tampa Bay ended up winning, so it 35 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: didn't matter, right, So you got yourselves into this situation 36 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: because of the loss at Washington. However, you still want 37 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: to go into the offseason arch on a high note. 38 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: And there are different ways to slice this. Yes, you 39 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: can find positives going into the offseason, but the last 40 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: thought is you're going into the offseason with a loss 41 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: to the Carolina Panthers, not only that, but giving up 42 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,559 Speaker 1: forty four points. So let's kind of just dive into 43 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: this game. Tell us what your thoughts were, how this 44 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: thing kind of unfolded, and where things went wrong for 45 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: Atlanta in the game. 46 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean there's a lot there. I raq to 47 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 3: be honest with you. You know, it was a game 48 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 3: in which it completely played out differently than I ever anticipated. 49 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 3: I don't think any of us showed up in mercedeses 50 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 3: Been Stadium last Sunday and said shootout. No one thought 51 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 3: that right. Certainly, the way Carolina had been struggling, you 52 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 3: hope that maybe we could do some something offensively that 53 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 3: would be that next level. And as it turned out, 54 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 3: we did do that stuff. Next level. Had no idea 55 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 3: that the defense would have as difficult today as they did, 56 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 3: so a little bit bewildered on how it unfolded. The 57 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 3: Usually there's a ton of positive stuff about the offense 58 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 3: and what the offense was able to do. The growth 59 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 3: of the quarterback continued to happen over three weeks. I 60 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 3: thought he was better in Sunday than he was even 61 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 3: in his heroic effort in Washington two weeks ago. So 62 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 3: I thought that happened defensively, if I could figure that 63 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 3: one out, and hopefully you guys can help me explain that. 64 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 3: As to what happened, there just a complete you know, 65 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 3: lack of ability to play, you know, and make plays 66 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 3: and all that kind of stuff. All of a sudden, 67 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 3: Bryce Young looked like the guy we saw the weekend 68 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 3: before and Jade Daniels right, So so I'm a little 69 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 3: bit puzzled as to how that played out. 70 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: Yep, DJ, you and I were doing the halftime show 71 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: and at that time feeling like in pretty good shape. 72 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: Right. 73 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay was losing at that time, and you know 74 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: there was thirty minutes left, and you knew that Baker Mayfield, 75 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: Mike Evans and company was gonna probably put together a 76 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: pretty good effort in the second half. But you're feeling 77 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: like you got a shot that this could end up 78 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: working out the way that that Falcons fans wanted it. 79 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: But then it was, as Arch mentioned, the defensive performance 80 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: in the second half and then Tampa obviously coming back. 81 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: So how did you kind of balance those two things 82 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: that final thirty minute that's kind of keeping your eye 83 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: on the Tampa game but also kind of watching things 84 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: unfold inside Mercedes Benz Stadium. 85 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 4: It was difficult, man, because I think we both were 86 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 4: sitting at halftime, we both had our phones up looking 87 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 4: at the Tampa score, looking at what's going on. 88 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 2: I go up after halftime. 89 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 4: I'm sitting up there with you know, some of the 90 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 4: other media members, and you know, people are looking at 91 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 4: the game. I mean, it's like it's just part of 92 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 4: the situation of oh man, Saints just got the ball back, 93 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 4: they're for to go score, they're in the red zone. 94 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 4: So you're you're kind of focused on that. But then 95 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 4: you're also watching and you kind of felt like, even 96 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 4: with the way things were going for the defense, you 97 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 4: just felt like they gonna find a way to get 98 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 4: a stop, They gonna they gonna find a way to 99 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 4: slow down this offense. And then you look up and 100 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 4: into the ball game and I think they scored on 101 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 4: seven of ten possessions or something, not including the you know, 102 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 4: a halftime whatever it was, and you felt good about 103 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 4: the offense, and we talked about it at halftime, right 104 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 4: We talked about the second quarter was really big. 105 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 2: It was really nice for the valcas. 106 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 4: You did a lot of great things in that second 107 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 4: quarter to give yourself, and I thought they did a 108 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 4: good job of respond I think every time Carolina went 109 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 4: down and did some things. But you know, you're kind 110 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 4: of looking at it like, oh man, we got a chance. 111 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 4: But then you're like, hold on. We got to do 112 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 4: our part first, and I think that was probably the 113 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 4: thing that had you more I almost like confused, but 114 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 4: you were a little more scared because you were like 115 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 4: this turning into like Arch just mentioned, more of a 116 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 4: different game than we thought it would coming in and 117 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 4: ultimately you weren't able to get the stops you needed 118 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 4: and they found a way and overtime obviously go down 119 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 4: and score Offlin's you know, did a good job of matching. 120 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 4: But similar to a week before, you don't get a 121 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 4: chance to have the football in overtime, it doesn't matter. 122 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 4: And I have people come to me asking me, man, 123 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 4: we need to change these overtime rules, We need to 124 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 4: do this. When you do that, and you know, I said, yeah, 125 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 4: I understand what you're saying. But at the end of 126 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 4: the day, you gotta you gotta get a stop, you 127 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 4: gotta you gotta force the issue, and and if it 128 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 4: was the other way around, you'd be completely happy, right 129 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 4: and you know, you you go from it from that perspective, 130 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 4: But yeah, watching it unfold was very unsettling, not knowing 131 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 4: that you know, a Tampa's gonna pull it out or 132 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 4: whatever it's gonna be. But you just could not find 133 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 4: a way to do it yourself. And like you mentioned 134 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 4: when we started, more than what's going on with Tampa 135 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 4: because you couldn't control that, it was more about you 136 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 4: need to finish the right way now, regardless if Tampa 137 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 4: goes on to win. But if you go and win 138 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 4: and you have something positive build on going into the 139 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 4: off season, you feel better about it knowing that, hey, 140 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 4: you had opportunities to probably get into the playoffs. You 141 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 4: just ultimately didn't do it. But you wanted to do 142 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 4: it on your own terms, especially finishing with the right 143 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 4: way with the winning you don't do. 144 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 2: It, you know. 145 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 3: I had a number of fans asked me Rack and Shock, 146 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 3: do you think the players knew what was going on 147 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,239 Speaker 3: in Tampa game? And ultimately when we went to overtime, 148 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 3: you knew that Tampa had won. Did that have any effect? 149 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 3: I'm saying emphatically no, I don't think the players paid 150 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 3: any attention to that. Obviously they knew, did it take 151 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 3: a little bit of this stinger away? Maybe defensively knowing 152 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 3: they weren't going to go to the playoffs, So that 153 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 3: ultimately led to Carolina. I don't want to take anything 154 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 3: for you from Carolina. I think Dave Canalis's team played 155 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 3: their rear end off. They played with a great deal 156 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 3: of pride on their offensive side, and they made one 157 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 3: more play or made a couple more plays in Atlanta 158 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 3: did So that's what I'm thinking. You guys, tell me 159 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 3: if it would that affect you as you close out 160 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 3: the season, find out that your opportunity for the playoffs 161 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 3: is gone, Does that keep you from playing at the 162 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 3: highest level? 163 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know. I guess I'm a traditionalist art, 164 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: so I would say no. And I would also say 165 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: that they didn't find that out until late right, that 166 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: didn't have anything to do with the twenty one points 167 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: that Carolina scored in the second half leading up until 168 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: the final result of the Bucks game. But I just 169 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: always I've always looked at it, and maybe this is 170 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: a purest, maybe this is a naive but like you're 171 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: a pro, and like every time you take the field 172 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: in there you're being critiqued, you're being judged. And I've 173 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: told you guys this before, but as a long snapper, 174 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: you don't have the same leash as you do as aquarterback, 175 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: and no offense, you know to the situation. But like 176 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: quarterbacks are well. I say this with Kirk Cousins, but 177 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: in general, quarterbacks are allowed to throw interceptions and they're 178 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: not going to lose their job, meaning get cut from 179 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: the team. Okay, Now, generally after a course of a 180 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: couple of seasons of it will happen. But you make 181 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: a couple mistakes on special teams and you get cut 182 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: from the team. Right, So you always have to go 183 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: into special teams play as a specialist, as a kicker, 184 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: as a punter, as a long snapper, thinking like you're 185 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: one mistake away from being out on the street. Whereas 186 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: I understand you guys hate to throw interceptions, but as 187 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: part of your job, you know that it's going to 188 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: happen at some times. Right So I always make the 189 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: argument that there are certain positions that make mistakes and 190 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: it doesn't get you cut. Whereas in that situation I 191 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: think is a pro anytime you take the field, you 192 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: don't ever like back off because you're like, oh, some 193 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: another team ended up making the postseason, like we're out. 194 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: Like I just don't ever think that's how you approach 195 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: the NFL game. But guys, I would say this, like 196 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 1: Atlanta scores thirty eight points, shock, and you're thinking you 197 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,959 Speaker 1: should be enough to win, like generally in this date 198 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: and age, you score thirty eight points, you're thinking he 199 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: got a pretty good shot to win. Let's break down 200 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: the offense. Let's break down the thirty eight point side. 201 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: What did you like from what you saw offensively in 202 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: that game. 203 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 4: I think the number one thing that came to mind 204 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 4: was ballance. I thought you were able to run the 205 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,679 Speaker 4: football and throw the football. And I went back because 206 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 4: I was curious. I was like, man, it seemed pretty 207 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 4: balanced with the way they go about it. Now look 208 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 4: back to the stat line. Thirty eight rushes, thirty eight 209 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 4: attempts passing, So there's your balance. And I thought, you know, 210 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 4: you ran the football. Officially, you did what you want 211 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 4: to do. Bijion had another big time day. Tyler came 212 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 4: in and ran the ball, physical, the old line, move people. 213 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 4: They had time to throw the football. Obviously his ability 214 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:50,719 Speaker 4: better throw the football down the field. Uncle Pennicks made 215 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 4: a couple throws in his ball game that you said, 216 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,439 Speaker 4: oh my goodness, this dude has it. 217 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 2: And Drake had a big time day. 218 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 4: I mean, you talk about all these weapons on office 219 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 4: that you were able to go would have fun. And 220 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 4: you know, you go back and you look at some 221 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 4: of the numbers and it backs up how good they 222 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 4: were on offense, nine or fourteen on third down? 223 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 2: How many time the chair we talked about. 224 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 3: Throwing the two fourth down conversions. You're eleven of seventeen 225 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:15,599 Speaker 3: in conversion situation. 226 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 4: Two or three like Archers mentioned, two or three, sixty 227 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 4: seven percent on fourth down. You have thirty one first 228 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 4: downs in the ballgame. I mean, come on, that's moving 229 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 4: the change, that's getting it done. Seven yards per play 230 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 4: and you were four or five in the red zone 231 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 4: eighty percent in the ball game. You're talking about getting 232 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 4: it done in multiple ways. Five hundred and thirty seven 233 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 4: total yards. This I don't care what that other team's 234 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 4: record is over there. This is still the National Football League. 235 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:41,559 Speaker 4: They got dudes on their team that make a lot 236 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 4: of money and they got to take pride in what 237 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 4: they do and to have like Arts just mentioned. For 238 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 4: Michael Pennick, you to have his third start, the best 239 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 4: thing he could do is you could see progression and 240 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 4: you thought when you watched him there was a comments 241 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 4: about him. I heard Jake talking after the game about 242 00:10:57,559 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 4: how this guy never looked like a rookie. We never 243 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 4: had to back down from anything in a playbook because 244 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 4: this guy came in prepared and ready to go and 245 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 4: could handle everything. And it showed when this team played. 246 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 4: And you love some of the things that they were 247 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 4: able to do, the slight rolls, the throwback, some of 248 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 4: the stuff you're able to do with with Bijon. And 249 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 4: I love the fact where sometimes we talk about if 250 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 4: a play's working, why are we going away from it? 251 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 2: Or if we got a match up, we like, why 252 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 2: don't we go back to it? And it speaks volumes 253 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 2: to Drake's touchdown. 254 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 4: They throw it to him on the go route and 255 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 4: I just he pumbles with the guy and nothing having it. 256 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 4: Next play, I'm gonna put my guy right back up 257 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 4: the back, right back to him, and you put him 258 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 4: up the back and he go get a touchdown. So 259 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 4: I love that part of the game. And I think 260 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 4: they putting a lot of teams on notice for next 261 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 4: year that you got to score some points when you 262 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 4: play Atlanta fives, because they're gonna be able to move 263 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 4: the football. You got a quarterback who can see the field, 264 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,719 Speaker 4: and how about my man using his legs, I mean 265 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 4: moving around. He found some ways to create. Rana had 266 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 4: his first rushing touchdown, So I enjoyed watching it offense 267 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 4: on Sunday. Was fun to see it, you know, kind 268 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 4: of have this kind of outputs going thirty eight points responding, 269 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 4: you know, Carolina goes down and you have to drive 270 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 4: the leaks of the field to go. 271 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 2: Down and you just respawned like that. 272 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 4: It was fun to see that go down and see 273 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 4: those guys executing that kind of wait and see what 274 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 4: this offense could absolutely look like. 275 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,679 Speaker 1: You know, Archie, it's like you listen to everything that 276 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 1: DJ said and you'd like to think that, like that's 277 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: all the comments that were made after a win, right, 278 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: Like all the numbers that he ended up spewing out. 279 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: It's like, oh, yeah, they won the game, right, No 280 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: doubt well they didn't. But I still want to give 281 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to talk about the offense because again, 282 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: still young quarterback. I got two quarterbacks here. Did you 283 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: see the same type of growth, positive growth out of 284 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: Michael Pennix in his third start that gives you reason 285 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: to be optimistic moving forward? 286 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 2: Yeah? 287 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 3: I did, Rack, and I think that I think we 288 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 3: all all three of us did. It was fun to 289 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 3: watch him make that next step. And I think the 290 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 3: command of the offense is the thing that kind of jumps. 291 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 2: Out at you. 292 00:12:55,440 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 3: I thought his synergy, if you will, between Zach Robbinson 293 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,439 Speaker 3: in what Zach wants is beginning to meld even better. 294 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 3: I think that's a piece of it you forget about. 295 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 3: Is this is a young QB that's only played a 296 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 3: couple of games, and here his third game is, And 297 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,319 Speaker 3: where is the oc and melding minds together to where 298 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 3: they're thinking the same way and where he's seeing things 299 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 3: the right way? But how about the trust they have 300 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 3: in him? They go six plays eighty one yards in 301 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 3: thirty seven seconds to close out the first half to 302 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 3: take the lead twenty four to seventeen. Shack mentioned, They 303 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 3: throw the back shoulder fade incomplete eight seconds left on 304 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 3: the clock, not even a sign that the field goal 305 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 3: unit was coming on the field. Yet they're going to 306 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 3: give the young QB one more shot. And you could 307 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 3: easily have your eyes as a young quarterback take you 308 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 3: someplace else. He knew exactly what he wanted to do. 309 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 3: Zach was talking to him in his ear. Here's that 310 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 3: where that meld of minds. Hey, let's take another shot. 311 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 3: Of that, I think you can make a better throw. 312 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 3: Maybe Drake gets a better opportunity, and they put him 313 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 3: up to bat again eight seconds left. It goes for 314 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 3: a touchdown two seconds left on the clock. So you 315 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 3: talk about clock where and the way they work together. 316 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 3: I was talking to some people yesterday we work recording 317 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 3: us on a Tuesday. I talked to some people yesterday 318 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 3: here in the building obviously disappoint a lot of disappointment 319 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 3: around here, but asked about Pennis, And Pennis made a 320 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,839 Speaker 3: couple of throws in the game that even as us 321 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 3: that have played the game, you kind of go, what 322 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 3: he made a very benign throw. Now we're talking about 323 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 3: he had a two by two set, but he had 324 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 3: Kyle Pits on the slot to his right and London outside. 325 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 3: Kyle's just running a seam and Pits and Drake's just 326 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 3: running a hitch route. Okay, at about six to eight yards. Okay, 327 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 3: they had walked the defender out over Kyle to jam 328 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 3: Kyle and release to the flat. Kyle Outside releases, which 329 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 3: gives that guy a little bit more room to get 330 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 3: to the wide side. 331 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 2: Right. 332 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 3: He jams him just a count. Pennis doesn't wait. He 333 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 3: saw the jam boom. The ball went right to the 334 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 3: hitch route and I mean it is a laser shot 335 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 3: right by the defender. Now it was a six or 336 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 3: eight yard game, and people saying, well, what's the big deal. 337 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 3: His sense of timing is seeing what was happening and 338 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 3: knowing get the ball out on time. Phenomenal. And of 339 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 3: course the one that wowed me and probably did you 340 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 3: shock is he throws he's got a he's got a 341 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 3: curl corner set up to his left and Drake I 342 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 3: relieve runs the curl and Ray rays on a corner 343 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 3: route and Pinnix drops looks at the curl and the 344 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 3: corner slightly. I mean he didn't even break on it. 345 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 3: He like squatted a second and got out. But he 346 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 3: saw that and he to do the corner route, and 347 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 3: that means the corner is gonna sit down, just the 348 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 3: tad and there goes Ray Ray behind him and it's 349 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 3: just a step. 350 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 2: But that was all he needed. 351 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 3: And he got asked on the sideline, you know what 352 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 3: made you what made you throw the corner out there? Well, yeah, 353 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 3: it was really casual. I saw the corner lay down 354 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 3: squad a little bit, so I took the shot and 355 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 3: that's who he is. This guy is such a he's 356 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 3: cerebral guy anyway, but very calm, collected, poised guy. Those 357 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 3: two throws rocked me as much as the fade for 358 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 3: the touchdown or the bang Ittt post that he hit 359 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 3: Drake on. There's a lot to like, folks. I mean, 360 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 3: my goodness. You got a running back that went for 361 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 3: nineteen hundred yards from offense this year in Jean Robinson. 362 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 3: You've got a wide receiver returning that just went for 363 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 3: over twelve hundred yards and one hundred receptions. And you've 364 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 3: got a quarterback coming back that looked as good as 365 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 3: he did over three weeks. They're all under twenty five 366 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 3: years of age, and they're all coming back to play 367 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 3: for the. 368 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 4: Foulis And oh yeah, if Mooney plays, he probably goes 369 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 4: over a thousand cards too. He had nine to ninety 370 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 4: two going into the ball game. Yeah, of course he 371 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 4: didn't play Bijon. What six player in Falcons history to 372 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 4: have seventeen hundred scrimmage yards. 373 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 2: I mean, it's unbelievable the season that guy had. 374 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's you throw Tyler. Tyler Algerry had six hundred 375 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 3: and fifty yards rushing guys as a backup guy. Yeah, 376 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 3: I mean you talk about you've got some stars on 377 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 3: this team. Those guys are all returning, and I know 378 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 3: that right now the fans are smarting because you know, 379 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 3: we're supposed to be a playoff team and that didn't work out. 380 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 3: And I know we're going to get to some of 381 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 3: that rack. But I'll tell you what, there's a lot 382 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 3: to look forward to in twenty twenty five. 383 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: Guys. We've got a topic here about the defensive performance. 384 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: We've talked about it a little bit. I'm going to 385 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: skip ahead one because I feel like there's a way 386 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: that we're going to talk about the defense a little bit. 387 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 1: Or maybe I might just be guessing, and maybe I'm 388 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: completely wrong here, but I'm going to ask you guys 389 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 1: to answer this question about the twenty twenty four season 390 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 1: in three words. And I know this is really difficult 391 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 1: for you. Shock I mean, I mean. 392 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:32,959 Speaker 2: Are different. Why don't we even do this? 393 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: Arch has a little bit more time. I'm starting with 394 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: you because you're the one that's set this up and 395 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: you've had a struggle with it throughout the course of 396 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: the season. So describe the twenty twenty four season in three. 397 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 4: Words, I'll say fascinating, promising, disappointing. 398 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 1: Like it, like it, you did it. 399 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying. Well, I followed your is 400 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 2: it week nineteen? 401 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: All right, Arch, same question. 402 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 3: Well I'm gonna have the same last word. 403 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: Exciting. 404 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 3: You get off to a six and three start, you're 405 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 3: four to no division, you beat Tampa twice. Excited what 406 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 3: we were after nine weeks? And then baffling is what 407 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 3: kind of hit me in that middle four games? And 408 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 3: then ultimately disappointed because you lose two games in overtime, 409 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 3: two games you very well could have won, so that 410 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 3: ultimately I ended up with the same spot shot. Right now, 411 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 3: this doesn't have any reflection of what we were looking 412 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 3: forward to. We just talked about the offense, but twenty 413 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:38,680 Speaker 3: four season disappointing was my final word. 414 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, and mine is going to kind of spring us 415 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 1: forward to our next conversation here. But I do have 416 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: three words for you, guys, and it's fixed turnover margin, okay, 417 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 1: And it was obviously an area that we saw the 418 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: struggles with Kirk Cousins, which ultimately led to the switch 419 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: at the quarterback position. But I went a little further 420 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 1: than that, guys, as we talk about the playoffs. 421 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,880 Speaker 3: Okay, he went a little further, not with my three. 422 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: I gave you my three. Here's part of the Okay, 423 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: the top eight teams in the National Football League in 424 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 1: a turnover margin, we're all in the playoffs. Twelve of 425 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: the top thirteen were in the playoffs, and there was 426 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,959 Speaker 1: not a team and negative in the turnover margin that 427 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: made the playoffs. There were two teams. There were two 428 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: teams that were in the top fourteen in turnover margin 429 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: that did not make the postseason, and that was Chicago 430 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,640 Speaker 1: and Cincinnati. And Cincinnati arguably had one of the most 431 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,479 Speaker 1: one of the most explosive offensive seasons in NFL history 432 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: of their defense. Let him down. Okay, So we always 433 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 1: talk about turnovers, and obviously it was the reason why 434 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins ended up losing the job as the starter. 435 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: But that one stat is so telling to winning and 436 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: losing football games that it is critical and it gets 437 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: fixed to start next year. 438 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 4: I mean, it's about on what you said. I mean, 439 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 4: if you do keys for you know, the falcons on 440 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 4: a halo board every week, and you could easily say 441 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 4: win the turnover margin every single week as a key to. 442 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 2: The ball game. Yeah, and it matters. 443 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 4: And people say, oh, that's the cliche. It is the 444 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 4: truest form that you can ever ever have in this 445 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 4: ballgame is when you turn the football over. The other 446 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 4: side is really good and they probably will make you 447 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,879 Speaker 4: pay and you'll lose a possession, So you spot on 448 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 4: with the turnole margin. 449 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna lead into this next conversation, guys, cause 450 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: I think it's a good one. After starting six and three, 451 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: what led to the Falcons losing six of their final 452 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: eight I mean, because I'm sure that's a lot of 453 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 1: the conversation as to why Atlanta ended up missing the postseason. 454 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna leave you guys with this. Okay, in 455 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: those those eight games, there was two wins Atlanta was 456 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: plus four in the turnover margin, and those two wins 457 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: in the six losses, they were minus nine. Okay, Like 458 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: you just go back to that statistic and it is 459 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: so telling in the National Football League. So, guys, outside 460 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: of that arch, and I'm gonna start with you after 461 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: darting six and three, obviously we know what happened at 462 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: the quarterback position, but was there anything else that truly 463 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 1: led to that kind of demise on the final eight 464 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 1: games of the season. 465 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 3: Well, it has when you're having a tough time maybe 466 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 3: taking care of the football in that section. Okay, and 467 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 3: that's certainly what happened. We know Kirk had a tough 468 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,159 Speaker 3: time throwing the ball. There was some you know, and 469 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 3: not all the interceptions were on him. There were some 470 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 3: other players involved in that equation. But in that time, 471 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 3: you got to play the complimentary piece. So now I've 472 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 3: got to pick us up someplace else. If we're not 473 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 3: quite hitting on all cylinders offensively, are we hitting on 474 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 3: all cylinders defensively? If you go back to that four 475 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 3: game stretch where you lost football games, lost to New Orleans, Denver, 476 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,640 Speaker 3: the Chargers in the end, the Vikings. Okay, so if 477 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 3: you look at those different games, didn't get a very 478 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 3: good game out of your defense against Denver. Okay, In fact, 479 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 3: that was probably one of the worst games they played 480 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 3: all year long prior to this weekend. 481 00:21:58,320 --> 00:21:58,679 Speaker 2: Okay. 482 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 3: Then all of a sudden, you get a three quarter 483 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 3: game against Minnesota, and all of a sudden, we forget 484 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 3: where we are in the secondary and we fumble the 485 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 3: football on a kickoff return special teams and that gets 486 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 3: you beat. In the New Orleans game didn't perform overly 487 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 3: well on special teams had some opportunities to maybe seal 488 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 3: the game. There went one for four in our field 489 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 3: goal opportunities. If you make two of those, you win 490 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 3: that football game. So to think that this is all 491 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,120 Speaker 3: Kirk Cousins and man Kirk Cousins through the game away, 492 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 3: that's not true at all. There's complimentary pieces. When you 493 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 3: play three phases of football that coaches talk about all 494 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 3: the time. That's not just rhetoric that that's just not 495 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,640 Speaker 3: verbiage they're throwing out there. They realize that all three 496 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 3: phases probably aren't going to play perfect all the time. 497 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 3: So how you picked one another up in other areas 498 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,440 Speaker 3: and when you needed it in that section you didn't 499 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:49,719 Speaker 3: get it. 500 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: DJ, let's kind of pivot this to talk a little 501 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 1: bit about, you know, the headman in charge, Raheem Morris, 502 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: So just kind of your thoughts on his first year 503 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 1: as the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. Obviously, when 504 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 1: you go eight to nine and you missed the postseason 505 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: with the players that you had, you're thinking it was 506 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:09,479 Speaker 1: a letdown. And I'm sure that Raheem Morris, I mean, 507 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: he said it yesterday in the press conference that it's 508 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: a tough day. It stings. Everybody's upset because you reflect 509 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 1: back and you think we should be playing in the postseason. 510 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:19,159 Speaker 2: And we're not. 511 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, And so what's kind of some of the 512 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: thoughts coming through your head about this first season under 513 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:25,399 Speaker 1: coach Morris. 514 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,360 Speaker 4: You know, obviously it was a season of learning. It 515 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 4: was a season of I thought, you try to put 516 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 4: your best foot forward. And one thing I love about 517 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 4: Raw is his ability to be frank and honest about 518 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 4: what's at hand. And you see a lot of coaches 519 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 4: around the league they you know, they shy away from 520 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 4: it or they talk around it. And like Ross said 521 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 4: this week, there were times where you know, he said, 522 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 4: we got to make some hard decision and I thought 523 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 4: he did a really good job of that throughout the 524 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 4: season of making some of those hard decisions, like you know, 525 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 4: bringing pandicks off the basics. I say hard decision when 526 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 4: you came to the season said our eggs are in 527 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 4: this Kirk Cousins basket. Yeah, and when things don't go well, 528 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 4: then you have to take accountability for it. I go 529 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 4: back to a couple of weeks ago when obviously you 530 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 4: had the stuff happened with the timeouts, and he came 531 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 4: out and said, you know what, that's something I'm gonna 532 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 4: learned from this someth I'm gonna get better from next week. 533 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 4: And I thought he hit it head on. I give 534 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 4: him a lot of credit him and the rest of 535 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 4: the staff for also trying to upgrade the roster as well. 536 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 4: And you look at some of the moves they made 537 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 4: going out and get Matthew Judon, going to get Justin Simmons, 538 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,479 Speaker 4: going to get Darnelle Mooney. I thought they were really 539 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,640 Speaker 4: aggressive as going to try to make this team as. 540 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 2: Best as it could weekend and week out. 541 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,919 Speaker 4: And of course, you know, you can look at the 542 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 4: numbers or look at some of how things played out. 543 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 2: Maybe they did work, maybe they didn't. 544 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,159 Speaker 4: But I love the fact that he went out and 545 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 4: tried to do that, and I love the fact that 546 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 4: his energy is infectious. And you listen to what a 547 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 4: lot of guys talk about on his team and how 548 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 4: they want to play for him, and you just came 549 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 4: up short. I mean, the first thing he says in 550 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 4: his press conference after the ball game, we didn't play 551 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,959 Speaker 4: good enough on defense. We have to be better on 552 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 4: that side of the football, and that's something that you know, 553 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 4: the first thing people are going to point two is what. 554 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,360 Speaker 2: Happened with your defense? Why you didn't do this? Why 555 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 2: do you do that? 556 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 4: And he took it head on and he said, you know, 557 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 4: that's part of me as the head coach making sure 558 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,679 Speaker 4: we're playing at a higher level. So I love the 559 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 4: fact that, yeah, they're gonna be things. You know, he's 560 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 4: been a head coach before, but this was a different 561 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 4: scenario form with all the different Italians going with it, 562 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 4: and I thought he handled it as best as he could. 563 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,440 Speaker 4: But it's always learning situations throughout a ball and that 564 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 4: he is absolutely going to learn from in year two. 565 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 4: So it's tough to be in that spot. It's not 566 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 4: a lot of people who are NFL head coach, even 567 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 4: with us being around the game playing the game, we 568 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 4: never sat in that seat. 569 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 2: And there's a lot. 570 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 4: Of things that go on behind the scenes that nobody's 571 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 4: privy to that we don't understand what goes on within 572 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 4: the team and the decision he has to make with 573 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 4: personnel or they do on a weekly basis, And it's tough, 574 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 4: but that's the job for sure. But it's tough to 575 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 4: be him. I thought he, you know, handled himself well 576 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 4: in year one and he will absolutely learn from year 577 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 4: one to year two. 578 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: Aren't you doing the Coaches Show? You get to talk 579 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: to coach Morris one on one. You probably get more 580 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 1: more access than most people do with him. What were 581 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,719 Speaker 1: kind of your impressions after one full season of Rahee Morris. 582 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 3: Well, the thing I was impressed about the most Rack 583 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 3: is he never changed his demeanor regardless of what happened 584 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 3: during the year. And this was a this was a 585 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 3: roller coaster year for him, and he had to make 586 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,719 Speaker 3: some of the decisions Shock is talking about. I mean 587 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 3: to try to change your quarterback in the middle of 588 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 3: the year after an unbelievably good start in really a 589 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 3: baffling four weeks where it was hard to put your 590 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 3: finger on what was going on. He had the courage 591 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:50,959 Speaker 3: to make that decision. I think a lot of people say, well, 592 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 3: you should have made it earlier. Well, no, he did 593 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 3: exactly what he needed to do with a veteran player, 594 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 3: but that's that's really difficult. But I thought he the 595 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 3: energy that he brings to the table every day. I'm 596 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 3: not talking about like just to show up on Wednesday 597 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 3: when he addresses the team and it's every day with 598 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 3: this guy. He is phenomenal. I asked him for his 599 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 3: coaching show this lat yesterday. When I talked to him, 600 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 3: I said, you know, where does that come from? Where 601 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,439 Speaker 3: did you did the players? And Jack Cade says why, 602 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 3: I certainly get it from some of the players, but 603 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 3: he says, that's who I need to be, That's who 604 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 3: I am. And he says, that's I'm carrying the torch 605 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 3: for us in that regard. I just thought that the 606 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 3: way they prepared every week was emblematic of him and 607 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 3: his staff. His staff comes in energized every week to 608 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 3: get ready to go. Raheem demands that and I think 609 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 3: they demand that of themselves. And so when I come 610 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 3: in as a player, I may be a little down, 611 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,919 Speaker 3: I'm a little banged up from the game the week before, whatever, boom, 612 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,360 Speaker 3: you're hit with this shottle of adrenaline when you walk 613 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,880 Speaker 3: in the room. Hey, this is a new week, get ready. 614 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 3: We got another opportunity to get it done. That was 615 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 3: probably the most impressive thing to me. And yeah, every 616 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 3: coach through seventeen games, there's going to be there's gut feels, 617 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 3: go for it on fourth down, kick it clime out here, 618 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 3: whatever it is. There's so many gut field opportunities throughout 619 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 3: a season. In seventeen games, they're going to miss on 620 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 3: a couple. But we tend to concentrate when we look 621 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 3: at it from a fandom standpoint, and we think about 622 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 3: the ones that didn't work out. Don't forget about all 623 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 3: the ones that did work out. You know, think about 624 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:30,160 Speaker 3: you played in twelve one score games. That the seventeen games, 625 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 3: twelve or one score games. You won six of those. 626 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 3: Now you'd like to win sixty five percent of those. 627 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 3: If you get to eight and four in those numbers, 628 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 3: you're probably a playoff team. So those are a couple 629 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 3: of the adjustments they need to make. But think about 630 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 3: beating Philly at the end, beaten Tampa at the end, 631 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 3: beaten New Orleans at the end. I mean, you can 632 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 3: go down the list of things that happened. Coaching decisions 633 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 3: as well as player decisions that were lynn lockstep that 634 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 3: made those things happen. So don't forget about all the 635 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 3: positive stuff that happened. And that's what I try to 636 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 3: concentrate on. I'm a little bit more a cuff as 637 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 3: half full anyway on stuff. But that's what I think 638 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 3: of with Raheem and I'm I'm I got chills on 639 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 3: my back thinking about the guys we've talked about that 640 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 3: are coming back, and also guys on the defensive side, 641 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 3: the Jesse bates Is of the world and aj Terrell's 642 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 3: of the world that are going to come back and 643 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 3: hungry and stinging from not quite getting there. Man, I'm excited, 644 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 3: let's go do it again. 645 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: So Raheem Morris mentioned in his press conference that we've 646 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 1: got to get better. We got to get better on 647 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 1: the defense, We've got to get better all three phases. 648 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: He actually mentioned in his press conference that we missed 649 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: too many kicks this year. So we've got to create 650 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: competition on the field goal unit and find more ways 651 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 1: to make more field goals. So, guys, as we move 652 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: into this offseason, shock, we are now in the phase 653 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,960 Speaker 1: of how do you get this organization in this team better? Okay, 654 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: So it was recently released that Atlanta's going to have 655 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 1: the fifteenth pick in the draft. I don't want you 656 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: to dive into any mock. 657 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 3: Drafts gutting he's already made the select. 658 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: I mean, you might have it, but things are going 659 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 1: to change seventy four times. But by the time we 660 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,040 Speaker 1: get to the draft. So what do you think. I 661 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: think not necessarily, Yes, it could be fifteenth pick in 662 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 1: the draft, or it could just be in free agency. 663 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 1: But give give us the areas that you think this 664 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 1: needs team needs to address with priority in the offseason. 665 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 4: You know what, I think it's still gonna start on 666 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 4: the defense side of football. And I think some of 667 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 4: the same questions that came up and last year's drift 668 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 4: are absolutely gonna be talked about in this one. And Aboly, 669 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 4: you try to go out and get Matthew Judon, and 670 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 4: you know, there were times where things were good. 671 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 2: I thought every. 672 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 4: Katy came on to play well. I can't wait to 673 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 4: see what Brelan Trice looks like. You know, didn't have 674 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 4: him a part of that rotation coming in. Maybe you 675 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 4: know Dorless and all those guys are going to come 676 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 4: on in their second year and add more depth to 677 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 4: that front. But I still think you got to find 678 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 4: that guy that can affect the quarterback. And that's still 679 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 4: been one of the things that obviously we had that 680 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 4: stretch where hey, we're getting we're getting sacks. We got 681 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 4: three four sacks a ball game for like four straight games. 682 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 4: We were like, all right, we're here, we arrived, and 683 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 4: then you know, just the other day we got zero 684 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 4: quarterback hits in zero sacks against Bryce Young. Those are 685 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 4: some of the things that like Rogers talked about with, Hey, 686 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 4: we gotta be more consistent with our kicks and be 687 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 4: more consistent with getting after the quarterback. And that's something 688 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 4: that affects the ball game. Even if it's just pressures, 689 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 4: affecting the quarterback is a big deal. So I think 690 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 4: that's still gonna be a topic of conversation. I think 691 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,479 Speaker 4: you're going to back end and you say, hey, do 692 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 4: you do we still feel like we need to address 693 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,479 Speaker 4: that of the corner spot. Obviously, Ajterrell Mike Us did 694 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 4: some really good things. We've seen theed offer play really well. 695 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 4: You know, Clark Phillips stepped in and you know, make 696 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 4: some plays this year. But do we feel like we 697 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,240 Speaker 4: have that guy on the other side that can really 698 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 4: solidfy the other side of feel like we have with 699 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 4: Aj Terrell on the other Side's gonna be obviously conversation 700 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 4: is about you know, are we getting everything we need 701 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 4: from a tight end perspective? 702 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 2: And you know, we always keep it real here. 703 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 4: And obviously that's been talked this season as well about 704 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 4: the production there, so that conversation is still going to 705 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 4: come up. But I think you start on that defensive 706 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 4: side of football and say, okay, how do we enhance 707 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 4: those key positions that are really going to to affect 708 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 4: the ball game. And it's someday we've talked about last 709 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 4: couple of years, Seock. 710 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna piggyback on that because that's that's where I'm 711 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 1: thinking that the pass rush has to get better, it 712 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 1: has to be a strength. And I'm gonna just give 713 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 1: you guys an example of what happened this year. You 714 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,680 Speaker 1: look at the Denver Broncos. Okay, they're in the postseason 715 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 1: and they're one of the best teams in the NFL 716 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,080 Speaker 1: as far as getting after the quarterback. And it's easy 717 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: when you try to make this argument that, oh, yeah, 718 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: well they got one of the best pass rushers in 719 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: the league. No, they don't, right, Denver, Nick Benito's played 720 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 1: really well this year and he was in the top 721 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,720 Speaker 1: five as far as sacks goes, but you wouldn't throw 722 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: his name out as a conversation with Trey Hendrickson with 723 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: Miles Garrett with the Boss and some of the best. Yeah, 724 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 1: as what, you wouldn't throw him in that same category. 725 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 1: But they got after the quarterback this year, and to me, 726 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,240 Speaker 1: that answers so many things in the National Football League. 727 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 1: Quarterbacks are too good. You give him a lot of time, 728 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: they're gonna make you pay for it. Okay, that ends 729 00:32:56,760 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: up fixing first downs. Pass rush creates turnovers, Okay, Atlanta 730 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 1: had struggled with turnovers this year. You make a quarterback 731 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: throw the football early, throw it somewhere where he doesn't 732 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: necessarily want to because he's under pressure, you have an 733 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: opportunity for takeaways. In my opinion, we talked about it 734 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,959 Speaker 1: a lot last year and it wasn't addressed. But it 735 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,720 Speaker 1: has to be addressed in my opinion, if this organization 736 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 1: is going to take the next step, if you can't 737 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 1: get after the quarterback, you are going to struggle in 738 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: the National Football League. You feel the same way or 739 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,120 Speaker 1: do you feel like other areas need to be addressed 740 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 1: as well. 741 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 3: I think you certainly have to pressure the quarterback, There's 742 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 3: no question. 743 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 4: Rack. 744 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 3: I think you're dead on there. If you go if 745 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 3: you look kind of drawing a parallel to what you're 746 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 3: talking about, and it doesn't necessarily have to equate the sacks. 747 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,360 Speaker 3: You're talking about pressure on the quarterback. Obviously you like 748 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 3: to put the quarterback on the ground because then that 749 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 3: changes the dynamic of the series. But if you can 750 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 3: pressure him into throwing it wrong, then you're going to 751 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 3: work out. Buffalo Bills lead the National Football League plus 752 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 3: twenty four And to give away takeaway you talked about turnovers. 753 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,240 Speaker 3: They only have thirty eight sacks on the year, thirty 754 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 3: nine sacks I think on the year. But the pressure 755 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 3: shuring the quarterback, they're getting after him. And I know 756 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 3: a lot of people say, oh, I gotta have sacks 757 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,920 Speaker 3: that I have. No, you don't. These two cheap Atlanta. 758 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,319 Speaker 3: Atlanta and the Patriots went to the Super Bowl in 759 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,440 Speaker 3: twenty sixteen and they were both in the middle of pack. 760 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,000 Speaker 3: One was sixteen. One was eighteen in sacks that year, 761 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 3: One at thirty six, one at thirty eight sacks. But 762 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 3: they were pressuring the quarterback. They were getting after him 763 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 3: rushing decision, which which lends itself to you. For me, 764 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 3: I'm looking at the evaluation of your scheme that's going 765 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,520 Speaker 3: to go towards what you're talking about. What are we 766 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:36,799 Speaker 3: doing defensively? And do we need to tweak that? Yes, 767 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,840 Speaker 3: you've got to have players, but you're not gonna be 768 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,799 Speaker 3: able to change your entire defensive roster. Okay, so you're 769 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,480 Speaker 3: gonna be able to get a couple of guys. Is 770 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:47,160 Speaker 3: it just a couple of guys that are going to 771 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,399 Speaker 3: change who you are on defense? Or do we need 772 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,880 Speaker 3: to tweak what we're doing defensively? You go get another 773 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 3: corner opposite Ajterrell that maybe's a press corner. Now all 774 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:58,400 Speaker 3: of a sudden, he and AJ are up press and 775 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,520 Speaker 3: now there's not that quick throw. Of a sudden you're 776 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 3: able to take away that slot throw. Does that change 777 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,360 Speaker 3: us being able to get home with four people or 778 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,399 Speaker 3: do we still need to bring six? I just think 779 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 3: that that's going to be a really hard and tough 780 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:13,440 Speaker 3: evaluation because in that you've got to figure out who 781 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 3: you're bringing back, because you've got a bunch of guys 782 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 3: on the defensive side of the football that are that 783 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:25,040 Speaker 3: are up, including Alford is up. You got Hughes is up. 784 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 3: Those are two guys that started for you in the secondary. 785 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 3: They're both their contracts are up. Okay, Justin Simmons, do 786 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,120 Speaker 3: you bring him back. I mean a kind of a 787 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,439 Speaker 3: mixed bag there at Judon was kind of a mixed 788 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:37,480 Speaker 3: bag as far as far what do you want to 789 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 3: do there? And there is the the albatross that is 790 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,160 Speaker 3: the money as to what you can do in free agency, 791 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,640 Speaker 3: and there's going to be some really difficult decisions made 792 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,160 Speaker 3: to some people that are really important around here as 793 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,279 Speaker 3: to how they're going to do that. I'm not going 794 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,040 Speaker 3: to name any names right now. We'll get to that 795 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,200 Speaker 3: at a at a future Falcons audible here. But to me, 796 00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:01,360 Speaker 3: it doesn't necessarily equate to a position. Equates to me 797 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,600 Speaker 3: is what are you going to do on defense? Are 798 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:05,799 Speaker 3: you going to stick with what you did and try 799 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 3: to find two or three guys that do it or 800 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,680 Speaker 3: are we gonna kind of change a little bit about 801 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 3: how we approach that side of the ball. 802 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:14,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with you, And there will be many discussions, 803 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,799 Speaker 1: as you mentioned on this podcast and many others within 804 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:20,560 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons family, where we will be discussing offseason needs, 805 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:24,720 Speaker 1: offseason draft, free agency, and all of the new pieces 806 00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:26,919 Speaker 1: that end up coming to the puzzle that will form 807 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty five team. Guy, real quickly, let's just 808 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,640 Speaker 1: talk about. Opponents for next year have been finalized. Outside 809 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 1: of the NFC South, it will be NFC West and 810 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,440 Speaker 1: AFC East that wive Atlanta Falcons will be playing next year, 811 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,880 Speaker 1: along with Commanders, Vikings, and Colts. Two of those three 812 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,560 Speaker 1: obviously we're on the schedule this year. Initial thoughts on 813 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,520 Speaker 1: some of the teams that Atlanta's gonna face next year, 814 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:51,600 Speaker 1: shock obviously having to go up against Buffalo Bills, though 815 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:56,120 Speaker 1: they will fortunately be at home. Seahawks again, you get 816 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,400 Speaker 1: the NFC West, you get forty nine Ers and Cardinals 817 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,600 Speaker 1: on the road. Any of those games are a stick 818 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:01,040 Speaker 1: out to you. 819 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, you think about playing some some a couple of 820 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,400 Speaker 4: really good quarterbacks. I mean, we saw a guy a 821 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:07,720 Speaker 4: couple of weeks ago with the Commanders and Jane Danae's 822 00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 4: you gotta go see him again. He gets to come 823 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,520 Speaker 4: here and you get another crack at him. And obviously 824 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:13,680 Speaker 4: you mentioned it. Bill's playing again. Josh Allen, who could 825 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:16,560 Speaker 4: more than likely it's you know him and Lamar Jackson 826 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:17,399 Speaker 4: for the MVP race. 827 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,399 Speaker 2: That's gonna be a monster ball game. And what he does. 828 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,480 Speaker 4: We saw what Geno Smith did, broke his you know, franchise, 829 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,799 Speaker 4: records for you know, yards, and he we saw what 830 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:29,240 Speaker 4: he did this year versus throwing it all over the yard. Obviously, 831 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,520 Speaker 4: you know, it's just gonna be one of those years 832 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,279 Speaker 4: that you know it's gonna be. It's gonna be fun. 833 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,879 Speaker 4: You know, we thought this year's schedule was was really 834 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:40,040 Speaker 4: fun to have to talk about. But some some young 835 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:43,480 Speaker 4: some youth quarterbacks you're gonna see as well. So, uh, 836 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:45,879 Speaker 4: it's a mixed bag up next year. But obviously those 837 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,239 Speaker 4: couple of ball games are gonna be really fun to watch. 838 00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:50,959 Speaker 1: Archie got a couple of long trips next year. Yeah, 839 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:55,279 Speaker 1: area on Arizona. Got family in Arizona, which really good. Uh, 840 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,799 Speaker 1: And I also have a good friend and you know, 841 00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 1: it's all about me and my travel. 842 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:03,680 Speaker 3: So I've got a couple of things that can take 843 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:07,560 Speaker 3: care of there. Let's look at, Okay, six and three, 844 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,719 Speaker 3: four and oh in the division. Okay, if you go 845 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,200 Speaker 3: and you're very capable of going six and oh in 846 00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:13,640 Speaker 3: the division this year, if you go six and on 847 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,120 Speaker 3: the division, you win it. Okay, you win the division, 848 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,920 Speaker 3: you're ten and seven and we're either the three or 849 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:22,120 Speaker 3: the four seed. To me, those are the those are 850 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:26,480 Speaker 3: the games that stick out Panthers, Saints, Bucks. Can you 851 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,520 Speaker 3: take care of business in the division, That's what you 852 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,799 Speaker 3: need to do if you If you do that, you're 853 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:32,960 Speaker 3: going to be in the playoffs. But when you look 854 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,920 Speaker 3: at some of these the road games, Colts, Vikings, Jets, 855 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:40,960 Speaker 3: all of them, what's happening at quarterback? You know, now 856 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,880 Speaker 3: Darnold had an unbelievable year this year, but JJ McCarthy 857 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,000 Speaker 3: is expected to come back, so what happens there. Obviously 858 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,319 Speaker 3: the Colts are, you know, their young quarterback can't seem 859 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:50,840 Speaker 3: to stay on the field. He's had some injuries and 860 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,360 Speaker 3: things of that nature. And it looks like Aaron Rodgers 861 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,719 Speaker 3: maybe riding off into the sunset after four touchdowns this 862 00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:00,479 Speaker 3: last weekend. So that's going to be some interesting things 863 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:02,920 Speaker 3: for them. Got the young quarterback in New England, Drake May, 864 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,800 Speaker 3: who really came on and played well. Right Brock perty 865 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:07,279 Speaker 3: was injured at the end of the season here, but 866 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,920 Speaker 3: Brock's going to be back on the field for San Francisco. 867 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:12,279 Speaker 3: So there's gonna be a lot of fun games here, 868 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:16,200 Speaker 3: just just to look at it. But you know, they 869 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,560 Speaker 3: can put a schedule together every year and there's always 870 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,480 Speaker 3: gonna be some tough stuff on the schedule, and I 871 00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,480 Speaker 3: heard everybody talking about, well, what did the Falcons have 872 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,000 Speaker 3: a really light schedule this year? 873 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:29,040 Speaker 1: Really the NFL? You know, no, we didn't know Denver's 874 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:29,680 Speaker 1: going to the playoffs? 875 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:31,439 Speaker 2: Did you know Chargers are going to the playoffs? People 876 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:32,839 Speaker 2: looked at the end of schedules like, oh, the. 877 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:35,040 Speaker 1: Light schedule. 878 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,080 Speaker 3: This Commanders team's got a young quarterback, a new coach. 879 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, this year, you. 880 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,959 Speaker 3: Have absolutely no idea until you line up and go play. 881 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,200 Speaker 3: So it'll be excited to tee it off. But it's 882 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:47,560 Speaker 3: gonna be a lot of fun to watch these guys 883 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:48,160 Speaker 3: come together this. 884 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,640 Speaker 1: Year speaking a lot of fun. It's been a lot 885 00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:53,239 Speaker 1: of fun being up here with you guys. Unfortunately, that's 886 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:56,279 Speaker 1: gonna wrap it up for the Falcons Audible presented by 887 00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 1: AT and T. We thank you all so much for 888 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:01,279 Speaker 1: joining us, whether that's been via vig audio, maybe a 889 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,160 Speaker 1: little bit of both throughout the course of the season, 890 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,760 Speaker 1: We thank you for joining us. It's been a blast. 891 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,960 Speaker 1: We love talking football. As you guys know, we will 892 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,640 Speaker 1: be back on separate occasions throughout the course of this 893 00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:15,719 Speaker 1: offseason as we talk about the draft, the combine, free agency, 894 00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:18,400 Speaker 1: a whole lot more. Any of the big moments in 895 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,439 Speaker 1: the NFL. NFL off season, we will be talking about 896 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:24,000 Speaker 1: it in the meantime. Continue to keep up with Lanta 897 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:26,880 Speaker 1: Falcons YouTube channel as well as Atlantafalcons dot Com for 898 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,800 Speaker 1: more Falcons content and of course the Falcons Final Whistle 899 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:32,760 Speaker 1: and Falcons in Focus. There's so many options to continue 900 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,360 Speaker 1: to get your football fixed in the off season. But 901 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,919 Speaker 1: hopefully you'll be anxiously awaiting US three to come back 902 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:40,880 Speaker 1: to you and when that will happen, hopefully you'll get 903 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:44,280 Speaker 1: an update on your device when the three boys are back. Gentlemen, 904 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:47,520 Speaker 1: it's been a pleasure, baby. Fortunately, all good things come 905 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:49,759 Speaker 1: to an end, at least for one season. It's been 906 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,200 Speaker 1: such a pleasure to be up here with you guys, 907 00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:53,760 Speaker 1: and it's been a pleasure to talk some Falcons football 908 00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:55,600 Speaker 1: with Ali. You's thanks so much for joining us on 909 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,840 Speaker 1: the Falcons Albow presented by AT and T, and we 910 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,360 Speaker 1: will see you when we see you. Take care of everybody,