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Speaker 1: All right, so welcome to Falcon Drobble Podcast presented by

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Speaker 1: AT and T. Guys, gonna get let's get set? Okay? Oh?

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Speaker 1: Is that good? Jokes? Is that good? Not intense funny?

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Speaker 1: Because that was we were playing against Dirk's team down there. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And everybody thinks I was yelling at Mohammed, but it

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Speaker 1: was actually Julio who wasn't getting set and I was

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Speaker 1: letting him know he needed to get set. He's got

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Speaker 1: a little problem with kind of adjusting his split a

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Speaker 1: little too off. It was not Mohammed, and Mohammed's taken,

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Speaker 1: He's taken a lot of grief for it. But it's

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Speaker 1: actually Julio who I was telling to get set. Wow,

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Speaker 1: you remember that game? Right? Unfortunately I am your host,

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Speaker 1: Matt Tebeek and we are joined today by Falcon's quarterback

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Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, offensive coordinator Dirk Cutter, and tight ends coach

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Speaker 1: Mike Malarkey. It's unusual for the fans to have all

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Speaker 1: you guys in one room like this, so hopefully we

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Speaker 1: can have some good conversation today with you guys. Um.

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Speaker 1: You guys are so used to having the microphone in

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Speaker 1: your face asking being asked, Hey, what's it like to

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Speaker 1: have Dirk back, what's it like to have Mike back?

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Speaker 1: And vice versa, what's it like to be coaching Matt

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Speaker 1: Ryan again? So I want to switch it up a

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Speaker 1: little bit. Why you guys kind of share some stories here.

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Speaker 1: But first thing is fans are really excited because of

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Speaker 1: what you guys have done in the past and being

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Speaker 1: back with Matt. He's coming off. You know, Matt, you

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Speaker 1: went through for almost five thousand yards last year, thirty

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Speaker 1: five touchdowns, completed, seventy percent of year passes. Big year

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Speaker 1: for you statistically, Dirk, when you were here, you guys

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Speaker 1: went to the what NFC title game and twenty twelve

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Speaker 1: in three years. I didn't realize this, but in three years,

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Speaker 1: the Falcons offense averaged three hundred and sixty three yards

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Speaker 1: per game, two hundred and seventy seven passing yards became

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Speaker 1: twenty four points per game. And when you were OC

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Speaker 1: and I didn't realize that, you were the assistant coach

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Speaker 1: of the year. The one year and your first year,

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Speaker 1: the Falcons rush for in the league there were one

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Speaker 1: fans see that read that they're stoked. Because if all

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Speaker 1: the weapons that are coming back and they rebuild offensive line.

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Speaker 1: So let's just get into that right now. Matt, what

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Speaker 1: did you think when you first heard that having Dirt

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Speaker 1: Where were you? What were your thoughts? So I was,

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Speaker 1: I was here in Atlanta, I was at home, and

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Speaker 1: Dan called me. Dan Quinn called me and just asked

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Speaker 1: my opinion of both of these guys. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm not just saying this because they're both here, but

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Speaker 1: I had a glowing review of both of them. I

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Speaker 1: enjoyed my time, you know, my first four years in

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Speaker 1: the league with Mike and then three years after that

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Speaker 1: really excited. I think both of them, you know, bring

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Speaker 1: you know, our offense, but also you know, they have

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Speaker 1: and I think, as I've played longer, I think that's

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Speaker 1: probably the most important thing I've seen. The xs and

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Speaker 1: finding ways to motivate players and get the best out

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Speaker 1: of the certain guys. And both these guys do a

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Speaker 1: great job with that coach Cutter, where what made this

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Speaker 1: an attractive job to you? When did you say, you

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Speaker 1: one by far was the greater of any and very

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Speaker 1: happy to be back. Matt. Do you have a favorite

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Speaker 1: or memorable moment or story about either one of these

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Speaker 1: it's more the day to day stuff. Yeah, they're not

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Speaker 1: sometimes I can be hard headed, like things I like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: But as far as you know, just a little bit

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Speaker 1: we've hit on a bunch, but we've missed on a

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Speaker 1: a hard season. So yeah, I remember too. Mike told

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Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't realize this. I was, you know,

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Speaker 1: then my introduction to high end beers, uh was about

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Speaker 1: so Dirk would come in on Saturday mornings and give

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Speaker 1: What's something we don't know about Matt? Obviously we know

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Speaker 1: his intensity, we've seen it. We know he's meticulous. He's

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Speaker 1: know about meticulous. I screwed up at play today that

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Speaker 1: he is those things he is, says I really liked

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Speaker 1: But you know, we spent a lot of time in

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Speaker 1: a great sense of humor. And then there's also when

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Speaker 1: As a player, I really like, I've said it multiple times,

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Speaker 1: the fact that he knows what he wants and what

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Speaker 1: and if I just had to throw seven on seven

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Speaker 1: and that was the deal and I wasn't getting hit,

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Speaker 1: I'd play this game until I was sixty. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's a different deal when, yeah, when when you're when

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Speaker 1: stuff goes on. It's it's a different different level of intensity.

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Speaker 1: And some guys rise to that h and are very

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Speaker 1: comfortable in those situations, and some guys are not. And

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Speaker 1: so we'll see with the group that we have who

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Speaker 1: rises to that occasion. You talk about being hit and

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Speaker 1: playing until you're sixty jokingly here, but how do you

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Speaker 1: feel right now? And And I want to ask you

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Speaker 1: of himself. But how do you feel right now? Obviously,

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Speaker 1: last year statistically phenomenal season. At one point last year,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you're a stats guy or not,

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Speaker 1: but at one point in the first half season, you

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Speaker 1: MVP season statistically. But just how do you feel right now?

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Speaker 1: I feel great, you know, I mean, you know, my

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Speaker 1: body feels really good. I think, you know, at the

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Speaker 1: quarterback position, there's a lot of reasons for that. I

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Speaker 1: think the rule changes have benefited guys like myself. You

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Speaker 1: know that we don't get hit in the same way

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Speaker 1: that maybe guys got hit when you were playing. It's

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Speaker 1: just it's a different it's a different league right now.

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Speaker 1: I also think, you know, in terms of the way

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Speaker 1: way that works for me. And you know, I've got

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Speaker 1: a routine that I feel like it is better than

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Speaker 1: I had when I was twenty three and young, in

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Speaker 1: my first four years, or even during my time with Dark.

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Speaker 1: I found a way for me to get better as

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Speaker 1: I've gotten older, and I think a lot of that

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Speaker 1: has to do with taking care of your body and

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Speaker 1: finding what works for you. Coach Cutter or Mark Alb,

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Speaker 1: whoever wants to take this one. What's the biggest difference

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Speaker 1: you've noticed, And you've probably been asked this, but just

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Speaker 1: maybe physically or that you know obviously Matt you said

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Speaker 1: yourself and take your diet. Really seriously, what's the biggest

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Speaker 1: difference you've seen in Matt? Maybe either physically or or

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Speaker 1: you just emotionally, you know, psychologically, just you know, just

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Speaker 1: what's the biggest difference you've seen in him? For me?

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Speaker 1: His command of the offense. You know. I I'll ask

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Speaker 1: the players, like our first couple of installs, I said, look,

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Speaker 1: we're running these plays. I want you to run these

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Speaker 1: routes when we go out there with quarterbacks. And they said, none,

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Speaker 1: we're not gonna do that. We're gonna run the routes

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Speaker 1: that Matt tells us to run. I'm like, all right,

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Speaker 1: So he's come a long way from from my time

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Speaker 1: with him, but it's I mean, I've seen it from afar,

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Speaker 1: I've watched him from a far I've always I'm always

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Speaker 1: a fan of Matt, so he knows how I feel

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Speaker 1: about him. But I've watched him grow and develop. I

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Speaker 1: stayed in touch with him. He knew I felt about him.

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Speaker 1: I just like watching his success. But it's been fun

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Speaker 1: to be around him and see it in person and

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Speaker 1: watch the command and that he definitely has on this team. Coach,

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Speaker 1: car I know you've been asked you know about Matt

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Speaker 1: a lot, and you've coached against him. Kind of tired

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Speaker 1: of talking about him. Movie, we can move on from there.

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Speaker 1: What's the biggest difference, just maybe behind the scenes, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think I agree with everything Mike just said. I

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Speaker 1: just think one of the really cool things for Matt

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Speaker 1: and Sarah is being parents now, you know, for having

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Speaker 1: the twins, And it's it's fun for me to listen

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Speaker 1: to him give updates on what the boys are doing.

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Speaker 1: And uh, my wife and my kids follow Sarah on

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Speaker 1: social media and so they're always showing me pictures and

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Speaker 1: giving me updates. And I just think that's really cool

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Speaker 1: for Matt to see the be a parent now on

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Speaker 1: top of all of his other success, And a lot

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Speaker 1: of the credit for that goes to Sarah. But all

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Speaker 1: of it. Are you looking forward to the day when

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Speaker 1: he's at the so the games, I'm Friday night up

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Speaker 1: and say because I ripped off. He'll be the guy

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Speaker 1: that Sarah sits, sits on the fifty with the parents,

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Speaker 1: and he'll be standing in the corner of the end

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Speaker 1: zone so he doesn't hurt somebody. Get athens. No um

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Speaker 1: all Right, final thoughts here, Every team wants to win it.

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Speaker 1: Every team, especially this time the year, is feeling pretty optimistic.

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Speaker 1: But every team has their eyes said, I'm the ultimate prize,

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Speaker 1: which is the Super Bowl. Falcons obviously no different. There's

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Speaker 1: a lot of expectations with his team. Ask each twenty

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Speaker 1: and whoever wants to go first? First? But what is

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Speaker 1: in your mind the biggest challenge or obstacle for the

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Speaker 1: Falcons in twenty nineteen. Aargle. First, everybody's good. I mean

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Speaker 1: everybody's good in this league. So you know, you don't

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Speaker 1: know how the injury situation is going to play out,

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Speaker 1: and that's what makes an exciting games. You know, how

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Speaker 1: how the twists and turns of the season go and

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Speaker 1: how we handle it and uh, you know, when we're

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Speaker 1: dealt negative blows, how we bounce back and then when

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Speaker 1: we get on a roll, can we can we sustain it.

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Speaker 1: But we got the right people in the right places,

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Speaker 1: and everybody's just got to do their part. Man, what

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Speaker 1: do you think, Well, I think, you know, I agree.

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Speaker 1: I think it's how you handle things that come up

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Speaker 1: throughout the year. I mean, the best teams that I've

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Speaker 1: been on, you know, throughout my time, the year we

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Speaker 1: went to Super Bowl and the two times we were

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Speaker 1: one seeds, um. You know, those those teams adjust it

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Speaker 1: as the year went on and week to week you

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Speaker 1: found ways to get the job done. And I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think those teams also bought into, you know,

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Speaker 1: the day to day. And I think in order for

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Speaker 1: us to be long term successful and accomplish what we

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Speaker 1: want to accomplish, you have to do the day to

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Speaker 1: day really well. And that's a challenge, you know that.

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Speaker 1: To me, that's that's not the easiest thing to do,

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Speaker 1: especially it's to get your young guys to buy into

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Speaker 1: that very quickly. That the day to day and how

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Speaker 1: we do things, um, whether it be in the weight

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Speaker 1: room and meeting rooms or on the practice field, that

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Speaker 1: stuff's really important. That's that's what makes the difference because

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Speaker 1: like Dirk said, everybody's really really good. Uh, you know

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Speaker 1: what's going to be the thing that that sets us

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Speaker 1: over the top. But that's also something we have to

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Speaker 1: work at and have to kind of reset our minds

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Speaker 1: every week to be really good at that. They grind

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Speaker 1: coach Um very much the same. I just I think

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Speaker 1: consistency is important in this business. Um, everybody's good, it's

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Speaker 1: the teams that that don't self destruct, that they're detailed

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Speaker 1: and what they do, they don't make a lot of mistakes.

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Speaker 1: The teams have been including here where I've been, that

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Speaker 1: have been very detailed and don't make a lot of

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Speaker 1: mistakes to quickly are the ones that are the most

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Speaker 1: consistent weekend and week out, and that's important in this business.

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Speaker 1: And again, just on top of that, we're trying we

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Speaker 1: like to get back to a little bit of physicality

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Speaker 1: here that we've had in the past and that's going

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Speaker 1: to be important part of this. All right, Matt can't

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Speaker 1: wait to talk to you on day three of training camp. Um, guys,

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Speaker 1: this has been fun. Thanks for join us on falcons

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Speaker 1: Abo podcast. Hope we can get you guys on here again.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes this is why I fun. I hope get fun,