 Kind of just looking at where the Falcons are right now in comparison to kind of what they've had the last couple years Let's just talk salary cap I mean, what do you see when you're looking at the opportunity that the Falcons have going into this off-season chance to build? I think that over the last two years You're just trying to get out from under the financial boulder that the last regime created for you And you understand how you get there, right? You have Matt Ryan. You have Julio Jones You have ownership that's willing to spend to the cap every single year I mean Thomas to me dropped it what he did to squeeze everything you could out of those rosters But eventually the bill comes due and Terry Fondo had to clean up that over the last couple years And now you get a chance to build the team that you envision They've been able to do it slowly through the draft and the patience that they've shown there But now if you want to go out and get a top of market free agent at safety at corner at some of those positions of need That's on the table. I'm interested to see what happens with you know key free agent I think Kale McGarry is a big conversation for them So if you keep McGarry in the building Offensively you feel really good about what you got the question mark is quarterback Well, how much you want to trust as a reader what sort of leash you want to give him relative to the quarterbacks I might be able to get early. I like where I've liked reader for a long time I think what you saw over the that last quarter of the season makes you feel like he's getting it He's coming up to NFL speed. You can see it starting to click I would imagine they feel good about trying to see what that looks like in the first half of next year And so if you can close the book on offense and say we like Arthur Smith We like some of our talent will fill in some gaps here and there you can turn to that defense where There were some issues last season And you obviously have a big change of defensive coordinator You're going from Dean P's and it's an odd front. It's Blitzen and it's crazy to Ryan Nielsen who I don't know if you saw those Saints defensive ends are a little bit bigger than the guys at Atlanta have oh, yeah slightly different approach by defense I think you'll start to see a lot of resources to get poured in there. It's a pretty good defensive draft It's a bit of a quiet free agency class overall, but there's good defensive options I think you've got the chance to see a big turnover on that side of the ball try to get that up to the speed of the offense I'm expecting all of us to enjoy watching what Terry font know in the front office are going to do because all the things you just lined up Perfect, right? Then you take into account the division right now Tampa Bay won the division But they don't scare anyone and when you have a division it's as wide open as you have right now Plus it certainly looks like you found your quarterback And you know a lot of times we analyze divisions by quarterbacks in the NFC South right now The ranking quarterback is one Desmond Ritter, which is just wild to me It is abscess wild for all of us because just a couple seasons ago We were talking about Cam Newton was it Carolina Tom Brady was in Tampa Bay So this is what we're looking at right now Desmond Ritter looks to be the guy. That's who they'll build around I Like how they they've played under Arthur Smith because they look like a three-four win team Yeah, every game they're in they're bad like they're still there and down the stretch There was still an opportunity didn't quite get there if I certainly love what they're doing I really like the fact that Ritter already has a number one receiver in London And now you've got found yourself a runner pretty a pretty good runner last year Tyler. How's your yeah? I mean, I think what's really interesting is they've got a good group of young core players now and you know You look at the Chris Livstrom's and the Kyle Pitts and Drake London's and AJ Terrell's much a grant like they I feel they feel like now they've got a good core players where now they can sort of Go into go into the draft going to free agency where their options open just looking to add more good players There's a few things I think you could you know certainly look at the defense is out of the ball pass rusher Certainly one there you look at where the Falcons can improve the quarterback situation I think maybe still on the radar, right? I mean where you guys are picking this group looks pretty damn good as far as that position is concerned I know Desmond Ritter did some good things too But I would think you know some evaluations are going to be done there in that department as far as what they want to do Rookie maybe a veteran somebody they're gonna add somebody to the mix, right? So I think those are two that probably you know jump off the top of my head tell Falcons fans What they can expect around that number eight overall pick? There's definitely some intriguing talents pass rusher's cornerbacks Falcons need a lot of help especially on defense What can they expect within that draft cluster around that number eight spot? The quarterbacks always drive a draft good bad or indifferent this year is not Superstar power like we've had in the past but plenty of really really good ones Does Bryce young come off the board first, right? The CJ Stroud come off the board first How deep do we go with Will Levis? Right with Kentucky So once all that kind of gets taken care of and does and do people come up to get the guy that they Absolutely want that could drive things for Atlanta as well because then if it's more quarterbacks and defenders Does Jalen Carter go for maybe being the top player in the draft to slide into a point where Atlanta may have a shot Does will Anderson from Alabama who may be the top player in the draft? Does he slide quote-unquote to where Atlanta has an opportunity those sort of questions will play themselves out But the quarterbacks will drive it know ifs ands and buts, but I think you're gonna see the peak of the cornerback class Which is really strong this year be right there at that eight peg and that's where I'm really interested in with the Falcons right now Because AJ Trell is so good, but you don't want to be in a position where teams can go. Okay. We don't want to throw at that guy We're gonna throw at the guy over there. Yeah We're gonna throw a guy over there right and when you saw that the Saints defense be successful over the last few years like March on Lattimore incredible obviously, but they had a pulse in adiba that they could cycle in who was good for me outside of Ken Crawley Who was good for them? They had a latte tailor right they did a great job of filling that corner to spot not you play man coverage Which is the golden goose in the NFL you play man coverage are good On so I think you're gonna see that that top of the corner position Joey Porter Junior Penn State Do on with a spoon Illinois Christian Gonzalez, Oregon. You see those guys available You're gonna see the second tier of edge rushers We talked a lot about getting those big defensive ends Lucas Van Ness out of Iowa as a guy who's got that size You're gonna start to see those guys come into play Other than that yeah, you're gonna get like the edge of the quarterback class as well And you have to have an honest conversation about that How much do you like some of these guys who can develop who's a project? We do want to get into the building but that the corner position specifically Atlanta's really well suited for that right now So that's where my mind goes first if you love one of the quarterbacks and he's there or if draft night happens And we're at five Seattle's on the clock And they don't want one of them and the guy that you have fallen in love with in the process is available for the right price I'm totally fine pulling the trigger on that guy because they've done such a great job over the last two years Building up the infrastructure on offense around the quarterback if they had this chance in Terry's first draft They the fourth overall pick there were quarterbacks available They chose not to draft Justin Fields because I think in their minds you don't want to put a quarterback in bed in a bad situation You don't want to put them in bad circumstances Well when you have two past catchers that you've drafted in the top 10 when you have a left tackle when you have an all pro Guard and you've gotten so much out of the offensive line and even people had questions about it's a hospitable place for a quarterback They're ready if they're ready to pull the trigger now I think quarterbacks near the top of the priority list now does that mean they're gonna take a massive swing? Maybe not, but I think they're gonna do multiple things at the position You know and then outside that again like I think that there's just sort of in this position where they can They can sort of add where they need to add because they've got Good pieces in a bunch of different position groups to build around With out I think a crying need anywhere And so if you look at like where they're picking for example, they're picking eight I think right so they're picking eighth overall Well, you know if you look at the makeup of the draft class that puts them right in front of the cliff where there's really Supposed to be a drop-off around the 11th or 12th pick and the players who are above that cliff are More or less defensive pressure players So like could you be looking at like the Iowa pass or should could you be looking at one of the Clemson kids? Whether it's Brezee or or Murphy? You're probably not gonna get Jalen Carter or Will Anderson, but like you've got a chance to get a really good defensive player up there So I'm that's gonna sort of that sort of illustrates the way I think they're gonna approach this where it's They don't I think they go both into free agency in the draft without a feeling that they need to press a certain need Then that allows them to just go get good players