 the catch ahead on early birds the Falcons say they're getting closer but it's time for the results to show it we all it is what it is and your minds it's gotta be we gotta go we'll get you ready for a showdown in the Big Apple plus one-on-one with Atlanta's Swiss Army knife on offense and why getting three points takes three players being on the exact same page that more coming your way on early birds be a favorite Joe unless talk Falcons football on early birds presented by Mercedes Benz good morning and welcome in the early birds he's DJ I'm Justin oh and two and it's time for big blue let's get things started with the opening drive in shock the Falcons are now the third worst team in the NFL at converting third downs right at 31% not where you want to be and they couldn't pick up that third and short when they had momentum down in Tampa we saw how that turned out so what's not working you know just it's a mentality thing special short yard situation you really put that all on the offensive line in the backs tight ends to maybe just move a guy one yard one way or another you're not able to do that that speaks volumes you have to find a way to just get some penetration and push them backwards instead of them getting penetration our end so we have to do a better job of being more physical at the point of attack and making that a priority to win those downs and DJ I'm glad you mentioned short yardage because that was a big talk this past week in flowery branch not allowing penetration in the middle and you know getting some better push and then you know trying to find ways to you know get us in space first place I saw myself hey what could I've done better schematically we got to get in those situations they stopped us twice on third one and fourth one and we to make a step we got to make an improvement there all right continuing along the opening drive darn it Daniel I can't I can't say the real meme much to our producer Miles is chagrin sorry shot but we're talking about Daniel Jones who seems to be making a leap forward in year two at quarterback for the Giants he's also the team's leading rusher which probably not ideal for New York DJ what have you seen out of him yeah you know what I think he's taking this game to the next level he's continued to be the leader they want him to complete 63% of his passage right now so he's accurate and he's doing what they're supposed to when you're the you know leading rusher on your team as a quarterback spot that's really not ideal but they're hoping safe one can slowly but surely come along and be the guy that they expect to take some of their pressure off him but he's been playing really solid so far and here's Daniel Jones talking about his approach to the season every week's different and my goal is to prepare as well as I can and play as well as I can every week try to be prepared and ready to go every week just know you watch film every day and basically see him running 70 yard 80 yard touchdowns by itself so you just know you can let him out of pocket all right and as we wrap up the opening drive you got to get win number one first but Atlanta's next three opponents including the Giants have a combined record right now of one and five and shock this seems like a stretch that will really determine the tone of this season yeah no doubt because like you mentioned after this it gets a little bit tougher and the quarterbacks get a little bit better you have to find a way to get these wins when they're there for you everybody thought you should probably got that win versus Philadelphia didn't work out that way but now you have some opponents and NFC ease they're trying to find theirself and then you talk about playing the Jets as well we saw what Wilson did at ball games we see that through a bunch of interceptions you get a rookie there Washington doesn't have their starting quarterback so an ideal time for you to finally get into a groove and say all right let's get some wins under our belt and start feeling confident about where we're going this season Falcons hope that starts tomorrow taking on the Giants here on Fox 5 welcome into early birds alongside former Falcons and UGA quarterback DJ Shockley I'm Justin Felder and shock these are two teams both looking for their first wins the Giants are no pushovers yeah Giants are no push over they're continuing to try to get their first one they probably felt they should have gotten the win last week if it wasn't for a false start there where you know obviously you get another chance at that field goal but this is a team that looking to be confident and get a win just like the Falcons are so they're gonna bring their best gonna be at home so they expect good things to happen as well we'll shot go throw on your cape and get ready to defend Gotham we'll warm up the telestrator we'll see you in a few but first the Falcons next kickoff return for a touchdown will be their first since 2010 Cordero Patterson's next kickoff return for a touchdown will give him the record for most kickoff return TDs in NFL history he'd hold that record alone in fact Patterson is the only NFL player to have at least seven career rushing receiving and kickoff return touchdowns the last guy to have six each of those Gail Sayers and to think Patterson almost didn't play high school football in fact he didn't at all in ninth or 10th grade until his school's quarterback talked him into joining the team I was just trying to be a student at the time and you know sports is just it just faded on me you know it felt like I lost the love for the game I'm thankful you know he came up to me because you know I probably wouldn't be where I'm at right now you know without the encouragement so you know the love for the game came back and it's not going to work. One of the places you are right now is tied for the all-time record and takeoff return touchdown. Tom Forden would it be for you to hold that record by yourself? Oh man it'll be awesome you know those two guys that's tied with me right now you know I looked up to those guys a lot you know watching all they kickoff returns you know see how can I get better so beating that record you know it means a lot to me but at the end of the day I got to give credit to all these guys out there that's blocking for me. Devin Hester might go into the Hall of Fame next year looking at your resume four time all-pro 2010 all decade team currently tied maybe one day will hold the kickoff return touchdown record by yourself and years left to play do you think one day you could have a Hall of Fame resume? For the record Devin has a will going Hall of Fame you know that guy there is just unreal man the things he did but man I don't know man I don't I don't get it to all that Hall of Fame stuff I let those guys with the numbers and whoever votes you win they vote you win. Your role in this offense this year it's just two games I know but averaging over 30 yards rushing and over 30 yards receiving per game those would both be career highs I know it's a small sample do you like how the the team's using you so far? Oh I love it you know what guy it is right now I don't want to go out there to get the ball to have fun while you're doing it you know I'm a guy man I love this game every game for like nine years now I throw the football in the stands for the fans you know people come from all around the country you know to see how it plays it could be they first or they could be their last game team so I just try to go out there and just have fun. The way Arthur Smith and the way Matt Ryan were talking about you when we heard from a little while ago Matt said you're one of the best athletes he's been able to play alongside do you feel like your best offensive football could still be in front of you? Hey I'm 30 you know that I'm 35 I hear you. I feel like I got a lot of football left Matt saying that you know he's one of the best athletes he can run he can pass and hit me Arthur and I'm just just learning from those guys he's in every day it's just a blessing Matt did say it sometimes a little weird turn around and hand in the ball to a guy in an 84 if you're mostly a running back now did you ever think about a different number? I did man but you know I got into 84 in high school when I first started playing football because my sister was born in 84 you know 84 been available everywhere I've been so I'll say just why not just keep that number it's time to get some game intel from shock you're invited into the film bloat so cut the lights let's get started. When you go back and you think about what happened in the Tampa Bay game you think about some of the good things that happened and one of the good things was red zone execution in game one you were not that good in the red zone you only scored six points in this ballgame you did a great job inside the red zone and I'm gonna show you how they created some good plays inside the red zone now first I'm gonna talk about what's happening up front they're gonna go cover zero cover zero means an all-out blitz up here look at all these guys they've got a scrimmage they have eight guys at the line of scrimmage we only have seven guys five awesome environment one tight end and one back so that means one guy's gonna be an unaccounted for and that's gonna be the guy that's free run against Matt Ryan he has to get the ball out of his hands and he understands that at the top is where we're gonna win here Calvin really gonna run a smaller shallow cross right into right underneath this particular defensive back oh he's gonna come up and he's gonna run what's called a back in line now this is great versus man or zone simply because they can't be right even if they try to pass it off you take my man you're still gonna win so the play gets started I'm gonna show you exactly what happens all out blitz comes from up here all out blitz here there's the one free runner now look at the top of the top up here here's the here's the isolation route you want to look at here Calvin's coming free right now but they tried to pass it off so he's saying you take my man I take your man okay if he climbs on him now he has the leverage on him you see oh Zee on the back end he's coming across this back in line now he has an opportunity to get free and come out and now they want to throw it to him he can throw it to him as well just a really great job really nice play here and you can see the execution here is superb superb execution in the red zone created by formation and play design is what a faculty were able to score a touchdown here and we need more of this happening tomorrow versus Giants all right shock thanks so much more to come on early birds Joe Hamilton asks Kirby smart what are you doing coach plus the timing has to be all right because we have to get the ball off young white coup has the magic leg but it takes teamwork to split the uprights he'll explain when we go deep next on early birds 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 calm the finder store near you send it by Mercedes Benz the best or not and bought to you by Georgia ladder a home depot how do is get more done I'm a switch gears and talk a little college ball bought to you by truest BB&T and Sun trust are now truest here again is Fox 5's Justin Felder we welcome in our college football expert Joe Hamilton former Georgia Tech quarterback and let's start off talking quarterbacks out in Athens talk about champagne problems here for the undefeated dogs but Joe what was Kirby smart thinking he had JT Daniels rolling he brings in Stetson Bennett is he playing with fire with the quarterback room here I absolutely think he's playing with fire and I do not understand it this was not the fourth quarter this was not the third quarter you're talking about early in the game up 14 nothing and JT Daniels is rolling and I thought they broke rhythm a little bit by bringing you know Stetson Bennett in but I tell you this if it's transparency if they're communicating I'm talking about Coach Monkin and Coach Kirby smart it might not be as a big of a problem as we're looking at it but I would not like it I'm JT Daniels trying to get to the NFL trying to put up stats because that's a stat game when you're playing against a lesser opponent I would not be happy at all I'm JT Daniels alright let's talk a little bit about Georgia Tech let's go back to what you said last week about the Jackets game against Clemson me personally could you ask me a direct question I want to come out of half time with at least Clemson starters playing in the game is not in hand already so Joe you were hoping that Clemson starters had to play in the second half what do you know they had to play right down to the end of the game one what did you see from Georgia Tech and to nobody likes a moral victory but this wasn't a bad one what's the next step to get him over the hop well number one I saw Coach Backer and Coach Collins together really really good game playing defensively had DJ you kind of pat the ball had DJ you second guessing themselves I like how tech is getting bigger strong and faster in the trenches and offensively yes you didn't get the big game but still Karik McIlwain played well over 80 yards receiving Jordan Yates settled in and I'm so happy that coach Pat node did not have a package for Jeff Sims he would be sitting around message and let that guy drop back 30 few times and he wasn't looking over the shoulder outstanding now it's going forward you can't let a moral victory so to speak against Clemson cost you to have a let down against North Carolina it's going to be in the same spin stadium ability to be on a national stage now are you a better team than North Carolina I'm not saying that but I want you to continue to compete continue to grow and understand that coastal in my opinion a lot of people laugh at me it's still vital tag trying to build off that against Clemson last thing for you Joe Alabama didn't quite look invincible last week Oklahoma's had some stumbles Ohio State has a loss Clemson has a loss who is a team that you could see sneaking in crashing the playoff party with those powerhouses not exactly getting off the perfect start state lines James Franklin has been recruiting outstanding talent I think he's going to be able to be in any game beaver stadium that's going to always be a home field advantage I don't think Ohio State defensively they're not invincible so now when you look at your state having a big game against Barham and turning the corner it seems like I think that's the team that's going to be knocking at the corner and you're going to have to have to play and believe that you lead Ohio State to knock them off so you can't have luck and hope and guess you're going to have to go out there and beat those guys feels like it's a little bit more wide open in the playoff picture than maybe it's been in past years which is good for us as fans makes every week exciting for sure Joe Hamilton thank you so much and DJ we'll send it over to you I appreciate it fellows I most of us think about field goals in the terms of yards when you're doing the kicking you're thinking about inches seconds and even rotations of the football it takes a lot of things going right for a field goal to go through the uprights it's time to go deep with the Falcons kicker young way cool I mean it's really like game of inches when it comes to kicking for us it is a unit things people really don't understand what goes into it from a snapper standpoint to the holder to the kicker like talk about the science of it so Josh knows exactly how many times the ball spins in terms of the laces since I can see they're three and a half or three and a quarter so he can make the adjustment so the holder catches the ball with the laces out so he doesn't have to spin them and if he does then the holder has an idea of like alright that's his usual miss so he has to turn the laces this way or the other way the timing has to be all right because we have to get the ball off you know within 1.3 or seconds or under little things like that so everything has to be in a unison for for all that's work and I always put it into a golf analogy so let's say you're about to tee off with a driver and you expect me to tee the ball up at the perfect height at the right spot and you have in your backswing and that's kind of the analogy for me welcome back into early birds included on the falcons injury report for the first time this year unfortunately a concussion cornerback AJ Terrell dealing with one after the last game in Tampa Bay it's an injury NFL teams have a strict protocol on how to handle here's falcons team position Kyle Hammond in this week's emory road to recovery as soon as we suspect there's a concussion my partner Dr. Brandon Mines who's our head medical doctor will you know get involved because he manages our concussions alongside the UNC which is the unaffiliated neuro consultant and they have a very strict concussion protocol whereas they will then the two of them in a quiet environment along with watching the video along with the athletic trainer spotter that's up in the booth use all that information and then start talking to the athlete to make a determination if they indeed possibly had a concussion they go through their questionnaires of concussion protocol and questionnaires and if that's determined that they think they have a concussion then they will go back to the locker room for a more formal evaluation for the true kind of concussion computer testing that we do and then that player would be removed from the game if on the sideline evaluation they are determined to not have sustained a concussion then they will be cleared by those designated personnel to then return to the game. All right more to come on early birds many falcon fans saw the game right here on Fox five last Sunday but some of the best moments will also hurt hurt on the radio. We're bringing the cause of the game from our friends at the Falcons radio network next on early birds has 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 MavisTire.com to find a store near you. We'll even in defeat the Falcons delivered some big plays last weekend against the Bucks given our friends over at ninety two nine the game some exciting calls. Here's your calls of the week courtesy of the Falcons radio network and photojournalist Victor Prieto. Here's Ryan takes a snap up in the pocket to his right. Oh he flipped it to Patterson who will score touch pass over the top of a would be defender and then Cordero Patterson into the end zone with a touchdown straight drop with time. Holy smokes Dante Valor. Flopped it out of Tom Brady's hand and Michael Walker scoops it up. Snap the Ryan tamper brings for Matt got to cut it loose. Pits the catch first down and more in the big fella to the thirty seven and a half yard line before Antoine Winfield finally grabbed him by the legs and said please sir no more. God went in brown to the left. Brady socked Deon Jones ball on the there has just snapped the Ryan in the gun blitz coming from Ridley touchdown Atlanta. Ryan stood in there against a flurry of pressure and threw a bullet to Ridley. Brady on a straight drop again under duress and will go down. And that is Marlon Davidson. How about that. That is very cool Giants and Falcons tomorrow afternoon try to make some more highlights game on Fox five. Join us at eleven thirty p.m. dirty bird report where we'll wrap it all up DJ real quick if the Falcons get win number one who's the player that helps push them over the top offensive line all day. Keep Matt clean is that only answer. Let's go baby. That's what they need. We'll join you next week here at eight thirty a.m. and every Saturday for early birds for our quarterback DJ Shockley. I'm Justin Felder. Thanks for joining us. Have a great weekend.