1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: We are back on the Falcon's audible presented by AT 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: and T. And for those that are kind of looking 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: left and looking right, they're saying, wait a minute, welcome 4 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: to guys. Aren't on video, Well, we're only audio this 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: week because me and the guys Dave Archer, DJ Shockley, 6 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: Hello fellows. Um, we are going to be moving into 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: some fancy new studios here very soon. Let's be really. 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: One of us got haircuts, so yeah, I mean we 9 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,639 Speaker 1: forgotten to shave. Um, the shirts aren't tucked in, so 10 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: our artists are at He's looking at us like, y'all 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: don't look good. I'm look fine, looks clean. Oh. So anyway, 12 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: we will be back on you in full video display 13 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: very soon and you will probably see some new digs 14 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: surrounding us, which we are very excited for in the 15 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,319 Speaker 1: near future. So without further ado, let's get into what 16 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: we are talking about today. Of course, we're to revisit 17 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: the Falcons Saints game down in New Orleans. What happened 18 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: in that one. We obviously got a lot of talk 19 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 1: about Desmond Ritterer. We will fast forward talk about this weekend, 20 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: another road game against the Baltimore Ravens and then maybe 21 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: some story time, some cold weather games that the guys 22 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: have played in throughout their careers, holiday games, because one 23 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,639 Speaker 1: thing you know in the NFL, the NFL doesn't stop 24 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: for holidays. If Thanksgiving Christmas falls on days where they 25 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: play games, they play games. Okay, so we will talk 26 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: a little bit about those three. So let's get into it, guys. 27 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: We talked about this last week. Obviously, the big storyline 28 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: going into the Saints game was the Falcons with a 29 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 1: brand new rookie quarterback making his debut in Desmond Ritter, 30 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons fall to the Saints twenty one eighteen. Dave, 31 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: I want to start with you. You were there, you 32 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: were breaking it down every moment of the way. Let's 33 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: start with this because I felt like this was kind 34 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: of a I don't know if you want to call 35 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: it a turning point, because this beginning of the game. 36 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: If you could script out a lot of things for 37 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback making his first start, you generally wouldn't 38 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: script out a fourteen nothing deficit midway through the first quarter. 39 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: And I felt like that was where this team, not 40 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: just Desmond Ritter, the entire team got themselves into a pickle. 41 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: You got a rookie quarterback making his first start, and 42 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 1: before he even blinks, he's down fourteen points. You know, 43 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: by the way, you're probably in the worst place you 44 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: could possibly as a Falcon player to be playing in 45 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: the Superdome in New Orleans against your Arts rival. I 46 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: thought that it gave you an opportunity, and I know 47 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: a lot of people wanted to see what this guy 48 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: was made of or what he would do, and he 49 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 1: didn't flinch. He just you know, we came out with 50 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: three and out offensively, was not a good series, and 51 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: then of course they got the touchdown pass from Taysom 52 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: Hill and it's fourteen nothing. In a blink of an eye, 53 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: you've had the ball for three plays. He did a 54 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: really good job of staying in the moment, staying in 55 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: the game, and I thought those are the kind of things. 56 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: Obviously we wanted the numbers, and the numbers weren't there, 57 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: and I think numbers will come and I'll get some 58 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: numbers of other guys that have played in their first starts. 59 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: But what you wanted to see was how he handled 60 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: the situation, won the adverse situation with the stadium and 61 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 1: who you're playing against, to whatever situations presented themselves. Fourteen 62 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: nothing down obviously the worst of the worst scenarios there, 63 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: but he didn't allow that to affect him. He stayed 64 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 1: even keel throughout the game, and I thought he got 65 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: better as the game went along. I thought he was 66 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: anty shock early on. I thought you could see it 67 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: in the first couple throws. He didn't want a negative play, 68 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: meaning he didn't want to sack. And we, as quarterbacks, 69 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: always don't. We want to make the guys around us 70 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: feel good about themselves, especially early in the game with 71 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: its a receiver running back, certainly your offensive line. You 72 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: don't want them to see you laying on the ground 73 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: behind him because you've held the ball too long. I 74 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: thought he got antsy and tried to pull it down 75 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: too early. That's steadied and settled as well, So that 76 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: part of it I really liked. Now, the numbers were 77 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: not there, we'll talk about that, but the numbers are calm, 78 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: I think. But I just like the way you handle 79 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: his business. Yeah, Arch, it's great to have you guys 80 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: both here talking about this because we got two quarterbacks, 81 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: right and DJ, you guys can speak to like, Yeah, 82 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: we could sit here and we could we could dive 83 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: into x's and o's and always missed this pass or 84 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: didn't manage the play clock this way. But DJ just 85 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: talk about like the things that were probably going through 86 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: his mind early on in that game that he was 87 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: having to fight through. That you talked about, Arch, and 88 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: then what you saw as the game kind of wore on. 89 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: I think the operation part of it is where you 90 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: look at a young quarterback, especially in an environment like that, 91 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: how do you operate within the pocket, how you operate 92 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: in the huddle, how you operate just getting a play call, 93 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 1: because obviously this is totally different. Now you've had a week, 94 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: you've had all, you know, kind of all season to 95 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: kind of get yourself ready to go as far as 96 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: you know, preparing as a starter. But it's something different 97 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: about when you get in the game and you're actually 98 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: the guy and you have to run the show. There's 99 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: no coach behind you like it is in practice, yell 100 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: and hey we got to get this guy lined up 101 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: or whatever it is. You have to be in total 102 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: command and control while you're offered. So I thought operational 103 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 1: he did a really good job of doing it. Arch 104 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: mentioned in the environment like that, just getting lined up 105 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: and this offense has a lot of checks, has a 106 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: lot of you know, different things that the quarterback has 107 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: to do, motion that the line of scrimmage, get everybody 108 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: lined up, and then get the ball snap. We didn't 109 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: see a lot of you know, false starts. We didn't 110 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: see a lot of that kind of stuff happened in 111 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: the ball game. And I thought he did a good 112 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: job operationally of just getting the play out and then 113 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 1: here comes execution lay Like Art said, the numbers they're 114 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: going to come. And I think you look at early 115 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: in the ball game, we didn't help ourselves as much 116 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: as on first and second down being in good situations. 117 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: And you think about, you know, first play the game, 118 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: you're taking a shot to CP and hey it's an 119 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: incomplete pass, and are your second to ten or you 120 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: try to run the football and then you know a 121 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: couple you know series later and you get nothing or 122 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,559 Speaker 1: you get a negative artist play. So you're already putting 123 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: this guy behind the eight ball and arch mission as 124 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: a quarterback when you're already in second hand, second and 125 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: eleven or whatever it is, you don't want to contribute 126 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: to the negative yarders play. So you don't want to 127 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: get a sack. You don't want to turn the ball over, 128 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: and I think early in the game you could see 129 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: him just trying to get the ball out of his hands, 130 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: and like you mentioned, arch he was a little antie 131 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 1: with it at times. Maybe an overthrow here or maybe 132 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: you know, just trying to get rid of and know 133 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. I think he did a 134 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: good job operational as far as you know, playing the 135 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: game through. But I think also we could have helped 136 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: ourselves better on early downs that could have helped him, 137 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: especially once you get to second to third down. Yeah, 138 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: you know, we talked about this a little bit last week, 139 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: and I don't want to take anything away from the Saints, 140 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: but I know, Archie you talked about like there's a 141 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: good defensive front going up against Atlanta, and Cam Jordan 142 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: has made a career unfortunately against the Atlanta Falcon So 143 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: it wasn't like his ear his work was gonna be 144 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: easy trying to navigate the opposing color jerseys that were 145 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 1: coming against him. So Archie talked a little bit about numbers. 146 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 1: He was just fifty percent passing thirteen to twenty six, 147 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: ninety seven yards, no touchdowns, picks. I know you wanted 148 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: to talk a little bit about numbers. The one thing 149 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: I would add that I think is positive. Again, you're 150 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: trying to extrapolate positives moving down the road or even 151 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: in the future for a really talented young quarterback. Is 152 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: still no Kyle Pitts in the game, but he definitely 153 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: made a concerted effort to get the ball in the 154 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: hands of Drake l Seven catches seventy yards, but he 155 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: had eleven targets. So he went the direction of the 156 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: first round pick eleven times in the game. I think 157 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: that bodes well for trying to get the ball into 158 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: the hands of playmakers. And now we just got to 159 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: hope arch that the accuracy that he gets a little 160 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: bit more lasered in. Yeah, and I think that those 161 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: guys can help him some too, Right, you'd mentioned the 162 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: first play out of the box. You take the shot 163 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: to Cep. Horrible route by Patterson. Patterson's got bump and 164 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,679 Speaker 1: run coverage. He saves him no room along the sideline, 165 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: there's no place to throw the ball. I love the 166 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: idea of taking the shot, but you're the veteran player. 167 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: Take a little time plan the scrimmage run by the guy, 168 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: but give me some room to throw the football didn't 169 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: help him at all there. Drake London had a couple 170 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: of routes where he didn't run to the proper depth. 171 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: He didn't get to the proper depth, which changes where 172 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: the ball enters. You. If you're at the proper depth 173 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: and the ball comes out, now maybe it's on the 174 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: front number, but because you get short, now it's on 175 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: the back hit. And those are little things that happened. 176 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: So he needed the guys around him to help him out. 177 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: And I think that that that will come because some 178 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: of those guys will settle in and do something. Now, 179 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: Drake did really a couple of really cool things. You 180 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: mentioned the numbers or in what his numbers were. There's 181 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 1: one in particular rout I know the one you're you 182 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: know what I'm talking about, where Drake's had a little 183 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: pop passed at the inside and there's two windows, there's 184 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 1: one outside the backer or inside the backer. And when 185 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: the ritter lets the ball go, the ball looks like 186 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: it's going right at Damario Davis. Well, Drake attacks the 187 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: football undercut seem takes the ball away and pushes it 188 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: up the field for another ten yards or so. So 189 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: there you kind of start to see that marriage kind 190 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: of coming together. Those two guys numbers wise real quick, 191 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: John Elway, And again I'm don't make mistake. I'm not 192 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: trying to compare Ritter to the guys I'm gonna mention here, 193 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: but just give you a perspective. Now, some guys have 194 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: lit it up and they're only start Matt Ryan through 195 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 1: a sixty five yard touchdown passing his first pass. That's 196 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: the guy everybody wanted to run out of town. Let's 197 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: not forget that. So but John Elway won for eight 198 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: an interception fourteen yards his first start, the guy that 199 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: we consider the goat who we're going to see at 200 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 1: the end of the season. He had thirteen completions. Did 201 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: Tom Brady in his first game as a New England 202 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,319 Speaker 1: Patriots starter for one hundred and sixty yards. The next 203 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: week he had twelve completions for ninety yards, didn't throw 204 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: a touchdown and passing either one of his first time 205 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: light No, but it just in that's where a perspective 206 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: has to fall in. We tried to talk about the 207 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,719 Speaker 1: patient's level, and I think I even tweeted something out 208 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: about you know, I had give the kids some time 209 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: because this isn't we're not talking about going to playing Madden. Yeah, 210 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: you know, like you said, there was a guy, there's 211 00:09:57,679 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: there's a guy that's made a living play against the 212 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: falcon and Cam Jordan who's standing on the other side 213 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: waiting to come get you. So those things got to 214 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: keep him perspective. You know. I'll add something for the 215 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: fans to kind of think about there. There are three 216 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: plays I broke down this week on atlantifinder dot com 217 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: of some of the things that he did well in 218 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,199 Speaker 1: this ball game, and one was aren't you remember this? 219 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: They go five wide, they go empty set, and Drake's 220 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: in the slot. He's got Tyron Matthew covering him in 221 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,839 Speaker 1: the slot, Pro Bowl veteran guy. What he does pre 222 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: snap the post snap is they go spread and you 223 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: gotta figure out where's the lever too, who I knew 224 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: can win. What's happening. He goes away from rotation, throws 225 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: the inside slant. Tyron Matthews playing outside leverage. On the 226 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: other side. You got oz run the same kind of slant, 227 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 1: but on the other side, the guy has inside leverage. 228 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: From pre snap to post snap, he knew exactly which 229 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: way to go with the football first off and then 230 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: delivered the strike. This was on third and six completion. 231 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: Move the chains. There's another play. They go play action 232 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 1: left and Drakes are running like a little somebody over 233 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 1: route and he's got a nickel coming off the edge. 234 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: Stands in there, No, he's gonna get hit. Toughness, stands 235 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: in there, takes a shot, delivers the ball to Drake. 236 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 1: Nice easy completion, and his last one was he's throwing 237 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: you got you got Drake coming on a big over out. 238 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: You got Michael Preuit coming on over out as well. 239 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: Play action away and the linebackers they were fooled at first, 240 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: but they got back under it. He does a good 241 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 1: job of holding Michael Pruett up in the hole instead 242 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: of leading them across the field where the linebackers were going. 243 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: This is just all stuff that you know, never comes 244 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: up in a statute as far as what he's seeing, 245 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 1: being able to see the field, I just throwing it 246 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,719 Speaker 1: into an area or okay, he's supposed to go and 247 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: throw it across the field. He throws it to a 248 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: guy and makes him open pretty much. So there were 249 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: a lot of things he did in the ballgame that 250 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: when you turn on the tape, you say, Okay, those 251 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: are things that are absolutely teachable things that you can 252 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: learn from and say, hey, these are good things. Obviously 253 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: there's things you can work on, but there are always 254 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: things that you turn on the tape that people may 255 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: not see and say, okay, that's something that you can 256 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: absolutely build on. The forward and Shock and I are 257 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: going to sit here and try to convince you, as 258 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: a Falcon fan that this guy is the next guy. 259 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: This is going to be the d guy. What we're 260 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: trying to give you an idea of is some of 261 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: the growth we saw in the game. Because this guy 262 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: hasn't played since back in August. Okay, so to get 263 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: a chance to get in and play in real, live 264 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: action is a different scenario. And then and then to 265 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 1: try to compare it to what's what's going on with 266 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: other guys that have been in similar situations. He made 267 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 1: some bad throws in the game. He had three point 268 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 1: throws that could have been picked off. That's what happens 269 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: with the young quarterback too, and misread something. The speed 270 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 1: of the game catches up with you because a different 271 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: speed in the NFL than it is at Cincinnati where 272 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: he was playing in college, and you got to learn 273 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: that deal. But he take that for what it's worth. 274 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: A couple of throws that probably were ill advised, but 275 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: also don't forget you took over the ball on your 276 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: own ten yard line with the game in doubt, the 277 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: game's on the line. He took it from the ten 278 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: yard line. They drove all the way down the field, 279 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: and on fourth down eight he throws a completion to 280 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: Drake London that puts you in field goal range. You're 281 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,559 Speaker 1: gonna have a chance to tie the football game. Oh, 282 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: by the way, there's enough time in a game you 283 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: may go win the game. So this is the same 284 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: dude that struggled maybe early and maybe throw a couple 285 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: of balls. You say, well wait, that should have been 286 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: picked off. Yeah, okay, but it didn't. And so you 287 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: play out the circumstances you're handed in a game. He 288 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: was handed a long field, a ninety yard field to 289 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: try to go win the football game, and he gave it. 290 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: He gave you a chance to win it. I don't 291 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: want this to be the apologies for this, that or 292 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: the other. You know, there's two scenarios here. He had 293 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: made some mistakes, but he also did some really good stuff. 294 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: Let the kid grow, because he's got some he's got 295 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: there's a knack about him. I wanted to bring one 296 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 1: last thing up and then we'll move on. I know 297 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: you guys saw this, but you talked about making some mistakes, 298 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: not necessarily seeing it or learning from it. Right before halftime, 299 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: they're driving down and they had I want to believe 300 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 1: it was like a second and seven. Okay, again, I 301 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 1: don't know what his progression is. I don't know what 302 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: is read is, but Zakias ran like a like a 303 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: comeback or a deep speed out to the sideline, and 304 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: I thought he had it. If you are in the 305 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 1: groove and you throw that ball on anticipation right like 306 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: it has to happen in the NFL, you got to 307 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 1: throw that ball before he comes out of his break. 308 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: That way, when he turns around, the ball's right there. Instead, 309 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: he hesitated a little bit and a dB came in 310 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: and knocked it away. That was you potentially, that's first 311 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: down right there. They were already on the New Orleans 312 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: forty seven yard line. Okay, let's just say they drive down. 313 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: It's fourteen three at that time. Let's say they drive 314 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: down and they punch it in right before half. What 315 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: happened right after half? They drove down the score was again. 316 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: So those are those times when we talk about, like 317 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: as broadcasters, can you get that two for one? Can 318 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: you get to score right before halftime? And then you 319 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: get the ball coming back in the third quarter, you 320 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: got a chance to double dip. Right to me, that 321 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: could have changed the complexion of the game. And it's 322 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: probably a throw they're gonna watch on tape and he's 323 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: gonna say for a cut a loose. I probably had 324 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: it right. And those are the things that come with 325 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: experience when he's just got to know that he's going 326 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: to throw him open, right with anticipation. All right, So 327 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: let's transition away from Desmond Ritter a little bit because 328 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: you talk about positives on offense. Guys, it was a 329 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: coming out party for Algier. Okay, like he's been a 330 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: force all season, but it was almost to me, guys, 331 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: like I watched that game and I was like, this 332 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: guy might truly be the running back of the future. 333 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: The way that he played, the physicality, the vision that 334 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: he played with. How many third down running plays did 335 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: he get to connect? I think it was six at 336 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: the last count. Third down plays that they ran it 337 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: and he converted for a first down. It's almost like 338 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: the maturation that we're wanting to see from Desmond Ritter, 339 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: we're already starting to see it DJ from Algier, and 340 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: you can when you watch him run. You know, he 341 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: runs with an angry intent, and they were a couple 342 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: of times in the game where it looked like he 343 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: probably should have gained no yards one yard and he 344 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: ends up with four or five six yards. And the physicality, 345 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: like you mentioned, he runs with, it's fun to watch it. 346 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: You can tell he kind of feeds on it as 347 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 1: the game goes on and he continues to run and 348 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: pound and run. The one thing that I think, you know, 349 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 1: watching him, that I've kind of kind of been more 350 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: impressed with is his vision. And the touchdown run was 351 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: supposed to be an outside zone. You can see everybody's reaching, 352 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: and even if you watch it on film, his eyes 353 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: are outside. His eyes are going outside zone, and he 354 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: comes and cuts it all the way back and hits 355 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: that hole and punches it in and runs through a 356 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: couple of arm tackles. Those are the things that that 357 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: are hard to teach some guys just having some guys 358 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: don't and you can see he has that physicality, and 359 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: you talk about we talked about Algeria. I thought this 360 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: was another really good game by the rookies. You talk 361 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: about the Agelo Malone had to tackle for loss and 362 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: the Katie had the fumble, the calls fumble there only 363 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: third and one one in the ball game. We talked 364 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: about London, talking about Ritter Troy Anderson got his first start. 365 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: I mean, these rookies are making major production here as 366 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: the season goes on. And I know we're talking about Algie. 367 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 1: I mean, first first game over a hundred yards, you know, 368 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: second touchdown of the year. I mean, all that kind 369 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 1: of stuff is great, but he brings a different intensity 370 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,120 Speaker 1: for this offense and he gives you exactly what you want. 371 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: In the run game, seventeen carries one hundred and thirty 372 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: nine yards. He actually eclipsed one hundred yards early on 373 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: in the third quarter, so that was already knocked off 374 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 1: of his list. But again, the physicality that he played 375 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: with I thought was quite impressive. And it's another one 376 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 1: of those positives that Atlanta has moving forward. This episode 377 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: in part brought to you by the Home Depot. 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But all the 396 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: stuff going around Baltimore, fellas is that offense has been 397 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 1: a nimic ever since Lamar Jackson left, that Hundley is 398 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 1: not able to move the ball down the field, they 399 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: have not been scoring very many points. JK. Dobbins has 400 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: come back from an injury, but he doesn't seem to 401 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: have that same kind of burst that he's add early 402 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: on in the season or in his career. What do 403 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: you see from Baltimore and what type of animal is 404 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: Atlanta going to face this week? If you will. Yeah, 405 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: it's a very uncertain certainly on the offensive side of 406 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: the ball, because they're a different They're a different flavor 407 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 1: for Lamar plays, right, I mean, now all of a sudden, 408 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 1: you've got a dynamic run entity that can take it 409 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: to the house from anywhere on the field. So that 410 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: changes who you're going to be and that will be 411 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: the real challenge this week. Get ready defensively because Shatley, 412 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:29,360 Speaker 1: the young kid, he can move around, the kid out 413 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: of Utah, the backup quarterback. But they've been they have 414 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 1: been very good with three points this weekend and their 415 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:41,400 Speaker 1: loss so the Browns, So that might be a problem 416 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 1: in trying to prepare. I guess you try to prepare 417 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: for Lamar and then you kind of settle into whatever 418 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: you're gonna get because their pass game is not going 419 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,120 Speaker 1: to change with Lamar in the game. Maybe a little 420 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: bit more RPO potentially, or a little bit zone, a 421 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 1: little more zone read. But so you prepare for that. 422 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 1: I guess you're prepared for Lamar and see if he plays. Um. 423 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 1: A lot going on with him. Obviously he's got he's 424 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,360 Speaker 1: a contract scenario going on. Does he come back the injury? 425 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: That's all him. That's a problem they've got up there. Defensively, 426 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: they're all a salty Now, that's a team he gets 427 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: after you. Defensively, they've got guys all over the field 428 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: can play, whether it's a corner spot, the linebacker spot, 429 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: along the defensive front. They're big, they're physical, Um, So 430 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: that will be a real challenge. But as soon as 431 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: I say that, every time we line up against one 432 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: of these kind of teams, we shoved the ball right 433 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: down our throat. Yeah. We ran for two hundred yards 434 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 1: against the Saints this weekend. Um, And they're as good 435 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: a front seven as you're gonna have to Mario. You 436 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: mentioned the run that that you get down the goal line. Biologier. 437 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: He runs through to Mario Davis, and I'm not talking 438 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: about just through an arm out. He ran through him. 439 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: Physical linebackers, he's one of the best tackle tackle linebackers 440 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 1: you're going to see in the league guys an outstanding tackler. 441 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: So the physicality and the run games there, can we 442 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,160 Speaker 1: be better protection wise? And Ken Dez makes him play 443 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: in the past game against this really good Baltimore defense. 444 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 1: Remember Baltimore lost that game. They now fall a game 445 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: behind Cincinnati. So if you look big picture, it's a 446 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: huge game for them because they get an opportunity to 447 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: potentially pull themselves close. Since a Natix playing at in 448 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: New England, so what's going on there? So there in 449 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: New England's in a race. So there's a lot going 450 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: on here late in the season for them as far 451 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 1: as they're seeding and where they might be in the playoffs, 452 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: and for Atlanta as well because because of the way 453 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: the NFC South is stacked up. Yeah, first time this 454 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: season DJ the Ravens have not been on top of 455 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: their division due to their loss last week. Offense has 456 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: been mentioned, it's been a struggle for them without having 457 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson in the game. They've mentioned it, right, you 458 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 1: get him back in the game, and you hear this 459 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: all the time, right, is Lamar Jackson at eighty five 460 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: percent better than most quarterbacks, especially of his style right. 461 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:50,440 Speaker 1: He wants to run the football, he wants to get 462 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: around the perimeter, and he can make a defense pay 463 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: What do you see as some of the keys in 464 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: this game for Atlanta to kind of get off the 465 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: schneide here if they've kind of racked up a few losses. 466 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: I think, similar to our archers talking about the efficiency 467 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: in the past game has to be there. We've seen 468 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: the run game go all year. I mean, I think 469 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: you got twelve games over a hundred yards this year, 470 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: four games over two hundred till you know, the run 471 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: game's gonna travel wherever you go. And that's kind of 472 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: been the amo of this team. If you can find 473 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: a way to be more efficient in the past game 474 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,400 Speaker 1: and number two, take care of the football. I went, 475 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: like you said, the little ricon looked up some stuff 476 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 1: and the Ravens have twenty three takeaways on the season, 477 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: which is third most in the league. So that tells 478 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,159 Speaker 1: you they're gonna rate the ball now, they're gonna try 479 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: to go forward, they're gonna get after you. That's kind 480 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: of the thing that they've kind of leaned on and 481 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 1: obviously that's a big part of what they do. And 482 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 1: you know, we've both seen these Baltimore defense over the years, 483 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: how you know, exotic and how crazy they can be. 484 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: You got a short week coming in here, one less 485 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,439 Speaker 1: day to get ready and prepare for this. They have 486 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: to be on their p's and q's when it comes 487 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 1: to the things you see on defense. So I think 488 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: you got to take care of the football and the 489 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: offense has to be a little bit more efficient and 490 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,880 Speaker 1: we can always you know, give our offense a couple 491 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: more possessions too. Always helping a ballgame when you got 492 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 1: a chance to play on the road in this atmosphere, 493 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: and like you have both mentioned, this is a big 494 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: time game for Baltimore. It's a big time game for Atlanta. 495 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: So we both will come in this game. I think 496 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 1: you know, ready to go because it means so much 497 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: as we had three games to go. Just something I 498 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:21,439 Speaker 1: would like to mention about the just reflecting back on 499 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: this game, and I know we haven't touched on it, 500 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: but the kind of the scary moment that happened with 501 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: Danp's early on in the game and Dean got knocked 502 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: down for those that didn't see, got knocked down by 503 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 1: the punt returner during warmups, kind of got blindside, kind 504 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: of whiplashed, and Dean went down. They took him off 505 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: the field on a stretcher. He went to the local 506 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 1: hospital was later discharged fine, just a concussion. Came back 507 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,160 Speaker 1: to the actually came back to the stadium their late 508 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 1: third quarter, early fourth quarter and watched the remainder of 509 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: the game from the locker room, and he flew back 510 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,919 Speaker 1: with us after the game. So Dean's fine, And I 511 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: know everybody's gonna have been wondered about that. I'd like 512 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 1: to get Frank Bush and the staff, Ted Manichino, all 513 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: those guys that kind of came together. That's a that's 514 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 1: a jar that's a jarring situation. Now, Frank had called 515 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 1: defenses before, had been an interim defensive coordinator with the Jets, 516 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: he'd been the defensive coordinator in Houston, so it's not 517 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: his first rodeo and calling a defense. But when you're 518 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,479 Speaker 1: twenty minutes before kickoff and they said, oh, by the way, 519 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 1: you're calling the defense, you know, yeah, you've got some 520 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: mindsets and you've got some ideas that you're going to 521 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 1: contribute to Dean who's calling the defense. But you're you're 522 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 1: not calling the defense in your mind twenty minutes before, 523 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: and now all of a sudden, you are so I 524 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: give the defense a lot of credit. They got off 525 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: to a slow start, and I didn't think it was 526 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: because the defensive plays called. I thought it was because 527 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: a play on the field. Though Richie Grant made a 528 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: mistake on the post route should never have undercut the play. 529 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: It was just a poor play by him, not because 530 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: of the defensive call. But when you got the turnover 531 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: deep in your own territory, down fourteen to three, the 532 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 1: game changed. You got to turnover. They made some adjustments 533 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 1: to the what New Orleans was doing, and all of 534 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 1: a sudden, Andy Dalton wasn't quite as comparable as he 535 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: had been early in the game. We're just sitting back. 536 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: They started, come with some pressures. You got Zoe come 537 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 1: off the edge, hits him in the in the back. 538 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 1: Do you have credit with the defensive staff. They've done 539 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,160 Speaker 1: it all year long. They've made adjustments, not just Danps 540 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: but that staff. And I just wanted to throw some 541 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: kudos towards Frank Bush and that staff for coming together 542 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: in an adverse situation knowing that their hearts are going 543 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 1: with the defensive coordinator. Because you don't know what's going 544 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 1: on with him, and you think about the defensive players 545 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: that he love him too. You don't know what's going 546 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: on with your guy, and yet I got to go 547 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: play a game. I just thought that that was that 548 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: was an impactful moment, and I showed the guys a 549 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: lot of maturity and a lot of galanizing together one 550 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: hundred and twelve yards seven points in the second half. 551 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's pretty good. Ye settled in? So 552 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: you're right, Dave. I mean, Frank, he's got experienced calling plays, 553 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 1: but it's in that situation. Without that, he has not 554 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: been the voice of the defense. Right. So he's thinking 555 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,199 Speaker 1: to himself, how do I get our defense in the 556 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,400 Speaker 1: right situation but make it feel like Dean right? Because 557 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 1: at that moment, you're trying to make it feel as 558 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: normal as possible to the players on the field, Right, 559 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 1: can I can I call in the same type of 560 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: things that they're they're normally used to seeing in these situations, 561 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 1: down to distance where we're out in the field, what 562 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 1: the score of the game is. So a lot of 563 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: things going through his mind, just trying to keep the 564 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: ship moving the right direction. But you're right, I'm glad 565 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: you pointed that out. And one last thing, I mean, 566 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 1: Arch mentioned it just you know, not call any guys out, 567 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 1: and you talked about Richie Grant and you know that 568 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:29,919 Speaker 1: to play that Richie you know, probably will tell you 569 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,359 Speaker 1: himself that you know, he took the wrong angle. And 570 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,959 Speaker 1: you know, whatever it is you think about the touchdown 571 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: to Johnson, we'll lose him coming across on a shell across. 572 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,920 Speaker 1: That's execution. That's not the play call is not you're 573 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: not you know, knowing where you're supposed to be. That's 574 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: just execution on your behalf. So that's you know, fourteen 575 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,440 Speaker 1: points right there that if you're just in the right position, 576 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: plays probably don't happen. So uh, that's a good call 577 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: by Art talking about coach Bush and danps and that 578 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 1: defense coming together, because there were a lot of moments 579 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 1: in that game that just wise, if you're just in 580 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,400 Speaker 1: the right spot, you make the blay. All right, guys, 581 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: before we go, let's let's kind of turn the tone 582 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: a little bit, have a little bit of a fun 583 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: maybe a little story time. Here we are in December, okay, 584 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: and we are playing football, which generally happens outdoors, which 585 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,120 Speaker 1: if anybody watched the Monday night game. You saw all 586 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 1: kinds of frost and steam coming out of the mouths 587 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 1: of the players. Up in Green Bay. There is um 588 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: what do they call it an arctic bomb or something 589 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 1: like that going around the country right now where there's 590 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 1: some really cold temperatures. That was just on the weather 591 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: app a little earlier. Today the blizzness conditions will be 592 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 1: entering the atmosphere at seventy four degrees. But let me 593 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: ask you guys this, can you think back in your career. 594 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,959 Speaker 1: Not only are we in December with very cold temperatures 595 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: and the falcons are traveling north, but we are also 596 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,640 Speaker 1: around holiday time, so arch, can you remember a time 597 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,880 Speaker 1: when you played in a really cold or snowy game, 598 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: or you played on a holiday which either you were 599 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: happy about, you were upset about, You played really well, 600 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 1: you didn't play really well because of the day or 601 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: the holiday. Well, I don't know why. A lot of 602 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: my stories eventually go back to me having to play 603 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:14,680 Speaker 1: at the eighty five Bear Defense. We played in Chicago 604 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 1: on a really crisp late November day and it was cold. 605 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: I think kick off it was right around twenty three 606 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: degrees twenty four degrees. But it was a bright, sunshiny day. 607 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 1: Anybody knows where that stadium is is right near Lake Michigan, right, so, 608 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: but there was no wind. It was just a clear, 609 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 1: crisp day. Now the eighty five Bear defense was staring 610 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 1: across me and they're not clear, and Chris and they were, 611 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: they were clear and crisp. I putt me on the 612 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,959 Speaker 1: grounds when they were They probably made it about ten degrees, 613 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: but it was It was cold and they're hitting in. 614 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: You don't really want to be hit period, but certainly 615 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: not the things you're breaking your body off your body 616 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 1: when it's that cold. We went in a halftime. We 617 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 1: were down I don't know, seventeen nothing at halftime or 618 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: something like that. We came back out. A lot of 619 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: guys didn't want to come back. We can't, we can't. 620 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: We came back out and all of a sudden things 621 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: had changed. Something's falling from the sky, okay, and it's 622 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: like pieces of ice, and it was the old turf 623 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: and it was sticking in the turf and it was 624 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: like razor blades and so when you went down, just 625 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: ripped your arms and your hands up. So not only 626 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: am I being destroyed by these humans that are super humans. 627 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: Now I'm falling on what is this falling? You're getting 628 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: broken and then you're getting sliced. This was the most 629 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 1: miserable experience. We couldn't wait. You talk about wanting to 630 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: get on the bus after the third quarter, Yeah, we 631 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: wanted to get out of there. And I think I've 632 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 1: told the story about that playing against that team, and 633 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 1: I think that was that was a stretch where they 634 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 1: had four consecutive shutouts during the season and we happened 635 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 1: to be one of them. And that was just a 636 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: miserable experience. But the one, the one that sticks out 637 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: of my mind more than anything else is we go 638 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: up there and I'm a broadcaster. Then we're playing in Chicago, 639 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 1: what oh five oh six, It was like a Sunday night. 640 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 1: It was in descent. Yes, we go up there and 641 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 1: I had a pretty good idea that Mike wasn't interested 642 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 1: in playing in that game. Vic It was cold, cold, cold, 643 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: but I knew we were in trouble when I walked 644 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: out on the field pre game and they said, well, 645 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 1: how do you know that Brian Urlacher is standing in 646 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 1: the middle of the field all six foot five two 647 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty five pounds. He's got a cut off 648 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: T shirt on bald head and steam is coming off 649 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 1: his head. I looked over at the Westrham, I said, 650 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: we got no chance. Well, you are winning this game, baby, 651 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: and they thumped us. I don't care. I remember that 652 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 1: game and I'll never forget that. I'm standing on the 653 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 1: sidelines right going out to punt, and I'm trying to 654 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: get my hands warm so when I get out there, 655 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: I've got good feeling in my hands. Two things happened 656 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: from the time I left the heater on the sideline 657 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: until I got in between the hashes to snap the ball. 658 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: Number One, my hands that were warm were now frozen 659 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 1: again in the matter of seven seconds it took me 660 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 1: to get out to the middle of the field. And 661 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: number two, when I touched the football, it was like 662 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: they just pulled it out of a freezer. I was 663 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: gonna be like, somebody just had this in a bag 664 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 1: or something like, how is this soul cold? And it 665 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: was like, you want to talk about one of the 666 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 1: worst like that. One NFC championship up in Philadelphia was 667 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: pretty rough. When they were trying to shovel the snow 668 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: out of the stands before we played that game, DJ, 669 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 1: I know you're a Southern ball you played at Georgia 670 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: Any other ones that you can remember, That one rings 671 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 1: bales for me because I remember before that game and 672 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: usually Garus, his soul coach, Nap would always come and 673 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 1: we would all sit down meet him shopping and we'd 674 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 1: be going over to plan and what we're gonna do 675 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: in this situation. And all I remember is Mike Nap, 676 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 1: get away from I need to find gloves shirt. He 677 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: wasn't trying to hear. Everybody was so worried about the 678 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,800 Speaker 1: clothing that we were going to We're going out and 679 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,400 Speaker 1: socks and how are you gonna manage it? Because I mean, 680 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: we're out for warm ups and we were back in 681 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: no lie. He had to be within four minutes of 682 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 1: going outside. There was no chance anybody want to be 683 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 1: out there any longer than they had to. I remember 684 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 1: a game in college. We were playing Georgia Tech, and 685 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: it was in Atlanta, and it was cold, it was raining, 686 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 1: it was probably about probably about thirties some degrees, and 687 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 1: this is, you know, pretty cool, late November. We're playing 688 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,760 Speaker 1: Georgia Tech. David Green gets hurt. I come in the game. 689 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 1: You're talking about the worst game I ever played in 690 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: my life. And I was cold, and I was winning. 691 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: I'm coming off the bench, so I'm like, and this 692 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: was the last game that fans remembered before going into 693 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 1: my last year. So it was like, this is the 694 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 1: guy that's taken overboard that shirt I'm talking about. I 695 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: couldn't complete the pass, I couldn't grip the ball. Those 696 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: games are the worst. So I get a lot of 697 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 1: credit to those dudes that played out there in Green 698 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: Bay and year. You're so right about the ball though, 699 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 1: and I know the fans and maybe you've gone outside 700 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,479 Speaker 1: and throwing some catch, play some catch outside. But when 701 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 1: you're in those games and those balls are stuck in 702 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,480 Speaker 1: the bags and they're getting new balls and bringing fresh 703 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,480 Speaker 1: balls out, and a lot of the kicking balls come out, 704 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 1: they've been sitting over there. Um, if you remember the 705 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 1: movie The Christmas Story, if you haven't seen it, it's 706 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: an old Christmas story. It's an old movie. But remember 707 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 1: when the kid sticks his tongue on the post. That's 708 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: what Van Note snaps me the ball, And now my 709 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: hand is stuck to the football and I've got I've 710 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: got Richard did coming this direction. I've got single. I 711 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 1: can't get rid of it because it's stuck to my tongue. 712 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: Nobody wants to play in the folks. Everybody says, oh, 713 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,160 Speaker 1: they're used to. No, they're not. They don't want to 714 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 1: play in it either. They just get used to going 715 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 1: out and starting stories of Brady wearing scuba suits out 716 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 1: of New England because it's so cool, Like that's the 717 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: kind of stuff you gotta do with. Yeah. Um. By 718 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,960 Speaker 1: the way, there are Falcons fans that live in Minnesota 719 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,400 Speaker 1: and in Boston that just heard you complain about the 720 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,840 Speaker 1: weather in Georgia in November, and they checked out and 721 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 1: they didn't even hear the rest of the story, Like 722 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:11,040 Speaker 1: is he complaining about cold and in Georgia. Yes, yes, 723 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: supposed to be cold in Baltimore this weekend. I think 724 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: they're predicting seven degrees in Baltimore on We're gonna take 725 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:25,000 Speaker 1: bald It's by the way, I'm just gonna quick revision. 726 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:30,840 Speaker 1: Bomb cyclone is what they're potential bomb cyclone happening across 727 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:35,479 Speaker 1: some parts of the country. You get the weather channel, 728 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,240 Speaker 1: their channel, you get the jacket. It's just the heat press. 729 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,359 Speaker 1: It's not the embroidered one, so it's almost like you're 730 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 1: not official, right, you know, watch it it comes. You 731 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: got to make sure our famed producer Sam Larson, we 732 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,879 Speaker 1: got Michael mean, they're all going to Baltimore as well, 733 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 1: so you gotta give him some some some weather gear. 734 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 1: You can bet that these guys when they show up 735 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,480 Speaker 1: the stadium and look like the Mitchell and so much stuff, 736 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 1: it will be able to move. I'm gonna see you 737 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 1: before the game March. They're gonna be like, um, can 738 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:03,960 Speaker 1: we go up to the press boxes? I heard it's 739 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,680 Speaker 1: nice and warm? Is it open or is it closed? 740 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: In a press We'll keep our you know, we keep 741 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 1: our window. Yeah, a little bit able to feel it, 742 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: to be part of it, a part of I'll be 743 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 1: my Christmas head on too, by the way, on my 744 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,840 Speaker 1: Falcon Christmas. Yeah, make sure we get a picture of 745 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:21,799 Speaker 1: that arch. All right, folks, that's gonna do it. Here 746 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,279 Speaker 1: Falcon's Audible, presented by AT and T. We hope to 747 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 1: be back on screen because I know you're looking at 748 00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:29,480 Speaker 1: you want to see these shows shout. We're hoping to 749 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 1: be back on screen next week, but I can't make 750 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,879 Speaker 1: any promises if we are back on screen, Sam Lars. Yeah. Yeah, 751 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 1: you can send out your mail to him please at 752 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,640 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons the addresses, never mind, I won't go there. 753 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,520 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us. Folks. Will be back, 754 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 1: hopefully talking about a Falcon's victory over the Ravens next weeks. 755 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 1: Have a great day, everybody, Slave Bills, R. Maddie Christmas