 What's up everybody and welcome to the latest edition of the Falcons in focus podcast. I'm Scott bear. That's Tori McElaney The man of the hour brand new Atlanta Falcon coming in trade from the New England Patriots Jonu Smith. We are so pumped to have you in this brand spanking new studio. He's got the brand spanking new threads on right He's looking good. He's part of this car wash. We've been talking about football. We've been doing hype shoots We've been doing all kinds of stuff. I feel like a really cool man. It's it This podcast nothing to do with that We're gonna start off the fun way I don't know if you know about what Arthur Smith has been doing here in Atlanta beyond trying to build a consistent winner He loves importing tight tight ends from Tennessee Anthony Firkser has stopped by Michael Prowitt. Pruitt has been here. Stick to what you know Johnny Smith has been there. So in this hard-hitting journalistic capital J Journalist podcast my first question to you is what was Arthur Smith like before he was head coach before he was offensive coordinator Back when he was tight ends coach Arthur Smith. Give us give us some details from way back That was the big bro, and he still is You know what I mean like that ain't never gonna change man. Like that's just who he is You know what I mean? Just one of the most genuine people you'll ever meet. You know what I mean? He kept a rule me from day one The stuff that that man has done for me since I'm talking about before I was even in the league officially You know what I mean? Like I just I just recognized like you know The passion that he had for me to succeed. You know what I mean? And you know you don't take people like that for granted man. So I got a great love and respect for art man That's my guy. He also has a really dry sense of Right where he's messing with it when you're like That's what He's talking and I'm like he could be joking or he could be dead serious, and I don't know which one is which got to figure out You got to figure them out. It takes some time to figure them out He'd be staring at you and he'll say some off-the-wall stuff and you be like is he serious or you playing? But that's just all you know, you know, I've got them figured out at this point Yeah, y'all been together long enough now Do you have a like quintessential like Arthur Smith story from the time that y'all were in Tennessee together where you like think back and you're like that's who that guy may not be podcast appropriate I'm gonna keep that between me and art But uh, you know, I will say man, it was just You know not to get into it, you know too much But you know art man was just you know, he was kind of giving me the answers before the test You know what I mean and just made my process a lot easier, you know I mean, I'm gonna get into all of the details man, but art is just kind of been that guy who uh, you know He's just kind of been guiding me, you know what I mean, you know through this journey, you know, especially in Tennessee And you know, it's also an honor for me to see him grow and see we saw him so that yeah a tight end coach before that He was you know quality control on defense, you know And this guy just you know his growing rate is like a babies, you know what I'm saying like you look up Man, you like oh, you know what I mean like so Man this guy's on is on an awesome path. I'm thankful to be a part of the journey and I know I know me and him and This entire Falcons organization will continue to do great things together So when you get the call from your agent or whoever you got the call from and and somebody says The Falcons want you to come to it like to come to Atlanta chance to reunite with Arthur What's your reaction to that man? Let's make this happen right now? Let's go. Let's make this happen right now. Like, you know, you know The one thing about this league is you get into these organizations you get into these league And it's a bunch of great coaches. I'm not taking that away from anybody But to have a relationship that I have or art that's rare. Yeah, that's rare man And and I've been I've been under the greatest head coach of all time or you'll be bill Bella check You know was under Mike grave, you know, Mike malarkey great great coaches great people great men You know, but I didn't have that personal connection and chemistry with them like I had with art You know, I mean, so to have that in the head coach, you know, I'm like, let's make this thing happen You know, I mean, I had a great time in New England had a great time in Tennessee You know, but this feeling man is different, you know, like just from walking into I hadn't even seen art yet I didn't see him yet. And when I walked through those doors, I was like, I'm home. Yeah Like What is it about Arthur that kind of makes you feel like you're kind of coming home in in that sense Like just to go back to that to that relationship like art. Just you just a genuine dude like Like his background if you know about who he's from who his family is and you know, everybody I'm sure you guys don't know at this point, but I didn't even know until My it was a while after I found out a while after man It was it was it was crazy to me and I didn't know because the way this man came to work every day every day and put in the work and With selfless, you know what I mean cared about the players Wasn't arrogant was the most humble guy you ever meet. I remember art took me. I was I was in training camp My rookie season and art picked me up and like this old Chevy truck And it was like I was like he was like, yeah, man, I need to get a new car, man Yeah, I'm like, you know, I'm like, I guess Coach Salariz is I'm not like the players, but I didn't even know who he was But this is just who this man is man He was awesome man, and just the humble dude and kept that approach Always, you know, so the hard-nosed guy man blue collar guy for sure and look we know what you've done I think that everybody's excited for what you're gonna do with the Falcons We know what you did in the NFL. We know what you did at FIU What I want to know is what kind of player were you with the Northwest the Northwestern Raiders? I believe that was your first pop Warner Northwest raiders. I'm a Northwest raiders. Listen, that's crazy That's great. I don't even know where you will find that I'll do your homework So that was your first pop Warner team first time that you Find that man. That's crazy Y'all dig deep. I like this is in Philly, right? This is in Philly. This is in Philly, Geraldtown. Wow. How old are you? I love this reaction. Wow. Yeah, you blow me away right now Five or six I would so that story behind that is my older brother who's kind of like a father figure to me man I'm the youngest of six my older brother played. He started he's five years older than me He started off playing football and I was I was probably I was probably like four or five And my mom would always tell the story to everybody like he hated it so much She saw him up, but he hated it. She didn't saw me I don't think I was old enough But he hated it so much soon as he came home from practice He took off his passes helmet through the way like I'm done with this and I would just put it on. Oh And wear it and just wear it, you know what I mean and I just loved I don't really remember this But my mom would talk it's like for sure my mom would tell me these stories like his Wayne to take it off And I knew it just throw it on and wear it man And you know, I just I always when I the first time I saw the game like actually remember seeing the game It was it was mad and it was like probably madden Probably like probably like the first mad never was created, you know, but it just fascinated me You know what I mean? Just fascinated me from the jump So I fell in love with the game, but back to the the the Northwest Raiders They're gonna be so Shout out to the Northwest Raiders, man. Shout out to the Northwest Raiders, you know, they they You know came down to Florida and and played in some championships Pop Warner championships and one some man So they they on a great trajectory shout out to them But yeah, man, that was the story my brother played for the Northwest Raiders out He would take his pass off and and I would put them on my mom's like, okay We got to sign him up my childhood, you know, that was the team that I was on What kind of player I was So so I was I was a little bit, you know a bigger So when you wanted to be kids out there, they all may be putting you on line Yeah, they took my athleticism for granted It took it for granted man scout you well, right exactly like so they just threw me on the line So like my first couple years, but I love I just wanted to be out there I didn't care So I love that I was on a line and then they kind of started getting a whip of who I was and I played four back And then they see me break for like 40 down a sideline. It was like, okay. It's got got some talent And then yeah, man, so it just it was you know, I kind of played all over the place man It was it was fun playing Pop Warner ball and Philly. It was it was the love of my life, man Literally at that time. It was like my favorite time of the year So as a kid, man, it was I played everything basketball baseball. I want to go to glove and basketball At the wazoo, so maybe Tennessee saw you playing fullback and they thought we're gonna put him back there We're gonna give him a ball and he's gonna take up for 76 yard They did their scouting apparently I got a picture when I was probably like eight or nine wearing a Eddie George Jersey Oh, wow. I was like eight or nine. So, you know, you you know, a lot of you know the actions man And yeah, whatever you got power in it's power in them. Do you know what I mean? So I was wearing Eddie George Jersey when I was like Now you're the youngest you said you're the youngest What was that like kind of growing up with getting bullied built-in best friends Getting bullied. It's so nice Getting bullied and getting baby my mom Did not play that like when they bully me. I'm running mommy. I'm running the mommy And but no, but like you said, we are you know, I don't know a family that's closer than me and my My five sisters and my one brother we like, you know, we stick together like glue all of us We are we all come in this from the same household raise the same Christian values, you know, that's that's that's who we are first And you know, we love each other like no other but growing up. It was rough. I got bullied I got caught fat chubby picked on you know what I mean, but I did I got my get back I got my get back. Yeah, I mean older sisters Do you think may do the like motherly thing? No, no, no, no, no, it was the worst But we were all like that to one another, you know, I mean, but I got at the worst because I was the youngest and my mom spoiled me You better not do this to John. Oh, you better make sure he even you know, my mom had to work two jobs So at night they had to you know, watch over me. You know what I mean? So They better have fed me and made sure that I was in bed or else mommy was coming So that's just how it was in my household, man, but we got so much love for each other. It's crazy Speaking of your mom, I was we were doing our research and there was this one quote that stuck out to me It was it was so good and it kind of like made me a little bit emotional when I was like reading it For the first time, but you said my mother was my rock. It was tough But we always got what we needed not necessarily what we wanted at the time But what we needed she was so strong all the time What take us back to to Your younger years and and seeing your mom working two jobs and providing for you guys What was she for you in that time? So You guys know about Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Um, you hear of it. Um, it is what it is and it's never You know, it's called the city city of brotherly love, but Um, unfortunately in the areas that I grew up in and some other guys, man, it wasn't a lot of love there Not only not necessarily talking about the impoverished areas or, you know, the low-income housing, but just the The things that surrounded that came with the drugs the violence You know, just those hardships man, but my mom Was honest, you know, so much the more because of that, you know what I mean and one of us to get education My mom didn't even care about my my freshman year in high school The high school didn't have I didn't play football because my high school didn't have a football team It didn't have a football team. My mom did not care about that. She was like, you're going to get a good education And um, that that that that man and you know, god always do things according to plan, you know what I mean? It's somehow, you know A series of events led me to florida the biggest football state in the world, you know what I mean? So And some people may argue me I might be the people may say is georgia It can be georgia now that i'm a falcon whatever but um, you know The the biggest football state in the world, you know, I mean it and I was led there and you know, I kind of You know, I blew up but my mother man she She just she she was the strongest woman like the things that we went through And that she endured and never showed any waiver on her face or our accountants, you know, I mean it was just always joy laughter in her heart love in her heart the most given person you would ever meet like and she got $20 left to her name and you needed it. She's giving it to you. You know what I mean? Like that's just who my mother is man. And that's why I love taking care of her today You know what I mean? And that's why she lives in south florida. That's why she doesn't work. That's why she will never work Um, because I just she deserves it. I mean that's to to follow up I know to follow up with that. I mean you talk about like providing for her like she provided for you You're provided for all of us. Yeah And that was not even six kids on your own no no mail around no father Around my father passed my father was a hell of a man an ace of a man Love this family wasn't perfect, but love this family But you know, unfortunately he passed when I was four years old So my mom was left alone to raise, you know all six of us and uh, she she put that thing on her back and was like Let's go, you know what I mean? So that's that's my rock right there, man For her to like show up every single day for for her kids. I mean and now You know, you have the opportunity to to do some nice things for her What's kind of your favorite thing that you've ever gotten to do for her? um Well, she's supposed to be going to dubai For uh Her 10th year. She she she remarried when we left. So she's supposed to be going to dubai um And june I believe so I'm sending her off to dubai Um, but up until then man, it's just been like, you know, just countless things that I've been able to do for her You're just by her house by your car mom. You don't ever have to work again Um, you know, just sit here and watch my my my crazy babies. You know what I mean? She's the greatest grandmother. Um, I got two, you know, great amazing, um, you know My mother-in-law is just you know, my second mother man. She she's just awesome with our kids She's just such an amazing person and um, you know, I'm talking about all these one. I better get my wife some love I gotta go into that for a minute bylet Smith my wife an amazing woman. Um, my other rock You know what I mean? My my support system my best friend my lover my rider my soldier um Nah, she killed me for that But um, no, that's not her. I got I got some amazing woman in my life, man I really do Yeah, and then to be able to you know, you had that Support system and you've had some difficult times in your life, right? But now you're in a different period You have kids, right to four four. Come on, man. Don't cut me short Cut me short. Don't cut me short. Come on. No, listen. No, I've been busy since the last bio I've been busy. I've been busy since the last bio, but um, I got four I got four beautiful babies, man. I got a six year old turning seven My five year old just turned six my one year old daughter is about to be two in may in my 11th month Old son is about to be one next month. See you weren't kidding. You have What was it like becoming a girl dad for you know, you have you have all these boys, but but what was You know, my daughter is so crazy. I don't even think I'm a girl dad yet Like she want to play with the boys. She want to she's the roughest the meanest. Yeah, the why that's my heavy, baby Oh my god, you see it. She's so adorable. That's my heavy, baby. She just pulled on your heartstrings, man But she's crazy My daughter's crazy, man. Like I'm not kidding. You know what I mean? So I don't even think I'm a Like I don't got to really deal with the dolls and uh, like she's rough. She want to run around. She want to Pull off your tie when you get She's just crazy, man. Like she she's crazy. So I love I as a certified tomboy myself growing up. I Yeah, I like that. Yeah, her mom was kind of like that when she was young not now But that's what she says she she got she's probably got it from Yeah, so you have this you had this great Support system for you now you can be a support system paying it forward, right? That you've got this opportunity here you must after everything you've been through what you experience having that those people Helping you. Yeah, it must you must be really excited for this part, right? I'm gonna say this man. And I'm like I said earlier I alluded to that I'm a man of faith man and and God is all for for families and the reason why is because um a good family You know that that translates to a good community a good community translates to a good city a good city translates to a good state A good state translates to a good country good country translates to a good world A good world. We ain't got the nonsense that we got going on now And I think it starts at home with the families So for me to be able to be um the leader of that Um, you know, and I didn't I wasn't perfect man. Like, you know, my wife could probably come and slap me a million times We'll have her on the podcast. Yeah. Yeah, she'll she'll come in next and you know And I don't have no shame in that because you know, nobody is perfect You know what I mean? But man, we me and her together raising these these children That's that's one of the most powerful accomplishments that we can do is not You know, I love being here, but it's not being with the line of falcons. Um, you know, that's that's the greatest accomplishment You know that we've we've done. So, um, I'm just you know, I love her so much, man And that's like I said, that's my best friend and we're gonna that's the You know, the best thing we've done, man. I love it. That's super. I know inspiration right there I know right. I feel I feel very empowered that I could run through like a brick wall or something. I mean But I do want to ask about something because we actually have a connection because you lived in Ocala, florida and During your young adult years Yeah, because you went to Ocala when you were in high school high school High school. Yeah, so my family has a teeny tiny little house in Ocala, florida Yep, my great grandfather Like built it and it's this small small little house. It doesn't it used to not have like air conditioning or anything Like it was they they had orange trees in the back. Yeah, and I tell no one really knows that much about Ocala, florida This is the biggest thing about Ocala, florida. This is the most big John Travolta has a house there. Yeah That's like what we stand on Like that's like that's like what we stand on like that's firm like yeah, john Travolta live here, you know what I mean, but He got like his own landing strip for his airplane But like Ocala is not much there's horse country, you know what I mean It's not much there man and coming from Philly to Ocala was a culture shock. Yeah, that's what I was Yeah, everybody, you know, everybody's telling me I'm the fresh prince of Ocala because I'm from Philly. We're not gonna do that Yeah, you were But no, uh Everybody always say, you know, give me that analogy man because I really you know, I moved from Philly with my I and my uncle not to Beverly not to uh Bel Air but to Ocala, florida man. So and led with my cut literally I got my the cousins that I moved with it was uh I moved with my two two two boy cousins not like ashley and uh, uh, what was her name? Oh, yeah, hillary hillary. Yeah, but it was I had two two two my two of my they like my brothers man sent me and a Michael and then my little cousin tamar, but she was like, uh Goshly, I'll just say the ashley. Yeah You know, but uh, yeah, it was real similar man, but Ocala, florida. Yes It's interesting that you need to come because I know so I'm from Chickamauga, Georgia, which is a really small town in northwest Georgia And so when we would go to Ocala be like I like we're we're driving through like the state park and there's really nothing around and And it's like, yeah, this tracks but for you to go from like Intercity Philly to Ocala, florida where for those who don't know about Ocala, florida It is like the smack dab like middle of florida and there's not a lot around And what was you talking about a culture shock like what what do you remember about that time in that transition? So I remember so mind you I'm from the city So we consider ourselves as like and I'm from Philly and Philly we consider ourselves as like the best dressed people in the world Like everything we put on was like, you know, it was just that it was it We never did too much. We wasn't loud about it. Like, you know, it was chill. It was polo sometimes You know, keep it hardcore, but like that was like that was our swag You know what I'm saying? Maybe a dickie suit in the hair and then But I get the Ocala float. I lick kid you not my first day of school. I had on I had on a polo ruffle run collar shirt Uh, I can't remember. I think I had on some seven jeans and I had on some all-white pumas And that was yeah to me like, you know, that was basic Philly swag. I'm like, okay Yeah, let me let me see how they coming I kid you not and I this is one of my best friends good friends still to this day man's name nick boy and he had on He had on like I don't know if it was like purple and green wristbands He had on a purple like headband. He had on like these purple like the socks to match He literally looked like a clown Like a walking highlighter. Yeah, like with some big glit. I'm like, yeah, I'm in the south I'm like, I'm in the south for real man, but that's my god, man But like that was like it was I'm like, I'm like, I got all these clothes. I ain't even gonna fit in Like don't know I'm not from here My boy always left. Uh, my best friend Alfonso, man He he'll laugh and be like, you know when new came here He gave me like I gave them all of my clothes because I was like, you're like, this is like Yeah, I was like y'all not wearing I was like y'all not wearing like, you know, they like you sure I'm like, man, you can have it. It was I had a bucket of like all of this all of these clothes, man I had to like I had to like Get corny You had to go get like a bunch of wristbands. I wanted to get the girls. I was like, they ain't gonna appreciate this Like steer into the skid So I had to start over but I'm back. I'm back on it now. Yeah. Yeah Oh, man, I love that. That's important stuff. I just I don't want to overload you with things that you've already said, but I Tory found one I found another one is we're kind of like building back towards modern day This one is just so good. I can't remember where I found it. Maybe ESPN You said that I have that. I'm gonna join this podcast You're kind of learning more stuff. Y'all got to have me back. Yeah. Oh, any time man. I'm enjoying this I want to do more podcast. No, okay. Here's what we want. We want the two Philly guys playing tight and to be in the same room We we we Kyle. Yeah. So when we had Kyle on the podcast, he did like his whole like own little intro He was like what going on? It's your boy, Kyle Pitt. Yeah, please make fun of him for that. Yeah Yes, we'll have y'all both back. Yeah, that's basically get us on here, man I'm gonna get him because he ain't really from Philly. Right. Yeah. No, that's true. He's from the outskirts That's true. I got love for you, Kyle, but you ain't from Philly, bro You ain't from Philly. No, that's my guy. He's from Philly, adjacent And if you put the entire tight end group in here like like we're gonna need some more chairs because Arthur loves those There's gonna be about seven Uh, but yeah, it's just this really speaks to me because You can tell how grateful you are when you read kind of things that you talk about it says I had that survival I had that survival skill which spoke to me right there I knew nobody in my neighborhood wanted to be involved in what they were involved in and they didn't want to Be living the lifestyle that that they were living. I had an opportunity a chance to make it out that a lot of these guys I was hanging out with weren't given Okay, and then okay, so you you can get the opportunity But then you make something of it make some other but then you make something of it and I guess If you're catching a common theme of a lot of my questions here is like when you've been through what you You must really appreciate this Right, you know, but but like that like that survival skill is what got you here Right. I mean like is that a learned thing? Is that something you've always had just ability to just you know Find a way to get recognized in football find a way to put yourself out there find a way to Take advantage of your education, you know all those types of things. I think um Honestly, I think a lot of it was first, you know, just just the home that I came from yeah seeing my mom not really You know get down about the things that didn't go her way Um, so naturally I would say that it kicked in from that and from all of my my sisters and brothers My brother right now is you know going on to going into his 13th year and being incarcerated And he's one of the happiest people you'll ever meet like you want to even talk to him on the phone You be like he in jail You know what i'm saying like seriously, you know what i'm saying? And I think we just got that from my mother and and that's just you know, christ being inna and and just you know working inna and um, you know that's shining in us, you know what I mean, so um Growing up in that city man the norm Right, which is like our norm was not normal And it's and and It was normal to me. You know what i'm saying? It was normal for me to walk past You know people that were you know drug addicts, you know what I mean and to really like You know kind of just walk past them and you know see them indulging in that you know what I mean it was normal for me to see that and uh I've been thinking about what my kids would do in this situation. They would probably lose their minds Little spoiled little breasts But uh, I was left with my mom about that, but it's that's that's how it's supposed to be You know what I mean and um, you know our normal, you know, I didn't realize that My normal wasn't normal until I became like an adult. You know what I mean? We get so Desensitized am I using the right word? Yes, I am I mean we get so like Desensitized to the things that are going around us and So when I like when when life hit me when I was like, okay This is the hardest thing I got to do like let me catch a football I'm saying like you want me to you know perform at the combine like I had my dog like I had like, you know cops Bus in my door and point guns in my face. You know what I'm saying like That wasn't and I was 14 years old, you know, and That was like normal to me. You know what I'm saying like Just being transparent. You know what I'm saying? I didn't have the toughest life in Philadelphia by any means because like I said my mother My mother made it happen. You know what I mean? It wasn't easy But she made it happen and a lot of kids experience a lot more worse than me So this allowed that to put like let's put that into perspective. You know what I mean? But you talk about those survival skills It had a lot to do with where I was from too, you know what I'm saying? Like that that city was rough and rugged But sometimes it's not the worst thing for you when you're going through life, man to see To see you come from those Environments and that those rugged areas man. So but I'm grateful now, man. I'm Extremely happy in life. My family's happy. We you know and we giving back, you know what I mean? Like yeah, we going back to Philly man. We helping them kids we we uh, you know, I got a I'm going into this would be my second annual camp my new family foundation Having a camp to be in June And we going back to the area that I grew up in And targeting and the kids that I know and can relate to You know, I mean because I was them and I didn't have that nobody really came back and was able to do that man So that's what it's about. It ain't just about You know me making it out and getting an opportunity going back grabbing your people, you know what I mean? So that's what we're doing. It's like understanding and valuing The opportunity that you have to be able to go and to go back using my platform You know what I mean? So and not forget where you came from. I can never turn my back on my city. It's a crazy city Never turn my back. Yeah. All right. We have Reached have we reached are we ready for a bit fire? No, no, no, no one more question. This one's interesting. I don't know. I got all day Were you a competitive weightlifter? Oh Y'all going in the archives man. We really I was I lift the weights competitively in high school. It was something that my uh My football coach Ryan her and shout out to him loving the deaf part of this journey as well He uh, he he made all of us lift weights because he wanted us to get stronger But I was like, yo, I'm strong like I'm I can really compete competitively So I started competing better competitively. I finished second in the county I think I might hopefully I got the picture in my phone. Like I was pissed. I'm holding this big trophy And I finished second, you know what I mean? And the guy beat me out because I think he had I think he cleaned the jerk a little bit more than I did but I was pissed man But I got this large trophy. It's probably at my aunt's house in Ocala That is wild. You're like just about it. Yeah, this huge. Do you know where that guy is now? I don't know where he I don't know his name is Marcus Davis. He was a strong dude, man He went to Van Gogh high school. He was a strong dude. You know what I mean? But I feel like we that's who we need to have on the podcast I was like, here we might have to you know, it might be some tension I was I was pissed that day. No, I was holding the picture. I was like, oh you you play second Got those competitive juices. Oh, I'm so glad that we didn't I I forgot it. Yeah. No, I thank you for saving the day When you were like, we need to I was like, no, I need we need to know about this for sure And Ocala too is a big football. Yeah. Yeah football like Yeah, a lot of guys from Ocala and I'm PJ Williams. He played for the Saints myself Freddie swain I can't remember where he was at last, but Mr. It's a ton of Dante cold peppers from Ocala. You know what I mean? That's a lot of a lot more guys I'm not naming but shout out to all of them and Ocala definitely put out some guys I grew up in the house my my two cousins. We all went D1 My uncle had a house boy. Wow. My uncle had a they was basketball though. Yeah My cousin was like uh six nine And my cousin was six six. They was hooper. So I got a little that in my DNA too. Wow Yeah, we you'll have to play uh drake london and maybe some one on up soon. There's a There's a pretty serious basketball. He went he went to usc and played He played ball or he a true hooper, but he can't he probably can't beat me one on one though We gonna see he can't beat me one. I guarantee you on this podcast I'm too athletic. I'm too even if he probably got the more hooping ability. I'm too avi. I'm too strong To find me just back them down. I'm gonna be able to hit the mid-range. I'm gonna knock that I like the hoop against him though. Yeah the first time you ever meet arnold ebacate He will whip out his phone and show you a picture of him doing some windmill dunk during an all-star game Lockdown Yeah, I mean if you guys can find a basketball hoop out there I would pay to watch that No, this is what needs to happen. Yeah, let's make it happen. Yeah, Arthur Smith may not like y'all Yeah, you know we're not hooping We'll do some pig And that and that's where that mid-range is is gonna come in. Yeah That's important. Okay. Now we actually now we actually do that. Let's wrap it up. Let's wrap it up F and f Part two can come During spring. Yeah. Yeah. Okay at the end of every falcons in focus podcast. We do f and f You should trademark that one You did come up with it, right when you sat down We do like a rapid fire type of thing. Most of the questions are every player gets same thing. Sometimes we've We've personalized some for you Yeah, so let's get started with my question number one. Um, what has been your favorite play of your entire career? Uh, uh I know I I guess I Uh catching Bolton more division around 2019 One-handed catch One cheek two feet That's what counts, right? Yeah, that's all Uh, is there a movie or a tv that you're currently binging or one that you just love? BMM or me my wife just finished sex life Uh, yeah, yeah, but b b and f b and f All right, who is your favorite player growing up? Can be any sport LeBron James Still is still is LeBron I mean, he's just got scoring records. Are going to kill me for that because we always argue about him and michael Well, because art is because i'm from arts generation. Yeah, and I get it. You saw it 90s basketball You saw it. I get it. No one knows what a foul is. I'm 27 27. I'm also 27. So like I get the LeBron Okay, yeah me and art against you two 90s basketball versus 2000 basketball. That sounds like a fun Man, come on Come on Okay, okay You're gonna make fun of me forever when I ask you this so I'm putting myself out there Is it water ice or is it water ice? Or is it neither and I butchered every single one Water ice what I just say how I say, yeah, exactly. Are you saying water ice? Yeah, maybe maybe sometimes I'm doing like a uh you What ice water ice it's philly. I don't know. What's the philly thing? I will say kyle has found and we used to have somebody from philly here There is a food truck in Atlanta called icy Is it water ice? It is a legit water ice food truck. It's also, uh, got from philly gotta try a big day's cheese steaks Out here in Atlanta. Yeah, you tried it. He came on, uh, one of our shows you got it We got to get him to cater us one day. I don't I'm gonna make it happen. I'm gonna make it happen Yeah, look at this. I actually I'm on a bike on effing up advocate for the podcast Big dave's is going he gonna cater for the foggings one day. I'm pretty sure that he's in mercedes-benz stadium Don't quote me on that. I think he is. I think he is. I think he is Yeah, I think he is man Bring the truck and the cheese steaks from philly. Philly inspired. We got like a philly day. I love it pork pretzels Cheese pretzels philly cheese steaks. Okay, so this one goes with it. Are you a cheese steak guy or a roast pork sandwich guy cheese steak? I don't even know what a roast pork sandwich is God was like roast pork broccoli rob little au jus. No, I wouldn't I wouldn't I wouldn't dare You wouldn't dare go against it. I wouldn't dare cheese steak Oh my gosh, that's all we got. Oh man. I had an awesome time. Hey, man Brand new studio brand new falcon. I've been It's a pleasure man. That was an elite level podcast and it's not so much because of us No, it was y'all y'all made that over here. This is so natural for you, man. It is. It's good All right guys, thank you so much for joining. Please listen rate review subscribe It's got to be five stars after this episode to the atlanta falcons podcast network Thank you so much and we're going to join you again really really soon and then not too long We're gonna have johnny smith back on. All right. Thank you very much. Talk to you soon