1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: Hey, be sure you check out the new episode of 2 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: the Dave Damnit Check Football Program. Ike Taylor, Cynthia Freeland, 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: Handsome Hank and I are chopping up Super Bowl fifty one. 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:10,879 Speaker 1: Of course, what else. We're also predicting who's gonna make 5 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: it the Super Bowl fifty two. We'll try and figure 6 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: out where Julian Edelman's catch ranks all time, the heroics 7 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: of Tom Brady t o why is he not in 8 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame? All that more. Check it out 9 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: NFL dot com, slash d DPP or iTunes. And now 10 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: move the sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. What's 11 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: going on everybody? DJ? Bucky here post Super Bowl fifty 12 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 1: one and what do you know? Bucky Patriots champions once again. 13 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: Ah they do it in uh Man in improbable fashion. 14 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: Down when eight three in the middle of the third quarter, 15 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: a team that looked like they wore being overwhelmed by 16 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: the athleticism and the speed of the Atlanta Falcons, they 17 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: somehow found a way to turn the game and to 18 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: put themselves in a position to have a drive to 19 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: win it. And we we talk all the time in 20 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: this process about finding guys that kind of have to 21 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: clutch fact the guys that are able to kind of 22 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: step up on the biggest and brightest stages. We always 23 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: referenced Tom Brady, but Tom Brady gave us another classic 24 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: example of why that quarterback that you have is your 25 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: franchise guy. He he has to be something specially, has 26 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: to be calm, cool in those moments. And he is 27 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: better than anybody that I've seen. Yeah, no question. And 28 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: people talk about he was a little bit out of sorts. Well, 29 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: you go back and watch the tape. Started off hot, 30 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: start off hot, fightings five of his first six, and 31 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: there was a couple of drops there along the way. 32 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: At a quarter they start getting hit it he didn't hit, 33 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: and he he missed a deep crosser, which was I 34 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: don't always makes. But it wasn't like people made it 35 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: and made it out to be like this guy just 36 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: took a dump on the field for the first three quarters. 37 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: I'm like, Nah, that wasn't the tape that I went 38 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: back and watched. No, it wasn't that I thought it was. 39 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: I thought it was a solid game. I don't think 40 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,559 Speaker 1: he was having an A plus game to that point. 41 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: He wouldn't get a lot of help either, no running game, 42 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: and you got a couple of drop passes. But my 43 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,639 Speaker 1: thing is once it got to you know what cutting 44 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: time in the fourth quarter, Bucky is everything that's sped 45 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: up and and just his ability to slow everything down. 46 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: And this is we talked about this on the phone yesterday. 47 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: But the one thing, the clip that stood out to 48 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: me the most, it just defines Tom Brady is get 49 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: the game winning touchdown when you're fifth Super Bowl and 50 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 1: they cut to him in the in the TV copy 51 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: and they show him and you can read his lips 52 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: saying hold on, they might review it. They might. He 53 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: wasn't even allowing himself to get out of that moment, 54 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: like no, no, no, this there's still a chance. We 55 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: need to stay composed. You might have to run one 56 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: more play. He just he saw the game to the very, 57 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: very very end. I mean, it kind of reminds me 58 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: of we talked about these these great players being football 59 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,959 Speaker 1: or even basketball, the Michael Jordan's, the guys that are 60 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: the legends in their sport. They kind of have the 61 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: ability to calm down in the midst of chaos. And 62 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 1: for Tom Brady, he was calm, He was able to 63 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: collect himself and I think that the special thing about 64 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: him is the confidence that he gives his own team 65 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: and kind of how he's able to demoralize the other team. 66 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 1: When we saw late in the game in the fourth quarter, 67 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,959 Speaker 1: when it was twenty to twenty and Tom Brady got 68 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: the ball back, you can kind of tell for the 69 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,119 Speaker 1: Page it's it's a done deal. And then for the Falcons, 70 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: you knew, not only after that drive, but when they 71 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: got the coin toss and they got the kicks, it over. 72 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: How away games over? Yeah, And when you hear the 73 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: defenders for the Page and saying, oh, we started kicking 74 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: off our shoes because we knew we weren't going out there. 75 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: That's what every team is looking for. When we talk 76 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: about a franchise quarterback, that guy should kind of bring 77 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: about those kind of feelings in your team, the confidence 78 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: that if we're down and we hand the ball to 79 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: our guy, our guys going to find us a way 80 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: to get us into the winter circle. Yeah. One other 81 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: thing before we get back into the kind of the 82 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: XS and ose of this game, Buck the uh um 83 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: I had a quarterback coach, gosh I camera which college 84 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: it was, But I just remember, we'll be going through 85 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: the individual drills, and he always just kept repeating the 86 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: same phrase over and over again. How smooth can you be? 87 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: How smooth can you be? Like your footwork and everything, 88 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: just everything. You want everything to be nice and smooth 89 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: and easy. You don't want to be jittery, don't be rush, 90 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: you want to be forced. You want to be calm, relaxed, poise. 91 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: Tom Brady is you know, like I think he's easily 92 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: the greatest quarterback of all time, but to me, he's 93 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,679 Speaker 1: the smoothest quarterback of all time. And he's a self 94 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: made guy. You talked about a guy being a six 95 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: round pick coming into the league, wasn't really thought of 96 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 1: as being a guy that would be a lawn term starter, 97 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: let alone a five times Super Bowl champion. But what 98 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: I will say in looking at his career arc watching 99 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: him come into the league in two thousand and one, 100 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: and how they kind of slowly allowed him to kind 101 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: of grow into the position. The first maybe three Super 102 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 1: Bowls that they went to that they won, he was 103 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: kind of more of the game manager. The defense kind 104 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: of carried the water. He kind of was a complimentary player. 105 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 1: Um gradually became the franchise quarterback and became kind of 106 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 1: the driving force of that offense, and we saw them 107 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: win in a different fashion. The thing that I like 108 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: about him is this was a game with the Atlanta 109 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: fl because we're committed to take away the deep ball 110 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: and seeing if he could dincon Ducker. He would be 111 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: committed to playing a discipline style from the pocket. Four 112 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: drives over seventy yards. Four those drives had ten and 113 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: more plays. And so to think about a quarterback that 114 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: is willing to consistently take the check down, the dink 115 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: and dunthrow to underneath throw um the things that aren't 116 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: sexy says a lot about his ability to remain poised 117 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 1: and composed and not rush it even though it's a 118 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 1: big game while you're facing a huge deficit. And we 119 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: said that they would make adjustments at halftime. On the 120 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: podcast last week, we talked about the falconsin a good leading, 121 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: which they definitely had, they ran out um to me 122 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: though when you watch it, they the Patriots even said 123 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: so after the game. They played a lot more man, 124 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: They played a lot more man robber coverage than they 125 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: than they thought they would. And on one of them, 126 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: you have to pick six because Tom Brady just he 127 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: sees three over three on the outside. He doesn't realize 128 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: you've got a gonna just run first and and cuts inside. 129 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: He's got it. So you've got a free defender out 130 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: there who can is read and drive and that's when 131 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: you end up getting a pick six. So I thought 132 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: they had confused the Patriots a little bit with what 133 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 1: they were doing, and then getting to the really the 134 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, mostly they realize, Okay, you're gonna play that 135 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: much man. We're gonna we're gonna dump the ball to 136 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: our back, make you guys tackle them. And then what 137 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna beat you up with comebacks on the outside. 138 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: We're gonna go three by one or whatever. We're gonna 139 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: isolate one receiver who ended up being Malcolm Mitchell a 140 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: couple of times, and they got Hogan on a comeback 141 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: as well, and and started running man routes. You know, 142 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: I think the big thing when when you go back 143 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: and look at it, you talk about quarterbacks taking what 144 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: they give you. The coverage that you speak of, that 145 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: cover one alert coverage where you have alert defending into 146 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 1: middle of the field to really take away all the 147 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 1: crossing routes. The weakness of that is the one on 148 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: one coverage on the outside. And the thing that Tom 149 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: Brady does in the Patriots do they don't mind running 150 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: the same place over and over again. They don't mind 151 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 1: attacking the weakness relentlessly. And that's what Tom Brady did. 152 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: If you notice when we tracked the fourth quarter, you 153 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 1: see the amount of receptions that Malcolm Mitchell made. Well, 154 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: se you have five receptions in the fourth quarter for 155 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: maybe sixty two yards. Most of those were on that 156 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: deep hinge route that was right long the boundary. He 157 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: then came back het Chris Hogan. They decided that we're 158 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: not really gonna throw the ball over the middle of 159 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: field a lot. If I get one on one and 160 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: I needed and longer to situations, I'm gonna take it 161 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: on the outside. And he did that. He made an 162 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: adjustment as a veteran quarterback, as a guy that is 163 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: an ultimate winner, and it paid off for them. And 164 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: ran a couple of deep outs. Two ran a deep 165 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: out from the from the slot, and he was to 166 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: Hogan coming out of the end zone on a third 167 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: and ten like their own nine yard perfect ball place. Huge, huge, 168 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: And then they hit the same route again later on 169 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: down the field, the same out route from the slot 170 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: where you've got man coverage, Just get leverage and put 171 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: it out there. But uh, to me again, I give 172 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: Tom Brady a lot of credit. When you watch this 173 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: game in the first half, Bucky though the Falcons offense, 174 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: they were doing whatever the heck they wanted to do 175 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: both sides. I will say this, and it is no 176 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: disrespect to the New England Pagents and what they were 177 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: able to accomplish, because they are ultimately the champion. But 178 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: when you watch the game for the first half, the 179 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: talent disparity, to me was significant. The Atlanta Falcons were 180 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: more athletic and more explosive. They were faster, and that 181 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: speed gave the New England Patriots problems because their receivers 182 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: couldn't run away from coverage. Maybe the first three quarters 183 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: of the game, they couldn't get open um on offense. 184 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: The speed DeVante Freeman having his way running the ball, 185 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: Julio Jones and the racer guys having big place Gabel 186 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: ran a nasty post route on Malcolm Butler that he 187 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: was able to get open um until the game kind 188 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: of flipped because the defense was on the field, and 189 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: some of that we can say was really kind of odd. Circumstances. 190 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: You have a pick six that goes in after I 191 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: think the pages have been on a fifteen play drives 192 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: and you get to pick six that's returned. The defense 193 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 1: has to go right back on the field. The Patriots 194 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: go eleven plays and score twenty six plays in a row. 195 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: You begin to tire out that defense. And to be honest, 196 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: they didn't play complimentary football on the other side in 197 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: the second half. Complimentary football meaning that everyone kind of 198 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: understands how to play to make sure that the team wins. 199 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: When your defense is on the field for extended pere is, 200 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,199 Speaker 1: your offense has to be able to control the ball. 201 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: One of eight on third downs, couldn't get the conversions, 202 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: couldn't stay on the field. Uh. We talked about the 203 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:09,599 Speaker 1: running game. They only have five running players in the 204 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: second half, DeVante Freeman did so. They didn't do enough, 205 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,199 Speaker 1: and at some point, I think the breaking point on 206 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: defense is about seventy five plays before the defense kind 207 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: of falls apart. Ninety three plays actually ninety nine in 208 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: totality with the penalties, too many snaps. I mean, you 209 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:26,599 Speaker 1: play like a game and a half if you're the 210 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: Falcon's defense. At some point they wear down, particularly when 211 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: you're playing man to man and you have to run 212 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: and chase and everything's like a track meet. At some 213 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: point the damn breaks. The dam broke the the falcon, no, 214 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: no question. And it was interesting to me what the 215 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: Patriots were trying to do to take away Julio Jones, 216 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: who still had a decent day. They would have four 217 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: for eighty something he could have and he could have 218 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: had more. There were times when they tried to get 219 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: a glove on him with the line scrimmage Bucky, every 220 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: time they walk the linebacker out there. Some um they 221 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 1: had overtop coverage. They would playing trail technique at times 222 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 1: and just play with a safety over the top and 223 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: let him run Underneathan still hit a dig with a under. 224 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if I've ever seen that before, where 225 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: you've got trail coverage and you complete a dig over 226 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,079 Speaker 1: the top of it. It It was ridiculous. But and then 227 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: he made the circus catch down the sideline. But there 228 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: were other times back where he got a free release. 229 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: Even though they had two dudes, it didn't matter. He 230 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 1: ran by everybody. I thought Matt Ryan still could have 231 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: taken some more shots to him, just deep down the field. 232 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 1: Just let him go get it. Absolutely could take him 233 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: some more shots. But here's the thing with what the 234 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: Patriots were doing. Part of success that the Falcons had 235 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: on the ground was due to the attention that Julio 236 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: Jones commanded in the passing game. They are so uniquely 237 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: built that they have the ability to really counter all 238 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: the tactics that you have. You wanna take Julio away. 239 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 1: They can run the ball with two running backs, They 240 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: have multiple receivers on the outside that can make things happen, 241 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: and were tight into the nice job in this game touchdown. 242 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: They didn't have enough plays. Part of that is on 243 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: their own. I mean they messed up because they couldn't convert, 244 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: but they have more plays, more time. I think they 245 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: absolutely had opportunities to bust the clock on the Patriots, 246 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: but they didn't get it done. And credit Matt Patricia 247 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 1: and Bill Belichick for on the fly this guy, you 248 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:01,679 Speaker 1: know what, we can throw the cars to the way. 249 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: We're gonna start b listening. We're just gonna try and 250 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: say impressions. See if we can create some plays. They 251 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: fell in to, some plays, made some plays. Dante Hotel 252 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: made the biggest play in my mind with the strip sack, 253 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: and once they kind of got close enough within range, 254 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: it tightened up a little bit for the Atlanta Falcons. 255 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: They just couldn't finish it. And even then saying that 256 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: with three minutes and thirty seconds left, they have an 257 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 1: opportunity with the ball on the twenty three to seal 258 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 1: the game if they just find a way to either 259 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 1: run the ball make them burn their time ouse which 260 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 1: was surprising because at that point four minutes left on offense, 261 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: you're thinking, let's go turtle, slow the game down, take 262 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: the play clock down to under five. Since they did not, 263 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: they did not play the game from a management standpoint 264 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: to really salt the game away. Yeah, and again, um, 265 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 1: the two things that that stand out about the Patriots 266 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,319 Speaker 1: We've talked about it before. Situational football they're better than 267 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: everybody else. And mental toughness they're they're on a different 268 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: level everywhere. I mean, they certainly have some some bounce 269 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: back ability. They're building to bounce back from poor plays, 270 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: bounce back from a poor first half, to bounce back 271 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: for a deficit that everyone said it was insurmountable to 272 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 1: win the game. You have to hell with the chance 273 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: because I never thought when I was watching that game 274 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: that they could necessarily get all the way back. I 275 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: knew there was a lot of time left and some 276 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: things could go their way, but I just didn't anticipate 277 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 1: them being able to bring it back because I mean, 278 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: for most of the game and then the Falcons looked 279 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 1: like the superior team. One of the guys had a 280 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 1: great game for the Falcons. Who would have been in 281 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 1: the mix. I don't know if he would have been 282 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:26,599 Speaker 1: the player of the game or the super bo m 283 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 1: v P, but he would have been in consideration. Was 284 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: one of our guys, Greaty Jarrett, who we both talked about. 285 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: Talked about him, UF, you talked about him leading up 286 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: to the He did. He did three sacks, had a 287 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: nice job, and it got me thinking we had had 288 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: him on the on the show before that year in 289 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: the draft, and I think we actually have some audio 290 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: of him because we were watching him. Bucky the thing 291 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: that stood out at Clemson. I know he's not the 292 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: longest guy, and we'll talk about all these draft picks 293 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: as we marched towards the draft. The guy knows how 294 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: to use his hands. He's explosive, he's crafty, and I 295 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: remember when we talked to him when he came in 296 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: here about the you know, the lack of size, but 297 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: how he got ahead of that because of his hand users. 298 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: I think we got a clip on that, don't. It's 299 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 1: crucial for me to knock down the offensive a lot 300 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: of hands and get into their body before they full 301 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: they stand on me. The hands is a lot of 302 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:09,959 Speaker 1: the's a lot of work to go into. You know, 303 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: a lot of people don't really realize the word that 304 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: you put into being being a good defensive a linement, 305 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: trying to your hand place and how cruciful it is 306 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: and really time and when they're gonna shoot their hands 307 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: and when I want to put by now, so uh 308 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: your hand time and just just know what you're gonna 309 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: do before it kind of before this and when you 310 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: want them to shoot their hands that you say you 311 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 1: cannot their hands out and uh, because it's not a 312 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: reason to grab game with Some people like to make 313 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,439 Speaker 1: it if you know how to use their hands, that's 314 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: gonna be an advantage of callers. I'm not I'm not 315 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: trying to reach out a hold onto an offensive linement. 316 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: All they I'm trying to like when you see me play, 317 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: I get in there and a whole point and uh, 318 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: I get off and make place. That's the game that 319 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: I play, this body position in hand fighting, and those 320 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: are those are things that helped me, uh my game. 321 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: Grady Chaired again a miracle hold that they got him 322 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: in the fifth round. Yeah, just a phenomenal football player 323 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: and tremendous value and and really on the biggest stage, 324 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: had his his best performance. So and to see how 325 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: he continues to develop with that defense. His teammate Vic 326 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: Beasley had a pressure in that game. Not a lot 327 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: of sack production for him in the postseason, Bucky, but uh, again, 328 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 1: they've got some speed on this defense, and that was 329 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: one of the things I wanted to get to here 330 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: before we wrap on the Super Bowl. Um, I think 331 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: that the effect on the draft coming out of the 332 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: Super Bowl maybe more so coming from the Falcons side 333 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: of things and how they're built, maybe more so than 334 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: the Patriots. That you agree. I absolutely agree, And I 335 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 1: wrote about this a few weeks ago, uh in my 336 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: notebook about how the Atlanta Falcons are a team that 337 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: you can look at and see the blueprint, and the 338 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: blueprint there is obviously they built up the offense to 339 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: go around Matt Run and they really made him very comfortable. 340 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: We talked about in here how he's driving a catillect 341 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: on the offense. But when you invest and commit that 342 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: kind of capital in your offense, that mean you really 343 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: got to hit it in the draft. On defense, and 344 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: there are a couple of different things that Delanta Falcons 345 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: have done when it comes to their defense. They're young 346 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: and athletic and explosive. All the guys that they've dressed 347 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: after the last couple of years can fly, they hit, 348 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: They have great instincts, and they do it. But they 349 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: put them in a very simple scheme that allows them 350 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: to kind of play free from clutter. They talked about 351 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: being able to play fast and loose on defense. I 352 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: do believe that you will see more teams take that 353 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: because see, the Atlanta Falcons are a cousin of what 354 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks have been able to do. And so 355 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: when you look at how quickly the Atlanta Foxtons were 356 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: able to kind of get into prominence as it contended 357 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: with a defense that is only going to get better, 358 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: I think you'll see more teams, and we've seen more teams. 359 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys are playing a little more simplified. The Tampa 360 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers are playing a simplified defense that's allowing their 361 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: young guys to run and chase. When you have fewer 362 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: practice sessions with O t A s and restrictions in 363 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: the c B A. You have guys that are coming 364 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: out early, not season like some of the guys that 365 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: used to come into the league. You have to kind 366 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: of simplify so you can get them on the feeling 367 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: allowed them to play fast. We'll see more teams take 368 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: this model that Atlanta has kind of put out there. 369 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: I think, especially at the linebacker position, fast speed, I 370 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: won't speed. And when let's be honest, if we really 371 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 1: look at the teams that are in the playoffs, how 372 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: many power football teams were there. We didn't really see 373 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: many of the Dallas Cowboys were there. They were the 374 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: only team that I thought really was committing had a 375 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: receiver playing running back. Those teams aren't that. So until 376 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: the league shifts again, where we see these teams that 377 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: are committed to grinding it out and playing um physical football. 378 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: I think you can get away with an undersized but 379 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: fast defense that kind of knocks you around and plays 380 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: pass first, run second. Yeah, I agree, with that, I 381 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,479 Speaker 1: think it's a good time to be an explosive linebacker 382 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: that can really really run because it gives you so 383 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: much versatility there on what you can do. It's also 384 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: one of those safeties we see a safety like Keian 385 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: O'Neill who maybe you're not gonna make your living on 386 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: on the hash, but you can run sideline to sideline. 387 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: Phil always make people yes, and I think it will 388 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: have a huge effect on the running back class when 389 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: you look at all, no question the fact, and in 390 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: the pay page too. Now we'll see a difference in 391 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: terms of what is value, which would be the argument 392 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: that will will make. We'll have this debate about Leonard 393 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: for then and Dalvin Cook and some of the other guys. 394 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I love Leonard Fordnton. We could say that 395 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: he's a superior talent to maybe Delvin Cook and some 396 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 1: of the other guys. But in today's game, what value 397 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: do you put on that? Because unless you're a team 398 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 1: that has lined up in old school I formation with 399 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: twenty one personnel uh coming into out the our formation, 400 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: you really need a guy that can do multiple things 401 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: coming out the backfield, split out, catching the ball out 402 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: the backfield, screen game draws, delays, explosive, and a couple 403 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: of different facets. It changes changes the value on how 404 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: you valuate them. It's gonna be huge for Leonard Fournette 405 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 1: at the Combine and at his pro day to show 406 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: that he can run routes, can catch the ball, and 407 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: I thought he got a lot better in that this 408 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 1: year than he was previously. But he's gonna have to 409 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 1: show that he can be that guy that can contribute 410 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: on third down in passing situations, because that is gonna 411 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: be something he gets hit with. I talked to a 412 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 1: GM down at the at the Senior Bowl who asked 413 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: me about that. He's like, we Leonard Fournett, who you 414 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,439 Speaker 1: take him to the top ten? I said, he's my 415 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: seventh player overall, So yeah, I would take him to 416 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: the top ten because you keep him in the field 417 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: on third down. I said, yeah, I'm gonna keep my 418 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 1: Other guys are better at that area of it. You know, 419 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: there's Dalvin Cook's a better Christian McCaffrey. Those guys are 420 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 1: better in the passing game len Leonard Fournette. But I 421 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 1: also think that I can get Leonard Fournette to do 422 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: my dirty work, to be my leag Garrett Blunt, a 423 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: far superior version of Garrett Blond, who I believe led 424 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: the league in rushing touchdowns nights. And I can go 425 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 1: in the fourth round and get my Denell pump For 426 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: or whoever else I need to come in there that 427 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: can play that James White type role for me. You know, 428 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: I think be interesting. This will remind me of the 429 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: debate that was had when Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch 430 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: came out. And Dalvin Cook isn't a Marshawn Lynch clone, 431 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: but part of the debate I had when I asked 432 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 1: around who is the better prototypical pro back and at 433 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: the time Marshawn Lynch because he called the ball out 434 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: the backfield of Kale. He did some things. Adrian Peterson 435 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 1: was a rough and reggade runner, but he didn't give 436 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: you any pass production. He really hasn't done that in 437 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 1: the league. He's been more just of a primary run 438 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 1: and had tremendous success. But in today's game where we're 439 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: talking about being past century because about the quarterback and 440 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: made the quarterback comfortable, You're running back has to be 441 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 1: a triple thread. He has to be able to catch it. 442 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: Run it do some other things at the backfield, and 443 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: so if you don't have that ability, and we can't 444 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: assess that ability on tape, it's hard to favor old 445 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: school runner over a guy that can be balanced and 446 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: contributed to a bunch of different areas. It's gonna be fascinating. Look, 447 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 1: I agree with that. I think it's gonna be a 448 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: fascinating discussion and a debate not just here on our 449 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: podcast but in draft rooms around the league of of 450 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: what you do with these guys, because again, you want 451 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: guys to be able to come out of the backfield 452 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: and make things happen. Again, I think four net can 453 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: do some of those things. He's gonna need to show 454 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: it though at the combine as well as in the 455 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: protet because he just neededs many opportunities to do that 456 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: in that L s U offense. But it looked like 457 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: it's gonna be fun to uh to march through from 458 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: this point forward towards the draft. I mean, I think 459 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick even said it after the game, as great 460 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: as the the feeling is to win a yeah, he's 461 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: a little bit. He's a little bit behind. As great 462 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: as today fields and as great as today is in all. Honestly, 463 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 1: we're five weeks behind in the two thousand and seventeen season, 464 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,360 Speaker 1: two the most teams in the league. I mean looking 465 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks, we're gonna be looking at the combine. Obviously, 466 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: in the draft, all star games have already occurred. If 467 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 1: you don't do a good job with your football team 468 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: in February, March, in April, you're probably gonna see that 469 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: in November and December, in January. It's a coach Belichick knows, Bucky, 470 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: this is our time. Now. We gotta get this draft, 471 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: get free agency. Rolling in the off season is gonna 472 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: be a big part of what happens next year. And 473 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: who's hosting that trophy again always it's always a huge part. Uh. 474 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 1: The big thing about we talk about team building. When 475 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: you're building a team, you have to always have one 476 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: eye towards the future. The New England Pages have done 477 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: a great job of kind of transitioning to your team 478 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: from being an older team to a younger team. Transitioning 479 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: star is not really paying big money for some of 480 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: the guys that we on the outside with you to 481 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 1: be expendable non expendable players, but they've been able to 482 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: kind of do it. Uh, this is a team that 483 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 1: is really pretty young on defense. They have some court RAITs. 484 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: To pay high tower, you gotta pay high power. But 485 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,120 Speaker 1: you got a quarterback in place, and your quarterback helps 486 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: you because he plays kind of a team a team 487 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 1: friendly note. So there's some things that they can do. 488 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: They can get better, they can and you have to 489 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 1: draft guys and acquire talent. But they're will positioned to 490 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: make another run at fifty two. How about that? Well, 491 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:09,919 Speaker 1: we uh, we've got some draft stuff up on the 492 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: on NFL dot com right now. I got my updated 493 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,479 Speaker 1: top fifty list. Buck, you have another mock draft coming out. 494 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: You've already got your first mock draft out there, so 495 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: I got the first draft out there. Top fives are out. 496 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: I'm working on rookie grads right now and also some 497 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: more a new series that we're gonna do the book on. 498 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: And the first guy that I'm gonna take a deep 499 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: dive on is Deshaun Wasson nice. What I'm hearing from guys, 500 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: what I think about him, where he may potentially go. 501 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 1: So that's one of the things they're working on. But 502 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: before we get out, I want to ask you about 503 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: a guy that we are very very close to that. 504 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: We've seen a lot of what do you think about 505 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: the move by the Atlanta Falcons. Yes, good call Steve 506 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: Sarkisian as their offensive coordinator. Good recall there almost skipped 507 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,640 Speaker 1: right by that. That was shocking. I did not see 508 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: that coming. Stark went from from USC head coach out 509 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: of football to UH at what is an analyst at 510 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: Alabama to all of a sudden thrust in to be 511 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: the coordinator for the national championship game. Get through that, 512 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: Kiffin's gone, He's named the full time offensive coordinating before 513 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: you can never get back on that sideline again, he's 514 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 1: left and he's gone to the Falcons. To me, it's 515 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 1: obvious you've got the Pete Carroll uh dan Quinn connection 516 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: from Seattle. Pete obviously very close with Sark, having been 517 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: with him at USC. They were all together up there 518 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 1: in Seattle at one point in time when Sark was 519 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: at you dub So that seems like a very good 520 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: relationship there. I would imagine that certain someone maybe not 521 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: the tallest guy in the world in Tuscaloosa is none 522 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: too pleased right now. Now. It's funny because he kind 523 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,919 Speaker 1: of endorsed a move, So we'll we'll see what it 524 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: what it does, it certainly puts him back in the 525 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 1: mix for one offensive coordinated at the collegiate level. From 526 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: a pro standpoint, the Sarkasa move on the surface is 527 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,400 Speaker 1: kind of the quizzical. You're like, man, how does that fit? 528 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: But then when I read the quotes from Dan Quinn 529 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: at the press conference, he talked about he wanted someone 530 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 1: who is familiar with the system that they run. If 531 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: you look at the Falcons offense, it's a version of 532 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,679 Speaker 1: the West Coast offense with his own running scheme sark 533 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: Randeste scheme when he was at SC. When he and 534 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:00,400 Speaker 1: Lane Kiffin co coordinated the offense at SC and again 535 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: at you dub the play action the boot the bootleg, 536 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: the movement passes that they have the ability to push 537 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 1: the ball down the field. He has also done a 538 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: good job of kind of coaching stars in terms of 539 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 1: at SC, they had a bunch of playmakers that can 540 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: make plays and he found a way to get it 541 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: going because remember he had Reggie Bush and Lyndale White, 542 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 1: he had receivers on the outside. They were deemed as 543 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 1: stars on the collegiate level. I think it's a nice fit. 544 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 1: I wonder how he would get along and how he 545 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: would kind of bridge to get between him and Matt Ryan, 546 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 1: because that is a critical relationship. But I do believe 547 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 1: it allows Matt Ryan to be very comfortable and if 548 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 1: my quarterbacks played at m VP level, I don't really 549 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: want to tinker with the system. Look, he was m VP, 550 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: but I don't think him and Kyle Shanahan are best buddies. 551 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 1: One thing about Sark is he is as a former quarterback, 552 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,880 Speaker 1: he is incredibly quarterback friendly. Quarterbacks love playing for him. 553 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: He'll be a nice calming influence on them there. Kyle 554 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:54,400 Speaker 1: shanhon did a great job designing plays and getting Matt 555 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 1: Ryan to play the m v P level. I think 556 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: the relationship will actually be better with Start coming in there. Yeah, 557 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: I think I think it be good. We'll see if 558 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: you can cut down some of the verbis. I know 559 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: they talked about Matt talked about that first year was 560 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: really tough for him, being bogged down by the verbage. 561 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 1: We'll see if they continue to keep that the same. 562 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: Also think coming from the college game, sorry can maybe 563 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:14,919 Speaker 1: help them because they like to go up tempo at times, 564 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: he can kind of help them kind of skinny down 565 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 1: that playbook a little bit so they can play a 566 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:21,959 Speaker 1: little faster at times. He also understands how to delegate 567 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: when you have multiple backs and some of that. We'll 568 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: see if he can kind of master the management part 569 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 1: of it. But I kind of like the higher because 570 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 1: the candidates that were out there in the pros, I 571 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 1: don't know if they would fit what Atlanta has evolved 572 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 1: to because this is a high power to offense, a 573 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: record breaking offense. I don't want to mess with a 574 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 1: lot who has a better job right now. Sarker Kiffin 575 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: sark not even close. It's not even close. I mean, 576 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: it's not even close if he wanted to get out 577 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: of there and have his have his own gig again. 578 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 1: But I thought Kiffen would be a really really good 579 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: pro offensive coordinator, and I thought that he would have 580 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: an opportunity to kind of transition to an NFL head 581 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: coach again because he I thought he could build back 582 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 1: up his resume. But he is where he is. If 583 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: you'd like to play for Florida Atlantic. He said he 584 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: did it on purpose, Yeah he did, Sure he did. 585 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 1: He said he did it on purpose, that was by design, 586 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: needed some energy. Yeah, I meant to crash my car 587 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago to totally on purpose. All right, Look, 588 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: that's gonna do it for us. Fun wrapping up Super 589 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty one, we're full on into uh into draft 590 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: mode right now. And and speaking to draft mode, Bucky, 591 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 1: we've got our scouting competition that's rolling on. I've already 592 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,439 Speaker 1: gone through, shoot fifty fifty of these reports. I got 593 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: another forty. We just gotta hitted another forty to go through. Buck, 594 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: trying to pull out some winners here. So what's at 595 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: stake here? Sending a scouting report your favorite NFL player 596 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 1: for from the two thousand sixteen seasons. Send us the 597 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: email Moved the Sticks at NFL dot Com. 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Look, it's 604 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 1: it's We've had some diaries get sent in here, so 605 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: let me just reiterate again, just quickly some strengths, a 606 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: little couple nuggets on some strengths, couple nuggets on some weaknesses, 607 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: and then a three hundred word summary. So you've got 608 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: to be concise. We don't need to know everything, just 609 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 1: give us a quick snapshot of what this guy is. Again, 610 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: you have until February seventeen, two thousand seventeen to get 611 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 1: those in. No purchase necessary. Open to legal residents eighteen 612 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: and older of the United States and the District of Columbia. 613 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,479 Speaker 1: We're gonna whittle that down to our favorite five. We're 614 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,159 Speaker 1: gonna bring in those five on Skype hopefully if not 615 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,160 Speaker 1: over the phone on the podcast so everybody will get 616 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: to hear uh those interviews take place, and then we're 617 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: gonna sign the same player to our five finalists. Take 618 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 1: those five reports in. We will pick two winners that 619 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 1: will get our game pass subscription as well as some 620 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: some good air time here so well like to see 621 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: your see reports. Will pick a winner. Thanks for checking 622 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 1: us out here, I move the six. Thanks for subscribing 623 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,439 Speaker 1: to the podcast, and uh, thanks for checking out our videos. 624 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,239 Speaker 1: Be sure to go to YouTube checkout some new as 625 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 1: we got up there, Bucky, anything else you got No, 626 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 1: it's been a fantastic uh discussion talking about the super Bow. 627 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: But I'm excited to get the draft. See it's draft time, everybody. 628 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: We'll see you next time. Here, I'll move the Sticks. 629 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:17,199 Speaker 1: Thanks for downloading Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and 630 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks. 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