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Speaker 1: back on the Falcons aible presented by AT and T.

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Speaker 1: Falcons come up short to the Los Angeles Chargers seventeen thirteen.

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Speaker 1: The record falls to six and six on the season.

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Speaker 1: That's DJ Shockley, Dave Archer. I'm Derek Rackley. We're here

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Speaker 1: to break it down for you and then look ahead

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Speaker 1: to the next week. But guys, we have to talk

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Speaker 1: about this past game, and the easy thing to ask

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Speaker 1: is what went wrong? And we know the interceptions from

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Speaker 1: the quarterback position. We'll talk a little bit about that,

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Speaker 1: but DJ, let me just start with you kind of

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Speaker 1: more bigger picture, you know. Again, I'll just repeat the question, like,

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Speaker 1: what went wrong to you in this game that got

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Speaker 1: Falcons on the bad side of the win lost calumn.

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Speaker 2: You know, I think it would be wrong with us

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Speaker 2: to not mention. Obviously, turn over was in this ball game,

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Speaker 2: and you just mentioned it, and it's a big part

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Speaker 2: up the edges and protect the quarterback. In this golf game,

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Speaker 2: you had a guy on the back end who made

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Speaker 2: a bunch of plays for them, and durn James, a

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Speaker 2: guy who stayed around a lot of scrimmage and did

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Speaker 2: a lot of different things. Ultimately, when you get into

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Speaker 2: not being able to put points on the football on

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Speaker 2: the board, and that's part of the game. Obviously you

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Speaker 2: have those moments, but you think, come off a bye week,

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Speaker 2: of the ball. Now, we're gonna get to the defense

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Speaker 2: and how they played, but I think offensively, there were

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Speaker 2: and then the decision making was a big part of

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Speaker 2: the reason why you weren't able to. But I think

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Speaker 2: that's a bigger picture part of it is. Yeah, we

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Speaker 1: Yeah, thinking about it at that point, let's just call it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that this game took on a different

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's the only time, the second time in

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Speaker 3: Arch Well, tongue in cheek a little bit here in

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Speaker 3: that if you get to your third interception, shock may

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Speaker 3: echo this you're looking to turn and hand the ball too,

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Speaker 3: because clearly I've got some color blindness here.

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Speaker 1: I can't find the right eighteen good call, coach.

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Speaker 3: I'm checking out pass plays and I'm throwing it to

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Speaker 3: Nupdouson at the number seven or number or talar're in

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Speaker 3: He got fooled by coverage a couple of times. The

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Speaker 3: I was looking at this at the strong I look

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Speaker 3: And because there's a copycat league and Minnesota's got their style,

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Speaker 1: You're going to try to exploit it. And so shock,

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Speaker 1: I know you were here at one point in high

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Speaker 1: And you know, harp on it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you mentioned moving on. One of the best

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Speaker 1: over to you Arch. What were the positives that you

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Speaker 3: Well, Number one was that they were refreshed and renewed. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I mean, just one hundred and eighty seven yards of offense,

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Speaker 1: this year and why they've had so much success.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been interesting because you think you move on

436
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Speaker 2: from a guy like Kirk cousins, and then they go

437
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Speaker 2: out and draft JJ McCarthy. You think, okay, they're changing

438
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Speaker 2: the guard a little, that they're bringing in this young guy,

439
00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,560
Speaker 2: and you know it's gonna take a little time. And

440
00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,440
Speaker 2: you look up and McCarthy's hurt. And then here comes

441
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Speaker 2: Sam Donald and he has a rejuvenation of his of

442
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Speaker 2: his career and he's playing really efficient football. They bring

443
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Speaker 2: over Aaron Jones from Green Baby. Now good he has

444
00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,880
Speaker 2: been when he was there. Adding the run game. We've

445
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Speaker 2: talked about it numerous times, how a run game helps

446
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Speaker 2: it quarterback be more efficient. He's completing sixty seven percent

447
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Speaker 2: of his passes. And oh yeah, he's got a dude

448
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Speaker 2: on the outside who's second in the league in receptions.

449
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Speaker 2: And y'all got a dude, all right, and that man

450
00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:33,800
Speaker 2: justin Jefferson. So I mean, you talk about having playmakers

451
00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,560
Speaker 2: on the outside, the absolutely is gonna help you. You got

452
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Speaker 2: six pass catchers that have over two hundred yards or

453
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Speaker 2: more and the only thing you look up is, hey,

454
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Speaker 2: Sam Donald's a second leading rusher too. Come on, well,

455
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Speaker 2: what are we talking about here? Sam Donald is running

456
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Speaker 2: the footballs. He got one hundred and eighty seven yards

457
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Speaker 2: rushing this season, Aaron Jones has been good for him.

458
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Speaker 2: Jordan Addison t J. Hockinson. I mean, you talk about

459
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Speaker 2: having weapons on the outside that help with quarterback, and

460
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Speaker 2: they're doing a good job of being a fishing with him.

461
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Speaker 2: But the other thing is what we saw this week,

462
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Speaker 2: we were able to get five sacks. He's been sacked

463
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Speaker 2: thirty six times this season, which is interesting in his

464
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Speaker 2: own right that yeah, they've been efficient and they've scoring points,

465
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Speaker 2: and they got all these weapons, but he will take

466
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Speaker 2: some sacks. But also there has been some breakdowns up front.

467
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Speaker 2: So it's a very good team on the offensive side

468
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Speaker 2: of football that wants to throw it around make plays,

469
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Speaker 2: and they got guys at all three levels of that

470
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Speaker 2: offense to make plays.

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Speaker 3: For you.

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Speaker 2: It's gonna be another tough task for his defense, but

473
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Speaker 2: I'm sure they're looking forward to the task.

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Speaker 1: Arch If you could look at the offensive and defensive

475
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Speaker 1: unit for the Vikings, which one do you think poses

476
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Speaker 1: the biggest challenge for Atlanta?

477
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Speaker 3: Well, I think that the I think it's going to

478
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Speaker 3: be the defensive side of the ball because of our

479
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,000
Speaker 3: you know, sketchy you know, play a quarter up and down.

480
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Speaker 3: That's a good better way to say it, up and

481
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Speaker 3: down offensive league, So we're trying to kind of still

482
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Speaker 3: searching for an identity Offensively, I think we've seen some

483
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Speaker 3: pretty good defensive performances in this last one. You gotta

484
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Speaker 3: have a lot of confidence coming in. Shock makes a

485
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Speaker 3: great reference in the fact that this guy that that's

486
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Speaker 3: going to hold a ball some so very similar to

487
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Speaker 3: Herbert and the fact that he's going to hold it.

488
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Speaker 3: Plus they've had some breakdowns up front in giving up

489
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Speaker 3: three sacks per game essentially, but defensively they can flat

490
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Speaker 3: get after you too. They got thirty nine sacks on

491
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Speaker 3: the year. They can, and they've got different blitz packages

492
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Speaker 3: and things if you get in these in these weird

493
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Speaker 3: third down positions where they're going to come with some

494
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Speaker 3: different looks. Yeah, absolutely, they do a great really really

495
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Speaker 3: Flores does a really good job of some some exotic

496
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Speaker 3: blitzes and things like that. But they've got some obviously,

497
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Speaker 3: some playmakers on that side the ball. Grenard has been

498
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Speaker 3: pretty good coming off the edge for him. The thirty

499
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Speaker 3: nine sacks I mentioned, Murphy's second I think second or

500
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Speaker 3: third in the league. Interceptions with five, they've got eighteen

501
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Speaker 3: team interceptions and I think They've taken the ball a

502
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Speaker 3: boy twenty four times, so they're averaging two takeaways per game.

503
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Speaker 3: So we know what kind of got us this last weekend.

504
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Speaker 3: Cannot turn the football over on the road.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, the thing that kind of sticks out

506
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Speaker 1: to me is we faced the number one scoring defense

507
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Speaker 1: in the NFL this past weekend in the Chargers at

508
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Speaker 1: under sixteen points a game. Now gonna get the number

509
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Speaker 1: five defense in the NFL and scoring at eighteen point

510
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Speaker 1: three points per game allowed. So once again points at

511
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Speaker 1: a premium. Got to finish drives arch And the other

512
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Speaker 1: thing that's good to note here as far as matchups

513
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Speaker 1: is Minnesota's number one in the NFL and rush defense,

514
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Speaker 1: and that's obviously a calling card for this Atlanta Falcons

515
00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,640
Speaker 1: team is using Robinson and Algier and the offensive line

516
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Speaker 1: to kind of control the line of scrimmage. If there's

517
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Speaker 1: one thing that we have seen that's been fairly consistent,

518
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Speaker 1: it's been Jon Robinson and how he's been able to

519
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Speaker 1: make plays on the offensive side of the ball. So

520
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Speaker 1: he's gonna have a challenge this week. So speaking of

521
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Speaker 1: this week, kind of let's talk about kind of what

522
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Speaker 1: the Falcons are gonna have to do. And I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: talk about a key, but I'm gonna throw this out.

524
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Speaker 1: You cannot have a key that is turnover margin because

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Speaker 1: we all know that the turnovers have to get fixed

526
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Speaker 1: in this game. Okay, So I'm gonna ask you guys

527
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Speaker 1: all to think of something other than turnovers, takeaways, or

528
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Speaker 1: the margin that's going to be important for Atlanta to

529
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Speaker 1: come away with a victory. Shock you're up first.

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Speaker 2: It's interesting and you just mentioned it, and I thought

531
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Speaker 2: about a lot of different things in this ball game,

532
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Speaker 2: but the one thing that comes to mind is a

533
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Speaker 2: lot of scrimmage. And I think this is going to

534
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Speaker 2: be a line of scrimmage game. You talk about the

535
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Speaker 2: number one rush defense coming in. We have to be

536
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Speaker 2: physical upfront. We have to be able to run the

537
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Speaker 2: football because of what we've all been talking about is

538
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Speaker 2: we got to protect Kirk. We got to make sure

539
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Speaker 2: that he feels comfortable. And that's not just Kirk. That's

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Speaker 2: any quarterback that's playing in this level of football that

541
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Speaker 2: if you have a good run game, i e. What

542
00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,040
Speaker 2: you know Minnesota has, it helps the quarterback period. So

543
00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,879
Speaker 2: it's not just all about Kirk in that instance. And

544
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:38,760
Speaker 2: then on the other side of the ball. You're talking

545
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Speaker 2: about being able to get after their quarterback and may

546
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Speaker 2: they ever stop their run. Aaron Jones has been really good.

547
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Speaker 2: I think this is a line of scrimmage ball game,

548
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,600
Speaker 2: and if you can win at that part of the game,

549
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,600
Speaker 2: you got a good chance of winning the entire ball game.

550
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Speaker 2: Because we know if you're not able to protect Kirk,

551
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Speaker 2: you're not able to get out of the quarterback. On

552
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,159
Speaker 2: the our side, it's gonna be a field day. So

553
00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,440
Speaker 2: you have to be physical enough upfront. And we've shown

554
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,480
Speaker 2: Ba able to do that. And we won't shy away

555
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,280
Speaker 2: from the run game. We've seen it, and I mean

556
00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,880
Speaker 2: we've watched, you know, all season long where it looks

557
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 2: like there's nothing there. Jon Robinson makes three four yards

558
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,160
Speaker 2: out of nothing, and I think that's gonna be part

559
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,480
Speaker 2: of the ball game is being able to you know,

560
00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,080
Speaker 2: sometimes we say balance the run game, but I think

561
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Speaker 2: it's being able to run when you need to. And

562
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Speaker 2: I don't say you got to go to run for

563
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Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty yards, but if it was you know,

564
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Speaker 2: third and short, you may go pick it up. If

565
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Speaker 2: you're in the red zone, Let's go run the football

566
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Speaker 2: and do we need to do to put points on

567
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Speaker 2: the ball. So I think it's gonna be a game

568
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Speaker 2: where the line of scrimmage matters, and it's gonna be

569
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Speaker 2: one of those type of atmospheres where if you can

570
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Speaker 2: get the run game going, then you can, you know,

571
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Speaker 2: keep that crowd out of a little because it's gonna

572
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Speaker 2: be rocket in Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: So line of scrimmage predominantly offensively is what I'm hearing

574
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Speaker 1: for you is a line of scrimmage game. So Art,

575
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Speaker 1: what do you got?

576
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I would probably lean towards the three receivers that

577
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Speaker 3: they're gonna deploy, Jefferson, Addison, and then I'm gonna count

578
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Speaker 3: Hockinson as the other receiver because all three of them

579
00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,119
Speaker 3: are very proficient and deeping and breaking you down. Addison's

580
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 3: average in sixteen yards of reception, Jefferson's not very far

581
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Speaker 3: behind him. He's over a thousand yards. But I'm gonna

582
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:12,400
Speaker 3: go explosive plays, and I'm talking about fifteen plus yard plays.

583
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,320
Speaker 3: You might even throw the ten plus yard run plays in,

584
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:19,080
Speaker 3: but explosive plays make them earn it. And this defense

585
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:20,280
Speaker 3: has done a pretty good job that you got a

586
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Speaker 3: little explosive places limit limit explosive places. So Shock and

587
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Speaker 3: I shot and I on the same page, same page,

588
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Speaker 3: and I and a lot of that's gonna have to

589
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Speaker 3: do with what Shock talked about, can you control the

590
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Speaker 3: line of scrimmage? Because we just talked about thirty nine

591
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,080
Speaker 3: sacks our quarter thirty four sacks. Our quarterback's been sacked.

592
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Speaker 3: They've sacked the other team's quarterback thirty nine times, which

593
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Speaker 3: lends itself right to what Shock's talking about in compliment

594
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Speaker 3: to the run game. So I think we're kind of

595
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Speaker 3: on the same page.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I'm gonna I'm gonna go with Yeah, I'm

597
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Speaker 1: gonna go with the quarterback here. And mine's gonna be

598
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Speaker 1: not about turnovers. Mine's just gonna be kind of an

599
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Speaker 1: extension of what you were talking about. Is Kirk had

600
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Speaker 1: an idea last week, which was pre snap, and he

601
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Speaker 1: kind of had his mind made up. But I think

602
00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:03,880
Speaker 1: this week is going to be so important for him

603
00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 1: to trust what he sees pre snap, confirm it post snap, right,

604
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Speaker 1: And I think sometimes what happens is you get into

605
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Speaker 1: the snap and you're like, oh, I already got it,

606
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Speaker 1: I know I'm going right here, and then all of

607
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: a sudden, they make one of those adjustments that you

608
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,720
Speaker 1: talked about, because Brian Flores is going to make some

609
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,280
Speaker 1: very similar adjustments at the snap this week. He is

610
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Speaker 1: a very savvy defensive mind. Not only does he like

611
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Speaker 1: to bring pressure, but he's going to find that chink

612
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Speaker 1: in your armor, if you will, and he's going to

613
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Speaker 1: make sure you've got it fixed right, whether it's one

614
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Speaker 1: or two or five or six times in the game,

615
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Speaker 1: he's going to see does he have it fixed or

616
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Speaker 1: do we have an opportunity to make a play here?

617
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Speaker 1: So trust your eyes pre snap, confirment post snap, and

618
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Speaker 1: then Kirk has got to just let it rip. Let

619
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Speaker 1: it rip, because we cannot expect to go into this

620
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Speaker 1: game and just run the football against the number one

621
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Speaker 1: defense in the NFL on the road and win the game.

622
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Speaker 1: You're going to have to put the ball in the

623
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Speaker 1: air and make some throws. Trusted pre snap, confirm it

624
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Speaker 1: post snap.

625
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Speaker 2: The last thing I want to ask you guys is

626
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,200
Speaker 2: obviously him going back to men. So there's a big deal. Yeah,

627
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 2: And as much as you know he will downplay it,

628
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 2: we know it. This is still a place he's spent

629
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Speaker 2: six years and had a lot of success. If you

630
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,199
Speaker 2: guys are in his position. How do you hand it?

631
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:15,800
Speaker 2: Do you? You know, Hey, I go out early, get

632
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,679
Speaker 2: all my hugs and you know, all my my laughs

633
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,119
Speaker 2: out early in the ballgame, and then hey, I lock in.

634
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 2: Or how do you go about going back to a

635
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 2: place where you had so much success in trying to

636
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 2: handle it after coming on what you're coming off?

637
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean I don't I'll answer first, because

638
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,040
Speaker 1: I don't think Kirk is the kind of guy that's

639
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 1: not gonna take any of that stuff at the beginning.

640
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,200
Speaker 1: So I think he's gonna have to shake his shake

641
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,160
Speaker 1: the hands and hugs and all that stuff and give

642
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,200
Speaker 1: the DAPs and catch up with the guys. But then

643
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,639
Speaker 1: at some point, whether it's you know, call it thirty

644
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,320
Speaker 1: minutes before the game, or it's you know, right when

645
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,040
Speaker 1: they come on the field for pregame warm ups and

646
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,280
Speaker 1: they got the shoulder pads and everything on, like it's

647
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,440
Speaker 1: lock in time. And that's when you just have to

648
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 1: trust your experience as a veteran, right, Like he's seen

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Speaker 1: so many different atmospheres, he knows exactly what the place

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Speaker 1: is going to be. Like it's ruckus. Like give the

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Speaker 1: Vikings crowd credit like they're one of the loudest fan

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Speaker 1: bases in the National Football League, it's going to be

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Speaker 1: a ruckus environment, so you got to manage it. That's

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Speaker 1: just playing quarterback in the National Football League.

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Speaker 2: Arch.

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Speaker 3: It's it's a different week this week in that had

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Speaker 3: the game gone differently against the Chargers, this week would

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Speaker 3: be different. There's a different tenor to this week because

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Speaker 3: it's a you're almost that you're in that situation now

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Speaker 3: where you're beginning to get down and there is no

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Speaker 3: must win unless it eliminates you from the playoffs. But

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Speaker 3: now that Tampa's drawn, even now you've got to go

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Speaker 3: win football games. So there's that tension on it. Then

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Speaker 3: there's the tension of him going back to his old haunts,

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Speaker 3: like you said, and shaking hands with the equipment guy

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Speaker 3: and doing all the kind of stuff and saying loo

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Speaker 3: to all the people he's seen for the last six

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Speaker 3: years or whatever it is. But there's also the tension

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Speaker 3: and anxiety that he's going to carry we're all human beings.

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Speaker 3: He's going to carry with him of not playing very

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Speaker 3: well last week, and so he's to carry that into

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Speaker 3: the game too. So there's a little bit more baggage

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Speaker 3: in this game than just him going back to his

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Speaker 3: old team. There's a lot more on the line here,

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Speaker 3: and if there's a guy that you expect to be

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Speaker 3: able to filter all that out mentally, Kirk Cousins is

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Speaker 3: a cerebral guy as I've ever seen, and that includes

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Speaker 3: all the guys that I've been around. I think he'll

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Speaker 3: be able to filter it out and get ready to go.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a huge game for him because obviously

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Speaker 1: what he has to rebound from. I'm sure there's an

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Speaker 1: element inside of him that wants to prove to the

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Speaker 1: coaching staff and the players that not only is he

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Speaker 1: still the guy for the job, but he's the guy

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Speaker 1: that's going to win sure, and he's the guy that's

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Speaker 1: going to get him into the postseason. So this is

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Speaker 1: a very important game. And you mentioned the human element.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad you pointed that out, because sometimes people just

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Speaker 1: get so absorbed in the fact that these NFL players

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Speaker 1: making a lot of money. It's fantasy football, it's this,

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Speaker 1: that and the other. But he's a human being and

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Speaker 1: he still deals with frustration and anxiety and his upset

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Speaker 1: after his performance this past week, much like you would

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Speaker 1: be if you did something wrong at your job. And

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Speaker 1: somebody called you out on it, right, you'd be upset

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Speaker 1: as well. So we'll get a chance to see whether

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Speaker 1: or not Kirk Cousins and the rest of this Atlanta

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Speaker 1: Falcons team can rebound from the loss against the Chargers

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Speaker 1: Sunday This Sunday, December eight, one o'clock pm on Fox

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Speaker 1: up in Minnesota. A homecoming of sorts for Kirk Cousins.

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