00:00Fair foul, it is more likely that Michael Penix Jr. will be the Falcons franchise quarterback for the next five
00:09plus years than not.
00:12I mean, in the hope and dreams and the fate of optimism on a happy day, I'm going to say
00:19fair.
00:20But that is a question that cannot really be answered until we get at least through this year.
00:26Here's what I'll say. That, at this time yesterday, sounded like a less than 1% chance.
00:33And I would move those odds up to 40% today. And maybe that's just good vibes.
00:40So that's always going to be a tough conversation around the NFL.
00:43There's contracts between now and then. There's injuries, hopefully not, between now and then.
00:48There's coaching regimes. There's different things. That's a hard thing to do.
00:51But I will say that percentage has jumped at least 40% for me just in 24 hours. So we'll
00:55see.
00:56Fair or foul, if your wife asks you to do something today, Falcons football is a valid excuse for both
01:03of you.
01:04That's foul. That is not going to be a thing.
01:07My wife is going to pick my kids up because they're on their way back from Florida.
01:11So she'll pick them up in Montgomery and she'll be home.
01:13And she's going to give me that window to go get whatever nap I need.
01:17And by the time her and them kids walk through that door, I better be guns blazing, ready to roll.
01:22Yeah, it's foul. I had 40 minutes to 45. I think I might have got 45 on the plane.
01:26Sleep. It's all the sleep I've had since waking up yesterday to do the show.
01:31And I will leave here and immediately rush home to take care of Melrose.
01:35She's home all day.
01:35So, I mean, it's capital F-O-U-L.
01:40Good luck to both of you today.
01:42Yeah.
01:43It's going to be a day.
01:44Prayers appreciated.
01:45Prayers appreciated.
01:46Thoughts and prayers.
01:46ABC Mouse is going to be on TV and just let it play all day.
01:49I will be a human playground by the time my kids walk in the door.
01:52I always describe it as when you don't get to sleep after these hours, it's like being
01:57underwater all day.
01:58You're just, like, kind of foggy.
01:59Yeah.
02:00Well, and that's the thing is, like, my kids will undoubtedly want to do something.
02:03And this is the kind of day, and I know people can really, don't sit down, dude.
02:07Like, the minute I sit down, the minute in my eyes are going to be like.
02:10It's like having a hangover without the realization you went out and partied last night.
02:15Just keep the adrenaline rolling, man.
02:17Just keep it going.
02:18Although, it kind of was like partying last night, you know?
02:20Fair or foul, Bajon Robinson, if he stays healthy, will be the NFL rushing leader this
02:25season.
02:29Man.
02:34Fair.
02:35I'm going to say fair.
02:36I really, I really, again, I'm not trying to get too far out of my skis, but I love
02:40schematically what we saw last night.
02:42And I think that the fact that you can actually utilize different schemes is going to lead
02:47to some versatility.
02:48The only reason that I was even hesitating is because I want to make sure that I heap
02:52praise on Brian Robinson, because I think he presents something that might keep Bajon from
02:59getting to that, and that is the fact that he is a really solid number two option right
03:03now.
03:03So, Bajon, well, Bajon has almost 350 yards right now on 66 carries.
03:09He's averaging like five yards a carry, I think, or right at it.
03:15He's going to be, I think it's going to be foul.
03:17I think he'll be maybe the all-purpose leader when it comes into the year.
03:22Yards from scrimmage, yeah.
03:23Yeah, I don't know if there's an offensive player on the team that I'm more impressed
03:30with right now than Brian Robinson, because I remember Alabama, I didn't really know what
03:38he was and why he was traded randomly last year from Washington.
03:43When they seemingly needed a running back?
03:45When they needed a running back.
03:46And then he did not get retained by San Francisco when he's a great, I mean, you talk about two
03:53guys that are very similar in some of the things that they can do, which is McCaffrey and Bajon.
03:57Why would you let Brian Robinson walk?
04:00And I just didn't know what we were getting.
04:01I have been absolutely just, he has been, I mean, he runs so hard.
04:07So good.
04:07He is such a good change of pace.
04:11We have not missed Tyler Algier like I thought we might, and I love Tyler Algier on and off
04:16the field.
04:17I could not agree more.
04:18I'm with you.
04:18I don't know, in terms of what my expectations were to what it has actually looked like, I'm
04:23with you.
04:23I don't know that I have thought more of a player this season than Brian Robinson.
04:27Fair or foul, the Falcons offense will average at least 20 points a game with Michael Penix
04:31Jr. as QB1.
04:33Hmm.
04:35I'm going to, I'll start.
04:36I think it's fair, right?
04:37I think it's fair because what he, and we've talked about this before we got here about
04:44how you could play this offense without Michael Penix, without a quarterback like him that
04:51basically makes you play loose, you have that too high look where you can run on it, right?
04:57They were bringing the safety down in the last two weeks because they didn't fear Cooper Rush's
05:03willingness or ability or maybe both to push the ball downfield.
05:08You have to respect that with Michael Penix.
05:11Yeah.
05:11And I, I'm curious to know because I know that they averaged almost 21 points a game
05:16last year.
05:16I don't know what it was in Michael Penix's starts alone, but yeah, it seems like to me,
05:21and again, this is the whole thing where you was like, I'm not going to overreact.
05:25I'm not going to do it.
05:26I'm not going to overreact.
05:26It was one game, but you do feel like the way things came together last night and the
05:31tenacity with which the entire offense played that, yeah, that, that, that seems like something
05:35that should be attainable for you to get three touchdowns per game.
05:38Fair or foul?
05:39Kyle Pitts only having two targets and one catch is not a big deal.
05:46It's fair today because you won.
05:50I think Mike would agree with me that there is going to be a time where you can, after
05:54a game where you could ask me this question and I'm going to tell you it's foul because
05:57you are going to have, you're, you're, you're going to need him.
06:00Okay.
06:01Teams are going to try to take Drake away.
06:03So you're going to need Zachariah.
06:06You're going to need, um, maybe even Bajon in the passing game.
06:09You definitely need Pitts to step up and fill a void just because it wasn't last night.
06:15Doesn't mean you won't need that.
06:16So it's, it's, while it's fair today, it's not a consistent fair.
06:21I'll tell you all the same way I told Grant last night, you have seen, I would have to
06:24guess you've seen more zone coverage through the first three games than any team in the
06:28NFL.
06:28I have to believe that.
06:29Like you have seen almost straight up zone coverage throughout the most part of the first
06:34three games.
06:35When you get into situations where teams are going to try to go more man, he is going
06:38to absolutely eat because that's, that's what he is.
06:41He's one of those guys that can go out and out physical, the guy in front of him.
06:43Um, but for right now, I don't think it's huge.
06:46And until it is, and then they weren't having a different conversation.
06:50One quick last one.
06:51Fair foul.
06:52If someone takes more than three minutes to parallel park, they forfeit their spot.
06:56Are we giving them three minutes?
06:57No, that's, I would drop that down to like 30 seconds.
07:01You take more than 30 seconds parallel park.
07:03We got issues, man.
07:04Get out the car.
07:05I always go back to the last, very last episode of Sopranos.
07:09It was like almost the very last scene where they cuts the, the, the, the black and you
07:14see how many, like Meadow couldn't parallel park to save her life.
07:17And what would, what would have happened if she had a parallel park, like the first try?
07:20I mean, I don't know.
07:21Would it have changed what happened?
07:22I don't know.
07:22Man, that's, it is a skill.
07:25Three, three minutes.
07:26Those are a long time.
07:27Like I'll give you three minutes to like, maybe back a boat down the ramp, parallel parking.
07:31You don't get that much time.
07:32You got to be holding up traffic at that point.
07:34Like you've caused a traffic jam or maybe a wreck.
07:36But it's a really good spot.
07:38Did you, did it take you three minutes to parallel park yesterday?
07:40No.
07:42I asked my wife one time, what's the most impressed she's ever been with me in my life?
07:45I've known her for a long time.
07:47She was like, yeah, when he used to back the boat down the ramp, he used to be like, dang,
07:51he's really good at this.
07:52I was like, that might be the nicest thing you've ever said to me.
07:55I feel good about that.
07:56I hate, I hate, I hate boat trailers and boat ramps, but I can parallel park like a,
08:02most of the cars do it themselves now.
08:04You just hit the button.
08:04They do.
08:05It's a weird feeling.
08:05My wife's car parallel parks.
08:07It's such a weird feeling.
