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We are 11 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 1: back on the Falcons Atto presented by AT and T 12 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: Recap and a thirty four to seven victory for the 13 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons over the New York Giants at home in 14 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: Mercedes Benz Stadium's DJ Shockley Dave Archer. I'm Derek Rackley 15 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: here to recap it all for you and of course 16 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: look ahead to a pivotal and I mean pivotal game 17 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: against the Washington Commanders coming up on Sunday night football. Hey, now, 18 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: prime time audience to check out your Atlanta Falcons. All right, guys, 19 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: let's go ahead and break it down. By the way, 20 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: Happy holidays to everybody. Uh if you were happened to 21 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: be in the stadium at the game yesterday, as we 22 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: record here on a Monday, DJ dogged me out on 23 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: halftime saying that I'm not a good singer, told me, 24 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: told me the halftime was a whole lot better than 25 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: me when I sing during our podcast, which I don't 26 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: really sing, but I gave him a little bit of side. 27 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 2: Well, fortunately I didn't have to listen to that, and 28 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 2: I was able to listen to Pastor Troy. Shout out 29 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 2: to Pastor Troy was on who was on stage at 30 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 2: halftime for us. 31 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: Uh so of Falcons. 32 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 3: I mean, can you sing no rack? I mean, do 33 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 3: you want to put it out there? Improve me wrong? 34 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 3: Here's the perfect platform to do it right now? 35 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's see how much time we have 36 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: left after the okay, and I'll get into it because 37 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: you know, all the folks that are listening or watching, 38 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: they want to hear what we have to say about 39 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: the Falcons. And then maybe if we have time, if 40 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: we have time, I'll get a melody. 41 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 4: You know, you know, you know, how you start a 42 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 4: game is called a good play starter. That's what the 43 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 4: song would be. It'd get the game started, to get 44 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 4: our podcast started, like. 45 00:01:58,360 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: Table setter type thing. 46 00:01:59,520 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 3: Talk to him. 47 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: I already, I'm already passed it. The tables already said, 48 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: come on, we ain't got into it. 49 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 3: Though mentally he's worked. 50 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: Wait mentally all right, fellas, Uh describe the game against 51 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: the Giants in three words kind of like a game show, right, 52 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: like like I don't know, yeah, I can name that 53 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: tune in three notes, DJ, can you describe that game 54 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 1: three words or less? He said, I ain't good at 55 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: that game, that's for sure. 56 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 4: I'm going with intriguing, scrappy and rewarding. 57 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 1: Okay, intriguing scrappy, No, no, I mean because because you 58 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 1: just know he gave us. He gave us three, but 59 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: he wanted to three and like three and a half 60 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: minutes I don't know. 61 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 4: Wanted me to explain why I felt they were those 62 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 4: three things. 63 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: But we're going to get into that. We'll get into 64 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: that because it's urt just turn Okay, three words or 65 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: less described the game against the Giants, three phase win, 66 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: three phase winky. 67 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 3: I like it, Okay, okay, yeah, explain now that's. 68 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 1: Now we're good, all right. Mine is going to be 69 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: uh scoring nim apostrophe and e M what points? Scor 70 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: scoring them points thirty four points, third highest. 71 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 3: We didn't go to. 72 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: Just end to bring a little bit of you know, 73 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: a little bit of of slang in my Okay, okay, guys, 74 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: Now we can actually get into some of your explanations 75 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: of that. But first I want to start with the 76 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: new QB one because obviously it was the biggest story 77 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: coming out of Atlanta Falcons training camp this past week 78 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: was the rookie first round draft pick Michael Pennick Junior 79 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: getting his first career NFL start. I will go back 80 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: to you, maybe your three words can be used to 81 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: describe Michael Pennocks Junior's performance. 82 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 4: I think part of it would be, I think intriguing 83 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 4: because I think we all had an anticipation to see 84 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 4: what this would look like. I think we've all seen 85 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 4: him in college, We've seen him in training camp, We've 86 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,359 Speaker 4: seen him, you know, throughout this time leading up to this, 87 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 4: and you still were kind of intrigued of what this 88 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,119 Speaker 4: kid could do, what he could actually put on fourth 89 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 4: on the field. And I start with the number one 90 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 4: thing is when you come into your first day of camp, 91 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 4: you're come into your first day of install and it's 92 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 4: about the operation. And I want to give him a 93 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 4: lot of credit for just the operation of the game. 94 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 4: There's a lot of things that you work on in practice. 95 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 4: Yeah it feels good, but it's a lot different when 96 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 4: you get on the field and Zach Robinson's not standing 97 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 4: behind you, and you can turn around and say, coach, what 98 00:04:59,480 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 4: was that again? 99 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying. 100 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 4: You don't get to do that in game time action. 101 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 4: And then you look on the other side and you 102 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 4: look at how many delay of games that Drew Lock 103 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 4: and the New. 104 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 3: York Giants had. Falcons had none of those. 105 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 4: The operation of just get into the huddle, calling to play, 106 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 4: getting outside, and then executing the players, I think it's 107 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 4: the next step of it. 108 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 3: And I thought he did a great job of that 109 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 3: part of. 110 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 4: The game, managing the line of scrimmage, managing the motions, 111 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 4: managing the shifts because there were a lot of times 112 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 4: where the motion had to match up with his cadence. 113 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 4: And I heard Jake Matthews talking about this was really 114 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 4: the first week we got a chance to hear him 115 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 4: in the huddle, hear his cadence while he goes through 116 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 4: different things at the line of scrimmage, and you didn't 117 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 4: have the issues that you had maybe on the other side. 118 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 4: So I love the fact that operationally he was really 119 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 4: good in that part of the game, and that's where 120 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 4: it started, because obviously you can't get a game or 121 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 4: get a play started without being able to have each 122 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 4: guy on the same page and all come together. But 123 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 4: I thought the kid was poised. I thought he was confident. 124 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 4: I thought he was in command. I thought he did 125 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 4: a really good job of getting the football out. He 126 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 4: was decisive with it, and he didn't hold on to it. 127 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 4: No sacks. There were a couple times where he probably 128 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 4: had an opportunity where he could have took a sack 129 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 4: or could have been sacked, or he took off, or 130 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 4: he threw the football away or maybe just couldn't get 131 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 4: it there. But he got the football out, and I 132 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 4: think that's a big part of especially when a young 133 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 4: guy staying on schedule, is not taking those costly sacks 134 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 4: or doing things that have hurt your offense. And I 135 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 4: thought he did a good job at so the give 136 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,559 Speaker 4: Michael bene doing you got a lot of credit for, first, 137 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 4: I think the operational of getting this team going, but 138 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 4: also managing some of the nuances inside their offense to 139 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 4: get them moving down the field. 140 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 1: Are so many things can help out a young quarterback 141 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: making his first start, right, running game, right, you could 142 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 1: have a running game that kind of takes the pressure 143 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: off of him. But one of the other things that 144 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: I kind of outlined coming into this game was just 145 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: the mechanics and everything and the fundamentals and discipline. And 146 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: you talked about it. Three penalties for thirty yards in 147 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: this game. How much does that help his first performance 148 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 1: when he's not fighting the chains all game long, because 149 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: he's not sitting back at first and twenty second and 150 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: seventeen third and nineteen Right, there was very few occasions 151 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: where he was sitting back trying to operate. When you're 152 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: sitting back against an eight ball, if you're a premier 153 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: starter in this league or a rookie. 154 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, it's a great point, Rack. I think that 155 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 2: certainly eliminating those penalties, and we saw the Giants were 156 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 2: plagued by him. You mentioned they came in as I 157 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 2: think the third most penalized team by a delay of 158 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 2: game penalty of the National Football League. That didn't go away. 159 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,239 Speaker 2: We had had some problems with some pre snap penalties 160 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 2: in the last few weeks and give the guys, credit 161 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: around Michael Pennix to eliminate that kind of stuff, so 162 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 2: he didn't have to deal with it, nor did Zach Robinson. 163 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 2: Remember he's trying, he's not trying to tailor the game 164 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 2: for Michael, but he wants to keep him in manageable situations. 165 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 2: So you didn't have to stress the overstress him. And 166 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 2: you mentioned a perfect scenario there where they stayed on 167 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: schedule the whole time. What were you eight of fourteen 168 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 2: on third nine? You didn't go on fourth down? I mean, 169 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 2: it was an outstanding job there. His poise was incredible. 170 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 3: Guys. 171 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 2: Another there's some analytics out there, and we've kind of 172 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 2: fallen into that game more and more as we move 173 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 2: forward in history here analytics. But the ball was coming 174 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 2: out two point seven seconds per row for him, that's outstanding. 175 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 2: He was averaging I think over seven and a half 176 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 2: yards an attempt in the first half. Now that came 177 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 2: down a little bit from an attempt standpoint, because he 178 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 2: started to take the air of the ball of it right, 179 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 2: So his ability to stretch things not deep down the 180 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 2: field but intermediately as opposed to But he didn't know 181 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 2: where to drop the football off, and I think It 182 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 2: goes back to what you were talking about shock his preparation. 183 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 2: Give him credit because I think that he says, oh, 184 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 2: I'm going to lean on my prep and I think 185 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 2: people just kind of take that for granted. You and 186 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 2: I both know you stand behind the starter and you 187 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 2: go through the read as a quarterback if you're preparing 188 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:03,959 Speaker 2: properly every practice of every game, right, And that's what 189 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 2: he did, and it looked like it. He didn't camp 190 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 2: on a route. He dropped and he see me getting 191 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 2: his left handed stancing. 192 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 3: Like he dropped. 193 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 2: But he was boom boom ball out, you know, boom 194 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 2: boom ball out or ball out. But it wasn't that 195 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 2: he's I don't gonna let that guy try to win. 196 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 2: Or sometimes his young quarterbacks, you'll sit on a guy 197 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 2: because you're he's trying to fight off and I'll wait 198 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 2: for a count. He didn't do any of that. You 199 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 2: talk about poised and going through his reads, ball coming 200 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 2: out on time, and your offensive line loves you for that, right, hey, Paul, 201 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 2: he's coming out on time. I just thought that the poise, 202 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 2: it was a professional quarterback exhibition. He played like a pro. Okay, 203 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 2: he's only twenty four years old his first game in 204 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 2: the National Football League. I thought it was an outstanding performance. 205 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: I think a lot of it has to do and guys, 206 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: I'm just guessing here, this is my opinion. I think 207 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: a lot of it has to do with I truly 208 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 1: believe him sitting and watching fourteen weeks of NFL football 209 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 1: behind Kirk Cousins, watching tape, watching breakdown games after a win, 210 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: after a loss, after good plays, after bad plays, and 211 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 1: then through fifteen weeks, he probably sat back there a 212 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: little bit more comfortable because of all those things, because 213 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: of all the preparation that he was able to do. 214 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: It's different doing that preparation as a rookie, guys, when 215 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: it's you're coming in week one to be the starter 216 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 1: versus coming in in week fifteen to be the starter, 217 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: and you've got a lot of stuff under your belt mentally, right, 218 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: we know how important this game is mentally because everybody 219 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: is so physically good in the National Football League. You 220 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: got to be able to win between the ears. And 221 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: I felt like that was what we got a chance 222 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: to see. And I'm on the same page as you, guys. 223 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 1: The operation just how comfortable he looked making sure that 224 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: they got the snap off motions coming across. You didn't 225 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: see guys like the shotgun snap hitting a motion guy 226 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: coming across the formation. All that stuff seemed pretty clean. 227 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: And DJ, you and I were sitting there right after halftime. 228 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: There was a play that he made where he was 229 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: under pressure and he escapes and he's doing his best 230 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: to just try to get himself free enough and he's 231 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: able to chuck it to just throw an incomplete pass, 232 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: whereas I said, that's probably an eight or nine yard 233 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: loss instead it's second and ten, right, and that those 234 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 1: plays are so huge in saving field position. So we 235 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: talked about three phase game Arch. Let's talk a little 236 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 1: bit about the rest of the offense, because Jean Robinson 237 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: just continues to have productive game after productive game. DJ 238 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: I mentioned to you right after halftime, he's got to 239 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: make defenses just absolutely frustrated because Arch he always finds 240 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: a way to just slip out of tackles, Like you 241 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: think you got him hemmed up. Good luck, He's gonna 242 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: find a way to break one or two. 243 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 4: Is it weird that here we are, We've seen this 244 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 4: guy for a year and three quarters and you still 245 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 4: laugh about plays that he makes in the ball game. 246 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,959 Speaker 4: Like he starts talking about it, you just instantly you 247 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 4: could just start remembering stuff that comes. 248 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 2: To your head, no question about it. I mean, this 249 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 2: is you're taught, folks. You're watching a special football player. 250 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 2: And John Robinson and his ability to make people miss 251 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,839 Speaker 2: in short spaces, his power to be able to run 252 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 2: through guys, his acceleration to run past people. I mean, 253 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 2: this is a special, special player and you're already talking 254 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 2: about I don't think it's a stretch to say this 255 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 2: is one of the five best guys in the National 256 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 2: Football League at his position. He may be in the 257 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 2: top two or three. I mean, Sakwan Barkley, say what 258 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 2: you want to about. He's having a monster year and 259 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 2: people are talking about him maybe breaking Eric Dickinson's rushing record, 260 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 2: closing in on that. This is the guy that I 261 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 2: could see do that at some point in his career. 262 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 2: But I had a chance to play with a guy 263 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 2: named Gerald Riggs who physically made some of the best 264 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 2: four and five yard runs I've ever seen because he 265 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 2: was a great big back and he would destroy somebody 266 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 2: that penetrated, run through another guy and he get me three. 267 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 2: You know, this guy does it with the ability to 268 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 2: you know it's a magic show. 269 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 3: Look what I've got. 270 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: Going on over here? No, I'm over here. 271 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 3: You know. 272 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 1: It's one of those deals. 273 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 2: And then let's not discount real quickly what the guy 274 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 2: does in pass protection. Are you kidding me? They're trying 275 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 2: to heat us up with a gap pressure they have 276 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 2: been for the last several weeks, and who steps up. 277 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 2: Bjeon Robinson steps up and takes them right mustache to mustache, 278 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 2: you know, and giving guys a chance to throw. Pennis 279 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 2: got a couple of balls off yesterday because of what 280 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:20,559 Speaker 2: Bijon Robinson's doing. 281 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 4: I'll say this to give some more context of Archiers 282 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 4: talking about the first third down of the ball game. 283 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 4: I just did a breakdown on Bajon and the first 284 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 4: third down of the ball games, third and seven. 285 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 3: His drake's on an indcut. They go double a gap 286 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 3: thinking they're gonna mug. 287 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,079 Speaker 4: One guy is trying to push the center out the 288 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,959 Speaker 4: way so they can loop around, but Jon steps up 289 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 4: and hits the guy. Picked up the blitz of the 290 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 4: guy who's trying to take out the center and sees 291 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 4: the guy looping around and gets a piece of him, 292 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 4: and that little piece allows him to hit drake on 293 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 4: the incut for a first down. He did that two 294 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 4: or three times in the ballgame you're talking about. I 295 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 4: remember one run they go outside zone. They leveraged the football, 296 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 4: great giants played well levers of football, and then they 297 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 4: get penetration. One jump cut and then it gets him 298 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 4: back to the inside. He goes another jump cut and 299 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 4: it gets you know, he goes three jump cuts while 300 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 4: still going vertical where it could be a negative or zero. 301 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 3: Yard game, he gets ten yards. 302 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 4: It's unbelievable some of the stuff that he was doing 303 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 4: in his ball game. There was one art talking about 304 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 4: the power. They go toss Sweet six is foot in 305 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 4: the ground. They contact him at about the twelve yard line. 306 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 4: When they spot the football, it's on the seven yard line. 307 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 4: So I'm like, here's the speed, the power, he has 308 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 4: everything to what arch just talking about everything you want 309 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 4: out of a back. And you talked about him being, 310 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 4: you know, one of the top guys in the league. Well, 311 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 4: there's only two other guys who have you know, all 312 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 4: the most all purpose yards in the National Football League, 313 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 4: say one Barklay Derrick Henry. 314 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 3: But John Robinson, how about time. 315 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 2: And the beauty is here to take him out of 316 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 2: the game. Here comes the bowling ball of razor blades. 317 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: I feel like need to get apparel made because like 318 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: art is just like put that phrase out there and 319 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: it's like when you say it, we all know who 320 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: you're talking about, So let's start marketing it. 321 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 4: Okay, it's almost like you can. You can when you 322 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 4: hear him say it is like I don't want the 323 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 4: boss of that bowling ball or razor books like and 324 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 4: it looks like that when he's running because the are 325 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 4: not trying to tackle. 326 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: With Darnel Mooney, Drake Luonnon both with five receptions a 327 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: piece in the game as well. But then we got 328 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: to talk about the defensive side, and DJ, I'll start 329 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: with you, and you know it's it's been fighting the 330 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: turnover margin all season long, right, and sometimes you're just 331 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: you're hope and when are you gonna be able to 332 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: make the plays? And we've seen it the last couple 333 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: of weeks, right, Bates and Simmons with interceptions the previous 334 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: week and then once again two pick six is in 335 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: this game? I mean, how important is that for your 336 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: rookie quarterback when your defense is scoring points for. 337 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 3: You fourteen points is? I mean? 338 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 4: You can almost probably in every statistical category. Your defense 339 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 4: scoring fourteen points, you're probably gonna win the ball game. 340 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 4: And this is a unit that also is turning people over. 341 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 4: But then we talked about it weeks ago. Oh man, 342 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 4: we got ten sacks. We're near the bottom of the NFL, 343 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 4: and you look up and you got dang their thirty sacks. Now, 344 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 4: I mean, it's unbelievable what you've done the last few 345 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 4: weeks and the way this team has come together. I 346 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 4: heard Arnold Ebacketty talk about the attention to detail has 347 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 4: risen a little bit from him. On the defense standpoint. 348 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 4: I heard Jesse Basse say, each guy is doing their 349 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 4: one eleventh on defense, I mean there's no perfect example. 350 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 4: Then his pick six of each guy doing their one 351 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 4: eleventh and as qbs what they did on that particular play. 352 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 4: I can understand why Drew lock was confused, because anytime 353 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 4: a guy goes across the field with a guy for us, oh, 354 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 4: I know we got we got man covers, no doubt 355 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 4: about it. Jesse base goes in man coverage with my 356 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 4: league neighbors. Oh, I know exactly what I'm getting. I'm 357 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 4: Drew Lack out of the football there's communication. You can 358 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 4: d All are talking to Jesse and they talk about it, 359 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,919 Speaker 4: and all of a sudden, they're in zone coverage and 360 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 4: Jesse's got eyes on his particular area and you can 361 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 4: see him playing inside out and then you see his 362 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,360 Speaker 4: eyes straightening. Drew lock and he drives on the football 363 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 4: and we know what happens next. I mean, just the 364 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 4: ability mayble to communicate, And we talked about that, that's 365 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 4: a perfect example of communication within a play. This is 366 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 4: like you got to go through this within one or 367 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 4: two seconds while your in motion come across, and you 368 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 4: got to communicate to everybody so that there's not a 369 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 4: bust of coverage and they can go deep on you whatever. 370 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 3: It may be. 371 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 4: So you love the fact that this defense is playing 372 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,919 Speaker 4: that style of football. They've showing you so many different things. 373 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,719 Speaker 4: And I mean, there's so many guys you can talk 374 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 4: about on this defense that's playing some really great football. 375 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 4: But I love the fact that they're turning people over. 376 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 4: Like you mentioned, they're getting to the quarterback and they're 377 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 4: making it hard on the posing defense. 378 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: If you mentioned communication, and I remember sitting here two 379 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: weeks ago in the Minnesota game and you had talked 380 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: about the lack of communication and giving up some big 381 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: plays and some wide open plays. So that just shows 382 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: that you're kind of learning from mistakes in the secondary right, 383 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: and you've got to get everybody on the same page. 384 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: I believe Jesse Bates now three career pick six is 385 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: and now ten of his I think at twenty four 386 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 1: interceptions now of coming in Atlanta Falcons Jersey, so in 387 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: thirty two games. Yeah, you think about the investment that 388 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 1: they've made in that young man is paying off in spades. 389 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: And arch is just to speak about the defense as well. 390 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 3: I like that. 391 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 1: Yes, Kate just rolled off right. I know you had 392 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 1: a chance to talk to Kayden Ellis. I mean, this 393 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: guy is a tackling machine, he's a playmaking machine, and 394 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: he just continues to show up each and every week. 395 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been unbelievable. Rak a chance to talk with 396 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:41,880 Speaker 2: him with a he's a player spotlight on the Coaches Show. 397 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 2: He's got one hundred and thirty two one hundred and 398 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 2: thirty one tackles, which is eighth the National Football League. Now, 399 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 2: he had one hundred and twenty two tackles a year ago. 400 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 2: So already with two games left to go, he's already 401 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 2: above above that number. He's the only player in the 402 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 2: National Football League with one hundred plus tackles and five sacks. 403 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 2: He also has sixteen quarterback hits. And you've got to 404 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 2: go way down the list to find an edge rusher 405 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 2: or an interior defensive lineman that has that kind of hits. 406 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 2: There's nobody from a linebacker standpoint that's affected the quarterback 407 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 2: the way he has. He's got double digit tackles in 408 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 2: seven of his last nine games. I mean, the dude 409 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 2: is just bawling out. 410 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 3: And by the way, real quickly. 411 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 2: Pro Bowl voting ends tonight, So if you want some 412 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 2: of your favorite Falcons on the Pro Bowl, got on Twitter. 413 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 2: The votes count double on Twitter or X or whatever 414 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 2: we're calling it, so go vote there. I mean, Caderyl Hodge, 415 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,400 Speaker 2: he's the guy that blocked the two punts last week. 416 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 2: He's been unbelievable cover to punp for a touchdown. Kaden Ellis, 417 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 2: Jesse Bates, Jean Robinson. Find your favorite Falcon to vote 418 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,719 Speaker 2: for him. But it counts double tonight, so you can 419 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 2: you can put your Falcons on the Pro Bowl team. 420 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 3: Love it. 421 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: So let's do that because there's some guys that are 422 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: very deserving of that. We talked about a three fees 423 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 1: phase game, not necessarily going to dive so much into 424 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: special teams. But the one big highlight is we had 425 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 1: to change at kicker position with Riley Patterson coming in 426 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: for Young Waiku was placed on injured reserve. Did end 427 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 1: up missing his first field goal. I can't imagine the 428 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: nerves and the rate of his heartbeat on that first 429 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: kick because I think he'd only played in four games 430 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: over the last two years, hadn't kicked a field goal 431 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: in a couple of years. But after that settled down, 432 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 1: was able to drive in a couple of more field goals. 433 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 2: Anybody that understands the nerves you would, Yeah, got correct, 434 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 2: You're coming in for one snap. 435 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 1: It's got to be on the money. There's nobody that knows. 436 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 2: So what do you I mean, is that something you 437 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 2: would do? Rack? Would you go over and talk to him, 438 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 2: talk him off the ledge? Living sure you had to 439 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 2: do it in your career a little bit. 440 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 1: Well, It's it's interesting because like, I don't know how 441 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 1: well the guys know him because he's fairly new. Right. 442 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: Sometimes it's like if you had an entire offseason to 443 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: work with a guy, and then all of a sudden 444 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,679 Speaker 1: he ends up winning the job, and then it's opening 445 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 1: week and he's going out their first first field goal. 446 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: You can go over there because you developed some some chemistry, 447 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: some camaraderie, and you can just make maybe you make 448 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: a joke, like you understand his personality and what either 449 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: calms him down or what makes him tick. I'm not 450 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: sure that the team knows that yet about Riley Patterson, 451 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,199 Speaker 1: but but he's a pro just like everybody else is, 452 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: and you know how important it is to him. And 453 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 1: so after the first missed, I thought he settled down. 454 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 1: I watched him in kind of pre pregame smoking it, 455 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: and he had plenty of life in the leg right. 456 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 1: Just the first thing I noticed he did have a 457 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: couple of balls that were drifting off to the right 458 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: a little bit, so I was wondering if he was 459 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: going to be able to correct that end game did 460 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 1: pull the first one a little bit, but after that 461 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: he was on the money. So I think it was 462 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,479 Speaker 1: a solid special team's performance. Especially when you're coming off 463 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: with two block punts, it's to be hard to kind 464 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 1: of back that one up. 465 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 4: Shout out to Zach Harrison who almost got him one 466 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 4: in a ball game. 467 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:40,880 Speaker 3: He did force himself moved one away. 468 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 4: But I want Arch to tell the fans kind of 469 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 4: what right he's saying to him after the game about 470 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 4: Riley Patterson. 471 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 3: And you know when he after that first kick, Yeah, 472 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 3: the first one I. 473 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 2: Said, I said, you had you had a new guy 474 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 2: kicking his is Yeah, the first one sucked over the. 475 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: Thanks Coach Field that you want to expand on that 476 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,239 Speaker 1: a little bit more. Yeah, he doesn't mix a lot 477 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: of stuff up there. 478 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 3: You're gonna get pretty much what he's feeling. 479 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: So that's that kind of wraps up the Giants game. 480 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: But now, as I mentioned at the top of the podcast, 481 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: here a pivotal game because the Falcons got an early 482 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: Christmas present in Sunday Night Football last first place, the 483 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: first place in the NFC South Atlanta Falcons because the 484 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: old Dallas Cowboys put together a performance to knock off 485 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,679 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers on Sunday Night Football. I'm curious to know 486 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: if there's anybody within the organizations that's sending you know, 487 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: what quarterbacks give like offensive lineman gifts over Christmas time. 488 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 1: I'm wondering if there's anybody in the organization that's gonna 489 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 1: be sending the Cowboys some gifts, thank you for knocking 490 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,399 Speaker 1: off the Tampa Bay Bucks and now puts Atlanta in 491 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:53,200 Speaker 1: first place in the NFC South for now, Okay, for now. 492 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 3: For now. 493 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, and you got a lot of work to do, 494 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: a lot of work to do. The reason being is 495 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 1: because yes, this is a big time game in front 496 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: of a national audience again against the Commanders on Sunday 497 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: night football. And then you look at the Buccaneers and 498 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 1: their remaining games are against the Saints and the Panthers, 499 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: so you're thinking, okay, they should be should be the 500 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 1: better team in that game. They were probably the better 501 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 1: team against the Cowboys. That's why it's called the National 502 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: Football League and you got to play the games right 503 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: on Sundays. But let's talk about the Commanders because we 504 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 1: all know about this quarterback that they have, Jaden Daniels, 505 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 1: probably the front runner of the Rookie of the Year, 506 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: and what he has been doing this year. I'm going 507 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: to start this question off as kind of a softball 508 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: to u Arch. What is it that makes the Washington 509 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: Commanders such a challenge for opposing teams, not just defending Daniels, 510 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: but all across his football team. We're the biggest challenges 511 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: for the Falcons. 512 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,679 Speaker 2: Well, I think that the first of all, and we 513 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 2: got a sample of it when Dan Quinn was here. 514 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 2: He's got everybody on board. He's been able to put 515 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 2: everything where they developed their brotherhood there. We had it 516 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 2: here obviously, and it worked well for us, if for 517 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 2: a period of time, and I think he's done that 518 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,919 Speaker 2: in Washington. I give coach Quinn a ton of credit 519 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 2: and his staff, but I think that the energizer Bunny 520 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 2: is the quarterback. There's no question about that. I mean, 521 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 2: they've got a you know, mclaurin's a big time wide receiver, 522 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 2: and Robinson can run the football, and they've got guys 523 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,679 Speaker 2: on the defensive football side of the football that can 524 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,399 Speaker 2: get after you up front. But I really think that 525 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 2: this was the dynamic they needed, was a guy that 526 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 2: could go go change the game either with his leg. 527 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 2: Then he looked like he was at LSU yesterday. 528 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 3: Guys. 529 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 2: I mean, if you go back and look at his 530 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,879 Speaker 2: tape when he won the Heisman Trophy, it was he 531 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 2: was throwing a ball deep and then he would take 532 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:34,399 Speaker 2: off and run. He'd run sixty yards for a touchdown. 533 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 2: That's what he looked like last night against a really 534 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 2: good Philadelphia Eagle defense. Eagles turned him over five times 535 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 2: in the game. I mean, are you kidding me? And 536 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 2: they still won the football game. So to me, he 537 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 2: is the difference maker for them and what coach Quinn 538 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,120 Speaker 2: has done to install a belief that they can get 539 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 2: it done. 540 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:52,399 Speaker 1: You know, when I've watched him, even when he was 541 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: back at LSU, guys, and I don't know if you 542 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 1: agree with this kind of description of it, but when 543 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: he takes off, it almost it looks like he glides 544 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 1: right like it's just it looks effortless. It seems like 545 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 1: he's always slipping away from people. And I think, I 546 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: don't know if you want to call it deceptive speed. 547 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 1: I think everybody knows that he has speed. But let 548 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: me just throw out a couple of numbers. So far, 549 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: Jayden Daniels leads the team in rushing. He's got seven 550 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,640 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty seven yards rushing this season. Okay, seven 551 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty seven As a quarterback. Who's just behind 552 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. I want to say he's about twenty eight 553 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: yards behind Lamar Jackson as far as getting that close 554 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,239 Speaker 1: to leading the NFL on quarterbacks in rushing yards. By 555 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 1: the way, Brian Robinson has seven hundred and twenty nine 556 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: rushing yards for them, so there's kind of a one 557 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 1: to two punch between quarterback and running back. He's got 558 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: seven games where he's got fifty or more rushing yards. 559 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: I think he's coming off eighty something yesterday against the Eagles. Now, 560 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 1: the one thing I will say dj he's got eight 561 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: interceptions on the season. Six of them have come in 562 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: the last five games. So maybe either he's making some 563 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,199 Speaker 1: mistakes or some opposing defenses are finding some opportunities in 564 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: his game. Because he was really good with the football 565 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:01,880 Speaker 1: as far as ball security early on. 566 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 4: In the season, and I think you can contribute that 567 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 4: to the amount of success that he's had. And you 568 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 4: think about eve Ben sacked thirty seven times as well, 569 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 4: so you look at it and say, Okay, maybe he's 570 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 4: hold on to the football. A lot of that is 571 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 4: maybe him scrambling around trying to make some plays. And 572 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,160 Speaker 4: then because of the success he's had with his legs 573 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 4: made to scramble and move, he's felt he's been able 574 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 4: to force the football. In a couple years and there's 575 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,439 Speaker 4: been a couple of games where he's forcing it and 576 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 4: they made the play for So I think he plays 577 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 4: on the edge of being very aggressive but also a 578 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 4: guy who understands that he has the keys to the 579 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 4: success of this offense. And this will be a huge 580 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 4: challenge and arch Lady out well, there are a lot 581 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 4: of good players on his team. There are a lot 582 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 4: of guys that make it go. The defense can get 583 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 4: after you. They got a bunch of guys up front. 584 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 4: I mean that front seven is really is really athletic, 585 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,679 Speaker 4: but this team goes as that guy goes. And the 586 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 4: success that he has within this offense and his ability 587 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,679 Speaker 4: to be able to score and put up points and 588 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 4: you know, you watch that game against the Eagles, is 589 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 4: abillity be able to bring them back and make big 590 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 4: time throws in those moments. It tells you everything you 591 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 4: need to know about him. So this will be probably 592 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 4: one of the biggest challenges this defense has this year 593 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 4: of not only can this guy just sling it around, 594 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 4: but you got to be conscious of him getting outside 595 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 4: the pocket as well, because he will take off, but 596 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 4: he's also looking to throw the football as well. So 597 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 4: how you go about really planning for him this week 598 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 4: will be a big deal. And you just got to remember, 599 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 4: this guy's gonna make some plays. He's gonna make some 600 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 4: plays in the ball game, but you can't allow him 601 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 4: to continue to make him for four quarters and be 602 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:35,919 Speaker 4: the part that that hurts you. So it's gonna be 603 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 4: an interesting matchup. But let's make no bones about it. 604 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 4: The playoffs start on Sunday night, and that's exactly what 605 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 4: you have to have the mindset of our playoff season 606 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 4: begins Sunday night football with everybody watching versus quality ponent 607 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 4: inside the NFC. And we were given a reprieve from 608 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 4: the Cowboys. So guess what how are you going to 609 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 4: handle it now that you're back in the in the 610 00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 4: front row seat. 611 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,400 Speaker 1: You guys know this because of our history together with 612 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 1: Michael Vick when he was a starting quarterback here of 613 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: this franchise that I remember the years that he was 614 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: playing his best third down conversions were really good for 615 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons. I look up at the Commanders. They 616 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: are forty five point six percent on third down. That's 617 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: six in the NFL. I think that quarterback has scrambled 618 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 1: for a few of those first downs on third down. 619 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of things that you have to 620 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: think about. You mentioned Terry McLaurin, another thousand yard season 621 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: for him. He's got twelve touchdown receptions this year, by far, 622 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 1: a career high for him. His previous year career high 623 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,880 Speaker 1: was seven. And then Zach Ertz he's got fifty five 624 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: catches and four touchdowns. Those two guys have combined for 625 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: sixteen of the twenty four touchdown reception. So that's where 626 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: the production is coming in the passing game. So I'm 627 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 1: gonna throw you guys another softball here, and I think 628 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: I know what the answer is going to be. Arch 629 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna start with you. The Falcons can win this 630 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: game on the road against the Commanders. If they do this, 631 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 1: they got score points. Score point. 632 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 2: You're gonna have to score because when you look at 633 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 2: what the Commanders have done recently. Now, the Cowboys beat 634 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 2: him thirty four to twenty six about a month ago, 635 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 2: a little little less than a month ago, but they 636 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 2: scored forty two. They won a game, a very close 637 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 2: game with the Saints, and that goes back to saying, hey, 638 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter what weeken is, you know you better 639 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 2: come to play. They won that game late. I think 640 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 2: the Saints had a chance to win the football game, 641 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 2: win for two and Ratler missed the throw, or they 642 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 2: win the football game. They won that game of twenty 643 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 2: to nineteen, but they just put thirty six on one 644 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 2: of the better defenses, we think, one of the better 645 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 2: defenses the league in Philly. So to me, you're gonna 646 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 2: have to score points. This is this is gonna be 647 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 2: one of those ones where you hope you get a 648 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 2: couple of takeaways, maybe you get a sack or two, 649 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 2: get the ball out. But this is gonna you're gonna 650 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 2: have to ramp up a little bit and if the 651 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 2: defense scores two touchdowns for you, that's great. Yeah, but 652 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:47,960 Speaker 2: I think you're gonna have to have as similar point 653 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,040 Speaker 2: output for performance as you had this weekend. 654 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, I would agree with you. I mean that looked. 655 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: I mean it was like one of the first times 656 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: the entire season, guys where it was like you're in 657 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 1: the second half and you kind of feel uncomfortable about 658 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: the game. The NFL is generally very a game that's 659 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,400 Speaker 1: not comfortable, especially when it comes to scoring. But every 660 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 1: once in a while you mentioned it, Washington's had a 661 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 1: couple of blowouts this year because they've been able to 662 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 1: score so many points. Same question to you, DJ Falcons 663 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: win this game on Sunday Night Football if they do what. 664 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,479 Speaker 4: I think a big part of this ballgame is who 665 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 4: wins to turnover margin, and I think offensively, you cannot 666 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 4: turn the football over. And Archer just mentioned how much 667 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 4: the ability they can to score the football, Well, guess 668 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,520 Speaker 4: what if you give them extra opportunities, that's put so 669 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,480 Speaker 4: much pressure on your young rookie quarterback on the road 670 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 4: to trying to keep up. 671 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 3: So I think you cannot turn. 672 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 4: The football over this ball game and win that part 673 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 4: of the ball game because you give them extra opportunities. 674 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 4: You give that quarterback over there more chances to put 675 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,479 Speaker 4: the football in the end zone. Nine times out of ten, 676 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 4: he's gonna find a way to do that. So you 677 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 4: got to make sure you take care of the football 678 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 4: in this ballgame. And if you're able to possess the football. Now, 679 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 4: sometimes possession the football doesn't lead to winning ball games. 680 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 4: You can hold it for you know, them in a 681 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 4: drive and get nothing. But I think you have to 682 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 4: be able to sustain some drives in this ballgame to 683 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 4: be able to win it. But most importantly, you got 684 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:07,880 Speaker 4: to take it out of rock Tis. 685 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 2: One score games for both these teams, I believe. I 686 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 2: think that they're seven and three in one score games. Atlanta, 687 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 2: I think is six and four in one score game. 688 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 2: So both teams have played in a lot of close games. Now, yeah, 689 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 2: they've had a couple of games. They beat the Titans 690 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 2: forty two to nineteen. Atlanta just beat the Giants thirty 691 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 2: four to seven, So they've had a couple of those. 692 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 2: But for the most part, they've been really close games, 693 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 2: even with the dynamic ability of what jad and Daniels 694 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 2: brings to the table. 695 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 1: One thing I do like about this matchup from the 696 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 1: Falcons defense going up against Daniels in company, is that 697 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 1: they're fairly healthy. And I say that, knock on wood, 698 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna have Therell, You're gonna have Hughes, and you're 699 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 1: gonna have those two safeties out there. So I think 700 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: communication is going to be huge. But I like that matchup, 701 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 1: like I want to see the veteran safeties and see 702 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 1: if they can find an opportunity to take advantage of 703 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 1: a decision or a poor decision by Jaden Daniels and 704 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 1: take one away just like we saw with Drew Locke 705 00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: last week. But my key to this one is going 706 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 1: to be make Jayden Daniels have a pedestrian performance. I'm 707 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: not saying shut him down, okay, because certain players you're 708 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 1: you're not gonna shut them out because they're just great players. 709 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 1: And I don't know if I want to say great yet, 710 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 1: but he is a great talent. But this needs to 711 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: be like a one hundred and seventy five yards passing 712 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 1: and fifty yards rushing. I think if that's the game, 713 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 1: you got a chance to win. But if he throws 714 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: for five touchdowns like he did against Philadelphia, you're going 715 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: to be in for a grind. 716 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,320 Speaker 2: Okay, Well, hey, Mike Michael Pennocks may be going to 717 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 2: this game saying, hey, that guy got my Heisman Trophy. 718 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,239 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna light it up. 719 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 2: So you got two guys that were right there for 720 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 2: the Heisman Trophy last year. So what a great stage 721 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 2: for just a football fan. You got two of the 722 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 2: best quarterbacks coming out in the draft this year, two 723 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 2: guys one two in the Heisman Trophy balloting, two guys 724 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 2: that are just beginning their careers. What a great And 725 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,959 Speaker 2: how about the idea that NBC flex it to Sunday Night. 726 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 3: What a great mode. 727 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 2: By the way, real quickly, how hard was it for 728 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,719 Speaker 2: you guys to pull for the Cowboys last night? 729 00:32:59,360 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 3: Tough? 730 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 2: I really struggled with that concept because there's nobody I 731 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 2: just like, so congratulations of the Cowboys. How about those boys? 732 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 3: But thank you boys? 733 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: So yeah, there it is kind of broke it down 734 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,440 Speaker 1: for you as the Falcons will face off with the 735 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: ten and five Commanders on Sunday Night football this week, 736 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 1: and you look like you have one more thing that. 737 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 3: You get it shot Hey, shout out my man. Mike 738 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 3: vic Man, new head coach. Hey, Mike all right. 739 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 4: I talked to him a couple of days ago. He's excited. Uh, 740 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 4: he's looking forward to the new challenge. So shut out 741 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 4: to Mike Man taking on a new challenge. Is going 742 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 4: to be a new head coach, man and a place 743 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 4: they knows really well in Virginia. 744 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 3: So he's gonna be gonna be a great dude. 745 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 2: Sho was talking, you know, maybe a sidelight as an OC. 746 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:42,040 Speaker 2: He's available you need. 747 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,240 Speaker 3: He told him I was ready. I told him he 748 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 3: definitely says ready. 749 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 1: Well I did. I did see a quick clip of 750 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,080 Speaker 1: him talking about it and he got a little emotional 751 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 1: about it, and uh so, you know, it's one thing 752 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 1: I'm sure you guys have had it as well. Like 753 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: when I talk to average fans and they know they 754 00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,440 Speaker 1: find out what time period I played in, they always 755 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,560 Speaker 1: want to ask what was it like playing with Michael Vick? 756 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,840 Speaker 1: How good of a player was he? Well, now we're 757 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 1: going to find out how good of a coach he is. 758 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:07,720 Speaker 1: Because it's a grind, but I think it's a great 759 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 1: opportunity for him to give back. And I can only 760 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 1: see him out on the recruiting trail when he starts 761 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,520 Speaker 1: on me when that guy walks in your room. Yes, Mike, 762 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: where do I This is Mike Vick. I want to 763 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,799 Speaker 1: talk to you about playing for Norfolk State. Uh excuse me. 764 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:21,239 Speaker 3: Right Vick? 765 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 1: Right, Oh yeah, I'm in. It'll take that call to 766 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,200 Speaker 1: get this autograph? Football please all right. Falcons back in 767 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 1: action on the road this Sunday night, eight twenty pm 768 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 1: on NBC against the Washington Commanders. And like we say 769 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:35,839 Speaker 1: every week, we'll be back here next week to break 770 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 1: it all down here on the Falcons Audible, presented by 771 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,520 Speaker 1: AT and T. That shock that's arch. I'm rack Thanks 772 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 1: so much for joining us. Take care everybody, and happy holidays. 773 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:48,640 Speaker 2: Voting vote go vote on Twitter or x. 774 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 3: Or Rackley or whatever. 775 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:50,879 Speaker 1: Let's crawl down.