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Speaker 1: Dirty Birds. What's Up?

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Speaker 2: And welcome to another edition of Falcons Final Whistle presented

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Speaker 2: by Zaxby's I'm your host Will mcfadd and I am

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Speaker 2: joined by Amna Savon and Taylor Vismore, and we are

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Speaker 2: here to break down the first back to back loss

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Speaker 2: that Atlanta has had this season. They fell to the

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Speaker 2: Denver Broncos thirty eight to six. This was a really

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Speaker 2: tough one, honestly, you know, I think the Seattle game

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Speaker 2: prior to this one was the one everybody pointed to

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Speaker 2: as kind of the one game this year that Atlanta

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Speaker 2: just wasn't in, you know, as the second half rolled on,

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Speaker 2: Seattle pulled away. This one was worse, frankly, I mean

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Speaker 2: this one, there were a couple of moments where it

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Speaker 2: felt like Atlanta maybe could get back into it, but

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Speaker 2: kind of from the jump, this one went Denver's way.

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Speaker 2: Just there's no other way that you can really say it.

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Speaker 2: And so as we were kind of thinking about the

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Speaker 2: topics for tonight's podcast, it's gonna be less about the

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Speaker 2: specific of this game and I think a little bit

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Speaker 2: more about the state of the Falcons heading into the

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Speaker 2: bye week. So Taylor will start with you after these

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Speaker 2: last two losses. What's your concern level for this team

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Speaker 2: going into the bye week?

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Speaker 3: You know, I think the buye couldn't come at a

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Speaker 3: better time. You if you watch the game and you

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Speaker 3: heard about the inactives and then you saw all the

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Speaker 3: injuries that happened during the game. I mean, this team

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Speaker 3: has got to get rest. They've got to get rested

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Speaker 3: in their belt. They have to get you know, bet

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Speaker 3: like get back to where they were before Week ten

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Speaker 3: really and I think what you saw in Week ten

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Speaker 3: win eleven was this really beat up team just trying

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Speaker 3: to figure out a way to stay in these games

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Speaker 3: with the Saints and now with the Broncos.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I want to know.

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Speaker 3: What I was thinking about when I was watching this game,

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Speaker 3: was where is that Week five team? Where is that?

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Speaker 3: You know, like against the Tampa Bay Bucks? Where where

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Speaker 3: is that team? You know, there's it's there. You know,

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Speaker 3: you got your offense and they can make these big plays.

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Speaker 3: You have a running back that can running backs that

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Speaker 3: can do really impressive things. And then on the flip side,

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Speaker 3: you had this defense who has a lot of years

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Speaker 3: and games under their belt. Together. What's not clicking? What

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Speaker 3: happened in the locker room or what. That's what I'm thinking.

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Speaker 3: I don't know that I'm super concerned moving forward. I

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Speaker 3: just more so A'm wondering what changed the last two

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Speaker 3: weeks that we haven't seen prior, what's different and how

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Speaker 3: do we get back to plan A, which was the

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Speaker 3: Bucks games and all those different wins that the Falcons

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Speaker 3: have had so far this year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it just felt like in Week five this was

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Speaker 2: a team that was making plays. You know, it wasn't

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Speaker 2: on every single play, but there were enough big plays

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Speaker 2: being made offensively and defensively to overcome some of these setbacks.

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Speaker 2: And the last couple of weeks it's felt like they've

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Speaker 2: missed out on some of the biggest possible plays that

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Speaker 2: really you need to win in this league. And you

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Speaker 2: mentioned the running backs like Bjeon Robinson finished today twelve carries,

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Speaker 2: thirty five yards. That's not a Bajon Robinson stat line

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Speaker 2: that we are used to seeing this season. Tyler Algier

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Speaker 2: didn't record a single touch in this game. Now, part

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Speaker 2: of that, I do think has to do with just

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Speaker 2: the way it shaped out and Denver getting a big lead,

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Speaker 2: and obviously Tyler is going to be the running back

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Speaker 2: that you give the ball too late in the fourth

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Speaker 2: and they just weren't in a position to do that

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Speaker 2: at all. But I'm gonna you know, when the team

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Speaker 2: kind of does the self scouting and gets underneath the hood,

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Speaker 2: which side of the ball do you think they suld

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Speaker 2: should start on.

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Speaker 5: That's well tough because they both both sides need work,

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Speaker 5: But I'm going to go start with defense. I think

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Speaker 5: that's the first thing you look at because while this

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Speaker 5: game they gave up the most points this season, and

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Speaker 5: they they really just look like they're being, for lack

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Speaker 2: I mean, I think Raheem said it best after the game.

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Speaker 2: He said that the Broncos out efforted them and out

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Speaker 2: very fair and accurate to say.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, for sure, And but so they look like that

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Speaker 5: in this game. And obviously when you're missing tackles and

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Speaker 5: all that stuff, that's gonna help you. But there was

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Speaker 5: secondary was decimated by injuries. Still no sacks in this one.

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Speaker 5: Oh you know what, never mind, Matthew Judon did have

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Speaker 1: One sack.

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Speaker 4: Bow Knicks did go down.

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Speaker 1: That did happen.

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Speaker 5: But again, like a lot of times where you're getting

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Speaker 5: pressure at the quarterback but not always getting him down.

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Speaker 5: That's a common theme. So you really, I feel like

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Speaker 5: the defense has to be looked at first. And and

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Speaker 5: and yeah, the offense has a lot is trending in

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Speaker 5: aren't happy about. And you know, to your point, Taylor,

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Speaker 5: like wondering where that that team was from a couple

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Speaker 5: they had that like don't blink mentality, like they kept

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Speaker 5: making those plays and they're staying in it. And there

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Speaker 5: was those you know graphics where it's like the win

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Speaker 5: percentage looks so different. Yeah, and that wasn't a sustainable thing.

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Speaker 5: I think everybody knew that. But yeah, at this point,

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Speaker 5: like you took those wins and you took those moments

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Speaker 5: of like forging yourself into being a team that won't quit.

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Speaker 5: But at the same time, like I said, it's not sustainable.

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Speaker 5: You had to be able to start fast, be able

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Speaker 5: weeks ago, and they didn't do it as strongly as

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Speaker 5: they probably wanted to. And here we are in week eleven.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think Dallas was another game where you

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Speaker 2: have been. And that's what the great teams start to

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Speaker 2: do at this time of year is separate themselves. And

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Speaker 2: the Falcons now have missed back to back opportunities to

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Speaker 2: separate themselves. Yeah, there's still four and one in the

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Speaker 2: division and that's great, and they still have a nice

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Speaker 2: little cushion there, but I you know, you just can't

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Speaker 2: help but feel like they're making this a little bit

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Speaker 4: Well, and I think it makes you wonder too.

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Speaker 3: I think, you know, it's always said in baseball, right,

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Speaker 3: it's all about when the team gets hot. I think

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Speaker 3: wonder where the Falcons sit now is were they hot

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Speaker 4: Was that their moment where they were hot?

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Speaker 3: Is this the Falcons team that they're going to fans

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Speaker 3: I sure hope it's not. I don't know that it is.

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Speaker 3: I don't think that it is, but I do think

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Speaker 3: that a lot of people are starting to kind of

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Speaker 3: And I think I don't know, I hope that the

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Speaker 3: that as the season goes on, when they come back

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Speaker 3: from the by I think they might get hot and

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Speaker 3: they might find that stride. But that's I mean, that's

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Speaker 3: only a matter of time that you have to kind

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you mentioned, you know, injuries and health is

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Speaker 2: part of the reason why the bye week is coming

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Speaker 2: at the perfect time for Atlanta, and there were several

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Speaker 2: more injuries that popped up On Sunday. Kevin King was

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Speaker 2: with the concussion. Darnell Mooney sustained a hamstring injury in

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Speaker 2: the third quarter and to my knowledge, never returned to

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Speaker 2: Landman there at the very end, also a hamstring and

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Speaker 2: you know, I don't even know if we've ever got

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Speaker 2: and they pretty much pulled all their starters anyway. But

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Speaker 2: those were the five injuries of note. And going into

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Speaker 2: this when you're already down, Dee Alford, You're already down

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Speaker 2: my cues, You're missing some players to Kwan Graham, James Smith,

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Speaker 2: started to mount for Atlanta. This bye week is hopefully

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Speaker 2: a way to mitigate them and offset them a little bit.

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Speaker 2: But I'm gonna let's kind of dig into the offensive

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Speaker 2: a touchdown on Sunday, It's felt a lot like that

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Speaker 2: But Kirk hasn't thrown a touchdown in back to back

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Speaker 2: games for the first time in his career. After Kirk

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Speaker 2: have you noticed anything that's changed about this passing game

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Speaker 5: I think they just look at a sync, like from

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Speaker 5: all phases from the offensive line to Kirk to the receivers.

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Speaker 5: You know, Drake and Mooney were a little banged up

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Speaker 5: say injuries aren't an excuse. It's always like a next

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Speaker 5: man up mentality. But yeah, like when you're playing in

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Speaker 5: a game where you're playing catch up and then you

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Speaker 5: have a penalty from Matthew Berchern from Jake Matthews, like

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Speaker 5: that's gonna shoot you in the foot, That's gonna take

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Speaker 5: you back to where you where you can't be. I

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Speaker 5: would say, like trying to look at like the patterns

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Speaker 5: about it all week. The Broncos defense is no joke.

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Speaker 5: They had four sacks today. Ye you know, I feel

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Speaker 5: like this offensive line held up relatively well, giving Kirk

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Speaker 5: some time at you know, some moments where it's like, oh, okay,

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Speaker 5: he's still he still has the ball, how does that happen?

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Speaker 5: But yeah, just like completely out of sync and the Saints.

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Speaker 5: I feel like the Saints this year just had Kirk's

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Speaker 5: number in a way because in both games he didn't

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Speaker 5: have an offensive well in the first one was an

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Speaker 5: one a passing touchdown. But yeah, I mean it's hard

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Speaker 5: to really pinpoint one thing, but it's just been out

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Speaker 1: Yeah it is.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's that lack of I think just ripping

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Speaker 2: these balls in to some of the tight windows, Like

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Speaker 2: I've noticed that go away a little bit. I do

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Speaker 2: think teams are starting to recognize Darnol Mooney for the

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Speaker 2: player that he's become this season. Drake Lennon had some

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Speaker 2: more tough catches today, like Kyle Pitt's only one reception,

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Speaker 2: which which was interesting. I kind of thought today would

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Speaker 2: it was a lackluster performance for Atlanta's offensive weapons. You know,

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Speaker 2: Taylor I touched on kind of the low rushing totals

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Speaker 3: And yes, he had that really great catch from Kirk

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Speaker 3: Charlie Warner was that when you talk to John Robinson

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Speaker 4: And I mean Tyler didn't even have one carry.

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Speaker 3: But I think what this Falcons offense saw at halftime

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Speaker 4: And that includes but John Robinson today, Yeah.

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Speaker 4: We've pressing you for time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the moment where it felt like it specifically started

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Speaker 2: Raheem Morris said, look, that's a fumble. They clearly recovered it.

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Speaker 2: It was a moment we got to jump on the ball.

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Speaker 2: When we talk about the Broncos pulling away in the

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Speaker 5: It was. Obviously there's a lot that happened before that.

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Speaker 5: The score was twenty one to six at that point.

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Speaker 5: The game is getting out of hand at that point.

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Speaker 5: But still, I'm a big believer in momentum. And Jesse

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Speaker 2: Twenty one thirteen twenty with thirteen there you go one

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Speaker 5: Yeah, And I thought the third quarter had just started.

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Speaker 2: The way that the Broncos came out and started this game,

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Speaker 2: Then Atlanta does a decent job I think of answering,

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Speaker 2: bo Nix was on fire in this one. As much

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Speaker 2: as it kills me to say, because this, you know,

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Speaker 1: They didn't.

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Speaker 2: He was twenty eight to thirty three, three hundred and

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Speaker 2: and you brought up what was it like in Week five? Right,

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Speaker 1: They stopped doing that.

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Speaker 2: You know, where else do they need to start picking

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know if it's as much of the

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Speaker 1: You said it, it was great, and.

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Speaker 4: Ran through us like something through a tin horn.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 4: We could not stop them. We could not stop them.

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Speaker 3: And I felt like that's what you saw from this

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Speaker 2: But you talk about pressure, and this is a crazy

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Speaker 5: And you know, they are in those positions for a reason.

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Speaker 5: they can do it one hundred times better than me.

437
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Speaker 5: But this is the time to do it. And you've

438
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Speaker 5: got to come back because you're still outrunning the south

439
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Speaker 5: right now. So you just got to, you know, keep

440
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Speaker 5: with your objective and this is the time to do that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I want to piggyback off what you're saying about

442
00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,000
Speaker 3: BONICKX and his ability to extend plays with his legs,

443
00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:13,359
Speaker 3: and then.

444
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Speaker 4: You bring up Dak Prescott.

445
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Speaker 3: I mean, like the list goes on, especially with teams

446
00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,440
Speaker 3: that this Falcons team has seen this season with quarterbacks

447
00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:20,920
Speaker 3: that can extend plays with their legs. And I was

448
00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,479
Speaker 3: actually talking about it with Derek Grackley today before our

449
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Speaker 3: pregame show of is this kind of the new pro

450
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Speaker 3: style quarterback if you will, like you're seeing it bons

451
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Speaker 3: of like you have a guy that wants to hair

452
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Speaker 3: it out that is his number one goal. I'm gonna

453
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Speaker 3: wait and wait and wait in the pocket as long

454
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Speaker 3: as I'm going to go through all of my progression,

455
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Speaker 3: I'm gonna go through it two or three times if

456
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Speaker 3: I can.

457
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Speaker 1: But if I have to.

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Speaker 3: Escape the pocket and extend a play with my legs,

459
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Speaker 3: I can also do that. Is that the new style

460
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Speaker 3: of pro style that we're starting to see. I don't

461
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Speaker 3: know that you're going to get many more. Drake May's

462
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Speaker 3: out of college football anymore. Where they're just going to

463
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Speaker 3: stay in the pocket and that's who they are, their

464
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Speaker 3: pocket passing quarterback. I just don't know that that's going

465
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Speaker 3: to exist too too much longer. Where those guys really

466
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Speaker 3: really make it in this league.

467
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,320
Speaker 4: You gotta be able to extend place with your legs.

468
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Speaker 3: And so if this Falcons defense cannot learn and figure

469
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Speaker 3: out how to get that quarterback to stay in the

470
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Speaker 3: pocket and to get them down faster, that's a lot

471
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Speaker 3: of trouble that you have coming down the line, not

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Speaker 3: just for the rest of the season, but the seasons

473
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Speaker 3: to come as well. And then and then after the

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Speaker 3: bye you talk about pro style quarterbacks. You got one

475
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Speaker 3: of the best young pro style quarterbacks in the league

476
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Speaker 3: coming to Atlanta and Justin Herbert and man, he will

477
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Speaker 3: make you pay if you let guys get out in

478
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Speaker 3: space and you give him time in the pocket. He

479
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Speaker 3: is one of the best young quarterbacks in this thing

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Speaker 3: that not a lot of people talk about.

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Speaker 2: Your threshold for pro style quarterback is so high. Drake

482
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Speaker 2: may my man can move. Justin Herbert, my Man can move.

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Speaker 3: Okay, They're not moving like Bone Nixes, They're not moving

484
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Speaker 3: like Patrick mahomes is.

485
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Speaker 4: Because people say that Patrick Mahomes.

486
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Speaker 3: Is not a dual style, dual threout quarterback, pro style quarterback.

487
00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:06,440
Speaker 3: They are not moving like bow Nix and Patrick Mahomes are.

488
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Speaker 3: Those guys are not moving like that. That's all I

489
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Speaker 3: have to say.

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Speaker 1: Got you scrambling over here like Drake May, I'm not scrambling.

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Speaker 3: Look, everyone got mad at me last week for saying

492
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Speaker 3: stuff about Koup and not it wasn't his fault here.

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Speaker 4: We are Coup perfect today, Yeah.

494
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Speaker 5: Perfect today.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate you bringing him up because we like this.

496
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Speaker 2: This was something where in the one o'clock games you

497
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Speaker 2: see Justin Tucker have some similar struggles to what Young

498
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Speaker 2: Wayku did last week. He misses multiple kicks in a game.

499
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Speaker 2: It happens. It happens these guys. The expectation is never

500
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Speaker 2: for a kicker to be perfect. We know that no

501
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,000
Speaker 2: kicker in NFL history has been one hundred percent perfect.

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Speaker 2: Guys are going to have some struggles. But I do

503
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Speaker 2: appreciate kind of what Ree Morris said throughout the week

504
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Speaker 2: standing by Young Wayku, gave him a vote of confidence.

505
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Speaker 2: He comes through two for two today for Coup. A

506
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Speaker 2: lot of rhyming there, but a very different tone I

507
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Speaker 2: think from Raheem Morris after this one last week against

508
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Speaker 2: New Orleans he was a little upbeat. We were kind

509
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Speaker 2: of surprised, I think by that tone after the game

510
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 2: this week. He wasn't sugarcoating it at all. Right, more

511
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,119
Speaker 2: effort than us, more physicality than us. They came in,

512
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Speaker 2: they wanted to take it. Do you appreciate him kind

513
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Speaker 2: of keeping a real tailor going into the bye week?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I think it kept it real in

515
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Speaker 4: week ten.

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Speaker 3: I think that there was this you know last week

517
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Speaker 3: there and I said it on the podcast.

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Speaker 4: Last week there was this.

519
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Speaker 3: Like huge like reaction from media and everyone else. I

520
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,119
Speaker 3: watched the Falcons about like, well this felt this, you know,

521
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,760
Speaker 3: like Samuel Falcons, whatever you want to call it. And

522
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Speaker 3: I think Raheem Morris's response to that was normal. I

523
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Speaker 3: didn't think it was, you know, sugarcoating anything. I think

524
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Speaker 3: he was just like, listen, it's one game. It's one week.

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Speaker 3: We got to move forward. We have another we got

526
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Speaker 3: another bron we got another road trip, excuse me to

527
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Speaker 3: look forward to.

528
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Speaker 4: We have another team to look at, and then yeah,

529
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Speaker 4: you look at this one.

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Speaker 3: I don't know that there's anything to try to even sugarcoat.

531
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Speaker 3: I think he I think last week and this week

532
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,360
Speaker 3: he called it fairy. Listen, they beat us by what

533
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 3: thirty thirty two points? Hm?

534
00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:13,000
Speaker 4: They outplayed us.

535
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,920
Speaker 3: They were they came out ready to go, They played fast,

536
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,080
Speaker 3: they played hard, they outphysical, outplayed us.

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Speaker 4: What else can you say?

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Speaker 3: I mean, I don't know that there's anything else to

539
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Speaker 3: say about that game in particular.

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Speaker 1: What else can you say?

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Speaker 2: Not much?

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Speaker 5: I mean he was very quick and to the point.

543
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Speaker 5: I mean when asked about, like, you know, penalties, he

544
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,640
Speaker 5: was like, don't do it, you know, like we can't.

545
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,840
Speaker 1: We can't know this happened, right, like sort you want

546
00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,600
Speaker 1: me to say, don't commit the penalty. Help the guy.

547
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Speaker 5: But one thing he did say that that stuck with

548
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Speaker 5: me and I think is a good tone setter for

549
00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:50,040
Speaker 5: them as they go forward, is that no one game

550
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,640
Speaker 5: defined to you. In this game won't define us. As

551
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,560
Speaker 5: he said, that's what you need. I mean, this is

552
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 5: going to stick in your mouth throughout bye week if

553
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,679
Speaker 5: you let it. And it's just you would want to

554
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,040
Speaker 5: go into the buy with the win, think seven and

555
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 5: four rather than six and five. But that's not the reality.

556
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:10,760
Speaker 5: You can't let it define you. You have a whole

557
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:11,679
Speaker 5: rest of the season to go.

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Speaker 2: Amen, this one is sticking in the old crawl for

559
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Speaker 2: two weeks. But they're gonna have to Yeah, they're gonna

560
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,119
Speaker 2: have to sit on it for a little bit. It'

561
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:20,359
Speaker 2: just like you guys are gonna have to sit on

562
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,320
Speaker 2: that phrase. Let's go ahead and wrap it up and

563
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,520
Speaker 2: touch on our closest to the pen now. Unfortunately, neither

564
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 2: Tory nor Tarn are here to wrap this week's results up,

565
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Speaker 2: but we are in the presence of our resident victor

566
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Speaker 2: on the season. I'mna still leads the way with two

567
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 2: guesses correct, but she is going to have a little

568
00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:49,040
Speaker 2: bit of company. We're gonna give Taran the win here.

569
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:54,240
Speaker 2: She got it closest with Justin Simmons tackles. Tory was

570
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,920
Speaker 2: also three off in Kyle Pitt's receptions, but he only

571
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Speaker 2: had one reception and I kind of feel like Taren

572
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,480
Speaker 2: getting five Justin Simmons tackles.

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Speaker 1: We're going to give the edge.

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Speaker 5: It kind of feels like it could controversy.

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00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:06,399
Speaker 1: It could be.

576
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 2: It could be, but also Taran, you know, is one

577
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,320
Speaker 2: behind you, and so I like to keep a competitive

578
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:12,080
Speaker 2: game going on.

579
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Speaker 4: So you know, wow, I don't. That's a political vote, right, It.

580
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 1: Is a political vote.

581
00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,760
Speaker 2: But the real, the real news out of this one

582
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,440
Speaker 2: is that I remain winless.

583
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 5: Probably the most bad I literally.

584
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,160
Speaker 2: Have competed in this every single week. Taylor will get

585
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,480
Speaker 2: you in on this one, but yeah, I'm.

586
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 1: I think over four. It's just really, really tough. It

587
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 1: sounds like.

588
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 5: Sour grapes to me, and I feel like I should

589
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 5: still be the leader in this.

590
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 1: You are still the leader.

591
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,479
Speaker 3: It can be like the final vote if you win,

592
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 3: since I don't compete in this, you want to give

593
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 3: it to Tori or not this one?

594
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 4: Not this one? Just one no like I mean like

595
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:51,399
Speaker 4: week eighteen, who like wins?

596
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Speaker 2: Oh okay, all right, Well, if I has a runaway

597
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 2: with it by then, if it's still if it's so clear,

598
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,240
Speaker 2: or if I have a runaway, I'm going to use

599
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,680
Speaker 2: this bye week. I'm really I'm g under the hood.

600
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 2: I'm self scouting, and I'm coming back strong. Thanks, that's

601
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,560
Speaker 2: what's going to happen. Thank you guys so much for listening. Unfortunately,

602
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,200
Speaker 2: the result is not at all what the Falcons wanted

603
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:12,920
Speaker 2: on this one, and they go into the bye week

604
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 2: licking their wounds after a thirty eight to six loss

605
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 2: on the road. Lots of work on over the bye,

606
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 2: but a big fun hopefully stretch still to come, and

607
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:28,000
Speaker 2: we will be back to preview the Los Angeles Chargers.

608
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,439
Speaker 2: That will be the next Falcons Final Whistle podcast that

609
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:35,280
Speaker 2: you all get in two weeks basically, so it'll be

610
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Speaker 2: a bit of a break, but everybody, please unwind, relax, take.

611
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Speaker 4: A breath, go tak a breath, take some grass. We're

612
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 4: all going to be fine.

613
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Speaker 1: Thank you. You're so much better at that tonight.

614
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 2: It shouldn't be that hard, but outros sometimes are so

615
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Speaker 2: brown Misabon and Taylor Vismore. I am all McFadden. This

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Speaker 2: was Falcons Final Whistle presented by Zaxby's. Thank you all

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Speaker 2: so much for listening and we will see you again soon.

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Speaker 4: Bye guys,