 Welcome back to the Falcons audible presented by AT&T. I am Derek Rackley I'm with my guy Dave Archer and I'm with oh wait, we got a different guy over here substitute teacher we got a sub in the house today. All right, welcome Scott Bear digital managing editor Yeah, it's it's all right like cuz DJ is gone. He's with Fox. He's covering the Braves as they start the playoffs So we just we had to go to the pulpit. Yeah, exactly. We had to bring in the would we call this middle relief? Are you like a closer? I'm definitely the closer Oh, he's definitely kind of short a short statured lefty coming in all power Realize what you just did, right? Like what's that stuff behind the ears? Okay? Okay Well, what we might call time in the middle just to come check it out But like as the clothes that means you got to bring the thunder. Oh, yeah, okay So Scott's on our final whistle on the Atlanta Falcons podcast network You've probably seen him many times there, but he's jumping in on the Falcons audible presented by AT&T So guys, here's what we're gonna cover. No doubt. We're gonna talk about the conference controversial call I'm sure you've been talking about it ever since the play happened. None the less since the game ended Why did the Falcons struggle to pull off a win? There's a number of reasons that we can get into What they're gonna have to do to change some of those things that they didn't do to get a victory in their next game And then we'll talk a little bit about some roster moves because it does involve a pretty important Falcon in Dion Jones and we'll get into that in just a little bit. So guys, let's talk about the the questionable call because It's something that not just Atlanta Falcons fans not just people that have watched the game It's become a national story because of what happened in the game and how it ended up changing the complexion of the game So Dave without us getting into pointing fingers and truly getting into what our personal feelings or maybe the colorfully what we want to say What do you feel like needs to happen in the future to avoid not stuff like this just for the Falcons But for all 32 teams in the NFL Well, that's a that's a there's a lot in there, right? That's a lot to unpack as far as what you think you might do to try to fix this or find some Sav you can rub on the wound because you can bet that Kansas City has got some of that problem again today as well Yeah, that's what happened in their game last night. So Obviously, there's an education piece to this. I know that they've tried to do that Scott They've tried to teach some of these guys as the how to tackle evidently great to use the form that they suggested to the use All that being said, I think that what you've got to do is they're trying to protect the quarterbacks. We get sure There's got to be a degree of violence and or you know Extra on plays that I think they're gonna have to discern via instant replay I think you're it's a it's a play you're gonna have to look at much like targeting sure like that in college football I think that's really the only way you get get some Resolution to this is certainly not gonna help us in what happened this last weekend But that's really the only remedy here is the league's gonna have to look at it from a competition standpoint So this is not what we intended by protecting the quarterbacks in the pocket Because we're missing some stuff and we're missing stuff that affects games this one effect Yeah, Dave because we could sit here all we want and even as players like we would go back after a game and I can talk to this as a Specialist right they always want to point the finger at the kicker when the kicker misses a game, right? But then the discussion is well There was four or five plays that you could have made earlier in the game to change it, right? Yeah, you could there was plays that the Falcon Scott could have made earlier in the game to change the outcome But in the NFL where there's so much parody where the you don't see 49 to 3 games like you do in college There are sometimes games where there are battles that all of a sudden in the fourth quarter You just need a couple things to go your way to get back in the game and it looked like Atlanta was right there They had all those things kind of going their direction and all of a sudden this call just completely changes the complexion of the game Yeah, especially you have to look no farther than the Falcon schedule over the first five weeks to see that things come down to the Like to the final seconds and ultimately this is another one of those games where yeah You can point to things that happened in the first quarter and the second quarter But we saw the momentum shift and we saw the Falcons come back really start to to get some life inside of it and then that call Eliminates that possibility and while I'd like to say some very colorful things a lot of them with four letters But nonetheless, I'm gonna rely on Grady Jarrett here as opposed to what I think and Grady was on his radio show Nobody likes me reading a long quote here But I will try to paraphrase it and just go to some highlights and what he said on it on his radio show is I'm not saying that it Costs us the game, but it cost us an opportunity to go win the game And I think that's the most important point. He also kind of says hey, I didn't do anything wrong Right. I didn't do anything bad So let's give the game what it's owed to put the best product on the field and that's what drives him crazy Mm-hmm is that if something looks malicious or penalty worthy live? Let's let a camera weigh in on this thing. Let's try to let cooler heads prevail and get the call right Yeah, we've seen an improvement and steps in the right direction with certain plays even with past interference for from what happened to The Saints and the Rams, right? Well, let's take that next step Let's try to get the game right if the game goes an extra 15 minutes, but they get the call right I think everybody's happier than they are right now with with the outcome Ultimately as you point out directly affected by a flag that hit the field and I will add And in in scots all over this and appreciate the quote from Grady and bringing that Most of us just want consistency Yeah, okay, and I think that's really what the league wants is they want consistency in whatever happens Interpretation of the rules how guys wear their uniforms. They want consistency, right? This was this situation With the quarterback protection wasn't called consistently in the game let alone throughout the league So there's a consistency issue that they need to get to that I think might define things a little better for defenders But it's certainly from a coaching standpoint, you know Potentially what's coming and what you can teach in practice The there were so many tweets social media was on fire after this Maybe we'll get a chance to show you some of those from some some organizations from some national talking heads If you will everybody's been talking about it You guys kind of talked about the replay and I'm with you because you think about the NFL instant replays it stands I don't think anybody has any issues with the way that the NFL instant replay is right now Not that it because they don't say it slows down the game They don't say that it takes away from Momentum because I think like you said people want it right and in the NFL They want the games called properly So if they can go to the college role where they review targeting no matter what every anytime it happens They review it and either they take it away They leave it as is but getting the call right and that's maybe the direction the NFL has to go Well, I think that we have to be careful in saying get it right because there's a lot of times we look at the replay And that's it. That's not right, you know So my interpretation of replay might be different than yours or different from scott's But the thing that you get as a team is a as a team and fan Is you do get them to look at it? Mm-hmm. It's not just an arbitrary call by someone or you know, whoever whatever game it might be in And then that's it the law is the law that we're done They do it gives you an opportunity to go back and review it They can slow it down take a look at it And then if they still come to the same conclusion you may argue with that as well Yeah, but at least you get the the idea that they spent some time on it It wasn't just an arbitrary call and that's it we move on Yeah, we talked about like form tackling and doing it right and great Even mentioned like he did everything that he was supposed to do guys I remember them talking about this like right when I finished playing back in 2006 2007 2008 Remember they were talking about heads-up tackling and and Pete Carroll was doing all of this stuff with the Seahawks And everybody was watching his videos and we're in 2022 and I still don't know if there's a proper definition of how you hit somebody and I mentioned to you guys before we came on the air I'm an offensive guy, right? I actually used to play the quarterback positions. Normally. I'm on the show with two quarterbacks I am about protecting the quarterbacks because these are the guys that are getting paid 20 30 40 Plus million dollars a year. They changed the game, but it's also still a physical sport I understand people want to say oh, this is football those things. Okay, that type of narrative narrative is over, right? I understand it's still football, but it's so difficult to play on defense right now Whether it's pass interference whether it's rushing the quarterback There's got to be so many things that these guys try to think about in the heat of the moment And you think about how quickly these plays happen How quickly that all developed for Grady Jarrett to get to Tom Brady get him down on the ground for him to think oh wait a Second, I need to make sure that I fall a certain way. So I don't get called for a penalty to me it kind of takes away from the Playing football just fast and free, right? Like that's usually when you play the best is when you just react Dave, right? You just go out there and you make plays on the football. So we could talk about this for hours Obviously, we don't have that much time. So let's let's move forward Scott Let's talk about maybe some of the other areas of the game that got Atlanta behind the eight ball What are some of the plays that stuck out to you that Atlanta got off to such a slow start and kind of spotted Tampa Bay? A three TD lead. Yeah, I think a lot of them had to do with penalties Really that that are that were kind of indisputable, right? Like you look at a face mask penalty that slows them down offensively defensive holding earlier earlier in that same drive and I and there was a drop by by Felipe Franks and And Hodge that that slows down the moment the offensive momentum that never really got going early on So I look at first downs by penalty Drive me insane Yeah, and I think Arthur Smith and saying that that when you look at those things They were never able to get into that good rhythm. How often were they playing from third and eight third and 13? Where on the opposite side Tampa's playing at third and three every time they had 29 plays in the first half, so Those are the things that really stick out to me self-inflicted wounds and putting yourself behind the sticks I think ultimately slowed them down early. I wrote this play down arch or stat if you will The the television broadcast talked about it. They said plays in the opponent territory I'd written it down 140 left in the third quarter Atlanta had seven plays in Tampa Bay territory and Tampa Bay had 32 plays that kind of kind of goes back to your point how Tampa Bay stayed on schedule It was almost like Atlanta was always fighting the chains fighting mistakes Even from the first drive of the game the potential interception to AJ Terrell he the ball is in his hands right in the granted it goes through another player's hands But like one of those where maybe that sets the tone if he makes that play it kind of changes the momentum early on in the game Yeah, no, there's no question is a tough catch It went through the hands of Russell gauge and hit him right in the chest But I mean those are the you we do drills in practice where you get the blurred drills Well, they go through your hands and you drop them in practice too. So Excuse me that that makes it difficult What stuck out to me in the first half was Atlanta probing Trying to how to trying to figure out how to block Tampa Tampa got touched up for over 180 yards on the ground against against the Kansas City Oh, yeah, you know Todd bowls as a defensive coordinator and head coach that ain't happening to us anymore We're gonna crowd the line of script They are playing with eight-man boxes most the first half and Atlanta had a tough time figuring how to block them Antoine Menfield made three tackles in the backfield to free safety stream early in the game They're stringing plays out. He's coming up off the edge There are a couple plays where Atlanta had designed and they had enough people to block Except for the safety or except for we confused that we blocked the safety and didn't block the other guy. So I thought the adjustments That Atlanta made moving through the game to try to go ahead and continue to run the football You had 52 yards rushing. I think in half time you many you finish with over 150 yards on the ground So obviously that talks about the staff and the players adjusting now The only way that can happen and stay in the game is for your defense to kind of hold on to the rope Yeah, and to me that was the best way to describe this defense is they were We're described as a bin don't break defense. That's fair But they were holding on to the rope you get an unbelievable stop early in the football game on Third and short fourth and short in your own territory that turns Tampa away Yeah, get a great stop right there and that's who this defense has been when you look at the numbers They're in the top half of the league in red zone defense. They've been moved on There's points there. There's yards being racked up They're twenty fifth twenty sixth in the league and yards given up But when you get down in the red zone They stiffen and they do a really good job of using the perimeter of the in line and the sidelines is that extra defender? And they hem you in and do a good job of forcing field goals And that's what they did in the first half till Arthur Smith and his offense could get on track So they could figure out how to block and when they got blocking figured out All of a sudden now Tampa's on their heels You get three consecutive three announced defensively and here comes the wave of Atlanta coming back But that's the ebb and flow of the game and that's complimentary football When one side's not kind of carrying it can the other side kind of hang on till you can figure it out To me that's a compliment to the to the players certainly from a from an intelligence standpoint But it's the staff and we've seen it for five weeks now Changing what they're doing in the game to fix the problem. They've done it for five consecutive You go to every game and they've made some kind of an adjustment in the game That's given them the opportunity to be close late to win the football game. It's a resilient team That's one thing I actually wrote it down like as I'm watching this game that they fight right and it's you know No disrespect, but in years past Maybe you didn't see the same type of fight when things weren't going their way in the game But it's almost like you look at this team and you watch the way that they're playing even if they're struggling They still feel like they got a chance to win it and that's what we saw in the second half Scott Like this team doesn't give up they continue to fight They're kind of playing with the personality of their head coach that just you watch them on the sidelines And he's just he's always competing in the way that he's calling plays It's refreshing to see that but at the end of the day we understand what this business is It's about wins and losses right so you can sit there and say they're resilient They compete but Arthur Smith is telling the guys that we have to find a way to turn these into W's right? So my question to you is Slow start right? What are some of the things that you've seen that need to change for them to get off to a better start? Not only in the first quarter but in the third quarter because you get some of these quarterbacks like a Tom Brady like an Aaron Rodgers If they are hitting on all cylinders early You're gonna find yourself in a deficit And I just don't think this Atlanta team is built to be able to say we got to throw the football 52 times now So what adjustments do you think need to happen early on in the game so they don't find themselves in these type of holes? Yeah, I'm gonna go back to a conversation that I had with Jake Matthews right like Right after this loss and it was another one of those things well Yeah, we fought but that's not good enough for us anymore And I think that's a sign of good coaching and a sign that they're raising the stakes growth Yeah, and and Jake kind of talked a lot about it and a lot of it was finding a good rushing rhythm early and staying on schedule Marcus Mariota talked again about first and second down Execution and I think it is a combination of look they are who they are they're gonna run it down your throat They're gonna be innovative with pre snap motions and misdirections and though it like in those types of things But can they have a complimentary passing game that moves the ball down the field that I think has been lacking over the like over The like last two weeks can they run run strike you deep? Yeah, right? Can they scare you and can they keep you honest because Dave is exactly right? You looked at that box and you're like there isn't room for a sardine in here The the way that that that they were packing in and so I think if they can establish the run Get that play pass going and then start to create big strikes downfield. That's what we saw against the Seahawks more That's what we haven't seen as much the last two weeks So Dave, where did you see the turning point which is one of the areas one of the reasons? I love the game of football because to me it's one where momentum is so big in this game But you can find yourself in a hole and all of a sudden two or three plays happen in your favor And all of a sudden you just feel things shifting as you were calling the game Where did you feel things start to shift? There are a couple things that happened in the game They went to zone read which they really were doing a pretty good job of defending I mean you when you watch the game plan for Tampa in the first half and even some into the second half Whenever Marcus came out on bootleg two guys shattered They were trying to cut off his ability to get outside one to throw it and then his ability to run it So Arthur had to find a way to get his quarterback involved in the run game And they went to a couple of zone read plays and Marcus ripped off about a 25-yard run right through the gut of the defense I got it out of for midfield. Yep I thought that was a turning point the Avery Williams punt return was huge Yeah, I mean you get a short field opportunity you pin them your defense comes out And it might have been the second maybe the third three and out in a row But you get the short it was second one I believe you get the punt you get the punt return So again another phase of the game checking in to try to help the offense kickstart the offense give them a short field Opportunity, yeah, those are two plays that stuck out to me as far as kind of in the second half began to turn I Think that's what I would point to I think that there were some things they were trying to figure out because of The box and how many people are around and who you're supposed to block there were extra defenders there as much I'll say hey, they didn't do anything different than what we expected well Then you got to play it and there's some guys that are gonna make plays when feels a good player He's an instinctual player down around the line of scrimmage. Yes, you know and to get him blocked is is saying you can say it But then you got to get you got to do it And so I think they figured that out So I give a lot of credit to the the team and I give a lot of credit to the defense in Dean I know people were talking about the defense and wow, you know, they're bleeding us. They're bleeding us Well, there's this is an offense and you know as well as I do Tampa is a big strike offense They want to take your shots down the field. Yeah, he wants to he it drives him crazy I give Brady a ton of credit for being patient Yeah, because he threw the ball underneath through the ball underneath through the ball underneath Atlanta was giving him that because they didn't want to give him the strike down the field and so That's tough in this league to string plays together to score look at the score at the end of the game They scored 21 points. They scored two touchdowns Yeah in the game because they were made to put plays together to score and that's the part You got to keep in mind when you say oh, they're killing us underneath. Are they scoring? Yeah Now the other side of that is they're eating a clock and taking some of those opportunities away Certainly in the first half Atlanta even that in the second half by moving the football and getting some things done themselves It's interesting you say that because I remember when Brady did type try to take a strike down field member I went for Scotty Miller on the right sideline and Casey Hayward was all over a beautiful play Beautiful defensive play to not get past interference right in his hip pocket They talked all game long about the speed that Miller had getting down field and everything and they had a one-on-one shot And he made a play that was when Brady was trying to take his chance down field to get the big one on the board and Hayward Had the ability to knock it free This episode in part brought to you by the Home Depot Everything you need for your next home improvement project is just a tap away on the Home Depot app The Home Depot app digital toolbox gives you access to how-to guides project calculators and image search So you'll know exactly what you need to pick up with the tap of the finger You can rent and reserve the right tools for the job Also browse through millions of items from top brands that you can have delivered right to your door Whatever your project find exactly what you need with the Home Depot app download the Home Depot app today Guys let's talk about next week. Okay, we again we could probably sit there and dissect this one as much as possible But it as we are taping this it's Tuesday, right? So Atlanta has already changed gears and they're move for moving forward to San Francisco So three and two 49ers Scott give us a little bit of sense of what Atlanta is gonna be facing with San Francisco this weekend Actually covered that team right before I took this job. So you got all kind. This is the closer y'all. Here's the closer So yeah bringing it now They're actually staying on the East Coast or staying in West Virginia Between the victory over the Panthers and when they play the Falcons This is a team that seems to go through a lot of injury issues They're having some troubles now with Nick Bosa and maybe even their kicker Robbie Gold They lost one of their starting cornerbacks all that said Still pretty good and they can still play some pretty ferocious defense and seem to be able to get after the quarterback No matter who's along that defensive line They are ferocious and the Falcons offensive line is going to have to deal with that They're also going to have to deal with a guy named Debo Samuel who we've all heard of who Arthur Smith gave as About as nice of a compliment as you can possibly say in that he's a football player. Yes, right? It doesn't matter how big he is. He's a football player and he's another guy That's going to have to be accounted for and as Falcons fans already know Kyle Shanahan's run game It's pretty good. Yeah, so there are a lot of things for the Falcons to contend with during what I believe is the most difficult three games Stretch of opponents that the Falcons will see all season. It doesn't mean this is an impossible task Jimmy Garoppolo, I don't have a ton of confidence in if I'm just being honest So how how they navigate a lot of these challenges how they take advantage of areas where they do have superiority Can I think go a long way and how this game goes? You know, I called the South Carolina game number of years ago When Debo was there and I remembered Preparing for the game one and then calling the game and telling myself a number of times like gosh It's a really good football player. I'm surprised that more people aren't talking about them And then of course, I knew he was going to be an NFL player Dave But did you see that Debo Samuel was going to end up being the guy that he is in the NFL right now? No, I think that it gives give Kyle Shanahan a ton of credit Yeah, it's like we talk Arthur Smith and we talk about Dave Ragon and what he's done with Cordero Patterson That's essentially what they're doing with Debo Samuel using them everywhere, right? And Debo a little bit more of a receiver as opposed to line him up in the back field Although they will line him up in the back They let me watch their playoff run a year ago Saw him line up at tail back and they handed him the football like a traditional tailback will get the ball They're not doing that as much so far this year. It's more jet sweep stuff It's more quick screen stuff, but he's a guy in space type player and he runs like a running back He's very difficult to get on the ground. He's frankly what everybody else in the league wants They want one of those guys our guy like that just happens to be banged up. So that that's the problem there So what you're gonna see is a mirror image of yourself on offense This is a very similar offense. You're gonna run wide zone You're gonna run a lot of stretch plays. You're gonna get the quarterback booting out. You're gonna run play action What have we been seeing on our fence? The one thing you won't see with this offense that you see with ours is you're not gonna see zone read with a Quarterback now they might get a keep off of a boot leg, but they're not gonna run Garoppola Remember Trey Lance was their starter. He's out. So you don't necessarily want Garoppola to go down and the Scott mentioned He's a little bit iffy when it comes to not just play but his health. This guy's had a tough time staying on the field They're not gonna want to disrupt what are they think they've got going by getting the quarterback banged up But I think you're gonna I think that bodes well for the Falcons from a from a defensive standpoint You have a pretty good idea what you're gonna see now It's you got to go stop them Scott mentioned they are get after you up front in the run game They want to come downhill and run the football They've got a couple of good runners that can do it not Deebo Samuel because other guys that can run the rock with some speed and quickness The part that I will be interested to watch is this is I talked about it at Cleveland Atlanta did an unbelievable job with Cleveland's three-count screen game I don't know what it is about being able to run the football, but your screen game also factors into that San Francisco is outstanding. They scored a touchdown on a three-count screen against Carolina for about the 20-yard line And when I say three-count screen what I'm talking about It's a thousand one thousand two and now some linemen get out in front back circles in behind you dump in the football And here you go after you've dropped off in coverage They're outstanding with that and that's something Atlanta has been very good about in fact even snuffed out two screens in this last game from Tampa And I think they tried it eight times against in the Cleveland game Completed one of them and that was the play Jalen Hawkins knocked the ball out of David and Joku So screen game gonna be a big deal and they'll run the screen all the way down to about the 15 10-yard line So you got to be careful in the red zone Atlanta's been so good down there and playing their zone coverages You're probably gonna see screen down there close got to take care of that So that's what you're looking at on the offensive side of Dave You mentioned the screen game obviously is big and and they've done a pretty good job against that How big and the reason why I'm gonna ask you this question about slowing down Debo Samuel is They faced a guy last week in Mike Evans that if you let him he can take over a game And I felt like they had a pretty good game plan of making sure even though Mike Evans We have four catches 81 yards But he didn't take over a game because Mike Evans can do that is Debo Samuel the same type is that gonna be a similar concept for them defensively is don't let Debo beat us Well different nut the crack completely right because you're talking about Debo can get the ball anywhere Evans is gonna line up on the outside and they're gonna throw the ball. Yeah, this is a dude They're gonna hand it to they're gonna throw quickshaft stuff, too So it's a completely different nut the crack. Do you have somebody shadowing him? Who is that player? You know, I don't know that AJ Terrell necessarily draws that assignment Because I think you're taking AJ out of coverage down the field and they got other guys It can make plays down the field, you know, I use because an outstanding receiver They got a tight end. It's a pretty good player So yeah, so there's there's other weapons on the field So it'd be interesting to see what Dean peas comes up with make no mistake There will be a focus on number 19 and wherever he's lined up. They'll have an idea where he is all right, so Atlanta knows a little bit about the West Coast slash East Coast trip that San Francisco is doing they did one earlier this season So they'll get to somewhat return the favor for a team That's gonna stay out on the in on the East Coast the entire week back on home turf Against San Francisco 49ers final story here. Scott. Let's just talk real quick News came out this week that Atlanta Falcons traded away a pretty darn good player Dion Jones Yeah, of course spent some time on the injured list and they decided that it was time to move on from the veteran 650 total tackles Solo 11 Interceptions, maybe one of the more athletic linebackers that I've seen in the last 10 or 15 years I guess I'll just serve it up to you as your initial thoughts when you heard the news that Dion Jones no longer gonna be in a Falcons Jersey Yeah, I go back to what Terry fontano said at the NFL scouting combine about all of the major big Contracts that they had to deal with right with Matt Ryan and Grady Jarrett Jake Matthews and of course Dion Jones and they've now touched all of these contracts in some way shape or form now that this Dion Jones what's gonna happen with him thing has been a storyline forever Yeah, and I'm happy for the team and the player that this has been resolved in some way both in That they were able to get a little bit of compensation But they were able to help themselves out tremendously from a salary cap perspective more so in in 2023 and moving forward and Dion Jones Has an opportunity to go play somewhere else where they've clearly restocked at that inside linebacker spot So I think just having resolution is a good thing I think you look at it and you think six-round pick in 2024 That's that that's something that you can get but I look at the salary cap benefits as something that is important And but just because this storyline has been going on I'm really glad that you that you reference Dion the way that you did He gave so much good service to this organization I don't think that that that that can be lost in the fact that sometimes breaking up is hard to do well I had a chance to call every one of Dion's games here in Atlanta came in as a rookie in 2016 he was part of an upstart defense that had four rookie starting on it was a team that went to the Super Bowl He was a big part of why they went to the Super Bowl even though they weren't great on defense He had a bunch of young guys like Keanu Neal who we saw this last weekend making plays I can tell you that I watched him play now He's been banged up the last couple years and some of those skills from what I can see have diminished some He was the best cover linebacker in the National Football League. Yeah, there was no question about it I saw him line up against Alvin Kamara and completely shut him down Yeah, and he knocked him out of the game one time here a couple of you three or four years ago So but no one will ever forget the interceptions Of course the one that closed the show when for James Winston in overtime He picked the pick six that closes the show there to beat Tampa in the final game of the year a few years ago And then of course his interception his first interception came in New Orleans that he took back for a touchdown against Breeze But maybe the probably the most iconic interception He had was in the end zone in the color scheme game was on a Thursday night New Orleans was here It's always fun to beat New Orleans and Deion closes the show with an interception in the middle of the end zone with those bright red Uniforms on makes the grab goes up high to make the interception So I just want to pay homage to Deion Jones because an outstanding player I think that the Falcons have done the right thing here make no mistake because as Scott said This this linebacker core is a young pretty cool linebacker core and they're coming get ready now Because that's going to be the strength of this defense pretty soon It may be already of the strength of that interior and so you got an opportunity to give and I love what Scott said You gave Deion an opportunity to continue his career in another spot fresh start for him because he deserved that I love That you and I think the same way because I didn't even really have a chance to tee you up You took it right from Scott and my question was going to be to you arch Give us a few of your best memories of Deion and you just went there So I appreciate you doing that because he's been a great Falcon during his time here obviously, I talked about his stats did some great things and One thing I know just from my time in a league you've been around it for a long time Scott I'm sure you the same way there are decisions that are made from a business standpoint that a fan May not always agree with even as somebody that covers the team You may not agree with you might say this guy could still be in this uniform A lot of people probably felt that way about Matt Ryan, right? But sometimes this is why it's a difficult job being a general manager But you have to manage things that are in the best interest of the team So not only is this a good move for the team, but it's a good move for Deion as you guys said as well And we all wish him the best because he's a tremendous player And he deserves the right to go out and show people why he's such a good player. So That's it guys. Hey great job closing it down. Yes I appreciate you bringing in the nuggets about San Francisco because you know a little bit extra about that see You know there's always gonna be a time when you can come in and you can throw that nasty splitter You know what just right in the dirt swinging right over it. It's beautiful. Shockley. You're on notice This seats real warm where I'm sitting So we don't know if we will have shot back next week all depends on the braves He's got his responsibilities with Fox, but thanks for holding the seat down and offering your perspective anything Once again that Scott bear of course He's with our digital media team Atlanta Falcons podcast network Of course on the final whistle as well. You've probably seen him many a times. Thanks so much for joining us That's gonna wrap it up here on the Falcons audible presented by AT&T Dave Archer Scott bear I'm Derek Rackley continue to watch our podcast on whichever platform it is like subscribe review We appreciate all of that. Oh Go brave Just keep on doing that Dave. Yeah, thanks so much for joining us everybody. See you next time