WEBVTT - #371 Packers Unscripted: Falcons frustrations

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.

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<v Speaker 1>I am Mike Spofford. He is the one and only

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<v Speaker 1>West Hodkoits were coming to you here from our studios

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<v Speaker 1>at lambeau Field West. It's the middle of the week.

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<v Speaker 1>I know we spent yesterday's show talking about the big

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<v Speaker 1>change with the head coaching position here with the Green

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<v Speaker 1>Bay Packers. We're going to try to turn the page

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<v Speaker 1>forward here and get back into our routine, which is

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about the upcoming opponent, and that's the Atlanta Falcons.

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<v Speaker 1>And I tell you what, West, all you have to

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<v Speaker 1>do is look at this team as an illustration of

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<v Speaker 1>just how I guess unpredictable and fleeting success can be

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<v Speaker 1>in the NFL. Because I was thinking about this the

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<v Speaker 1>other day. Two months ago, the Atlanta Falcons were leading

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<v Speaker 1>a Super Bowl twenty nine to three, and about eleven

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<v Speaker 1>months ago, they were gold to go at Lincoln Financial

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<v Speaker 1>Field in Philadelphia with a chance to return to the

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<v Speaker 1>NFC Championship game if they could get it in the

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<v Speaker 1>end zone in a goal to ghost situation. They did

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<v Speaker 1>not get that. They did not get the title from

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<v Speaker 1>that Super Bowl against the Patriots, and now they're sitting

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<v Speaker 1>at four and eight and they are playing out the string,

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<v Speaker 1>just like the Green Bay Packers are. Yeah, and the

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<v Speaker 1>the real tough situation here for the Falcons as you

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<v Speaker 1>look at them going into this game. Now. They had

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<v Speaker 1>a big emotional win over Washington thirty eight to fourteen.

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<v Speaker 1>That was on November four, and since then they've dropped

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<v Speaker 1>games to Cleveland, Dallas, New Orleans in Baltimore to bring

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<v Speaker 1>a four game losing straight. Yeah, four losses in a

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<v Speaker 1>row after a four and four record at the midway point,

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<v Speaker 1>So sitting at four and eight. My biggest takeaway from

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<v Speaker 1>this mic, and I said it the night of that

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<v Speaker 1>Super Bowl, is that it is so difficult. The road

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<v Speaker 1>is so hard, and so many things have to fall

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<v Speaker 1>your way for you to not only win a Super Bowl,

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<v Speaker 1>but make it there. This is why it's gut wrenching,

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<v Speaker 1>I think because there is no guarantees. It doesn't Just

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<v Speaker 1>because you're the best team one year doesn't mean everything's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna line up and you're gonna be the best team

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<v Speaker 1>the next Look at the Packers in two thousand ten

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<v Speaker 1>to two thousand eleven. Just because you have an m

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<v Speaker 1>v P quarterback doesn't mean it's always going to fall

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<v Speaker 1>into place. What's really peculiar about this particular team, though,

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<v Speaker 1>is they've had some terrible injuries this year. They lose

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<v Speaker 1>Devonte Freeman. I think when you look at Kian O'Neil,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the top hybrid type linebacker safety types in

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<v Speaker 1>the league and do a multitude of different things. So

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<v Speaker 1>injuries have you know, wage their ugly head there. But

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<v Speaker 1>on the other side of it, you look at the

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<v Speaker 1>defense in the primary playmakers, your Vic Beasley's of the world. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you look at Desmond Truffont, They've had a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of those guys there. The defense just hasn't responded

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<v Speaker 1>and offensively they haven't consistent enough to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>get past it. So I think you look at where

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<v Speaker 1>the Packers are at and where the Falcons are at,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of parallels between those two teams that

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<v Speaker 1>are going to meet at Lambeufield at New and Central

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<v Speaker 1>time on Sunday. Yeah. When I look at this Falcons offense,

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<v Speaker 1>you look at the statistics Matt Ryan is completing around

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<v Speaker 1>his passes, Julio Jones statistically having a monster season. They

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<v Speaker 1>added the rookie Calvin Ridley out of Alabama to the

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<v Speaker 1>receiving corps he's got I believe eight touchdown receptions. I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how this team has scored less than

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<v Speaker 1>twenty points four games in a row, in this four

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<v Speaker 1>game losing streak with this offense, it's it's and yes,

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<v Speaker 1>the loss of DeVante Freeman, I don't want to diminish that,

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<v Speaker 1>but you still have Tevin Coleman in the backfield and

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<v Speaker 1>all of these weapons, Mohammed Sanu, Austin Hooper, all of

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<v Speaker 1>these other guys to go with Jones and Ridley in

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<v Speaker 1>the passing game. With a quarterback who just won an

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<v Speaker 1>m v P and deservedly so in two thousand and sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's a head scratcher in a sense. West as

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<v Speaker 1>to out early in the season, they lost a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of shootouts. They lost a shootout to the Bengals, they

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<v Speaker 1>lost an overtime shootout to the Saints that was part

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<v Speaker 1>of the four and four start. But now in the

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<v Speaker 1>four game losing streak that's dropped him to four and eight,

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<v Speaker 1>they can't even get to twenty points. It's it's it's amazing,

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<v Speaker 1>quite frankly. Yeah, And then also to mention their offensive line.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean Jake Matthews, Uh, you know, Alex Mack and

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<v Speaker 1>Ryan Schrader are all there this year as well, So

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<v Speaker 1>I mean Andy Leavitri has been out for the year,

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<v Speaker 1>but they still have most of those big components are

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<v Speaker 1>offensive line. So it has been a head scratcher. But

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<v Speaker 1>when I was going and doing my research before we

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<v Speaker 1>hopped in here to talk about the Falcons, I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>help but look at their record, look at their schedule,

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<v Speaker 1>and not draw some of those those comparisons in my

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<v Speaker 1>head that Joe Philbin had talked about at the podium

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<v Speaker 1>on Monday about sometimes that self fulfilling prophecy a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit when the winds aren't going your way, when the

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<v Speaker 1>production isn't going your way, when the wind just isn't

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<v Speaker 1>quite blowing in the direction you needed to blow, you

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<v Speaker 1>start to fall into a rut. And then that rut

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<v Speaker 1>ends up leading a fewer big plays and fewer you know,

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<v Speaker 1>capitalized opportunities, and then you start getting in a losing streak.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, that's where the Falcons are at. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a fascinating match up on a number of levels, though,

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<v Speaker 1>because I think when both of these two teams are

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<v Speaker 1>playing at their absolute best. Yeah, they're they're playoff contending teams.

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<v Speaker 1>They have that kind of ability, they have that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of talent on both sides of the ball. But I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's been an issue of just not getting enough

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<v Speaker 1>big plays out of your playmakers. Looking specifically at Atlanta

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six right now. In total defense, when they have

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<v Speaker 1>the resources that they've invested into that defense, you need

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<v Speaker 1>more production that you need more pressure on the quarterback

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<v Speaker 1>than they've been getting, and it just hasn't been there

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<v Speaker 1>this season. Yeah. Now this is the rematch obviously of

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<v Speaker 1>the two thousand and sixteen NFC title game that was

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<v Speaker 1>down in Atlanta, which the Falcons won, but I believe

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<v Speaker 1>it was three touchdowns or so. They clearly were the

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<v Speaker 1>class of the NFC that year and as we know,

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<v Speaker 1>they should have won the Super Bowl. But when you

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<v Speaker 1>look at this Packers team, certainly on the defensive side

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<v Speaker 1>of the ball, this is a very different Packers team

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<v Speaker 1>than the one that went to Atlanta for that NFC

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<v Speaker 1>championship game. But the Falcons personnel wise offense and defense,

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<v Speaker 1>aside from you know, the addition of Ridley from the

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<v Speaker 1>draft and maybe one or two others, it kind of

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<v Speaker 1>still looks like the same team, you know, yet the Packers,

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<v Speaker 1>at least on the defensive side of the ball, are

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<v Speaker 1>very different. Yeah, no, it is. I mean, like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>they lost two of their big playmakers offensively and defensively

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<v Speaker 1>with DeVonta Freeman going down. But before Devonte Freeman became

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<v Speaker 1>a thing in the NFL, Tevin Coleman was there starting

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<v Speaker 1>running backs. Injuries that sort of pushed Freeman to the

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<v Speaker 1>lineup and let him become the kind of difference maker

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<v Speaker 1>every down back that he became. And I think when

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<v Speaker 1>you look at what Neil had done, and especially in

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<v Speaker 1>that NFC Championship game, what he and and some of

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<v Speaker 1>the players that they had in that defense, the way

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<v Speaker 1>that they were able to really gel and galvanize themselves

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<v Speaker 1>during the final stretch of that season propelled the Falcons

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<v Speaker 1>to being, you know, a Super Bowl contending team. And

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<v Speaker 1>then you said you mentioned Austin Hooper earlier. I've been

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<v Speaker 1>following Hooper all season, just a young and that has

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<v Speaker 1>really come into his own the last two seasons, has

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<v Speaker 1>become more in each week, it seems like more and

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<v Speaker 1>more of a primary target for Matt Ryan and Kelvin Ridley. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he did have a kind of a lull there mid season,

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<v Speaker 1>has had a resurgence here the last couple of weeks

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<v Speaker 1>has been a big end zone target, as you mentioned,

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<v Speaker 1>with a touchdown. So there's a lot of weapons the

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<v Speaker 1>Packers are going to have to take into account defensively

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to hold Matt Ryan and check because

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<v Speaker 1>like many of these other top flight quarterbacks they've seen

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<v Speaker 1>this season, Ryan gets the ball out quickly, he lets

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<v Speaker 1>things develop down field, but isn't afraid to work underneath.

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<v Speaker 1>And with having Ridley Sanu who had a big game

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<v Speaker 1>against the Packers two years ago, uh, Jones and and

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<v Speaker 1>Hooper certainly don't have to keep in mind the the

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<v Speaker 1>receiving aspect that Freeman provides. But still, that's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of weapons to shut down. Yeah, and I've always felt

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<v Speaker 1>that Mohammed Sanu is one of the more underrated and

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<v Speaker 1>under the radar type of receivers in this league. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>he benefits from the attention that Julio Jones gets and

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<v Speaker 1>now that Calvin Ridley is getting. But Mohammed Sanu is

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<v Speaker 1>a guy who can he he can do some damage

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<v Speaker 1>in his own right, and he can win his one

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<v Speaker 1>on one matchups so I mean if if they're giving

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<v Speaker 1>extra attention to Jones Freeman, uh those other weapons. He's

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<v Speaker 1>a guy, as we saw in the NFC title game

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<v Speaker 1>two years ago. When you give him one on one look,

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<v Speaker 1>he's going to take advantage of it. Yeah, alright, well

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<v Speaker 1>I'm certain almost create this like West overtime period when

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<v Speaker 1>you're coming out of it is now where I jumped

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<v Speaker 1>back in. I just wanted to point this out because

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<v Speaker 1>we'll get in on Friday. Two keys to victory, but

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<v Speaker 1>a very quirky stat that worked out, and I'd be

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<v Speaker 1>very interested if like Alias or somebody else could figure

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<v Speaker 1>this out. The Packers last week face the thirty two

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<v Speaker 1>ranked rushing offense in the league right right this week now,

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<v Speaker 1>Atlanta is now last ranked in rushing offense in the NFL. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>to make a point in terms of the key to victory,

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<v Speaker 1>the Packers for the most part, Blake Martinez. I was

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<v Speaker 1>talking with him about this after the game. They did

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<v Speaker 1>a good job of being able to shut down David

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<v Speaker 1>Johnson consistently, but that third quarter kind of got away

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<v Speaker 1>from them. They're going to need to put that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of complete performance together against Atlanta because we know, unlike

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<v Speaker 1>with Josh Rosen, who was kind of you know, in

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<v Speaker 1>you know, inaccurate, you could say, you know, Matt Ryan's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be able to cut you up there if you

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<v Speaker 1>if you'd let them be two dimensional. Well, it was

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<v Speaker 1>interesting with the Packers run defense against the Cardinals, as

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<v Speaker 1>good a job, I thought as they did against David Johnson.

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<v Speaker 1>It was when the Cardinals turned to Edmonds, that's suddenly

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<v Speaker 1>the explosive plays were happening, and and the Packers really

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<v Speaker 1>didn't adjust to that very well. And Edmonds became a

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<v Speaker 1>huge part of that offense in Arizona pulling out that victory. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was. I mean, he was the difference baker for them,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't think you and I said his name

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<v Speaker 1>once in the lead up to that game. So from

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<v Speaker 1>this perspective that I'd be really interested to see the

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<v Speaker 1>last time the Packers have faced back to back rushing

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<v Speaker 1>offenses that we're dead last in the league, and then

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<v Speaker 1>three weeks ago it was Minnesota who was thirty one.

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<v Speaker 1>So kind of a weird stretch that they've kind of

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<v Speaker 1>underwentire in this final half of the season. Yeah. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>on the defensive side of the ball, that's really where

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<v Speaker 1>the Falcons have had the majority of their injuries. As

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<v Speaker 1>you said, some of their key guys have certainly been

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<v Speaker 1>there throughout the season, but they do have a guy

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<v Speaker 1>with a half dozen interceptions in the secondary here. He's

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<v Speaker 1>a playmaker year. You have to pay attention to tell

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<v Speaker 1>us about him. Yeah, So Demonte CAZy, second year player

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<v Speaker 1>for them fifth round draft pick a year ago. It's

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<v Speaker 1>really coincidental the way this works out. He has six

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<v Speaker 1>picks on the year, the Falcons in general only have nine. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>So he's stepped up in that way and has sort

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<v Speaker 1>of been become a big playmaker for them. They don't

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<v Speaker 1>have Ricardo Lamas this year, so it's been basically him

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<v Speaker 1>and obviously with Neil being out, so he's been kind

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<v Speaker 1>of the big playmaker for them on the back end

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<v Speaker 1>so far this season out of San Diego State. UM

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<v Speaker 1>from San Bernardino, California, So I'd be curious. I have

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<v Speaker 1>to ask Kenny Clark if he has a background with

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<v Speaker 1>him at all. Um, But it's been a big play

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<v Speaker 1>target for them this year. It's been kind of interesting

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<v Speaker 1>how that's worked out. Only has fifty to receive like

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<v Speaker 1>interception return yards, but as you and I have both

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<v Speaker 1>seen Mike over the years, when you have a player

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<v Speaker 1>that gets over five six interceptions, the kind of difference

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<v Speaker 1>it makes for a secondary Yeah. Absolutely. Um. Interestingly, with

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<v Speaker 1>the Falcons we saw you know again, we keep referring

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<v Speaker 1>to that two thousand sixteen NFC Championship game because that's

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<v Speaker 1>really our reference point with the Falcons. Vick Beasley was

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<v Speaker 1>was kind of tough to handle that day, But um,

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<v Speaker 1>he's not having the type of season at this point

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<v Speaker 1>that that the Falcons were counting on. He's not, I said,

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<v Speaker 1>Ricardo Amas, not Ricardo Allen. Who's who I meant to say.

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<v Speaker 1>Ricardo Lamas is a UFC fighter, So I apologize. I

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<v Speaker 1>knew her, I knew who you meant, but Allen, I

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<v Speaker 1>missed the miss miss speaking. I'm glad I caught myself

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<v Speaker 1>on that. Ricardo Allen has been a big presence there

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<v Speaker 1>was in that NFC Championship game, a starter for them

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<v Speaker 1>for many season. He's been out for the year. So

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<v Speaker 1>I was just making the point here out since Week

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<v Speaker 1>four whatever it is that that Casey has kind of

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<v Speaker 1>been thrown in the lineup because of that. Your question again, Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>I was distracted. No, I was just talking about Vick

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<v Speaker 1>Beasley and that when when the type of postseason that

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<v Speaker 1>he had when the Falcons made that run to the

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<v Speaker 1>Super Bowl a couple of years ago, he was he

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<v Speaker 1>was a big time player on that defense and they've

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<v Speaker 1>been looking for a lot out of him, and so

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<v Speaker 1>far this year they haven't really gotten what they were

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<v Speaker 1>hoping for Yeah, so I don't I can't give you

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<v Speaker 1>a full scouting report on what Vic Beasley's two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen season has been like, but I will say this,

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<v Speaker 1>I was really taken aback when I brought up the

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<v Speaker 1>statistics and saw that, Okay, he was there an injury

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<v Speaker 1>or something. No, He's played in twelve games for them,

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<v Speaker 1>he started eight thirteen tackles, three sacks. In the past deflection,

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<v Speaker 1>you go back to the NFC Championship game when he

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<v Speaker 1>was on the tail end of his Pro Bowl season

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen and a half sacks, six force fumbles in the

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<v Speaker 1>regular season, the place he made during the postseason. It

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<v Speaker 1>looked like this young man was going to become the

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<v Speaker 1>next you know, Khalil Mack like that, that type of

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<v Speaker 1>difference maker in this league. And over the last two seasons,

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<v Speaker 1>five sacks for him last year in fourteen games, three

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<v Speaker 1>in twelve this year. Two of those came against Dallas

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<v Speaker 1>two weeks ago. So it's been really interesting how this

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<v Speaker 1>has worked out. And I think one of the issues

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<v Speaker 1>so far this year for the Falcons with their twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six ranked defense, they only have twenty three sacks tack McKinley,

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<v Speaker 1>who is a former teammate of of some of these

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<v Speaker 1>used former u c l A players on the Packers roster.

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<v Speaker 1>He currently leads them right now with five and a

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<v Speaker 1>half sacks, but just getting after the quarterback has been

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a problem for them this year and something

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<v Speaker 1>the Packers are gonna have to keep in mind in

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<v Speaker 1>this matchup. Yeah, well, the Falcons. Falcons looking to snap

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<v Speaker 1>a four game losing streak. As we mentioned, the Packers

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<v Speaker 1>been on the skids as we know since the bye week,

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<v Speaker 1>losing five out of six. Looking to turn things around

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<v Speaker 1>under interim head coach Joe philbin Um. Dan Quinn, the

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<v Speaker 1>head coach of the Falcons. You know, it's inevitable that

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<v Speaker 1>they're always gonna be discussions of job security and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's it's astounding to me that, as I said,

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<v Speaker 1>even last year, coming off the Super Bowl loss, they

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<v Speaker 1>were goal to go against Philadelphia on the road in

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<v Speaker 1>the Divisional playoffs with a chance to get a touchdown

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<v Speaker 1>and get back to the NFC Championship game. And now

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly they're they're even rumblings about how secure dan Quinn

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<v Speaker 1>is in is that land? I don't know how seriously

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<v Speaker 1>to take those when it's just one down year. But

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<v Speaker 1>we've been talking about the personnel and everything on the team.

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<v Speaker 1>They are. They are a hard team to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>this year, and hopefully, for the Packer's sake, they can

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<v Speaker 1>the Packers can keep them on the the downside of

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<v Speaker 1>things at least for another week, because Green Bay needs

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<v Speaker 1>a victory just as badly as these guys. They really do, Mike,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm really interested to see. You know, dan Quinn

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<v Speaker 1>is a defensive mastermind, right. I mean that's how he

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<v Speaker 1>cut his teeth in this league where he didn't built

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<v Speaker 1>that Seattle defense and then and then that's how he

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<v Speaker 1>got the head coaching job in at Lane. Yeah, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure there is that aspect that he really does

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<v Speaker 1>want to get this defense back on track. I think

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<v Speaker 1>one thing that is going to help them, I you know,

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<v Speaker 1>last week Dion Jones. They finally got him back. He

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<v Speaker 1>had fifteen tackles in that game against Baltimore, and again

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<v Speaker 1>not to keep referencing two thousand and sixteen, but you

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<v Speaker 1>saw him in that game and as a hybrid type

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<v Speaker 1>player what he provides that defense. So there was a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of a uh, you know, comeback there from

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<v Speaker 1>one of their top guys. But that being said, the

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<v Speaker 1>statistics still are what they are. And I'm sure we

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<v Speaker 1>haven't had a chance to talk to him at this

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<v Speaker 1>point in time, but I'm sure that's something that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of grinding at him a little bit, is that

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<v Speaker 1>the defense hasn't been what I think they thought they

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<v Speaker 1>were going to be in terms of having Matt Ryan,

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<v Speaker 1>having that offense and having the explosiveness there, but also

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<v Speaker 1>a defense to compliment that. It's been a little in

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<v Speaker 1>balance for the Falcons so far this season, and then

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<v Speaker 1>in the times in which the offense isn't able to

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<v Speaker 1>point put points up. You've seen teams like Cleveland, You've

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<v Speaker 1>seen teams like Baltimore be able to have the success

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<v Speaker 1>that they've had. Yeah, all right, well I've got a

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<v Speaker 1>run and I know you do too, So we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to call it a wrap on this edition of Packers Unscripted.

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