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Speaker 1: Thirty birds. What's up? And welcome to another Atlanta Falcons podcast. Boy,

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Speaker 1: we have a special one in store for you all today.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna hear from our incredible cast of Falcons talent

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Speaker 1: to share their final predictions for who the Falcons will

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Speaker 1: be selecting when they come on the clock at pick

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Speaker 1: number fifteen tomorrow. The NFL Drafts first round will begin

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Speaker 1: on Thursday, and who knows, maybe the Falcons will actually

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Speaker 1: make a trade when they come on the clock at

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Speaker 1: pick fifteen. Everything feels like it is on the table

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Speaker 1: at this point in time. You've heard us talk about

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Speaker 1: all of these players over the last weeks and months,

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Speaker 1: but the time for talking has ended. It is the

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Speaker 1: time for predictions, and so you're going to hear from

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Speaker 1: each of us very quickly, three to five minutes, one

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Speaker 1: after another. Buckle up, a lot of draft conversation is

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Speaker 2: Hey there, everybody. I am Djshockle of Atlanta Falcons dot

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Speaker 2: com And with the fifteenth pick of the twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: five NFL Draft, the atlant foul and select but Shamar

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Speaker 2: Stewart out of Texas and m I think it's pretty simple.

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Speaker 2: I think it's pretty easy to know that the Falcons

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Speaker 2: need pass rushers. We need guys who can get to

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Speaker 2: the quarterback but also get that quarterback on the ground.

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Speaker 2: We have struggled to do that over the years. It's

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Speaker 2: been a long time since we had this kind of

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Speaker 2: guy who can get to the quarterback. Now, why Shamar

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Speaker 2: Stewart in particular, This guy six', five he's two. Seventy

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Speaker 2: the guy broad jumped ten eleven a forty inch. Vert

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Speaker 2: you know What i'm going with. This the guy is,

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Speaker 2: Versatile the guy is can do anything you want him to.

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Speaker 2: Do and the guy is so, athletic AND i think

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Speaker 2: that bowls well For jeff albrick type of. Defense you

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Speaker 2: want a guy who can play, inside who can play,

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Speaker 2: outside can rush the, passer but also hold up against

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Speaker 2: the run. Game not just to be able to get

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Speaker 2: to the, quarterback but you gotta be physical at the

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Speaker 2: point of. Attack that's What Jeff albrick. Wants, aggressive physical.

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Speaker 2: Guys he brings that to the. Team he's, long he's,

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Speaker 2: athletic and people, say, oh what about his stature, College

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Speaker 2: that doesn't. Matter this guy played team football At TEXAS

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Speaker 2: a and M michaelko's defensive. Coordinator this is a guy

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Speaker 2: who understands what it takes to make everybody around him,

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Speaker 2: better make all the other teen guys around. Him but

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Speaker 2: this guy brings that, energy he brings that. Juice he

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Speaker 2: will be physically to point, Attack he will get up,

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Speaker 2: feel he will have a lot of chances to get

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Speaker 2: to the. Quarterback Shamar stewart will be the guy you

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Speaker 2: love to watch On sundays and will be A falcon

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Speaker 2: fan favorite for a very long. Time, now how DID

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Speaker 2: i rave this? PICK i looked at a bunch of. Guys,

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Speaker 2: obviously there are a lot of guys in this draft

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Speaker 2: who ARE i think could be A falcon who could

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Speaker 2: absolutely be a really good player for. Him BUT i

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Speaker 2: Think Shamar, stewart with his, size his, length his, athleticism

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Speaker 2: can be the guy that can be that next great pass.

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Speaker 2: Rusher since a guy Like John abraham to turn the

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Speaker 2: corner for The Atlanta falcons in this, defense ad him With,

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Speaker 2: floyd ad him With Emma. Katie these are guys that

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Speaker 2: you can add to the. Fray you can, say you know,

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Speaker 2: What Shamar stewart is the next great pass rusher for

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Speaker 2: The Atlanta. Falcons so when you See Shamar stewart and you, know,

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Speaker 2: hey we drafted her number five. Team just no shock

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Speaker 2: toes you first and know That Shamar stewell will be

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Speaker 2: The falcons pick at number, fifteen rushing to PASSER Dobg

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Speaker 2: sacks on the.

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Speaker 1: Way rise, Up, hi, Guys tory.

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Speaker 3: Mclhaney, HERE i am the senior reporter for The Atlanta,

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Speaker 3: falcons and here is my pick for who The falcons

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Speaker 3: should pick at number fifteen. Overall, Honestly i'm trading out

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Speaker 3: of fifteen IF i. CAN i am a really big

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Speaker 3: proponent of the fact that The falcons only have five

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Speaker 3: total draft picks in the twenty twenty FIVE Nfl, draft

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Speaker 3: two of which are seventh. ROUNDERS i gotta get more,

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Speaker 3: picks So i'm gonna leverage the number fifteen overall, pick

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Speaker 3: AND i would ideally like to jump ahead of The

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Speaker 3: Green Bay packers at twenty. TWO i think that The

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Speaker 3: Green Bay packers are a team that is going to

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Speaker 3: want AN edg dresher cornerback potentially a defensive, tackle which

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Speaker 3: are all the things that The falcons want as. Well

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Speaker 3: so with the number fifteen pick in THE Nfl, draft

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Speaker 3: The Atlanta falcons are trading back to let's say anywhere

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Speaker 3: from eighteen to twenty, ONE i would accrue a couple

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Speaker 3: of extra draft, picks which would be important for. ME

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Speaker 3: i would want to get another SECOND i would really

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Speaker 3: like to get back into the third. ROUND i would

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Speaker 3: really like to get back into the fifth round as.

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Speaker 3: Well but you, Know i'll take WHAT i can. Get

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Speaker 3: IF i can get some MORE ammo in day, two

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Speaker 3: that's What i'm gonna. Take so that's What i'm gonna.

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Speaker 3: Do looking, now how things are gonna fall, thereafter or

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Speaker 3: HOW i think they're gonna. FALL i think that a

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Speaker 3: guy LIKE Mikel williams from The university Of georgia will

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Speaker 3: still be on the board between picks seventeen eighteen and

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Speaker 3: twenty one twenty, two so The falcons can fall and

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Speaker 3: trade back anywhere in those five or so picks before

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Speaker 3: you really get a run at the end of the

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Speaker 3: first round with ed drushers and defensive tackles that you

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Speaker 3: know The Kansas City chiefs are going to go, after

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Speaker 3: you know that The Detroit, Lions washington come out going

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Speaker 3: to go. After that's kind of the sweet spot for,

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Speaker 3: me AND i would Take Mikeel williams BECAUSE i think

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Speaker 3: that at that point in, time there is a good chance.

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Speaker 3: THAT i, MEAN i let's be, REAL i don't think

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Speaker 3: a guy Like Jayalen walker is going to be there

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Speaker 3: even at. FIFTEEN i think That Mike green is a

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Speaker 3: really really interesting and dynamic. Player BUT i think there's

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Speaker 3: also a possibility that me moving down out of, FIFTEEN

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Speaker 3: i would maybe lose my shot at getting someone like

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Speaker 3: A Mike green or even A Shamar. Stewart But Mikeel

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Speaker 3: williams is somebody WHO i think has the opportunity to

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Speaker 3: fall within that. Window that would be somebody The falcons

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Speaker 3: could really really. Value they spend a lot of time

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Speaker 3: at The university Of georgia over this past off, season

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Speaker 3: whether it be pro days or workouts For Jalen walker

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Speaker 3: And Mikeel. Williams he's a guy WHO i think is

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Speaker 3: his ceiling in his. FLOOR i feel LIKE i know

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Speaker 3: exactly what he is and how he can help this.

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Speaker 3: Team while also understanding that The falcons have even more

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Speaker 3: defensive needs that they need to go out in a,

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Speaker 3: crew which they would be able to do with this

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Speaker 3: hypothetical trade in acquiring more picks On day two And day.

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Speaker 3: Three so that's kind of WHY i lean towards this

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Speaker 3: scenario and WHY i lean Towards Michael williams. Specifically, now

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Speaker 3: why the edge rusher, group, well this position group IS i,

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Speaker 3: MEAN i don't need to tell you guys, this you already.

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Speaker 3: Know you know how much This falcons team needs more

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Speaker 3: of a presence off of the, edge and that is

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Speaker 3: something that If i'm PLAYING, Gm i'm putting very very.

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Speaker 3: Highly if you've watched Anything i've done over the last few,

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Speaker 3: YEARS i consistently have mocked an ed dresher to The

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Speaker 3: falcons in the first. ROUND i think this is finally

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Speaker 3: the year that that's going to be, right And i'm

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Speaker 3: really excited to see what could happen with a, real

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Speaker 3: true first round talent coming off of the edge for

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Speaker 3: The Atlanta. Falcons it's something they really really. Need AND

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Speaker 3: i think THAT i could make the argument to go

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Speaker 3: after a safety in the first, ROUND i could make

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Speaker 3: the argument to go after a corner in the first,

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Speaker 3: some opportunities down the road for you to get a

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Speaker 3: safety or a corner that could be impactful for what

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Speaker 3: you have on this team right. Now so that's kind

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Speaker 3: of HOW i got to this. Scenario i'm trading out of.

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Speaker 3: Fifteen i'm acquiring more, picks hopefully in Both day two

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Speaker 3: And day, three And i'm going to try and go

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Speaker 3: get an, edgdresher Particularly Mikel, williams WHO i think you

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Speaker 3: know exactly who he, is and you feel really good

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Speaker 3: about his floor and his ceiling and how he could

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Speaker 3: impact this team right. Now so that's What i'm doing

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Speaker 3: in the twenty twenty FIVE Nfl.

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Speaker 4: Draft Derek rackley here From Atlanta falcons Dot. Com The

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Speaker 4: Falcons attiwle presented BY at AND t and the Pregame,

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Speaker 4: show and with the fifteenth pick of the first round

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Speaker 4: in the twenty twenty FIVE Nfl, draft The Atlanta falcons

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Speaker 4: trade their selection And i'm going to say they trade

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Speaker 4: their selections with their selection with THE La chargers to

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Speaker 4: move back to twenty. Two chargers are going to move

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Speaker 4: up to try to get a receiver or a tight

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Speaker 4: end to go Alongside lad McConkey in that. Offense but

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Speaker 4: The Atlanta falcons are going to drop back in this

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Speaker 4: scenario to twenty, two and they're going to Select Mikel

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Speaker 4: williams out Of, georgia the edge rusher from The Georgia

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Speaker 4: bulldogs at six foot, five two hundred and sixty. Pounds

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Speaker 4: he's going to come in and bring a physical and

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Speaker 4: athletic presence to this. Defense thirty two and three eight

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Speaker 4: thirty four and three eighths inch. Arms he's going to

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Speaker 4: bring the ability to lock out offensive. Tackles he obviously

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Speaker 4: played through some injuries last, year WHICH i think you

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Speaker 4: could commend him because he could just have, said you know,

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Speaker 4: What i'm going to take it the season, Off i'm

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Speaker 4: going to get ready for The National Football. League but

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Speaker 4: he continued to work his way through it and showed

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Speaker 4: how much of a dynamic and explosive player he can

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Speaker 4: be in That Georgia bulldogs. Defense and what have we

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Speaker 4: seen over the past few years With georgia. Defenders they

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Speaker 4: have gone on to The National Football, league drafted extremely,

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Speaker 4: highly and quite a few of them went to The

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Speaker 4: Philadelphia eagles organization and found themselves when A Super. Bowl,

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Speaker 4: now why DID i make this? Selection, well for a

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Speaker 4: couple of. Reasons Atlanta falcons coming into this draft with

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Speaker 4: only five, selections, okay a, first a, second a, fourth

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Speaker 4: and two seventh round. Picks. Okay the last Time atlanta

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Speaker 4: only had five selections in a draft was all the

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Speaker 4: way back in two thousand and. SIX i feel like

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Speaker 4: this is a season That atlanta needs to bring in

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Speaker 4: more draft, assets more draft, capital meaning more reps at

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Speaker 4: the plate if you will on bringing in additional. Players

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Speaker 4: another thing to note in your, Division, carolina they've got nine.

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Speaker 4: Picks they're gonna make five selections Before atlanta makes their third.

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Speaker 4: Pick how About New orleans nine? Picks they have six

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Speaker 4: selections in the first four. Rounds what's the best way

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Speaker 4: to get to the postseason in The National Football league

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Speaker 4: by winning your? Division, okay you got two out of

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Speaker 4: the three other teams in your division that have a

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Speaker 4: number of selections in this. DRAFT i feel Like atlanta

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Speaker 4: needs to find a way to grab some more. SELECTIONS

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Speaker 4: i propose to trade with The, chargers dropping back to twenty.

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Speaker 4: Two it could be to, anybody somebody that's going to

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Speaker 4: be able to put together the right package to Give

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Speaker 4: atlanta more. Selections AND i still think there will be

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Speaker 4: a quality, player even if it ends up being in

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Speaker 4: Round there might be An, ezeraku A pierce From tennessee

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Speaker 4: that's still available as an edge rusher that you can

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Speaker 4: get in the, twenties still improve your, defense but pick

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Speaker 4: up additional draft assets and find a way to bring

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Speaker 4: in more players in this. Organization but AS i mentioned my,

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Speaker 4: Scenario Atlanta falcons dropping back to twenty two selecting Mikel

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Speaker 4: williams out Of georgia and he is the next member

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Speaker 4: in the first round of The Atlanta falcons of the

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Speaker 4: twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 5: Draft, Hi I'm Tarin walk AND i am The Atlanta

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Speaker 5: with the fifteen pick in the twenty twenty FIVE Nfl,

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Speaker 5: draft The Atlanta falcons select Edge Donovan asraku From Boston.

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Speaker 5: College why this position group, specifically it is no secret

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Speaker 5: since the twenty twenty four season ended that The falcons

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Speaker 5: want to improve their pass. Rush The falcons were second

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Speaker 5: thirty one, overall And donovan has a proven record of

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Speaker 5: second most, sacks not the second, fewest second most last

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Speaker 5: season in college football with sixteen and a. Half he

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Speaker 5: led THE Acc he is The Ted Hendricks award winner

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Speaker 5: top defensive. End NEED i say, MORE i. WILL a

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Speaker 5: big thing that appeals me To donovan is because he

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Speaker 5: has such a well rounded. Resume he's, very very. Consistent

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Speaker 5: that he has started thirty six games straight to close

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Speaker 5: out his. Career he is a two year. Captain it's

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Speaker 5: just a little bit of everything that can be cultivated

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Speaker 5: at the next level very. Highly The falcons haven't had

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Speaker 5: someone with double digit sacks Since Vic beasley in twenty,

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Speaker 5: sixteen and he had fifteen and a. Half If donovan

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Speaker 5: atlanta The falcons will be a very happy team when

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Speaker 5: it comes to their past rush in twenty twenty five and.

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Speaker 5: Beyond what's up.

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Speaker 1: Y'all will McFadden senior editor and staff writer here At

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Speaker 1: Atlanta falcons dot com and With falcons on The clock

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Speaker 1: at pick number. Fifteen you, know they entertained a few trade,

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Speaker 1: offers they tried to drum up some, interest but ULTIMATELY

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Speaker 1: i don't think that they'll be able to make it

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Speaker 1: work in the first. Round, now different conversation on day.

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Speaker 1: TWO i actually like them to maybe accrew a couple

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Speaker 1: things break the right. Way but that's not what we're

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Speaker 1: here to. Discuss falcons around the. Clock we got some

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Speaker 1: business to handle at pick number, fifteen and with that,

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Speaker 1: pick The falcons are going to Take Mike, green the

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Speaker 1: edge rusher out Of, marshall and he is a fireball

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Speaker 1: coming off of the. Edge let me tell, you WHEN

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Speaker 1: of like something close to love for me in terms

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Speaker 1: of seeing the pass rusher who can do it. All

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Speaker 1: he can rush around the, arc he can run right

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Speaker 1: through an offensive, tackles face, mask and he can break

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Speaker 1: out a nice dip and, rip a nice little club.

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Speaker 1: Move he's got some tools in the. Bag so the

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Speaker 1: knocks Against Mike, green obviously the off field concerns. Right

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Speaker 1: he transferred out Of virginia following a sexual assault, allegation

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Speaker 1: but nothing more has really come of. That he denied

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Speaker 1: it himself at THE nfl. Combine he has said he

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Speaker 1: i trust that if this is the, selection that they

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Speaker 1: that is something THAT i don't have any information. About

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Speaker 1: i'm not an investigative researcher in that. LEVEL i have

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Speaker 1: on the field there's a lot to. Like you can

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Speaker 1: start with the seventeen sacks right last, Season Mike green

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Speaker 1: had more sacks than any other player in THE, fbs

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Speaker 1: sacks in the league last, season that would be a big.

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Speaker 1: BENEFIT i like what The falcons had built around the

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Speaker 1: player THAT i expect them to add kind of in

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Speaker 1: good supporting, cast Adding Leonard floyd this, offseason Getting Braylan trice,

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Speaker 1: of Course Arnold abakatie taking kind of the step late

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Speaker 1: we've been hearing a lot about The falcons looking at

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Speaker 1: their pass rush as a little bit of a basketball,

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Speaker 1: rotation and in that, SETTING i Think Mike green would.

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Speaker 1: Thrive he could be a high energy bring him in

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Speaker 1: to just change things, up throw a different, look And

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Speaker 1: he's got a lot of different looks to. Throw SO

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Speaker 1: i think that The falcons are kind of the right

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Speaker 1: makeup for a player like. HIM i like where their

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Speaker 1: defense is, headed and if they are able to add

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Speaker 1: a player Like Mike green here at, FIFTEEN i do

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Speaker 1: think it'll kind of take them over the top a little. Bit,

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Speaker 1: REGARDLESS i think edge rusher is the way The falcons

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Speaker 1: should go in the first. Round you can make an

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Speaker 1: argument for corner if they double dip in rounds one and,

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Speaker 1: Two edge and. Corner regardless of how they do, IT

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Speaker 1: i would be. HAPPY i think defense is going to

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Speaker 1: be the way that they need to. Go and ultimately

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Speaker 1: that is kind of HOW i arrived at this. Pick

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Speaker 1: and you could look at the length Of mike Hil,

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Speaker 1: williams you could look at the length and size of

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Speaker 1: A Shamar, stewart kind of the polish of A Donovan.

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Speaker 1: Azerraku there are a lot of good options At edgrusher

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Speaker 1: Fifteen but for, me it's really just the combination of

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Speaker 1: kind of all of the different tools THAT i saw

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Speaker 1: combined with kind of A tasmanian devil type of. Demeanor

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Speaker 1: he just plays with his hair on, fire And i'm

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Speaker 1: always going to be drawn to a guy like. THAT

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Speaker 1: i just love WHAT i saw at The Senior. Bowl

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Speaker 1: MAYBE i can't shake. That Maybe i'm, biased but With Mike,

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Speaker 1: fifteen it's kind of an easy call for me to.

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Speaker 1: Make Sorry George bulldog, Fans i'm an alumni, myself But

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Speaker 1: i'm going With Mike green and The Marshall Thundering herd

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Speaker 6: Fifteen, hey this Is Dave artie The Atlanta Falconradio network

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Speaker 6: At Atlanta falcons Dot. Com i'm excited about the, draft

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Speaker 6: so let's get started with the fifteen pick of the

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Speaker 6: twenty twenty FIVE nfl. Draft The Atlanta falcons Select JOHN. A,

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Speaker 6: barren THE defensi, back AND i say defens you back

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Speaker 6: out Of, texas and that's WHY i selected. Him this

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Speaker 6: position group is one That atlanta needs to add some

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Speaker 6: Be but he can play, corner he can play, nickel

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Speaker 6: and he can play. SAFETY i think he's got a

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Speaker 6: specific ability to play in the, slot specifically his ability

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Speaker 6: to play the nickel, area which is where he played

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Speaker 6: predominantly At. Texas Thorpe award winner for the top defensive

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Speaker 6: back of the. Country he had five interceptions a year,

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Speaker 6: ago eight interceptions over his three years as A texas.

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Speaker 6: Longhorn this is a guy that can play nickel quite

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Speaker 6: corner if you need him, to but he slides inside

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Speaker 6: and plays that nickel. Spot and for the most, part

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Speaker 6: sixty five seventy percent of the. Time sixty eight percent

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Speaker 6: of the, TIME i guess is the. Number you're a,

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Speaker 6: nickel meaning an extra rusher on the field and probably

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Speaker 6: an extra defensy. Back and this guy could maybe slide

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Speaker 6: TIME i think this is one of those years where

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Speaker 6: you're gonna draft guys specific to what they, do And JOHN.

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Speaker 6: A barron is an expert playing on the. Interior Think Earl,

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Speaker 6: thomas the safety out Of texas that played in The

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Speaker 6: legion Of boone defense for The Seattle. Seahawks both came From.

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Speaker 6: Texas both are about five eleven five. Ten both ran

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Speaker 6: four to three under four to four at the. Combine

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Speaker 6: this kid can play all over the. PLACE i think

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Speaker 6: he's A day one starter and he has tremendous effect

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Speaker 6: on this. Defense JOHN. A barn out Of.

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Speaker 7: Texas, hey, Guys taylor VIIs morris studio. HOST i do

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Speaker 7: pregame show all that fun. STUFF i do podcasts every

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Speaker 7: now and. Again so this year for the fit with

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Speaker 7: the fifteenth overall, PICK i think The Atlanta falcons will

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Speaker 7: be Taking mike Hel williams from The university Of. Georgia

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Speaker 7: so many of you guys know. Him root for him

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Speaker 7: On saturdays and hopefully we'll be able to cheer for

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Speaker 7: him On sundays for The Atlanta. Falcons this guy is six,

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Speaker 7: five two hundred and sixty five pounds coming into the.

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Speaker 7: Draft he ran a four to seven to seven forty

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Speaker 7: at THE Uga Pro. Day he is your prototype for

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Speaker 7: And Ed rosher like the just the stature that he,

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Speaker 7: has the build that he. Has he is a great

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Speaker 7: though when you look down the line of how to

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Speaker 7: bring these players into your defense is do they work

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Speaker 7: with your defensive? Scheme AND i Think Mikel williams works

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Speaker 7: phenomenally With jeff ulbricks. Scheme, Yes Jeff ulbrick is a

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Speaker 7: four to three kind of defensive, coordinator but he came

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Speaker 7: a multiplicity defense where we, run, yes four to, three

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Speaker 7: and we run three, fours but then we also run

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Speaker 7: some things that are three to four ish and four

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Speaker 7: to three, ish AND i need players to be able

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Speaker 7: to come in and plug and play and help wherever

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Speaker 7: we ask you to. Go Mikel williams has cross trained

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Speaker 7: across the entire defensive front in his time AT. Uga

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Speaker 7: if you know anything About Kirby smart and the way

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Speaker 7: that he brings players in and refines him at The

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Speaker 7: university Of, georgia you know that this, Player Mikel, williams

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Speaker 7: he comes in and he can be a plug and

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Speaker 7: play player Wherever Jeff ulbrick needs him on that defensive.

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Speaker 7: Front If Mikel, williams let's get, crazy let me get

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Speaker 7: on my so box really. Fast let's Say Mikel williams

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Speaker 7: And Shamar stuart are still left at like that twelve

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Speaker 7: ranch BECAUSE i do think there will be a run

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Speaker 7: of edge rushers at you, know the top three edg,

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Speaker 7: rushers AND i do think it will, be of Course Abdul.

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Speaker 7: CARTER i think it will Be Jalen, walker and THEN

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Speaker 7: i Think Mike green will be that third edge taken

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Speaker 7: from the edge. Group so If Mikel williams And Shamar

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Speaker 7: stewart are left over of the top five edge rushers

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Speaker 7: in this class at they're left at that twelve, spot

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Speaker 7: twelve thirteen, PICK i think The falcons have a really

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Speaker 7: good opportunity to trade down and get a little bit

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Speaker 7: more draft. Capital because there's only five picks that The falcons,

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Speaker 7: have two of which are seventh round. PICKS i know

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Speaker 7: that you guys already know, that but in order to

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Speaker 7: stock up this, defense you need more draft capital down the.

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Speaker 7: Line SO i think it would be it would behoove

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Speaker 7: The falcons to trade down If Mikel williams and If

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Speaker 7: Shamar stewart are still available at twelve, thirteen trade back.

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Speaker 7: Down you're probably going to be able to get one

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Speaker 7: twenty one or twenty. Two that's with The, Broncos steelers And, chargers.

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Speaker 7: RESPECTIVELY i think either of these guys are great at

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Speaker 7: NOW i Think Mikel williams from The university Of georgia

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