1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: An outstanding second half effort comes up just short. Welcome 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: back to the Falcons audible. I'm Derek Rackley. This is 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: presented by AT and T. We got DJ Shockley as always, 4 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: and we've got Dave Archer in a different local arch. 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 1: We've got Arch joining us from the West Coast. Dave, 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 1: how are you doing? Davis? Out in Seattle with the 7 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,159 Speaker 1: Falcons team as they practice all week out on the 8 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:28,479 Speaker 1: West coast? Our thing is a no joke right the 9 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: East coast time, so three hours earlier is a little 10 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: bit different. But now we're we're here in Seattle where 11 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: University of Washington is where the team will practice this week. 12 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,639 Speaker 1: Spend some time at at you dub and get ready 13 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: to play. Maybe some of that well Washington husky stuff 14 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: will rub off on up pretty good. Well, hopefully we'll 15 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: get a little bit of Dave's flavor of how things 16 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: are going on the West Coast, and we'll talk a 17 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: little bit more about how West Coast trips are for 18 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: NFL teams, for players, for personnel that has to spend 19 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: the entire week out there, um and how they rebound 20 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: from a difficult loss. And we will talk about that 21 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: before we get into it real quick. Here is what 22 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: we were going to be discussing today. First reactions, DJ. 23 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about what impressed us, because there were 24 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: some things that were not so good, but there were 25 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: also some things that were impressive, and we want to 26 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: talk about the positives as well, first half versus second half, 27 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: what changed for Atlanta, how they were able to get 28 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: back into the ballgame late as it rolled on. We 29 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: will also talk about what they need to do to 30 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: turn the page on that game moving forward to this 31 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: game against Seattle. Of course that's where they're trying practicing 32 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: this week. And then, as I just mentioned story time, 33 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: we'll talk a little bit about our experiences having to 34 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: play a West Coast trip and what it's like having 35 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: to go across the country and get adjusted and practice 36 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: in different locations when you don't have all the things 37 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: that you're used to. So we'll get into a little 38 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: bit of that. So Dave, I want to start with you. 39 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: Since you woke up early, you told Alexa to set 40 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: your alarm to wake you up much earlier than what 41 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: you anticipated. There was plenty of mistakes that went on 42 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: in the game last weekend, but we want to start 43 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: by talking about some of the positives, because there was 44 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: a lot of good things that came out of the performance. Again, 45 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: you were there, talk about some of the great the 46 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 1: positive things that you saw that they can potentially lean 47 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: on moving forward. Well, I think that this team is 48 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: a pretty intelligent team, and by that I mean their 49 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: ability to absorb game plans. This is a really young 50 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: football team, one of the youngest in the National Football League, 51 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: and you guys know this and try to tell our 52 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: fans out there about how difficult it is to shift 53 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 1: gears from week to week when game plans change. If 54 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: you're a young team, that might be a little bit 55 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: different because you're so a little more difficult because you've 56 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: got guys so ingrained in the game plan that week. 57 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: Then a lot of times, you guys know, the game 58 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: plan shifts dramatically the next week. And this is a 59 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: team that's been able to handle a good bit of that. 60 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: And the reason I say that is because of what 61 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: they did to Aaron Donald. Aaron Donald, that is a 62 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: game wrecker. We know, arguably the best player in the 63 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: National Football League. I mentioned his name one time in 64 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: the game, and that's saying something. Because they had a 65 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: plan for Donald to get him blocked. And I got 66 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: a chance to spend some time with Arthur Smith, or 67 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: head coach, and he showed me some of the intricacies 68 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: and what they were trying to do and whether it 69 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: was the extra offensive lyman when it was the running back. 70 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 1: They did a really good job of absorbing that part 71 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: of it. I think that bodes well. Why do I 72 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: mention that, hey, we lost the game. Yeah, Donald wasn't 73 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: a factor. We still lost. What it tells me is 74 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: that you've got a team that can adapt from week 75 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: to week. Because remember week one, it was Cam Jordan, Right, 76 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: we need to get Cam Jordan blocked. We need to 77 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: make sure that we take care of to Mario Davis 78 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: and the interior. They were able to do that for 79 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: the Bead a part of three and a half quarters. 80 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: So I like that part of it. I think it's 81 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: a team that can adapt, shows flexibility, and I think 82 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: you're seeing some of the young players now starting to merge. 83 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: Drake London, We've we've seen Tyler Algier now. I think 84 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: some of these guys are going to start emerging as 85 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: some of the depth and the core of what this 86 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: team's gonna be. Yeah, I'm glad that you mentioned that, Dave, 87 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: because as soon as you said Donald, I mentioned his 88 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: name one time. I went back to our podcast last 89 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: week because he said the same thing when he was 90 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: talking about the game against the Saints. He said, I 91 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: mentioned Cam Hayward's name one time. Right, So that is 92 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: a positive, DJ because if you can game plan and 93 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: find a way to take away one of the most 94 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 1: explosive weapons, whether that's offensively or defensively, and basically neutralize them. 95 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 1: Maybe they make one or two tackles, but they don't 96 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: take over a game, which is what some NFL players 97 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: can do. That's a positive. What other positives did you 98 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 1: see out of the performance? You know, I think there 99 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: are two that that kind of stand out for me 100 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: and ar chid on one of them, it's the amount 101 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: of the production that we had with our rookies. And 102 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: you talk about we know Drake had a big game 103 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: in targeted nineteen times in the first two ball games. Uh. 104 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: You mentioned Troy Anderson with the big block. I mean, 105 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: I mean how big was that Tyler jar getting You 106 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: know a team CA in the ball game wasn't up 107 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: for the first game. Now he's up. And give a 108 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: lot of credit to the staff of Arthur Smith and 109 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: Terry Fontineau and the you know scouting staff that you know, 110 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: you got rookies coming in here and they're playing early. 111 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: Usually takes you know, eight nine games to get a 112 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: guy acclimated to you know, NFL ball. But you got 113 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: guys that are actually producing early in the first two 114 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: ball games. So that's one thing that was impressed me 115 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: that we got rookies that are showing up early for us, 116 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 1: and that's gonna pay huge dividends down the road. The 117 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: other thing that was impressed to me was when you 118 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: put all three phases together, this team can actually you know, 119 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: it had signs of what you expected to look like. 120 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 1: We saw times where the offense was moving the football, 121 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: loving down the field. Archers talked about being able to 122 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: block a guy who a lot of teams are quite 123 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: frankly scared of and find a way to lose a 124 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: ball game with him there. But they say, hey, we're 125 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: gonna go right out them. We're gonna find a way 126 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: to block. You did that defensively. How many times you 127 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 1: got the ball out? Yeah? I mean turn overs. You 128 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: need a good job and I'm just talking about the 129 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,359 Speaker 1: block punt. So I thought all three phases show what 130 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: this Falcon team could absolutely look like when each and 131 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: every guy's doing their one eleven. And that's one thing 132 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: that I knew arch Wreck. I know we all heard 133 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: that dog year one to eleven. I thought all three 134 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: phases had their opportunities to show that. And you can 135 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: do that for four quarters. You got a chance to 136 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 1: be a really good football team. There are so many positions. 137 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: Maybe the quarterback is the one that probably actually can 138 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: do more than one eleventh because he controls so much 139 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: on the field. But you're right, the fact that I'll 140 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: do my job, you do your job. We're going to 141 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: count on each other to take care of things, and 142 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: so you're starting to see some of that. You talked 143 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: about the special team's player had to write this down 144 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: five hundred and nine games since the Falcons. They said 145 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: this during the broadcast. Last had a block punt return 146 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: for a touchdown. You mentioned Troy Anderson with the block, 147 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: Lorenzo Carter scoops it up and scores. Then they end 148 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: up with a two point conversion to Drake London. You 149 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: mentioned one of the things that I was going to 150 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: talk about the positive was the takeaways. Continuing to find 151 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: a way to take the football away. We also have 152 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: giveaways on the other hand, that's kind of plaguing us. 153 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: But there was so much criticism, so much pressure on 154 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: this defense to take the next step forward. The win 155 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: loss record not necessarily showing it, but we're starting to 156 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: see some pieces. You talked about the rookies even on 157 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: the defensive saw side of the ball chipping in. But 158 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: the takeaways are going to help them win games down 159 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: the road. It's not so great right now. I can't 160 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: sit there and talk about victories right now, but there 161 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: are pieces to the puzzle that are there that we 162 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: have to continue to start building on, and that's what's 163 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: going to end up resulting in w's down the road. 164 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: Rec I want you to kind of break down these 165 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: full of fans because obviously the big play by Troy Anderson, 166 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: the block. You've been in that spot before where you're 167 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: that guy right in the middle and fans are like, 168 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: how does it come right through the middle. I would 169 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: love for you to break down how hard it is 170 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: first to you know, maybe to get that block, but 171 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: what went through and that sequence of those guys being 172 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: able to get that block. You know, it's so interesting 173 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: because when I see the blocks that come up the middle. 174 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: I always go back, and oddly enough that my special 175 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: teams coordinator was Joe d. Cameil Us still on the 176 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: sidelines with the rams, and I go back to the 177 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: protections that we used to run, and I say, okay, 178 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: here was the look. Why did it get blocked? And 179 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: then you look at it and it's generally either in alignment, 180 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: somebody gets too wide right, so it's somebody right next 181 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: to the long snapper gets too wide, he gets stretched out, 182 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: which opens up a seam, or there was a lack 183 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: of communication between who the long snapper and who the 184 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: personal protector is going to block. And you're right, it's 185 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: difficult because in the NFL, the long snapper on a 186 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: block look is generally responsible for a rusher, whereas in 187 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: college they just kind of try to muddle it up 188 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: or to let the three big guys that are standing 189 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: ten yards back just try to pick somebody up. But 190 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: in the NFL, you're responsible for a guy, and you 191 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,079 Speaker 1: not only have to make a perfect snap going back, 192 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: but you've got to get back off the line of 193 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: scrimmage and get into your blocking responsibility, which is either 194 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: just to your right or just to your left, not 195 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: to mention get your head up, because you guy might 196 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: start on the right and end up on the left 197 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: by the time you pick your head up. So there's 198 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff that goes through it through the 199 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: head of a long snapper, not only just executing that snap. 200 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: And the reason I asked that is because Arch understands 201 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:11,439 Speaker 1: it's as much as anybody as a quarterback. When you 202 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 1: get a blitz up the middle. We're always talk the 203 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: offensive line has to take the most dangerous You gotta 204 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: take the guy that's closest to the quarterback and get 205 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 1: that block to the first that the guy come off 206 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: the edge because he got a further way to come 207 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,440 Speaker 1: to get to the quarterback. And for me, I'm thinking 208 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: about it is how intricate was the design for the 209 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 1: Facons maybe to get that mismatch, And it just shows 210 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,719 Speaker 1: the creativity from the special teams coach Marcus Williams to 211 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: draw something up, well you can go get a block, 212 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: So that I just thought it was interesting that we 213 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: talk a lot about offense defense and scheme wise, but 214 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: here's a play that direct correlates to the special team 215 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:48,559 Speaker 1: that's drawing up to go get a big play. And 216 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: one thing I want to tell had a chance to 217 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: talk to Troy yesterday guys about the play, and it's 218 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: a complete blow by Seattle. They you know, there's no 219 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: there was nothing. I think they obviously they had an 220 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: overload to one side of the one side of the formation, 221 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: and the personal protector pealed to the right to block 222 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: just outside the punter. The center block back and left 223 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: Troy Anderson straight through the middle. Nobody touched him. But 224 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: I thought what was important and something that Arthur Smith 225 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 1: brought up in his pressor was the poised Troye showed 226 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: because he showed the great quickness to speed and why 227 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: you drafted him. The guy ran what four fourth to 228 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: combine and he got through that quickly. But you guys 229 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: know as well as I do, and Rack you've been 230 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: in these in the meetings before. You've got young guys 231 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: that will overrun the play, that will actually run past 232 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: the punter and the punter will still get the ball off. 233 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: And so he had a decision to me. He got 234 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: there so quickly, do I tackle the punter? Do I 235 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 1: play the ball off of his foot? And obviously he 236 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 1: played it perfectly, put his hands right on top of 237 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: the ball. The ball hadn't even hit the kickers foot yet, 238 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: so it may look like it's an easy deal, and 239 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: rack you've been talking about an explainer it you might 240 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: go into a little bit more in depth. And that's 241 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: something they work on in taking the ball off the foot. 242 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: Go to where the ball's gonna be, not where you 243 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: know where the ball is at that time. There's some 244 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: intricacies there that I thought Troy Anderson did a great 245 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: job of executing. Now, you're absolutely right, and you know, 246 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: I could sit here and I was like, how long 247 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: do we have to go through all the different intricacies 248 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: of special teams play? But you're right, there's always a 249 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: block point that's actually studied by the Special teams coach 250 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: the minute you come into the meeting. He says, between 251 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: the way that this punter approaches the line of scrimmage 252 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: after he catches the ball, his block point is nine 253 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: nine and a half ten yards something like that. And 254 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: then your right arch once you get there, once you 255 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: get your opportunity and the eyes get wide open, you 256 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 1: start slobbering all over yourself. You can't just jump in 257 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: the air and fly through and say, oh my gosh, 258 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get You could just run right over the ball. 259 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: That's why you have to have the poise. You have 260 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: to understand that you take your hands right to the 261 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,439 Speaker 1: block point and try to literally catch the ball off 262 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: the punter's foot. Every once in a while a guy 263 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: will jump in the air and he'll get lucky and 264 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: he'll block one. But how many times do we see 265 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 1: guys jump in the air and they completely whiff on 266 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: a block punt when they should have took it right 267 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,559 Speaker 1: off the foot. So it's great that you mentioned that. 268 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: That's all up in my element. Like I said, our 269 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: producer Sam would get very upset because I would take 270 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,839 Speaker 1: the entire thirty minutes and talk about special teams play. 271 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: But we want to get into a little bit of 272 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: the differences between the first half and the second half, 273 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: because it was a loss for the Falcons and the Yes, 274 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 1: they made a great comeback in the second half, but 275 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: Arch you were there so kind of walk us through 276 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 1: the differences in the first half and the second half. 277 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 1: We know that they made a great comeback in the 278 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: second half, but why did they have to do that? 279 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: What set that up with their play or lack thereof 280 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: in the first half. Well, I think that if you're 281 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: going to point to the offense, he said that football, 282 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: it's just your inability and if inefficiency in the red zone. 283 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: You've got to be able to finish drives, and you're 284 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: not finishing drives. The opening drive very much like the 285 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: game against the Saints. You drove the link of the field, 286 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: and then you have your short circuit. You have an 287 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 1: offside penalty. You guy moves, snap didn't come back. I 288 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: think it got blamed on Lenstrom, but everybody moved. Dolman 289 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: didn't snap the ball. So you've got an illegal procedure penalty, 290 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: and then you move it back, and now you've got 291 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: a blown assignment upfront and they slide the line to Donald. 292 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: Nobody picks Wagner coming through the A gap and Wagner 293 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: gets a sack and bang bang, you're kicking a field goal. 294 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: Then Ko magnifies it by missing the field goal. So 295 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: just inefficiencies when you get down in the red zone. 296 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: I think they now have what shocked four or five 297 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: red zone penalties that have changed the complexion of the 298 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: play call and it kind of puts you up against 299 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 1: it to try to execute down there. To me, that's 300 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: where it all boils down your ability. When you get 301 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: down you're getting down there. They're moving the football, they're 302 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: doing some good stuff from twenty to twenty. It's when 303 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: they get in the red zone that they don't. They 304 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: don't take care of their business. They don't emphasize. They're 305 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: emphasizing if there's not a sense of urgency, Shock, to 306 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: get the job done. When you've done all that work 307 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: to get it down there, so now get the ball 308 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: in the end zone. To me, that was what was 309 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,439 Speaker 1: glaring in the first half. The Rams drew a problem 310 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:10,079 Speaker 1: on an offense. We knew there was going to be 311 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: a problem. They do a really job the short passing attack. 312 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: I did a decent job in the second of adjusting 313 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: to matching when they wanted to come with zone pressure. 314 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: They play a kind of a man concept within their 315 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: zone pressures. Where they match up it almost becomes almost 316 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: a man in your zone. They didn't think they did 317 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: a very good job of matching in the first half, 318 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: and they did in the second half. They did a 319 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: better job of making Stafford maybe come off of his 320 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: first read and they turned him over. So that changed 321 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: in the second half as well. Shock. I want to 322 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: go back to what Arts was talking about with the 323 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: red zone because I think there's probably a lot of 324 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: people watching or listening right now that may not understand 325 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: why it can be a struggle not only for Atlanta 326 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: but for any team when they get down into the 327 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: red zone. Right, So, we always talked about different red 328 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: zone keys because the field shrinks when you get down 329 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 1: into the end zone or into the red zone. You 330 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: talk about no penalties, Arts just talked about that. You 331 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: talk about no sacks, Arts just talked about that. Right. 332 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: These are all red zone goals that teams set out 333 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: as far as they set that out in training camp, 334 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: and you have to execute these things as you get 335 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: throughout the season, face mask or higher when you're throwing 336 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 1: to your teammates. Right, But I want you to explain 337 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: as a quarterback and first people that are listening and watching, 338 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: what it's like when you feel the field shrinking when 339 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: you get down in the red zone. It's you almost 340 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: have an extra defender. You actually do once you get 341 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: down in there. I mean, you got eleven guys on 342 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: the field. You got that back inline. As for DBS, 343 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: they know they have that back inline, so they use 344 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: that especially in the end in the red zone. As Okay, 345 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: I don't have to back up as much because nobody's 346 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: gonna get behind because I got that end zone. So 347 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: that ultimately makes the feel shrinks. And then a lot 348 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: of times, once you get inside the red zone, regardless, 349 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: sometimes it depends on situation or down a distance, defense 350 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: are looking at the quarterback. They play what we call 351 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: the four cross, and everybody's sitting on the maybe you know, 352 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: if you're inside the ten, they're sitting on the goal 353 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: line and they're looking at the quarterback, so they see 354 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: everything in front of them and they see the quarterback. 355 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: So it makes the windows a lot smaller and it 356 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: makes it a lot harder to throw the football down there. 357 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: And that's why teams always emphasize if we can run 358 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: the football in the red zone, that opens things up 359 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: for is really really big. And then, like you guys 360 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: just mentioned penalties, you know, getting you off schedule. Those 361 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: things hurt you when you get down there because now 362 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: you're playing into the hands of the defense because now 363 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: you're trying to force the football into the end zone 364 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: or you're trying to pick up those yards you just lost, 365 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: and that's when mistakes start to happen. And I think 366 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: that's part of the red zone issues that the Falcons 367 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: were having, especially earlier in that ballgame, is you're having 368 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: some issues once you got down there that ultimately snowballed 369 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 1: into bigger things. And I think, you know, going back 370 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: into the first half and think about the second half, 371 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: another big thing was third down. You were in a 372 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: lot of situations where you were a third and seven 373 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: plus and then there were a couple of instances where 374 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: you had third and one or two and you try 375 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: to run a football and couldn't pick it up. So 376 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: those are things that that can stall a drive or 377 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 1: can stall the momentum when you're not picking up those 378 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: third I think the fos with three of ten on 379 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 1: third down in this ball game, that gives the defense 380 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: a lot of credit where you can get them all 381 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: to field in those situations. But I go back to 382 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: the second half and I think about I remember Casey Hey, 383 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: we're talking after the game, and he talked about to 384 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: Archer's point of them playing match coverage. He said he 385 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 1: said in this postgame press that there was a time 386 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 1: when he got his interception, Stafford thought he was going 387 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: to fall off on another route, but because this particular 388 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: route was in his zone. He just stayed with him 389 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: and Stafford through it anyway, expecting him to do something else. 390 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,360 Speaker 1: So this is a guy who's a veteran who's done. 391 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: He's been a's played Againstafford a number of times, and 392 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,239 Speaker 1: he knows how he thinks a little bit. But the 393 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: fact that each guy did their job, and it goes 394 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:52,439 Speaker 1: back to the one to eleven. I go back to 395 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: an example, Michael Walker's interception. Michael Walker, they get play action. 396 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 1: He actually steps up into the line of scrimmage, but 397 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: then once he sees his not play action, gets what 398 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: he does. He turns his head, looks up the route 399 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: behind him, and then finds the quarterback and looks it 400 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: up and makes an inception. That's what's called doing your 401 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: one left. You do your job. Yeah, I saw play action. 402 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: I stepped up, but then it wasn't what I thought 403 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: it was. I got into my particular hook zone area 404 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 1: and found the football. That's a big time play, the 405 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: London touchdown. It's in the red zone. But this is 406 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 1: all by Kyle Pitts. He does such a great job 407 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: of going vertical after the guy who's covering Drake London, 408 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: and it's a one step slant. But because he goes 409 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: vertical at him and then gets vertical, the guy has 410 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: to pump hiss breaks a little bit. That's a pumper 411 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: his feet and now he's behind Drake on that one 412 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: step slant. So these are the one thing. These are 413 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: some of the small things inside the game. And when 414 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,880 Speaker 1: people ask where's Kyle Pitts, Well, he's affecting the game. 415 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: Trust me. He's gotten dudes open. He's made a couple 416 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 1: of big catches for you know, Drake London because of 417 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: his presence. But those are small things. Details that I 418 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: talked about. You said, you doing your one on that 419 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,879 Speaker 1: that you don't really see, but it happens in a bullgame. 420 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 1: And I'll piggyback on that shock the fact that Kyle 421 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: Pitts made it look like a route. How many times, 422 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: especially younger players, when they know that their responsibility is 423 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 1: to rub off the defender, covering and receiver, they basically 424 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: just go up there and run into the guy right, 425 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 1: and it's an easy call for offensive pass interference. But 426 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,360 Speaker 1: the fact that Pitts got vertical and then he made 427 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 1: it look like a route. It wasn't like he boxed 428 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: out the defense. But if you can get them to 429 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: trail for just a half a step or one step, 430 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:33,959 Speaker 1: it's over. That's all that the quarterback is looking for. 431 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 1: So Arch I want to come back to you not 432 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: only expand a little bit more on a second half, 433 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: but maybe it talks since you were there, how the 434 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: atmosphere inside that building change once the Rams thought this 435 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: insurmountable lead was starting to slip away and Atlanta was 436 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 1: getting back in the game. Well, first of all, guys, 437 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 1: it's just an indication of how hard it is to 438 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 1: win this league. I think that everybody points when we're 439 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: Falcon fans, we point to maybe some of our failure 440 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: years late in games to close games out over the 441 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: last several seasons. But if you rook looked around the 442 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 1: league this weekend, it happened everywhere. I mean there were 443 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: what three or fourteen games where teams were down double digits. 444 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: It came back to win. Other team came back to win. 445 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: It's just the way it is. It's you get in 446 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 1: some kind of rhythm and and But from a building standpoint, 447 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: it was a It was a good building for the Rams. 448 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: They had, they had a good crowd, obviously, got off 449 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: to a great start, got the big lead. The interception 450 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 1: was huge. I thought that was a big moment in 451 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: the game um for the Rams. The Falcons get the 452 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 1: ball back down fourteen three. They're moving the ball. They 453 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: get out near midfield and Marcus tries to shoot the 454 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 1: ball in the left flat to CP and it gets 455 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 1: on him a little bit quick and he kind of 456 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: tips it in the air and it's picked off. They 457 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:51,359 Speaker 1: run it down to about the nine yard line or 458 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 1: seven yard line and they punch it in. It's twenty 459 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,199 Speaker 1: one three and a half and everybody's going to the 460 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 1: concession stand thing like, wow, this is in the bag. 461 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: This this Atlanta team can't come back on this Ram team. 462 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,919 Speaker 1: We got too much. There was a big moment in 463 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 1: the game, guys in a second half, and I don't 464 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: know if you guys took notice of it, but the 465 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: Rams went on a long drive after Atlanta. The score 466 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 1: was twenty eight three. Atlanta went down scored made a 467 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: twenty eight ten and it's late third quarter and the 468 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: Rams are driving, actually it's early fourth quarter. Rams are 469 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: driving and they're putting together a nice drive and they'd 470 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: get down to the Falcon seven yard line first and goal. 471 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: They go four, They go three downs, can't get it 472 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 1: in and they're forced to kick a field goal. I 473 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 1: thought there was a defensive stand right there that kind 474 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 1: of changed the momentum. And I know that we're going 475 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: to point to the turnovers that changed moment I thought 476 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: that was a moment people are going to forget about. 477 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: But you held them at the seven and made them 478 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: kick a field goal, and that was kind of the 479 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: first time they'd gotten down there where you'd kind of 480 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: put up some kind of resistance. Next thing, you know, 481 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: Atlanta gets the ball. Most was the link of field 482 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 1: scores a touchdown. Then all of a sudden things start happening, 483 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: right you get the block un for a touchdown, you 484 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 1: get you know, the balls dropped out. Now all of 485 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,400 Speaker 1: a sudden, you got a chance to win a football game. 486 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: But that was a moment right there that I thought 487 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: was pretty key. That'll be overlooked, and I think it'll 488 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 1: be something deem Pean's points to is, Okay, this is 489 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 1: about playing for four quarters, and this is what we're 490 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 1: talking about. Because this team exemplified that. This weekend you 491 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 1: were you were out. I'm sure there were a lot 492 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 1: of Falcon fans. It might have turned the TV off 493 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: and left. Next thing, you know, they get in the 494 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: car and they turn us on on the radio and 495 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 1: find out the score is thirty one twenty five, and 496 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: what the hell happened? You know, it's a four quarter game, 497 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: and it was a four quarter game across the league. 498 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: And I thought Atlanta showed that guts that they're gonna 499 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: show every weekend. Is they gonna play sixty minutes. 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Find exactly what you need 510 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: with the home Depot app. Download the home Depot app today. 511 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: And so Dave, let's let's kind of talk about some 512 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 1: of the things that we just talked about with the 513 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:26,880 Speaker 1: red zone issues, third down turnovers. So the easy thing 514 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: is Yeah, don't turn the ball over convert on third down, right, 515 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: It's a lot more difficult than that arch. So let's 516 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 1: let's talk about what can Atlanta move forward and what 517 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,439 Speaker 1: can they improve on this week to make it a 518 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: successful trip and win on the back half of this 519 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: west coast trip to get a victory over Seattle. Yeah, 520 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: you guys made a good point on Kyle's route against 521 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 1: with London when London scores. I talked to Kyle specifically 522 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 1: yesterday about what he's doing. I mean, people would look 523 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 1: at him and say, wow, you just said one of 524 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: maybe the second greatest or greatest rookie year of a 525 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: tight end all time. I mean you put it up 526 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 1: against Mike Ditka's right, all time great rookie tight end performance. 527 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: He's he's good. His his his beds been made right. No, 528 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: he talked about some of the routes that he needed 529 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: to improve on, some of the opportunities that Arthur's trying 530 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 1: to dial up for him to get him one on one, 531 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: and some of those opportunities have gone away simply because 532 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: his routes haven't been very good. He's he's he's still 533 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: trying to work on running past he's such a physically 534 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: dominating dude that he just kind of runs through people 535 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: sometimes to get himself open or just use his body 536 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 1: size when the precision of his route as you guys 537 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 1: just described on the London touchdown, will help him get 538 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: more opportunities, get the ball come his way, create more 539 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: separation for Mariota to get him in the football. I 540 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 1: think that's number one. It's attention to details. Get We 541 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 1: talked about it all the time. We talk about little things. 542 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: Last week, you know, in a screenplay, if you get 543 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 1: the ball outside and there's a one particular screen play 544 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 1: where Drake catches the ball outside wide to block Perf 545 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 1: but Drake hesitates a little bit and doesn't quite get 546 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:04,439 Speaker 1: up the field and it only nets about an eight 547 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 1: yard play. When had he hit the scene, you had 548 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: two kickout blocks. Good job by Wilkinson to peel it 549 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: back and pin the guy inside. There's a lane there, 550 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: there's a big play. So those are the kind of 551 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,879 Speaker 1: things that I think young players like Pitts and London 552 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: and all these guys are gonna learn from that. It 553 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 1: bodes well. They're they're making some places, but there's bigger 554 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,959 Speaker 1: plays to be made. And I think they understand, and 555 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 1: that's why I went to go back to what I 556 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: said at the beginning. This is a smart football team. 557 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: These are young guys that intertelligent that are listening to 558 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,400 Speaker 1: the coaching that I think it's gonna it's gonna translate now. 559 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 1: We want it, as Falcon fans, to translate right now, 560 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,160 Speaker 1: and hopefully this weekend against Seattle, you can get that done. 561 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: DJ he talked a little bit about the Falcons XS 562 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: and os, switch gears a little bit and tell us 563 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: a little bit about Seattle. What you see from the 564 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,919 Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks this year strengths, weaknesses. Obviously, no more Russell Wilson, 565 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: he's now in Denver. But what type of challenges does 566 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: Seattle pose that Atlanta needs to be prepared for. Well, 567 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 1: I think it's similar to where you just came from. 568 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: His starts with the environment you're in when you're playing 569 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: environment in Seattle. I don't know if fans has been 570 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: there now, but it's a loud environment that get going. 571 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 1: Everybody knows it's all about the toils and all that 572 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: kind of stuff, and that's a big part of the 573 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,479 Speaker 1: ball game. You allow those guys to have an effect 574 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: on the game, it could hurt you. And I think 575 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 1: one thing that we've stressed the last two weeks are 576 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: things that stall out drive, So things that hurt you 577 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 1: within a drive, like false starts or jumping off sides, 578 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: things like that can get that crowd into it, but 579 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 1: also can affect the ball game. So I think going 580 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: into it, you have to know the environment and absolutely 581 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 1: understand that you have to. Your focus has to be 582 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 1: a little bit different in a place like this. Seattle 583 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: is a team obviously you just mentioned no Russell Wilson. 584 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: Everything is running through Geno Smith right now. Geno Smith 585 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 1: had a really good first game. All the hype with 586 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: him and Russell coming back in Denver end up winning 587 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,400 Speaker 1: that ball game. He actually made a bunch of big 588 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 1: plays in that game. He was accurate, he was efficient, 589 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: He pushed the ball down the field, use his legs 590 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: at time. So Gino, it's been around for a while. 591 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 1: This guy's a guy who's a veteran of this league, 592 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 1: and we'll understand what it takes to win ball games. 593 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,880 Speaker 1: Didn't have the game they wanted this past week. San 594 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: Francisco kind of took it to him. But this is 595 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 1: a team that still has a bunch of playmakers on it. 596 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,719 Speaker 1: Sean Penny is a tough runner. Kenneth Walker, I'm sure 597 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 1: you guys knowing pretty well from from Michigan stay really 598 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: tough runner out the backfield. Tyler Lockett, been around for 599 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: a while, done it for a long time. The big 600 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,639 Speaker 1: physical guy on the outside, Big dk Metcalf. He's gonna 601 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 1: pose a big issue for you know, our secondary understanding 602 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,120 Speaker 1: where he's at it. He's a take the top off, 603 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: he's a you know, a screen guy. He's a physical 604 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 1: specimen as well. So this offense is gonna be one 605 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: that you have to make sure you know where these 606 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: guys are on account for him because they can hurt 607 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 1: you if you give the opportunity. So this is gonna 608 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,879 Speaker 1: be a fun environment to be in. But it's similar 609 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: to every other ball game. You gotta take care of 610 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 1: you first, ye and if you don't do that, and 611 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: obviously they'll hurt you, as any team will the National 612 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: Football League. But this will be a game that Seattle 613 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:03,120 Speaker 1: will come in with the same amount of confidence. I mean, 614 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,360 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, they took one on a chain last week, 615 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: but they're gonna build off what they did that first 616 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: game and say, hey, we got a chance to be 617 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 1: a good football team as well. And we know Pete 618 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: Carroll is a guy who doesn't lack any confidence a will. 619 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: He has his team ready to go. Yeah, DJ, you 620 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: talked a little bit about it. You guys know, I 621 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: spent the last two years of my career in Seattle 622 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,479 Speaker 1: and it is one of the special places as far 623 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 1: as fan experiences go. I mean, the Seattle Seahawks fan 624 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: love their Seahawks, They love their team. They come packed, 625 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 1: they come loud, no matter what time of day it is, 626 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: They're gonna show up and they're gonna be ready to 627 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 1: support their team. And Dave, I want to kind of 628 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 1: go back to you and I'll start this conversation out 629 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: because the last thing we'll cover here is the fact 630 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 1: that this is a West coast trip. Atlanta is not 631 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: making the trip back home. As Dave talked about it, 632 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: They're gonna be working out at the University of Washington 633 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 1: this week. I did the same type of deal. I 634 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: believe it was my second year in the league. But 635 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: we played a back to back against the San Francisco 636 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: forty nine ers and of course the then Oakland Raiders. 637 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 1: We trained at Stanford through the week, And I think 638 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: a lot of people would say, well, how do you 639 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 1: do that when you don't have your locker room, you 640 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 1: don't have your normal training room, you don't have your 641 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: comforts of training at home. And I would always just 642 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: go back and say, guys are professionals now, like this 643 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: is their job, so you can't go out there and 644 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: make an excuse. I don't have my regular training table, 645 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: I don't have my locker stool to sit on, so 646 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: I don't feel comfortable. This is your job. Now. Your 647 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: job is to go on the practice field and get 648 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: prepared and be able to go out on the field 649 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: and push your best foot forward and help this team 650 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: win a football game. Arch talk a little bit about 651 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,479 Speaker 1: the experiences because you're not coming home either. You're going 652 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: to spend the week in a hotel room and things 653 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 1: will get kicked off for sure next weeks or excuse 654 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 1: me tomorrow as Atlanta gets on the practice field, but 655 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: some of the differences that they're going to have to 656 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: go through this week training out on the West. Yeah, 657 00:29:55,960 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: I brought my chair with me and as good as 658 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: Rac described that scenario, there are guys on their team 659 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: that I don't care how professional they are because they 660 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: don't have their stool. For a pain in the butt, 661 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: I'll tell you that right now. Oh, what are you 662 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: are talking about? I gotta walk that far to getting 663 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: the colts up. Give me a break. As much as 664 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: as much as RAC is trying to paint this professional scenario, 665 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 1: there are a couple of pains in the asses, no 666 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: question about that. But it does galvanize a team from 667 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 1: certain to a certain extent because you're in the same 668 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,480 Speaker 1: area all the time. Okay, there's not any family on 669 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:37,959 Speaker 1: the trip, it's just the guys, and the guys are together. 670 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 1: When you got a young football team, I think it 671 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 1: goes a long way to helping those guys grow together. 672 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 1: Some of these guys haven't known each other very long, 673 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: and that helps in that regard. But in the in 674 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: the aspect of what RAC was talking about as a professional, yeah, 675 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: you've got a facility workout in your respect, the facility 676 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 1: you're working over at Washington. Their facilities is as good 677 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 1: as college facility as you could have in a country. 678 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: They've got all the bells and whistles, so you're not 679 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: gonna go wanting right. They're gonna have a nice field 680 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,040 Speaker 1: of practice on they're gonna have training rooms, They're gonna 681 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: have all that stuff at their disposal, so they're gonna 682 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,480 Speaker 1: be able to have some things that are like home, 683 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 1: albeit it's not exactly yours. Just to reiterate this building 684 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 1: that they're going to play in. I played in the 685 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 1: Old Kingdom, okay, and it was one of the hardest 686 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: places to play anywhere, much like the Superdoman in New Orleans. 687 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: The sound would reverberate off and come back down. I 688 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 1: remember my first pass in the game. Kenny easily picked 689 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: me off. I was trying to throw a little sail 690 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 1: route to Billy White Us Johnson. He picked off my 691 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: first pass and that place went berserk. Okay, they'd berserk 692 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: the entire game. So the Twelves is relatively a new thing. 693 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 1: They've been the Twelves since they put the put the 694 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: team here way back in the mid seventies. Okay. It's 695 00:31:56,280 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 1: a good and very difficult environment to play in. It'll 696 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: be a fun game to talk about Seattle real quickly. 697 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,920 Speaker 1: For my two cents, where they want to run the football, 698 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: they have not been able to run the ball. They 699 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,959 Speaker 1: ran the ball for seventy five I think against Denver 700 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 1: they ran for I think thirty five yards this last weekend. 701 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 1: I think they'll get back to trying to run the 702 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:16,920 Speaker 1: football of it. I think that bodes well. Atlanta, I 703 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: think will swell up against the run. But I'm not 704 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: worried about traveling and being on the road. Have done 705 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: it before, like you have. Rack stayed in La and 706 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 1: then went up to play San Francisco. Things went good 707 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: in game one and didn't go good in game two, 708 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: and vice versa, so there's no real remedy to it. 709 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: A lot of coaches lose different philosophies, but I think 710 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 1: the core idea is that you stay out here, you 711 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: get acclimated at the time zone, and then you kind 712 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 1: of grow a little bit as a team. And I 713 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 1: think if there's any team in the league that's young enough, 714 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 1: this is a benefit. This is a trip that will 715 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 1: benefit the Falcons. DJ. Did you see when we first 716 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,400 Speaker 1: started this how he was a little cranky. It's like 717 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 1: he had that night of sleep where the pillow was 718 00:32:54,880 --> 00:33:00,160 Speaker 1: too flat, he couldn't get the shower temperature right. He's 719 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:05,240 Speaker 1: still he's sitting on that hotel desk chair right now 720 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: that's getting really flat. You can see that he's not 721 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:12,640 Speaker 1: very comfortable. Yeah yeah, So Dave, we'll go ahead and 722 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: let you sign off and you can go get something 723 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,800 Speaker 1: more comfortable. Go get a coffee, a sandwich, whatever it is. 724 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 1: Actually it's still fairly breakfast time over there, so go 725 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:22,800 Speaker 1: go get you a breakfast sandwich or something and hopefully 726 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,640 Speaker 1: you'll be in better shape. Appreciate you, guys. Good to 727 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: be with you. All right, that's gonna wrap it up 728 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: here on the Falcon's Audible, presented by AT and T. 729 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us as we kind of 730 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 1: recap the Rams game, get ready for the Seattle Seahawks 731 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,440 Speaker 1: this next weekend. As Arch will stay out on the 732 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: West Coast, we'll we'll welcome him back home next week 733 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,959 Speaker 1: and hopefully be recapping a victory and how they are 734 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 1: able to uh to move forward from some of the 735 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 1: things that plague them in weeks. Paste, let's go get 736 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: a victory. I'm Derek Brackley. This is Dave Archer right 737 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,160 Speaker 1: here on the screen. That's DJ Shockley. Thanks so much 738 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,480 Speaker 1: for joining us. As always, make sure you like subscribe 739 00:33:56,520 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 1: review on Spotify, iTunes, Atlanta Falcons dot Com and YouTube. 740 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 1: This is the Falcons Audible, presented by AT and T. 741 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:17,360 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us. Everyone, M.