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Hey everybody, 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: the boys are back here in the Falcons Audible presented by. 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:29,639 Speaker 2: AT and T. 10 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: That's DJ Shockley by the way, fresh off of a 11 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: interview with Kayden Ellis. This is Dave Archer and I'm 12 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 1: Derek Rackley here. We are back in the studio and 13 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: we have the viewers can't see this. We have a 14 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: monitor in front of us. We've been told that we 15 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: are the big boys in town, so we get a 16 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: return monitor, which basically just means we can see what 17 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: you guys see, so we can kind of correct some 18 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 1: things or maybe if Arch has his lanyard on, which 19 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: he normally does. 20 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 3: Take it off, but shared old school TV. 21 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: So we are back for our second one together as 22 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: all three of us, your guys is third now as 23 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: we are well into training camp for the Atlanta Falcons 24 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty five season, and we actually had. 25 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 2: A game played last week. 26 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: So the first question is did you watch and did 27 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: you care? The Hall of Fame game was last night 28 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: Chargers and Lions last weeknight. 29 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 3: I didn't see a snap. 30 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 2: I gonna lie. 31 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 4: I watched a little bit of it because obviously I 32 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 4: do stuff with my dogs, So I went back and 33 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 4: watched some of it and watched you know, Dan Jackson 34 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 4: was playing for the Lions, and yeah, so it's a 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 4: couple of bulledogs. I was just looking forward to see 36 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 4: how they were gonna play, and just to see him 37 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 4: on the next level. It was pretty cool to see that. 38 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 4: But other than that, I was like, what else can 39 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 4: we watch? 40 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 2: But yeah, that much? How about you? 41 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 3: What was your last year at Georgia? 42 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: Last year? Georgia's two thousand and five. 43 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: That's pretty special, two thousand and five. He's twenty years 44 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: after and still personally invested in how them dogs are 45 00:01:58,040 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: doing well. 46 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 4: Well, it's different because I to know these kids now 47 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 4: on a different level. Obviously, when you know, I'm down 48 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 4: there with them, always in on the sideline all the time, 49 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 4: it's like it's like ours. I mean, these dues all 50 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 4: the time. So he has invested with the Falcon as 51 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 4: much as you know what I'm saying, all us are too. 52 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 3: Well, you're saying you've given up on the Golden Gold. 53 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 2: That's what it sounds like. 54 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 5: I'm still watching Iowa stated, I'm a lot further removing Minnesota. 55 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: Stop it because I'm very far removed. I don't go 56 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,119 Speaker 1: to any practices or games because I'm busy on Saturdays 57 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: and the turnover getting. 58 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 4: News. 59 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 2: I don't get a football one. 60 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: I get one from the school. He'll try to get 61 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: some money out of the football program. 62 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: So you don't check on Saturdays. Go through and check 63 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 2: the scores. 64 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: Scores and see how they're doing. And trust me, I 65 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: pull form when they get drafted. 66 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: He cares about you guys, minimally. That's what he says. 67 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 3: I got rock obec. 68 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 5: If they're slinging it for Iowa State, we're in a 69 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 5: Big twelve title game last year, were still invested. 70 00:02:58,560 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 2: You got the eye roll. 71 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 3: I don't know if you felt it, but I gave 72 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 3: it to you. 73 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: I gave it to them and hopefully you saw it 74 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: off of the side. So you guys, DJ, you watched 75 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 1: a little, didn't catch much of it. That's kind of 76 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 1: the phase that we're in right now. I'm going to 77 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: ask you guys this question, like how important are preseason games? 78 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: Arch and I'll and I'll ask that question to you 79 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: because it's there's a lot of depends on who you are, 80 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: what stage you are in the league. Are you coming 81 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: in as a rookie, are you coming in as a 82 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: proven guy? But how important are the preseason games in 83 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: this day and age because things have changed from twenty 84 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: thirty forty years ago. 85 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 5: I almost feel like guys that they're individually important. You know, 86 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 5: this is such an ultimate team game. Yet the guys 87 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 5: that are going to be playing on Sunday against Tampa 88 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 5: are not going to play in this game and might 89 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 5: not play throughout the preseason. So what is the importance 90 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 5: of it? Well, the importance is that there's only so 91 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 5: many reps in practice, right and so you're trying to 92 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 5: rep your ones, your twos, maybe some of your threes, 93 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 5: and so there's there's some guys that aren't are getting 94 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 5: maybe one rep of practice, three reps of practice. That 95 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 5: doesn't add up to very much over ten days, I've 96 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 5: gotten fifteen reps something like that, So they're very important. 97 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 3: For those guys. 98 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 5: Not only are the important for you to see them 99 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 5: develop for you, but you're also giving them an opportunity 100 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 5: to put as we've talked about before, put tape out 101 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 5: there for other guys, other teams to see sixteen man 102 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 5: practice squads. So who do I want to keep to 103 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 5: develop as an Atlanta Falcon? And then obviously everybody else 104 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 5: gets to look too. So I think from an important 105 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 5: standpoint that's important. And you may scoff at this, You 106 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 5: guys won't, but the fan ma scoff at this. There 107 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 5: is a procedural thing that you need to get taken 108 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 5: care of for games. Who goes out first where you're 109 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 5: supposed to be. 110 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 3: It's a stupid thing to. 111 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 5: Say, how do we line up for stretching and all 112 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 5: this kind of stuff? Because he out here at Flowery Branch, 113 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 5: they're spread out over three fields right there, you got 114 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 5: half a field because the other team gets it. So 115 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 5: there is some procedural things that you have to kind 116 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 5: of get squared away and get locked into. 117 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 3: So those are some of the things I think for preseas. 118 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, DJ, we're in this kind of era 119 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 1: now where you don't really see a whole lot of 120 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: starters playing preseason games. And before I turned this over 121 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: to you to get your viewpoint, I thought about and 122 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: I went back and I researched two teams from last year, 123 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: the two teams that played in the Super Bowl. Okay, 124 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,239 Speaker 1: and I, if my research is correct, the Philadelphia Eagles 125 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: did not play any of their starters in the preseason. 126 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: I think it turned out okay for them. Whereas Andy 127 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: Reid is a little bit old school and he likes 128 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: to play his guys, right. He likes to give them 129 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: a little bit of live bullet action. And anybody could say, well, yeah, 130 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: there's a potential that they could get hurt. There's a 131 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: potential they could get hurt in week one, or week 132 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: six or week nine, right. I think this has come 133 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: down to a very individualized decision, most notably for the 134 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: head coach. But Rahim Morris has said that most of 135 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: the starters are not going to play for the Falcons. 136 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: But should starters play in the preseason or is it 137 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,359 Speaker 1: truly an individuals Is. 138 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,919 Speaker 4: This from the coach's perspective, is this from the fans perspective? 139 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 4: The fans perspective is I want to see the dudes 140 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 4: out there playing, and I can understand that, but I 141 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 4: think from the coaches perspective, it goes depends on what 142 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 4: kind of guy you have. You mentioned Andy Reeve is 143 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 4: a guy who's the old school's been there, that done it, 144 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 4: and it's worked for them. And we saw last year 145 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 4: DeMarco Hellims go down in the preseason, guy who was 146 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 4: absolutely could have been a. 147 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 2: Starter, making tribute. 148 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 4: We saw Brenden Trice go down, a guy who obviously 149 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 4: was gonna be a contributor to drafted and wanted to 150 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 4: be one of those guys. And I think that immediately, 151 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 4: you know, say hold on for Rayie Morris, like, you know, 152 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 4: these are two guys that we were going to depend 153 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 4: on going into the season, and maybe if they didn't play, 154 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 4: we had him. 155 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 2: Going towards the year. 156 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:00,359 Speaker 4: So I think, for myself, I don't mind it that 157 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 4: they don't play. I think you have a bunch of 158 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 4: guys who understand what it takes to get ready for 159 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 4: a ballgame. You got a bunch of guys who understands 160 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 4: the speed of the game. And I think fans always 161 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 4: argue if a team starts slow, that it's because they 162 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 4: didn't play in the preseason. They didn't get a real 163 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 4: feel of the game. And I remember a few years back, 164 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 4: I can't remember who it was, was playing somebody and 165 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 4: they played their starters and we didn't, and they just 166 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 4: went right up and down the field. And I don't 167 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 4: know how much maybe they got from that, because those 168 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 4: are not gonna be the same guys you go against 169 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 4: when it comes week one, week two, week three, So 170 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 4: maybe it's a timing thing for them, But for me, 171 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 4: I don't mind it because you got a bunch of 172 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 4: guys who who are gonna do it in practice and 173 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 4: are just talked about the reps. Now, this is flip 174 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 4: when you're in practice your training camp. These ones these too, 175 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 4: they getting a lot of reps in practice. And then 176 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 4: the other part I think that's also has changed is 177 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 4: you're doing a lot of these joint practices as well. 178 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 4: And what people don't see is what happens in those 179 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 4: practices where they go and they're competing there at it 180 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 4: and it's almost it's it feels game speed because you 181 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 4: see another jersey over there, you see another guy with 182 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 4: a different helmet. It's hard to go eighty five to 183 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 4: ninety percent. You're going full speed because you want to 184 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 4: win that particular rep. You want to win that particular drill. 185 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 4: So I think there's some things that have been put 186 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 4: in place to help coaches make a better decision on 187 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 4: if our guys should play. There's sometimes you look up 188 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 4: and you say, you know what, I feel like, our 189 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 4: guys may need some game action, they may need some reps. 190 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 4: I didn't see what I wanted to see in practice. 191 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 4: These guys need to go out and play. They need to, 192 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 4: you know, build this connoit and bond. But you had 193 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 4: a quarterback who played last year, last three ball games. 194 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 4: With all those guys that have, you got an offensive 195 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 4: line that's played a bunch of football for you. You 196 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 4: got receivers backs who played a bunch of ball. I 197 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 4: think in totally you have a group that you feel 198 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 4: good about with how they practice, so when Week one comes, 199 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 4: they're ready to go. 200 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 5: The data is leaning that direction to guys, and we're 201 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 5: not very far away from probably seeing the preseason games 202 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 5: go away totally. But the data leans towards when you 203 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 5: put guys in preseason games, and you compare that to 204 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 5: injuries and practice. Injuries in the preseason games is almost 205 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 5: three or four times more likely for a guy to 206 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 5: get injured in a preseason game because as we know, 207 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 5: in practice, things are controlled or where you don't drag 208 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 5: guys to the ground, you're not tackling guys to the ground, 209 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 5: which is number one when it comes to injuries. And 210 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 5: then there's a blocking a thud we call it thud 211 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 5: tempo where you come off, you engage, you drive for 212 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 5: two or three steps, and then you release. That takes 213 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 5: some of the stress off those guys too. So but 214 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 5: what we've been watching in practice is an adjustment for 215 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 5: the Atlanta Falcons is they've done away with some of 216 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 5: the ancillary drills and they're going to more team reps. 217 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 5: Jack and I watch this. Instead of having a script 218 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 5: that's got twenty two or twenty three team reps, they're 219 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 5: getting as many as forty five team reps in practice 220 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 5: as opposed to doing seven on seven where if I'm 221 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 5: a dB and we're in seven on seven which is 222 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 5: dbs and linebackers versus running backs, tight ends in the 223 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 5: quarterback and they're not running the football, so I'm I'm 224 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 5: bailing in coverage, I'm playing cover. Or if you get 225 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 5: in nine on seven, which is you guys know as 226 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 5: a run drill, if I'm a safety, in the run drill, 227 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 5: I know they're not going to play action and throw 228 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 5: behind it. There's nobody to throw the ball to, so 229 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 5: it's almost you're wasting your time. You can incorporate all 230 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 5: that seven on seven and nine on seven run and 231 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 5: pass drills into the team concept, and now I'm having 232 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 5: to guess defensively a little bit. Is it screen coming, 233 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:37,839 Speaker 5: is it run game? Is it play action? 234 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 2: You know? 235 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 5: And so you're getting those team reps quote unquote team 236 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 5: reps in practice, and that's why coaches are valuing team 237 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 5: the practice time with their ones and twos far more 238 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 5: than they used to. 239 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: I went when I was doing the research on the Eagles, 240 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: I read a quote from Nick Sirianni who said that 241 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 1: he felt like they could get more out of intersquad 242 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: scrimmages and practices against other teams in training camp than 243 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: they could in the preseason games. Well, what's coming up 244 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 1: for the Atlanta Falcons intersquad practice this week and then 245 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: they got a scrimmage next week or doing against the 246 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: Titans coming into town to practice here, so kind of 247 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: the same model. Okay, So let's talk about the game 248 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: this week though, Falcons playing Detroit. What do you expect 249 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: to see in that game, DJ, And what can fans 250 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: expect to see if they come down and they watch 251 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: that game or they turn it on the television. 252 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 2: I think it's only right you go see some sloppiness. 253 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 4: You're gonna see some guys, you know, competing, Hall, because 254 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 4: you go see some of the la pinals that you 255 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 4: don't want to see when you got veterans out there, 256 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,839 Speaker 4: you got guys who've been around, who played. But I 257 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:46,559 Speaker 4: expect to see a bunch of guys competing, Hall. I 258 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 4: expect to see a bunch of guys going after trying 259 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 4: to win a job, trying to show the coaches that, 260 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 4: you know what, I can take it from the practice 261 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 4: field to. 262 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 2: The actual game field. 263 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:56,719 Speaker 4: We I don't have a coach behind me, or I 264 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 4: don't have a you know, the big board out there 265 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 4: where I can see the replay again and go back 266 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,199 Speaker 4: and talk about it. You're gonna see guys, I think, 267 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 4: try to take that next step in this process. And 268 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 4: the next step is all right, we've had a couple 269 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 4: of Easter training camp. Now you gotta face somebody else 270 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 4: and you don't know what's gonna happen on this particular down. 271 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 4: You know, you get in practice and say all right, 272 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 4: this is a rundown or this is third and short. 273 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 4: Now you got a lot of different situations that you 274 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 4: have to think through and communicate. Now you're gonna see 275 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 4: who can do that with live bullets flying, who can 276 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 4: do that at fast paced? Who can do that when 277 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 4: it really matters, And who's gonna show up? Who's gonna 278 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 4: make a mistake? But then okay, next series that mistake 279 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 4: comes up again, you kind of you do a better 280 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 4: job of overcoming that. So I think they want to 281 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 4: see the guys who can actually take it from the 282 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 4: practice field to the game and say, you know what, 283 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 4: this guy shows me what he's like. 284 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 2: And there's sometimes there are a lot of guys. 285 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 4: Who who are really good practice players and sometimes their 286 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 4: dudes they are just gamers. And I think we will 287 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 4: see some of that. We've seen guys in practice who 288 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 4: are like, they look pretty average out there, but then 289 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 4: they turn it on when the lights come on. So 290 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 4: which guy are you when you get on this field 291 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 4: and play versus a real game? 292 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: Shock we made the We had a discussion earlier about 293 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 1: DeMarco Hellms, and I think that's a prime example is 294 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 1: that he was a guy that came out in the 295 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: preseason and he started to jump off the field like 296 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, he continued to make plays. Arch 297 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 1: that's what they're looking for, is when they go into 298 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: preseason games. It's like maybe there was a guy that 299 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: was doing pretty good in training camp, but then to 300 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: your point, shock, he gets out on the field and 301 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: he just starts making plays. Because at the end of 302 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: the day, it's right, not when coaches over the shoulder 303 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: or come and giving you adjustment after every play. It's 304 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: who can go out there for three, six, nine plays 305 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: straight and then just all of a sudden continue to 306 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: show up play after play. 307 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, or exactly, Racket or a guy comes to the 308 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 5: sideline I think you were referring to this shock guy 309 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 5: comes to the sideline after a series and say, okay, 310 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 5: let's do this. You make an adjustment on the sideline, 311 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 5: I want you to play it this way, or this 312 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 5: is what you didn't see. Let's go back, and then 313 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,559 Speaker 5: you see him take that immediate information back to the 314 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 5: football field and he transferred that next series. He's a 315 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 5: better player the next series. So all of what you're 316 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 5: saying is guys stepping up and being given that opportunity. 317 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 5: But again, there's a bunch of guys that they're gonna 318 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 5: wrap in this game that aren't getting a ton of 319 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 5: reps out there, so the coaches are wanting to see 320 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 5: it too. Is there something there that we haven't had 321 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 5: a chance to see yet because they're just not getting 322 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 5: enough wraps. 323 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 4: The other thing I want to see is who's gonna 324 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 4: make the routine plays? And we talk about trying to 325 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 4: do something outside of yourself, but how about just making 326 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 4: the routine block, making a routine catch, getting up to 327 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 4: the second level. Oh I gotta go, and you know, 328 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 4: I got this guy, man and man, I'm supposed to 329 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 4: play outside leverage. 330 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 2: Who's gonna do that? 331 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 4: I think they want to see some of the minute 332 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 4: things as well as opposed to our right, let's do extra, 333 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 4: let's let's try to make these old wild plays. But 334 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 4: also who can do the small things that are gonna 335 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 4: win games for you? Who can do the little things 336 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 4: that say, you know what, this guy is coachable, this 337 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 4: guy's disciplined, he's not making the dumb mistakes, but he's 338 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 4: doing what he's asked of them. 339 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 2: And can you play to that level? Gentlemen? 340 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: As the resident special teamer here on our three or 341 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: trio here, I got two quarterbacks playing on offense, no offense, 342 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: but not really had to make your your money on 343 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: special teams. That's what's important really about preseason games as well, 344 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: is who can the coaches count on to be on 345 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: kickoff coverage, kickoff return, punt, punt return, all that third 346 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: phase of the game is where they're looking to see, 347 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: this guy's been pretty good playing defense or offense in practice, 348 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: but like we can win with him on teams. 349 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 4: Right hold on, let me take up for the qbs 350 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 4: here for one moment. Me and Arch were just in 351 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 4: practice there and they're watching and we're talking, we're looking, 352 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 4: and then Art says, you know what, those two guys 353 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 4: right there, that's what it's gonna matter. And they're doing 354 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 4: a punt drill. Those two guys, that's where you gotta 355 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 4: win it. This guy right here talking about a receiver, says, 356 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 4: you know what, this guy is doing this, doing that, 357 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 4: but he's got to make his money over here. 358 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 2: So those qbs we still looking at third. We're not 359 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 2: totally dismissing it. 360 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 3: You know, we're going to come out of here. 361 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 2: If you were going to. 362 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: Come out here and tell me that you ran down 363 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: on in a preseason I was going to call you out. 364 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 3: So the last kick. 365 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, let's take a slight step back from 366 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: the field here, fellows, because last week there was there 367 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: was a big call out there for a lot of 368 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: people in the broadcasting community. Getting everybody up to the 369 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: speed on some of the rule adjustments as there are 370 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: every single year in the National Football League, and we're 371 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: going to kind of summarize them a little bit here. 372 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: But some of the main changes this year have been 373 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: on special teams, on the dynamic kickoff. They made a 374 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: couple of adjustments there into overtime and also into replay assists. 375 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: They're kind of expanding a little bit of the capabilities 376 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: of replay assists to be able to chime in on 377 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: some more objective plays this year. Arch I think you 378 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 1: listened to the majority of the caller. 379 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 3: We're on it. 380 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: What's some of the rule adjustments this year that kind 381 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: of stuck out to you that you think are going 382 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: to be different. 383 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 5: Well, the thing is going to be really different for 384 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 5: the fan will be how they measure for first downs. Yeah, okay, 385 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 5: so now there's gonna be six uh cameras that are 386 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 5: fixed in in the stands that have there's no chip 387 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 5: in the football. Way mayboy thinks there's gonna be a 388 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 5: chip in the football. 389 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 2: They're good. 390 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 5: What they're gonna use these six cameras to do is 391 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 5: triangulate big word shock told me what it meant. 392 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 2: I didn't know what. 393 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 3: But they're gonna triangulate the. 394 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 2: Football Google and uh. 395 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 5: And those cameras are gonna give you the exact dimensions 396 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 5: of that ten yards that you need to get. Now, 397 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 5: you'll still see the chains on the field. That'll be 398 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 5: a visual for both the fan and the players. So 399 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 5: if I'm out of the backfield and I where's the 400 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 5: first down marker? Obviously there's not gonna be a red 401 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 5: line we can see on TV or the camera. 402 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 1: Tell me helmet and I got a little picture in 403 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: my space man. 404 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,439 Speaker 5: So so I that gives me a visual word I 405 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 5: need to get to. But when they say okay, we're 406 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 5: we're there's a time out for a measurement. You're literally 407 00:17:59,160 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 5: gonna see. 408 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 3: If you've ever watched any tennis before. 409 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:04,160 Speaker 5: It's gonna be very similar, is it in or out? 410 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,120 Speaker 5: And you see this animated ball hitting, That's what you're 411 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 5: gonna see you're gonna see an animated picture. They're gonna 412 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 5: show you the field, the ball, and then they're gonna 413 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 5: the camera's gonna rotate down literally show where the. 414 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 3: Ball or is it short or is it long? 415 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 5: And then that's that's the way they're gonna do it. 416 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 5: So it's gonna be really weird and different there. They're 417 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 5: also using cameras where they're gonna they're gonna look at 418 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 5: the in lines, the goal lines, are gonna have cameras 419 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 5: fixed in all the stadiums for those shots. How many 420 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 5: times we said, well, they don't really have a camera 421 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 5: angle for that, right. They're trying to fix that. TV 422 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 5: is trying to fix that. So to try to help 423 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 5: you fans and all of us that argue, well, yeah, 424 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 5: I think he's over, Well, then you're trying to pair 425 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 5: two v cameras angles up. You and I have had 426 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 5: to talk about on TV stuff like that with with 427 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 5: games we've done, so that stuff's gonna go away. 428 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 3: Now as far as the rules. 429 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 5: Go, are you gonna be able to tell us about 430 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 5: the kickoff rules or are we gonna let shot or rack 431 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:00,120 Speaker 5: to it. 432 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: There've just been a couple of small changes that have 433 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 1: happened with like if you kick the ball into the 434 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 1: end zone and the ball is caught in the end zone, 435 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: it's up to the thirty five now, right, it was 436 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 1: the thirty. 437 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 3: Which and why would they do that? Rack, They're they're 438 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 3: trying to encourage to bring it in return. 439 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, actually wants you to put the ball because what 440 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 5: are the numbers, Rack, There's exponential numbers as if you 441 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 5: get the ball at the twenty five or the thirty 442 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 5: thirty five yard line, Yeah, I mean your chance is 443 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 5: to score, go way up. 444 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:33,399 Speaker 1: You've essentially given them what a first down and a 445 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 1: half maybe for the old schoolmember reack in the day 446 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: when everything's twenty right, So now it's like it's going 447 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 1: to penalize the teams that just blasted into the end 448 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: zone to get the fair catch. Well, now the other 449 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: team's going to start at the thirty five yard line, 450 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: so we're going to try to promote some more returns. 451 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 2: Right. 452 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 1: Most of the dynamic kickoff rules are going to stay 453 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: the same. However, they did adjust the on side rule 454 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: this year. Anytime that you can do it anytime, as 455 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: long as you're trailing in the game, and you let 456 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: it be known that it's going to happen, So that's 457 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: one adjustment that's also gonna happen. And overtime has been 458 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,160 Speaker 1: adjusted to reflect what the playoff rule was last year. 459 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: That now both teams are going to get an opportunity 460 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: to possess the ball no matter what happens in overtime, 461 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 1: So if the first team scores a touchdown, second team 462 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: will have the ability to score a touchdown. So those 463 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: are some of the adjustments. And to your point, the measuring, 464 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 1: they say, is going to improve the pace of the 465 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: game a little. 466 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 3: Bit post right. 467 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 5: Supposedly, we'll see as soon as it goes out in 468 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 5: the stadium, what are they gonna do. 469 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 4: What I enjoyed too that they talked about was the 470 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,159 Speaker 4: infamous hip drop tackle. Obviously, there was a lot of 471 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:39,679 Speaker 4: conversation about sometimes grabbing maybe the name plate as opposed to, 472 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,159 Speaker 4: you know, getting all the way inside of a guy's 473 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 4: jersey or soda pads and grabbing his hair and what 474 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 4: it may be. Now they say, he can go back 475 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 4: and look at it and see, oh, did he actually 476 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 4: grab the inside or just grab his name plate? And 477 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 4: now you can be one of those things, all right, 478 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 4: you can overturn that we saw it and it's pretty good. 479 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 5: That's a little bit of the replay you were talking about. 480 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 5: Now they can't throw a flat on replay assist, but 481 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 5: what they can do is pick a flag up. So 482 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 5: that's what replay assist is. It's all it is is 483 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:10,479 Speaker 5: a shot down to the head official say hey, this 484 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 5: was you guys, can pick that up. That was not 485 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 5: like a boundary shot a guy going out of bounds. 486 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 5: That was something they expanded it to too, as well as. 487 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 3: The hip drop or the horse callar tackle. 488 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 5: Is if a guy gets hit out of bounds and 489 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 5: they throw a flag for a personal foul, Hey you 490 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 5: get out of bount it. 491 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 3: They go back and look at it real quickly, replay assist. 492 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,880 Speaker 5: Without slowing the game down, and they say, hey, pick 493 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 5: that flag up because he was still in bounds when 494 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 5: he hit him. Those are some of the adjustments there. 495 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 5: I had a chance to talk to Bradley Pinion about 496 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 5: the kickoff and Bradley's been one of the best in 497 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 5: the league prior to the new dynamic kickoff coming in 498 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 5: last year of pounding it out of the end zone, 499 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 5: and that was a big deal because now all of 500 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 5: a sudden, I go go eighty yards and talking about 501 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 5: those percentages you mentioned a first down and a half. 502 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 5: If the percentages go way down, if you've got to 503 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 5: start at your twenty to go score especially go score 504 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 5: a touchdown now if it comes out to the thirty five. 505 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 5: So he said that's big, a big adjustment for him. 506 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 5: He said, he putting the zone. Yeah, he struggled with 507 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 5: it some last year. He says he's really worked on 508 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 5: it in the offseason. That's something you don't even think 509 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 5: about a guy, you know, spending time by himself trying 510 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 5: to kick the ball down to the five yard line 511 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 5: instead of kicking it. But he said he's really worked 512 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 5: on it and feels like he's in pretty good shape 513 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 5: to put that ball in that landing zone and make 514 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 5: him return it. 515 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 2: Yeah. 516 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: So that's kind of the interesting part about it is 517 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: how how much of the kickers worked on it to 518 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: be more precise with it, right, Because if the ball 519 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: is either caught or hits in the landing zone goes 520 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: into the end zone, it has to be feeled it 521 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 1: and down or it has to be returned. So this 522 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: is where I think that the NFL is trying to 523 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,640 Speaker 1: get more of the returns back into the game, trying 524 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 1: to get a little bit more of the excitement of 525 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 1: the kicking game, but also keeping it safe in the 526 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: same breath. So some of the changes that we've seen, guys, 527 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: I think when you think about the first downs or 528 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: even the replay assists. We are in a generation where 529 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: technology is going through the roof. It was only a 530 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: matter of time before the nf fell started adopting all 531 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: of this stuff that's going on in It'd call it 532 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 1: the business world, right with all the AI movements and 533 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 1: technology growth, Like, it's only a matter of time before 534 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,159 Speaker 1: that stuff taking football. 535 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 5: When't a movie they put out called The Terminator and 536 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 5: there was a play. It was a group called sky Net. 537 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:23,880 Speaker 3: It started. It took over like that was thirty five 538 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 3: years ago. 539 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 2: I mean the game. 540 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 3: Yeah what AI Here we are? 541 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 2: I mean here we are? 542 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 3: Yeah, watch out for the termament. 543 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 4: Last thing was they talked about concussions being down from 544 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 4: last year, and obviously the kick off being a big 545 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 4: part of that, uh, but also the helmets a lot 546 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 4: of people wore, A lot of a lot of people 547 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 4: wore obviously the Guardian caps, which were a big deal. 548 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 4: They had what he said, ten to fifteen guys actually 549 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 4: Warming Games last year and they said, now they have 550 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 4: built helmets that are better than the actual Guardian caps, 551 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 4: so guys don't have to actually wear the Guardian caps 552 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,399 Speaker 4: in games, but guys have the option to do it 553 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 4: or they want to. But say, concussions are down tremendously, 554 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 4: which is a great thing now if. 555 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 5: You wear the new helmet, the new one they've got out. 556 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 5: Did you ever see the movie Dark Helmet? 557 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 3: I don't know if I did see that one. Oh boy, 558 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 3: that's how big the helmet is. It's like it's like 559 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 3: the Giant got the big helmets. It's not like that, 560 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 3: you know. 561 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,640 Speaker 1: There's been so much talking about the new helmets guys, 562 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: and I've never had a chance to put one of 563 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:24,959 Speaker 1: the new ones on, but I can only imagine how 564 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 1: much they have advanced since even when you and I 565 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: were playing in the early to mid two thousands and 566 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: back to when you were playing. I mean, it's probably 567 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 1: a completely different world from safety, from weight, from comfort. 568 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 2: I can only imagine. 569 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 1: I even't put one on in probably twenty minute. 570 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, I look at the helmet that I had when 571 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 4: I was here and with Georgia, I'm like, this looks ridiculous. 572 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 4: Compared to I look at the helmet the guys have 573 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 4: now and the cushion, and you know just how it 574 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 4: feels and looks. 575 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 5: I'm like, yeah, by the way, the movie was Spaceballs. 576 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 5: Oh the guy in Spaceballs with dark helmet, So if 577 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 5: you don't want to know what the helmet looks like, 578 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 5: go watch that movie. 579 00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 3: Now, I'm just playing, it's not like that. It's not 580 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 3: like that. 581 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,639 Speaker 1: Arch is giving you all the old school classics to 582 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: go take a look at it all, right before we 583 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: completely derail this thing into a generation that nobody understands. Uh, 584 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 1: that's gonna go ahead and wrap us up for today. 585 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: We'll hopefully have a whole lot more content after we 586 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: got a game under our belts. For preseason action next 587 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: week is the Falcons will be taking on the Detroit 588 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 1: Lions Friday night, seven pm here at home. 589 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 2: Uh. 590 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: And then they've got an intersquad scrimmage this week and 591 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,439 Speaker 1: joint practices next week, so things start to heat up 592 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,439 Speaker 1: a little bit more in this preseason, this preparation, and 593 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,439 Speaker 1: it all is in getting them ready to be ready 594 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: for the very first regular season. 595 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 4: And you won't see Kirk Cousins, won't see Michael Penny's 596 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 4: doing this game. 597 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 3: You won't see. 598 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,440 Speaker 2: Er playing in his game, so make sure you watch. 599 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 3: That would be yeah, you would probably want to watch that. 600 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 3: May the Schwartz be with you. 601 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us, everybody. It's a Falcons 602 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 1: presented by AT and T. That's Shock, that's our tom Rack. 603 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 1: We'll see you next time. 604 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 2: Take care of y'all.