1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: Dirty birds. What's up? And welcome to another edition of 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Falcons Final Whistle, presented by Zaxby's I'm your host Will McFadden. 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: I am joined by Omni Sabh and Taylor Vismore, and 4 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: we are here to recap the falcons first NFC South 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: loss of the season. They fell to the New Orleans Saints. Ah. God, 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 1: that hurts to say, twenty to seventeen on the road. 7 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: They fall to six and four on the season and 8 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: four and one in the division. First loss. It's it's 9 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: kind of crazy again to say five games in that's 10 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: their first loss, which is a good thing, but today 11 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't feel, you know, like it's about the good. 12 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: This is again another game in which after they've started 13 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: six and three, they have failed to move to seven 14 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: and three and win that next game. They still have 15 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: not done that since nineteen eighty, which is another crazy stat. 16 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: But honestly, the Saints made the plays and the Falcons 17 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: didn't in this one. Taylor, when we look at the 18 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: missed field goals, the explosive plays that you know, the 19 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: Saints were able to hit early in this game, it 20 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: kind of did feel like it really came down a 21 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: handful of plays that the home team made and the 22 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:07,199 Speaker 1: visiting team didn't. 23 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think obviously when you go down 24 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 2: to New Orleans, it's always a topic. Whether it's the 25 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: Falcons or the Bucks or the Panthers or any of 26 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 2: the other thirty one teams in this league. 27 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 3: It's always a tough place to play. 28 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: It doesn't matter if they're two and seven or seven 29 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 2: and you know two, it doesn't matter. 30 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 3: It's always a tough place to play. 31 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 2: And then playing in the rivalry matchup, it's even louder 32 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 2: in there, and you've got you know this four and 33 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 2: oh kind of over your head. I mean, everyone's thinking 34 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 2: that going in, right, can they be five and oh? 35 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 3: Or are they going to fall to four and one? 36 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 2: And then yeah, you talk about you talk about Coup 37 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 2: and the missed field goals. I mean, I think we 38 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 2: can kind of dive into that a little bit more 39 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: and why that seems to be happening as of late. 40 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 3: But I think it's not you. Here's the thing. 41 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna get out my soapbox too much today, 42 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: but I think blaming Coup for a loss is like, 43 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 2: I think it's so wrong to do. You cannot blame 44 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 2: one person that touches a ball. For the entire game, 45 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: there's sixty minutes that is played. There are so many 46 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 2: people that contribute to the game, and blaming it on 47 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 2: one person. I don't think that's right at all. I 48 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 2: know that he missed three, but Kirk Cousin said in 49 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 2: his press conference today, when you have to kick field goals, 50 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 2: you're going to be losing the game. When you're scoring touchdowns, 51 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 2: you're gonna be winning the game. So I think that 52 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 2: was more so Kirk saying, look, this is more of 53 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 2: the offense's fault than it was the special team's fault 54 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 2: in KU's fault. 55 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean, I think this was such a 56 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 3: weird little game. 57 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 2: And when you like in Week four was a weird 58 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: game like this, you know, matchup between the Saints this 59 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 2: year with the Falcons has just been weird, right. 60 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 4: Oh, they absolutely have been. I mean I feel like 61 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 4: everything that could have gone wrong in this game. Did 62 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 4: you know, like at least an interception hasn't been thrown. 63 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 4: There's an interception, there's just like from all facets. I'll 64 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 4: give the credit to the defense and we'll get there. 65 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 4: But a lot of weird special team stuff happened like 66 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 4: a blocked field goal. When does that happen? Not very often? 67 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 4: Uh yeah, Like obviously this was Kup's first game in 68 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 4: his career where he missed three field goals. That's a marker. 69 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 4: And you kind of saw him a little bit like, 70 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 4: I won't say, look frazzled, but he's such an even 71 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 4: keeled guy. Marcus Williams, a special teams coordinator, talks about 72 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 4: all the time, make er miss Like he's the same 73 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 4: type of guy, same reaction, And we kind of saw 74 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 4: him be like, oh, like, how did that happen? 75 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, that last kick, he definitely he had the surrender 76 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: cobra kind of like exasperated, you know what happened there? 77 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: Obviously it bounced off the uprights, and and that's a 78 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: tough place to be, especially when you kind of get 79 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: that reaction from somebody who is so even keeled. Whether 80 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: he makes a fifty eight yarder to win the game 81 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: in overtime against New Orleans, I mean when very even 82 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: keeled after that. He had both arms in the air 83 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: for different reasons, but he is just always so inflappable, 84 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: and and today did feel a little bit like, you know, 85 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: but for all factors, a lot of things were going, 86 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: not the Falcons way. I mean, Kirk Cousins brought it 87 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: up that second third down of the game when he 88 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: just misses Drake who gets one foot in bounds, but 89 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: the second foot just is over that sideline boundary, And 90 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: it feels like that was a little bit indicative of 91 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: the way the entire game played out. And Taylor, I 92 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: think you're right about you know, it shouldn't all come 93 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: down to Young Wayku because the offense certainly would like 94 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: to do its job and finish with seven points. It's 95 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 1: just the unfortunate life that a kicker lives where every 96 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 1: single time they're up to the plate, it's bases loaded 97 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: and you either get a hit or you don't. And 98 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: so everybody looks at that as you know, runners on 99 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: base a scoring opportunity, and did you get those runners 100 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: in or not? And today was a day where he 101 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 1: didn't kind of come through in the clutch like we're 102 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: so used to seeing Young Wayku do. But are you 103 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: worried about Young waykup at all at this point? 104 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 2: Listen, I don't know Ku super super well, like I 105 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 2: know some of these guys on this roster, But what 106 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 2: I do know about Ku is that he has a 107 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 2: very high ceiling, that he consistently likes to hit, and 108 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 2: that it consistently likes to find. 109 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 3: I think what you were saying about. 110 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, like he's not on the offense, and they had 111 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 2: some rough goes and they made some mistakes. But when 112 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 2: you're a kicker, that's expected of you, right. But like, 113 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 2: let me let me say this, Kirk Cousins. You don't 114 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,239 Speaker 2: expect him to complete all twenty six of his twenty 115 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 2: six passing attempts, do you. You don't expect Darnell Mooney 116 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 2: to catch every single pass that's thrown to his way. 117 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 2: You don't expect Jesse Bates to have three pass breakups 118 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 2: and an interception every single game. What I'm saying is, 119 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 2: I'm not saying, let's bring down our expectations of Coup 120 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 2: because he's the one that set our expectations so high. 121 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 2: But it's like I think that in every game with 122 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 2: every player, you have off days, and you have good 123 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 2: and you have great days. You have walk off days 124 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 2: where you can't miss, even if you're going from the 125 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 2: fifty yard line, like you can't miss, you know the upright, 126 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 2: So I'm not worried about Coup and I think if 127 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:54,359 Speaker 2: you are worried about Coup, I just need you to 128 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 2: all like concise, like all together, like breathe in and 129 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 2: breathe out. Take a moment, make a breath, because what 130 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: this Falcons offense is not doing is scoring in the 131 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 2: red zone and getting out of those you know, field 132 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 2: goal needed opportunities. 133 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 4: And when you zoom out, you look at the first 134 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 4: Saints game, like, why did they win that game? At 135 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 4: the end, that was because of young Wayku Raheem said 136 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 4: it after the game, he said, I have all the 137 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 4: confidence in the world in Coup had an off day shooter. 138 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 4: Shoot those are you know along the lines of the 139 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 4: things that he was saying, And yeah, like you kind 140 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 4: of have to. I feel like Kho's given this coaching staff, fans, 141 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 4: this franchise the benefit of the doubt to say, hey, 142 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 4: I'm not gonna like I can be really good. Let 143 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 4: me show you that I can be really good in 144 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 4: the next one. But like, I don't think that there's 145 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 4: a trend developing. But when you start to see that trend, 146 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 4: that's when you can start really poking those questions. I 147 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 4: don't think we're there yet. 148 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, And something to note about Ku too, about his story. 149 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 2: If you are not familiar with his story of being 150 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 2: an NFL kicker, he was cut when he first got 151 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 2: into the NFL. 152 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, he was cut by. 153 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 2: The Chargers, and he actually took time off from the 154 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 2: league and being part of a team, and he went 155 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 2: to a trainer and learned the mentality of being a 156 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 2: kicker and not letting everything weigh you down and not 157 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 2: letting every single kick be a super Bowl moment for you. 158 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 2: And he learned the mentality of it. And then obviously 159 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 2: he came in with the Falcons. He got on the team, 160 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 2: and he's done such an amazing job. So I think, 161 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 2: what if you know that story about cou, you understand that, yeah, 162 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 2: he's dealt with some adversity, but he also takes the 163 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 2: adversity and says, I'm going to learn from this. This 164 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 2: is no one else's fault but mine. The miskicks, those 165 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 2: are my fault. I have to figure out what I'm 166 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 2: not doing right. What maybe Liam McCullough isn't doing right, whatever, 167 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 2: Bradley Pinyon isn't doing right well, the three of us 168 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 2: are not doing correctly in order to get the ball 169 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 2: through the uprights. And I think you know, like you asked, Obviously, 170 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 2: I'm not worried about Coo at all. I think that 171 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 2: he's such a competitor that'll he'll figure it out. 172 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think that he has been so steady, you know, 173 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: ever since he kind of did work on his routine, 174 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: on that mentality, he's been so rock solid in the 175 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: thing that I really hate to see is is kind 176 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: of on social media when you know, two months ago 177 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,119 Speaker 1: you've got everybody just like Ku is money, he cannot miss. 178 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: He is the goat, He's the greatest. I literally tweeted 179 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: at Marvel being like, make Young Wayku a superhero, you cowards. 180 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: So like that's where we were out at one point, 181 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: I know, right, and now for everybody just to be 182 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: like get him out of here, I hate That's not 183 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: what this is. Guys like you are to your point 184 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: allowed a bad air too. But the key is just 185 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: not to let them build. And it does stink to 186 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: kind of see again, in a game that was so tight, 187 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: these were some of the missed opportunities where the outcome 188 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: could have been swung in a totally different direction. But 189 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: somebody who made those opportunities when he got them was 190 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: Marquez Faldez Scantling and nobody saw this coming. No, he 191 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,719 Speaker 1: has not been on the Saints for very long. They 192 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: were obviously without Chris Olave Rashid Shihied in today's game, 193 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: and yet Marquis Faldez Scanling had three receptions for one 194 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: hundred and six yards and two touchdowns. Crucially, they were 195 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: all in the first half. The explosive forty yard touchdown 196 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: catch one in the red zone. I mean, did you 197 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: see him coming at all? And what did you think 198 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: when he was just starting to cook in that first half? 199 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: Was it like, oh, no, this is gonna be a 200 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:13,439 Speaker 1: long day, and who saw this coming? 201 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 3: No? 202 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 4: I did not see this coming. I ended up looking 203 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 4: up his stats later on and I was like, oh, okay, 204 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 4: so he's had a couple of good seasons with Green Bay, 205 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 4: like led the league in like yards per reception one year, 206 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 4: and I'm like, Okay, this is why he's getting like 207 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 4: he's he knows how to get these Yeah, he knows 208 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 4: how to get these chunk plays. I mean, I felt 209 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 4: like the Falcon secondary definitely had a chance to kind 210 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 4: of assert themselves in a way that they haven't in 211 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 4: previous games, just based on the injuries. 212 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 3: But they did in the second half. 213 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, they changed to. 214 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 3: His block who who was targeting him. 215 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 2: I mean they put aj on him and obviously that 216 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 2: shut him down. But kind of you know, not to 217 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 2: like interrupt here, but I think what you're getting from 218 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 2: this player in particular, you have to look at the 219 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 2: big picture here. They have a an interim head coach, 220 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 2: meaning come January when the season is over for them, 221 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,599 Speaker 2: their entire coaching staff is changing. But they're bringing potentially, 222 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 2: they are bringing an entirely potentially they're bringing a new vibe, 223 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 2: not even in January. Right now, the way that he has, 224 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 2: Rizzy has come in and changed every single thing from 225 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 2: the top to the bottom in terms of practicing and 226 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 2: the culture of this building. 227 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 3: It's changed. And so what's going to happen in January. 228 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 2: Everyone's going to clean out their locker and they're going 229 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 2: to get an invite back to come for training camp. 230 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 2: And what he's saying right now is I'm not going 231 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,599 Speaker 2: to just prove it to you in training camp that 232 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 2: I can be on this team. I'm going to prove 233 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 2: it to you now that I am an impact player 234 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 2: on this team like I was in Green Bay, and 235 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 2: I am still the guy from Green Bay, but on 236 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 2: a different team with a different helmet on. 237 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, you talked about the impact. I mean that that 238 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: forty yard reception came with Jesse Bates, Justin Simmons and 239 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: a J. Trell in coverage. I mean you you literally 240 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,199 Speaker 1: couldn't pick a better three out there to be on 241 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: one guy, and yet he was a couple yards behind 242 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: all of them in the end zone. And so he 243 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: had a huge day. The Saints needed him to have 244 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: a huge day. Otherwise. You know, there was that eighty 245 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: eight yard touchdown by Taysom Hill on the first drive 246 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,199 Speaker 1: that gets called back. There was a potentially big play 247 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: that Alvin Kamara dropped later in the game. But outside 248 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: of that, the Falcons defense did a decent job, I 249 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: think limiting the Saints' kind of possessions. But again, it 250 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: comes down to those handful of plays and when you've 251 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 1: got some missed opportunities from Atlanta and some made explosives 252 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: by the Saints in a rivalry game on the road 253 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 1: against team that had all the urgency in the world 254 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: to your point tailor coming into this, that's going to 255 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: be the difference. And it is very clear that there 256 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: are some things that you do need to get cleaned 257 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: up moving forward, and I think part of that is 258 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 1: as it continues to be the pass rush. The Falcons 259 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: once again had no sacks, but they did get a 260 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: little bit of pressure on Derek Carr at times, but 261 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: honestly didn't feel like they were affecting him all to 262 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:01,079 Speaker 1: my which I don't know what you see out of 263 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: Atlanta's pass. 264 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 4: Rush what I've seen for most of the season. Yeah, 265 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: it's been a topic of conversation for weeks and weeks. 266 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 4: It's like every time, you know, we go into the 267 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 4: press conference with Raheem or Jimmy, like like it's gonna 268 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 4: be asked about and they're gonna have to answer it. 269 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 4: And we saw last week them kind of like show 270 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 4: a glimpse of like what this could be. 271 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 3: Like. 272 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 4: It wasn't definitely those floodgates that they've been talking about. 273 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 4: They didn't completely open. They still said, like Jimmy said 274 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 4: after last week, that there's still a lot of meat 275 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 4: left on the bone and you can't help but feel 276 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 4: like it's the same thing again. So you were really 277 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 4: trying to to find out, you know, what can work there. 278 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 4: They tried some different rotations last week. We saw that 279 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 4: again in this one, Arnold Abakati and James Smith Williams started, 280 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 4: You're still missing Lorenzo Carter, but like it when you 281 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 4: look at the personnel, it's like you can switch it 282 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:55,839 Speaker 4: up as much as you want, but you're still getting 283 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 4: the same results. 284 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. 285 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know, looking at last week, you 286 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 2: left that game and looking towards this week, you left 287 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 2: the game asking yourself, is that pass rush from week nine, 288 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 2: the pass rush that. 289 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:11,439 Speaker 3: We've been waiting to see. 290 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 2: Is this who they are, what they're going to make 291 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 2: out of out of who they have in terms of personnel, 292 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 2: or are they Is that just a glimmer, Is that 293 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 2: just a flash in the pan moment that that's just 294 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 2: going to be a Week nine great game and then 295 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 2: we're going to go back to not doing a ton. 296 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 2: There's a stat from nixtion Stats think you will McFadden 297 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 2: the Falcons defense splits more in this game, or their 298 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 2: second highest rate of this season and Week ten against 299 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 2: the Saints, but only generated two pressures when blitzing and 300 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 2: failed to record a sack. So what you're seeing like 301 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 2: it leaves me with the question of can this Falcons 302 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 2: defense get back to where they were in Week nine, 303 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 2: creating pressures, creating tackles for loss, and ultimately creating and 304 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 2: generating sacks, or are they going to be a Week 305 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 2: ten team for the rest. 306 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 3: Of the season. 307 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think that you know, when you see 308 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: that blitz rate, that is the coaching staff trying to 309 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: create and generate pressure. Right. So I get a lot 310 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 1: of questions in the mailbag about is this scheme just 311 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: not conducive to pressure. I kind of think it's the opposite. 312 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: I kind of think when you see Caden Ellis getting 313 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: the amount of pressure that he does from an off 314 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 1: ball linebacker position, that is the scheme working to utilize 315 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: a player who has a unique skill set in the 316 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: appropriate way. When you are seeing, hey, we need to 317 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: manufacture and generate some pressure on Derek Carr, they are 318 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: sending extra guys to do just that. And I think 319 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: Rahie Morris has been correct at times this season when 320 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: he has pointed to some of the production and said, 321 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: we need the players to kind of do what we 322 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: expect of them a little bit more. I don't think 323 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: he's throwing anybody under the bus by any means. I 324 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: just think he's trying to hold guys accountable. And today 325 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: kind of feels a little bit more like that, where 326 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: when you look at New Orleans getting three sacks on 327 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins, you know, all three of them ended up 328 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: with with no points. One came on that final drive 329 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: they had to burn their final time out like that. Again, 330 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: when we come down to just the minuscule differences in 331 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: this game, a three sack to zero sack advantage like 332 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: that could swing it just as much as some of 333 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: these missfield goals too, And it's just continues to kind 334 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: of be tough. The Falcons also had a one zero 335 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: deficit in the turnover margin. Of course, Tyron Matthew stealing 336 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: the ball there Taylor at the kind of the most 337 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: promising drive that Atlanta had, I think late in the game. 338 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: I know, like Kirk Cousins afterwards said, you have that turnover, 339 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: you don't even know if you're going to get the 340 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: ball back. They ultimately did it. They couldn't make anything 341 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: of that last drive. But you know when Tyron Matthew 342 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: steps in front of that ball and picks it off, 343 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: what was kind of the first thring that went through 344 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: your head. 345 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 3: Of course it's Tyron Matthew. 346 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 2: I mean, like, I mean, like, look at this cler 347 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 2: the same secondary when you look at god, who gets 348 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 2: the interception and who has consistently gotten those season through season, 349 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 2: It's Tyron Matthew. And he is a Ballhawky's like a 350 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 2: Jesse Bates in a way, and he is greedy with 351 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 2: the ball, and he loves to make the picks like 352 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 2: the one that he did today. He likes to run 353 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 2: from behind you and almost like shock you out out 354 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 2: of that catch and pick it off himself. And I 355 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 2: think I really thought it was bound to happen at 356 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 2: any moment, but I just don't. I just wish it 357 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 2: wasn't then, right it was. It just felt like the 358 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 2: Falcons were really rolling and they finally found their footing 359 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 2: towards the end of the game, and then obviously the 360 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 2: pick happens, and that's kind of the wind out. 361 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 3: Of your sales there. But I really thought. 362 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 2: Going into this game, I thought, he's he's gonna have 363 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 2: at least one pick because that's just who he is 364 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 2: and the kind of player that he likes to be. 365 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's he makes some incredible plays throughout his career, 366 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: like the honey Badger. Don't care. You know, we've known 367 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: that forever, right, So that's a throwback the honey Badger 368 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: don't care. Yeah, and he didn't care about Atlanta's fans 369 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: feelings on that one. He made a huge play at 370 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: the end. But again, like that's I keep saying it. 371 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: This game has been defined by the handful of plays 372 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: that the Saints made that the Falcons didn't. But somebody 373 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: who was doing their dang near best to make every 374 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: single play out there was Bajon, Robinson and Amna. He 375 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: had yet again an incredible game. This was his fifth 376 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: straight game over one hundred total yards. He finished with 377 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 1: one hundred and forty four yards and two touchdowns. He 378 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 1: had a thirty seven yard touchdown catch a one yard 379 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: touchdown run. What'd you see out of Beajon today? 380 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 4: I'm seeing a guy who's just looking so much more 381 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 4: confident and comfortable, and you see it throughout this entire season, 382 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 4: and you can almost go back to the last time 383 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 4: they played the Saints in that final game and he 384 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 4: had a breakaway. I don't remember if it was a touchdown, 385 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 4: but he had a breakaway and it was just like, oh, this. 386 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 3: Is what he could really explode and do. 387 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 4: So for him to, you know, have like a season 388 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 4: high rushing yards and two touchdowns. Now he has more 389 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 4: rushing touchdowns than he had his entire last season. He's 390 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 4: talked about it, like just the comfortability that he's feeling, 391 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 4: like really becoming that workhorses we've talked about and being 392 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 4: a guy that you can rely on, especially when things 393 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 4: aren't going well, for someone to have a little bit 394 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 4: of a bright supply and like to get you in 395 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 4: position to have a chance to win when when things 396 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 4: aren't going well and going your way the entire game. 397 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 4: That's definitely going to prove to be important as he 398 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 4: keeps developing and you just sky's the limbit for this guy. 399 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 1: Today's episode of Falcons Final Whistle is brought to you 400 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: by Zaxby's. 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So 406 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: next time you need to refuel, go get yourself some Zaxbies. 407 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,919 Speaker 2: We've talked about expect a lot during this podcast, and 408 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 2: I think what the style of you know, this is 409 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 2: his fifth consecutive one one hundred yard rushing game this season. 410 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 3: That is the expectation for him. 411 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 2: The expectation is to have a lot of rushing yards 412 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 2: and to score touchdowns. Now that that going forward is 413 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 2: the expectation of Bajon Robinson. 414 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 3: I think, yeah, we could kind of. 415 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 2: Talk about him all day long and how special a 416 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 2: player that he is and you know the yards after 417 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 2: contact that he produces. Yeah, but I think that at 418 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 2: this point now in his sophomore season. 419 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,360 Speaker 3: If you will, this is the expectation. This is why the. 420 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 2: Falcons brought you in eighth overall out of Texas. This 421 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 2: is what we want to see from you, game in 422 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 2: and game out. 423 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: Interesting, Okay, it sounds like you're a little bit more 424 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,360 Speaker 1: like cool, Yeah Bajon did that, But like what else 425 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: is new? You know, we we expect this from him, 426 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 1: and so that shouldn't necessarily be the thing to hang 427 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 1: your hat on in a loss like this. 428 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,680 Speaker 2: I mean, like, listen, I think it's great, Yeah, great, 429 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 2: go Bajon for getting two touchdowns. But I think, you know, 430 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 2: I learned something from Matthew Judne this year when I 431 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 2: when I've sat down with him a couple of times 432 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 2: and I asked him. It was after Tampa Bay Week 433 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 2: five and I asked him. I watched him on the 434 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,719 Speaker 2: on the bench and Ko comes out and I mean, 435 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 2: Matthew Judon could not look less interested. 436 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 3: Just like whatever, like it's fine. 437 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,360 Speaker 2: And so I asked him about it and he said, look, 438 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 2: who has to get paid too. Who has a job 439 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 2: to do, and he gets paid and that's what we 440 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 2: expect who to do. And you know, I was thinking 441 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 2: with the pass rush, like, well, they're getting paid to 442 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 2: sack the quarterback. Where is that coming from? And and 443 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 2: Jean Robinson, he's getting paid to rush and rush heavy 444 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 2: and get a lot of yards and make touchdowns. They 445 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 2: they drafted the guy from Texas. Go back and watch 446 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 2: his tape from Texas. 447 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 3: That's who he is. 448 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 2: And so I think, yeah, you give him your rookie 449 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 2: season and you let it figure figure it out a 450 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 2: little bit in the footing of the NFL and how 451 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 2: you play in the NFL, and then you see that 452 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 2: come to life your sophomore season. It's like, that is 453 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 2: who we drafted, and that's what we expect from week 454 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 2: in and week out. 455 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is great to see him morphing into this player, 456 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: but again it was a little bit of all for 457 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: not and looking at like it is wild when you 458 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 1: look at kind of the overall breakdown of this game. 459 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: The Falcons had twenty five first downs, the Saints had fourteen. 460 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,959 Speaker 1: The Falcons had four hundred and sixty eight total yards, 461 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: the Saints had three hundred and sixty five. The Atlanta 462 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 1: had one hundred and eighty one rushing yards to New 463 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: Orleans ninety six. In a lot of these metrics, Atlanta 464 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: was the better team. And yet that's why again I 465 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: keep circling back to just those missed opportunities and those moments, 466 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: and we do trust Atlanta to I think have the 467 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: players who come through in those clutch situations. Right, Kirk 468 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 1: Cousins has shown he can do it. Drake London, Darnell Mooney, 469 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: they've shown they can do it young Wayku has Shooney 470 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: can do it. So it's unfortunate the Bajan kind of 471 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 1: felt like the player. And that's not to take away 472 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: from Drake London or Darnell Mooney, who both had over 473 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: ninety yards receiving again today Kirk Cousins went over three 474 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: hundred yards. Like, guys had good games, but it did 475 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: feel like Bijan was the that showed up ready to 476 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 1: take this game over, and you know, unfortunately it didn't 477 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: go that way. But I were you interested ONMNA afterwards 478 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: when Raheem Morris kind of took a little bit more 479 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: of a positive spin on this game and kind of 480 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,880 Speaker 1: seeing him go to bat. I think for his players 481 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: in the way that they made a fight of this 482 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 1: when at halftime it felt like, oh man, this was 483 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: really maybe the worst case scenario start for Atlanta. Yeah, 484 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 1: they didn't have a pick six, as Taylor mentioned when 485 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 1: I brought that up to her at halftime, but it 486 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,360 Speaker 1: just felt like a little bit of another They came 487 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,719 Speaker 1: out flat game and then to see them fight back 488 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: and they're going to have all these moments. Did you 489 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,199 Speaker 1: buy kind of what Raheem was saying there where it 490 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,479 Speaker 1: was I'm proud of these guys for fighting back or 491 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: are you still like yeah, but you didn't ultimately get 492 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: it done. 493 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 4: It didn't completely surprise me his reaction because obviously, as 494 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,679 Speaker 4: a head coach, that's kind of what you're you're going 495 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 4: to hang your hat on, you're gonna fight for your guys. 496 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 4: You're going to feel like, you know, especially to the media, 497 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 4: you're gonna maybe say one thing in the locker room 498 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 4: and say one thing. 499 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 3: Yeaha in terms of like, you. 500 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,119 Speaker 4: Know, being hard on guys and things so that short, 501 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 4: things of that sort. But for me, I didn't completely 502 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:20,640 Speaker 4: buy it, just because when you look at the Seattle 503 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 4: game and them coming up flight, I compare it in 504 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 4: the same way. And yes, they had a chance, a 505 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 4: couple of chances at the end of the game. But 506 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 4: that's the thing, they had so many chances, Like the 507 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 4: defense finished the game with four consecutive three and outs, 508 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 4: they shut down Faldus Gantling, gosh, what a name. You 509 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 4: didn't have any production in the second half. And then 510 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 4: looking at third down, because that's the thing that the 511 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 4: defense has been really great at is conversions on third down, 512 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 4: not allowing those. They had seventy one percent in the 513 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 4: first half, they finished with thirty eight. They didn't allow 514 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 4: another one. They had five in the first half, none 515 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 4: in the second half. So the fact that they had 516 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 4: these opportunities, Raheem said he was fired up about the 517 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 4: fact that they did, but. 518 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,719 Speaker 3: They didn't do anything. The offense didn't do anything with that. 519 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 2: Yeah. I think what was interesting about his press conference 520 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 2: was him talking about the time of possession, and obviously, 521 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 2: at the end of the game, the time of possession 522 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 2: the Falcons had the ball for thirty five minutes and 523 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 2: seven seconds and the Saints had it for twenty four 524 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 2: minutes and fifty three seconds, but he said it felt 525 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,199 Speaker 2: like they had the ball the entire first half. So 526 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 2: I actually went back, I did the numbers, and the 527 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 2: Falcons came away at the half with fourteen minutes of 528 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 2: possession time, Saints a little over fifteen. But it's the 529 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 2: first quarter that is that enormous time chunk that the 530 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 2: Saints took. In the first quarter alone, they had eleven 531 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 2: minutes and forty seconds of possession. 532 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 1: That's crazy because Atlanta started with the ball. 533 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 2: Yes, and the Falcons only had three minutes and twenty 534 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 2: seconds with the ball. And so I think, and I 535 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 2: kind of got on a little soapbox before we even 536 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 2: started this podcast. I think what you're seeing from Raheem 537 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 2: is him saying, listen, yeah, we lost this game, but 538 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 2: we it sounded to me, and what I took from 539 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 2: it personally was we lost the game. In the first quarter, 540 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 2: we gave them the ball for eleven For almost twelve 541 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 2: minutes of the first of a fifteen minute quarter, we 542 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 2: gave them the ball for twelve of those minutes. That's wild, 543 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 2: that is that's an enormous amount of time to have 544 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 2: the ball. And I think that's kind of what he 545 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 2: was saying. And I told you guys, this too, is 546 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 2: like if your leader, the face of your team, the 547 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 2: face of your franchise, cannot go in front of the 548 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 2: media and say, listen, I still believe in this team, 549 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 2: I still know what we're on the We're still on 550 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 2: the same journey that we were on before. 551 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 3: The game started. 552 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 2: We had the same plan, we have the same structure, 553 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 2: we have the same messaging. If your leader cannot do 554 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 2: that in one loss in your division, you have much 555 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,360 Speaker 2: bigger problems to figure out inside of the building than 556 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 2: just the loss that you had. 557 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: I think that's really well said. And I think that 558 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: as I was thinking about what he said a little 559 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: bit more in the aftermath of that press conference, it 560 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,880 Speaker 1: reminded me of what and I know this particular Sunday 561 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 1: maybe the wrong day to bring up Kirby Smart, but hey, 562 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: after George's lost Alabama. He said, I learned a lot 563 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: about this team tonight, And even though the outcome was 564 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: not the way that Georgia wanted, he saw his group 565 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: fight back from a twenty eight point deficit and ultimately 566 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: scratching klwon take the lead in that game at one point, 567 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: and I wonder if that's a little bit about what 568 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: Raheem was getting at. And this wasn't a game where 569 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 1: you ultimately ended up losing by double digits to Seattle 570 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: and you bring in your backups late in the game 571 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: because it's essentially over and done with. And they were 572 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: right there at the very end. They had multiple opportunities 573 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 1: to walk out of New Orleans with a victory, even 574 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: though they didn't play nearly their best football. And I 575 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,719 Speaker 1: kind of do think I land on the side of 576 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,959 Speaker 1: that is what good football teams do. Now. There's a 577 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,719 Speaker 1: very fine line between actually getting it done and not. 578 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 1: The fact that the Falcons are at that fine line 579 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 1: and learning now to get it done, and kind of 580 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 1: that's the next step. I do think when we pull 581 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: back and we take that thirty thousand foot view of 582 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: where the Falcons were this time last year, where they 583 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: have been and where they are now, like there is 584 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: real growth. And yeah, I know there's no moral victories, 585 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: there's no silver linings in the NFL. But I'm not 586 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: a coach, I'm not a player. I'm allowed to kind 587 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 1: of analyze and take that bigger picture view. And I 588 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: do think that the further we get away from this, 589 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: it'll be the missed opportunities. But let's expect and hope 590 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 1: that they make the most of those opportunities and they 591 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: learn the lesson from this loss. As Raheem Morris likes 592 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 1: to say, yeah, the winner, you learn a lesson. 593 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I one hundred percent agree with you. 594 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 2: I think Raheem and coaching staff came away from this 595 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 2: learning a lot about this team on all. 596 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 3: Three phases of the ball. 597 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,160 Speaker 2: And as I was telling you guys before this too, 598 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 2: I think the way that he came into that press 599 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 2: conference so calm, speaks a lot about this team. 600 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 3: I think we live in such a world where. 601 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 2: There it's such instant gratification with everything top to bottom, 602 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 2: from the moment you wake up to the moment you 603 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 2: go to bed, everything is instant gratification. And when I 604 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 2: clicked on the press conference and the live chat came up, 605 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,639 Speaker 2: it was cut this person, fire, this person cut, cut, cut, fire, fire, fire, 606 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 2: And I think what you're seeing in Raheem and that 607 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 2: coaching staff is, you know, we're not gonna panic. We're 608 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 2: not gonna blink. They always say that, don't blink, don't panic. 609 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 2: We're not gonna do that. This is the NFL, and 610 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 2: they all say it. Every single game is hard to 611 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 2: win in this league. There's not an easy win in 612 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 2: this league. And so we're not gonna blink. We're not 613 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 2: gonna panic, and we're not gonna cut anybody. We're not 614 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 2: going to fire anybody. Everyone, just take a breath, Calm down. 615 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 2: It's week ten. We're gonna go on Week eleven. We're 616 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 2: gonna go up to Denver, it's what they're saying. And 617 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 2: then we're gonna hit the buy and we're gonna come 618 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 2: back afresh and rejuvenate a team coming into a week thirteen. 619 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm old enough to remember when everybody wanted to 620 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 1: fire Kyle Shanahan after the twenty fifteen season. So you know, 621 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: you live long enough to see all of your takes 622 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: become horrible takes. Let's go ahead and really quick before 623 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: we get to kind of what we need to see 624 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 1: change next week for Atlanta. I want to just update 625 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: everybody on the closest to the pin results. Let's go 626 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: ahead and start with me because I'm a loser. Once again, 627 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 1: I am still just totally just putting the l in 628 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:24,320 Speaker 1: will every single week. I Hadjeon Robinson rushing yards. I 629 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: guess ninety seven. I wasn't far off. No, he finished 630 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: with one hundred and sixteen, which most weeks would be 631 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,360 Speaker 1: a close enough guest to get me. 632 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 2: You Putjon Robinson a game for closes, it's been it 633 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 2: better be over on yard. 634 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I think I learned that lesson so 635 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 1: disrespectful and yet and yet when I said it, I 636 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: was like, is this a little high? But no, I've 637 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 1: learned my lesson and we readjust our expectations. So Tarn 638 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 1: had Kirk Cousins passing yards, she gets two forty one. 639 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: Talk about disrespectful, and Kirk finished with three hundred and six. 640 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: But once again it is our own omni sabah. Yeah, 641 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 1: almost just got a hole in one. 642 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 4: Hey, I'm gonna give a little bit of a peek 643 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 4: behind the curtain because I said fifty five I did. 644 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 4: I like double numbers. I like triple numbers. That's a 645 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 4: weird thing about. 646 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 1: You shamed her in a change and she's like you you. 647 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 3: Did Will tells me. 648 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,560 Speaker 4: He said, you did fifty five for Tyler last time, 649 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 4: go fifty six. So I said, okay, fine. 650 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: I said you did fifty five last time, and you said, okay, fine, 651 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: I'll do fifty. 652 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 3: No, no, no, no, this is you have a tall idiot. 653 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 4: You typically remember you saying fifty six, and I wrote 654 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 4: it down with the girl. 655 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 3: You're going to be in a sports industry. You got 656 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 3: to stand firmin. 657 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 1: I will see I tested you. 658 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 4: I fully learned from the lesson as the Falcon in 659 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 4: this game. 660 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 1: Hey, the sharpens iron and you'll learn a lesson for 661 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 1: next time. But congratulations on you now are too. You're 662 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: leading to one to zero again, So don't listen to 663 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: a loser. That is your lesson. I'm is you shouldn't 664 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: ever listen to me. 665 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 3: Trap game. 666 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 1: I don't know what I'm talking about exactly, all right, 667 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: But let's get back to a more serious topic. What 668 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: needs to change for the Falcons next week against the 669 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: Denver Broncos to walk out with a win? 670 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 2: You know, going in I always again, let me do 671 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 2: a Shane, let's plug here, pregame show on YouTube every 672 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 2: game way Homer Away. 673 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 3: It's great. 674 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 2: It's an hour before the game starts with me and 675 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 2: Derek Brackley, and I always give my preference of the game, right, 676 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 2: Derek gives his three keys and I give my one preference, 677 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 2: and mine today was I need this team to start 678 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 2: winning early. I need them to start with a lot 679 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 2: of points. Not a lot of points on the board, 680 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 2: but with substantial numbers on the board. I need to 681 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:46,160 Speaker 2: get this team rolling early. And I think you know, 682 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 2: Raheem has said it, Drake London has said it. A 683 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 2: lot of these guys on this team, on all phases 684 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 2: and all sides of the ball, have said, we're at 685 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 2: the point in the season and we're at the part 686 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 2: of this team where we need to start voting teams 687 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:05,520 Speaker 2: away now and we need to start finishing games convincingly. 688 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 2: We don't need to be doing these two minute drills anymore. 689 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 2: We don't need to be in this one minute thirty 690 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 2: six second drill anymore. 691 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 3: We need to put teams away. 692 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 2: And I think moving forward, not just in week eleven 693 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 2: and not just in week thirteen, I mean the rest 694 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 2: of the season. This team needs to come out and 695 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,600 Speaker 2: be explosive, not just that very first drive, but the 696 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 2: entire first quarter, why not the entire half, Right, I 697 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 2: think that's what Atlanta struggles in and I think you 698 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 2: saw that today against the Saints. They really struggled in 699 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 2: the first half, and then you're playing catchup game, and 700 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 2: that who likes to play catch up? 701 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 3: No One? 702 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,720 Speaker 2: And so I think moving forward, especially against Denver, I 703 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 2: would like to see this team win and win early. 704 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,400 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think that's a great point because it's something 705 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 1: we saw from the twenty sixteen Falcons, right, who kind 706 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 1: of started the year in a similar spot. They were 707 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 1: winning some games big, but then there were also some 708 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: some close losses things like that. But then you felt 709 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: them almost take that next step and they really then 710 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 1: started to dictate the terms with which the game was played. 711 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,720 Speaker 1: They played their style, they imposed their will on the opponents, 712 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 1: and when they got leads, they didn't relinquish it. So 713 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 1: I think that you're right, that's kind of that next 714 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,920 Speaker 1: step to cross that threshold in that line that I 715 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: was talking about between being a good team who's in 716 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 1: every single game and a great team who wins a 717 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,520 Speaker 1: lot of these games no matter which form they take. Amna, 718 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 1: what's the next thing you need to see? 719 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,480 Speaker 4: You know, I am going to build off Taylor a 720 00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 4: little bit because I had written down, just take care 721 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 4: of business. That's something they obviously didn't do today, and 722 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 4: that was a big thing coming into this one. We 723 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 4: talked about it all week. I wrote a story on it. 724 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 4: The Saints were on a seven game losing streak, they 725 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,440 Speaker 4: had a new head coach. There's all these outside factors, 726 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 4: and when asked about it, the players and coaches just said, 727 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 4: we can't worry about that. We have to have our energy. 728 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 4: We need to take care of business. We need to 729 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:56,360 Speaker 4: play our game and not let anything dictate how you play. 730 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 4: So when you're going down to Denver and you're in 731 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 4: a different altitude, maybe it's a little bit colder than 732 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 4: you're used to playing, and you know, there's all these 733 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:09,480 Speaker 4: different factors, you can't let that change how you take 734 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 4: care of your own business. 735 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:12,400 Speaker 1: So you're saying they need to take their game to 736 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 1: New Heights literally. 737 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,360 Speaker 3: A New Heights podcast. 738 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 1: Oh I mean I think we are now look out, 739 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 1: Travis and Jason, We're coming for you. Oh yeah, I 740 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,280 Speaker 1: think that they need to take care of their business. 741 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,680 Speaker 1: They need to just play a sharp all three phases. 742 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,640 Speaker 1: Like when they've won their games, it's been complimentary football 743 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,799 Speaker 1: picking up the other and this has been something that 744 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 1: you could say honestly most weeks. But mine is going 745 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:39,399 Speaker 1: to be you got to get the pass rush going, 746 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,160 Speaker 1: you got to get the pressures. Because when you look 747 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: at bon Nicks, and I say this knowing that Denver 748 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:46,799 Speaker 1: is fifth in sacks per pass attempt allow so their 749 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,520 Speaker 1: offensive line has been good, I think boon Nix's mobility 750 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,319 Speaker 1: is probably more on par with like Baker Mayfield than 751 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,759 Speaker 1: some of these other quarterbacks that you've played. You're looking 752 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:56,520 Speaker 1: at me, weird, Taylor. 753 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,799 Speaker 2: I mean that's I haven't heard that come Harrison at all. 754 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,840 Speaker 3: I mean I would love to hear you, like elaborate 755 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:04,080 Speaker 3: on it. 756 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, I love disagree. 757 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,360 Speaker 3: I just haven't heard that is a. 758 00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,480 Speaker 1: True dual threat quarterback. But I think he's got the 759 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:14,040 Speaker 1: necessary mobility to turn, you know, a blitz that you 760 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:16,920 Speaker 1: don't get home into a sixteen yard pickup, right if 761 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:18,719 Speaker 1: he kind of sneaks out. I don't know if Derek 762 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,799 Speaker 1: Carr has that. I don't know if Andy Dalton has that. 763 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: But when you look at some of the quarterbacks that 764 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: Atlanta's played. It's kind of like Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield. 765 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,000 Speaker 1: Bon Nicks is in that category of guys who aren't 766 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,160 Speaker 1: necessarily run first. Players like even Josh Allen probably falls 767 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,680 Speaker 1: in that category where his running is a weapon, but 768 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,440 Speaker 1: as a backup plan it can still be dangerous. And 769 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:43,040 Speaker 1: so I think bon Nicks his legs could hurt you, 770 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:46,400 Speaker 1: but his decision making under pressure is really what I 771 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,840 Speaker 1: think you need to stress. I think you need to 772 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 1: really try to force him into some bad decisions and 773 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,319 Speaker 1: then allow guys like Jesse Bates who can bait a 774 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,880 Speaker 1: young quarterback all day long and go get some turnover 775 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,879 Speaker 1: against a really good Denver defense. I wonder what kind 776 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:07,799 Speaker 1: of the overall scoring total will be in next week's game. So, 777 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: just like this one, if it's gonna come down to 778 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:13,239 Speaker 1: a handful of plays, I think that getting your pass 779 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,640 Speaker 1: rush to pressure a young quarterback into maybe making mistakes 780 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,759 Speaker 1: against a veterans secondary, if that swings the outcome. But 781 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,160 Speaker 1: I think that's going to start up front more so 782 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:23,960 Speaker 1: than it's going to start on the back end. Sure 783 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,120 Speaker 1: Jesse Bates can make a player or not, like he's 784 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 1: he's so good or Justin Simmons, great points, A great 785 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: point I totally overlooked at. But yeah, like, let's let's 786 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:36,759 Speaker 1: get both of the safety as a pick next week. 787 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:38,359 Speaker 1: I think that would really go a long way. 788 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,759 Speaker 2: I don't think any fan of the Atlanta Falcons would 789 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,279 Speaker 2: be upset if both safeties got a pick next week. 790 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:45,279 Speaker 3: I mean, that's it. 791 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 2: That might be an egregious you know, suspassion taught me 792 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 2: what assuming does, and I won't let you guys know 793 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,520 Speaker 2: on air, but it's it's written in the words. 794 00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,799 Speaker 4: Maybe there's some Falcons fan who's just an absolute hater 795 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:05,400 Speaker 4: the secondary just not. 796 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:11,480 Speaker 3: I don't want an interception, nothing flashy, get the job done. 797 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 1: We should we should mention because we brought up the secondary. 798 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:16,719 Speaker 1: Mike Ces left the game with an injury. He did 799 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 1: our return. Kwan Graham also left the game with an injury. 800 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,080 Speaker 1: He did not return. We will update you guys on 801 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons dot Com Monday afternoon kind of with the 802 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:28,080 Speaker 1: status of those injuries. We'll hear from Raheem Morris, but yeah, 803 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,440 Speaker 1: definitely the loss of my cues. We will We'll see 804 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:33,960 Speaker 1: what is going on there and what his timetable for 805 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,759 Speaker 1: return could be. But let's go ahead and wrap up 806 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:40,720 Speaker 1: today's show. Again, a little bit of a deflating loss, 807 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:43,560 Speaker 1: I think, given that this was a chance to get 808 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,959 Speaker 1: a three game win streak going for the second time 809 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:49,200 Speaker 1: in a row, but pulling out big picture view, the 810 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 1: Falcons are still in a great spot. The Tampa Bay 811 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 1: Buccaneers lost on Sunday to the San Francisco forty nine ers. 812 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,759 Speaker 1: Crazy that the Panthers in Saints got wins, but if 813 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,719 Speaker 1: you're gonna have two teams a little bit, get a win. 814 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:04,960 Speaker 3: Ye. 815 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,120 Speaker 1: So Atlanta is still in good shape in the division. 816 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,600 Speaker 1: But you got to kind of clean up some of 817 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 1: these things and win some of these very close games, 818 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,360 Speaker 1: which they have done at times this season. So I 819 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,520 Speaker 1: don't want to overreact to this. I think the fans 820 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,360 Speaker 1: that are kind of overreacting to this should take a 821 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:22,319 Speaker 1: little bit of a bigger picture perspective on it. 822 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 2: Breath, go for a walk. It's you know, walk away 823 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,680 Speaker 2: from red zone. It's got hands and down and take 824 00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:27,640 Speaker 2: a walk, take a breath. 825 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,759 Speaker 1: I know it's the Saints, but will be okay. I 826 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,560 Speaker 1: still think that this team is heading in the right 827 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,600 Speaker 1: direction overall, and I hope you guys will continue to 828 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,800 Speaker 1: stick with Falcons Final Whistle for the entirety of the 829 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:41,160 Speaker 1: season and hopefully the continuation of a playoff run and 830 00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:44,480 Speaker 1: into the postseason, So please like and subscribe. Check out 831 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:48,040 Speaker 1: our YouTube channel which has the incredible pregame show with 832 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:51,360 Speaker 1: Taylor and Derek Rackley, which goes up an hour before. 833 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:55,080 Speaker 3: The kick We have a couple or one primetime game. 834 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,120 Speaker 1: Less well locked in, but you know, there's a few 835 00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,480 Speaker 1: flexes late in the season, and who knows if the 836 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:01,720 Speaker 1: Falcons will be among them, but the way they're playing 837 00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:05,399 Speaker 1: and have played so far, it's definitely a consideration. So yes, 838 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:08,200 Speaker 1: check out the pregame show one hour before kickoff. But 839 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,440 Speaker 1: that will do it for today's Falcons Final Whistle presented 840 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:15,520 Speaker 1: by Zaxby's for Omnia Saban and Taylor Viismore. I'm Will McFadden. 841 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,279 Speaker 1: We will see you all on Friday for our preview show, 842 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,239 Speaker 1: but until then, everybody take care. 843 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:20,880 Speaker 3: Bye.