 It's Friday night Atlanta time to rise up tonight with Kelly Price and Harry Douglas presented by AT&T Atlanta, how we doing? It's Friday night, and I'm Kelly Price joined as always by former Falcons right receiver Harry Douglas We've got the SEC Championship game and Tom Brady come to Mercedes-Benz this weekend. It's pretty crazy weekend Kelly, what a time to be alive and live here in Atlanta, Georgia But I'm not gonna let this day go by without wishing you a happy Happy birthday to my dear Kelly one of the best co-hosts in the world. You know what the best co-hosts. Oh, wow Wow, we're talking about the goat Tom Brady, and I guess I'm the goat of this show the greatest of all time Okay, all right. I'll take it. Well, we'll talk about some perspective here with Arthur Smith He's always talking about perspective He's always really against hot takes quote narratives and another perception his team dispelled this weekend that the Atlanta Falcons cannot run The ball they did it this weekend you may say all that was against the Jaguars But guess what Jacksonville came into Sunday with the number three run defense in the league Harry You've got to respect the way they just kept believing in this run game Did it drastically change anything and just chipped away at it until it got going? Yeah, that's one of the things that I admire about Arthur Smith A lot of people gave him praise for that while he was an offensive coordinator in Tennessee He actually stick stuck with the run multiple times didn't matter if he went down 10 points 14 points 17 points You want to stick to the script because you don't want to be one-dimensional if you're one-dimensional Then the defense can pin the ears back the defense answer get sacks and you don't want Matt Ryan getting sacked So shout out to Arthur Smith for sticking to the run He did it against New Orleans to even though you didn't have that much success He still got it done and speaking of some progress the defense showed it can do its thing again In case your trip not keeping track at home The Falcons have allowed just two touchdowns in the last two games look it up But you're lying if you said you were sweating out that final quarter as Jacksonville tried to rally in the end The Falcons closed out the game and the defense added some more confidence in their back pocket, right? I think this defense is finally getting what D&P's wants to do Kelly. They're showing up They got two turnovers in this game an interception and a fumble not only that they have a Jaguars to one for three in the Red zone, that's huge when you can just give up field goals and not give up touchdowns That lets me know that you're bending but you're not breaking so shout out to this defense Who's played well the last two weeks? Yeah The winds scooched the Falcons up to second place in the division behind the box who the Falcons will host this week And at the bends as we mentioned six games remain on the schedule Let's be real the Falcons haven't played meaningful football in December in quite some time Matt Ryan and company talked after the game and this week about how exciting it is to still be in the hunt And I'm curious Harry is that something that players actually focus on and actually pay attention to you kind of getting the same effort No matter what well, it depends on who the player is if he's a real one Kelly He's gonna play his heart out no matter what if he's a fake one Kelly He's gonna fake the funk and not play as hard out every snap But I will say the Falcons right now they're in eighth place right when you talk about the wild card There are two teams ahead of them right now. Luckily, they get a chance to play one of those teams They lost to the Washington football team so that loss is gonna hurt They can't hurt down the end but to be playing meaningful games in December It's what you ask for is what you want so shout out to those players for giving their all each week And now is when you find out about those pretenders Well, well things have been frigid as the calendar hits December here in Atlanta The dirty birds flew south this week into Jacksonville despite being in Florida They packed the same winter fashion vibes and their carry-ons though. They always slay it though Here are the best Falcons fits from Sunday first up the rook Richie Grant looking like little red riding hood or something What's going on with the kerchief looking like someone's grandma with that on his head? No cap I do not hate the look, but I just thought that was kind of funny I don't know what Richie Grant has going on here Kelly, but somebody need to give him some notes I don't know little house on the prairie little red riding hood. I don't know the golden girls. I don't know Richie I don't know do something with it And the O-line had a nice little day on Sunday We had to know it was coming when we saw this look from mr Jalen Mayfield the left guard cleans up nice the checkered suit would have liked to see him go full fancy with Some nice dress shoes, but for his first Falcons fits appearance not too shabby This made me laugh because it made me remember it made me think about one of my old teammates Sam Baker, right? Sam Baker used to wear a one suit every time we travel one suit and Kelly that one suit was so baggy and shaggy I used to like Sam you got to tailor that thing up a little bit man He was the first round draft pick but shout out to Jalen Mayfield actually not wearing a hoodie and wearing a suit You're getting it my man. You're getting it looks like he's got a good tailor there Well, some rookies to some rookies to the vet Mike Davis absolutely love the shirt jacket here He's got the ice up top with his number. It's a fall vibe for sure I like how casually kept it even down at those nikes. Well, I know who don't miss leg day Cuz it's You talk about my Davis can he risk any jeans that might be skinny jeans But shout out to Mike man represented that's that West Coast look you got the plaid shirt with the white shirt underneath Got it opened up a little bit. Do your thing might love it And at this point we need to just keep a permanent spot in the rotation here for Grady Jared the man does not miss he told me last summer that he plans all of his outfits in the off-season for the whole entire season And you can tell the preparation is key here. Listen. He has the Gucci. He has the red bottoms I can't tell what kind of red bag that is but I'm pretty sure it cost over $5,000 Shout out to mr. Grady. Yeah for getting the outfits ready in the off-season We know how he does it it is about that time Thanksgiving has passed in the hall they decor starting to go up around town the Christmas lists are being made So we have some of the guys what they want for Christmas and this week's question of the week Yeah, I would love just like a Sadie That'd be the perfect Christmas gift a house Somebody wants to give me that oh Man, I want that G That's something my Christmas. Hopefully that gets me for free Had to pay for it would not be on my Christmas Probably a win whatever we were like if we had just played or the next week a win that's what we need for Christmas I like where Josh's head is at there. What about you? What's on your Christmas list Mickey Mouse underwear like my son Kelly? Alright, there you go We'll still head here on rise up tonight as the falcons celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1991 team We caught up with the quarterback from that rudest team Chris Miller will stop by later in the show Plus I break down how unexpected the linemen made a big impact on Sunday and versus Jacksonville my film I miss next on rise up tonight We got you covered with more falcons news and nuggets including a trip over to Harry's film rule rise up tonight. I'll be right back What's up ATL? This is a crack Let's rejoin my favorite co-host Kelly and Harry for more rise up tonight on your home for falcons football Fox 5 Atlanta Welcome back to rise up tonight for this week's edition of Harry's film rule Now when you talk about the word trust in the game of football, it can go a lot of different directions Being an undrafted free agent. Let's just say you have to gain the trust faster from your coaches and your teammates Nose tackle Anthony rush has done that. Let's take a look at his impact this past Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars Now Anthony rush right here nose tackle This young man is playing a good brand of football. He's hungry. He's physical and he wants to make an impact as we let Just play play out. We're gonna see a couple things here We're gonna stop it right here first things first He got contacted by the guard second thing He got contacted by the offensive tackle, but as we let the play-play out, we're gonna see it from the back end as well Put the nose on the football, but I want y'all to see the back angle It doesn't matter that he got hit by the tackle in the guard He knows he has to make that play and not only did he make the tackle. He caused that football to come out Now that's what I'm talking about taking advantage of your opportunity. This guy's an undrafted free agent making plays Weekend a week out see that right there right on the football making plays weekend a week out for us football team That's what I'll call Johnny on the spot a guy being ready if you stay ready, you don't have to get ready. Kelly back to you Thanks, Harry You could say Anthony rush puts the rush and pass rush see what I did there as for this week against Tampa winning The turnover battle as well as limiting and creating explosive plays will be key for the Falcons Falcons insider Dave Archer breaks down that and more in his keys to the game Falcons come home after a big win down in Jacksonville and here comes a Florida team up this way It's Tampa Bay. It's your division rival right here in Mercedes-Benz stadium. Let's look at the keys to the game It's a Tampa Bay defense that feeds on taking the football away 23 takeaways is fourth in the league if you look at their record eight and three Their three losses they lost the giveaway takeaway ratio and that's normally the case But this is a team that creates mass amounts of turnovers They want to turn you over the football and defend the run now They haven't defended the run so well though over the last five games you go back early in the year They were outstanding 47 yards per game on the ground in the first five the last five It's been a different story teams have run it to the tune of about 112 yards a game Including last weekend Indianapolis right up for a hundred and seven yards on the ground There's where Atlantic can get a little footy get that one game cranked up like you had it cranked up last week and take care of the football I think you get this thing into the fourth quarter of an opportunity to win on the other side of the ball Their offense is about big plays explosive plays 15 yards or more. They have 87 on the year That's almost 30 more of the Atlanta Falcons that must limit the explosive play Leonard for has been the catalyst a little bit run in the football and catching it out of the backfield He's been there a quarter of Patterson if you will get a hundred yards rushing in three touchdowns this last week Take care of him, but no big plays and I think we'll like the results right here at home All right, thanks arch still to come here on rise up tonight here from the artist behind the my cause my cleats campaign for many Falcons players that story coming up later in the show and coming up next we're going to nest with Chris Miller Don't miss that on Rise Up Tonight Rise Up Tonight is presented by AT&T and brought to you by Georgia Lottery today could be today By Home Depot how do is get more done by Mercedes Benz the best of nothing and by truest committed to a better future Come back to Rise Up Tonight and it's time to hop into the nest with Kelly Harry and tonight's influencer What's you by Mercedes Benz? In the nest with us today is Chris Miller former Falcons quarterback who had one of his best seasons back in that 91 season over 3,000 yards 26 touchdowns They've been celebrating this 1991 team with the 30th anniversary coming up How would you describe that team and what kind of made that team what it was? I? Tell you what it was just a fun loving group and it was kind of spearheaded by our head coach Jerry Glanbaugh You know he's a crazy guy. He's uh, we did a little video shoot probably three four weeks ago And he's 80 years old now, but it's like he's 25. I mean he's 25 or 30 and there's some about football It just keeps you young and he personifies that so I think that team You know Jerry just encouraged us to be our own selves, you know to let our personality shine through and And you know it was all kind of led by his jovial outgoing crazy You know back in black Driving Harley's leaving tickets for James Dean Elvis the whole deal and we just all kind of piggybacked off of that We had a lot of talent. We had a lot of a lot of fun a lot of good players They had put together a pretty good team by that point in time Jerry had been there a couple years And they Kenny here out there general manager, you know, we had some good personnel too So not only did we play well, but we had a great time We had a lot of fanfare with this lot of celebs and it just made it for a really cool fun year for all of us No, who was the meanest last nastiest player on the 1991 Falcons team? Well, you know Jesse the hammer toggle our middle linebacker was a beast, you know I saw him a couple weeks ago and I was back in Atlanta. I Looked at him and I'm stick to 2 2 12 to 15. I looked at him and he's like 5 11 to 30 I'm like bang, dude. How do you play for 14 15 years in the in that pressure cooker in that box in there? You know amongst all those big guys what memories do you have playing with that team and kind of having this whole city That land are really rallying behind you. I got a lot of great memories from that team I think that's the one thing we carry as foreign players is those memories and those relationships I think the fondest thing are the memories and and and probably just the journey that we we took, you know from the preseason concert where we had Doug Stone and Travis Tritt and Jerry Jeff Walker and you know a bunch of Gosh Chris Christofferson and so that kind of kicked off the seats, you know, then we got going we struggled a little bit out of Yeah, I think we're one and two and but then we got rolling and playing well one six and one I think our last seven and ended up one in the NFC West and and then going into the playoffs and we had our first playoff win in 11 seasons there and when I got to Atlanta There was only they only had three winning seasons in 23 years So that program that that organization really struggled So it was kind of nice to be that group to go to New Orleans and beat the Saints in the playoffs And then we lost the following week to the eventual Super Bowl champions But a lot of great memories a lot of great news just a lot of great guys We had fun with you know after games before games During the offseason playing in golf tournaments, and I love the city of Atlanta the people were there were genuine You know, I think we kind of introduced culture Hip-hop with with an MC Hammer and too legit to quit and so football and Entertainment kind of crossed paths and that made it really extra special You still stay around the game with coaching and you mentioned your team being in the playoffs up in Now, what is it that you love about that part of the game being able to coach players? Well, I think what I mentioned, you know regarding Jerry Glanville it keeps us young you know, I'm hanging out with 15 16 17 18 year olds now and And they're just genuine. You know, they're authentic. They're genuine. It's such a social media craze now They keep you on your toes with all that stuff and so, you know, we'll practice today We're actually going down the state and we're in the state semifinals So we're in the final four So we'll go down to that stadium that we're playing into the semis and go practice today and take a bus right out There and you know, and probably the competition is big too, you know, as I'm 56 years old now There's not a whole lot of competitive things that I'm able to do So so, you know, I got all my I got all my papers on the table here my game plans my whiteboard over there You know during the week during the week I game plan I kind of come up with my my play my game plan and ideas Against the team. We're gonna play them go out and kind of work with kids during the week in practice So it keeps me young. I got a great coaching staff former NFL players on my staff Alex Molden and Anthony Newman Who are also Oregon Ducks got a great staff. So it's just an enjoyable enjoyable sport to be around It's a lifetime sport and really football personifies life, especially with what we're dealing with now with COVID and the challenges We have going on in our country I think life we really learn a lot through the eyes of football so we're able to kind of pass that along to the kids We coach Yeah, very well said. Well, good luck the rest of the way in these high school football playoffs What an exciting time for that Chris Miller Thanks for joining us for anyone wants to catch the full conversation head to Fox five Atlanta calm We'll be right back on rise up tonight Hey, Atlanta, this is a crack talking and you watching rise up tonight presented by AT&T Hey crack here rise up tonight has been presented to you by AT&T Every year NFL players lace up their cleats for their causes near and dear to their heart for many Atlanta Falcons A local artist takes pride in crafting those very cleats. Victor Prieto has that story as we rise up for Atlanta brought to you by truest What people wear tells you a lot about them I think you're you're able to express yourself a lot more through art and forms of art Art takes many forms Whether it be on the walls and museums or the lyrics in the song. It's notable For Curtis Booth his art comes alive on an unusual canvas a cleat To one it's not something everyone can do And it's something that you can just get real creative with you know, there's no limit to creativity at all So I look at it like this I tattoo shoes Graduating with a degree in forensic psychology Curtis began painting shoes in 2013 out of boredom The self-taught artist made his break customizing shoes for the likes of Justin Hardy, Julio Jones, Cordero Patterson and many others Looks like a popsicle After leaving his day job to pursue art full-time Curtis has become the official cleat designer of the Atlanta Falcons Yeah, I look at it like man. This is like you have to be a magician when it comes to this Like magic for real With the NFL's annual my cause my cleats Curtis was commissioned to paint all 42 shoes for this year's roster Giving each player an opportunity to showcase a charity or cause close to their hearts Running back Cordero Patterson will wear cleats supporting pregnancy and infant loss awareness After him and his girlfriend experienced the loss of a baby five years ago. This hit home for me and my family You know cuz me and my girl we dealt with this already, you know, so it's a big big part of our life, you know Every day go by you know, we think about stuff like this So, you know just to put it on the cleats, you know and be in our heart, you know, it's just it's just awesome Man on Sunday each player will be playing for their own cause Matt Ryan will be repping the ad promise center while other players like Duran Harmon will play for autism speaks Behind them all though is one person whose work has turned playing canvases into a work of art For Fox 5 sports, I'm Victor Pientel Very cool story I love to see all their different causes well We heard Dave Archer talk about explosive plays in his keys to the game earlier That's a tough task against this Tampa Bay receiving core What can the Falcons do on defense to disrupt the Bucks ultra productive offense with so many weapons Harry? Well Kelly they have to contain grunk. That's his that's a security blanket Tom Brady he loves grunk. He followed him down to Tampa Bay at the being retired So you got to contain grunk and those weapons the first match up the man coverage is what really killed This Atlanta Falcons defense so hopefully can play tighter man coverage and get some PBU's that's past past breakups and some turnovers We need some turnovers. Yeah got a limit Leonard for net two. He has been excellent on the ground for them Well, thank you all for staying up late with us here on rise of tonight. We'll see you right back here next Friday night Atlanta