1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Ryan takes a stap tanged it, Girly Ty gotta reroute 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: gotta helping block from Ryan and a touchdown Matt Ryan 3 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,799 Speaker 1: helped it running back turned the corner as Girly scores 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: for the second time. Tonight, you're listening to Falcons Audible 5 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: presented by AT and T. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to another 6 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: edition of Falcons Audible presented by the AT and T. 7 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: I'm Derek Rackley joining you once again, and I've got 8 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: my fellows Dave Archer and d Day Shockley, and they are, 9 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: let me just say, they're chomping at the bit to 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: get into this conversation. Let me give you a quick 11 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: synopsis of what's going to happen in this show. Of course, 12 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about what happened with the Falcons and 13 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: Packers game at lambeau Field that happened on Monday night, 14 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: Falcons falling to Owen four, of course, to a thirty 15 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: to sixteen score. We'll get back into that game where 16 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: we've talked so much about the Falcons struggling to finish 17 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: football games even the last couple of weeks, Well, this 18 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: one was the opposite. They were not able to get 19 00:00:58,440 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: off to a good start, so we don't even have 20 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: this failure to finish topic like we have the last 21 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: couple of weeks. And of course the Falcons continue to 22 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: get ravaged by injuries. We'll talk a little bit about those, 23 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: but maybe more or less take a step back and 24 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: give some experiences about times that we've been through similar 25 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: situations and how our teams responded from that, whether or 26 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: not guys stepped up or they didn't step up. And 27 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: then of course we'll look at take a step back 28 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: in the division and talk about some guy named Tom Brady. 29 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: You think he's done some the good things throughout the 30 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: course of the NFL, and he seems to have gotten 31 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: things off to a pretty good start and got the 32 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: bucks going. So, Dave, I'm gonna start with you. Dave, welcome, 33 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: good to see you again. We're gonna get our first thought, 34 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: our quick hitter here on your thoughts from the Falcons 35 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: game against the Green Bay Packers dropping on four. Yeah, 36 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: I think there's a couple of things come to mind 37 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: real quickly, show slow start. You talked about slow start. 38 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: Couldn't afford to have slow starter or empty possessions on offense. 39 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: I think the injuries are certainly ravaging the defense, and 40 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: I think that leads to some of the blown assignments. 41 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: Those are the things that kind of pop in my 42 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: head when I think about last night, DJ. How about you, 43 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: what are some of the first thoughts that you think 44 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: about with this Falcons own four team. Uh, it's similar 45 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: to ours just talked about with the guys on the 46 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:13,679 Speaker 1: back end. Even though you have a lot of guys 47 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 1: who are playing, you know, a lot of minutes on 48 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: that back game, I thought there were times in this 49 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: ball game where there was a lack of communicational simple things. 50 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: And when that comes to mind for me is guys 51 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 1: not communicating the best possible way. And that's my first thought. 52 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: And I think about the defenses. Yeah, you got a 53 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: lot of guys out of injuries all that kind of stuff, 54 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: But some of the stuff I think was day one 55 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: routine stuff that were that they were missing. Yeah, you know, guys, 56 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: we talked about this before we started the podcast here, 57 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: and you try to find the positives and the Falcons 58 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: and games like Monday night, but at the end of 59 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: the day, you have to remind yourself that this is 60 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: a team that's struggling right now in their own four 61 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: and so you and again I've said this on previous episodes. Guys, 62 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: as former players, we know it. We've been in this 63 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: situation when you sit down in the team meeting room 64 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: after a game, after starting the first quarter of the 65 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: season oh and four, Trust me, the coaches are going 66 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: to tell you exactly what they feel. They're not going 67 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 1: to tell you all the things that they've done right 68 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: because they don't get paid and none of the players 69 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: frankly get paid by moral victories of X Y Z 70 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: and went good because we lost the game. At the 71 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: end of the day, the NFL is all about winning. 72 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: So let's kind of talk about the Falcons in this 73 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: first quarter. I want to get your guys as what 74 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: has been the biggest surprise that you've seen so far 75 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: from the Atlanta Falcons or how this season has started. 76 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: DJ I want to start with you, what's been something 77 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: that's just been like, I can't believe this has just 78 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: happened to this team. No. Well, first comes to mind 79 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: is we can't into the season. We thought about this 80 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: offense and how good it can be. We've talked about 81 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: all the different weapons, all the guys on the outside, 82 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: bringing girly in. You got Russell Gage. Now he's added 83 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: to that. You know, Julio and Calvin kind of party 84 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: it a receiver spot up front. You probably the most 85 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: solidified you thought you would be at the offensive line. 86 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: And the thing that sticks out to me, there has 87 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: been games where the offensive efficiency has not been there. 88 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: There's been games where you have lapses where you have 89 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: two three four series when you get no points, you 90 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: don't move to football, and you don't get any time 91 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: off the clock. I mean, those little things that help 92 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: you win ball games I thought would not happen with 93 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: this offense. I thought you would have, you know, maybe 94 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: a lull here and there, one or two series where 95 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: you know, hey, the defense wins. That happens. But there 96 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: have been times where you've had three four series where 97 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: you get nothing from them. With how good this offense is, 98 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: with the amount of veterans you have on that side 99 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: of the ball, that's been my biggest surprises, the lack 100 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 1: of offensive efficiency at times throughout a four quarterball game. 101 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: In this first quarter of the season, DJ, I think 102 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: it's a great point. I mean, you bring in a 103 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 1: guy like Todd Gurley, not to say that in years past, 104 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: the guy like Devantae Freeman was not going to command 105 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: the defense. But you're thinking you're bring in, let's call it, 106 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: a top five back in the league, and he's healthy 107 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: that it's going to make the defense arch focus on him, 108 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: which should open up the holes in the passing game 109 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: more for guys like Julio and as DJ mentioned adding 110 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,919 Speaker 1: to the mix, Calvin Ridley. So, yours may not be offense, 111 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: but what's been some of the biggest surprises for you? 112 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: Something that you didn't anticipate we'd be talking about heading 113 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: into the fifth week of the season that before the 114 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: season started. Yeah, I think mine is still going to 115 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: stay on the offensive side of the ball. I think 116 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: that's where the bread is buttered for this team. It's 117 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: the offensive side of the ball. You thought the defense, 118 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: maybe they could play some reasonable defense, but it's an 119 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: offensive league now, So how much can you match the 120 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: other team or have more You have more firepower. So 121 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: I probably piggyback a little bit with DJ what he said, 122 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: But what strikes me as how hard it's been. Nothing 123 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: has been easy on offense. And when you've got as 124 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: many weapons as you've got on the offensive side of 125 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: the ball, you would think that things would be a 126 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 1: little easier getting first downs, ruggling on. This is a 127 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: team that historically, I don't care who the offensive coordinator 128 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 1: is who, but Matt Ryan at quarterback and with this 129 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: cast of characters that have kind of fluctuated from time 130 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: to time over his twelve thirteen years as a quarterback, 131 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: They've always had weapons around him. Were third down, you've 132 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: commanded that down. You went in last night at forty 133 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: three percent, which isn't bad, it's not great, but last 134 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 1: night you went three to twelve on third down. It 135 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: just felt hard the whole time. It never felt like 136 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: he got easy first downs. He had easy said it 137 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: was two yards three years and now it's third and five. 138 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: We're grind and oh we get two and now we 139 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: got to go for it on fourth down. It was 140 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 1: just like it felt like you were on pins and 141 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: needles the entire time. Whereas I watched the other side 142 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: of the ball and rogers a little flip here and 143 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: the guy goes for ten and a little flip over here, 144 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 1: and they get eleven easy plays. I mean, just little 145 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: dumps and stuff. Wasn't like he was pumping the ball 146 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: down the field on you. So I think that's the 147 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: biggest surprise to me that the weapons you have offensively 148 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: that it hasn't been easier on offense. It seems like 149 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: it's been like going to the dentist every Sunday, right, 150 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: and now you score points and you put points on 151 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: the board. Right, you've been able to do it. But 152 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 1: if you, guys, as it struck you, has anything been 153 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: easy so far this year on offense? Now I agree 154 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: with you, Arch, because it looks like Matt is always 155 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: trying to throw into some kind of tight coverage and 156 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: guys are having to make some type of acrobatic catch 157 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: in order to pick up a first down where you 158 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: mentioned it. And I'm going to kind of take my 159 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,239 Speaker 1: opinion here to the other side of the ball, because 160 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: you look at last night or Monday night, however, whenever 161 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: people are watching this podcast, as you see Aaron Rodgers 162 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: when he's able to get the ball, he comes out 163 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: of his break, gets his head turned around and there's 164 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: a running back just wide open in the flat. So 165 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: he just dumps it down and the running back turns 166 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: up field and picks up nine or ten yards on 167 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: first down, or he takes a shotgun snap. He gets back, 168 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: he looks left, right, he sees a tight end wide 169 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: open over the middle of the field into your point arch. 170 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: It's like Rogers doesn't even have to work for it. 171 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: It's just like I always when I talk to my 172 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: softball girls all the time on a routine groundball's got 173 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: to be a layup, right, It's like these are lap 174 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: for Aaron Rodgers. He is one of the best quarterbacks 175 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: in the game, and he can fit balls into the 176 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: tightest windows. But he doesn't even have to. So for me, 177 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: the biggest surprise has been you think about the guys 178 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: that we have on the defensive side of the ball. 179 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: I understand that they're banged up. They are banged up, 180 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: but it's the lack of pressure that we're getting up front. 181 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: Everybody wants to single out the defensive backs in the secondary, 182 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: and granted, I think that's that's fair to do that, 183 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: but the Falcons have seven sacks through four games. They're 184 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: not getting enough pressure, not COVID causing enough havoc in 185 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: the opponent's backfield to make these quarterbacks make bad throws 186 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: to give the defense chance to come and make it. 187 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: And so look, you can sit here and make the 188 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: excuses all you want about the defensive injuries. But guys, 189 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: let me just throw it back to you real quick. 190 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, Yes, one of the best quarterbacks in the game, 191 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: but he's not thrown to Davante Adams. He's not thrown 192 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: to Bubba Frank's back in the day, right, He's thrown 193 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: the guys like Robert Tonyan and these guys are getting 194 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: three touchdowns. So he's doing it with guy with an 195 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: injured castle as well, but he's making it happen. Yeah, absolutely, 196 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: And I think that that's the part that's really frustrating 197 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: is why are we not challenging these guys a little 198 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: bit more, the guys that are no name guys. If 199 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 1: a guy has a big day like Tanyan last night, 200 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: make him earn it. Hit him in the mouth a 201 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 1: few times so he gets off the line of scrimmage. 202 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: I thought that Kendall Sheffield did a little bit of 203 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: that last night. I thought Kendall Sheffield been in the 204 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: lineup was a real positive for Atlanta. Now, obviously it 205 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: didn't turn out the way we wanted it too, and 206 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: they put thirty on the board and Rogers, I think 207 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: it only had like six or seven passes hit the ground. 208 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: But I thought that from a competitive standpoint and coming 209 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: up and competing, putting your hands on the receiver, making 210 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 1: it tough to get off the ball. I thought you 211 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 1: you got from Kendall Sheffield last night. I think that's 212 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,079 Speaker 1: what you'd like to see permeate the entire team. There 213 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: was just too many guys running free, as you said, 214 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: blown as Simon shock. You talked a little bit about that. 215 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: Some of it as to do with guys that haven't 216 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: played very much. But excuses can be excuses. I mean, 217 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: you got to find a way to play with the 218 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: guys that are on the field, and if if you're 219 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 1: going to play that with those guys didn't play a 220 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: little bit softer or whatever it is. But I just 221 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: I thought there was some silver lining for me with 222 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: Kendall Sheffield on the field. I thought he did some 223 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: good things that hope you could build on and that 224 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: has to happen this week. Right. Let me let me 225 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: add one one one mula note to that, And we 226 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: talked about the guys on the back end and guys 227 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: who probably haven't played a lot. But for me, when 228 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: I when I when we first started, I talked about 229 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: the simple things and everybody can see a two by 230 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: two combination. You got two receivers on one side, two 231 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: on the other side, and they run a simple slant 232 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,439 Speaker 1: from the outside and a flat route by the inside guy. 233 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,959 Speaker 1: Day one. If you're playing Cover three, you're playing Cover two, 234 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: you're playing Cover one. There's always communication where you say, hey, 235 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: this guy comes outside, I take him. If he comes inside, 236 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: I take him. That doesn't take a unit to have 237 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: to play together for four or five, six weeks. That 238 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 1: just takes I got him, you got him. And that's 239 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 1: some of the stuff that I was really concerned about 240 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: knowing the back end is, yeah, you got a bunch 241 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: of guys who haven't played. But these guys are in 242 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: the NFL for a reason. They did really well in college, 243 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: so they understand the nuances of what offenses are trying 244 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: to do and how they are being attack. So you 245 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 1: know when you're getting certain formations of some how you're 246 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: going to be attack. So I just I just wanted 247 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: the communication you better on the back end. Regardless of 248 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: if you played or not, the simple scenarios and situations 249 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: of a game, they weren't there. You take for granted. 250 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: You take for granted guys a guy like Ricardo Allen 251 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: Ricardo Allen is the is the quarterback of the defense. 252 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: He knows what Grady Jarrett's supposed to do, he knows 253 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: what Dion Jones is supposed to do, and obviously knows 254 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: what's going on in the secondary. How many times we 255 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: see him walk down in the middle of the defense 256 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: and start directing traffic, telling guys where to go. Hey, 257 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: you got him? Yeah, And so from a leadership standpoint, 258 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: when you're not that guy and all of a sudden 259 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: you got to be that guy, sometimes that doesn't come 260 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,319 Speaker 1: as natural. And I think you're right. Shock. There's a 261 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: ton of this can be resolved by saying, hey, that's 262 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: my guy. You take your guy, you know. I mean, 263 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,199 Speaker 1: it's something simple like that. I don't care if the 264 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: quarterback knows it or not. Now he's got to make 265 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 1: a throw. Yeah, I'm Fortunately, when you have so many 266 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: different guys rotating through the defense, these are the things 267 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: that kind of fall to the wayside. Is just the 268 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: basics and the fundamentals. And that's why NFL teams and 269 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: coaches when they go out to practice, they always start 270 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: still by working on fundamentals and basics. And the average 271 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: person probably doesn't think that NFL players do that, but 272 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: it happens at the beginning of every practice. But some 273 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,199 Speaker 1: of these simple things are getting missed. So, Dave, you've 274 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: talked about a guy like Ricardo Allen, and we can't 275 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: sugarcoat it. The Falcons do have a number of injuries 276 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball. We've talked about 277 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: Ricardo Allen, Keyan O'Neil, aj Terrell was out because of 278 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: the COVID protocol, Darquez, Denar Demante Kasey, Jalen Hawkins, all 279 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: these guys off of the defense, either coming into the 280 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,439 Speaker 1: game or during the Green Bay game. Here's one thing 281 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: I could tell everybody that's listening. We're not these three 282 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: guys up here aren't going to be able to do 283 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: anything to solve the Falcons injury issues. That maybe we 284 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: can do is we'll take a step back and arch. 285 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: Let me start with you co back, think throughout your 286 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: career where you are part of a team that was 287 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: ravaged by injuries somewhat similar to what Atlanta was going through, 288 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: and how did you kind of approach that and what 289 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: ended up transpiring. Well, we got off to a four 290 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: oz start by in the nineteen eighty six It was 291 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: my third year in the league, and we were the 292 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 1: toast of the town, and we were the toast of 293 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: the league and players of the month and all that 294 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. And then all of a sudden, we 295 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: started to determine. We started to find out we weren't 296 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: as deep a team as maybe some of the others 297 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: around the league. We started getting ravaged up front the 298 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: offensive line. This was a team that could come off 299 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: the ball and run the football with Bill Frey, Leak 300 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: and Mike Kin, guys like that coming off the ball 301 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 1: and just mashing people short necks in the run game, 302 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 1: right play action and off of we're eating people up. 303 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden, the run game started to 304 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: go away because he had some guys that maybe probably 305 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 1: shouldn't have been in the game. We're playing all the 306 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: offensive line. In one particular instance, we lost a left guard, 307 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: John Scully, who was an outstanding player former Notre Dame. 308 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: Golden Domer from Notre Dame was an outstanding player to 309 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: the left guard position. He breaks a leg in a game, 310 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: so we bring in another guy, and you know, you 311 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: try to not miss a beat, and you kind of 312 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: took advance, You took for granted and this is part 313 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: of kind of going back to what we're seeing today. 314 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: You take for granted what Ricardo Allen does. You take 315 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: it granted for what some of these guys do. From 316 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: a communication and leadership standpoint, Scully was that guy along 317 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: the offensive line, kind of a glue guy up front. 318 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, scullies out of the game. We 319 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: pump another guy in that we had just signed that 320 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: offseason to come in. And I remember specifically in a 321 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: game we're playing the playing the Eagles, and Reggie White 322 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: moves down inside and he gets clean through the middle, 323 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: and I could literally see John Scully on the other 324 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: side of Reggie White yelling watch out? Are you kidding me? 325 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: We went from a guy that was the glue guy, 326 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: and now I've got this guy yelling watch out. I mean, 327 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: it's just what you gotta do, is you gotta try 328 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: to overcome it a little bit. And so now you 329 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: got to you gotta compensate for. So now Mike Kins 330 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: gotta compensate. You gotta, you know, Jeff Van Notes, gotta 331 00:14:58,400 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: kind of lean in and kind of get this guy 332 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: a island. So that to me, from relating to what 333 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: we're seeing today to back in those days, is you 334 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: got to put your arms around that guy and try 335 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: to get him dialed in. Now, if you've got too 336 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: many of those guys up front, which ultimately happened that 337 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: year we went to about five hundred and finished out 338 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: of the out of the playoffs. So we ended up 339 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: too with too many of those guys that are yelling 340 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: watch out instead of getting somebody. But it's a funny story, 341 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: but it does relate to this to now as far 342 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 1: as trying to help one another come together, because it's 343 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: gonna be very disappointing, can be very discouraging to sit 344 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: in those meetings, like you guys are talking about and 345 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: you watch these films and what the hell is this 346 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: guy doing? You got to help him get dialed in. Well, 347 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: DJ's it's a very fortunate situation for the show that 348 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: we got two former quarterbacks. You ever had a center 349 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: turn around and tell you watch out? No, No, I've 350 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: had I've had an opportunity in a ball game. I 351 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 1: remember in college one time we were playing on the 352 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: road at Missipipi State and I see Blitz coming off 353 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: my left side and I literally I changed the protection, 354 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: slide the line to the left but my tight end 355 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: on the backside does not hear it. So as I go, 356 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: I take a three step drop. On my third step, 357 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: I'm here. The defensive end comes and just collapses my 358 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: whole right side, My tight end goes right, the whole 359 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: offensive line goes left. Is parting of the red seat 360 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: ball is gone. And I get up and there's a 361 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: knot on my elbow that comes out by three four inches. 362 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: I was so glad they had to review to see 363 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: if it was a fumble or not, because I was 364 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: no way I was gonna be to come back after 365 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: that next play. But I remember in colleague, my junior 366 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: as Will, we had a bunch of guys right before 367 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: the seizure start from the receiver spot. So just as 368 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: important like the offensive line losing guys, we had three 369 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: or four of our top receivers having hamstring, having an ankle, 370 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: have a little tweak or something, and we were trying 371 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: to figure out how are we going to have any 372 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: sort of passing it the thing we had to do 373 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: with Lucky enough, we had some really athletic backs, We 374 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: used backshat receivers, and we kept everything simple. If they 375 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: knew our game plan was everything under ten yards they 376 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: would have been in our face the whole time. But 377 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: having those guys just kind of step up in that 378 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: spot it helped a lot. And like Art mentioned, you 379 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 1: gotta have a couple of guys who say, look, I 380 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: believe in you, this is what we're about, and we 381 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: need you to step up. And I think that helped 382 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: us until we got those guys back. But it definitely 383 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: was a trying situation trying to throw a dig route 384 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: to a tailback that's only ran a hitch route ever 385 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: in his life. It was sometimes, for sure, but we 386 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 1: find a way to get through it and were kind 387 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: of hitting a lot of those deficiencies. A lot tougher 388 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: to do, especially on the back end of a defense, 389 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: but offensively we were able to hide the tow a 390 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,199 Speaker 1: little bit well. Hopefully that tailback didn't come into in 391 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: the huddle DJ and say, um, DJ, what's a dig route? 392 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: I've never run that before. You know, it's interesting though, DJ, 393 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: you mentioned bit simple. It reminds me and Arch she'll 394 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: probably remember this talk about keeping it simple. I'm gonna 395 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: go to the two thousand and four season and Arch, 396 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: if you can remember, towards the end of the year, 397 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: we were having a really good season, but we ended 398 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: up having injuries on the left side of our offensive line, 399 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 1: so we ended up having to put and correct me 400 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: if I'm wrong here, Arch it might have been Kevin 401 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: Schaefer and Steve Herndon in on the left side. Remember 402 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: we were playing the Rams in the playoffs, and we 403 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 1: came into that game basically knowing that we weren't going 404 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,159 Speaker 1: to be in as good as shape running to the 405 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: left side. Okay, so what did we do? We just 406 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: kept it simple, and we ran to the right all game, 407 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: to the tune of about three yards. And it was like, 408 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: oh gosh, Like it was so fun because it was 409 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: almost like we wanted to tell the Rams that we 410 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: were running to the right side and we were gonna 411 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 1: say stop it, and they couldn't stop it. I mean, 412 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: Warrek and TJ just carved him up and we ran 413 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 1: right right right now. Granted, we had Michael Vicks, so 414 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 1: he could always keep the left side occupied with a 415 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: bootleg fake, which you know, that's that's kind of a 416 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 1: privilege that not all teams have. But I wish we 417 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: could go back to the stats and see how many 418 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: times we ran the ball to the right side versus 419 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 1: any play to the left. But DJ, to your point, 420 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: we kept it simple. We just said it's not a 421 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 1: good idea run left, let's run right. Rack. And I remember, 422 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,400 Speaker 1: it's funny you bring up that Mike can hold people 423 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: on that back side. I remember when I got there 424 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: in those six there was plays in our offense where 425 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: literally our offensive corded that Greg Nath would say, hey, 426 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 1: look if that backside ain't crashes, then you just pull 427 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 1: it in go regardless of what the play is. If 428 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: that backside and crashes too much, you pull it and go. 429 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: And I think teams knew and didn't. Given a chance, 430 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: he could pull it in go. So that hill the backside. 431 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: So I'm sure that's what I left side was good 432 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: to go because they knew Mike and pull it any side. 433 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 1: Well you might, you might in relating that real quickly 434 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: to what we're seeing now. Guys, A lot of people say, well, 435 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,120 Speaker 1: we don't have Michael Vick coming out the backside running 436 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: with a football, No, but you have a lethal bootleg 437 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 1: game with Ryan. In fact, last night Ryan hurt the 438 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: Packers a number of times bootlegging out and finding either 439 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: Hayden Hurst, one of his receivers that had retraced and 440 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: gone underneath the formation or a shallow drag route, and 441 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: you've got a lot of mileage at us. So it's 442 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: not about just the quarterback coming out running with the 443 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: football a lot of times, and Rogers isn't running in 444 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 1: their pass game. They have a similar stretch inside zone 445 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 1: outside zone run game. He bootlegs off of it and 446 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:30,879 Speaker 1: keeps people honest on the backside. So it's not just 447 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 1: about a guy coming out and running the football like 448 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 1: your team did back in OZ four to the tune 449 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: of over three hundred yards and sent the Rams home 450 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,120 Speaker 1: with that really bad look on their face, like why 451 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 1: are we even here? Exactly? Yeah, And so you know, 452 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,640 Speaker 1: we tried to have a little fun talk a little 453 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 1: bit about stories, and you're right, and this is not 454 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: necessarily going to help the twenty twenty Falcons, But I 455 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 1: think at the end of the day, guys, we would 456 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: all agree that at some point, you just gotta keep 457 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: it simple. You gotta work with what you've got at 458 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: your discretion, and we'll see how the Falcons end up 459 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 1: responding from here. Moving out of unfortunately starting that first 460 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: quarter of the season on four, Let's take a quick 461 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,439 Speaker 1: step back here, guys before we wrap it up. I 462 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: mentioned Tom Brady. That guy's pretty good too. They ended 463 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 1: up getting down in their game against the La Chargers 464 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert twenty four seven early in that game. 465 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,439 Speaker 1: But it shows the importance of one turnover. I went 466 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: back and watched a little bit of this game. There 467 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 1: was a turnover right at the end of the first 468 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: half where the Chargers gave the ball back to Brady 469 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: and company with like less than a minute. He punches 470 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 1: the ball in the end zone and then they would 471 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: say the rest is history. Arch they come back and 472 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: they win this game thirty eight thirty one, after being 473 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 1: down twenty four to seven almost at halftime. Yeah, the 474 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: turnover inside the Charger ten yard line, back inside the 475 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: five yard line, tried to handle the ball off to 476 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: the rookie running back. He put the ball in the ground. 477 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: In two plays later, I think Brady shoves the ball 478 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 1: in the end zone for a touchdown, and as you said, 479 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: they store them back. I think Brady's ever worried about 480 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 1: those type of situations. A lot of weapons on that team, 481 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,120 Speaker 1: So and give the Saints a ton of credit as well, 482 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 1: you know, and we're talking about guys coming back. I 483 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: know you want to talk about Brady, but how about 484 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 1: Drew Brees leading his team back from fourteen nothing down. 485 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 1: They scored twenty eight unanswered points to go ahead and 486 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: come back and win that football game over the Detroit Lions. 487 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: So two teams in our division that found themselves in 488 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: a bad spot ahead, did not play a very good 489 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 1: half of football and found themselves on the winning end 490 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: because they kind of kept fighting and getting after it. DJ, 491 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 1: before you jump in here, I'm gonna ask you a question. 492 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 1: And I know you you were talking a little bit 493 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 1: about Drew Brees and a couple of our previous podcasts here, 494 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: But let's fast forward to December off of what you've 495 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,239 Speaker 1: seen so far, and I'll give you history. You can 496 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 1: you can take years past with both of these quarterbacks, 497 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: but with Drew Brees and the Saints or Brady in 498 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: the Bucks. Which one of those two combos are you 499 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: taking in December? Oh? I think I'm leaning towards Brady 500 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: in the books, I mean everything that's involve I know 501 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: they just lost O. J. Howard to an achilles. I 502 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: know that's a big hit to him, So now he's 503 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,959 Speaker 1: probably gonna have his favorite target more down than now 504 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: and a big dronk. But now they're starting to get 505 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: the run game going. Ronald Jones, I think he went 506 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,120 Speaker 1: for one hundred and eleven yards in that ballgame. Mike Evans, 507 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: he started to find his group with him seven for one, 508 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: twenty two and a touchdown. This offense is starting to 509 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: understand who they are, and you can see it started 510 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: to click for him. They're starting to, you know, push 511 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 1: it down the field. They threw the ball here, here's 512 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: the lungs in their ball game. They had a long 513 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 1: or forty eight, forty four, twenty eight and twenty nine 514 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: in the ball game. That tells you they're stretching the 515 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,880 Speaker 1: field now and they are starting to become the team 516 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:34,400 Speaker 1: that everybody thinks they will be. So I think come December, 517 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 1: Tampa will have a better rhythm. Not to say the 518 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 1: Saints will not, but I think Brady and Tampa will 519 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: be even better. Arch If you had to pick one 520 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: Bucks or Saints in December, I'm gonna take the Saints 521 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: in December, simply because I don't trust the offensive line 522 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,679 Speaker 1: in Tampa. I think if you heat up, if you 523 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: heat up Brady, which I think you can do. We've 524 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,920 Speaker 1: already seen signs of it in the first four games 525 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: if you get after him now, if you had to, 526 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 1: the defense is in I like the Bucks defense a 527 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: little bit better than I like the Saints defense, although 528 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 1: that is a pretty good crew in New Orleans as well. 529 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,719 Speaker 1: But I'll take breeze uh in this division, understanding what 530 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,879 Speaker 1: it takes and at the back end of the season 531 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: to get his team in position potentially be a team 532 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 1: that's fighting for a division title over Brady's group. All right, 533 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: since I'm gonna have to take a tiebreaker here, right, 534 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: we had ye open and it's gonna be recorded, so 535 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 1: we can always come back to this. But I'm gonna 536 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: take Brady in the Bay. I got Brady in the Bucks. 537 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: Let's see if arts makes us look silly once we 538 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: fast forward a couple of months here the season, all right, guys, 539 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 1: before we wrap it up, Falcons. Of course, we mentioned 540 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 1: they're gonna they fall to Owen four, last place in 541 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: the NFC South. However, again, if there's anything positive you 542 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: can take away, the stretch coming up looks a little 543 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: less daunting maybe than it did to start the season. 544 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: They've got Panthers, Vikings, Lions, Panthers again in and Broncos. 545 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 1: None of those teams are above five hundred right now. 546 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: So maybe Atlanta is able to get things back on track. 547 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: I'll tell you this, they have no choice but to 548 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 1: get things back on track. That his life in the NFL. 549 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go ahead wrap this up for my 550 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: fellow analysts and co host here, DJ Shockley, Dave Archer, 551 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: Thankshall for joining me and talking a little fun and 552 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: dive and taking a trip back down memory lane. Let's 553 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: do it again next week. Huh watch out rack. That's 554 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,440 Speaker 1: when the center gets overtaken by Reggie White Company. You 555 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: just watch out. Well, here's what I'll tell everybody that's 556 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 1: watching watch out next week, because we'll be back covering 557 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 1: some more stuff about the Falcons and the entire NFL, 558 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: specifically in the NFC South as well. You're watching the 559 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: Falcons Audible presented by AT and T. We'll see everybody 560 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: next week. Have a fantastic week.