1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Falcons Audible presented by AT and T is back with 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: a crew is back in town. It's been almost four 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: weeks to the day since we sat down and we 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: recapped the twenty twenty three season, and it of course 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: came on the heels of the dismissal of Arthur Smith 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,600 Speaker 1: as the head coach. And we told you after that 7 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: podcast that we would be back for the bigger moments 8 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: that happened in the offseason. Obviously a big moment is 9 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: recapping the Atlanta Falcons new head football coach. I'm Derek Rackley. 10 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: This is DJ Shockley and Dave Archer. The crew is 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: back together. We're going to talk about the new head 12 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: coach of the Atlanta Falcons, Raheem Morris, the couple of coordinators. 13 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: He's making some splashes as far as filling out his 14 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: coaching staff. But we are going to talk about what 15 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: this team is going to look like under new leadership. Obviously, 16 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: it's not a new face to the Atlanta Falcons organization. 17 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: A guy that has been here for a number of years, 18 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: back in the Dan Quinn regime with this team that 19 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: went to the Super Bowl, and he was asked about that. 20 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: He was asked about the pay and agony of living 21 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: through that loss of the Super Bowl season, and we'll 22 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about that. So, guys, Raheem Morris 23 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: had his opening press conference yesterday as we taped this podcast, 24 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: so there was a lot of energy in the room. 25 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 2: He got a chance to meet with the media. 26 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: I got a chance to see him in the black 27 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: and the red and talked a little bit about his vision, 28 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: how he has changed as I had football coach since 29 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: his days here in Atlanta, and how he has grown 30 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: over the last few years in the La RAMS organization. 31 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 2: So, Shot, I'm. 32 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: Gonna start with you, just because he ended up giving 33 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: you a shout out during the press conference yesterday, saying 34 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: that you had a mean mug or a serious face 35 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 1: going on and that he was gonna get you to smile. 36 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: I'm assuming you smiled right after he said that. Just 37 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: give us your initial impressions of what you thought of 38 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: Raheem Morris and his press conference yesterday. 39 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 3: I mean, first off, it'd probably be really weird if 40 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 3: I'm just sitting back there and I'm just looking at him, 41 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 3: I'm just smiling. I think that probably weird if he 42 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 3: looks old and I'm just cheesing at it, So I 43 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 3: don't know. I guess I had a serious face, but 44 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 3: I was locked in. Man. I was really intrigued by 45 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 3: all the things he was saying. And to be honest, 46 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 3: I thought everything he did from the moment that he 47 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 3: was well Son as the head coach has been authentic. 48 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 3: I think it's been positive. I think it's been real. 49 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 3: I think the knowledge that he brings, the things that 50 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 3: he talks about wanting for this organization. I think if 51 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 3: you watch that press compans, you know exactly who rahiem 52 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 3: Moore is. You know exactly what he's about. You know 53 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 3: he's not gonna be stiff. You know he's not gonna 54 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 3: be uptight. He understands the landscape of his community. He 55 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 3: understands the landscape of his team, this organization. I mean, 56 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 3: this is a guy who went and left the Falcons 57 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 3: but was still hanging out with the owner. I mean 58 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 3: that tells you the kind of rapport he has with 59 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 3: the owner and some of the things that he learned. 60 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 3: You talked about what he's learned from the time he 61 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 3: left to the time he's come back, and one thing 62 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 3: stuck out to me. He said, I wanted to grow 63 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 3: learn and develop. And I think we can look at 64 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 3: any person in any job. You said, Okay, if you 65 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 3: were somewhere three years ago, you would hope that things 66 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 3: have changed for you over a three year span. And 67 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 3: I think playing I mean coaching in Super Bowls, coaching 68 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 3: guys like Stafford, coaching guys like Matt Ryan, and seeing 69 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 3: what success looks like. I think he understands what this 70 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 3: job is all about. And I just love the fact 71 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 3: that he was excited to be the coach of the 72 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 3: Atlanta Falcons. Like there was conversation within the press conference 73 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 3: where people, you know, were asking Greg Beatles about Belichick, 74 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 3: and they were asking about all these other kind of people, 75 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 3: and they asked him about it as well, And I 76 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 3: love what he said. He said, you know, at the 77 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 3: end of the day, you know they had fourteen candidates. 78 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 3: Those guys were very good. They guy also got other 79 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 3: jobs by the end of the day. This was about me. 80 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 3: This is about me trying to put my best foot 81 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 3: forward and be the best guy and coach I can 82 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 3: and just show them what I'm about. 83 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 2: And ultimately that's all it came down to. 84 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 3: And I think ultimate when you watch him, you know 85 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 3: what you get him and He's one of those kind 86 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 3: of guys you want to root for, and you can 87 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 3: see why players want to play for him and see 88 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 3: why coaches wanted to stay here and coach with him. 89 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 2: So it's gonna be a fun ride, I think. And 90 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 2: I just love the. 91 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 3: Fact that he's back and he understands what the random 92 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 3: Black is about, what Arthur Blank is about, what this 93 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 3: organizations about, this city wants and needs, and he absolutely 94 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 3: I thought he brought it and crushed it. 95 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: In his press conference, DJ, you mentioned the fact that 96 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: they talked about Bill Belichick and he kind of praised 97 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: him for a little while, But it was interesting the 98 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 1: fact that he went right back to this is a competition, 99 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: and he just realized that he was in a competition 100 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 1: just like the other thirteen candidates where to get this job, 101 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: and he's trying to be as authentic and real and 102 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: present his plan and in the end, he won that competition. 103 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: So you got to give him credit. Not taking anything 104 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: away from Bill Belichick or any of the other candidates 105 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: arch but he came in and he talked about a 106 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: lot of things. He talked about coming home, which I 107 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,799 Speaker 1: thought was really interesting. He mentioned that on a number 108 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: of occasions. One of his big words that he used 109 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: in the press conference was collaboration. He's excited to collaborate 110 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: with all the different minds, the brains, all the different 111 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: people that have been around football in this organization. Was 112 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: those two things stick out to you or something else 113 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: stick out to you? As far as what his message 114 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 1: was yesterday, Well, the. 115 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 4: First thing that sticks out about Raheem is I've been 116 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 4: around a lot of people because I've unfortunately been around 117 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 4: a long time, but I've been around a lot of 118 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 4: coaches and a lot of different at the college and 119 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 4: pro level, and there's very few guys you can say 120 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 4: this about. But he makes you feel better about yourself 121 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 4: when you're done talking to him. And I began to 122 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 4: think about that on my way home from the press conference. 123 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 4: I feel better about myself having hung out with Ha 124 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 4: Raheem yesterday afternoon. That permeates your team. Your team feels 125 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 4: that you feel better about yourself as a player, as 126 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 4: a person because being out around Raheem, He's got an 127 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 4: electric personality. What you saw there his smile. I compared 128 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 4: his smile to Magic Johnson's smile or Robert Redford's smile. 129 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 4: I mean it's infectious draws you in, and then the 130 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 4: things he has to say even pull you in further. 131 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 4: He's a tremendous listener to what you guys are talking about. 132 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 4: In the fact of collaboration, you have to listen. If 133 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 4: you're going to collaborate, you can't be the one talking 134 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,239 Speaker 4: all the time. He talked about his collaboration with Terry 135 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 4: and with everybody else in the billing Greg Beatles, who 136 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 4: did an excellent job yesterday as our president there at 137 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 4: the press conference, but collaborating with all those people, and 138 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 4: then if you get down to the nuts and bolts 139 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 4: of this thing, Okay, it's great. He's a listener, he's 140 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 4: a good guy, and hey, you want to have barbecue 141 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 4: with him or whatever. The dude has coached on both 142 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 4: sides of the football. He's coordinated defenses, he's run a 143 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 4: pass game operation here in Atlanta where he was coaching 144 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 4: the likes of Julio Jones and the guys like that. 145 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 4: And he's helped put together game plans on the offensive 146 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 4: side of football. So you have a football coach that's 147 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 4: taken over, that understands both sides of the ball and 148 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 4: understands them to the end degree. I watched him on 149 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 4: this practice field grill our secondary. When they put him 150 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,799 Speaker 4: back in charge of the defense, remember coaching receivers first, 151 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 4: they put him back inchwards the secondary. He grilled him 152 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 4: for forty five minutes after practice to get him ready 153 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 4: to go. He was doing the same thing with the 154 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 4: receiver corps prior to taking over the defense. This guy's 155 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 4: ready for this opportunity. And he went the one quote 156 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 4: that I remember he said, and it goes back to 157 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 4: what Shock was talking about getting better. Somebody asked him, 158 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 4: you feel like he kind of got slided by not 159 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 4: getting the job in twenty when you took over as 160 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 4: the interim coach. He said, What I took that as 161 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 4: is I needed to be better. I needed to go 162 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 4: get better. And it goes to what Shock was talking 163 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 4: about in every facet. And so he went to LA 164 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 4: and he really retooled his deals. He got back to 165 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 4: what he needed to do from a basic standpoint. He's 166 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 4: a better coach today than he was when he left 167 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 4: all Or. 168 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: She talked about his presence at the press conference yesterday, 169 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: and as I was listening to it, I wrote down 170 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: some things that stuck out to me, just some words 171 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: and hopefully you guys would agree with this engaging, passionate, 172 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: laser focused, experienced. I wrote down collaboration because they talked 173 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: about that a lot. Professional, eloquent, very good speaker, right like, 174 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: very good with his words, excitable, clear vision. These are 175 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: all the things that I wrote now just kind of 176 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: listening to Raheem Morris. But I also wrote down they 177 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: asked him about this is a tough question at press conference, 178 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: right They asked him what's going to constitute a successful 179 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: season next year outside of the quantitative the numbers, And 180 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: he says, if we execute what he calls his four pillars, Okay, 181 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: which were do we execute? Do we play with good fundamentals, 182 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: do we control the football, and do we play with 183 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: a physicality and those things I kind of thought about 184 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: for a second while he's continuing to talk, and I said, 185 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, you could probably coach speak 186 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: a lot of different terms, guys and pillars, but these 187 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: four things right here, you got a pretty good chance 188 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: of winning football games if you can execute those four teams, 189 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: which obviously execution is one of them. And DJ I 190 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 1: think he said, my goal is first and foremost win 191 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: the NFC South. You never know what's gonna happen in 192 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 1: the postseason. 193 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think to take it a step further, 194 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 3: he talked about the process to get to those results, 195 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 3: and those pillars are absolutely the process you need to 196 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 3: get to results, which are wins, which what everybody wants. 197 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 3: And I think he did a great job of not 198 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 3: trying to pigeonhole himself to say, all right, we got 199 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 3: to make sure we have more than seven wins or 200 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 3: make sure that you know, we do X, Y and z. 201 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 3: He laid out, if we do these type of things, 202 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 3: the results will come. Another thing that that stuck out 203 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,079 Speaker 3: to me when I thought about it, and Arch you 204 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 3: mentioned it, and the thing that comes to my mind 205 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 3: is he has no ego. He talked about not wanting 206 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 3: to be the smartest guy in the room. He wanted 207 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 3: to surround himself with people who are smarter, and it 208 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 3: goes back to ours. Just said he knows if he 209 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 3: can listen to those people, he's had a greater chance 210 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,839 Speaker 3: of being successful. And I think that also it stuck out. 211 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 3: Another thing was which is you know he addressed it 212 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 3: head on and I loved it. He talked about being 213 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 3: the first black head coach in this history of this organization. 214 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 3: And the thing that still out to me was he 215 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 3: humanized himself with what that meant to him. He said, yeah, 216 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 3: it's about the guys that's gonna come after me. But 217 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 3: then he looked at his son and said, it's about 218 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 3: my son understanding how important this is. And for any 219 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 3: dad who's got kids or got a son, and you understand, 220 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,079 Speaker 3: you know, he's watching everything you do. 221 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 2: You got a daughter, they watch everything you do. 222 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 3: And the fact that he can have that title, that's 223 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 3: something that he can always, you know, say hey, your 224 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 3: dad did this, and now he living up to it. 225 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 3: So I love the fact that he humanized himself in 226 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 3: that moment and didn't make it more about him. But 227 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 3: then he also he made it a bigger point to say, 228 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 3: you know what, this wasn't even a part of the 229 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 3: conversation when we talked to Arthur Blake, he didn't even 230 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 3: bring this up. This wasn't even something that Okay, let's 231 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 3: make it a big deal that we are the first 232 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 3: to do this, he said. We didn't even talk about it. 233 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 3: And when we when it was brought up to me, 234 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 3: that's when I kind of realized, like, oh wow, this 235 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 3: is a pretty big thing. But I love the fact 236 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 3: that he made it known that, yeah, this is a. 237 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 2: Huge, huge point. 238 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 3: It's a huge monumental thing, but in the day, it 239 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 3: wasn't all about that, And I thought that was pretty 240 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 3: cool for him to kind of highlight that point in 241 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 3: the press conference about it. He understands the bigger picture 242 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 3: of it, but in the day, the guys who hired 243 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 3: him wanted him for him, not because of the quote 244 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 3: unquote Rooney rule all that kind of stuff that goes 245 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 3: along with it. So I love that part of it. 246 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 2: You know. 247 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: Another interesting question that was asked was Arch about the pressure, 248 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: because it was Raheem and Terry and it's going to 249 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:39,559 Speaker 1: be you know, you have an owner that's desperate to win, 250 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 1: and Arthur Blank and he still remembers the Super Bowl 251 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: and leading halfway through the third quarter and losing the 252 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, and you have an owner that wants to 253 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: win now, and you have a general manager going into 254 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: his fourth year, and do you feel the pressure? And 255 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: he just kind of he said, if you're coaching in 256 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: the NFL and you can't deal with pressure, you're in 257 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: the wrong business. And I love the fact that he 258 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: just kind of addressed that head on and said that 259 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 1: this is what we all sign up for when we 260 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: decided to either work as a coach or in a 261 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: personnel department of an NFL. If you can't live in 262 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: a pressure cooker, Arch, this is not the business for you. 263 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,079 Speaker 4: No, And I think that anybody that gets into the 264 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,199 Speaker 4: business that's not exclusive to Raheem. I think anybody in 265 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,559 Speaker 4: the business understands that part of it, right. 266 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 2: I mean, this is. 267 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 4: Very exclusive club. There's thirty two teams, there's thirty two 268 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,079 Speaker 4: head coaches, there's thirty two starting quarterbacks. I mean, so 269 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 4: that's part of the deal. So it was not surprised 270 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 4: that he shied away from that. I just was very 271 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 4: impressed with his poise. He was very prepared as to 272 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 4: what he wanted to say. There were a lot of 273 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 4: screwy questions in the press conference. I thought that really 274 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 4: didn't have anything to do with anything. That he handled 275 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 4: like a champ. So he was outstanding there. And I 276 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 4: know a lot of people are ready for him to 277 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 4: hit the ground run and go coach. 278 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 2: You know. 279 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: Oddly enough, Arch, I don't feel like there was somebody 280 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: really asked him at first, but he did make a 281 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 1: mention about the elephant in the room being the quarterback position, 282 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: and they I think they did a good job of 283 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 1: talking about it but also realizing that right now that's 284 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: not necessarily the number one thing on their list, although 285 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: they're probably doing some due diligence behind closed doors that 286 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: they're not letting us know about. But the fact was 287 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: his goal right now is continuing to fill out his 288 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: staff and then tearing his staff along with Raheem and 289 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: the coaches starting to go through the process of figuring 290 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: out what's going to happen next, leaving no stone unturned, 291 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 1: whether that's through free agency, through the draft, through a trade. 292 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 1: But it kind of leads me into the next part 293 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: of our discussion. Arch was the fact that he did 294 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: talk about his offensive coordinator and Zach Robinson coming over 295 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: with him from the Los Angeles Rams organization. Thirty seven 296 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 1: years old. Maybe a little bit younger as far as 297 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: the coaching ranks goes, but I think when you're in 298 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 1: that organization with a Sean McVay and the type of 299 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: things that he does offensively, you're going to accelerate your growth. 300 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: He Raheem was very passionate when he was talking about Zach. 301 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,079 Speaker 1: He was talking about his ability to connect with quarterbacks. 302 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: He started with Jared Goff, last couple of years with 303 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 1: Matt Stafford, and obviously Matt Stafford has executed that offense 304 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: to the tee over the last couple of years. What 305 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,599 Speaker 1: are your initial thoughts about the new offensive coordinator that 306 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: Raheem is bringing with him. 307 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 4: Well, one, first of all, he played the position, which 308 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 4: I think is a big deal. I think he's he 309 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 4: was a really good quarterback in college at Oklahoma State. 310 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 4: He got a chance to be in the league for 311 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 4: a little while. But more than the league is his 312 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 4: experiences around the coaching ranks. He's coached the quarterbacks, he's 313 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 4: been in past game coordinary, he's been an assistant wide 314 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 4: receiver coach, so he's coached all facets of the skill 315 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 4: position there. So he understands the pass game part of it. 316 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 4: Make no mistake, there's gonna be a learning curve here 317 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 4: with Zach Zach Robinson. But what he was compared to, 318 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 4: Raheem went out of his way to compare him to 319 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 4: a young Kyle Shanahan who he worked with. He's compared 320 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 4: him to a young Sean McVay who he's worked with. 321 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 4: So these are guys that have a very similar characteristics 322 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 4: that he sees in Zach Robinson. You know, you look 323 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 4: at the young coordinator in San Francisco that got the 324 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 4: coordinator job, or was a pass game courtner got the 325 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 4: coordinator job in Houston this year, Bobby Sloyd. He's from 326 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 4: the same scenario, same background. That's where Zach Robinson's coming from. 327 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 4: So if you want to start to kind of dissect 328 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 4: what they're going to do offensively, I asked Rahim, I said, 329 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 4: does you hired a number of guys from the Rams staff? 330 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 4: You hired three or four guys from the Charger staff 331 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 4: as well. Does this mean you're going to kind of, 332 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 4: you know, migrate towards what the Rams were doing on offense? 333 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 4: He goes, not at all. He says, what we're gonna 334 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 4: do is we're gonna blend what we do to the 335 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 4: people we have in our building. We know that there's 336 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 4: two outstanding tight ends of the building. We know there's 337 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 4: two outstanding running backs in the building. We've got an 338 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 4: outstanding wide receiver with potential to maybe get another two 339 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 4: or or continue to have a couple of guys that 340 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 4: are already on the roster. So they're going to mold 341 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 4: what they're going to do offensively, not to what the 342 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 4: Rams were doing. I know there's been a lot of conversation, Hey, 343 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 4: there are eleven personnel, so the Falcons they don't haven't 344 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 4: the right people to play eleven personnel. That doesn't anything 345 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 4: to do with it. What they're going to do is 346 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 4: they're going to mold this operation to what they have 347 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 4: in the building and add pieces to it. So don't 348 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 4: get caught up in all that kind of stuff. But 349 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 4: there is going to be a learning curve. He's not 350 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 4: called the plays. He's been in charge of talking. He's 351 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 4: talking to McVeigh in his ear on the sideline, so 352 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 4: he's a part of play calling, but he's he calling 353 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 4: the play right out. That's going to be part of 354 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 4: the learning curve. 355 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: And guys did a little bit of a breakdown last 356 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: week on some of the things that maybe Atlanta can expect. 357 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: But you're right, it's going to be a different personnel. 358 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: But the difference is is Zach Robinson has been with 359 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: Sean McVay in the meetings. He's understood how he has 360 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: broken down opponents and how he has found ways to 361 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: get people open and move the football. I think it's 362 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: important to note that Robinson was on the same staff 363 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: this year as Puka Nakua, who came out of nowhere 364 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: and absolutely dominated in the passing game this year. And 365 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: then Kyraen Williams had an outstanding season running the football 366 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: as well, so they had both the run and the 367 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: pass element, and he was uniquely involved in that entire process. 368 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: DJ and yes, personnel is different, but understanding schemes, concept 369 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: how to get players open. I think that's what he's 370 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: gonna help bring to the table. Not to say that 371 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith couldn't do it, but they've got to find 372 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: ways to get more explosive plays downfield, get guys open 373 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: in space so they can do what they can with 374 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: the football. I think those are the things that Robinson 375 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: is going to try to bring over to Atlanta. 376 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 3: And I think the good thing about it is the 377 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 3: last couple of years he's had and he's been around 378 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 3: a unit that's been kind of up and down, a 379 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 3: little incosistent. You talk about two years ago where you know, 380 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,239 Speaker 3: after going to the Super Bowl and won it all, 381 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 3: you come out of next year and you struggle and 382 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 3: right heem talked about in this press conence about we 383 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 3: learned so much about ourselves during that time and then 384 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 3: the following year we got better. And I think he 385 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 3: being a part of that staff for the last few 386 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 3: years watching selling that they go through it, watching the 387 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 3: offensive staff have to find ways to identify who can 388 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 3: be our best players in these situations. Talking about Puka, 389 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 3: a guy who had four two hundred yards nobody expected, 390 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 3: but they find ways to get him open. Cooper Cup 391 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 3: obviously is a guy who's been around the league and 392 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 3: done a great job for the for the Rams over 393 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,880 Speaker 3: the past few years. And having a quarterback in Stafford 394 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 3: who people may have thought, hey, after the Super Bowl 395 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 3: or maybe after that following year, he was going the 396 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 3: other way, and this year they were back in the 397 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 3: playoffs with ten wins and you know, trying to do 398 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 3: some some other big things. 399 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 2: So I think the fact that he. 400 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 3: Was on those teams and being able to see how 401 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 3: to overcome those things is going to be huge. And 402 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 3: Rahiem even pointed out, hey, this guy's done it in preseason. 403 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 3: He's you know, there's certain situations in practice where they 404 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 3: put these coaches up to bat and say, all right, 405 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 3: today you're gonna call the one minute stuff. 406 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:43,439 Speaker 2: Today you're gonna call red zone. 407 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 3: So for people thinking he just doesn't come and have 408 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 3: any kind of knowledge of calling plays. Yeah, they've put 409 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 3: in the in place for him to do it. Now, 410 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 3: going out and do it on Sundays when it really matters, 411 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 3: that's a whole other story. And that's something like Archer 412 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 3: has mentioned that they're gonna have to work through. But 413 00:18:58,080 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 3: there's plenty of time to get to that point with 414 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 3: all the stuff you can do in an offseason that 415 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 3: helps you prepare. But I think the number one thing 416 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 3: that Arts mentioned was being able to have know the 417 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 3: guys you have in this building, but then also be 418 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 3: able to mold your style with those guys. And I 419 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 3: think some of the best play callers, some of the 420 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 3: best coaches, they don't just call plays. They calling plays 421 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 3: for their players. And we've heard of all the time 422 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 3: it's always about the Jimmies and Joe's out the exits 423 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 3: and O. So we've seen coaches go around and say, 424 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 3: all right, this is my system and they forget about personnel, 425 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 3: and it doesn't work out when you find the plays 426 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 3: that fits your personnel. Ultimately, I think that's what helps 427 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 3: a play caller be successful. 428 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I think if you look across the league, 429 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: I mean Andy Reid does a pretty good job of 430 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 1: finding ways to get the ball to Travis Kelsey. And 431 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 1: you even go back a few years before that, the 432 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 1: offense probably looked different when they had Tyreek Hill because 433 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 1: they knew they had somebody that could run past the defense, 434 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: and so they utilized the skills set there. If you 435 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: look out in San Francisco, Kyle Shanahan's got a little 436 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: bit of both. He's got tied end, he's got fullback, 437 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: he's got wide receivers, he's got the full compliment uses 438 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: all of them. 439 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 2: Right. 440 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: So Raheem also made the comment yesterday when he was 441 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 1: talking about this job and whether or not he was 442 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: going to be a candidate. I remember him saying, Terry 443 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: make the call. Terry made the call, wanting him to 444 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: call him, because I think Raheem understood this job was open, 445 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: and they're not dumb. They know what's going on across 446 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: the league. They see Bejon Robinson, they see Kyle Pitts, 447 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 1: they see Drake London, they see Tyler Algier, they see 448 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: an offensive line that's pretty much entirely intact. They see 449 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 1: a defense that improved. So yeah, there's probably a reason 450 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: why Raheem was like, not only do I know this place, 451 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: I've been there before, but they got some skill players. 452 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,880 Speaker 1: They got some talent there. We just need to take 453 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: it to the next level. 454 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 4: So guys, really really quick, get funny story about the 455 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 4: phone call now, and they share this and a deal 456 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 4: I did yesterday with him in that you're correct, and 457 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 4: he said it in the press conference. He says, Terry, 458 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 4: make the call, and make the call. Terry makes the call, okay. 459 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 4: Raheem's due to go to Seattle the inner okay. And 460 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 4: Terry makes the call and Raheem doesn't pick up, and 461 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,479 Speaker 4: so he's thinking, okay, so he's trying to call him 462 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 4: again and he doesn't pick up. It keeps going to voicemail, 463 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 4: and Raheem described Rahiem said yesterday because I was in 464 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 4: a bad cell area man, And I. 465 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 5: Can only imagine. 466 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 4: I can only imagine that once they make the decision, okay, 467 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 4: an unbelievably diligent operation to interview fourteen different coaches and 468 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 4: four different guys twice, and all the things they went through, 469 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 4: and they finally say, you know what, Ro's the guy 470 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 4: we got to get, So get him on the phone. 471 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 4: Let's let's tell him, Hey, we want you to come 472 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 4: if you want to come here, we want you right here. 473 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 4: And he couldn't get hold of him, and I said, 474 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:43,880 Speaker 4: Terry said, his heart was in his. 475 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 2: Throat and he's trying to find out where where is he? 476 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 2: Where is he? 477 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 4: Because they knew he was due to go Seattle. Fortunately, 478 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 4: we got the tower working and all that kind of 479 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 4: stuff and we got right. I thought that was a 480 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 4: pretty cool story that they shared yesterday. 481 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,719 Speaker 1: I mean a panic moment, right, like, we got our 482 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: head coach, get the guy to pick up the phone. 483 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 2: Here's another cool store. 484 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 3: I got a chance to similar ars to sit down 485 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 3: with both Terry and Terry and Raheem yesterday and just 486 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 3: talking about them building their relationship and building you know 487 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 3: this bond you have with a GM and a head coach. 488 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 3: And Ros stand up to the side and I just 489 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 3: finished with Terry. Terry stands up and all you hear 490 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 3: is Terry yell at Raw, don't leave me, don't leave it. 491 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,439 Speaker 3: And then Rod says, oh, you're going to dinner. He 492 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 3: was like, oh, yeah, I'm doing. But you was about 493 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 3: to leave me. Wont you You can't leave me. I 494 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 3: need to come with you. And this is deal with 495 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 3: the back and forth it rock, I'm ready to eat, 496 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 3: let's go, and we try to get a picture of 497 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 3: this got of stuff, but just that kind of friendly 498 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 3: band trap. I mean, you've seen probably the pictures of 499 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 3: them laughing, and that's the kind of relationship you want 500 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:43,160 Speaker 3: to build. 501 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 2: And I think it's only going to be stronger. 502 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 3: And it makes sense how if you got a guy 503 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 3: you really want how Terry felt in that moment not 504 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 3: being able to get in touch with ra who is 505 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 3: his guy for the job. So it just brought me 506 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 3: back to that relationship going back and forth at like, man, 507 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 3: he really wanted righthem be here and just to. 508 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,199 Speaker 1: Tie that whole thing up. He made another comment at 509 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,360 Speaker 1: the beginning of his press conference saying that he went 510 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: to LA that he was jealous of the relationship of 511 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,199 Speaker 1: less Need and Sean McVay, and I thought that was 512 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: really kind of telling, right, Like that to me is 513 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: a guy saying I want to be back in that 514 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 1: role and I want to have my relationship with the 515 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: general manager to look like that. And to your point, 516 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 1: DJ and Arch like, that's probably what he's starting right now. 517 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 1: Like he said, you know what, I was jealous in 518 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: l A and I'm going to have it here in Atlanta. 519 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: This guy right here, this general manager, he and I 520 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 1: are going to be in lockstep the entire way we 521 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 1: found all right, So we talked about the head coach, 522 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 1: We talked about the offensive side. Let's let's move it 523 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: over to the defensive side real quick, and Shot Oh, 524 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 1: come right back to you. Ry ends up bringing over 525 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,199 Speaker 1: Jimmy Lake, who is a guy that he's had some 526 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: history with back in his Tampa days. Followed his career, obviously, 527 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 1: worked his way back through the college ranks, kind of 528 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: grinding his way up the totem pole head coaching, step 529 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: back into the NFL, and he feels like, this is 530 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,199 Speaker 1: the guy, this is the guy that's gonna continue to 531 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: lead this Atlanta Falcons defense take it to the next level. 532 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: So what were your initial thoughts when you heard about 533 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: Jimmy Lake being named as the defensive coordinator. 534 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 3: You know, you go back and you look at some 535 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 3: of the stuff that he's done, where he's been, and 536 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 3: you talk about the relationship he had going back with 537 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 3: rog going all the way back to two thousand and seven. 538 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 3: You talk about having a relationship with a guy for 539 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 3: that long, and you talk about when he initially begins 540 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 3: to talk about Jimmy Lay. You can see him kind 541 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 3: of light up and kind of be excited about having 542 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 3: this guy a part of it, knowing that he has 543 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 3: what they call like minus when they talk about calling 544 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 3: defensive plays and schemes, having the ability that he's called 545 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 3: it on the college rank. The fact that he left 546 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 3: and then he came back last year was a part 547 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 3: of this part of the RAMS you know team last 548 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 3: year works side by side with Raheem. 549 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,360 Speaker 2: So what other guy you. 550 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 3: Want to next to you than the guy who was 551 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 3: locking step with you over the last well last year 552 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 3: and showing you exactly, Okay, this is kind of stuff 553 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 3: we like to do and bringing the guy in and 554 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 3: Roth talked about it, this is a people business. 555 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 2: I want people. 556 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,160 Speaker 3: Around me that I enjoy being around. And he talked 557 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 3: about like being one of those type of guys and 558 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 3: having that same mindset of the things I like to do, 559 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 3: so it makes it easier for him. And he said, hey, 560 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 3: I'm coming into this position, and he was already thinking 561 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 3: about what can I do differently in this role And 562 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 3: people asked raw, hey, you're gonna call plays, You're gonna 563 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 3: be the defensive court. He said, Hey, I want both 564 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 3: my guys to be able to call the plays because 565 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 3: I want to be a total head coach, and that 566 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 3: doesn't happen unless he trusts his offensive coordinator, trust is 567 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 3: Jimmy Lake to be the defensive coordinator and make the 568 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 3: right call. So I love the fact that he brought 569 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 3: in somebody that he feels comfortable with and has the 570 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 3: ability to be able to call the plays, but also 571 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:52,719 Speaker 3: a guy he is very familiar with me. You talk 572 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,120 Speaker 3: about you know, he coming to a situation and Rob 573 00:25:56,160 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 3: talked about it yesterday. Where all three levels you bears guys, 574 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 3: Grady on your mound up front, kay n Nellis who 575 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 3: played a bunch of ball for you, lambing, the guy 576 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 3: who Pro Bowl caliber type player, Troy Anderson, a young 577 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 3: guy who was hurt last year but still has ability 578 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 3: to play there, aj Jesse all Pro on the back end. 579 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 3: All three levels you have arears to build. So if 580 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 3: you're a defensive quarter you look at it like, Okay, 581 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 3: this is not a bare cabinet I come to hear with. 582 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 2: As you all just mentioned, a defense. 583 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 3: That's already improved from one season to the next, and 584 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,199 Speaker 3: now you bring in a guy who's done it at 585 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 3: the highest level and with your head coach understanding what 586 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 3: it takes to be good on that side of the ball. 587 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 2: Thanks a perfect fig Yeah. 588 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 4: And I think the other piece to that is certainly 589 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:42,439 Speaker 4: raw calling defenses over the last few seasons for the 590 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 4: RAM team and Jimmy Lake being with him last year. 591 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 4: So talk about the like minded this. Don't forget Jerry 592 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 4: Gray was brought back to this group. Jerry did an 593 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 4: incredible job with the secondary and wasn't an accident that 594 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 4: guys were in position to make interceptions. Jesse Bates had 595 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 4: a monster year, but there's guys making plays in that 596 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 4: back So Jerry Gray comes back, and so you've got 597 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,880 Speaker 4: a defensive snaff the staff that has Jimmy Lake, who's 598 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 4: been a head coach and now going to be a 599 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 4: de coordinator. You've got a guy it's a head coach 600 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 4: that was the defensive coordinator, and you've got Jerry Gray, 601 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,199 Speaker 4: who was a defensive coordinator himself. You talk about loaded 602 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 4: on the defensive side of football from a coaching staff standpoint, phenomenal. 603 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 4: I think that Jimmy Lake steps into a really good 604 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 4: situation where again not all loaded on one guy. Remember 605 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 4: Raheem talked about, you know, listening and being collaborative. You 606 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 4: mentioned the word collaborative. That's what the thing is going 607 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 4: to be. On defense, now, Jimmy, you'll call the defense 608 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 4: he plays as Shock has talked about. But think about 609 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 4: Jerry Gray upstairs, looks to his side and there's Raheem 610 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 4: Morris standing right next to it. I like that situation. 611 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is a situation. 612 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 2: Guys. 613 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: We talk about the Falcons every week, so people could 614 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 1: say that we're biased. Three seasons missing the playoffs, three 615 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:52,360 Speaker 1: seasons at seven and ten. However, if you mentioned the cabinet, 616 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 1: it's not bear. This is not in my opinion. And guys, 617 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:57,640 Speaker 1: I'm assuming that you're in my camp, but I don't 618 00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,400 Speaker 1: want to speak for you. This is not a situation 619 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: where a head coach which is coming in and he's 620 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: got to completely rebuild this organization. This is a team 621 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 1: that has talent. Do they have a major, major decision 622 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 1: ahead of them? Yes, they got to find a quarterback. 623 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,640 Speaker 1: That has to be answered. And Raheem talked about that yesterday. 624 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,479 Speaker 1: He said, I was I've been around some of the 625 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: elite processors of the league, the Matthew Stafford's, the Matt 626 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: Ryans of the world. So he's seen what it looks 627 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: like and it's his job now, along with Terry and 628 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: the rest of the personnel department, to figure that out 629 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 1: and get it right, because this team is only going 630 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: to go so far. Is the trigger man behind it? 631 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,200 Speaker 1: And you can say all you want, but guys, there's 632 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: the days of the Trent Dilfers with the defense that 633 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens had back when Ray Lewis was playing 634 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: just doesn't happen anymore. You got to have a guy 635 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 1: that can sling it, and Raheem saw one the last 636 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 1: few years in Matthew Stafford. The young man can sling 637 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 1: it now, DJ you know all about him from the 638 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: Georgia days. Not sitting funny. 639 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 4: I keep hearing about how the forty nine ers don't 640 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 4: have one of those guys. He keep hearing about all 641 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 4: the pieces around the guy, and they don't have a guy. 642 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 4: There's one particular quarterback in particular that we played against 643 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 4: that was north of here, that keeps talking about how 644 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 4: game all quarterbacks are game managers. I just had to 645 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 4: pick that bone for a second. Evidently there's there's some guy. 646 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 4: I think you make a great point obviously. The elephant 647 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 4: in the room he talked about was the quarterback situation. 648 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 4: I asked, I asked Raw yesterday. I said, what does 649 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 4: this tell you? Raw? You got five guys that made 650 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,239 Speaker 4: play at play the playoffs that you would categorize as 651 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 4: pocket passers. 652 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 2: Okay. 653 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 4: You had six guys that are guys that can move 654 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 4: around like a like Mahomes that will move around not 655 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 4: looking to run. He will if he needs to. Brock 656 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 4: Perdy will move around if he needs to, but he's 657 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 4: looking to throw the ball on time if he can. 658 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 4: But he can create out. 659 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 3: Of the pocket. 660 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 4: And you had three guys that were guys that you 661 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 4: would factor in the run game with. You know, Josh Allen, 662 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 4: you want run game. Lamar at Jackson, You're gonna You're 663 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 4: gonna run game with him. Okay, So you had three 664 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 4: of those guys, So fourteen different quarterbacks and you had 665 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 4: three distinctive different ways of doing I said, what's that 666 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 4: tell you? He says, all we got to do is 667 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 4: put a guy in a position we can win with anybody. 668 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:05,959 Speaker 4: He says, what I have to do And you said it, 669 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 4: I got to have a guy that can process and 670 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 4: make decisions on time. We're gonna find that guy. And 671 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 4: he talked about we could draft the guy. We could 672 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 4: we could go get a guy in free agency. We 673 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,719 Speaker 4: might do both, and Terry looked at him when I 674 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 4: was talking to Yeah, that's right, we could do both. 675 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 2: What do you think, Terrek? We do both draft the guy. 676 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 4: So this conversation, don't think that they haven't talked about this. 677 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 4: Don't think that it's not on their mind. They understand 678 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 4: fans out there rest assured that's something they're thinking about. 679 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:32,760 Speaker 3: They're gonna go. 680 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 2: Get And I'll add one thing. 681 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,719 Speaker 3: And he said it so quickly that I don't think 682 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 3: people probably understood or picked it up. But we talk 683 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 3: about the knowledge of Raheem and say he's been on 684 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 3: both sides, he's coached, he understand, he knows, he's seen 685 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 3: these guys. When he said this, I knew exactly that 686 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 3: he knew exactly what he wanted and the kind of 687 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 3: quarterback he was looking for, but also what it needs 688 00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 3: to be, what a guy needs to be to be good. 689 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 2: He said, I love a. 690 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,479 Speaker 3: Guy who has a good base, he's balanced, he has 691 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 3: a short itch. I mean, he talked about it in 692 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 3: very quick detail. He gave you a little bit of 693 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 3: knowledge of the things that make quarterbacks successful in his league. 694 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 3: And he kept going. But it was so fun. It's 695 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 3: so just it intrigued me that it wasn't just about Okay, 696 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 3: you guy's got a big on. This guy's got an experience. 697 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:26,000 Speaker 3: He's looking at the small minute details of the guys 698 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,479 Speaker 3: that are the next level guys, and those guys do 699 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 3: those things really well. So that from me was Ooh, 700 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 3: I hear you, Roy, Yeah, okay, you're talking my language 701 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 3: over here, speaking you know details. So that was one 702 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,239 Speaker 3: thing that kind of stuck out to me, was I 703 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 3: guarantee you, regardless of what he said in the press 704 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 3: conference and he said they have limited conversations, he knows 705 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 3: exactly the kind of quarterback that he wants and Arts 706 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 3: just mentioned there, you know, three different ways to get done, 707 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 3: and he knows exactly the guy that he needs to 708 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 3: run this offense, and they're going to get it done. 709 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 5: But the most difficult position in the NFL to evaluate, 710 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 5: no question, you had actually right. You got a number 711 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 5: two overall pick rookie that took his team to the playoffs, 712 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 5: and you had another quarterback that was the last pick in. 713 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 1: The seventh round that's taking his team to Super Bowl. 714 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 1: I mean, what's that tell you about the position? Sometimes 715 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: you just have to knock it out. 716 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 4: Of the park. Yeah, and you got to have him, 717 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 4: and there's a mentality attead. There's so many variables that 718 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 4: are attached to the quarterback that you cannot measure. Okay, 719 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 4: there's you know, all the things you got to go through, 720 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 4: from the the ability to create to how quickly does 721 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 4: he process things? What's he going to do when adversity hits? 722 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,600 Speaker 4: You know, how is he going to handle negative the criticism. 723 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 4: That's there's so many things that the quarterback deals with 724 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 4: all the time. I will say guys that I think 725 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 4: there's some Marquise Williams coming back as your is your 726 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 4: special teams coordinator. Dwayne Ledford comes back as your offensive 727 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 4: line coach. TJ. Yates moves from wide receiver to quarterback, 728 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 4: which is what he played in this league. And Michael 729 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 4: returns And don't think that's not a big deal because 730 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 4: this is a young backfield. Remember what Tyler al Jeer 731 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 4: did his first year. Now look at Jean Robinson did 732 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 4: his first year. And yes, the talent and the ability 733 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 4: of those players, but to have those guys dialed in 734 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,680 Speaker 4: every Sunday, ready to play and know where they're supposed 735 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 4: to be. And think about the myriad of places you 736 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 4: lined Bjon Robinson up this last year and the more 737 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 4: places this next year when he comes back. That's Michael Petrie, 738 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 4: the running back coach, in that room with him, getting 739 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 4: him prepared, getting those young guys prepared. I think some 740 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 4: of the guys that are returning on this staff major coup, 741 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 4: major win for Raheem Morris and this organization to bring 742 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 4: some of those guys back. 743 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,600 Speaker 1: And Terry actually even talked about it yesterday. I mean 744 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 1: he said that some of the coaches on this staff 745 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 1: had opportunities to go other places, right, but they wanted 746 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 1: to wait, and they wanted to see if Rahem would 747 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 1: have give him a chance to stay here because I 748 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 1: think a lot of coaches they understand where this organization 749 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: is going in a talent that's there, and probably a 750 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,640 Speaker 1: mutual respect for Raheem Morris, and so they waited, They 751 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,000 Speaker 1: held off on other opportunities and they have a chance 752 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 1: to as you mentioned, the ones that are sticking around 753 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: are going to be here on the staff. 754 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 3: One last thing I want to kind of point out 755 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:14,959 Speaker 3: and it speaks to I think who Raw is, and 756 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 3: it kind of I think speaks to the confidence that 757 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 3: he has. And when you watch him talk, this is 758 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,279 Speaker 3: exactly how I feel he believes it. And he had 759 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,879 Speaker 3: a really dynamic quote that I love. I wrote it down, 760 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:30,120 Speaker 3: hadn't heard it before, and he said, it's a mentality 761 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:34,400 Speaker 3: before it's even reality. And that stuck with me so hard, Like, 762 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 3: you know, you have to believe it up here in 763 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 3: this league. And you talk about the pressure, you talk 764 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 3: about all the things that comes with this job, all 765 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,600 Speaker 3: the thing that comes with being in the NFL, the 766 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:46,960 Speaker 3: mentality that you bring to any situation. You have to 767 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,480 Speaker 3: believe before it ever comes true. And you hear him 768 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,240 Speaker 3: talk and you could just say, how's he so confident? 769 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,520 Speaker 3: How does he, you know, believe this is gonna turn 770 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 3: it right? How does he believe X, Y and Z. 771 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,279 Speaker 3: He's got the mentality. So you gotta believe your head coach, 772 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,319 Speaker 3: you always say it stoped from the top, your hear 773 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 3: coach just gonna PRIMI it all the way through this team, 774 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 3: and it's gonna be something that he stresses and before 775 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,840 Speaker 3: they walk into any game, he's gonna understand psychological he 776 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:11,839 Speaker 3: gonna had his team ready to go. 777 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:13,319 Speaker 2: I wrote it down to DJ. 778 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:15,000 Speaker 5: I wrote it down on l sheet too. 779 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,440 Speaker 1: It was very profound. 780 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:17,359 Speaker 2: But you're right. 781 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 1: If he don't believe it, then how's he gonna help 782 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 1: make it happen? 783 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,400 Speaker 2: No doubt, folks. 784 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 1: We could probably sit here and rap about football and 785 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:28,840 Speaker 1: coaching stabs and philosophies and wins and formations until we 786 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 1: become blue in the face. But we're gonna go ahead 787 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:31,880 Speaker 1: and wrap it up. We said we'd come back for 788 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,480 Speaker 1: the bigger moments of the off season, So here we are, 789 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 1: and we will be back again because there's gonna be 790 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,200 Speaker 1: some other big moments coming up, obviously, the combine, the draft, 791 00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:43,479 Speaker 1: free agency opens up, anytimes, some big news is gonna happen. 792 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 1: Will likely be back here to recap it for you. 793 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,839 Speaker 1: That's DJ Shockley, Dave Archer, Derek Rackley recapping the head 794 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,480 Speaker 1: new head coach for the Atlanta Falcons, Raheem Morris had 795 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,879 Speaker 1: his press conference yesterday, excited about the future and all 796 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,239 Speaker 1: the pieces that we'll be coming into the puzzle as 797 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,200 Speaker 1: we come down the road. Thanks so much, thank for 798 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,399 Speaker 1: joining us. We'll be back very soon with some more 799 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 1: Falcons content for you. Thanks so much for checking us out. 800 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 1: Good job fellows. Y'all did a good job today too, 801 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:11,520 Speaker 1: by the way, H