1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,360 Speaker 1: Dirty Birds. What's up? 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 2: And welcome to another Atlanta Falcons podcast. I'm your host, 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 2: Will McFadden and I'm joined by Tory mcaleney and Tarren Walck, 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 2: and we're gonna break down free agency here. You know, 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 2: it's really the first podcast we've done since everything kicked 6 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 2: off on March twelfth at four pm and the new 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 2: league year began. So we're going to kind of just 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 2: walk through what the Falcons have done, and then in 9 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 2: the second half of the show, we're going to look 10 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 2: around the division and see how the Panthers, the Bucks, 11 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: the Saints have changed for better but hopefully for worse 12 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 2: in free agency. We can say that here at the top, though, 13 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: I just want to begin with the Kirk Cousins news. 14 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 2: Right His ten million dollar roster bonus kind of came 15 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 2: into effect on March seventeenth. That is not anything new 16 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 2: to anybody who has been listening to what Terry Fotta 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 2: and Rahee Morris and everybody with the Falcons has said 18 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 2: all throughout. 19 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: The whole process. So Tory, where does that leave us now? 20 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 3: I mean, I think it leaves the Falcons where we 21 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 3: thought they would be. Again, to your point, I think 22 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 3: a lot of people thought that Terry fonn No and 23 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 3: Raheem Worse were bluffing when they said that they were 24 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,040 Speaker 3: going to keep him on the roster and they feel 25 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 3: comfortable paying him out the money. I think there was 26 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 3: a lot of misconceptions about kirk cousins contract and how 27 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 3: much money the Falcons realistically owed to him, and I 28 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 3: think that's what made the whole will he be on 29 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 3: the roster won't he be on the roster question is 30 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 3: because I don't think people realize that his cap hit 31 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 3: of like forty million is gonna be the cap hit 32 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 3: regardless of what happens ultimately to him. 33 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 4: The only realistic. 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 3: Way that you can get money accrued back to you 35 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 3: or save money in a way is if you trade 36 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 3: him after June one, and that's the only I think 37 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 3: viable option for the Falcons that they're looking to one 38 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 3: have him. 39 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 4: Off of the roster, but also to be. 40 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 3: Able to do it in a way that's beneficial for 41 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 3: them this year this season. I think where it leaves 42 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 3: the Falcons is this is going to continue to be 43 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 3: a conversation that we're having. We're going to continue to 44 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 3: talk about Kirk Cousins on this roster off this roster, 45 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 3: who could potentially be calling for him. What the situation 46 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 3: will look like. I mean, there is a chance, in 47 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 3: a possibility that we get to training camp, we get 48 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 3: to the start of the season, we get to the 49 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 3: trade deadline, and Kirk Cousins is still on this roster. 50 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 3: Do I think that will happen? 51 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: Personally? 52 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 3: No, I find it really difficult to believe that someone 53 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 3: like Kirk Cousins, who it's been reported that he went 54 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 3: to the owner, Arthur Blank and kind of laid out 55 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 3: said Hey, I want to be a starter in this league. 56 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 4: And I think that's fair. But at the exact same. 57 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 2: Time, I've heard Kirk at his press conference say that, 58 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 2: say I didn't forget how to play quarterback, right, Like, 59 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 2: he clearly wants to start again, right. 60 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 3: The problem though, is is there are so many moving 61 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 3: parts with one the money owed to him. If teams 62 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 3: are interested, I think that you will get to a 63 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 3: certain point in the season or even before the season, 64 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 3: where a quarterback hungry team is like, we've got to 65 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 3: get someone in here to yeah, to even throw the 66 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 3: ball ten yards down the field. And I think that 67 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 3: that's kind of what the Falcons should be that's what 68 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 3: they realistically are holding out for. It's like a team 69 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 3: that comes along that gives kind of Kirk Cousins the 70 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 3: right opportunity that he would be willing to wave as 71 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 3: no trade clause for, but also something that the Falcons 72 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 3: would be willing to play ball with. 73 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, Taren, what are kind of like, as 74 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 2: we look at the calendar and the next kind of 75 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 2: upcoming milestones and markers, where do you think the leverage 76 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 2: starts to really like come into play and the Falcons 77 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 2: could probably move him, Like I'm thinking around the draft 78 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 2: as we get kind of like right around there, training 79 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 2: camp preseason, like what to you are now? Maybe the 80 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: next time periods where stuff could start happening. 81 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 5: I would say more so toward training camp preseason because 82 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 5: then teams kind of know what they're already working with, 83 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 5: like the free agent quarterbacks will have landed where they 84 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 5: need to land or where they're going to land, and 85 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 5: then the draft will also play out as is and 86 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 5: if you have like rookie quarterback or not, if you've 87 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 5: got who you wanted or not, and if you get 88 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 5: into like OTAs rookie mini camp, mandatory mini camp, and 89 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 5: then also training camp itself. You can kind of see 90 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 5: more what you're working with and maybe then it's like, 91 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 5: we do need something different than what we currently have, 92 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 5: and that's when maybe conversations will start happening. 93 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,359 Speaker 3: So yeah, I agree with that because I think the 94 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 3: top options right now, if you're a quarterback hungry team, 95 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 3: you still have Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers out there, 96 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 3: just kind of like Roger holding of the oxygen the oxygen. Literally, 97 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 3: all I do in my mock drafts is like, well, 98 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 3: I'm these teams still need quarterbacks. Who the heck knows 99 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 3: what Aaron Rodgers Russell Wilson is gonna do, So like 100 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 3: they're still holding out. 101 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 4: You have some guys or some guys. 102 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 3: You have Tennessee with the number one overall pick, who 103 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 3: I think there are a lot of opportunities for them 104 00:04:54,320 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 3: to draft someone like cam Ward. I think that there 105 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 3: are so many moving parts still that I don't know 106 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 3: where Kirk Cousins and the need for Kirk Cousins amongst 107 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 3: teams in the league falls. Yeah, based on the fact 108 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 3: that there are still so many quarterback questions across the league. 109 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 5: There's too many more dominoes left to fall before Kirk's falls. 110 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, yep, and that's that is why, you know, I 111 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 2: thought the Falcons were kind of taking the right stance 112 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 2: with this. It's like we're we almost have a deadline 113 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 2: before all of these other teams have the deadline. But 114 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 2: like it's it's ten million dollars at the end of 115 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 2: the day, right, and what we what we've heard, what 116 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 2: we've read, it's like two years one hundred million dollars, 117 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 2: one year ninety million dollars. Like when you kind of 118 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 2: break it down like that, what is that ten million 119 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 2: dollar bonus? And again, in this day and age, you 120 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 2: need if you are a contending team or have like 121 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 2: playoff aspirations, potentially even more if you're if your quarterback 122 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 2: gets hurt, like having a capable backup is very valuable. 123 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 2: So you know, again, like the the longer we go 124 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: here now, I think the leverage has shifted a little 125 00:05:57,760 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 2: bit more in the Falcons favor because, look, Kirk, if 126 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 2: you want to be a starter, you got to work 127 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 2: here with the organization a little bit to gets you 128 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 2: somewhere else. If you're another team, time is ticking, right 129 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 2: if Aaron Rodgers doesn't sign with you, if Rus Wilson 130 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 2: don'e sign with you. If you don't get the quarterback 131 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 2: in the draft, what are you gonna do? So that's 132 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 2: kind of I think what the calculus was here. But 133 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 2: let's go ahead and shift over to free agency. 134 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: Taren. 135 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: When I say Atlanta Falcons twenty twenty five free agency, 136 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 2: what is the first thing that pops in your mind? 137 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 6: Your work? You have to work with what you've got. 138 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 5: And we've said it multiple times on this podcast when 139 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 5: we did all those different position breakdowns where it's like 140 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 5: they don't have the money bag to go out there 141 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 5: and get these big, big signings. So that's why you're 142 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 5: seeing these ones that maybe instead of a cannonball, it's 143 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 5: like a pencil dive, Like there's still a little splash, 144 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 5: but there's not this overwhelming, oh my gosh, look what 145 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 5: they did. 146 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 6: Like they're checking boxes, but it's. 147 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 5: Not like a highlighted, underlying bold it Tala sized kind 148 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 5: of moment. 149 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, my word was going to be conservative. 150 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 3: I feel as though to your point, they're filling in 151 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 3: where they need to. But I still sitting here, we're 152 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 3: recording this on March twentieth, and you know, the first 153 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 3: wave of free agency is through free agencies all the time, 154 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 3: you know, so we're not done like in the Falcons. 155 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 3: I mean, the Falcons made two of their biggest moves 156 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 3: last offseason with Justin Simmons and Matthew Judon in training camps. 157 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 3: So like this, this stuff is so fluid and can 158 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 3: change every single week if it needs to. But I 159 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 3: think I chose the word conservative because I knew obviously, 160 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 3: knowing the salary cap situation, you knew going in what 161 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 3: it was going to be. I think my biggest issue 162 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 3: in this is something that I wrote about in this 163 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 3: week's mail bag when people were asking the main question 164 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 3: of did the Falcons do enough in the first wave 165 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 3: of free agency to feel confident about the roster moving forward? 166 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 3: And I honestly, and this is just my opinion, but 167 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 3: I don't think they've done enough yet. Doesn't mean that 168 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 3: they won't do enough, doesn't mean that there aren't more 169 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 3: moves coming, doesn't mean a draft doesn't change that. 170 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 4: But considering the lack of. 171 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 3: Draft picks that they have at their disposal, combined with 172 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 3: how many starters on defense, I feel like you have 173 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 3: to remake and bring in. I actually feel like after 174 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 3: this free agency period, this first wave, I have a 175 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 3: lot more questions about this defense than I have answers. 176 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 5: Okay, my question to you is can they do enough 177 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 5: with the situation they're in? 178 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 3: And that's that's that's the big question, right Like, I 179 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 3: think that you can. The salary cap, in my opinion, 180 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 3: can always be manipulated to a certain degree. I think 181 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 3: it's always there are things always on the table, there 182 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 3: are always moves to be made, there are always trades 183 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 3: to be had. The problem is, and this is the 184 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 3: problem that I said from the out from the outset 185 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 3: the get go of this off season was that the 186 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 3: Falcons don't have a lot of capital to work with, 187 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 3: whether it be cap space or whether it be draft capital. 188 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 3: And so when you're looking for ways to improve this roster, 189 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 3: you're really you have to. Yeah, you're thrifting and you 190 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 3: have to be conservative to a certain degree. But where 191 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 3: the Falcons a little too conservative in the first or 192 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 3: in the first wave of a free agency, how does 193 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 3: that change as the off season moves forward? How does 194 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 3: that change once the draft gets here? I think for 195 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 3: the fan base, I kind of do hope that there 196 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 3: is this splash, Okay, because yeah, I really do hope 197 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 3: that there is a cannonball, whether it be a big 198 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 3: time signing or whether it be you know, the right 199 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 3: person at number fifteen in the draft, or even the 200 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 3: Falcons picking up more draft capital somehow, some way, I 201 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 3: hope that for the fan base, because right now, the 202 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,119 Speaker 3: overarching feeling I get from talking to fans and interacting 203 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 3: with fans and hearing from people is that there's this 204 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 3: like lackadaisical feeling about this offseason and kind of how 205 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 3: a little bit hum drum and there's not a whole 206 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 3: lot of excitement. 207 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 2: But that was always going to be the case, right, 208 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 2: I know, But we went in and expecting that that's right. 209 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 6: Tory wants to take away my relief. 210 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, but no, I just say all that because I 211 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 3: want the fans to understand like that I get what 212 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 3: they're saying and what they're coming from. Even though you 213 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 3: expect it doesn't mean that it doesn't minimize how they 214 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 3: feel right now in this moment without a big, splashing 215 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 3: name that they can really lock onto. 216 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 6: Especially after last season with so much change. 217 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 3: Right when the Falcons don't meet the expectations of the 218 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four season, it makes this period feel a 219 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 3: lot heavier, like you're not doing enough right. 220 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 2: I'm a little bit honestly, I'm a little bit surprised. 221 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 2: You know, we haven't kind of had this conversation yet, 222 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 2: even off offline, like amongst the three of us, and 223 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 2: you guys are a little bit down. I feel like, yeah, 224 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 2: as we all sit here and kind of look. 225 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,079 Speaker 4: At and I think I'm realistic. 226 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: Yeah. 227 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 3: No. 228 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 2: I wrote down the players who are no longer on 229 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 2: the roster, who were part of the roster in twenty 230 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 2: twenty four. Grady Jarrett top of that list, Nate Lanman, 231 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 2: Avery Williams, Eddie Goldman, Richie Grant, Drew Dolman. Those are 232 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 2: you know, big name players for this team that all 233 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 2: played pretty large. 234 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 4: Role Justin Simmons, Matthew, Judohn Lorenzo exactly. 235 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 2: I mean, like, these are all guys that you know 236 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 2: have have they signed anywhere? 237 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 1: Judn Carter. 238 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 2: So yeah, I wrote down the guys that have officially elsewhere. 239 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 2: But you know, for all intents and purposes, you could 240 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 2: be losing those guys as well. So when you look 241 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 2: at the players that they've added, I think we're all 242 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 2: in agreement that Leonard Floyd Is is the biggest name 243 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 2: among that group. Like to me, he is replacing Lorenzo Parks. 244 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 2: I know to you, I know, I know, I know 245 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 2: to you. Felipe Franks is the. 246 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 3: Yeah Terren's waiting to talk about, like Mike Ford, Keith Taylor, 247 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 3: Felipe Franks, like all of these special teamers. 248 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 6: Yeah, they all got their own headline. 249 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: But so is Leonard Floyd's not the splashy move that 250 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 1: you were looking for. 251 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 2: I think he's I think it's a great minimum eight 252 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 2: sacks over the last five years. 253 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,599 Speaker 6: Still thinking about my splash analogy. 254 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 3: Like how big splashes day right, Yeah, outside and arn 255 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 3: is just like man, I am already sitting. 256 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,079 Speaker 5: I'll take a video of it, like this slash to 257 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 5: this play right flash. 258 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 3: No. I do think that the Leonard Floyd signing was 259 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 3: a big get for this organization for a lot of reasons. 260 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 3: This is something I've talked about when the signing happened. 261 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 3: Is because of Leonard Floyd's connection to the state of Georgia. 262 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 3: Obviously went to the University of Georgia, is obviously from Georgia, 263 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 3: born and raised in Georgia. He's a country boy boy 264 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 3: through and through. Ryan Pace was the one that drafted 265 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 3: Leonard Floyd out of Georgia whin Pace was the GM 266 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 3: of the Bears and Raheem Morris was his defensive coordinator 267 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 3: when Floyd was with the Los Angeles Ran. So it's 268 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 3: a move, right, It's a move that makes a lot 269 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 3: of sense to me. To the point of it, did 270 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 3: I think this was going to be the biggest move 271 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 3: that they made. I thought that they could have gone 272 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 3: a little bit bigger. I don't know what that looks like, 273 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 3: but I kind of was wanting a younger doesn't mean 274 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 3: that you can't do Leonard Floyd and someone else. I'm 275 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 3: not saying this to take away from the Leonard Floyd signing. 276 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 3: I'm just saying that, like, looking back on the first wave, 277 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 3: I kind of was hoping for a bit of a 278 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:14,079 Speaker 3: younger edge rusher or even maybe like a younger Uh, you. 279 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: Just wanted a younger person in here. 280 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 3: Well, it's just like we I feel like, I just 281 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 3: feel like we've been doing this in Atlanta for a 282 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 3: very long time where you're signing these older yeah, yeah, 283 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 3: Kalais Campbell, Lorenzo Carter, Like you're getting a lot of 284 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 3: these edge rushers that have had Pro Bowl level careers, 285 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 3: but they're in the twilight era of their careers, right, 286 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 3: and I and not to take away from those guys 287 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 3: at all, because their careers are what they are and 288 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 3: they deserve to have the accolades that they do, but 289 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 3: it's just you're getting them on the back half. I 290 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 3: think that that's the reason why I was kind of 291 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 3: hoping for something a little bit different. But again, I 292 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 3: understand why it wasn't that way. I understand this is 293 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 3: why these are the type of guys that they had 294 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 3: to go after because of price, because of you know, 295 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 3: different things that they're prioritized. 296 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 2: That's where I'm kind of coming at it. It's like, again, 297 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 2: what did you expect them to do? So it's all 298 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 2: about expectation versus reality. If you were going into the 299 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 2: off season expecting it to be a normal off season 300 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 2: or something more like last year, where yeah, you are 301 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 2: kind of out in front getting those big ticket free agents, 302 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 2: the splashiest names on the market, like, then you're probably 303 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 2: disappointed with what's happened. But if you kind of went 304 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 2: in saying, Okay, they're going to have to be precise 305 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 2: if they're going to get somebody in Leonard Floyd, it's 306 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 2: probably because a lot of people in this building have 307 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 2: worked with him previously, know of him at like a 308 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 2: really high level, and probably understand very well what they're 309 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 2: getting in twenty twenty five. So if you're beating for 310 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 2: your book, yeah exactly. It's like if you're if you're 311 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 2: going out to just get a rental car, you may 312 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 2: just go get the car that like is very similar 313 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 2: to the one you already drive. So there's just no 314 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 2: adjustment period. 315 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 5: And it's funny that you use that analogy because your 316 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 5: rental is nothing like the car you drive. 317 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 2: They gave that one to me, and I actually like, 318 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 2: it's such a big I'm having a hard time getting 319 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 2: it into my garage. 320 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie to you. 321 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 6: Got analogy is not realistic in the real world right now. 322 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: It's very top of mind. 323 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 2: But but see that I would argue that it makes 324 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 2: it more realistic because. 325 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 6: It's like I wanted my smaller car. 326 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, there was such a big adjustment period for me 327 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 2: where if it's like I got to go out there 328 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 2: and perform, if I had to do a race in 329 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 2: my car, it's like, I don't know anything about this car. 330 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: This is a rocket ship. There's like all of these 331 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 1: computer things. 332 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 2: It's a twenty twenty five, I'd drive a twenty fourteen 333 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 2: so many things, and it's just since then. 334 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, there's a reason why the twenty fourteen is 335 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 3: not the one he's driving. 336 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 5: Right now, which goes to Tori's age like argument here. 337 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 2: All right, I'm gonna pivot us back on track here. 338 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 2: So yeah, if like outside of Leonard Floyd, I mean, 339 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 2: has there been a move, Like a lot of this 340 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 2: was keeping the guys that were already in the building, right, 341 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 2: and they're bringing back some. But you're bringing Caderyl hodgeback, 342 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 2: you know, you're you're keeping to Kwan Gram, You're bringing 343 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 2: back Contavious Street Mike cues like that was a big signing, 344 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 2: but he probably means a little bit more to Atlanta 345 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 2: than maybe other teams out there on the market. So 346 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 2: I don't know, is there another turn? Is there a 347 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 2: move outside of Leonard Floyd that like you really just 348 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 2: like or you kind of gravitate towards that you're excited about. 349 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 5: This was our question of the week, so I can 350 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 5: use the exact answer there, And this was different from 351 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 5: both the yours because I know you guys shared the 352 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,359 Speaker 5: same answer, but I went with that with the words 353 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 5: I went with cornerback Mike Ford, and Okay, I know 354 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 5: he wasn't a splashy signing, but I'm also very intrigued 355 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 5: when people return to teams because Mike has played here 356 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 5: before that I'm always like, ooh, what has changed? What 357 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 5: do you see now that you didn't see then and 358 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 5: was enough to. 359 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 6: Let you let him go? 360 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 5: But what I like out of it is you're building 361 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 5: depth in the cornerback room. And while Mike doesn't have 362 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 5: all that much defensive experience, it's more so special teams 363 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 5: on his resume, He's still has some and so there's 364 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 5: options there to fall behind AJ Terrell and Mike Cues 365 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 5: and whoever else ends up in that position group. So 366 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 5: there's like he's kind of a double dipper, And that's 367 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 5: why I also like that. 368 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 2: I think he's battling with Clark Phillips for like that 369 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 2: probably that third corner, which you're like. 370 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 4: Backup, see. I I disagree. 371 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 3: I actually think that he is on this team because 372 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 3: of how of his core special teams. 373 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 1: No, I agree, I think that's why he's here. But 374 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 1: then I just think he's your like your reserve. 375 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, I would saying for death, but special teams is 376 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 5: why he's here. And last season saw his most special 377 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:39,239 Speaker 5: teams experience in his career, and so to see that 378 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 5: and see that signing, Seekuderyl Hodgeby signed back too. 379 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 6: It's just you're. 380 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 5: Seeing the importance kind of be shared among all three 381 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 5: phases of the game, which I I mean, we know 382 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 5: I love special teams. 383 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 6: That was such a. 384 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 4: Okay, No, I know you do, I know you do. 385 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 5: I just think he is an interesting signing for that reason, 386 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 5: the duality and also the former experience in Atlanta. 387 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 3: All right, so I'm going to go with Divine Diablo 388 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 3: is who I wrote about in our question of the 389 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 3: Week this week. Linebacker played for the Raiders last year. 390 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 3: I first off name, fantastic, the best first off name. 391 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 4: I love his name, ye fire. 392 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 3: I cannot wait to meet him and get the backstory 393 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 3: of his name. I'm very very much looking forward to that. 394 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 3: But I chose him not because of his name, big factor, 395 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 3: but not because of his name. I chose him outside 396 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 3: of the Leonard Floyd signing, which I think a lot 397 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 3: of people probably expected me to choose that one when 398 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 3: we're talking about intriguing like guys who are now on 399 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 3: this team. But that's the word that I really gravitated 400 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 3: towards with Divine Diablo is the intriguing part of it. 401 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 3: I think he's an intriguing signing because I think he 402 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 3: is the marker of what Jeff Olbrick is wanting out 403 00:18:58,400 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 3: of this inside linebacker position. 404 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 4: I wrote a lot about. 405 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 3: How it's interesting because the last inside linebacker duo that 406 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 3: Jeff Ulbrick coached here in Atlanta was Dion Jones and 407 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 3: Foye Luican, and I feel as though Divine Diablo, his 408 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 3: play style and kind. 409 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 4: Of the speed of which he plays is like. 410 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 3: Deon Jones was a speedy guy, but he's also a 411 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,159 Speaker 3: big time hitter like Foyer. 412 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 4: Lucan is a kind. 413 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:30,880 Speaker 3: Of he's a former safety turned line back, former college 414 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 3: safety turned professional linebacker, which is the same kind of 415 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 3: situation of Divine Diablo in his development as a professional linebacker. 416 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 3: And so I thought that he Divined Diabolo more than 417 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 3: anybody in this signing class so far, is a reflection 418 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 3: of a coach being put in place here in Atlanta 419 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 3: that has a say in what he's wanting and how 420 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 3: he wants things to evolve. Nothing against Nate Lambon, but 421 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 3: I do believe that there's a reason that Nate Lambman 422 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 3: is now with the and Divine Diablo is here. Divine 423 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:07,679 Speaker 3: Diablo fits more of the prototype of what I think 424 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,360 Speaker 3: jeff Oldbrick values and looks for at that inside linebacker position. 425 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 3: And I actually do think that Divine Diablo will be 426 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 3: pushing for a starting spot. And I really truly believe 427 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 3: that Kaden Ellis is going to continue to play the 428 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 3: role of which we saw him play this past year 429 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 3: where he had a lot of success. 430 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,479 Speaker 4: Where it's going to be interesting the camp battle. 431 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:30,880 Speaker 3: Now we're already talking about camp battles, but the camp 432 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 3: battle that I'm going to have my eye on is 433 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 3: going to be Troy Anderson and Divine Diablo because Troy Anderson, unfortunately, 434 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 3: this is kind of the prototype of what. 435 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 4: They wanted him to be. 436 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 3: They wanted to be this fit, athletic, fast, sidelined, a 437 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 3: sideline player that has these really quick instincts, but he's 438 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 3: not been healthy enough to be able to see that 439 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 3: at any point in his career. So this is gonna 440 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 3: be interesting who ultimately I think wins out. I think 441 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 3: that a lot of people were sleeping on the Divine 442 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 3: Diablo signing because not really despite his name being great. 443 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 3: He's not a big name, but he fits the mold 444 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 3: of what Jeff Olbrick wants, and I think he's gonna 445 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 3: be kind of in that same vein of what they 446 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 3: want Trey Anderson to be. It'll be very interesting to 447 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 3: see who comes out on top ultimately. 448 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 5: For the record, I wasn't laughing at anything you said, 449 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 5: because you both looked at me when I did get 450 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 5: let a little chuckle out. But Divine Diablo is definitely 451 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 5: one of those first and last name kind of guys. 452 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 5: You know how, there's just those people where you have 453 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 5: first and yeah. 454 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think about that every single day. 455 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 5: So every time you said his name, it was Divine Diabolo, 456 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 5: Divine Diablo, even if it was just Cayden, or if 457 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 5: it was just Nate. 458 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 4: I also haven't met him yet, so like, but I 459 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 4: can call Kayden Cayden. 460 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 1: That's mister to you. 461 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 5: That's why I chuckled, because every single time you just 462 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 5: kept saying inside, yeah, just one of those guys. 463 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 4: Just it's just a great name. 464 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,679 Speaker 2: I think he He's definitely going to bring some speed 465 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 2: to the second level of Atlanta's defense, which was something 466 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 2: that when Troy was out at the lineup like Cayden 467 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 2: has it for sure, but we we did feel a 468 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 2: little bit of a step back in that area. 469 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 3: Will, anytime you had right, anytime you had to ask 470 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 3: one of the linebackers to drop back and coverage, you 471 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 3: felt it. 472 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: And that's what you know. When you bring in a former. 473 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 2: College safety, Yep, that is probably going to be a 474 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 2: strength of his his coverage. 475 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 1: So I think those are two great picks. 476 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go Jordan Fuller just we haven't really mentioned 477 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 2: his name yet in this podcast at all. 478 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: I feel like we should, Yeah, brand. 479 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 3: New report out there of and if what's interesting if 480 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 3: you watched or not watched, but if you read mine 481 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 3: and Will's five safeties the Falcons could target in free agency, 482 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 3: and then Will's story on why Jordan Fuller makes sense 483 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 3: for the Falcons, then you kind of already had your 484 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 3: nose to the ground a. 485 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 4: Little bit on this signing. Yeah, I get reported signing. 486 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 2: I don't know if it's that hard to figure out, 487 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,880 Speaker 2: because like, familiarity in this league. 488 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: So long goes so far. 489 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 2: If you have worked to the player, then you know 490 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,679 Speaker 2: there's probably a strong chance that you're willing to make. 491 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 3: Especially when you're talking kind of about like a quick 492 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 3: one year deal, And. 493 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 2: That's again like when I'm looking at what we should 494 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 2: have expected for this offseason and what actually has played out. 495 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,679 Speaker 2: Getting a couple veterans who have a history and a 496 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 2: connection with your head coach, they are gonna come in 497 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 2: and understand from day one, all right, I speak the 498 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 2: same language. 499 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: Cool, here's what you need me to do. Gotcha, let 500 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 1: me go in. 501 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 2: We're gonna go play like, play fast, play loose, all 502 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 2: of that good stuff. That to me may be a 503 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 2: little bit more impactful in twenty twenty five for that 504 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 2: one year, given your limited resources, than if you had 505 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 2: signed a player who you didn't really like, Javonkin law 506 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 2: right for four years and fifty million dollars deal. You know, 507 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 2: Like I just kind of think that it's like precise, right, 508 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 2: Like that that could be my word for free agency. 509 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 2: It's like it's very precise. I think they are intentional 510 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 2: about who they're going after, and I mean I don't 511 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 2: know who they have and haven't gotten that they were 512 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 2: in on right, but it feels like, you know, they're 513 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 2: bringing in some players who make sense. All the players 514 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 2: they brought in, I'm like, all right, I get how 515 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 2: you fit what this team is trying to do. Let's 516 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 2: quickly though, look around the NFC South before we get 517 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 2: out of here. Start with the Bucks, who won the 518 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 2: NFC South last year. They kind of did I think 519 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 2: a similar thing to what Atlanta did, but obviously I 520 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 2: think they had more financial resources to kind of do 521 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 2: it at. 522 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: A higher level. 523 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 2: But they kept a lot of their core in house. 524 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 2: They resigned Chris Godwin, bringing Levonte David back for a year. 525 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,880 Speaker 2: Then Brettison, who was their guard they signed last off 526 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 2: season as a free agent. He came in, he was 527 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 2: a starter all season. They re signed him. So Chris 528 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,479 Speaker 2: Godwin staying in is huge. He and Mike Evans are 529 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 2: one of my favorite receiver duos. A key addition for 530 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 2: them is Hassan Redick that he obviously was talked about 531 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 2: a lot last off season here in Atlanta. It's not 532 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,959 Speaker 2: in Atlanta, he's down in Tampa Bay. Does that What 533 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 2: do you think about what the Bucks have done this offseason. 534 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 3: I think that it shows what I don't even just 535 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 3: mean this last offseason, but the last two off seasons. 536 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 3: I think they're really confident in the roster that they 537 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 3: built three seasons ago that they feel compelled to keep 538 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 3: this group together. 539 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 4: I mean, heck, it's working exactly. 540 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 3: So that's my biggest thing with them is they're like, 541 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 3: if it's again, like it's not, if it's not broke, 542 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 3: don't fix it. Like there's nothing really for them to 543 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 3: change about some of these players, even though yes they're 544 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 3: getting older, but it's not like their production is significantly 545 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 3: dropping off. So for me, their strategy makes the most 546 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 3: sense because they're the team that has had the most 547 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 3: success and with this team and with the with the 548 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 3: way the roster's built as is. 549 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 2: And unfortunately they didn't really lose any key pieces so far. 550 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 2: I mean, like they lost their starting center. But outside 551 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 2: of that, you know, it's like you really are going 552 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 2: to see a very similar version of the twenty twenty 553 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 2: four Tampa Bay Byers. Yep, back out there in twenty 554 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 2: twenty five, and hey, the Bucks were good. So the 555 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 2: Falcons are going to have kind of their work cut 556 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 2: out for him. They're going to have to be locked 557 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 2: in and I go after Tampa this this offseason and 558 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 2: in the fall, tarn the Panthers. They really I think 559 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 2: focused also similar to Atlanta on their defense this offseason. 560 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 4: Huge offseason for the Panthers. 561 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's so silly to me how like the 562 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 2: league works. Because just three years ago we were looking 563 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 2: at a Panthers defense that had like Derek Brown and 564 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 2: Brian Burns. 565 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: And j C. 566 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 2: Horn and like Shaq Thomson. We were just like, oh cool, 567 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 2: they're set on that side of the ball, But what 568 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 2: are they doing on offense? 569 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: Right? 570 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 2: And now it's like, oh cool, Bryce Young, like we 571 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,360 Speaker 2: hit the reset button. Yeah, we unplugged it, We blew 572 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,880 Speaker 2: on the cartridge, we plugged back in. He's working now. 573 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,880 Speaker 2: So what about our defense? It's like we've traded away 574 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,440 Speaker 2: all the pieces to do this rebuild, but like, where 575 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 2: actually are you? It feels like they're still starting this rebuild. 576 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 2: But they brought in a Tershawn Wharton, defensive tackle, extended 577 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 2: JC Horn, extended cornerback Michael Jackson, just that's his name. 578 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 2: They signed safety at Chavon Morrigg. They added edge rusher 579 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 2: Pat Jones. They added defensive tackle Bobby Brown the third, 580 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 2: who is another player that we kind of have talked 581 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 2: about as maybe would the Falcons look at him, would 582 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 2: he fit that kind of like younger defensive line Maybe 583 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,359 Speaker 2: with some upside for the future that you would again, 584 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 2: does he fit. 585 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 4: The range, yes, yes, the vision, he fits the vision. 586 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 3: Yeah. No, he was somebody I know y'all did the 587 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 3: defensive tackle ones, but even. 588 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah he was. 589 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,400 Speaker 2: He's an interesting player. I'm gonna be curious to see 590 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 2: how he does. The players that Carolina lost tarn are 591 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 2: Shaq Thompson, who I just mentioned, Jordan Fuller, who is 592 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 2: here in Atlanta, so take that Carolina, Xavier Woods their 593 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 2: other safety. And then my favorite NFL player of all time, 594 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 2: punter Johnny Hecker. 595 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 1: He's no longer in Carolina. 596 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 6: Your favorite player is a punter? 597 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: Oh my god, Yeah, he's Wow. 598 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 4: Y'all's connection just grew. 599 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 2: There's literally no wall space in our bedroom. It's only 600 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:02,160 Speaker 2: posters of Johnny Hecker. That's that's yeah. She m Sterishagrim 601 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 2: from Minds episode loading. 602 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,479 Speaker 1: What do you think about what the Panthers have done here? 603 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 5: I think it goes to what you were saying, where 604 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 5: they're just adding to the defense and that speaks to 605 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 5: how much they now believe in Bryce Young and what 606 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 5: this offense can do, and like you saw that turnaround 607 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 5: last season that I'm curious if it can carry over 608 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 5: into this season and just build more So they're in 609 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,360 Speaker 5: a similar boat to Atlanta, where they have a lot 610 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 5: of faith in their offense and what they're doing. 611 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 6: This free agency is proving that. 612 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 3: I think that of the four NFC South teams, it's 613 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 3: Carolina that moving forward, regardless of what they do in 614 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 3: the draft. I feel if we're saying here on March twentieth, 615 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 3: that they had the biggest shift and the biggest flip 616 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 3: in what I thought they would be in twenty twenty 617 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 3: five and what I think they could be in twenty 618 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 3: twenty five, I think they're going to be a lot 619 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 3: more competitive than what they have been in recent years. 620 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 3: They're not going to be one of those teams that 621 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 3: you kind of mark on the calendar to be like, oh, 622 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 3: like there's the Panther, maybe like scribble in a w 623 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,479 Speaker 3: but only if they play in Atlanta and it's not raining. 624 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 4: If it's raining and we're in Carolina. 625 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 3: It's not all that's are off which has happened so 626 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 3: much in the last four years. But I think that they, 627 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 3: of all of the NFC South teams, have made the 628 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 3: most progress towards being competitive. 629 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 5: Good for them, I mean them, not good for that, 630 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 5: but that ship has struggled. 631 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 2: They were best set up, though, I think to make 632 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 2: a run here, right, Like the Saints is we have 633 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,479 Speaker 2: talked about for a decade now, Like what is their 634 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 2: cap situation? How are they even financially viable at this point? 635 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 4: But financially viable? 636 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 5: Yeah right, the team that restructures the most contracts. 637 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 2: Yeah right, Yeah, So the Saints, I literally wrote in parentheses, 638 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 2: who the heck knows what they're doing? As like their 639 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 2: theme for the off season. They signed Justin Reid, They 640 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 2: signed Devin god Show, they signed Isaac Yadam. They brought 641 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 2: back center Will Clapp who was in New Orleans then left, 642 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 2: but now he's coming back to be their starting center. 643 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 2: Works Cam Jordan's contract to free up a lot of 644 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 2: money to. 645 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: Be able to do this. That's gonna be a story 646 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 1: of the season. Yeah. 647 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 2: And then they signed Chase Young to a big deal, 648 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,479 Speaker 2: which I think confused a lot of Saints fans. And 649 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 2: then they signed Juwan Johnson, so prompting the greatest severance 650 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 2: meme of the NFL free agency period. So, Tory, what 651 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 2: do you think about what the Saints are are doing? 652 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 2: Are they just kind of like s fucking no man's 653 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 2: land or. 654 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, and then also like the Derek Carr stuff and 655 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 3: figuring out his contract and everything like that. I know 656 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 3: the Falcons get a lot of heat for Kirk Cousins contract, 657 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,479 Speaker 3: but like that contract, but Derek Carr is also one 658 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 3: of those things that I'm like, oh, sweet lord. But 659 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 3: I think with the Saints, it's the same conversation every 660 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 3: single year. With the Saints, it's like, how are they gonna, 661 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 3: to my point earlier, how are they gonna field. 662 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 4: The fifty three man roster? 663 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 3: And how are they gonna be cap compliant and and 664 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 3: and and somehow, some way they always end up finding 665 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 3: a way, which I guess Mickey loomis like, I. 666 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 2: You know, some hill and then just everybody else, I 667 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 2: feel like in their mind down in New More, they're like, hey, 668 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 2: we're we're letting you run the show and we'll just 669 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 2: get ten other guys out there on offense around you. 670 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 3: It is always like the strategy by behind what the 671 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 3: Saints do. I'm sure there is strategy. It's sometimes just like. 672 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 4: Really difficult to see the strategy, which. 673 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 3: Is I think the point of you putting in pritesies 674 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 3: who the heck knows kind of what they're doing and 675 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 3: what they're up to. I think in terms of like 676 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 3: looking ranking kind of the teams that you think could 677 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 3: be better based on the moves of free agency, I 678 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 3: don't know if I would put the Saints in the. 679 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 2: Top two, no, being they feel very similar to me 680 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 2: to where the Falcons were in like twenty twenty one, 681 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 2: like that that first Arthur Smith year when Matt Ryan 682 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 2: was still here, but it was like his top receiver 683 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 2: at one point was Alamidae Tek. 684 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: Yeah. 685 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 3: It's like you're piecing together a fifty three man faster 686 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,200 Speaker 3: on guys, just showing your deals. 687 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:58,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, exactly. 688 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 2: It's like we know the end is insight for kind 689 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 2: of like this iteration, but we're we're not giving us 690 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 2: ship yet. 691 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 4: They never get right though, Like that's the thing is 692 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 4: like in. 693 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:09,959 Speaker 1: They never eat that. 694 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, the chickens never come home to roost and they're 695 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 2: never just like, all right, we'll take our medicine, reset 696 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:17,959 Speaker 2: will truly clear the books. It's like no, we're just 697 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 2: we're never. 698 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, literally just pushing kicking the can down the road 699 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 3: as far as it can go. 700 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 2: This is our first kind of wave of free agency. 701 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 2: We will be back next week we're gonna do a 702 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 2: mailbag episode, so please send in your free agency questions, 703 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 2: your draft questions. I think the best ways to do 704 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 2: it are either you can DM me on Twitter at 705 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 2: Will McFadden if you want to same with with you too. 706 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: You stay out, but you can get enough. 707 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,240 Speaker 3: But all of my mock draft stuff like y'all be 708 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 3: ruthless out here. But yeah, you can tweet at me 709 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 3: at Tory Underscore mclahaney and on Twitter. 710 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:01,600 Speaker 6: Oh, I'm just at Taran wat you on. 711 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,920 Speaker 2: A field some questions as well. And then I think 712 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 2: also a great way if you're on YouTube, if you're 713 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,960 Speaker 2: watching this podcast, just leave a comment underneath the YouTube 714 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 2: video and maybe just put mailbag question in like all 715 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 2: caps at the start, and we will go through those 716 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,120 Speaker 2: before next week and answer all of your mailbag questions. 717 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 2: I'm'll also probably tweet out just like a tweet people 718 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 2: can reply to yeah if they want to sourcing those out. 719 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 2: But that is all we have got after not as hectic, 720 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 2: as Tarren mentioned at the start, a opening week of 721 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 2: free agency as last year, but still an important one. Nonetheless, 722 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 2: even if it's not, you know, the splashiest, it is 723 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 2: very critical this time of year the teams nail their picks. 724 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 2: I think that not picks players, but I think that 725 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,200 Speaker 2: Terry Fono has done a really good job and identifying 726 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 2: players like kay Nellis, you know, to come in here 727 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 2: and really have his best football ahead of him. Hopefully 728 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 2: Divine Yablo is that, hopefully Leonard Floyd is able to 729 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 2: come in here in kind of eight eight and a 730 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 2: half sacks like he has been the last few years. 731 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 2: We'll see, but there's. 732 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:02,240 Speaker 1: A lot more to come. 733 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 2: Please check everything out on Atlanta falcons dot com Free 734 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 2: agency tracker. We are having deep dives into like all 735 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,239 Speaker 2: of the signings, the notable ones, things like that. We've 736 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,480 Speaker 2: got draft coverage right around the corner as well, so 737 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 2: stay tuned. Anything else you guys want to say before. 738 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:19,920 Speaker 3: We go, No, just remember I have to do a 739 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,960 Speaker 3: mock draft with a different name every single week, So 740 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 3: don't come at me if one of the mock drafts 741 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 3: doesn't have the guy that you want me to draft. 742 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 4: At some point I. 743 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:30,120 Speaker 1: Probably will good chance it will. So I'm not a point. 744 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,880 Speaker 4: I do this every single year, and every single year. 745 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 3: People get mad at me, and I'm like, just just 746 00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 3: give me another two weeks and I'm gonna draft Jalen 747 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,359 Speaker 3: Walker to the Falcons. I have yet to figure out 748 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 3: how to do that yet, though I don't see him 749 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 3: falling past New Orleans or Carolina. 750 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:45,440 Speaker 1: But yeah, you're just sending him to Carolina. 751 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 3: Like I've sent him to Carolina every opportunity I've seen 752 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 3: him every single time, because I don't know how he 753 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 3: falls out of the top ten. 754 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:53,799 Speaker 1: So let her hear about it. 755 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, tweet at me, come at me, hit her up. 756 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:58,600 Speaker 2: All right, that'll do it. We have been here for 757 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:00,319 Speaker 2: too long. If you guys are still listening with thank you. 758 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,520 Speaker 2: We appreciate you so so much. We'll fatten Tory Macaelanny 759 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 2: Tayrin Walk Atlanta Falcons Podcast Network. We'll see you guys 760 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 2: next time.