 Hey guys, you're listening to the time of football podcast and this is our analysis of the NFC South prior to the 2018 NFL season Como estas everyone? Whoopity Scoop whoop? um Thank you guys for joining us on this Before this podcast. My name is Hassan Khan. I am The founder of time to football usually for these podcasts We have guests joining us for this episode. It's just gonna be me solo So if you guys are thinking about shitting off this podcast Do it now It would hurt my feelings, but do it now um But no, we'll get guests on in the future. We've actually got a couple of guests lined up already For future episodes later this month and going into the next month as well So if you guys are watching or listening to this podcast on YouTube, just know that I Have a podcast on iTunes. 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It's wonderful Man so what we're gonna get into is we're gonna talk about the NFC south and Going on in the future You'll see eight different podcasts that are dedicated to each division and football And we're gonna give an analysis and our breakdown at beach team in that specific division And today we're gonna talk about the NFC south we got the Falcons the Panthers the Buccaneers and the Jaguars Just kidding. I was testing. Yeah, it's in New Orleans Saints Man I I'm reading my phone right now actually because we have a if you don't know already We have an Instagram for time to football if you just go to Instagram Search time to football. You'll find us I Well, anyways, I uploaded a video talking about Trevor Lawrence. If you guys don't know who he is. He's actually the hot prospect that was Compared to Justin Fields as who is the number one quarterback in the country for for high school football and Trevor Lawrence, he's from around here around here meaning that We film or time of football is based out of Georgia and Trevor Lawrence is from Curtisville, Georgia. So I've been a fan of him. I've watched him play as a whole entire senior year I'm a big fan of him and he committed recently to Clemson, so he's gonna be playing there in 2018 But anyways the video that I just posted about Trevor Lawrence was just talking about hey How do you think he's gonna do is it gonna be a future NFL star? Man, these guys are just laying into him about his looks one guy said cut his hair And other guys said hold on. Let me let me find this. Let me get this dude looks like a effin Mung mongloid named Mongo avatar dummy face looking donkey the word wasn't donkey, but Yeah, I'm all I'm wanting is your opinion. Do you think he's a future NFL star or not? I but hey You know, I guess he does need to cut his hair, but I mean what does that say about me because I have long hair as well but I'm keeping mine. So Anyways, we're gonna get into the NFC South talk a little bit about that. So First team that I want to actually break down Are the Atlanta Falcons because we're talking about Georgia. We're talking about quarterbacks from Georgia So let's talk about a quarterback that plays in Georgia for their professional football team And that is Matt Ryan now recently Matt Ryan the biggest news for him is that he signed a five year hundred fifty million dollar contract extension now if You ask the question is he worth that much money? You're gonna get a various amount of responses And all I can say to you that that question my answer to that question is Yes and no People will say that Matt Ryan is not worth that much money because he's not the best quarterback Well, no duh. He's not the best quarterback Everyone knows that even Matt Ryan. I bet you knows that he's not the best quarterback in the NFL The Falcons know he's not the best quarterback in the NFL. It's Tom Brady. It's Aaron Rodgers. Drew Brees Better than Matt Ryan. What and if you disagree with that I would love to talk to you about it. I would love to have a healthy debate without any rude comments But there are so many other quarterbacks that are better than Matt Ryan Man dare I say it even all around maybe even Russell Wilson is better than Matt Ryan But why did he get that hundred fifty million dollar contract extension then if he's not the best quarterback well Man, that's just the way the market works Couple years ago. It was Derek Carr. That was the highest-paid quarterback Then it was Matthew Stafford. That was the highest-paid quarterback Then it was Jimmy Garoppolo. That was the highest-paid quarterback. Obviously all three of those guys, which I think they're good Quarterbacks, they're not better than than Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers who are making less money But it's just the way the market is the Atlanta Falcons think of this you're in the shoes of Thomas Dimitrov and Arthur Blank and Dan Quinn you're like, okay Matt your contract's coming up I need to resign you because you've helped out our team a lot. You're a great quarterback. You're not the best out there But you're all that we've got You know we could draft a quarterback, but it's gonna take years to develop this guy and right now We're in that mentality We're in that win now mentality where we can still go after a Super Bowl We went ten and six last year. We made it to the division round of the playoffs Our defense is getting better. Our offense is gonna be more in sync with Steve Sarkeesian Matt we need you and Matt's like, okay. Well Matt Ryan's agent Let's say for instance his mentality is okay. You need us You need us so you have to offer us the most amount of money and that's exactly what the Falcons did It's not that he's the best quarterback. We can all agree on that. He's not But he's the best that they got so that's why they offer him that much money I didn't mention Steve Sarkeesian and he's going into his second year last year seemed like it was Pretty bad and there were moments that were but overall they did As far in the passing game, they were ranked 8th in the NFL Believe it or not. They're a top-ten offense in the passing game The run game was 13th. So it was better It was better compared to when Kyle Shanahan was there But Steve Sarkeesian is he gonna be more in sync with the Atlanta Falcons offense this year? You know, they're at the lowest of lows I think so there's no way to go but up and I believe that is gonna happen Steve Sarkeesian is gonna be more in sync And there's an interesting stat or I did a little bit of research on this Kyle Shanahan his first year in Atlanta was 2015 Okay, the Falcons went I believe it was six and ten or seven and nine something like that but in 2015 and Shanahan's first year the Falcons were seventh and the NFL and yards a game an average 21 points a game and 2017 which was Steve Sarkeesian's first year So we talked about Shanahan's first year. This is Steve Sarkeesian's first year Last year the Falcons were eighth and yards a game and they averaged 22 points a game So relatively the same But and Kyle Shanahan second year in Atlanta in 2016 we all know what happened. He produced the fourth best offense in NFL history Not in the NFL that year, but in NFL history So in his second year Can Steve Sarkeesian now that he's a little bit more in sync produce the same amount of results You guys probably are gonna flip out. I'm not saying he's the next Kyle Shanahan. I'm just saying it's an interesting outlook on things Because in Shanahan's first year they weren't in sync They averaged less points a game than they did back in 2017 back last year and Steve Sarkeesian's first year but in the second year with Calvin Ridley dropping to them with seven Coleman in the contract year because players ball out under in their contract year Matt Ryan more in sync Hopefully Julio Jones can stay healthy for a whole year Are they gonna be back to that same level? Maybe not as good or as historic that as they were in 2016 But at least have the contention to where they went ten and six last year with an out of sync offense What what can they do this upcoming gear? Can they get past the division around the playoffs? Can they be the first team to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium? That's something that we're excited to see about the Atlanta Falcons I just I still do believe that they're a playoff team and in this off-season even though They didn't really make any big splashes of free agency because they needed to save their money for Matt Ryan They did add a little bit of depth to the offensive line They drafted, I think relatively well And I think they're they've improved and they could be a playoff team So maybe I'm a little bit biased because I'm a Falcons fan, but hey, you know rise up Carolina Panthers, so this is an interesting team. We talked about a team that Improved in the Atlanta Falcons with the Panthers. I don't Hmm In some areas, I think they did improve but in some areas, I think They're kind of lacking and by lacking. I mean maybe in the secondary and that all Fell through when in free agency. They tried they attempted to sign Brashad Breeland But he failed his physical and they couldn't sign them So that was kind of hit in their secondary, but let's talk about the Panthers overall as a team Signing CJ Anderson, so they let go of Jonathan Stewart. He's now in New York He's gonna be a good compliment to to say Juan Barclay on third downs CJ Anderson, what's his role gonna be in Carolina after the Denver Broncos let him go People are upset that well, they signed CJ Anderson So you're gonna take the light away from Christian McCaffrey You got to give Christian McCaffrey his moment. That's not the case because Christian McCaffrey is a special player He's not a player that's built to run the ball 25 carries a game on top of Lining up in the slot and getting six to seven receptions a game. He's not that kind of player Instead he'll get those six to seven receptions a game and maybe 12 to 15 carries a game 15 I'd be even surprised if it gets that many CJ Anderson is gonna be a good compliment to him because he could be more of that workhorse kind of back when you need Or when you have a goal line situation a third and short kind of kind of deal Which I thought that they were fine if they just went with McCaffrey Cameron artists pain Also their fullback Alex Arma, you know, so let me tell you a True legitimate story about Carolina Panthers fullback Alex Arma. So we actually lived in the same neighborhood growing up I kid you not. He's from de Kula, Georgia which is the city that I live in that I grew up in and We rode the bus together and this was elementary school. I think he was a year younger than me He doesn't know me really well. I don't even know If he still remembers me, but I still remember him obviously because he was a big-time football player coming out of That a small town like de Kula and going to West Georgia But the story is that one time I think I was in like fifth grade or so. He was in fourth We were riding the bus and we were riding the bus home after school bus was in our neighborhood trying to drop us off Well, anyways, the kids were misbehaving on this bus. They were just talking. They were being loud I don't know what else was going on, but the bus drivers are just like stop talking stop being loud Whatever eventually she couldn't calm us down. So what she did is that she pulled over She actually pulled her bus over before we entered our neighborhood on the side of the road and she said y'all hush otherwise, we're just gonna stay here and Nobody cared. I guess we're just a bunch of elementary school kids were immature. Nobody cared. We still talked Well, anyways, what this woman does is that she turns around she she grabs her radio because bus drivers have radios They can radio. I don't know who the radio the superintendent. I don't know whatever But she was reading with someone and then she said it escalated to the point where she was like I have a code for I have a code for that's going on and I kid you not this legitimately happened Carolina Panthers fullback Alex Arma After she said that he said Breaker breaker. This is code for we don't give a damn This is a nine-year-old kid that said that and ever since that that that's actually the one story that I remember About Alex Arma out of all the football highlights that he put at tequila high school That is one of the more memorable stories that I remember about this kid. He doesn't remember that. I don't think maybe he does I don't know but that legitimately happened. I kid you not It was the funniest thing ever and that's one thing I remember at him, but Back to football The Carolina Panthers overall, I think that they're a team that is still good. They're still playoff worthy, but I Don't see a lot of improvement in them I Think that because of that the NFL is an evolving game. You have to get better Or you have to change things every single year about your team Otherwise The other teams in the NFC are gonna make a push for that wild card So the Carolina Panthers I think they're still a wild card team But they have the possibility of missing out just because there are other NFC teams that were in that wild card position Such as the Green bit Packers who are gonna get Aaron Rogers back That might push them out of that wild card race But it's just one of those things that we're gonna have to see Patreon so Listen guys patreon is the number one way to pay your favorite content creator think of it like a Go fund me you sponsor someone you choose How much money you put in each month so your content creators it could be your favorite youtuber favorite artist Favorite Instagram model that has no talent whatever it is you pay them every single month and they use your funds To help contribute to future projects about their brand about their modeling gigs about any videography projects that they have going on For time to football we are on patreon and if you sponsor time to football through patreon there are perks You can contribute whether it be a five dollars a month or even a dollar a month something as little as that and For our perks is if you do a dollar a month you get a free time of football wristband And if you do five dollars a month you get a free t-shirt They're gonna be more perks in the future But for now a dollar a month gets you a free wristband and five dollars a month gets you a free T-shirt if everyone listening to this podcast gave just one dollar a month We would have enough income to help grow time to football tremendously. I kid you not just one dollar One person one dollar. That's all we ask for it's gonna help us out a lot Your money is used to to fund future projects that we have planned for time of football Which can read all the planes that we have on patreon.com slash time to football you can contribute to there. That's P a t r e o n dot-com slash time the number two football patreon.com slash time to football every little bit helps the Tampa Bay Buccaneers So their biggest thing this offseason was that they stockpiled on draft picks. They traded up. They traded down They they were solid in picking their defensive tackle of the future of Vita Vaya But and I think they had a pretty great draft just because they added a lot of depth to a team that needed it One specific position was the writing back position that I was actually looking forward to them helping out During this draft and they really addressed it when they got Ronald Jones out of USC Maybe not in his first year. He's gonna be the board course back But for used to come he might be a good starting running back for them And they also let Doug Martin go to the Oakland Raiders Which I honestly am a fan of Not Doug Martin to the Raiders, but the Buccaneers not having Doug Martin. So there was one game back in 2012 When Doug Martin rushed for 250-something yards and four touchdowns and ever since that game everybody's saying man Sleeper running back for my fantasy football team Doug Martin and I said to that. Nope get get the muscle hamster away from my fantasy football lineup because I Don't believe it. I don't believe the hype. Yes. He had a good game and he's had good game since But he hasn't been consistent and I I don't get the idea of You know people hold on to one Big performance that someone's had in the past back in 2012 and then they'll say in 2013 Yeah, he'll have a good year and then they'll say in 2014 Oh 2013 was just a down year, but he's still good because he had that one game in 2012 he's gonna have a good year 2015 comes and comes along and They say oh well, he had that one game in 2012 that was really good So he's gonna be good in 2015. He's still a good back same thing in 2016 and in 2017 I saw a trade in my fantasy football league that was Center around Doug Martin. I think it was Doug Martin and another player had to be someone irrelevant Yeah, it wasn't it wasn't like a big-time player Doug Martin and another player for Tyreek Hill and I was like, man don't give up Tyreek Hill Not for Doug Martin and it happened because people are still concerned about the hype or Built around this idea. Well, he had 256 yards back five years ago He can do it again And it hasn't happened since then so not a fan of Doug Martin as for the Buccaneers I still think there are a year away from a team that can make A wild card or or even win the NFC south For now, I still think that they'll be bordering around that six and ten to seven and nine record and I say that next year they might make it only if They were to keep Dirk Cutter not because I think Dirk Cutter is this amazing coach. I think he's a good coach but not you know fantastic Bill Pelichick type of coach but He's just developed this this kind of culture and this roster and he's drafted players that fit his need and If they keep Dirk Cutter around For one more year, I think They'll be in the playoffs and and maybe not 2018 but in 2019 And the last team that we're going to talk about the New Orleans Saints And the big news coming out of the New Orleans Saints Is that Mark Ingram is suspended for four days or not four days? Sorry, that'd be fantastic if he was four days, right? um But for four games um And that is a blow to them But I think that the Saints Towards the last six games of the season last year We're making it pretty apparent that Alvin Kamara is going to be the featured back Um, Mark Ingram is great I think that He still deserves 20 to 25 uh touches a game Because they they worked it well together him and Kamara do um But man 120 touches 120 carries for Alvin Kamara last year Any average 6.1 yards a carry? That is insane. Um for your fantasy football guys out there Kamara could be a top five fantasy running back for the first four weeks But for the rest of the season, he's a top 10. So I don't think he's going to leave the top 10 as far as production goes with running backs. Um But yeah, the Saints are making it apparent that Kamara is the guy. He is the guy of the future. Um As far as this, um suspension, what does it do for marketing rooms career? Is he going to be around in 2019? That I don't know that's looking ahead, but um for the first four weeks. I think they'll be fine with just Alvin Kamara um We're talking about Georgia speaking in Georgia. He went to Norcross High School. I actually um Got to not see him play in a game live, but um, he was the Sort of talk of the town Here in Georgia, uh Norcross High School is in the same county Gwinnett county as in the high school that I went to that alex arm I went to Um, and actually robber kim dichi as well Um That guy I got to see live and that guy is one scary guy robber kim dichi. He is he was a running back at 250 pounds he was a big man, um But as far as the saints go They are a playoff team I think that their draft has helped them out a lot as well. Um, and I think that Drew Brees him sounding at a contract extension saying hey, I'm gonna be here for At least another year. I know I sounded to your contract extension But I'm gonna be here for another year because I still believe that we have this talent to go ahead and win a Super Bowl um I think it's gonna be tough in the nfc south. It's one of the hardest divisions in the football People are saying that You know if the buccaneers do make a push They could be that wild card team the the dark horse that people sleep on but as far as the production level of the three You know consistent playoff teams as in the falcons the panthers and the saints That's gonna be a tough division to win um But I definitely want to hear your thoughts What you guys think about the nfc south who's gonna win that division? um If I had to pick a division winner Who that's gonna be tough um You know I'm I'm gonna go with the Atlanta Falcons partly because I am biased and they are my favorite team um But man, they are one of those teams that one of the few teams in the nfl that They were good last year and they haven't They didn't get worse. They're can they can only get better and When I say that they were good people are gonna are gonna hate on their offense and say that it was Inconsistent it was unproductive At times it was just Situational play calling just dumb decisions that they got to get over As far as production goes they were eighth in the nfl And passing They're 13th and rushing And I only think those numbers are gonna go up now that they're in sync with Starkeesian they were 10 and 6 made the division around the playoffs They beat the rams granted the rams are better this year, but um, they were a solid team last year and They they have nowhere to go But up and I really like the Falcons to take this division and give a strong push Towards Super Bowl 53 That would be played and their home stadium I like the Atlanta Falcons to win. What do you guys think? I would definitely definitely love to hear from you guys You can hit me up on instagram. 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