1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Back of the Falcons Audible presented by AT and T. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: Your same crew is back with you. That's DJ Shockley, 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: Dave Archer. I'm Derek Rackley, and we are here to 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: break it all down from the Falcons Sunday night, unfortunate 5 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: defeat twenty two to seventeen loss to the defending national. 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: Now I'm about to say national, World champion, Super Bowl champion, 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs at home entertaining game. At many points 8 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: we were just talking before we came on the air. 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 1: Fellas that a couple of opportunities to win and just 10 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: didn't get it done. DJ, let's just give like I 11 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: want you to give a thirty thousand foot view somewhat brief. 12 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: Doesn't have to be two words. Okay, I'll let you 13 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: go to five or ten or maybe fifteen. But if 14 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: you go, if you go to like a minute, I'm 15 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: gonna sonk you. Okay, thirty thousand foot view of what 16 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: you saw in the game Sunday night. 17 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 2: You know what I saw a team that's starting to 18 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 2: kind of understand who they are and the things that 19 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 2: they can do well. I think defensively, you saw some 20 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 2: of what you've seen the first two ball game the 21 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 2: it's gonna be tough to move it on, it's gonna 22 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 2: be tough to score it on them. I think offensively, 23 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 2: you had your moments to where think about the first drive, 24 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: you look like world beating. You go right down the 25 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 2: field and you punch it in and you know, love 26 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 2: the aggressive play calling from Zach to start the ball game, 27 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 2: pushing it vertical and you know, taking it to the 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 2: World champions you know, let me know this, it's gonna 29 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 2: be a long night. And I think ultimately it just 30 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 2: came down to the situations of the game. We always 31 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 2: talk about it, which they always do, third down, red zone, 32 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 2: and the opportunities that you had, and frankly, you know, 33 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 2: at the end of the ball game, a couple three 34 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 2: and ounce. You don't see that happen too often from 35 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,119 Speaker 2: that team with that quarterback. And you had your opportunities 36 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 2: to kind of solidify the ball game and go win it. 37 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 2: And a lot of people look at do you do 38 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 2: you do you win it or do they give it away? 39 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 2: You had your opportunity to go win it, and you 40 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 2: just didn't execute at the end of the ball game 41 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 2: to finish it off. 42 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: Dave, you know, we call a lot of college games. 43 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: You call a lot of pro games, and I always 44 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: feel like the time of possession stat is one that 45 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: needs to be taken with a grain of salt in 46 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: many occasions. But as I was watching this game, as 47 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: I was sitting up my post on section one nineteen, 48 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: all I can think to myself was, gosh, it seems 49 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: like the Chiefs have had the ball the entire game. Yeah, right, 50 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,399 Speaker 1: And I feel like that statistic did matter in this game. 51 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: Thirty five minutes for the Chiefs, twenty five minutes, but 52 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: the Falcons and and the Falcons kind of got back 53 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: in that time of possession of argument towards the end 54 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: of the game. It was even more dominated by Kansas 55 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: City before kind of late in the fourth quarter. 56 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 3: No question about it. I looked at the same stat 57 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 3: rack probably a third quarter, early fourth quarter, and Kansas 58 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 3: City had run sixty two plays and Atlanta had run 59 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 3: twenty six. I thought, my goodness, it's worse than I thought. 60 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 3: You know, but you're right. Two drives late in the 61 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 3: game gave you a chance to win the football game. 62 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 3: Give credit to the defense for holding on the rope 63 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 3: to give you that opportunity to get your footing. And 64 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 3: when you did. You began to level it out a 65 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 3: little bit. This is three consecutive games now where Atlanta 66 00:02:54,600 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 3: has been minus ten or worse in the time of Possis, 67 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 3: So that's going to have to change. There's now there's 68 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 3: a there's a myriad of reasons why you've got to 69 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 3: do a better job. And we'll get into this obviously 70 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 3: if you want, I know you guys want to, you know, 71 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,959 Speaker 3: top and a run on defense and then the ability 72 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 3: to convert on third down on offense and staying in 73 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 3: manageable situations there. But I don't think there's any question 74 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 3: that that stat albeit can be kind of a moving target, 75 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 3: begins to play in. If it's three consecutive weeks, it's happened, 76 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 3: and you've you've found a way to win one at 77 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 3: the end of the game. Now give the defense credit again, 78 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 3: like we've talked about all three weeks, the defense has 79 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 3: provided late heroics, if you will, to provide you an 80 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 3: opportunity to win the football game. Got it done once, 81 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 3: didn't get it done the other two times. So you 82 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 3: love that about it. And I think that what Shaq 83 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 3: said about finding people or finding themselves, I think it's 84 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 3: on a twofold. For me, I think that I think 85 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 3: the coordinators, as you'll, trying to find their footing, a 86 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 3: little bit of calling the game and then making those 87 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 3: adjustments either halftime or mid seria, you know, in between series, 88 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 3: to try to get to something that's different. Because you 89 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 3: saw Kansas City shift their idea what they want to do, Shaq, 90 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 3: you and I were talking about this before we went 91 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 3: on that, Steve Spagnola when he saw the guys go 92 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 3: down on the offensive line, how many guys can here 93 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 3: we come. We're gonna flood you with more than you 94 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 3: can block. And you've got two guys that haven't played 95 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 3: very much and here we come, and then there's got 96 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,239 Speaker 3: to be a shift of gears there. But I thought 97 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 3: Kirk did that in the game in that I thought 98 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 3: Kirk did a really good job of realizing, you know what, 99 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 3: we can't block him, we can't block them a long time. 100 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 3: I'm gonna have to do a better job pre snap 101 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 3: of finding you don't want to do this a quarterback 102 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 3: and shock will tell you. You come to the line 103 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 3: of screens, you get a pre snap look, you have 104 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 3: an idea what they're going to do defensive and then 105 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 3: then when I start to drop, I confirm what I 106 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 3: saw or dispel what I saw and shift my gears 107 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 3: in that three and a half seconds to get the 108 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 3: ball out or two and a half seconds to get 109 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 3: the ball out, I thought, Kirk said, you know what, 110 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 3: I'm not gonna have time to do that after the snap. 111 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 3: I'm gonna make a decision now, and I'm gonna find 112 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 3: the soft corner boom, I'm gonna bang the hitch. I'm 113 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 3: gonna find that guy that's playing at depth in the 114 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 3: in the slot. I'm gonna get that guy the football now, 115 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 3: and took away maybe some of their ability to get 116 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 3: to the quarterback. So I thought that he did a 117 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 3: really good job of kind of adjusting his game in game. 118 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 3: But I think players are kind of working to figure 119 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 3: each other out too. Kirk, I thought, you know, we 120 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 3: saw you know, you had three different guys catch touchdown passes. 121 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 3: You have three different guys that kyt touchdown passes on 122 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 3: this team. Now you know you've got guys the spread 123 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 3: of Ray Ray and what Mooney's getting and what what 124 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 3: Drake's getting. And then Kyle got involved. You know, Kyle 125 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 3: started to get involved. So I think you're starting to 126 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 3: see Kyle Kirk start to grow there too. So I 127 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 3: think there's learning within the team too about one another 128 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 3: in the games. 129 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,799 Speaker 2: One unless they want to add about the time possession. 130 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 2: It was good point that you just mentioned Arge about 131 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 2: the number of plays, but I wrote through that in 132 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 2: my notes as I'm watching the game because it stuck 133 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 2: out to me as well, and I'm like, let me 134 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 2: just look at the number. To start the fourth quarter, 135 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 2: the time possession was thirty minutes and fifty eight seconds 136 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 2: for the Chiefs, fourteen minutes for the Falcons. 137 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 4: Yes, so that tells you exactly what the same time 138 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 4: I did because I looked and I was like, whoa, 139 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 4: I should mention that said, you realize we've had the 140 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 4: game has been played for forty five minutes, and we've 141 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 4: had the ball for fourteen. 142 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: Uh So yeah, that's that part is it is a 143 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: little crazy sometimes, Like I said, when you're calling a game, 144 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: you can kind of throw out time of possession because 145 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 1: if somebody is a quick strike offense and they only 146 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: take a few minutes to score, who cares? 147 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 3: And that's not what Kansas City does, right possess the ball. 148 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 3: They're like what you talk about, boom boom, boom or 149 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 3: in the Enzo go ahead and possessed the ball. 150 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: But but Mahomes kind of shifted and put together a 151 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: bunch of long drives, got kind of dinking and duncan. 152 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: And you know, I sit back sometimes as a broadcaster, 153 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: especially as we're here in the Atlanta Falcons podcast studio, 154 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 1: and I say, Okay, let's try to find the positives. 155 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: But then the athlete in me, right, the athlete like 156 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: when we lost the game, we all came into the 157 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: facility the next day and we turned on the tape. 158 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: What's the first thing you do? What did we mess up? 159 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: How do we get better? 160 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 4: Now? 161 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,559 Speaker 1: We fix it? There's never been a discussion of guys, 162 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: I thought we did great here, I thought we did this, this, this, this, 163 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: and this great. That's not how we're wired No, right, 164 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: we're wired to We weren't good enough. How do we 165 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: get better? So my question to you is, I'm gonna 166 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: throw out the situation of third down. Okay, twenty ninth 167 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: in the nfls it stands right now, twenty two point 168 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: two percent. Okay, as it stands the last few years. Okay, 169 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: Falcons were forty percent last year, that was thirteenth in 170 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: the NFL. If you look at NFL leaders, the Bills 171 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: led the league the last two years actually at forty 172 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: nine point eight percent, fifty point three percent. The year 173 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: before that, it was, oddly enough, the Chiefs at fifty 174 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: two point two percent. Okay, So you can see the delta. 175 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: We're twenty eight percent from league leaders. Okay. And I've 176 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: mentioned on this podcast before you kind of need to 177 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: be in that forty percent above range to give yourself 178 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: the best chance to win. So, now that we've seen 179 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: three weeks Arch, what are you seeing on third down? 180 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: And how does Atlanta get that phase of their offense better? 181 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's that's the the what they're tackling right now 182 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 3: about hundred yards from us down the hall as they're 183 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 3: trying to figure some of that out. In just a 184 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 3: real another capsualization of that, think about how bad you've 185 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:35,839 Speaker 3: been on third down. You mentioned the third down stuff, 186 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 3: which I think is six of twenty seven. If you 187 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 3: add the for conversions on fourth down, in which we're 188 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 3: three of six on fourth down, you're nine of thirty 189 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 3: three in a conversion situation, brutal. That's not good enough. 190 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 3: Yet you've had a chance to win every day. Everything 191 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 3: you know, as you want to talk about positives down, Wait, 192 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 3: we're converting in an anemic rate on third down or 193 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 3: in four and fourth down. Yeah, we've had a chance 194 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 3: to win every game, so you got to hang your 195 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 3: hat on that a little bit. So there's a lot 196 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 3: of things, you know, as well as I do rack 197 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 3: and there's a you got to block better, You got 198 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 3: to do better on first down, you know that to 199 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 3: put yourself in more manageable. But we didn't convert on 200 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 3: third and two. We had to play where they rushed 201 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 3: three and dropped eight and and Kirk got tripped up 202 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 3: by the nose tackle as he was trying to escape. 203 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 3: And and here we are punting on third and two. 204 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 3: So the execution part of it is part of it. 205 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 3: But it's gonna it's gonna be a cumulative scenario for me. 206 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 3: It's going to be play calling. It's going to be 207 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 3: a success on first and second down to give you 208 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 3: those manageable situations. 209 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: And then frankly, you got to. 210 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 3: Make some play. 211 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you got to go make some plays. 212 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 3: Catch the football, you know, separate, give me some separation. 213 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 3: If you're going to see teams and we know this 214 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 3: is a copycat League. You can bet the Saints are 215 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 3: putting in some of the blitzes. They saw Kansas City 216 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 3: youth and they're going to say, did you fix that 217 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 3: this week? Like we were talking about. If we didn't, 218 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 3: then we're going to get a steady diet of it. 219 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 3: But with that comes the idea. And I talked to 220 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 3: Drake postgame. Drake, your quarterback is having a tough time 221 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 3: getting a ball out. What do you do? He goes, 222 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 3: I got to speed up my process. He says, I 223 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 3: don't want to shorten my routes too much because they 224 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 3: don't marry with the other routes. But I've got to 225 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:17,839 Speaker 3: understand there's a sense of urgency that's heightened because we 226 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 3: are having a tough time keeping him upright to get 227 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 3: him the ball out. So I've got to so that 228 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 3: idea has to permeate everybody, right as far as their 229 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 3: sense of urgency. 230 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, and DJ, I think you know, going into this game, 231 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: they'd been running the football fairly well, the Falcons have 232 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: and if you look at the overall stats, it wasn't terrible. 233 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 1: But then when you look at Bijon Robinson at sixteen 234 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 1: carries thirty one yards, that's one point nine yards per carry, 235 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: like one of the most electric backs in the league. 236 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: I feel like that has a lot to do with 237 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: the lack of success this past week on third down 238 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: is because he wasn't able to get going the last 239 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 1: couple weeks. How many times have we seen the turnaround 240 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: to beijon where it's been eight yard carry, eleven yard carry, 241 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 1: twelve yard carry because of either the blocking up front 242 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: or his ability to make people miss, his contact balance, 243 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 1: his ability to keep things moving, physical, you name it. 244 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: So I think that also leant into them their lack 245 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: of success on third down as well. 246 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt about it. And I think it's one 247 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 2: of those instances where you look at the ball game 248 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 2: you say, all right, what are the Chiefs trying to 249 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 2: do to hinder what we do in the run game? 250 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 2: And they were really physical at the point of attack. 251 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 2: They were really trying to change the line of crews 252 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,319 Speaker 2: and we saw that throughout the ball game. They did 253 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 2: that a few times. And knock backs are big, and 254 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 2: it's especially in the upfront. But I think when you 255 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 2: look at this offense and the way it can be 256 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 2: as successful is through the play action game, which comes 257 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 2: from being able to have to run the rock, and 258 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 2: I think that's part of it as well. But I 259 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 2: think also I saw in the game. I went back 260 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 2: and looked, and I saw Kirk through the ball nine 261 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 2: times on first down. I love that. I think that's 262 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 2: part of helping your team is not coming out okay 263 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 2: every time it's first down, we're gonna run the rock 264 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 2: and try to get three four yards and then let's 265 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,319 Speaker 2: stab it ourselves there. If you can have a successful 266 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,839 Speaker 2: first down th broh, that gives you an advantage too. 267 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 2: So I love the fact that we were switching it up, 268 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 2: and I think we were trying to. And obviously you're 269 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 2: gonna have games where you know that D line or 270 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 2: they're getting penetration at front seven and it's gonna be 271 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 2: tough sledding in the run game. And obviously you lose 272 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 2: two of your top guys, that's gonna make it tough 273 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 2: as well. I know Ra will say, you won't make 274 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 2: any excuses. That's why they're on this team. It's a 275 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 2: reason why you know, hey, they're here, we expect them produced. 276 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 2: But sometimes the difference between the ones and the twos 277 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,319 Speaker 2: and they're gonna play and they got guys who can 278 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 2: get it done. So I think the mix of just 279 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 2: trying to marry the pass game with the run game 280 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 2: on those early down situations like ours talked about, I 281 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 2: think will ultimately help both ways, the run game in 282 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:39,439 Speaker 2: the past game and help you once you get into 283 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 2: that third down situation if you can. 284 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 3: I think additionally, you're gonna you need to use the 285 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 3: other team's aggression against them. So when I begin to 286 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 3: look at them trying, they were essentially running through the 287 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 3: run game to get to the passer. They were flooding 288 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 3: every gap with guys coming, which was really blowing up 289 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 3: the run game. So how do I use that to 290 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 3: to to my advantage. Part of it is you got 291 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 3: to take shots because they were coming up and playing press. 292 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 3: And if you remember, if you go back, Kirk missed 293 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 3: a couple of shots down the field, one drake, one inside, 294 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 3: and instead of staying up the stem, he did kind 295 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 3: of what normal receivers do. He tries to widen to 296 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 3: get away from the safety because but he won so 297 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 3: quickly he didn't need to do that if he'd stayed 298 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 3: straight up the sim That's where Kirk threw the ball. 299 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 3: But Drake that receiver and he said, I gotta widen. 300 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 3: I gotta go with her safety. So when he won inside, 301 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 3: he widened. Well, the ball hid in here and they missed. 302 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 3: But those are the shots you almost take it for granted. 303 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 3: I remember playing against teams some of the Cardinals were 304 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 3: extremely aggressive back when we used to play him when 305 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,959 Speaker 3: I was here, and you knew your percentage was being down. 306 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 3: You know, these quarterbacks nowadays want to complete sixty five 307 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 3: to seventy percent of the balls, maybe more than that. 308 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 3: Against an aggressive teams playing zero coverage or man coverage, 309 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 3: your percentage is going to come down because there's tighter 310 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,199 Speaker 3: windows to throw in to get hit as you're throwing. 311 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 3: But you know that you can touch them down the 312 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 3: field with big plays if you just keep trying to 313 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,680 Speaker 3: do it. And so when you get aggressive teams like that, 314 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 3: you've got to take shots. And I thought that we 315 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 3: took a couple of shots and missed it. That might 316 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 3: need to expand a little bit as you use their 317 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 3: aggression against them. 318 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was talking to this is a number of 319 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: years ago. I was talking to Matt Shobb after he 320 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: left Falcons and went to the Houston Texans and had 321 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: all that success, and somehow we got into a rabbit 322 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: hole talking about blitzing and pressure and stuff, and he 323 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: told me this is where you can tell a quarterback 324 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: has grown and they're super comfortable with his game. He 325 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: was like, I love it when people blitz Like I 326 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: want zero coverage, he said, because I know I got 327 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: shots down the field just to your point, right, So yes, 328 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: take what the defense is giving you. If they're gonna 329 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: be blitzing, take the shots downfield. Maybe that's the time 330 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: where you got to get into some screen game right 331 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: where it's outside guys coming in, it's your running backs 332 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 1: coming out of the backfield. A lot of times they 333 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: say when you when you get a lot of pressure, 334 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: that's when you start using some screen. 335 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 3: Well, another piece of that, another piece of that real 336 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 3: quickly is Bjon Robinson. What they did when they're pressure? 337 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 3: What do they do? They took Bjon Robinson out of 338 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 3: the game because he was having to pick up. So 339 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 3: I see that. 340 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: I'm a defensive coordinator. 341 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,239 Speaker 3: I'm in New Orleans, I'm in Tampa, I'm in Carolina. 342 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 3: In the next three weeks, how do I keep him 343 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 3: from touching the ball? I'm gonna blitz him because they're 344 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 3: having him block. So now I'm Zach Robinson down the 345 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 3: hall here he says, Okay, you want to do that, 346 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 3: We're gonna hot read you. We're gonna get him out. 347 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 3: So you can bet down the hall they're talking about 348 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 3: you're not gonna be able to pin Bjon Robinson in 349 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 3: the backfield. 350 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: We're gonna get We're gonna get. 351 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 3: Him out, correct. And now you better have somebody coming 352 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 3: downhill that's pretty close to him, or we're gonna have 353 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 3: him in space one on one with your guy and 354 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 3: man coverage him behind. 355 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: So before we move on to the next game, I 356 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: just want you guys to give us like a you know, 357 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: sixty second kind of like, what after we've seen this 358 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: team for three weeks, DJ, what do you feel like 359 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: is this identity of the team offensively and or defensively? 360 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: And where do they need to take the next steps 361 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: to start turning some of these close losses into wins. 362 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 2: I think ultimately it's just a cliche phrase and a 363 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 2: cliche word. But I think we've seen in the first 364 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 2: three ball games just the small minute things that hurt you, 365 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 2: and it's the small miney things in the execution of 366 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 2: the little details of the game. Arts just mentioned an 367 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 2: easy play of Drake, which is usually what you teach 368 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 2: a receiver is once you beat them, get back on top. 369 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 2: So you give your quarterback rooms states from that safety. 370 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 2: But I think those smaller details are what's keeping you 371 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 2: from having those successful drives or moving the football. Obviously, 372 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 2: shortyardist has been a big part of the first three 373 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 2: ball games and being able to execute in those downs 374 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 2: I think are huge. But I think this is an 375 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 2: offense that has shown you you can score, you can 376 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 2: move the football, You got multiple guys who can make 377 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 2: you who I think Ray Ray has become a bigger 378 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 2: part of this offense, and I think people probably expected 379 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 2: he would be. And I love the fact that he's 380 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 2: one of those guys that Kirkkin lean on. Now, the 381 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 2: fact that you're taking shots to Kyle Pitch now, I 382 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 2: think you see multiple things that are happening. Kirk has 383 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 2: become a little bit more comfortable I think, inside the 384 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 2: pocket than you know obviously was in the first game. 385 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 2: And then on the defense side of the ball. I 386 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 2: think it's been fun to watch these guys be able 387 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 2: to put all the different guys they have and be 388 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 2: able to gel them together and try to find ways 389 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 2: to stop people and you can see the first first 390 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,719 Speaker 2: three weeks, it's been hard for offenses to go and 391 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 2: have three four play drives to go score. I mean 392 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 2: the Chiefs had four play they had four drives at one, seventeen, thirteen, eleven, eleven. 393 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: You gotta go work for it. 394 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,439 Speaker 2: And you love that about his defense that you have 395 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 2: the depth to be able to rotate guys in and 396 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 2: out and have the opportunity to be able to go 397 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 2: get the opposing teams offense. So it's it's a mixed 398 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 2: bag on both sides. For sure, there's always a lot 399 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 2: that you can work on both sides. But I think 400 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 2: this is a team we saw in the first three 401 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,159 Speaker 2: ball games, like we just talked about, and then the 402 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 2: ball game, they're sitting right there, even with some of 403 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 2: the deficiencies, even with some of the you know, lack 404 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 2: of execution, they stand there with an opportunity to win 405 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 2: the ball game. 406 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 3: Let me ask you, Fellas, this so the number one 407 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 3: question in your mind as far as we were talking 408 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 3: about being able to get the run game going on 409 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:16,360 Speaker 3: offense and blending together and being better on third down, 410 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 3: how do you be better on third and so we 411 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 3: flipped it over to the other side. Yeah, Okay, the 412 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 3: number one problem right now defensively is in your mind. 413 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 1: What probably well, I think it rareed its head. It 414 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: was getting off the field on third down. Okay, getting 415 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 1: off fielding third down. So they're staying in. 416 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 3: Teams are staying in manageable third down situations, which means 417 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,919 Speaker 3: what jack they're running the football and Atlanta's had a 418 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 3: really difficult time of keeping the run game hemmed in. 419 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 3: I think that. I think the Chiefs, who weren't really 420 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 3: supposed to be able to run it without Pacheco and 421 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 3: the young kids Steel played really well. They still ran 422 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 3: for about one hundred and twenty five hundred and thirty yards. 423 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 3: We went into the game giving up one hundred and 424 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 3: sixty one yards a game on the ground. So that's 425 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 3: lending itself to not being egible to get off the field. 426 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 3: So in you, in you guys' mind, what needs to 427 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 3: happen to try to limit the run game? What do 428 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 3: you what are you thinking as far as that goes 429 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 3: to try to get you in third and long situation? 430 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean more pressure. Obviously, people winning at the 431 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage can't get not getting pushed out of 432 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 1: the holes. I mean, there's a lot of things that 433 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: go into it, but yeah, I mean to your point, 434 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: everybody will tell you that to win in the National 435 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: football you have to stop the run. Yeah, if you 436 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: don't stop the run. And this was actually one of 437 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: my keys to the game, is that just when you think, 438 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 1: because they don't have Isaiah Pacheco, oh, we're gonna be 439 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: good on defense, like we're gonna be good against the run. 440 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: We just need to focus on Patrick Mahomes And it 441 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 1: was like they slowly but surely end up ripping off 442 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: four six, five first down and they end up with 443 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty when they should have had. That 444 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: should have been a game where they finished with forty 445 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: rushing yart yes, right, they should have finished with forty 446 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 1: rushing yards. 447 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 2: I thought they were diligent in it. I think that 448 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 2: was a part of it is. I don't think they 449 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 2: wanted to blow and you where, hey, we're gonna run it, 450 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 2: you know forty times. They wanted to be able to 451 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 2: run the ball just when they needed to, just enough, 452 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 2: you know what I mean. And I think that was 453 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 2: part of their playing. And then the other part was 454 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 2: Patrick Mahole's being patient. We wasn't trying to give up 455 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 2: the big play. So it was like, all right, here's 456 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 2: a four or five yard game over here, here's a 457 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 2: little hitch over here, here's a flat route, here's a 458 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 2: you know, six yard catch here, and before you know it, 459 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 2: you know they're moving to change. So I think that 460 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 2: was part of their playing which was a big success 461 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 2: for them. And I think it's it's one of those 462 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 2: things that it's hard because you say, all right, do 463 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 2: you want to add more guys to the fray? 464 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 4: Now? 465 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 2: So now you say, all right, you add more guys 466 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 2: to the fray, But you got a lot of dudes 467 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 2: in this league. Who oh, now we got seven in 468 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 2: the box bringing that safety down. Okay, we got one 469 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:45,239 Speaker 2: on one on the out side. Can't you guys hold up? 470 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 3: Just like what we were just talking about with us, 471 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 3: right yeah, And that's the CROs really is if you 472 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 3: look at the defense. We just talked about how the 473 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 3: defense has played really well late in the football game 474 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,880 Speaker 3: to get you the ball back and kind of keep 475 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 3: the game in perspective. Albeit they've been on the field 476 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 3: a ton, you've got a chance to We've had a 477 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 3: chance to win all three games. So now do I 478 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,880 Speaker 3: shift my mind thinking if I'm Raheem Morris and Jimmy Lake, 479 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 3: do I get more aggressive and potentially expose myself to 480 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 3: shots down the field and or big plays, or do 481 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 3: we play it We just you know, want to get 482 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 3: the offense up speed and continue to play it the 483 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,199 Speaker 3: way we are hold on the rope defensively and our 484 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:24,919 Speaker 3: defense is going to our offense is going to get 485 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 3: up to speed and pretty soon you're gonna win, be 486 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 3: winning the game. There's that whole adjustment battle, you know, 487 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 3: not playing with your own. 488 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: Head exactly exactly, So, even though Falcons do come away 489 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: with the loss, was a couple of milestones in the game. 490 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: Justin Simmons with an interception. That's, oddly enough, his fourth 491 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: straight game against the Chiefs with an interception. 492 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 3: Dude, he has own Patrick. He's got six interceptions. He's 493 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 3: the he's got the most interceptions against Patrick Mahomes have 494 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 3: any big Now they played twice a year, which which 495 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,439 Speaker 3: lends itself. That's thirty one interceptions for him. He's got 496 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 3: more interceptions than anyone since he came in the league 497 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 3: in twenty sixteen. And I thought that was part of 498 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 3: what you were talking about with knowing one another. Remember 499 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 3: go back to the Eagle game. If you go back 500 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 3: the Eagle game and they found they I can't remember, 501 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 3: they found Deavante Smith or whoever in the middle of 502 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 3: the end zone for a touchdown, and you saw Bates 503 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 3: and Simmons look at each other right like there was 504 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 3: supposed to. 505 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 1: Something was supposed to happen. 506 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,199 Speaker 3: Didn't hav in this game because Bates was base rolled up, 507 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 3: Simmons rolled over the top intercept the pass. And I thought, 508 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 3: you talk about growth, now, it's just one week those 509 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 3: two guys working. 510 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 2: You think Patty mahoone went to him bro like, hey, Heyre, like, what. 511 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,160 Speaker 1: Can you give me one game where you don't pick 512 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,679 Speaker 1: me off? He's got all. He got a full shelf 513 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 1: of Patrick Mahons balls. What Patrick Mahons an't worried about it. 514 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 3: I got LABARTI trophies over here. 515 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: The other two notable things, UH, two hundred and seventy 516 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 1: four career passing touchdowns for Kirk Cousins passing Joe Montana 517 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: is quite the name. And then Kirk uh now fourth 518 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: fastest player to forty thousand passing yards in his career. 519 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: UH tie with Dan Marino as the. 520 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 2: Fourth fastest he still got a few to get to 521 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 2: my boy art. 522 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 3: So now he might have gone by me in the 523 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 3: first game. 524 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 1: He went, all right, that's gonna wrap up the Chiefs. 525 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 1: Let's go ahead. Let's fast forward real quick, because we got 526 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: Saints Week. Not only do we got Saints Week fallas, 527 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,159 Speaker 1: we got a big, call it, five day stretch in 528 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: division where you got Saints at home, you got Bucks 529 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 1: at home, and we're gonna get Bucks at home on 530 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: on primetime. So let's start with the Saints. Arch. You've 531 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 1: been in the color analyst seat for how many years now? 532 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 1: He's laughing already, So so you've seen forty plus games 533 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: against the Saints. They had to play against him too, 534 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: so collect friendly games in this room. There's a lot 535 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: of experience against the New Orleans Saints. So for those 536 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: folks that are new to our podcast or new today, 537 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 1: I want you to kind of give him a little 538 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: bit of snapshot of what Saints Falcons Week is like. 539 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 3: Well, I mean, this is it's interesting because the two 540 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 3: teams kind of came in about the same time, right 541 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,400 Speaker 3: in the sixty six sixty seven here, I think one 542 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 3: came in one year and one came in the next. 543 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 3: So you've been around a long time. You kind of 544 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 3: got stuffed in the NFC West. We don't know where 545 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 3: to put them. We don't put them out there. 546 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: With thetow okay, so we'll shove them out with the 547 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: forty in and the rains. 548 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 3: We'll make him play those guys. So you kind of 549 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 3: came in together, you kind of got you kind of 550 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 3: got shuffled off to the West Coast together, and now 551 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 3: we are back together here in the South. There's obviously 552 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,719 Speaker 3: these are the two teams that are kind of the 553 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 3: South's teams. Now, obviously there's been some other teams come 554 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 3: in Florida and Miami has been down there for a 555 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 3: long time. But Miami doesn't feel like a Southern state. 556 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 3: Miami feels like like a state that has got their 557 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 3: own thing the Southern states. I'm talking about the Deep South. 558 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 3: These are the two Deep South teams. And subsequently there's 559 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 3: border wars when it comes to comes to this. And 560 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 3: so the Saints have a certain feeling about Atlanta Falcons, 561 00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 3: and the Atlanta Falcons have a certain feeling. And it 562 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 3: doesn't just meate the fans, it's the players too. The 563 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,360 Speaker 3: players dislike Now, you don't hate anybody on that side. Now, 564 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 3: there may be some fans that do that, but this 565 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 3: has been Originally it was because you didn't want to 566 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:15,959 Speaker 3: be the team that was in last in the NFC West, 567 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 3: and so you banged heads with the Saints. Okay, you're 568 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 3: the bottom, remember the bags on their heads. Yes, and 569 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 3: then there was a time they flipped it a little 570 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 3: bit and they wanted us on the bottom the pound. 571 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 3: Now over the last twenty years, when Matt Ryan and 572 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 3: Drew Brees showed up, Now, all of a sudden, there 573 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 3: was this transition to where you were battling for supremacy 574 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 3: and who was going to be the top dog and 575 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 3: all that kind of stuff, and it's settled back and 576 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 3: forth between. But make no mistake because of the lineage 577 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 3: and how long it's lasted, all the way back to 578 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 3: the mid sixties to now and then battling for the 579 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 3: basement or battling for the high rise apartment, that's where 580 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 3: this thing comes from. And then there's been some phenomenal 581 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 3: players on both sides. 582 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's for sure. Shock. Let's kind of give the 583 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: listeners and viewers a little bit of snapshot of what 584 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 1: Atlanta is going to be facing in the Saints. Okay, obviously, 585 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: they were one of the stories of the league after 586 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: the first two weeks, scoring what forty five and a 587 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: half points per game over their first two games, and 588 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 1: then they end up getting beat at home against the Eagles, 589 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: the team that the Falcons just beat fifteen to twelve. 590 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 1: So they just scored twelve points after averaging forty five 591 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,160 Speaker 1: and a half in their first two and they only 592 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: score twelve at home. So give people a kind of 593 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 1: little snapshot of what the Saints are this year. 594 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 2: It's a team, like you just mentioned, that came into 595 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 2: the year scoring a lot of points, one hundred and 596 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 2: three points to start in three games, twelve touchdowns on 597 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 2: the season now averaging about thirty four game. Now because 598 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 2: of last week, took it down just a little bit 599 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 2: just from what they have been doing. But this was 600 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,879 Speaker 2: a team that I think you know, through their first 601 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 2: couple ballgame they scored in like first like fifteen possessions 602 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 2: or something crazy like that. And you can see the 603 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,919 Speaker 2: explosioness from this team on offensive side. Derek Carr, obviously, 604 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 2: guy who's been around for a while, has played his 605 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:01,199 Speaker 2: lead for a while, understands exactly what it means to 606 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 2: play at a high level. He's been doing that five 607 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 2: hundred and eighty five yards, six tubs and two iron 608 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 2: t's on the season. But I think ultimately this offense 609 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 2: runs through a guy who we've seen for the last 610 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 2: out of the umpteen years at album Tomorrow, number forty one, 611 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 2: and they put him all over the place, and he's 612 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 2: a guy that when you come in, you circle him 613 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 2: from day one. Where's this guy gonna line up? Because 614 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 2: he's gonna line up anywhere on the football fan obviously. 615 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 2: Another guy, Taso hm Hill, another guy who was a 616 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 2: couple of years ago came in and played quarterback for 617 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 2: him and won a couple of games for him against US. 618 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 2: Another Swiss Armory knoc That they used it all different 619 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:38,880 Speaker 2: kinds of ways. Rashid Shaheeda, another guy on the outside, 620 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 2: a burner. I'm talking about the burning dude averaging twenty 621 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 2: four yards a reception right now. Chris Olave on the outside. 622 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,920 Speaker 2: Houston Monroe is a good, pretty good tight end. Offensively, 623 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 2: they want to stretch you, they want to score points. 624 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,399 Speaker 2: They want to use Alba Kamara, they want to put 625 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 2: him in space. And Derek Carr is a gun slinger 626 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 2: that's kind of what he's been defensively. We've seen Cam 627 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 2: Jordan over the years. He was mad when Matt kind 628 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:07,119 Speaker 2: of when Matt retired, he felt like that was his guy. So, 629 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 2: but this is a defense. I got eleven sacks, five 630 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 2: interceptions on the season and we're talking about third down. 631 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 2: The holding opponents of thirty five percent on third down, 632 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 2: So that tells you're getting after people on first and 633 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 2: second down and getting people off the field. Only gave 634 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 2: a one pass touchdown all season. So they're a tough, 635 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 2: gritty guy. Lattimore in the back end, we know the physicality, 636 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 2: the talking that he plays with Tyro Matthew, the Hunter Badgers. 637 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 2: We know he's a guy who kind of has like 638 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 2: a I mean, he finds the football, just to say 639 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 2: the least. The Mario Davis on the inside really love 640 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 2: him as a linebacker, hate him when he plays us. 641 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 2: But a guy you know, just is all over the 642 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,959 Speaker 2: field tackle machine. So this is a always been a 643 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 2: fun and scrappy defense, a tough defense. They're gonna get 644 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 2: after you. But this is exactly how these New Wallers 645 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 2: teams have always been made. Really good defense offenses that 646 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 2: want to score points and threatening you down the field. 647 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 2: It should be an entry as the matchup. 648 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 1: Dennis Allen kind of got his his his career kind 649 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: of took off after after coaching for the Falcons back 650 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: when when I was on the team there in early 651 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 1: two thousands and and I swear he was like a 652 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 1: defensive assistant that was holding up scout team cards and 653 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 1: his stock just continued to shoot after he left here. 654 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 1: And then obviously you got a little bit of a 655 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 1: not just like maybe a reverse homecoming between Kaden Ellison 656 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: David On Yamada having come from the Saints organization, but 657 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 1: there's a lot of familiarity, as you guys mentioned, there's 658 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: a lot of uh great players. But Arch, I'm gonna 659 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 1: just kind of finish this conversation. He mentioned Alvin Kamara, like, like, 660 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: how do you slow down a guy that's been as 661 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: productive as he is? I mean, because when he came 662 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 1: into the league, he kind of showed a lot of this, 663 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 1: and then I think he got banged up a little 664 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 1: bit and production maybe fell off to his standards a 665 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: little bit. But the first couple of weeks of the season, 666 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 1: it was like, oh, this is the Alvin Kamara that 667 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 1: everybody got used to seeing. How do you slow down 668 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 1: a dynamic player like that, Well. 669 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 3: It's it's gonna it's gonna be get a lot of 670 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 3: hats to the football, right, you got to get a 671 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 3: lot of hats of football. He limited his opportunities, so 672 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 3: they can't have the ball for thirty five minutes of 673 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 3: the game or you're not gonna like the finish on that, 674 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 3: so limit his opportunities. But I think what you do 675 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 3: to a guy, you're not gonna he's gonna touch the ball. 676 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 3: They're gonna give it to him, they're gonna throw it 677 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 3: to him. What you need to do is mak him 678 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 3: pay every time he touches it. And in all honesty, 679 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 3: you go back and think about I remember Dion Jones 680 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 3: knocked him out of the game when we were here 681 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 3: in Atlanta. 682 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: That's the way you got to play. 683 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 3: You're not trying to hurt the guy, but you got 684 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 3: to make him feel every time he touches the football. 685 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 3: It's gonna be an all day scenario where they're gonna 686 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,480 Speaker 3: be three or four hats at the ball every time. 687 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 1: Now, obviously you. 688 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 3: Can't triple teaming or anything like because Chris Olave is 689 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 3: gonna beat you or Rashid Shaheed's gonna get deep, so 690 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 3: they've got other guys to get the football too. But 691 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,440 Speaker 3: if he's their focal point, which I agree with you, guys, 692 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 3: I think he's going to be. And they're gonna test Atlanta. 693 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 3: Can you stop the interior run Atlanta does not stop? 694 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 3: Then they didn't stop the interior run the entire second 695 00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:00,120 Speaker 3: half for the most part against against Kansas City. There're 696 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 3: gonna test that interior area. How are you gonna take 697 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 3: that away? Because then you got to make him pay 698 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 3: when he touches the football. 699 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, So a couple of things stick out to me. Uh, yes, 700 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 1: I agree with you. They're going to try to take 701 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: some shots because they got the speed to do it 702 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: on the outside. They're gonna test the run defense. And 703 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: I think third downs is going to be a great 704 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: matchup on the other side because of this New Orleans defense. 705 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: I mean, there's really good players and it's gonna it's 706 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: gonna make for a very competitive Yeah. 707 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 3: I agree with you on that. Rack their defense and 708 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 3: shock you to a really a job of breaking down 709 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 3: the guys that are on that side. They are physically 710 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 3: this is a physical group. Now they pride themselves on 711 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,719 Speaker 3: negative plays and taking the ball away, okay, and they 712 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 3: can get frustrated on that side. But you mentioned eleven sacks. 713 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 3: They've got five interceptions already in just three weeks. To 714 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 3: compare that to Atlanta, Atlanta has three sacks and two interceptions. 715 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 3: They've got eleven sacks already. They've got two guys with three. 716 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 3: Carl Granderson has turned into a monster and Brian Breezy, 717 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 3: the guy that played just up the street in Clemson, 718 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 3: but Braziz turned into a really good interior players, so 719 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 3: they got edge and interior there. The two linebackers are 720 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 3: good Warner and Davis, but they're going to try to 721 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 3: take the ball away from you and they want negative plays. 722 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 3: If you can keep them on the field, you find 723 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 3: you start grinding them a little bit and they start 724 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,840 Speaker 3: getting frustrated. So that'll be a key for the offer. 725 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: And it's obviously one of those games where the physicality 726 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: is going to be there, but you've also got to 727 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: be extremely disciplined because in these rivalry matchups we've seen 728 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 1: it before, temper start flaring a little bit and and listen, 729 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,080 Speaker 1: it wouldn't be football or rivalry matchup. There was a 730 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: little bit of trash talk okay, but it's just got 731 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: to make sure that it doesn't go too far to 732 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 1: where you end up with a first down and then 733 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, it's personal foul fifteen yard penalty 734 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,800 Speaker 1: because some john that's been going on or pushing and 735 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 1: shoving after the fact. But hey, that's what everybody loves, 736 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:46,400 Speaker 1: a big time rivalry match. 737 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,360 Speaker 3: Ras Rack was an instigator, no doubt. He would come down. 738 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 3: He would run down the shot. 739 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:52,959 Speaker 2: On somebody as he's running off. 740 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 4: Yeah. 741 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, he turned his head to you didn't get pushed. 742 00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:00,160 Speaker 1: A little bit of sarcas true, that's not true. I 743 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: can go find some money. Two big games coming up. 744 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 1: We obviously you worry about the first one. It's all 745 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 1: about the Saints. You get in the division. It's like 746 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 1: it's like two for one, right, you get two wins. 747 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: Falcons lose a game last week, but you get the 748 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 1: Saints lose. You get the Bucks to lose last week. 749 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 1: So it's not the worst thing in the world. But 750 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: things get got to start trending positively, and you do 751 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,640 Speaker 1: that with a divisional opponent coming to your house this 752 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 1: Sunday against the Saints. Falcons will be back in action. 753 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: We'll be back here next week to break everything down. 754 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,160 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us here in the Falcons Attium, 755 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 1: presented a BYuT At and T that shot. That's Arch. 756 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:33,360 Speaker 3: I'm racked. 757 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: We'll see you next week, everybody 758 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 3: Dogs and Bama coming up this week