1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: A thirty seven thirty four overtime victory for the Atlanta 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: Falcons has them in sole possession of NFC South. Welcome 3 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: to the Falcons Audible, presented by AT and T. I'm 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:16,159 Speaker 1: Derek Rackley with my guys Dave Archer DJ Shockley, and 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: this question is for you guys watching us wherever you 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,479 Speaker 1: are watching us. Through eight weeks in the season, did 7 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: you think the Atlanta Falcons would be number one in 8 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: the NFC South? If you did, raise your hand because 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: you probably won the anybum, guys, what a game? Right? Um, 10 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: you guys were there. We were all there. DJ. By 11 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: the way, you're looking sharp. At halftime to present Todd 12 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,599 Speaker 1: McClure his jacket for getting inducted to the Atlanta Falcons 13 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: Ring of Honor. Congratulations Todd. I know we talked a 14 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 1: little bit about it last week. Mudduck a big part 15 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: of this franchise for the better part of two decades. Um, 16 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,639 Speaker 1: here's what we're gonna cover in this game. We'll get 17 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 1: our actions, we're gonna size up the performance of the Falcons. 18 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk some keys to beating the Chargers coming 19 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: to town, and then maybe maybe we'll talk a little 20 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: bit about some games that were too close. But we're 21 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: gonna start with the guys are gonna do a little game. 22 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: They're gonna finish a sentence for me. DJ year up first, 23 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: let's go. Okay, it's gonna be real simple. Finished the sentence. 24 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: That game was ham bananas worth watching twice. I mean, 25 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I couldn't imagine being on the call like 26 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: Arch was and the ams and flowed the back and forth. 27 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: I mean, it was an unbelievable game. And I think 28 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: we're going to what side you end up on? Glad 29 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: we came out on the right side. But this was 30 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: a game that you know, obviously was talked about around 31 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: the entire league, and h I'm glad we was able 32 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: to come out on top. But it was crazy. Can 33 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: I just get clarity? It was it was ham, ham, 34 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: ham and bananas ham bananas. Okay, it was it was ham, 35 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: but it also was banana. Okay, so we get a 36 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: little pre Thanksgiving or something. Um, Arch, do you have 37 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:19,399 Speaker 1: any food particles that game emotionally exhaust? Okay, Okay, there 38 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: we go. Yet I'll talk. I'll talk about the emotions 39 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: and I would finish the sentence of that game was 40 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: wildly entertaining, and it was the way that that thing finished. 41 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: I couldn't believe it a couple times over. Um, So 42 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: let's get into it. Let's talk about some of these 43 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: positives from Let's start on the offensive side of the ball. 44 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 1: I mean, we've been talking about the mantra this team 45 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: all season long as they're going to continue to fight 46 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: no matter what the situation is, right, and they got 47 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: faced with adversity again in this game, but like, probably 48 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: not the way that we thought it was gonna happen. Dave, 49 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: let me just start with you. What were some of 50 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: the biggest positives took away from the offensive side of 51 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: the ball in that performance on Sunday. I thought guys 52 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:08,399 Speaker 1: stepping up and being counted. I mean, obviously we knew 53 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota has done that. Marcus had to create a 54 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: lot of stuff away from the schedule. There were a 55 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: lot of scheduled plays that happened in this game. But 56 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: Drake was there, Demire Bird was there, Pitts was there, 57 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: Tyler Alger was there, and that's that's kind of that 58 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: where you're starting to kind of galvanize as a team, 59 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 1: right where guys step up. We talked about that. And 60 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: there's a bunch of things, as Arthur likes to say, 61 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: we need to fix to get get cleaned up. There's 62 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: a bunch of that. But it's fun to be able 63 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: to clean that stuff up. We talk about this all 64 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: the time when you win, and so there's some things 65 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: to do that with. But that's what I saw, where 66 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: guys when you needed them, guys stepped up and made plays. Um, 67 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: I agree, And you mentioned some of the performances. I mean, 68 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: I thought it was great to see Kyle Pitts in 69 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: more of a featured role, really kind of trying to 70 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: get them. Now. Granted, Marcus probably had to throw the 71 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: ball a little bit more in this game maybe than 72 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: we've seen in games past, but they made a concerted 73 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: effort to get him the ball, and he made a 74 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: couple of fantastic catches to keep drives alive and make 75 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: some big plays. Who impressed you offensively in this game, 76 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: I mean, the same suspects artists talked about. Add Huntley 77 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: to that. I think he you know, eighty ninety yards 78 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: in the ball game, the physicality he ran with There 79 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: were two guys that I thought on you know, these 80 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: particular plays I thought were kind of a microL cause 81 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: of how good these guys can be and how good 82 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: you know Jake Matthews has been. There were a couple 83 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: of times where they were running outside zone and they 84 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: got the edge because what Matthews and McGarty were able 85 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: to do on the edge. There were a couple of 86 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: times they had some reach blocks and they literally you 87 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: have a Y nine and people don't know why. Nine 88 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: is the defensiveman who's outside of the tackle and you 89 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: have to reach him and turn him so that the 90 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: running back can get the corner and edge. There were 91 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 1: a couple of times where both guys were able to 92 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: do that, and you can clearly see their butt to 93 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: the sideline, so that tells you they reached them and 94 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: then they were able to turn them, and then you 95 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: were able to turn the corner. There was one time 96 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: Caleb McGary just absolutely maul the defensive end and literally 97 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: threw them to the ground, went down after him and 98 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: hit him again. Just the physicality up front was huge, 99 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: and I think that's why the run game was big, 100 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: and you talk about a concerted effort getting Kyle Pits 101 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 1: to football. There were a couple of times whereby formation, 102 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: by motion, they were able to get a one on 103 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: one with Kyle on a couple of those quick slants. 104 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: There was one time where you talk about Marioda having 105 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 1: to create the play he throws to. He throws to 106 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: Kyle pits out in the left flat and nobody's out there. 107 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: The Panthers in like cover four, and the linebacker didn't 108 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 1: get all the way out. He comes on a little 109 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: orb in motion all the way around, and Marioda has 110 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: to climb in the pocket. And to be honest, when 111 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: it happened, I had no idea how he even saw 112 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: him to his left side because he climbed all the 113 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 1: way up in the pobably got dudes all around him, 114 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: and he throws it to his left while like jumping 115 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: and Kyle bench is wide open, and then Kyle goes 116 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: to another thirty five yards or yards after yards after catch. 117 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: So there were a lot of good things going on offensively, 118 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: and I thought guys played to that standard. Nine targets 119 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,799 Speaker 1: for Pitts five catches eighty yards did have the long 120 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 1: of thirty three in a game. You talked about one catch. 121 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: I know you guys saw this one to remember. I 122 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: like the one that he he snagged over the middle 123 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: got blasted by somebody, got hit really hard, and yeah 124 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: he was the one that was still laid out on 125 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: the turf. But not only that, like Pitts knew how 126 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: big of a moment was, and he got up and 127 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: it was kind of like first, damn like first, like 128 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: he kept telling them it was first down. Here's the 129 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: unique part of that play and arch me and arches qbs, 130 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: we love this. This was it was a hard play action. 131 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: It was a backside supposed to be like a skinny post, 132 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: little little bang ad on the backside, and he flattens 133 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: it off. Ye and if he doesn't flatten it off, 134 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: this safety is going to he gonna probably break this 135 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 1: up or it's not gonna be a catch. But the 136 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: nuance of understanding, I see the safety and I'm not 137 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 1: gonna keep that saying angle. And that's the one where 138 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: he goes like this because yes, Mariota is throwing him 139 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: like it's a post, but he snagged it out the 140 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: air and stays flatten down the line and leaves all 141 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: this open and still still catching it, bangs it. Small 142 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: stuff like that doesn't show up on the stat sheet, 143 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: but when we watch the film, we appreciate those type 144 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: of thing absolutely. Yeah. I mean if you talked about 145 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: the little nuances, you don't flatten that out underneath the 146 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: safety that ball could end up getting picked, right. But 147 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: those are things that you and I don't even remember 148 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: as a reserve tight end when I was playing for 149 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: Dan Reeves. The little things that you learn with experience 150 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: in the NFL that you probably get away with in 151 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: college just because they're not that good yet, right, Like, 152 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: defensive backs don't play with the same type of anticipation 153 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: in college that they do in the NFL. But these 154 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: are the little things that you have to do, number one, 155 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: if you want to stay on the field, like on 156 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: a third down or anything like that. But to be 157 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: elite at your position, if you want to get the football, 158 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: if you want to make catches, this is what you 159 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: have to do against veterans in the NFL. Otherwise they're 160 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: gonna break it up, They're gonna find a way to 161 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: get that football. That Yeah, I liked the passion in 162 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: the excitement that he showed off of that catch you mentioned. 163 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: Caleb Huntley sixteen carries ninety one yards in the game, 164 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: algeared thirty nine yards, also got involved in the passing game, 165 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: catching a receiving touchdown, which was big for Atlanta. Let's 166 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: flip it over and talked about the defense because still 167 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: light in the secondary, but we saw enough plays like 168 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: Lorenzo Carter before halftime making a huge play. I brought 169 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: my daughter to the game, guys, because it was an 170 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: alumni weekend, right, and so she's ten years old. She 171 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 1: likes all the cool stuff. So fortunately the Falcons put 172 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: us in one of the club levels, So I came 173 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: downstairs right before halftime because I wanted her to go 174 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: outside to see, Like, you're on field level, there's players 175 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: right there. And as soon as we walk out, like 176 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: the crowd goes nuts and all of a sudden, I 177 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: see Carter just like streaking down the field and she's like, 178 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 1: what happened. I was like, it's good. It's a good play, Dave. Defensively, 179 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: what stuck out to you? We talked last week about 180 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: the secondary struggles albeit a different beast with you know, 181 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,959 Speaker 1: the opponent that they were playing, but it almost seemed 182 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: like the secondary played a little bit more comfortable. Maybe 183 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: scheme helped out a little bit, even though we're missing 184 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: some studs still in the backfield. Yeah, I thought they 185 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: competed hard. I think that that's the thing that that 186 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: sticks out to you. I didn't think they played that 187 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: great defensively, to be honest with you, I thought they 188 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: struggled against the run game. I thought that it began 189 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: to wear on him, the run game. I will. I 190 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: do think that the Linebacker Corps continues to play at 191 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: a high level. Rashaun Evans is playing out of this world. 192 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: I mean, need a great job and a delay. Blitz 193 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: got home, got a sack. Michael Walker's the guy that 194 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: forces to play the Lorenzo Carter picks off. Walker gets 195 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: a delay, Blitz gets in the face of PJ. P 196 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 1: J Walker gets his hands elevated, and Walker tries to 197 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: throw it over him and doesn't see Low and then 198 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: see Zoe st and behind, and Zoe makes a heck 199 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: of a play. But they struggled. They struggled a good 200 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: bit defensively. I thought they hold onto the rope, especially 201 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: early in the game, because Atlanta started really slow offensively again, 202 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: and there's there's some reasons for that. If we could, 203 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: we can talk about that. But the defense held the 204 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: rope early in the game, and then once Zoe made 205 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: his play, it kind of kickstarted the off For whatever reason, 206 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: that kind of kickstarted the offense. In the second half, 207 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: you got that score you needed right before the end 208 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: of the half, which was what Arthur was trying to 209 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 1: get done on offense and couldn't get it done. And 210 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 1: so now it's fourteen ten and a halftime. You come 211 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: out and your offense operates at a much higher clip. 212 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 1: They shift gears a little bit, they start spreading out 213 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: a little bit, throwing the ball a little bit, and 214 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 1: I thought that was a good thing. Huntley was banging. 215 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: So but defensively, I think they still have some places 216 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: to go. I thought they fought. That's what I like 217 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: about them, as he continued to find Yeah, you talk 218 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: about struggling against the run. Foreman from Carolina twenty six 219 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: carries on hundred and eighteen yards, three touchdowns on the ground, 220 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: A couple of them seem like he kind of just 221 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: walked into the end zone in that game. And yeah, 222 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: that's some of the areas that they struggled. They're gonna 223 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: have to shore up. What did you see defensively, DJ 224 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: that you thought was either really good or needs to 225 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: be shored up. Some of the things that need to 226 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 1: be fixed. Well, I thought we still gave up too 227 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: many explosive We saw it in the week before we're Cincinnati, 228 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: and it kind of ridded his head again this week. 229 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: And if PJ. Walker, you know, could you know, find 230 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: a rhythm at all? He had two or three players 231 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: at first half where guys were wide open that could 232 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: have been big plays. And obviously you know cutters and 233 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: woods all all that kind of stuff, but that just 234 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: shows you those are areas where if you play a 235 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: better quarterback, he's gonna hit those plays and it's gonna 236 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: be even more explosive. And talked about starting slower that 237 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: could have been put you behind the a ball really 238 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: early in the ballgame. So you gotta gotta gotta kind 239 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: of sum up some of the stuff that you're doing 240 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: on the back end and find ways not to let 241 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,079 Speaker 1: guys be running free into the secondary. But again you 242 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: got another takeaway. We talked about that with with Lorenzo. 243 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: I think he had eleven takeaways on the year and 244 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: a seven defender with the interception, I saw that STI 245 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: is pretty cool. Yes, lead's the NFL, but also give 246 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: some give some credit to to to corner arm thrown 247 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,079 Speaker 1: on the outside. He had two fade balls against him 248 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: with Terrence Marshall over there. I thought he defended really well, 249 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,839 Speaker 1: was able to knock the ball away because though they 250 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: definitely were going after him, they were teuching him. I 251 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: thought those were two good plays by him that you know, 252 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 1: he's starting to kind of feel it, get his foot 253 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: in here in the second game, being able to start DJ, 254 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: you said too many explosives DJ Moore. Obviously we'll get 255 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: to him a little bit later, but six catches one 256 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty two yards, and he did have a 257 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: sixty two yard catching that game with a touchdown and 258 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 1: the touchdown we again, we'll talk about it here in 259 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: a second, but Dave, I want to go back to 260 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: your point about the offense and getting off to a 261 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 1: sluggish start. Obviously, one of the biggest keys that all 262 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: coaches talk about get off to a fast start, whether 263 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: that's to open the game, that's coming out of the 264 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: halftime break in the third quarter, just kind of establishes 265 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: a tone. Anything that you're seeing that's got you worried 266 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,839 Speaker 1: or is it just gonna take continual evolution of this 267 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: offense for them to be able to start fast consistently 268 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: not to say that that's easy by any means. Yeah, 269 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: not worried, but attention to detail certainly. And I'll take 270 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: this the first play of the game. You get a 271 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: nice little play where Kyle comes across in motion, you're 272 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: gonna flip him in the flat, you're gonna bootleg off 273 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: of it, and you're gonna get your big time in 274 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,319 Speaker 1: the ball in the flat with room to run, and 275 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: Marcus makes a poor throw. He throws it behind a 276 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: six foot six guy. Now, Kyle probably the first guy 277 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 1: to tell you, I should have caught it, but you're 278 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 1: spinning a dude around that's two hundred and forty five 279 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: pounds at six six. Just hit him on that downfield 280 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: shoulder and let him roll up the field. Marcus has 281 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: got to be better in that situation. He'd be the 282 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,439 Speaker 1: first guy to tell you that. I thought that competing, 283 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: you got to compete for the football too. I thought 284 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: that the throw deep Demir Bird. You know, Demir was 285 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 1: kind of getting his arm pulled down a little bit, 286 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 1: so probably was Pi, but it almost looked like Demir 287 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: was the defender and Jackson was the was the receiver, 288 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: and the intercepted the path. So I think some of 289 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: those things that are very clean. You can very well 290 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: clean those up, you know, just be a little bit 291 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: more attention to detail, because it paid dividends later on. 292 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: Bird's touchdown comes off of that route. He ran the 293 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,319 Speaker 1: deep post early in the game. Me through the interception, 294 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: he runs a post curl. He drives up the field 295 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: and goes to the post. Both defenders fly out and 296 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: he hooks it up. Marcus floats to his right and 297 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: puts it on him and now he's got the ball 298 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: with all sorts of room to run. And then how 299 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: about the guys blocking for him? London pits. All these 300 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: guys got into blocking and they creases him in that 301 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: great speed. That's a pretty cool team concept there. But 302 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: what you did early in the game, if you're looking forward, 303 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: as fans go, why would you do that? Why don't 304 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: you throw it down there? And we'ren't trying to get 305 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: it intercepted. But it did play dividends later on because 306 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: it created the crease and the hole that the Bird 307 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: was in on that post curl route at wide open 308 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: that he gave him the room to run for a 309 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: Touchdow Carolina saw it on tape a week or two 310 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: prior they obviously saw it earlier in the game. They 311 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: know the scouting report on him with his speed, so 312 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: it's a good play concept to use his speed to 313 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: their advantage, Like get all their shoulders turned the other direction, 314 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: and then, like you said, turn around and stop. You 315 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: should have a big hole. So let's talk a little 316 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: bit about and maybe this is more kind of a 317 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: discussion about emotions at the end of the game. So 318 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: I talked about DJ Moore. Looks like they're gonna win 319 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: the game, right, Carolina scores a touchdown, gotta kick an 320 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: extra point, They're gonna go up and DJ Moore takes 321 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: his lid off in celebration, gets called for a penalty, 322 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: backs it up and ends up being of what forty 323 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: eight yard extra point And Dj, at that moment, you 324 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: are thinking, oh, we got a great chance, because there's 325 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: a good chance he could miss this, and I think 326 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: I'll just have to think of the same thing. Oh, no, 327 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: We're not gonna wait till the kickoff. No, we don't 328 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 1: want to try our chances there. Let's give this guy 329 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: a little bit more pressure. And it absolutely worked, and 330 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: it's part of the game. It's part of having that 331 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: option and choice and he took it and it worked 332 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: out for it, So I got I got no problems 333 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: with that. The other thing I'll say this is I 334 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: think DJ Moore understands he can't do that. Before a 335 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: lot of people was like, how does he do that? 336 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: In an instance, in that moment where he had just 337 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: dropped the big fourth down play and he comes back 338 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: and thinks, man, that's the ball game, and now he 339 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: gets another opportunity and he thinks he's won the game 340 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: for his team. Sometimes your emotions gets the best of 341 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: young things happen, so, uh, you know, it was tough 342 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: for them. I'm glad it happened because it gave us 343 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 1: a chance to win the ball game. But when you're 344 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: in the heat of the game and you make a 345 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: monster play, sometimes you may blackout. And I think DJ 346 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: more black guy at that point. All right, So then 347 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: they missed the extra point. We go to overtime, right 348 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: Atlanta starts, they get the ball, they start driving down 349 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: and Marcus throws a pick and Dave, you are thinking, 350 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: oh no, not tackling back down to the twenty yard line. 351 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: If you go back and look at the play, h 352 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: Ionitis wins to the inside and as Marcus is getting 353 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: ready to try to un loaded. He hits him about 354 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: thigh high, completely blows him up. So if you're thinking, Okay, 355 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: what a horrible throw, Yeah, because you had three hundred 356 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,360 Speaker 1: and fifteen pounds wrapped around your waist as you're trying 357 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: to let it go, Go back and take a look 358 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: at that if you if you have an opportunity to 359 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 1: look at the tape again, another opportunity to compete for 360 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: the football. And I thought that that was was was 361 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 1: Demere interfered with? Maybe, but the corner had leverage over 362 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: the top. They're never gonna call that unless it's an underthrow, 363 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: and so he kind of fought through him and Demir 364 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 1: kind of lost his balance and he picks it off. 365 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: So yeah, at that point you're thinking U tackle him? Yeah, 366 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: oh no, right, and the field position that they have, 367 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 1: your head goes on the desk. All right, So DJ 368 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,439 Speaker 1: back to you. So after the interception, Carolina runs a 369 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: couple of plays and out runs Eddie Pinero, which looks 370 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: like it's gonna be a chip shot. Was thirty three 371 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: yards It's not what we're talking about, as it turns out, 372 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: and X or point attempt, yes, which it should have 373 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,919 Speaker 1: been after the touchdown. So Caroline is lining up for 374 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: what looks like a chip shot extra point distance field 375 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: goal to win the game, and you're thinking, he ain't 376 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 1: gonna miss it. Twice the guy get it right, he's 377 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,640 Speaker 1: getting a second chance. But then there's also like he 378 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 1: did just miss one, so it could be in his brain. 379 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 1: We still he might he might try to overcook this 380 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: thing just a little bit because he's on that hash 381 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: over there. And when it happened, I said, oh my god, 382 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: he just missed it. I could not believe it still 383 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 1: got life, all right, So Dave, I know you guys 384 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:42,360 Speaker 1: have it's experimented with the camera in the booth, right, 385 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: So if we could recreate this camera when he misses 386 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: the field goal from thirty three yards, you and Wes 387 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: are doing what in the booth. I wasn't even no 388 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: there was. In fact, I've seen the footage. I didn't 389 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: do anything. I said, were you starting to get your 390 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: stuff together to get ready to go downstairs? I packed 391 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: my stuff twice. I packed my stuff up after Young 392 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: Way kicked his field goal, which was a mistake to 393 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 1: make it thirty four twenty eight. Yeah, and then when DJ, 394 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: when DJ made his deal. Then um, I started putting 395 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: the rest of my stuff away, and then and then 396 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: they missed went over time I had started digging my 397 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 1: stuff back up. Anyway, it was a it was a 398 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: crazy sequence. Give in that emotional roller coach. And I 399 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: asked Arthur this on Monday in his in his Coaches show, 400 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 1: I said, you're a human being. It's like everybody else 401 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: is at watch at home. Everybody. You got players that 402 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: are probably riding the emotional roller coach. Jure Bird told me, yeah, 403 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 1: we he said, I thought we thought it was over, 404 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 1: and then I thought, oh shoot, we got another chance, 405 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 1: and then oh damn, we don't have another chance. So 406 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: he was doing the same thing we were doing. I asked, 407 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: and he was cold as an assassin. Nah, man, I'm 408 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,640 Speaker 1: looking around my play sheet, I'm getting for the next 409 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,719 Speaker 1: play to call and stuff, you know, And he just 410 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: was completely And that's who you got as your head coach, folks. 411 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:10,199 Speaker 1: I mean, this dude is man thinking. He doesn't let 412 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: anything bother him. He's to the next step, I asked him. 413 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 1: I said, well, you called time out when Pinniro came 414 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 1: out and says that was the only thing I had 415 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:18,919 Speaker 1: left to do. Yeah, you know, I'd gone through my 416 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: plot checklist. The only thing I had left to do 417 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: is burn it's time out there and make him think 418 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: about it. You know. But he's thinking about that, and 419 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,439 Speaker 1: then when the miss went boom, he immediately had the 420 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: thought process in place as to what they want to 421 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 1: do offensively to go win the football game. How aggressive 422 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,239 Speaker 1: they wanted to be. Says nobody wants to go home 423 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: with a tie. There's only two minutes left. We gotta 424 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 1: go win the game, you know. And then Marcus makes 425 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: an unbelievable play on the zone read to get you 426 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: in field. So DJ, here's my last one man. Okay, 427 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: So Marcus Mariota scrambles for thirty yards, gets deep into 428 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: Carolina territory, and you are thinking, I believe in my guy. 429 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: I hadn't seen cool dude, and I was like, oh, 430 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: ball game. So he right out a bound and I 431 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: saw Marcus with the emotional you know, going crazy over there. 432 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,360 Speaker 1: You you see, Marcus had that kind of fire about him. 433 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,880 Speaker 1: And then Coo comes running out ball game. I knew, 434 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: I'll be honest, one hundred percent in my heart, I 435 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 1: knew Coo would knocked that thing. Yeah, because we've seen 436 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 1: it happen so many times, and we believe in coup, 437 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: so I was glad to see it happened. Glad to 438 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: see Coo come out and bang that thing through and 439 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: uh sing Carolina home with the sad face. One more 440 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: quick thing. My daughter says, Dad, what do you think 441 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 1: is gonna happen here? I said, this one's going through now. 442 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 1: He ain't missing this. I'm sorry. I mean just you 443 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: just kind of think about it, like the chances they 444 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 1: ended up getting, and a young way who is just 445 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,400 Speaker 1: so chill right, he just doesn't look like he ever 446 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: gets overwhelmed by the moment and he steps up and 447 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:47,640 Speaker 1: nails it. So we kind of went through some emotions there. 448 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 1: That's all. We'd have fun with a little bit because 449 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: that's what That's what even people that are part of 450 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 1: the organization, that's what I'm sure all the fans were feeling. 451 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,199 Speaker 1: But it's fun to be able to come out of 452 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: that one with an overtime win, as you mentioned and 453 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: not ties. This episode in part brought to you by 454 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 1: the Home Depot. 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Yeah, you're gonna 472 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 1: need to possess the football in this game because this 473 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: guy a quarterbacks legit. If you're talking about one of 474 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 1: the one of the six seven best quarterbacks in the league. 475 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,239 Speaker 1: In my opinion, I think Justin Herbert's got all of that. 476 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: Now is he going to get his receivers back? Mike 477 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: Williams has been hurt, Keenan Allen's been banged up. There's 478 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 1: some talk that Allen will be back and ready to play. 479 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if Williams would be ready to go. 480 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 1: Eckler is a guy that's a problem in the run 481 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:27,360 Speaker 1: game and the pass game. This is a good offense. 482 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 1: They're struggling stopping the run defensively, I mean mightily stopping 483 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: the run. Okay, so this is one of those games 484 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: where if you're ever going to bang on somebody for 485 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 1: the tune about thirty five thirty six minutes with the 486 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 1: time of possession, this is the game you want to 487 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: do that. Yeah, So it kind of plays into strengths 488 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: of what Atlanta does. What they want to do. Keep 489 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: the football out of the air, meaning lot try to 490 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: throw the ball thirty to forty times and use these 491 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 1: this tandem of running backs and your quarterback to don't 492 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: forget cps going to be back. Yeah, you can bank 493 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 1: on the fat. I mean, I don't want to let 494 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 1: the cat out of the bag or anything like that, 495 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: but well, I don't think I don't think there's any 496 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: doubt and then they have to make that decision. They 497 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 1: have not made that decision. They get to make that 498 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: on Wednesday or whenever to put he's coming off. I are, yeah, 499 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: you could get ready. CP will be back in the 500 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: lineup this week. I'm gonna break that right now. And 501 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: I nobody's told me that. I didn't talk to Arthur 502 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: Smith about that time about that CP will be back 503 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: by going out on all of him. And it might 504 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: be a really small one, but he's going out on it, 505 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 1: saying back and I and look, I hope he is 506 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: and I hope he's feeling great, and I hope he's rested, 507 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: and I hope he's ready to look good. From a 508 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: Twitter video, I know that he wrote, what sticks out 509 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: to you in this matchup? What needs to happen in 510 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 1: Atlanta's favor for them to come away with a win. Well, 511 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: when we played in Browns, there was one guy who 512 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: had an accident and obviously didn't play in the game, 513 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 1: and we're so glad he didn't. Yeah, well, this game, 514 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: they gotta dude who might be just as good. And 515 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: Khalil Mack, we gotta get him blocked up. That's for one, 516 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: because he can be a game wrecord in so many 517 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 1: different ways. And we talked about being able to just 518 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 1: the lean m in the run game. I hope so 519 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 1: because then that you know, maybe slows him down a 520 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: little bit, but he always finds a way to get 521 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,400 Speaker 1: to the quarterback. He's done it his entire career. And 522 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: he's one of those guys. I mean during James is 523 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: another on the back and he's got two saxes. Well, 524 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 1: a really good player on the back end. I've been 525 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 1: watching him since he came in, and Arche mentioned Eckler Man. 526 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: Eckler is got fifty three receptions leading the team. Yeah, 527 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: I mean from the running back spot. So that tells 528 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: you goes back to the Tampa game when four that 529 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: had ten catches in that ball game, it was just simple, 530 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: a little just checkdown, checkdown, check that what this guy 531 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,679 Speaker 1: is way different than Lenard Fournette. You give him space 532 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 1: well and checkdown. There's a chance he can go with it. 533 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: It's a chance he's gonna make a lot of big plays. 534 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 1: So we have to be conscious of where he is 535 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 1: at all times in the run game and pass game. 536 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 1: And Arch talking about the linebackers have really played well. Well, 537 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:57,959 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a similar game where you got 538 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,360 Speaker 1: a guy like an Alvin Kamara, who if he gets 539 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 1: a ball in space, makes things happen, makes things happen. Yeah, Arch, 540 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: I want to come back to you with one last 541 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: question for the fans that are that are listening and watching, 542 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 1: is there anything that Atlanta. I mean, they're not going 543 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,400 Speaker 1: to talk about this, but from your perspective, Chargers coming 544 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 1: off a bye week, okay, does that help them? Does 545 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: it hurt them? Obviously, they get more chance to look 546 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,160 Speaker 1: at Atlanta, they get more chance to potentially get people back. 547 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,680 Speaker 1: But them coming off a bye week Atlanta not any 548 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: does a factor into the equation at all. I always 549 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 1: liked being able to come off of a rest week, 550 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 1: especially if you're a team that's banged up and you've 551 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 1: got veteran players, and they have veteran players. But I mean, 552 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 1: I think if you throw it up in the air, 553 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: it kind of comes down pretty close to even is 554 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,640 Speaker 1: who wins these games. You're on a roll, you've won 555 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 1: three straight in your own building. All of a sudden 556 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,479 Speaker 1: it starts. It's now feeling like Atlanta Falcons home field 557 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: and the advantage. The fans are digging it. You're going 558 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: to get this team in here, in this building. This 559 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: is not a place they're familiar with all of that 560 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 1: stuff factors in, and I think it helps Atlanta, but 561 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: I don't know that there's a Dike advantage of the way, 562 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: so potentially getting cpback positive, gotta get a couple of 563 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 1: black guys blocked on defense. Okay, that's obviously gonna be 564 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: key in this one. Run the football and come away 565 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: with another victory. Sounds like a plan to meet. By 566 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 1: the way, Chargers come into this one four and three, 567 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: sitting second in their current their division, behind the Chiefs 568 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 1: right now, and I mentioned they are coming off a 569 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,160 Speaker 1: bye week, so and then just a refresher Falcons four 570 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 1: and four, number one in the division, Tampa Bay sitting 571 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: behind him at three and five. Real quick, let me 572 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: ask you this, you ever did you see that one 573 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: coming before the season, not necessarily Atlanta at number one, 574 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: but Tampa struggling at three and five right now? No, 575 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,879 Speaker 1: I did, I mean, you know, one once they had 576 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:45,959 Speaker 1: a couple of guys go down up front, then you 577 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: started to see, okay, well this is not the same team. 578 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 1: Obviously you got the same kind of characters on the outside. 579 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: But as we've stressed, if you don't have the big 580 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 1: five guys up front, it doesn't matter what kind of 581 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: skill guys you have, because man, I really a good 582 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: everybody else is. If you can't get them blocked up, 583 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:04,400 Speaker 1: you got time to throw it, you'll have any room 584 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 1: to run it. So then it starts to okay, well, 585 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: this is why they're struggling and it's ultimately the reason 586 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: why they are. One other thing I'll say before we 587 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,400 Speaker 1: wrap up, get the ball to Kyle Pitts this week 588 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: so he can don't discount that for Tampa. Bronkowski not 589 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 1: playing for them to a big yeah, huge deal for sure, 590 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 1: huge deal. Safety blanket for Brady, he's not getting into him. 591 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,160 Speaker 1: We got our guy here that wants the first see 592 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: you got the little hesitation, I know, just the fire 593 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: that he had. I just I was like, I feel you, 594 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 1: young fellow. All right, that's gonna wrap it up for 595 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: the Falcons Ottawa presented by AT and T Kit. We 596 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: appreciate you watching on whichever platform you do Atlanta Falcons 597 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 1: dot Com, Spotify, YouTube, iTunes. Thank you so much. We'll 598 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: be back next week. Just we like we are each 599 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: and every week. This is my man, DJ Shotley, Dave Archer, 600 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: I'm Derek Rackley. We're signing out. Thanks for watching everyone 601 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: go dogs go dog So show him