1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Falcons Audible presented by AT and T. 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: I am Derek Rackley. I'm with my guy, Dave Archer, 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: and I'm with Oh wait, we got a different guy 4 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: over here. We got a sub in the house today. 5 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: All right, welcome Scott Bear, Digital Manager. And yeah, it's 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: it's it's all right. Like because DJ is gone, he's 7 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: with Fox. He's covering the Braves as they start the playoffs. 8 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: So we just we had to go to the pulpit. Yeah, exactly, 9 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: we had to bring in the would we call this 10 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: middle relief or are you like a closer? I'm definitely 11 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: the closer. Oh he's definitely kind of short, short statured, 12 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: lefty all power, realize what you just did, right, Like okay, okay, 13 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: well what we might call time in the middle just 14 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: to come check it out. But like, as the closer, 15 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: that means you got to bring the thunder. Hell yeah, okay. 16 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: So Scott's on our final whistle on the Atlanta Falcons 17 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: podcast network. You've probably seen him many of times there, 18 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: but he's jumping in on the Falcons Audible presented by 19 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: AT and T. So, guys, here's what we're gonna cover, 20 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: no doubt, we're gonna talk about the controversial call. I'm 21 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: sure you've been talking about it ever since the play happened, 22 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: nonetheless since the game ended. Why did the Falcons struggle 23 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: to pull off a win? There's a number of reasons 24 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: that we can get into what they're going to have 25 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: to do to change some of those things that they 26 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: didn't do to get a victory in our next game. 27 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: And then we'll talk a little bit about some roster 28 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: moves because it does involve a pretty important Falcon in 29 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: Dion Jones, and we'll get into that in just a 30 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 1: little bit. So, guys, let's talk about the questionable call 31 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: because it's something that not just Atlanta Falcons fans, not 32 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 1: just people that watched the game. It's become a national 33 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: story because of what happened in the game and how 34 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: it ended up changing the complexion of the game. So, Dave, 35 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: without us getting into pointing fingers and truly getting into 36 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: what our personal feelings or maybe the colorfully what we 37 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: want to say, what do you feel like needs to 38 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: happen in the future to avoid not stuff like this 39 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: just for the Falcons, but for all thirty two teams 40 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Well, that's a that's a there's a 41 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: lot in there, right, that's a lot to unpack as 42 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: far as what you think you might do to try 43 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: to fix this or or find some sav you can 44 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: rub on the wound, because you can bet that Kansas 45 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: City has got some of that problem again today as well. Yeah, 46 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: so what happened in their game last night, So obviously 47 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: there's an education piece to this. I know that they've 48 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: tried to do that, Scott. They've tried to teach some 49 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: of these guys as to how to tackle evidently great 50 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,839 Speaker 1: to use the form that they suggests they did to use. 51 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: All that being said, I think that what you've got 52 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: to do is they're trying to protect the quarterbacks. We 53 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: get there's got to be a degree of violence and 54 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: or you know, ex extra on plays that I think 55 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: they're going to have to discern via instant replay. I 56 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: think you're it's a play you're gonna have to look at, 57 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: much like targeting and shook that in college football. I 58 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: think that's really the only way you get get some 59 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: resolution to this. It's certainly not going to help us 60 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: and what happened this last weekend, but that's really the 61 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: only remedy here is the league's gonna have to look 62 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: at it from a competition standpoint and said, this is 63 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: not what we intended by protecting the quarterbacks into pocket 64 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 1: because we're missing some stuff, and we're missing stuff that 65 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: affects games. This one affected the game, Yeah, Dave, because 66 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: we could sit here all we want, and even as 67 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: players like we would go back after a game, and 68 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: I can talk to this as a specialist. Right. They 69 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 1: always want to point the finger at the kicker when 70 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: the kicker misses a game, right, But then the discussion is, well, 71 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,679 Speaker 1: there was four or five plays that you could have 72 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: made earlier in the game to change it, right, Yeah, 73 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: you could. There was plays that the Falcon Scott could 74 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: have made earlier in the game to change the outcome. 75 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: But in the NFL, where there's so much parody, where 76 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: you don't see forty nine to three games like you 77 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: do in college, there are sometimes games where there are 78 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: battles that all of a sudden in the fourth quarter, 79 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: you just need a couple things to go your way 80 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: to get back in the game. And it looked like 81 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: Atlanta was right there. They had all those things kind 82 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: of going their direction, and all of a sudden, this 83 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: call just completely changes the complexion of the game. Yeah, 84 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: especially you have to look no farther than the Falcon 85 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: schedule the first five weeks to see that things come 86 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: down to the to the final seconds. And ultimately, this 87 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: is another one of those games where, yeah, you can 88 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: point to things that happened in the first quarter and 89 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: the second quarter, but we saw the momentum shift, and 90 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: we saw the Falcons come back really start to get 91 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: some life inside of it, and then that call eliminates 92 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: that possibility. And while I'd like to say some very 93 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: colorful things, a lot of them with four letters, but nonetheless, 94 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna rely on Grady Jarrett here as opposed to 95 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: what I think. And Grady was on his radio show. 96 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 1: Nobody likes me reading a long quote here, but I 97 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: will try to paraphrase it and just go to some highlights. 98 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: And what he said on his radio show is I'm 99 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: not saying that it costs us the game, but it 100 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: cost us an opportunity to go win the game. And 101 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: I think that's the most important point. He also kind 102 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: of says, hey, I didn't do anything wrong, right, I 103 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: didn't do anything bad, So let's give the game what 104 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: it's owed to put the best product on the field. 105 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: And that's what drives him crazy, is that if something 106 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: looks malicious or penalty worthy live, let's let a camera 107 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: weigh in on this thing. Let's try to let cooler 108 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: heads prevail and get the call right. We've seen an 109 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: improvement and steps in the right direction with certain places, 110 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,679 Speaker 1: even with past interference from what happened to the Saints 111 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: and the Rams. Right, well, let's take that next step. 112 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: Let's try to get the game right. If the end 113 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: goes an extra fifteen minutes, but they get the call right, 114 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: I think everybody's happier than they are right now with 115 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 1: the outcome ultimately, as you point out, directly affected by 116 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: a flag that hit the field. And I will add 117 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: in Scot's all over this and appreciate the quote from 118 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:48,119 Speaker 1: Grady and bringing that most of us just want consistency. Yeah, okay, 119 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 1: And I think that's really what the league wants, is 120 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: they want consistency in whatever happens, interpretation of the rules, 121 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: how guys were their uniforms. They want consistency, right, this 122 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 1: was this situation with the quarterback protection wasn't called consistently 123 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: in the game, let alone throughout the lead so there's 124 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 1: a consistency issue that they need to get to that 125 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: I think might define things a little better for defenders. 126 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: But it's certainly from a coaching standpoint, you know potentially 127 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: what's coming and what you can teach in practice. There 128 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: were so many tweets. Social media was on fire after this. 129 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: Maybe we'll get a chance to show you some of 130 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: those from some organizations, from some national talking heads, if 131 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: you will. Everybody's been talking about it. You guys kind 132 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: of talked about the replay, and I'm with you because 133 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: you think about the NFL instant replays, it stands. I 134 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: don't think anybody has any issues with the way that 135 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 1: the NFL instant replay is right now, not that because 136 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: they don't say it slows down the game. They don't 137 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: say that it takes away from momentum. Because I think, 138 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: like you said, people want it right in the NFL. 139 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: They want the games called properly. So if they can 140 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: go to the college role where they review targeting, no 141 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 1: matter what, anytime it happens, they review it and either 142 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: they take it away they leave it as is, but 143 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: getting the call right, and that's maybe the direction the 144 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: NFL has to go. Well, I think that we have 145 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: to be careful in saying get it right, because there's 146 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: a lot of times we look at the replay and 147 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: that say that's not right. You know, so my interpretation 148 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: replay might be different than yours, are different from Scots. 149 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: But the thing that you get as a team, as 150 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: a team and fan is you do get him to 151 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: look at it. It's not just an arbitrary call by 152 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: someone or you know whoever, whatever game it might be in, 153 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: and then that's it. The law is the law. That 154 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: we're done. They do it gives you an opportunity to 155 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: go back and review it. They can slow it down, 156 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: take a look at it, and then if they still 157 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: come to the same conclusion, you may argue with that 158 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, but at least you get the idea 159 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: that they spent some time on it. It wasn't just 160 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: an arbitrary call, and that's it and we move on. 161 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: You know. We talked about like form tackling and doing 162 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: it right, and Great even mentioned like he did everything 163 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: that he was supposed to do. Guys, I remember them 164 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: talking about this, like right when I finished playing back 165 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: in two thousand and six, two thousand and seven, two 166 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: thousand and eight, member. They were talking about heads up tackling, 167 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: and Pete Carroll was doing all of this stuff with 168 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: the Seahawks, and everybody was watching his videos. And we're 169 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two and I still don't know if 170 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: there's a proper definition of how you hit somebody. And 171 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: I mentioned to you guys before we came on the air, 172 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: I'm an offensive guy, right. I actually used to play 173 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: the quarterback positions normally, I'm on the show with two quarterbacks. 174 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: I am about protecting the quarterbacks because these are the 175 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: guys that are getting paid twenty thirty forty plus million 176 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: dollars a year. They changed the game, but it's also 177 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: still a physical sport. I understand people want to say, oh, 178 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 1: this is football, those things, Okay, that type of narrative. 179 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: Narrative is over right. I understand it's still football. But 180 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: it's so difficult to play on defense right now. Whether 181 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: it's pass interference, whether it's rushing the quarterback. There's got 182 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: to be so many things that these guys try to 183 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 1: think about in the heat of the moment, and you 184 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: think about how quickly these plays happen, how quickly that 185 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: all developed. For Grady Jarrett to get to Tom Brady 186 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: get him down on the ground for him to think, 187 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 1: oh wait a second, I need to make sure that 188 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: I fall a certain way so I don't get called 189 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: for a penalty. To me, it kind of takes away 190 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:23,199 Speaker 1: from the playing football, just fast and free, right like that. 191 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: That's usually when you play the best is when you 192 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 1: just react, Dave Right, you just go out there and 193 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,839 Speaker 1: you make plays on the football. So we could talk 194 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 1: about this for hours. Obviously we don't have that much time, 195 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: So let's let's move forward, Scott. Let's talk about maybe 196 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: some of the other areas of the game that got 197 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,439 Speaker 1: Atlanta behind the eight ball. What are some of the 198 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: plays that stuck out to you that Atlanta got off 199 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,079 Speaker 1: to such a slow start and kind of spotted Tampa 200 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: Bay a three TD lead. Yeah, I think a lot 201 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:53,079 Speaker 1: of them had to do with penalties really, that are 202 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 1: that we're kind of indisputable, right, Like you look at 203 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 1: a face mask penalty that that slows them down offensively, 204 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 1: defensive holding earlier earlier in that same drive, and I 205 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:09,839 Speaker 1: and there was a drop by by Philippe Franks and 206 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: and and Hodge that that slows down the moment, the 207 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: offensive momentum that never really got going early on. UM. 208 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: So I look at first downs by penalty drive me insane, 209 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: and I think Arthur Smith and saying that that that 210 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 1: when you look at those things, that they were never 211 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: able to get into that good rhythm. How often were 212 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,599 Speaker 1: they planned from third and eight, third thirteen, where on 213 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: the opposite side, Tampa's playing at third and three every time. 214 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: They had twenty nine plays in the first half. So 215 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: those are the things that really stick out to me. 216 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: Self inflicted wounds and putting yourself behind the sticks I 217 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: think ultimately slowed them down early. I wrote this play 218 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:52,719 Speaker 1: down arch or a stat if you will. UM. The 219 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: television broadcast talked about it. They said, plays in the 220 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: opponent territory. I had written it down. One forty left 221 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: in the third quarter, Atlanta had seven plays in Tampa 222 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: Bay territory and Tampa Bay had thirty two plays. That 223 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: kind of kind of goes back to your point how 224 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay stayed on schedule. It was almost like Atlanta 225 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: was always fighting the chains, fighting mistakes. Even from the 226 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: first drive of the game. The potential interception to aj Terrell, 227 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:20,719 Speaker 1: the balls in his hands right in the granted it 228 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: goes through another player's hands. But like one of those 229 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: where maybe that sets the tone. If he makes that play, 230 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: it kind of changes the momentum early on in the game. Yeah, 231 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: there's no question it is a tough catch. It went 232 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: through the hands of Russell Gage and hit him right 233 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: in the chest. But I mean those are the you 234 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: we do drills in practice where you get the blurred 235 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 1: drills where they go through guy's hands and you drop 236 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: them in practice too, So excuse me that that makes 237 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: it difficult. What stuck out to me in the first 238 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: half was Atlanta probing trying to how to trying to 239 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: figure out how to block Tampa. Tampa got touched uff 240 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: for over one hundred eighty yards on the ground against 241 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: against the Kansas City Chiefs. You know Todd Bowles as 242 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,679 Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator and head coach. That ain't happening to 243 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: us anymore. We're going to crowd the line streer. They 244 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: were playing with eight man boxes most of the first half, 245 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: and Atlanta had a tough time figuring int how to 246 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: block him. Antoine midfield made three tackles in the backfield 247 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: the free safety stream. Early in the game. They're stringing 248 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: plays out. He's coming up off the edge. There are 249 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: a couple of players where Atlanta had designed and they 250 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: had enough people to block except for the safety or 251 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:23,199 Speaker 1: except for we confused it. We blocked the safety and 252 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,359 Speaker 1: didn't block the other guy. So I thought the adjustments 253 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: that Atlanta made moving through the game to try to 254 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: go ahead and continue to run the football. You had 255 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,959 Speaker 1: fifty two yards rushing. I think at halftime you finished 256 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: with over one hundred and fifty yards on the ground. 257 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: So obviously that talks about the staff and the players adjusting. Now, 258 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: the only way that can happen and stay in the 259 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: game is for your defense to kind of hold onto 260 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: the rope, and to me, that was the best way 261 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: to describe this defense as they were were described as 262 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: a bin don't break defense. That's fair, but they were 263 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: holding onto the rope. You get an unbelievable stop early 264 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: in the football game on and short fourth and shorten 265 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: your own territory that turns Tampa away. Get a great 266 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: stop right there, and that's who this defense has been. 267 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: When you look at the numbers, they're in the top 268 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: half of the league in red zone defense. They've been 269 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: moved on. There's points or there's yards being racked up. 270 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 1: They're twenty fifth, twenty sixth in the league and yards 271 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,559 Speaker 1: given up. But when you get down in the red zone, 272 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: they stiffen and they do a really good job of 273 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: using the perimeter of the end line and the sidelines 274 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: is that extra defender, and they hymn you in and 275 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: do a good job of forcing field goals. And that's 276 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 1: what they did in the first half until Arthur Smith 277 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: and his offense could get untracked so they could figure 278 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: out how to block. And when they got block and 279 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: figured out, all of a sudden, now Tampa's on their heels. 280 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: You get three consecutive three and ounced defensively and here 281 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: comes the wave of Atlanta coming back. But that's the 282 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: ebb and flow of the game, and that's complimentary football. 283 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: When one side's not kind of carrying it, can the 284 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 1: other side kind of hang on to you can figure 285 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: it out. To me, that's a compliment to the players, 286 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,319 Speaker 1: certainly from an intelligence standpoint, but it's the staff and 287 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: we've seen it for five weeks now changing what they're 288 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: doing in the game to fix the problem. They've done 289 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,679 Speaker 1: it for five consecutively. You go to every game and 290 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: they've made some kind of an adjustment in the game 291 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 1: that's given them the opportunity to be close late to 292 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: win the football game. It's a resilient team. That's one 293 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: thing I actually wrote it down, like, as I'm watching 294 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:27,119 Speaker 1: this game, they fight right, and it's you know, no disrespect. 295 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: But in years past, maybe you didn't see the same 296 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: type of fight when things weren't going their way in 297 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: the game. But it's almost like you look at this 298 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: team and you watch the way that they're playing, even 299 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: if they're struggling, they still feel like they got a 300 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: chance to win it. And that's what we saw in 301 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 1: the second half. Scott, like, this team doesn't give up. 302 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: They continue to fight. They're kind of playing with the 303 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: personality of their head coach that just you watch him 304 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 1: on the sidelines and he's just he's always competing in 305 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: a way that he's calling plays. It's refreshing to see that. 306 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, we understand what 307 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: this business is. It's about wins and losses, right, So 308 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: you can say there and say the resilient they compete, 309 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: but Arthur Smith is telling the guys that we have 310 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: to find a way to turn these into w's right. 311 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: So my question to you is slow start right, What 312 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: are some of the things that you've seen that need 313 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: to change for them to get off to a better start, 314 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: not only in the first quarter, but in the third quarter, 315 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: because you get some of these quarterbacks like a Tom Bray, 316 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: like an Aaron Rodgers, if they are hitting on all 317 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: cylinders early, you're gonna find yourself in a deficit. And 318 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: I just don't think this Atlanta team is built to 319 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: be able to say, we gotta throw the football fifty 320 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: two times now. So what adjustments do you think need 321 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: to happen early on in the game so they don't 322 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: find themselves in these type of holes. Yeah. I'm gonna 323 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: go back to a conversation that I had with Jake 324 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: Matthews right like right after this loss, and it was 325 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: another one of those things, Well, yeah, we fought, but 326 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: that's not good enough for us anymore. And I think 327 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: that's a sign of good coaching and a sign that 328 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: they're raising the stakes growth. And Jake kind of talked 329 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: a lot about it, and a lot of it was 330 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: finding a good rushing rhythm early and staying on schedule. 331 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: Um Marcus Mariota talked again about first and second down execution, 332 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: and I think it is a combination of Look, they 333 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 1: are who they are. They're gonna run it down your throat. 334 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: They're gonna be innovative with pre snap motions and misdirections 335 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: and those like in those types of things. But can 336 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 1: they have a complimentary passing game that moves the ball 337 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: down the field that I think has been lacking over 338 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: the like over the last two weeks. Can they run run, 339 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: strike you deep? Right? Um? Can they scare you? And 340 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: can they keep you honest? Because Dave is exactly right. 341 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: You looked at that box and you're like, there isn't 342 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: room for a sardine in here the way that that 343 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: they were packing in. And so I think if they 344 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: can establish the run, get that play pass going, and 345 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: then start to create big strikes down field, that's what 346 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: we saw against the Seahawks more, that's what we haven't 347 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: seen as much the last two weeks. So, Dave, where 348 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: did you see the turning point? Which one of the 349 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: areas one of the reasons why I love the game 350 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: of football because to me, it's one where momentum is 351 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: so big. In this game, you can find yourself in 352 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: a hole and all of a sudden, two or three 353 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: plays happened in your favor, and all of a sudden, 354 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: you just feel things shifting as you were calling the game. 355 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: Where did you feel things start to shift? There are 356 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 1: a couple of things that happened in the game. They 357 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: went to zone read, which they really were doing a 358 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: pretty good job of defending. I mean, when you watched 359 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: the game plan for Tampa in the first half and 360 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 1: even some into the second half, whenever Marcus came out 361 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: on bootleg, two guys shadowing, they were trying to cut 362 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: off his ability to get outside one to throw it, 363 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 1: and then his ability to run it. So Arthur had 364 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: to find a way to get his quarterback involved in 365 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 1: the run game, and they went to a couple of 366 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: zone read plays and Marcus ripped off about a twenty 367 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,439 Speaker 1: five yard run right through the gut of the defense 368 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: that got it out of or midfield. I thought that 369 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: was a turning point. The Avery Williams punt return was huge. 370 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: I mean, you get a short field opportunity, you pin him, 371 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: your defense comes out and it might have been the second, 372 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: maybe the third three and out in a row, but 373 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: you get the short of the second one. I believe 374 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: you get the punt, you get the punt return, so 375 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: again another phase of the game, checking in to try 376 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,719 Speaker 1: to help the offense, kick start the offense, give him 377 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 1: a short field opportunity. Those are two plays that stuck 378 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: out to me as far as kind of in the 379 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: second half began to turn. I think that's what I 380 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: would point to. I think that there were some things 381 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,159 Speaker 1: they were trying to figure out because of the box 382 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 1: and how many people were around and who you're supposed 383 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: to block. There were extra defenders there as much you'll say, hey, 384 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 1: they didn't do anything different than what we expected. Well, 385 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: then you got to play it, and there were some 386 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: guys that are gonna make plays. Win feels a good player. 387 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: He's an instinctual player down around the line of scrimmage, yes, 388 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: you know. And to get him blocked is saying you 389 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:42,679 Speaker 1: can say it, but then you gotta get you got 390 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: to do it. And so I think they figured that out. 391 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: So I give a lot of credit to the team, 392 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: and I give a lot of credit to the defense. 393 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 1: In DANPS, I know people were talking about the defense 394 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 1: and wow, you know they're bleeding us, they're bleeding us. Well, 395 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: this is an offense, and you know as well as 396 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: I do, Tampa is a big strike offense. They want 397 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: to take his shots down the field. He wants it 398 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: drives him crazy. I get Brady a ton of credit 399 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: for being patient. Yeah, because he threw the ball underneath. 400 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: Threw the ball underneath, threw the ball underneath. Atlanta was 401 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: given them that because they didn't want to give him 402 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 1: the strike down the field. And so that's tough in 403 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 1: this league to string plays together to score. Look at 404 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: the score at the end of the game. They scored 405 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 1: twenty one points. They scored two touchdowns. Yeah, in the 406 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 1: game because they were made to put plays together to score. 407 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: And that's the part you got to keep in mind 408 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: when they say, oh, they're killing us underneath. Are they 409 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 1: scoring now? The other side of that is they're eating 410 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: up clock and taking some of those opportunities away. Certainly 411 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: in the first half. Atlanta even that in the second 412 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 1: half by moving the football and getting some things done themselves. 413 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 1: It's interesting you say that because I remember when Brady 414 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: did try to take a strike downfield. Remember I went 415 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: for Scottie Miller on the right sideline and Casey Hayward 416 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: was all over. A beautiful play, beautiful defensive play to 417 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: not get past interference right in his hip pocket. They 418 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: talked all game long about the speed that Miller had 419 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,159 Speaker 1: getting down field and everything, and they had a one 420 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: on one shot and he made a play. That was 421 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 1: when Brady was trying to take his chance downfield to 422 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: get the big one on the board and Hayward have 423 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:15,400 Speaker 1: the ability to knock it free. This episode in part 424 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: brought to you by the Home Depot. 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So three and two forty nine ers, Scott, 440 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: give us a little bit of sense of what Atlanta 441 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: is going to be facing with San Francisco this weekend. 442 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: I actually cover that team right before I took this job. 443 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: Got all kinds. This is the here's the closer, So yeah, 444 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: bringing it now. They're actually staying on the East Coast 445 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: or staying in West Virginia between the victory over the 446 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 1: Panthers and when they play the Falcons. This is a 447 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: team that seems to go through a lot of injury issues. 448 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 1: They're having some troubles now with Nick Bosa and maybe 449 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 1: even their kicker Robbie Gold. They lost one of their 450 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 1: starting cornerbacks. All that said, still pretty good and they 451 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: can still play some pretty ferocious defense and seem to 452 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: be able to get after the quarterback no matter who's 453 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 1: along that defensive line. They are ferocious, and the Falcons 454 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 1: offensive line is going to have to deal with that. 455 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 1: They're also going to have to deal with a guy 456 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: named Deebo Samuel, who we've all heard of, who Arthur 457 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: Smith gave as about as nice of a compliment as 458 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,919 Speaker 1: you can possibly say in that he's a football player. Yes, right, 459 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter how big he is. He's a football player, 460 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: and he's another guy that's going to have to be 461 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 1: accounted for. And as Falcons fans already know Kyle Shanahan's 462 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: run game, it's pretty good. Yea. So there are a 463 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: lot of things for the Falcons to contend with during 464 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: what I believe is the most difficult three games stretch 465 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 1: of opponents that the Falcons will see all season. It 466 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: doesn't mean this is an impossible task, Jimmy Garoppolo, I 467 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: don't have a ton of confidence in if I'm just 468 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: being honest. So how they navigate a lot of these challenges, 469 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: how they take advantage of areas where they do have superiority, 470 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: Can I think go a long way and how this 471 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: game goes? You know, I called South Carolina game number 472 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: of years ago when Debo was there, and I remember 473 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: preparing for the game one and then calling the game 474 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,360 Speaker 1: and telling myself a number of times, like, gosh, it's 475 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 1: a really good football player. I'm surprised that more people 476 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: aren't talking about him. And then, of course I knew 477 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: he was going to be an NFL player, Dave, But 478 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 1: did you see the Deebo sam was going to end 479 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 1: up being the guy that he is in the NFL 480 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: right now. No, I think that it gives give Kyle 481 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: Shanahan a ton of creech. Like we talk Arthur Smith 482 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 1: and we talk about David Guhn and what he's done 483 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 1: with Corderoll Patterson, that's essentially what they're doing with Deebo Samuel, 484 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 1: using him everywhere right, and Deebo a little bit more 485 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: of a receiver as opposed to line him up in 486 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: the backfield, although they will line him up in the 487 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 1: backfield in Bay. What's their playoff run a year ago 488 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 1: saw him line up at tailback and they handed him 489 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: the football like a traditional tailback would get the ball. 490 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: They're not doing that as much so far this year. 491 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: It's more jet sweep stuff. It's more quick screen stuff. 492 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: But he's a guy in space type player, and he 493 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: runs like a running back. He's very difficult to get 494 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 1: on the ground. He's, frankly what everybody else in the 495 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,360 Speaker 1: league wants. They want one of those guys. Our guy 496 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: like that just happens to be banged up. So that's 497 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: the problem there. So what you're gonna see is a 498 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: mirror image of yourself on offense. This is a very 499 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,360 Speaker 1: similar offense. You're gonna run wide zone, You're gonna run 500 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: a lot of stretch plays. You're gonna get the quarterback 501 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: booting out. You're gonna run play action. What have we 502 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: been seeing on our offense. The one thing you won't 503 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 1: see with this offense that you see with ours is 504 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: you're not gonna see zone read with a quarterback. Now, 505 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: they might get a keep off of a bootleg, but 506 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: they're not gonna run Garoppolo. Remember Trey Lance was a starter. 507 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: He's out, so you don't necessarily want Garoppolo to go down. 508 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 1: And a Scott mentioned he's a little bit if he 509 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 1: when it comes to not just play but his health. 510 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: This guy's had a tough time stand on the field. 511 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 1: They're not gonna want to disrupt whatever they think they've 512 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: got going by getting the quarterback banged up. But I 513 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 1: think you're gonna I think that bodes well for the 514 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: Falcons from a from a defensive standpoint, you have a 515 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 1: pretty good idea what you're gonna see. Now it's you 516 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: gotta go stop him. Scott mentioned they are get after 517 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: you upfront in the run game. They want to come 518 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 1: downhill and run to football. They've got a couple of 519 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: good runners that can do it. Not Deebo Samuel, because 520 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: other guys that can run the rock with some speed 521 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: and quickness. The part that I will be interested to 522 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: watch is this is I talked about it at Cleveland. 523 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: It lanted an unbelievable job with Cleveland's three count screen game. 524 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: I don't know what it is about being able to 525 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: run the football, but your screen game also factors into that. 526 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:11,439 Speaker 1: San Francisco's outstanding. They scored a touchdown on a three 527 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: count screen against Carolina from about the twenty yard line. 528 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: And when I say three count screen, what I'm talking 529 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 1: about it's a thousand and one, thousand and two and 530 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: now some linemen get out in front, back circles in 531 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: behind you dumping the football and here you go after 532 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: you've dropped off in coverage. They're outstanding with that, and 533 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 1: that's something Atlanta has been very good about. In fact, 534 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 1: even snuffed out two screens in this last game from Tampa, 535 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: and I think they tried at eight times against in 536 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: the Cleveland game, completed one of them, and that was 537 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 1: the play Jalen Hawkins knocked the ball out of David 538 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,919 Speaker 1: and Joku so screen game gonna be a big deal, 539 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: and they'll run the screen all the way down to 540 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: about the fifteen ten yard line, so you gotta be 541 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: careful in the red zone. Atlanta has been so good 542 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 1: down there and playing their zone coverages, you're probably gonna 543 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: see screen down there. Clothes got to take care of that. 544 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: So that's what you're looking at on the offensive side 545 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 1: of them, Dave, you mentioned the screen game obviously is big, 546 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 1: and they've done a pretty good job against that. How 547 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: big and the reason why I'm gonna ask you this 548 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: question about slowing down Deebo Samuel is they faced the 549 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 1: guy last week and Mike Evans that if you let him, 550 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 1: he can take over a game. And I felt like 551 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: they had a pretty good game plan of making sure 552 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 1: even though Mike Evans when he had four catches eighty 553 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: one yards, but he didn't take over a game. Because 554 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 1: Mike Evans can do that, is Deebo Samuel the same type? 555 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: Is that going to be a similar concept for them defensively? 556 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 1: Is don't let Debo beat us? Well, different nut to 557 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: crack completely right, because you're talking about Debo can get 558 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: the ball anywhere. Evans is gonna line up on the outside, 559 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 1: and they're gonna throw the ball too. This is a dude. 560 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: They're gonna hand it too. They're gonna throw quick chef 561 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: stuff too. So it's a completely different nut to crack. 562 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: Do you have somebody shadowing him? Who is that player? 563 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: You know, I don't know that Aj Terrell necessarily draws 564 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 1: that assignment because I think you're taking Aj out of 565 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: coverage down the field. And they got other guys that 566 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,399 Speaker 1: can make plays down the field. You know, Ayouk is 567 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: an outstanding receiver. They got a tight end. It's a 568 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: pretty good player. So yeah, so there's there's other weapons 569 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 1: on the field. So it'll be interesting to see what 570 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,120 Speaker 1: Dean Peace comes up with. Make no mistake, there will 571 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: be a focus on number nineteen and wherever he's lined up, 572 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: they'll have an idea where he is. All right, So 573 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: Atlanta knows a little bit about the West Coast slash 574 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 1: East coast trip that San Francisco's doing. They did one 575 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 1: earlier this season, so they'll get to somewhat return to 576 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: favor for a team that's going to stay out on 577 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,200 Speaker 1: the on the East Coast the entire week. Back on 578 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: home turf against San Francisco, forty nine ers. Final story here, Scott, 579 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 1: let's just talk real quick. News came out this week 580 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: that Atlanta Falcons traded away a pretty darn good player, 581 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,920 Speaker 1: Dion Jones. Of course, spent some time on the injured list, 582 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: and they decided that it was time to move on 583 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,360 Speaker 1: from the veteran six hundred and fifty total tackles, four 584 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty eight solo eleven interceptions, maybe one of 585 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: the more athletic linebackers that I've seen in the last 586 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 1: ten or fifteen years. Um, I guess I'll just serve 587 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: it up to you as your initial thoughts when you 588 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: heard the news that Dion Jones no longer going to 589 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: be in a Falcon's jersey. Yeah. I go back to 590 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: what Terry Fontineau said at the NFL Scouting Combine about 591 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 1: all of the major, big contracts that they had to 592 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 1: deal with, right with Matt Ryan and Grady Jarrett, Jake Matthews, 593 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: and of course Dion Jones. And they've now touched all 594 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,719 Speaker 1: of these contracts in some way, shape or form. Now 595 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: that this Dion Jones What's going to happen with him 596 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,879 Speaker 1: thing has been a storyline forever. Yeah, and I'm happy 597 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 1: for the team and the player that this has been 598 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: resolved in some way, both in that they were able 599 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 1: to get a little bit of compensation, but they were 600 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: able to help themselves out tremendously from a salary cap perspective. 601 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: More so in twenty twenty three and moving forward, and 602 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: Dion Jones has an opportunity to go play somewhere else where. 603 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: They've clearly restocked at that inside linebacker spot. So I 604 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: think just having resolution is a good thing. I think 605 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: you look at it and you think six round pick 606 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four, that's that's something that you can get. 607 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: But I look at the salary cap benefits as something 608 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: that is important. But just because this storyline has been 609 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: going on, I'm really glad that that you that you 610 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 1: referenced on the way that you did. He gave so 611 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: much good service to this organization. I don't think that 612 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 1: that that that can be lost in the fact that 613 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: sometimes breaking up is hard to do well. I had 614 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: a chance to call every one of Dion's games here 615 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: in Atlanta. It came in as a rookie in twenty sixteen. 616 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 1: He was part of an upstart defense that had four 617 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: rookie starting on it was a team that went to 618 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. He was a big part of why 619 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: they went to the Super Bowl. Even though they weren't 620 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: great on defense. You had a bunch of young guys 621 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,959 Speaker 1: like Kean O'Neil, who we saw this last weekend making plays. 622 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 1: I can tell you that I watched him play. Now, 623 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 1: he's been banged up the last couple of years and 624 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: some of those skills, from what I can see, have 625 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: diminished some. He was the best cover linebacker in the 626 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 1: Nashville Football League. Yeah, there was no question about it. 627 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: I saw him to run sideline to sideline cover players. 628 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: I saw him line up against Alvin Kamara and completely 629 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: shut him down, and he knocked him out of the 630 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: game one time here a couple of years, three or 631 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: four years ago. But no one will ever forget the interceptions. 632 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: Of course, the one that closed the show when for 633 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: Jamis Winston and overtime he picked the pick six that 634 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: closes the show there to beat Tampa in the final 635 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: game of the year a few years ago. And then 636 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 1: of course his interception, his first interception came in New 637 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,479 Speaker 1: Orleans that he took back for a touchdown against Breeze. 638 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 1: But maybe the probably the most iconic interception he had 639 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: was in the end zone in the color scheme. Game 640 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: was on a Thursday night. New Orleans was here. It's 641 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 1: always fun to beat New Orleans and Dion closes the 642 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: show with an interception in the middle of the end 643 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: zone with those bright red uniforms on makes the grab, 644 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 1: goes up high to make the interception. So I just 645 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 1: want to pay homage to Dion Jones because an outstanding player. 646 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 1: I think that the Falcons have done the right thing here, 647 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: make no mistake, because as Scott said, this linebacker corps 648 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: is a young, pretty cool linebacker corps and they're coming. 649 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: Get ready now, because that's going to be the strength 650 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 1: of this defense pretty soon. It maybe already the strength 651 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 1: of that interior. And so you got an opportunity to 652 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: give And I love what Scott said. You gave Dion 653 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: an opportunity to continue his career in another spot, fresh 654 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 1: start for him because he deserved it. I love that 655 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: you and I think the same way because I didn't 656 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: even really have a chance to tee you up. You 657 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 1: took it right from Scott, And my question was going 658 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,320 Speaker 1: to be to you arch give us a few of 659 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: your best memories of Dion and you just went there. 660 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: So I appreciate you doing that because he's been a 661 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 1: great Falcon during his time here. Obviously I talked about 662 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 1: his stats, did some great things. And one thing I know, 663 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: just from my time in the league, you've been around 664 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 1: it for a long time, Scott, I'm sure the same way. 665 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 1: There are decisions that are made from a business standpoint 666 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:46,040 Speaker 1: that a fan may not always agree with, even as 667 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: somebody that covers the team you may not agree with. 668 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: You might say this guy could still be in this uniform. 669 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,239 Speaker 1: A lot of people probably felt that way about Matt Ryan, right, 670 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 1: But sometimes this is why it's a difficult job being 671 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: a general manager. But you have to manage things that 672 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 1: are in the best interest of the team. So not 673 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: only is this a good move for the team, but 674 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,440 Speaker 1: it's a good move for Dion, as you guys said 675 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 1: as well, and we all wish him the best because 676 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: he's a tremendous player and he deserves the right to 677 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: go out and show people why he's such a good player. 678 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 1: So that's it, guys, Hey, great job closing it down. Yeah, 679 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 1: I appreciate you bringing in the nuggets about San Francisco 680 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: because you know, a little bit extra about that. Zee. 681 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 1: You know there's always gonna be a time when you 682 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 1: can come in and you can throw that nasty splitter, 683 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: you know what, you know, just right in the dirt, 684 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 1: swinging right over it. It's beautiful. Shockley, you're unnoticed. Man. 685 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 1: This seat's real warm where I'm sitting. So we don't 686 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 1: know if we will have shocked back next week. All 687 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,280 Speaker 1: depends on the Braves. He's got his responsibilities with Fox, 688 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 1: but thanks for holding the seat down and offering your 689 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 1: perspective of anything once again. At Scott Bear of course, 690 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: he's with our digital media team, Atlanta Falcons Podcast Network 691 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 1: of course on the Final Whistle as well. You've probably 692 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,480 Speaker 1: seen a many of times. Thanks so much for joining us. 693 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,360 Speaker 1: That's gonna wrap it up here on the Falcons Audible, 694 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 1: presented by AT and T Dave Archer, Scott Bear, I'm 695 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 1: Derek Ratley. Continue to watch our podcast on whichever platform 696 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: it is, like, subscribe, review. We appreciate all of that. 697 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: Oh go brain, just keep on doing that. Davie Ye, 698 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: thanks so much for joining us. Everybody, see you next time.