 What's up everybody and welcome to the Atlanta Falcons free agency update show presented by ticket master I'm Scott bear alongside Derek Rackley and Dave Archer and we're here to break down all the moves Terry font No and Arthur Smith made since free agency open on March 15th, and guys They've been busy. Yeah for sure Why because the Falcons have had tons of salary cap space and in my opinion They've used it really well adding several talented players Resigning more than a few of their own and trading for another one elite safety JC bait Jesse Bates was a Cincinnati bangle now He's a Falcon Pro Bowl guard Chris Lindstrom signed a massive five-year extension tied in John New Smith came over and trade in addition to several other big moves I haven't even mentioned yet We're gonna break them all down and examine areas where the Falcons got better and how free agency sets them up for the NFL Draft plus we're gonna hear from Terry font No in an exclusive interview with our Tori McElaney, but before we do all that. Let's see what some of these new Falcons can do We're excited about the phase that we're in there's a great opportunity for us to go win that division We're excited. We've got the people to make it happen. It's our job to win our division. The scar is gonna be the limit I knew Smith Look at John Amazing toughness to Nassity. I'm just gonna make plays John who's Smith unbelievable catch my Smith. How does it feel to be a falcon? This is the most exciting moment of my NFL career For the Atlanta Falcons they had a big piece as well Jesse Bates Jesse Bates How about this one gave it on Yamato expect great things wins on every down This time it's David on Yamato down. He goes on Yamato was in there first I'm so excited and ready to come and put on show out here. Let's go It's Caden Ellis. He can fly Ellis chases him down Passionate. I'm just ready to go number 55. He just keeps coming. Okay. No, it's been all over the place It's kind of a dream come true Just give me kind of grip things out and try and find a way to wear No, I saw a great opportunity, you know for me to come in and Feel like I can be a difference maker on this defense Yeah, the right pieces obviously the director is the right way Let's let's be a part of that. Let's try and help that ship move in the right direction How on earth can you not be fired up about these news Falcons free agents after watching that video, right? Let's like goosebumps on the arms Seriously, like I'm ready to run through a brick wall, right? But before we get to all these new faces Let's talk about a very familiar one Chris Lindstrom just signed a massive five-year extension It was one of the first moves that the Falcons made Right as free agency opened how key was that arch to bringing Chris Lindstrom back and how important is it to maintain? Continuity on that offensive line Arthur Smith keeps saying offensive line will be a part of our foundation moving forward Well, it was when you talk talking about solidifying the big eaters up fun It's a big deal you ran to the tune of about 155 yards a game last year. They're number three in the league I think running the football Continuity and doing what you need to do from a group standpoint makes a big makes a big impression on Being able to keep that going This is one of the tightest groups on any football team is their offensive line They go out and eat together They spend time together even when they shouldn't be spending time together That's it's the tightest group where I'll tell you the brightest group on a team Is the offensive line and to keep one of the guys that's now burgeoning one of the leaders on that team When you start talking about what Chris Lindstrom has been able to do I think he's garnered a lot of respect around the league He's Fashioned himself into one of the best at the position you look at the grades if you trust all that kind of stuff He grades out as one of the best players in the national football league is his position And you got to talk about defending your your quarterback whoever the quarterback is you got to be able to take care of the quarterback It starts with those guys up front And so Lindstrom being in there and being maybe kind of a pseudo leader We know jake matthews is still in there but being part of that leadership group that's in there big deal Yeah, anytime arch you talk about Coaches and how you're going to be successful in the game of football not just on the offensive line But in the game of football your lines of scrimmage have to be short up And we've talked about this on the podcast over the last couple of years and to be quite frank the offensive line Wasn't all that great, right? But they've changed some things around players have gotten better and a guy like Lindstrom has really upped his game And so now you think about what the Falcons want to do they want to run the football They want to be physical up front You don't have to worry about bringing somebody else in now that has to learn that language from that position You got a guy right here right inside your building that has proved his worth And that is ready to continue to produce for this organization So it was a great move by locking him up And I really like the fact that when you do well and you work hard and you fit into what the franchise culture is There they are going to pay you. I think this is another statement extension I think that is an important part of this as well But the offensive line was good last year. Arthur Smith said very plainly They have to get more explosive within the passing game. So they bring in Mack Hollins They bring in johnny smith are those the types of players that can help in that effort to get that downfield threat to make the passing game Better and more productive in 23. Yeah, absolutely I mean you think about offense in the nfl and yes, there's a couple of staples It's offensive line. It's quarterback play but outside of that guys It's weapons You have to have weapons on the offensive side of the ball go to the most Explosive offenses in the nfl and you're going to find weapons or playmakers, right? Not necessarily guys that are all running four three, but guys that have proven to make plays So you bring in a big body tight end like johnny smith. What do we know about arthur smith? He loves him some tight ends. Okay, not only is he loves some tight ends He loves athletic tight ends. You go back and look at some of the different areas some of the different Formations that they have put johnny smith in they've turned around and hand him the ball out of the back field Pretty impressive for a guy that's about 250 pounds athletic can catch the ball creates mismatches By the way, there's a guy named kyle pits in this organization. So that's pretty good, too So now you've got two elite athletes at the tight end position Maybe kyle's going out for passes. Maybe johnny's blocking. Maybe you flip flop those two So now you bring in options and so another guy like mac holland you bring in height six foot four Guy that was kind of a rotational player his first few years had a breakout year and a contract year and ended up catching Like 44 passes this past year with the raiders and kind of proved his worth So he's coming in as another piece another weapon for this offense to find ways to get the ball down field And I think that's what terry fontanone arthur smith have done with these two playmakers Yeah, I look at I look at it from the other perspective I'm the defense who's trying to prepare for the falcons And if I'm getting ready to go and I've got drakeland and I've got kyle pits I can find a way to him those guys in but I've got if I've got an addition of three more players Throw in the back in the fact that cp And and tyler algear can make plays in the backfield as well out of the backfield Doing some things catching the ball as well as run the ball. Now. All of a sudden it's a tough deal I'm preparing on wednesday thursday friday to get ready to play this falcon team I'm not just looking at two players now now all of a sudden they've got a myriad of players They can get the football to that are impactful whether it's moving the chains Make it explosive plays as you're referencing and you're going to need to do that in the passing game If you want to evolve as an offense, but when I get in the red zone when I put points on the board Now I've got guys multiple dudes that have problems that create problems from a catch radius standpoint to an athleticism standpoint And who do I look at who did I defend? It creates major problems And when you look at this offense as a whole the falcons also made no mistake about the fact They said we're going to address the quarterback spot Well, they had to because they have desmond ridder and they have logan woodside and that's it So they but who are they going to add where how much money were they going to spend? They ultimately bring in Taylor heinecky in free agency lots of experience a pretty good overall record a gamer, right? What do you guys think of about bringing in a guy of his experience level? Uh into like into the fray. Yeah, I think it's a good point scott and the fact that he's played Okay, and so you're not bringing a guy in that hadn't played very much This guy's played quite a bit plus. He's been through adversity, which I like I like a quarterback that's had to deal with stuff played in carolina played in washington Uh, had to deal with some disappointments Because you're only better through some of the things that go that are hard that you have to go through He's had to do that. He had to sit and watch next thing. You know, he's starting next though He's back on the bench So this guy has the versatility to be able to adjust all that type of stuff I think that's a big deal plus the local kid went to collins hill high school, which is cool It's going to mean more to him and I'm not saying that his opportunities in carolina In washington didn't mean something. He's playing it from his family every weekend Now he gets a chance to be in front of his family and then his ability from an experience standpoint to share what he knows In a quarterback room that's going to have some young guys in it. I think it's a big deal You know, it's interesting that we're talking about the quarterback position because one of the the mantras if you will If this organization has been toughness, right? You don't generally talk about a quarterback with toughness But that's probably one of the words that I would use with taylor hinecky. Well, pretty tough. Yeah I mean we Oh, no, Dave's I would say that taylor hinecky is a tough guy like he goes out there and he just competes, right? It doesn't doesn't really care about what it looks like. He cares about getting the results getting the job done Do I have to throw the ball 19 times or do I have to ball throw the ball 39 times? Do I need 149 yard passing or 349 yard passing? What do I have to do to help the team win? That's the type of player that I think they brought in Well, and you're also you you don't have to go very far go back a couple years ago He came in here with washington and beat us by making those screwy plays running around staying alive being tough And making a play he beat Atlanta right here in our building So there's a little bit of uh past history with this guy, you know that what he can do I definitely think that it's pretty clear just from this conversation that the falcons have gotten better on offense Will they continue to add? Of course they will but I think some of these early editions have been key and we're gonna Dave archers gone into the film room. He studied brand new tight end john new smith And he's going to show you exactly what he can do and what he has done It's going to be a fascinating segment using all the power of our brand new ticket master studios Let's take a deeper dive and a look into john new smith the six foot three 248 pounder that alana got in the trade with new england john new lined up on the line of scrimmage here conventional tight end position Now it's a three count screen So john new is going to help with the tackle just a little bit and he's going to release in the flat perfect location Top of the numbers. That's where's the quarterback. That's where I'm looking in for him to be Now locate the blocking lineman out in front gets a good key block here Now it's about john new smith and his ability from an athletic standpoint to step on the accelerator Stay right on the hip of the blocking and then shove it in the end zone It's what he did eight times in 2020 with arthur smith calling the plays look for him to be a big part of that Very similar play that tyler l jeer scored on in week eight against the carolina panthers Now let's look at some of the versatility for john new smith short motion now out wide stack formation Third and 14 now so this is a play where you're going to get zone coverage chargers playing zone coverage john new smith is flare control going to come underneath He's essentially the check down on this play Clearing coverage gets the ball in the check down now You'll got 10 yards to go. What can john new smith help me extend this drive? It was third and 14 I needed him to go get a first down breaks two tackles three tackles first down out near midfield And all of a sudden we got something cooking when it talks about offense his versatility Line up in a spot run after the catch you're getting all of this with john new smith You want to find a position for this guy? Call him weapon Taking a deep dive into what the falcons brought in on the offensive side of the ball But they brought in a lot of deep like defensive dudes that who can absolutely get after it Which I think was a real priority heading into this free agent period and let's start with the pass rush Again, if you talk about falcons brass terry and arthur have been very forthcoming about what they need pass rush Was another one of those things that they made no one certain terms We have to add to that they added to it with a couple of former saints who terry font No, and ryan neilson know really well david on yamata and kaden ellis a linebacker who had seven sacks last year When you look at those guys, how can they help improve this falcons pass rush to obviously very very different players Both guys can get after the quarterback. Yeah, what's kind of interesting here scott is the need for pass rush help upfront But it doesn't come from a traditional defensive end pass rusher Right the start of this free agency period came more in the middle of the defense and from the linebacker position But you get familiarity and you get history two guys and onyumata and ellis that obviously terry font No, and ryan neilson know quite well from their days in new orland So okay, you you put all this information together on the available free agents Do they fit in what we're doing? But then do we happen to know a little bit more about these guys? Then maybe our competition does and that's exactly what happened upstairs with these two guys that you bring in You think about a guy like david onyumata 23 sacks over his last six seasons from that interior defensive tackle position for falcons fans just as comparison Grady gerrit has had 28 and a half sacks over that same span, right? So he's been basically just as effective as what we feel like has been one of the better Interior defensive tackles in grady gerrit. So I think that bodes well for the falcons defense Then you get a guy like katin ellis who was really a special teams player her There's first few years in a league But then because of opportunity because of injury he gets thrusted into the defense more and what does he do? He just goes out and balls has a great year in a contract year shows his athleticism shows his versatility Not only being able to play the run, but also rush the passer and get after it with sacks So they bring in two guys that are still young productive and they know a lot about the internal makeup of each player I think it's really a big deal that the two guys have a feel for ryan nielson's the defensive coordinator I think there's a question about that. I think the part that I point to is How do we get the pass rush got to stop the run? Okay, you got to stop the run game atlanta not very good against the run over the last several seasons In fact when you start looking at time of possession atlanta would swell up in the red zone But from 20 to 20 teams are moving the ball and all of a sudden it's third and three It's third and two. How do you get there? Got to stop the run david on yamata I love the pass rush what he brings the table In addition, I'm looking to stop the run guys and you've got two guys here that want to hit people What they want to shorten necks, okay? They want to come in there stuff the run game and now all of a sudden it's third and nine now It's third nates third and ten now pass rush can get after you But I can't really depend on a pass rush because if I'm sitting waiting his run coming That's what happens on third and three third and two But if it's third and nine third and ten because of how good you've done on first and second down These two guys to me are going to make the biggest impact right away in the run game And then the addition to that will be getting after the passer now ellis can come from everywhere He's a he's a he's a guy that's developing as an edge guy, but he's coming from the inside Remember who he played with the mario davis in my opinion is one of the best linebackers of the national football league There's a guy that comes through the middle makes plays this guy's learned from one of the better players there So all that factors in but I think these two guys are going to help in the front seven First of all stuff in the run game and then we get the the residual in the pass game Yeah, rack I thought you brought up a really good point that Wait when you're adding talent in the middle up front and you compared Like what these guys have done and what grady jared is done How often do we talk about grady jared makes others around him better? Well, can we flip that on its ear and say adding these types of players building through the middle can help grady jared be better? Absolutely. Yeah. I mean you get a guy like onumata now You can't necessarily just double team grady jared on on those early down situations or on passing down situations Because onumata has shown throughout his career that if you single block him he can beat you Right, so then it becomes a decision on the offensive side. Who are we going to double? Are we going to double? Are we going to keep a running back in to chip these guys on the way out? So there's a lot of options from a defensive side and how the offense attacks these pass rushers when you have two Proven guys up front that can make a difference. Well, and think about it along these lines too Now, if you have another grady jared, let's just say it that way david onumata and grady jared on the interior We've been seeing grady get double the number of times throughout his career. Now onumata is in there just as rack talked about Who you're going to double? You know, let's factor it out further now of it. Arnold ebacate is coming off the edge. Lorenzo carter is coming off the edge Now i've got to not only do I can I not use interior guys to fan out to take care of those guys Because i've got a problem in the interior with two guys now i've got two guys coming off the edge and are working against tackles I've got to keep it tight in and a back into chip. I'm a quarterback I don't want those guys back there with me. I want them out in the pattern So if i've got a back and a tight in there having a chip release Now, all of a sudden there's not enough people in the secondary to affect the back seven in past In the in the past game. I want to manipulate those guys high low Short where I can throw the ball in holes if I don't have enough people out. I can't do that So that's where it kind of expands out weapons. We talked about offensively These are weapons on defense that are going to help ryan nielsen do a lot of stuff And as the falcons have continued to build through the middle, which is exactly what they've done Then let's go from defensive line to linebacker to safety, which is really a big ticket item in jesse base I think he was the number four rated free agent in this class. He can do so much guys What makes him so special? Why was he such a huge pickup for this defense? Well, number one He's cerebral. This is a guy that understands the game. Meaning he he could play in the back end and roam He could come down in the box. I think the thing that sticks out for me when I put on the tape Of jesse bates his ability to tackle. I think that's something that this team wanted to improve You're going to get that with kaden ellis good tackler. Look put him on tape You don't see on yamada miss much up front. He gets an opportunity. Boom. He's got a guy on the ground Bates is like that He's a guy that comes down from the safety spot whether it's coming down in that last line of defense Or coming down to be a part of the run defense Before the ball snap great tackler has the ability to also defend in pass game tight ends in the slot slot receivers Has the ability to have 14 career interceptions So the guy's a little bit of a ball hog You add that to the fact that you got richie grant who had a career year last year What second on the team and tackles a year ago Maybe jail and hawkins in there as well. Now, all of a sudden you got three guys interchangeable You can go big nickel Right, you can get three safeties on the field all three of those guys can cover But they all can they can all tackle in the run game Jesse bates brings a degree of credibility in the back end if i'm a safety or if i'm a quarterback I know who jesse bates is. Yeah, you might not have known some of these other guys. I don't know who that guy is I'm not going to throw it in that guy's direction or at least i'm going to be very careful to make sure That i find him before i let the ball go So bates brings that credibility also brings some high level play guys an excellent athlete Take the ball to put it in the end zone you can take the ball away You know you talked about the other two safeties currently on the roster in addition to bates when I was thinking about this I'm thinking they have youth but yet experience at the same time, right? The two safeties you just mentioned they've been here for a little while they've played football So it's not like it's their rookie year, but then you bring in a guy like bates who is now You know going into his sixth season. He has been around He's a guy that you talk about his first few years in the league with the Bengals was not so great He even talked about his press conference, right? But then his last two years Couple of free agent additions a draft pick and all of a sudden the Bengals are a really good football team What happens they go deep into the post season So now you get a guy that's coming into the secondary that's played deep into the post seasons played in a super bowl So now you've got the experience on the back end, right? But you talked about versatility playing the run and playing the pass when I watched some tape I saw instincts with jesse bates knows exactly where he needs to be You can tell that he studies tape scott and he's where he needs to be to knock footballs away Which he's done throughout the course of his career a key point ractus brought up there And I think that may have flown other people's heads Everybody you're bringing in has played in the post season You're going to have a tough time finding a lot of guys on this roster Prior that have played a lot of post-heat for grady jaret certainly, you know some of the older guys But you're talking about young players bates just play he went to a super bowl Okay, these are guys jonah smith's been in the playoffs. I mean these are guys david on yamata playoffs Okay, that's a that's something that's in that kind of permeates the rest of the locker room We need to be in the playoffs you need to be in the post season these guys have had that and they got the experience Yeah, and being comfortable in that moment. They've proven what they can do in the post season Yeah, and because there are so many younger guys we we saw in close games in 2022 that they're gaining that experience to have leadership In those areas can be huge one last question on the defensive side here. You add jesse bates You still have aj kc hayward's been around the block a couple times richie grant is an ascending player Is the secondary sneakily quietly turning into a team strength? Do you think it's it's heading in that Direction that maybe this secondary can be really good. I definitely think it's heading in that direction Yeah, I think not only have you added some experienced players you've added competition Yeah, which is exactly what they want in the nfl You don't necessarily have a guy that's looking over his shoulder saying well I know this guy's not better than me. So i'm gonna play right and what happens is you get a little bit complacent in that situation But instead when you look over your shoulder and say this dude's pretty good Like they brought him in they paid him some money. He's produced before This guy has to play better right this guy has to produce this guy has to go out and practice harder Once you bring competition into the fold you truly get the best of each individual Well, and I think the competition Makes it happen potentially what you're talking about because right now it's on paper Right. Yeah, it hasn't been proven out now. Bates has proven what he is And casey hayward's had some moments when he proved he is And so different guys have had little pieces aj torrell regarded as one of the better corners Now if you can group all that together and make it happen on the field Yeah, now you can say it's one of the strengths but on paper It looks like it's kind of migrating that way. Yeah, but but but as you pointed out now They have to go out and then prove it and jesse bates is going to be key to the entire defensive effort And now it's rach's turn to head over to the telestrator and explain exactly what makes jesse bates so good All right, let's dive into the x's and o's here one of my favorite favorite parts here Jesse bates the new free agent acquisition coming from the bangles Let's look at some of the his performance on the field now This play in specific is going to be an all-out blitz by the bangles You see everybody's up at the line of scrimmage here and on the back end They're going to be playing man coverage You see these guys are lined up across from the receivers But then jesse bates lined up way back here 15 yards away from the line of scrimmage Knows that he's got number three in man coverage now at the snap You're going to see him come flying up get his coverage responsibility Not only does he deflect this football away from being completed It ends up getting intercepted So they steal a possession away from the jaguars because of his recognition his instincts getting up to make that play Now let's look at him and run support because he's a willing Tackler as well a little bit closer to a lot of scrimmage this time They're going to run a little speed sweep coming across the formation You'll see initially blocked up pretty well three black jerseys covering up three white jerseys Now there is a linebacker that you see is free But I don't know if he's got the right angle to make this tackle But bait sees it he knifes in there and he's able to make this tackle and look see where the first down marker is Short of the first down marker. It's third down. You know what happens after that pun team comes out in the field Cincinnati gets the ball back So that's just two plays to show you the difference maker that atlanta gets one in pass coverage One and run support. So you're getting a willing and able defender all over the field So kind of seems natural as to why a guy like terry fontano and arthur smith would bring in such an impactful player Let's listen to the general manager and his thoughts on jesse bates and some of the other acquisitions When you look at the work that's been put in over the course of two years How gratifying is it now to you go into this free agency period with the second most cap space in the league? I would say a lot of patience from really everyone Starting with the head coach author smith. He has to look at it like okay. We have to go out and find Good tough competitive football players and we have to do it on a budget and and that's not always easy We're proud of the players that were able to bring in Two years ago in a year ago and and it was it was a tight budget But we still brought in some good football players you want to build a championship roster Not just for one year but for several years and so you have to stay have some balance Have some discipline and make sure you're getting players at the right value because you're putting together a puzzle One of the first things you guys do is extend chryslynstrom How important was that contract for where you guys are but also in kind of rewarding your own? Yeah, very important and he embodies all the characteristics and traits of the program that we want to be And he's the type of guy that we want to build around and we do want to prioritize Two things we want to prioritize our players and prioritize the front Why was jesse bait someone you guys wanted to target? There's a certain profile of players we want to bring in smart tough highly competitive They need to have a certain skill set and be really good at playing football And yet the makeup is very important and and he has all the characteristics that we look for And we obviously have a coach here in the secondary that overlapped with him And so we know him really well and we want players that are not only going to be good at their position But they're going to make people around them better and he's done that through his career Now to talk about some guys who you actually have a a nice little history with kate and ellis and david on yamata Yeah, just the way they play football. We talk about versatility We talk about toughness and we talk about violence and competitiveness. They really fit those characteristics So we knew we wanted to add those players to the front seven when ryan came in and just confirmed it When it comes to kind of next steps in in free agency, what do next steps look like? I know we're sitting here right now talking, but there's a bunch of stuff happening upstairs Sometimes in that first wave of free agency is the big ticket guys But constantly whether we're talking about leading up to the draft after the draft once the season starts We're going to keep digging and we're going to keep turning over every song and finding every player So this is where the scouts and um really earn their money with guys like that and at the end of the day That's what's most important So guys terry font know just talked about what comes next. So let's dive deeper into that aspect of it We've seen the first wave of free agency go. They've added a lot of good players The work is not done, right? So when you look at this roster and this depth chart Is there a is there a particular position group where you think they need to add more guys here? Like which one comes to mind? Well, I think terry font know talked a couple of months ago about saying that we're going to upgrade at every position We started to see that a little bit through free agency But if i'm going to pick out one position group where they could use another Talented athlete, I would probably go wide receiver arch. I mean think about what we've done in the passing game Okay, obviously mac collins was brought in this year drafted drake london a year ago Kyle pits a couple of years ago. You've got options there We talked about cordial patterson what he can do in the run game and the pass game But if they can find another guy That's got some ability to take the top off a defense somebody that can run past a secondary Somebody that the defense feels like if they make a mistake in coverage This guy's going to be wide open down the field I feel like that true explosive threat downfield is somebody else that you could add into the mix not to Say that drake london can do it can't do it, but he is a mix between speed and physicality He's going to use his body frame to kind of post up defenders kind of like a basketball player will But if they can add another piece to that wide receiver group, I think again talked about it earlier in the show Weapons more weapons on the offense. Yeah, I think it's a great point rack You start talking about stretching the defense horizontally down the field like this You got to be able to stretch them vertically down the field. So horizontal vertical We've got a lot of horizontal guys that vertical threat would be a big deal I don't think there's any question about that. I'll probably go to the other side then I'm going to look at the corner spot. I think that when you begin to look at the corner We talked about kc. Hey, we're talking about hrl My cues comes in as a guy. It's going to be an addition Corner armstrong has been re-signed. You've got some guys back in there But if you've got one of these top flight corners sitting there Potentially that could be a guy that you go with early on also defensive tackle I don't think you quit on the defensive tackle position There's some guys maybe not necessarily the higher part of the drab Maybe in two or three second to third round that are guys that could did really affect this team and help from a Depth standpoint I just look at that edge rusher class and I think You can't have enough of those dudes right like when I go out and get one more But as we kind of move through the later stages of free agency We're going to see kind of more depth pieces come in But the NFL draft is still out there and the falcons have the number eight overall pick and look I'm not going to hold you guys to this. It's a little early for that But what are your early thoughts about how they could use that number eight overall pick to bring in one of those Top flight instant impact guys. Yeah, well, I talked about wide receiver But arches was talking about corner Yeah, and I just can't get past a guy out of oregon that looks like he's going to be available Right, so there's probably going to be four quarterbacks that are going to be gone early on will anderson's going to be gone early on So then you get to a guy like christian gonzalez out of oregon And I feel like he is the piece that could potentially fit opposite aj torrell right six one He's got length ran a four three eight at the combine. So he's got that true speed He's basically a three-year player started his career at colorado Transferred didn't like the coaching changes goes over to oregon to play with dan landing What do we know about dan landing really good defensive coach from his days at the university of georgia He basically just takes off proves his worth shows his ability to intercept passes again. I talked about the length I don't know if he's going to be available, but if he is available I think he's a guy that could be penciled in as a day one starter archer. I love the guy I think he's an else. I think he's the best corner in the group And I think there's so there's probably four guys that are really pretty good players Wow, you start trying to nail down what you'd like I'm gonna I'll be honest with you guys It'd be very difficult for me to pass jail and carter up if he's sitting there at eight I know there's some things going on with him and and uh, hopefully those things get worked out It's hard for me to even look past the georgia players Well, that's nolin smith who blew up the combine a guy that's a tremendous locker room guy Those guys are winning for a reason. That's why that's why they won back-to-back national champions championships It's hard to kind of pass those kind of guys up, but uh, I would probably look uh, you scott You mentioned edge. I've got a guy and I was state keep an eye on okay. Will mcdonnell Will mcdonnell out of Iowa state now all time leading sacra in Iowa state history and you're saying well, Iowa state He's a homer. Yeah This guy can come off the edge. He was impressive at the senior bowl He's a guy that continues to climb the charts. I think he's even mocked a couple times for atlanta at eight He's a guy that I would potentially look at as well. Yeah, I mean Tyree wilson out of texas tech if you trade back, maybe iowa's lucas van ness fits in there They had they have a lot of interesting options And I think they've added a lot of interesting players to this team so far and we've gone over all of them But please stay tuned to our youtube channel at atlanta falcons atlanta falcons dot com Terry and arthur have more moves to make Guaranteed, but i'm scott bear. That's derrick wrackley. Dave archer. Thank you so much for joining us on the falcons free agency update show presented by ticketmaster