00:00A lot of stuff happening this weekend.
00:01Crazy weekend, obviously, final cuts and things like that.
00:04I'm still wrapping my head around the bulk cup, you know, the 90 to 53 in one day.
00:09I used to like it when it went 90, 75, 53.
00:12Yeah, but now, you know, obviously this is fine with me, whatever, whatever.
00:15And, you know, it's always the bittersweet part of the business,
00:19considering that, you know, some of these guys have been here since the spring
00:22and working out and all those different things and had opportunities
00:24and still may have opportunities.
00:25I know the practice squad sometime, I think 1 o'clock today or something like that,
00:29and so a lot of these guys, because they're not going to have two running backs,
00:32there's no way you can make a team.
00:34So I'm sure that Cash and Goodman, they'll probably be on that wave or whatever.
00:41Then you figure out a lot of stuff after week one,
00:43so the contract won't be guaranteed the whole year.
00:45So so many different things.
00:47They go into one surprise by the four quarterbacks.
00:50No, it's kind of what we figured they would do,
00:53just to be careful with Jack Strange.
00:54Yeah, they want to develop him and things like that.
00:57They want anybody to snap him up.
00:58And it could be a situation where Michael might not be ready.
01:00He might not be ready.
01:01And then, you know, you don't want to go in there with a situation like that.
01:04So, I mean, there's so many things that are still up in the air as, you know,
01:08the Falcons and the NFL do their final.
01:10How long is it a final?
01:11It's the initial 53.
01:12Because before games kick off, there's going to be new guys on
01:16and guys that are off on this roster.
01:18So if you're 48 through 53, yeah.
01:23Don't get too comfortable.
01:24I've been there.
01:24I've seen it.
01:25And it's heartbreaking.
01:27It's heartbreaking.
01:28Because you make the 53 and you're pretty sure you're good.
01:30Yeah, man.
01:31It's heartbreaking.
01:32I've seen it every year.
01:33That swing tackle from Carolina gets cut.
01:35You didn't think he was going to be there.
01:37He played for the offensive line coach six years ago.
01:40And they have a relationship.
01:41And so, yeah.
01:42I mean, you're right.
01:43Stuff like that is definitely going to happen over the next couple of weeks.
01:45It's also weird, too.
01:46And we've talked about this a lot.
01:48This offseason lead up to the year.
01:50It's just a longer period of time between the end of preseason
01:53and the start of actual games.
01:55Falcons still don't play for two weeks.
01:56Right.
01:56So there's a lot of stuff that's going to happen between now and then.
01:58They made a trade yesterday.
02:00Yes.
02:00They went out and got a defensive lineman from Chicago,
02:03Gravon Dexter, who was drafted when Ian Cunningham was there.
02:07So he knows.
02:08And a pretty nice player.
02:09Like, pretty good numbers over the last couple of years.
02:11So adding him to a group that needs more depth, obviously.
02:16I mean, he should be penciled in as you're starting to tackle in there, man.
02:21And I think, you know, for the position that he is, it is a position of need.
02:26They need interior guys on this defense.
02:28And obviously getting other guys back.
02:30I mean, I love Clark Phillips, but, you know,
02:32he's a part of the trade and a fifth-round pick.
02:34Hopefully, you know, we'll talk to Ian.
02:37Don't you like the picks, bro?
02:39Don't you like the picks?
02:39But, you know, it's still time to recoup some of those.
02:42Obviously, Lou's not on the Wanye thing.
02:44It's just like it never could get right as far as his conditioning
02:47and things like that as they traded for him a couple months ago.
02:50But he's out of here.
02:51And, you know, again, the roster is still so in flux right now
02:55because of the simple fact that you've got two more weeks.
02:58And the practice squad and all those things are going to be filled out.
03:01And there will be more roster cuts and things like that
03:03because it's just the initials, not the final.
03:05Yeah.
03:06You're not going to have four quarterbacks.
03:08On your 53-man roster or your active roster,
03:12however you want to put it when you get to week one.
03:15They played a game Friday, and a lot of the starters played,
03:18and there were some guys that had nice performances.
03:20They went down the field and scored a touchdown.
03:22Yeah, man.
03:23And then the second drive, the quarterback fumbled a snap again.
03:25Yeah, he did.
03:26Yeah, he did.
03:26So that's an issue.
03:28Yeah.
03:28That's a big issue right there.
03:30It's a really big issue.
03:30It's a big issue.
03:31He's played four series, and two of them have ended on fumbles.
03:34Yeah, and that's just, you know, we understand.
03:37And I think, you know, when you understand it,
03:40it's a different way you ride the center and all those different things
03:42because of the stretch run.
03:43The center's got to get going and all those different things.
03:45Two knows better.
03:46He's been playing quarterback a long time.
03:48He's done the stretch hangout plenty of times.
03:49He knows he's got to get the ball in.
03:51But I think, you know, for them to – they didn't look bad.
03:54You know, I mean, I thought the couple plays,
03:55the one screen pass to Kyle, you know, a lot of people were sending me,
04:00yeah, dawg, it's called Kemp Legs.
04:01It's called Kemp Legs.
04:02All right, he's going to be fine.
04:03I thought Kyle was faster than that.
04:04Well, it's Kemp Legs, bro.
04:05Oh, I see.
04:06Yeah, and it's just what it is.
04:08Dude, you are running in a damn mud.
04:11Yeah, you are running in a damn mud.
04:12It was also a corner.
04:14Yeah.
04:14You pushed him out of bounds.
04:15Like, you know, corners are fast, too.
04:16Yeah, man, but no, but I thought, you know,
04:18he's been looking good this summer,
04:21so hopefully that translates into the season.
04:23If Tua's a quarterback, he's going to be looking great.
04:26Yeah, but I just –
04:26Because Tua can't help but throw it to him.
04:27I just –
04:28Yeah, and I think, you know,
04:29a lot of times the biggest thing that came out
04:31was the air yardage on the completions and all that.
04:33They moved the ball down the field, damn it.
04:35I mean, whatever.
04:36You know, yes, you've got to push the ball down the field 100%.
04:39But if you're moving the damn football,
04:41who cares how far it goes?
04:42You pay Kyle $15 million a year to do that.
04:45And so you get the ball in his hands,
04:46let him do what he does,
04:47and then you go over there.
04:48We also know Tua can't throw the ball down the field.
04:50Yeah, I mean, that's just –
04:52I don't know.
04:52They're not going to push it.
04:53He's just not something that he can do.
04:55Yeah.
04:55Oh, I mean, but that's what I'm saying.
04:56Like, it's so –
04:58I think that's –
04:59Whew, man, maybe about three years ago
05:01we were having this discussion
05:01about pushing the ball down the field.
05:03I think people live around that.
05:05It goes –
05:05There's only one or two of those passes a game.
05:08You know, and a lot of them are on broken plays,
05:09guy Mack break away or something like that.
05:11But I think the one thing about it
05:12is the efficiency in which you do something.
05:15Keeping drives alive, converting on third down.
05:17That's the most important thing.
05:18Now, you have to be able to push the ball.
05:20You have to be able to get those corners off
05:22and get those safeties back 100%.
05:24But if it's working, I don't give a damn how it goes.
05:27Yeah.
05:27I don't give a damn how it goes.
05:28Sure.
05:28If you're able to do that,
05:30if you can dink and dunk your way down the field all season
05:33and it works awesome, you know.
05:34But they're not going to dink.
05:35It's unlikely that –
05:36He's a good intermediate runner.
05:37That's the key.
05:38That's the money making of the intermediate route.
05:40That's the thing.
05:40That's what I wanted to see.
05:41I wanted to see a couple of those.
05:42I think I did too.
05:44But I always look at things from this perspective, Andy.
05:47What was the coverage?
05:48Were the receivers open?
05:49Sure.
05:49You know, there's so many different things.
05:51But, yeah, I mean, they didn't stink.
05:53It was a nice bounce back from the first game outside of the fumble.
05:57Yeah, outside of the fumble.
05:58And welcome to the Juwan Taylor experience.
06:02Told you.
06:02Falcons fans.
06:03Told you.
06:04If you didn't know, now you do.
06:06That's what he does.
06:07And there was a third one that probably could have been called as well.
06:10So two false starts in a quarter.
06:14You know, that's it.
06:15He does it every play.
06:16Yep.
06:16I guess they only called it twice.
06:18Yeah, he cheats.
06:18And he cheats off the ball.
06:20Every pass play.
06:21He cheats off the ball.
06:22And then he anticipates the snap count.
06:25That's just what's going to happen.
06:27That's what's going to happen.
06:27Now, I thought overall in the game, he played pretty good.
06:29Yeah.
06:29But it's just going to be those things right there.
06:31You're going to start in the negative a lot of times with him as your right tackle.
06:36I mean, we kind of knew that coming into it, right?
06:38It's the reason he's here.
06:40Yeah.
06:41It's the reason that he was available.
06:43Yeah.
06:44Just hopefully it doesn't happen too much.
06:46And hopefully it doesn't happen at inopportune times.
06:49But Juwan Taylor's probably going to lead.
06:51If he plays 17 games this year, he's probably going to lead the league in false starts.
06:55Yes.
06:56Battle down.
06:56Or I'll be right up there.
06:57But the best thing about yesterday was that the – I love the Falcons.
07:00They do the 53-man.
07:02They were announcing it.
07:02And the kicker.
07:04Everybody was real cool and everything.
07:05And then Nick Folk.
07:06I was like, I love it.
07:07Just number six just sitting there.
07:09Oh, gee.
07:10With the – you know, no emotions, no nothing.
07:12Just like – I was like, is that the kicker?
07:14It is the kicker.
07:14Well, if there was anybody who wasn't worried about it, it was him.
07:17Yeah.
07:1819 seasons.
07:19Yeah, man.
07:20That's pretty damn good.
07:20Yeah, dog.
07:21I mean, the longevity of kickers.
07:23Kickers and damn long snappers.
07:24Yeah.
07:24You know, they play forever.
07:26And punters.
07:26Anybody in the specialist group.
07:28But –
07:29Josh Kendall did his 53-man roster article on The Athletic, and he wrote one thought on every player.
07:35And some of them were like, you know, hey, this guy had a great camp.
07:38He might be a factor.
07:39Oh, this guy has developed a lot in his time in Atlanta.
07:42With Jake Bailey, the punter, he was like, Falcons punter also has a pilot's license.
07:46There you go.
07:48That's all we needed to know about him.
07:50Yeah, but that's all you want to know.
07:52That's all you want to know.
07:53It needs to be down.
07:54Don't shank it.
07:55Don't shank it.
07:56Don't drop it.
07:56Don't drop it.
07:57And get the field goal down.
07:58Exactly.
07:59Hold the ball as long as I assume he's the holder.
08:00Yeah, I'm assuming he's the holder, and I'm assuming he's the kickoff guy, too.
08:03Okay.
08:03So, yeah, get it in the drop zone.
08:05There you go.
08:05And all those other things.
08:06That's all we need from him.
08:06Yep, that's it.
08:07And keep your pilot's license, and we'll be good.
08:09Yep.
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