 Ahead on early birds fresh off wind number one a Georgia legend is waiting for the Falcons at the bands straight ahead We will break down the Browns plus go one-on-one with a rising star safety We've also got shock in the film room and a look at what could be next for Georgia Tech football that more ahead on early birds Grab a cup of your favorite Joe unless silk Falcons football on early birds presented by Mercedes Benz Good morning and welcome into early birds Falcons finally put one in the wind column, and we will try to match their momentum Let's get things started with the opening drive stock. We got the Falcons and Browns tomorrow afternoon This one's gonna be a heavyweight fight Atlanta right now the number five rushing attack in the league last year They were 31st out of 32 teams. So what's gotten into these guys? You know, I think it's a little bit of everything you got Chris Lisham who they picked up with your option They didn't so you got a couple guys with chimps on your shoulder. Yeah, Elijah look a sense of this I know you didn't play last week, but you got another guy got it We didn't call his name much But I think this offensive line has found something and you got some hard tough running by CP as well Tyler our jeers another guy who is physically the point of attack. I think in year two under Arthur Smith You're starting to find out what this offense can look like and now you got a lot of weapons Especially with the quarterback run as well. Yeah, Marcus Mario to run it a little bit, too Don't forget the O line Jake Matthews pretty impressed so far We got to find Opportunities to give him balls where he can get downfield because he's proved time-to-time again What he's capable of every week. We kind of make that emphasis. It's on us to help this offense, you know, get going As we continue on the opening drive. We mentioned heavyweight fight. So in the other corner The pride of Cedar town University of Georgia a whole bunch of people gonna feel real conflicted Sunday shock I don't know if you're one of them. Yeah, two words for you Nick Chubb Yeah, he has been a beast this season leading the league and rushing averaging over five yards of carry You know that one role game he average 6.5 yards here. Here's another crazy stat He is leading the league in yards after contact So he is a tough physical runner that definitely is going to be a challenge for the Falcons and Nick Chubb is ready for the challenge in Atlanta But linebacker Rashad Evans is too Get a chance to go home See a lot of familiar faces and I played in that stadium before so I'm excited about going back It's his numbers, you know, they show a lot on film just on the things that he does on field You know, I've had the pleasure to be able to play him a couple times in my career And you know, he's he's every bit of what they say is As we wrap up the opening drive last Sunday, DJ It was the same old story and a very different result close game right down to the final series But this time Atlanta wins it. So did they just get a few bounces or did something shift with this team? Yes, I think something's shift now usually at the end of the ball game something happened with a team You give it to them, but you think about it. We got the sack We got the holding call and we forced them into a third long and you know, I had to throw it up We took this ball game. That's why I think it's a different style of team this time It is a different style of way of going out to win it and the Falcons did that they went It took the game instead of kind of giving it away. Yeah defense shut the door good to see I'm sure for that side of the ball. Well, welcome into early birds alongside DJ Shockley. I'm Justin Felder We got Cleveland Browns coming into town at two and one. They're coming in rested as well after playing last Thursday Is that a little factor? I mean, what's the deal with that last two weeks? We have coming in being rested But hey, we took care of Seattle. Here's another scenario. You're at home gonna have your crowd So I'm not worried about the extra two days. The birds will be ready coming off in the emotional big one We are rested. That's what's most important. All right Shock like Drew Carey says all the little chicks with the crimson lips go film room rocks Film room rock. Do you watch the Drew Carey show Cleveland rocks? I haven't seen that in a long time, but it's the best I could do All right, but first we always hear about that jump NFL players make from season one to season two next to the dictionary definition of that leap You might just find a picture of safety richie Grant and speaking of leaps Grant caught some serious air last week on the way to catching his first career Interception just so happened to seal the game and after the win in Seattle He couldn't even show me the game ball told me it was already packed away safely in his suitcase So this week I followed up and asked Richie. Where's that trophy ball going? I Okay, I know if it's going to a family member if it's going in your personal collection at home with me, baby Honestly, man, I was moved. I was more happy about the win Let's talk about you. How do you look at your season so far? I think I had a great season good start on I think I'm getting better each week as well as his defense Whether this team is what we talked about progress not perfection. I think we're doing a good job of that last year We heard from so many fans. I would see it on social media. I put this guy in there We want to see more of them. How did your experience last year not play in a ton help you grow towards this year It was early beginning of the season. I end up going in nipples So I play about a few snaps, but in terms of safety. Yeah, I didn't get that mission out But but like you said man, we get losing everybody want to be a coach You know I mean but it just got to take it in and live with it At the end of the day, man, I think we had in the right direction this year I'm gonna ask you about your partner in crime at safety Jalen What's that that teamwork like back here that partnership that relationship you guys have? It's growing every day Obviously we come from two different sides of the world, but that's the great thing about football You get to bring everybody in together. We didn't know each other before this at all I ain't gonna lie. Me and Hulk man. We ball players. Okay. He got the last name Hulk So he went in with the ball hot thing at the end of the day we ball players Just Brown's team, we know they like to run the ball apparently There are only four times this year that somebody has had a hundred yards after contact rushing and Nick Chubb has two of them I mean what kind of challenge does he present? I mean he just say got two great backs over there I mean they give a steady dose of you know, I mean and they can throw the ball deep if they want to Got some good guys on outside obviously, but it's gonna be a challenge. If you log in there with parents, I think it would be good I know it goes back to exact what you're saying progress not perfection State of the defense right now three games in how do you look at things? I'm really proud on we let two slip away Both ways up up one game and down one game and slip away, but I'm just so proud It's time to get some game intel from shock you're invited into the film room so cut the lights and let's get started The run game last week for the Falcons was spectacular rushing for 170 yards CP average over 8 yards a carry But it's because of what these guys did up front. Yes, CP has great vision, but the offensive line was tremendous You're talking about effort. You're talking about getting after the grit. Let's talk about this particular play here This is a 15-yard run by CP now It's gonna be a simple tall sweep on the outside from from team from from CP balls It's gonna come out here and he's gonna end up having a big play here You're gonna get some nice blocks on the edge here. I'll get a double team here But the guy I want you to pay attention to on the backside is Chris Lindstrom the offensive line Even though you're on the backside of this it's the most important part of this play Simply because he has to cut this backside guy off because if not this could easily just be a three four yard play But it ends up in a 15-yard play because of the effort by the offensive line So watch this play get started you have good blocking on the outside boom So here it is great double team on the backside great double team here. You get an unbelievable job here Look at Lindstrom. He's fighting this guy on the backside. Remember this is the guy. He has to cut off Good job of reach blocking here physical at the point of attack full backs gonna come up He's gonna help here, but also here This is the guy I want you to watch here watch as this play continues He's gonna shed this block and get off and create it going off here. Boom. Look at the effort the effort I gotta show it to you one more time watch him lay out Lay out to get this guy cuz if he doesn't guess what it's a five-yard run and it ends up being a 15-yard run because of the effort by the offensive line. This is what you need This is what must happen up front for the offensive line vision toughness grip is offensive line is turning heads Thanks shock and that's what the Falcons want to see more of tomorrow Against the Browns and given the offensive line some love always a good thing more of them in just a moment more college Football ahead later today a new era is coming for the Yellow Jackets with a new coach soon coming to Bobby Dodd Stadium Michael Jenkins joins me to talk about some potential candidates plus Timing leverage and speed man We said there will be more O line talking we're coming through on it Caleb McGarry Explores how to effectively run block next and go in deep Falcons fans score a touchdown with low tire prices that made this tires and brakes the official tire retail of the Atlanta Falcons visit mavestire.com the finder store near you and by Mercedes Benz the best or not And bought to you by Georgia Lotter today could be the day by truest committed to a better future My home Depot how do is get more done? I'm a switch gears and talk a little college ball bought to you by truest BnC and Sun trust are now truest here again. It's Fox fives Justin Felder All right, welcome back into early birds and we welcome in former Falcons receiver Michael Jenkins We're here to talk college ball, but they still feeling pretty good Your Falcons got on the board with the wind very nice love to see that so hoping to keep it going this weekend It's awesome the receiver stepping up Drake and OZ a couple guys But we're here to talk college football in the big story at least in this state was out of Georgia Tech firing head coach Jeff Collins who's 10 and 28 in his first three plus seasons on the flats Michael What went wrong? I mean he had a tall order coming in after coach Paul Johnson with that system that he ran for 11 years And to try to follow up and totally switch with they've been doing the recruiting wasn't where it needed to be Then you have guys like Gibbs transferring going Alabama, you know So there was a lot a lot that he had to take over with and he just couldn't get it done Yeah, assistant coaches as well. It's a it was a turbulent time now It's a time of change for the time being Brent he taken over its interim head coach He had to say earlier this week We're sitting back waiting for something to happen And you see it on the sidelines and games and it's not just the players as coaches as well People are waiting for things to happen and they're waiting for bad things to happen All right waiting for good things to happen Well, finally something good happens We need to go out and make things happen and we have to give the players We have to empower the players during the week and during practice that you're free to go make things happen We can't sit back and wait on things. We can't Try not to lose Yeah, coach keys first game will be a tough one jackets at Pittsburgh tonight tough place to play in a good team So here's the big question people are already asking right george atek is now in the market for a new coach Who's gonna be next i'm gonna put you in charge of the search for a minute. Who are some candidates you'd be looking at Well, obviously one name that everybody hears about is dion sanders You know, he's done a great job at jackson state then you go to local guy within, you know, coach munkin up at uga Yeah, oc You know, coach cambell or chadwell. I'm sorry at coast of carolina, right, you know, and even maybe a guy like, you know Coach louis from kin state, you know, you know, he did a great job against george and they played some really good competition So there's some really talented coaches out there. Even, you know, bill o brian I mean the list can go on and on that's out there So they've got some good candidates to go after a lot of like you said I've heard so many people talking about dion very polarizing idea We'll see which way the jackets go again. They got Pittsburgh tonight All right. Well final thing georgia back into sec play at missouri this week Kent state kind of gave him a scare. Maybe not a scare, right? But maybe a little upset feeling for some dogs fans I don't know how dj handled it. He was nervous. He was there. So here's the question Was it a scare or were they just a little flat? What are you seeing that one and moving forward? Well, they were I mean it's hard to get up for kent state sometimes the middle of the season You just beat south carolina sec opponent Then you go play kent state but kent state is a formidable opponent. I mean they presented a lot of challenges They do a lot of just different things that you don't see on a normal saturday So they had georgia on their toes and um, you know give georgia credit obviously the better team But they those are the games you kind of need to get through to refocus and be ready for the rest of the year Yeah, georgia tenon won all time against mizu the tigers nearly beat auburn last week shock We know you got to get on your way to columbia missouri. How you feeling? Well, fellas first off, I was not nervous about kent state. I'm not nervous about Missouri, but it'll be just fine All right, we've been telling you all about the falcon success in the run game quarter of paterson It's a lot of the credit, but even cp will tell you don't forget about the big old line right tackle Kayla magari is a big part of the success in the run game. He shows us the basics in this week's coin deep Tidling leverage and speed man. You got a time of the snap count You got to have your foot in the ground faster than a defensive end gets his foot in the gown You got to have your hands in the right place for leverage. You can't be too tall You got to be low enough And then you just got to you just got a motor man as simplified as that is there's there's a lot that goes into and it's really offense in general right because As an offensive player like timing is almost everything offensive lineplayers, you know a lot of other things But you know it's basis element like really timing So you have to have your you have to be in the right place at the right time doing the exact right thing for anything to work How much of that like the timing is Timing with the guy next to you especially in the run game. Oh, absolutely. Absolutely Especially like inside zone or anything like that if you don't time up your Your steps right and stuff and make contact at the right point in time Give the d-line man a chance to split the double team or you're not there fast enough Like there's a million things that could go wrong and that like nanosecond of time How satisfying is that when you get a good one very it is incredibly satisfying. It is like one of the best things ever The whole line in for a challenge this week against the Browns more to come on early birds Look back at Atlanta's first win of the season. They're hoping the first of many more to come. That is straight ahead You're watching early birds presented by Mercedes Benz on your official home for falcons football fox 5 and land Welcome back to early birds. Well, it's something that can make even the biggest toughest meanest offensive lineman a little squeamish Needles at the doctor's office. DJ is shaking right now just at the mention Unfortunately, that can be the cost of doing business in the nfl and it's all handled by the team's medical staff Dr. Kyle Hammond takes you behind the scenes in this week emory road recovery So there's times that um, it's appropriate to utilize medications and or some injection type treatments that we'll use either pre game or during the game. Um, so certain injuries can be managed with numbing type injections or injections with medications to help You know alleviate inflammation or alleviate some source of pain that may be limiting the player from playing and in those cases Then we can perform those here safely and in a private setting so that we can then help the player get back onto the field safely We also have um IV poles Set up throughout this room. So there are times that we're Using hydration techniques with an IV a lot can go on in this room It's a pretty big room So we're able to have a lot of athletes in here at once in the pain management aspect of the nfl athlete is It's very serious. Um, we actually have a full-time pain management physician That is mandated by the league that we have on my staff But then once we're here on game day Then we have the ability to talk about additional methods that we may use for inflammation or for Pain or for injury management as the players are playing through Certain types of injuries that are safe to play through and some of that again is is usually already Handled or discussed with me in privacy with that athlete And so we have a plan in place on how we're managing them through, you know, physical therapy treatments and and maybe You know topical treatment All right, thanks doc after the break we'll take a look back at the best sights and sounds from seattle We'll relive the falcons win next on early birds It's been presented to you by Mercedes Benz the best or nothing Falcons fans score a touchdown with low tire prices at mavis tires and brakes The official tire retailer of the Atlanta falcons visit mavis tire.com to find a store near you The falcons went into one of the loudest locations in the league and left with the win Hopefully super blame and miles Garrett wore their earplugs because they were behind the lens our friends at 92 9 behind the mics Let's look back at the win against the seahawks Naptomariota hand to no marcus. So keep it around the right edge and score First down give cordero paterson right side 10 5 touchdown in lata cordero paterson Racist 17 yards and with 8 12 to go first half atlanta's got the lead If he sent mario to how many does seattle bring a bunch quick throw scores the atlanta touchdown There's the snap smith looking to throw pressure coming grainy jarrot again Here's gino to his right gonna throw down field intercepted richie grants got this one 15 slides down 19 yard line Richie grant Comes up with his first career Interception Stuff and be sure after the falcons in the browns tomorrow night check out the dirty bird report tomorrow evening highlights interviews And so much more tomorrow night 11 30 p.m. Make sure to tune in shock falcons and browns tomorrow One more match up you're gonna watch interior of the defense to go on graham grady jarrot Michael walker rishon Evans made a stop there run game from the browns. It's gonna be tough. No arm tackles on nick chubb Like you said run after contact is his middle name. All right, that's all for us. Thanks for joining us here on early birds For our quarterback dj. Shockley. I'm justin felder. Make sure to have a good morning and a great rest of your weekend