October 10, 2025 • 27 mins
Will McFadden, Tori McElhaney, and Terrin Waack go over the 5 biggest storylines for the Atlanta Falcons heading into a MASSIVE Monday Night Football showdown with the current Super Bowl favorite Buffalo Bills. From a vibe check on each team to game-planning around Josh Allen, they give you everything you need to know before kickoff.
0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Question of the Day
3:35 - Bills coming off a loss
10:20 - Falcons off a bye week
17:45 - Containing Josh Allen
23:10 - Red Helmet Throwbacks
26:45 - Outro
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Through out my handy dandy notebook. It looks a little rough.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
My hot take as a human being.
Speaker 3 (00:05):
I loved all of that. That was amazing, if not
a little bit insane towards the end, but that was
so good. Falcons fans, Happy Friday. We are back. It
is the Friday five, fresh off of the Atlanta Falcons
bye week, and we've got a crazy matchup to talk
about Monday Night football against the Buffalo Bills. And so
of course we are here with the five things that
(00:26):
you need to know this week heading into the matchup.
But before we get in there, we're gonna start with
the question of the day. Our social team does an
amazing job each week. They come up with a great
question ask our players. You guys can go go check
it out on the social feeds if you want their answers.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Shout out TikTok.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
But we're gonna throw it to y'all. Okay, name an
underrated NBA player.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Nope, okay, my hot take as a human being this
is like, this is you know, and maybe it's not.
Maybe people are like at home and being like no
this tracks for tory like, but my hot take as
a human being.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Is that I don't as a human.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
I don't like the NBA. I don't watch the NBA.
I don't really care for it. No, I don't really care.
It's just I know it's happening. I know that they
you know. I I am super happy for the men.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Like, okay, okay. So it's not like you're like abolished
the league.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
No.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
No, I'm not like, don't don't you No, You're like
drive it into the paint. Let's get four players to
touch the ball before a point a score, let's go.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
I never feel goals.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
No, I I just am not into I don't think
I've watched a game like a true I don't think
I've watched an NBA game all the way through on
TV in probably four years. So this question is not
really my area of expertise. So I'm actually gonna chat GPT,
what the what? Okay? So it's underrated player? Yeah, okay,
(01:56):
uh Taran?
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Do you and I say bugs bunny his face jam?
Speaker 3 (02:00):
So he wasn't even underrated in space Jam.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
True movie, grated star. Yeah, okay, okay, So here are three?
Here are three? According to chat GPT Jaron Jackson Junior
from from the Memphis Grizzlies, Evan Mobley. Mobley from the
Cleveland Cavaliers. Oh, he's called the Unicorn. He hasn't he rated?
(02:27):
Then I don't know.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I don't thinkorn can be underrated.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
Push push, keep going.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
I don't I'm unsure, okay. And then third one, Tyler
Hero from the Miami Heat. He's been a scoring machine
according to chat.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Gpt from here from sources across the web. According to Google,
Jalen Brunson is the most underrated player in the NBA
and he plays for the New York Knicks.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
That's what you got in sources across the web. Because
I'm I asked most underrated NBA player, it gave me
Scottie Pippen, Dominique Wilkins, and Dennis Rodman, who are definitely
underrated NBA players current Ye, Josh Hart, there we go.
All right, Well that was a fun exercise that probably
got half of our listeners like, going, what podcast did
(03:12):
I just click on? I thought this was an NFL show. Well,
clearly it is.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
It is. We don't know anything about the NBA.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
This is clearly a show. Stay right there because we
are about to get to some football talk. But yeah,
just go check out the question of the day on
TikTok to see the Falcons players answered, and we're going
to see the Falcons back on the field Monday night
against the Buffalo Bills. It's a huge matchup. I think
it's a great measuring stick game. And you know, Taran,
the Bills are coming off their first loss of the season.
(03:41):
I know arch On on Falcons audible this week. He
didn't seem too concerned about the Bills losing a game
before this one, Right, I respectfully disagree a little bit.
I kind of learned during the I'm alawd to disagree
with artfully at.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Least respect he respecially one of his favorite things, and
we love arch for it.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
If the Matt Ryan era taught me anything the early
days with Mike Smith, it's the good teams don't lose
back to back games. You know you can, you can
slip up one week, but you never let it become
a habit.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Right.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
So while the Bills, I don't think they took the
Patriots lightly or they're they're going to change their mentality.
I do think that this is an opportunity for them
to show we are a good team and we don't
let our losses pile up. So, Taren, what do we
need to know about the Bills in this twenty twenty
five group heading into a primetime matchup.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
I wrought my handy dandy notebook. It looks a little
rough it, but that's okay. It's been through it. It's
only week five, worn SIGs. I don't even know what
week it is. But regardless, the Bills loss to the
Patriots twenty three to twenty last week, putting them at
three and two overall, what's really curious?
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Nope, they're four and one.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Oh wait, no, the Patriots are three and two. I said,
currently wrong team. But the Bills, we meanwhile, are four
and one, and the four teams that they did be
currently hold a three and seventeen combined.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Record, paper Tiger, that's what you're saying.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
And then when you look at the Falcons, who are
two and two, it's a much more even kind of
split when it comes to the teams they played records
like the two losses those two teams are six and four.
The two wins those two teams are also six and four.
So it makes it a little curious for Monday. Where
Like you can talk about strengthens schedule up to this point. Yeah,
(05:32):
not going to get into that.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
But you want me to do my Paul impression again?
Who have they played?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Paul?
Speaker 3 (05:38):
They haven't played anybody.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Forgot what you were talking about For a second.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
I was like, how could you forget?
Speaker 1 (05:43):
I'm trying to black out really yet loud noises in
this room.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Teren's like if it gets too loud, I'm like, I'm overwhelmed.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Where was I going with this? I don't know.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Was there anything in the Patriots Bills game they kind
of gave you, like what did the Patriots do to
have success?
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Yes, because the Bills, when you look at the statue
kind of like still one on paper, quote unquote, apart
from the score itself. But there's one area that really
pushed the Patriots ahead, and it's the fact that the
Bills had three turnovers. They only had one going into
that game, and the Patriots capitalized off those three for
ten points. It was a three point game.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Yeah, I mean, and I know turnovers are definitely going
to be a fact around Monday. The Falcons have adopted
a ball hawking mentality this season. What do you think
the Bill's mentality is going to be?
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Oh, gosh.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I mean, I think that I'm in agreement with you.
Will this isn't I was gonna like try and debate
a little bit, but I actually am. I tend to
think that a really good team, when they experience a
loss and they experience three turnovers that they know if
they don't have those moments, potentially the game completely flips
(06:51):
on its head. And we're talking about a team that's
still undefeated but we're not. But like I oftentimes think
that a team like that ends up playing significantly better
ball the next week. And I think, like we even
saw with the Falcons as just a recent example, you know,
lay an egg in Carolina, and then you kind of
(07:12):
like have to go back within yourself and re establish yourself,
re establish your foundation, re establish who you are as
a team, and go out and do it and you're
in for some reason. I feel like that oftentimes happens
when you have like these, you know, good coached teams
and teams that especially in this league where anyone can
(07:34):
be anybody on any given Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
whatever day. I just think that facing the Bills after
they lost one to the Patriots at which the Patriots
at the time. You know, they've had a few losses
or a couple of losses like that. I just think
they have a young quarterback. I don't know. I just
I fear that the Buffalo Bills team that comes to
(07:59):
Atlanta for Monday Night football is going to be a
rejuvenated bunch and kind of a bit more of a
like cornered snake than maybe a happy like puppy running
around because it has it doesn't no pain.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I love it doesn't no pain.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
I loved all of that. That was amazing, if not
a little bit insane towards the end, but that was
so good.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Cornered snake to a puppy who knows.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
I was like, where we got love it? To drive
home that point a little bit more, I looked up
what the Bills records are coming off of a loss
since Josh Allen became kind of their full time starter
in twenty nineteen. Anybody want to venture how many losses
they have in six seasons?
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Zero?
Speaker 3 (08:44):
That's a strong guess, but incorrect, unfortunately.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
I'll go so, how many losses they have after a loss?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Yes? Three? Closer twenty and six after a loss since
twenty and nineteen. So again, this good teams and the
Bills have been a good team under Josh Allen under
Sean McDermott. Like, this is a veteran group. They don't
lose back to back games. They've only done that one
time each season in the last six So let's hope
that's going to be on Monday night and Tarin it's
(09:10):
gonna take. You know, I think some tricks up the
Falcon's sleeve, all the information and insight that they can
get in this one.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Right.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Speaking of insight, we were in an open locker room
on Tuesday and Kaden Ellis was talking to the media
and whatnot, and he mentioned how his brother Christian, a
linebacker for the Patriots, obviously went up against the Bills,
the Falcon's next opponent. So I was like, did y'all guys,
did y'all guys did you two text afterward? I mean,
(09:38):
it's your bye. You can have a moment to like
exchange a few fam messages your brother, Yeah, like any
tips and tricks, And he's like, we share a few,
We share a few. Because he did the same thing
after the Falcons lost to the Panthers, because the Patriots
played the Panthers the very next week, so it's like
a tip for tat thing.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
So do you know how the Patriots did in that game? Now,
well you're in luck, I do. The Patriots crushed the
Panthers forty two to thirteen. And the second leading tackler
on the Patriots that day, brother is brother so Christian. Sometimes,
you know, it pays to have some familia in the league,
and let's hope that it does. Yes, all right, but
(10:20):
the Falcons, you know, they're coming off of a little
bit of a different scenario. Yes, right, you had to win.
You go into the bye week, and then it's weird
kind of having a Monday night game off of a
bye week. It's just even longer, more time away.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Eleven days, I think, is what it is, from the
time that they played the Commanders to the time now
that they'll play the Bills. Like, eleven days in modern
NFL is a crazy time period.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
Yeah, it's like there are a lot of people that
don't believe momentum is a real thing. I happen. I
do believe momentum is a real thing. But as eleven days,
that's a long time. And do we think that they're
going to be able to carry any momentum over into
this game, Taren, do you feel like too much time
has passed?
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Xavier Watts thinks that they're going to carry the momentum.
Whether or not I believe doesn't matter. But Xavier said, quote,
I feel like that type of momentum doesn't just die,
especially since we played a good game against a good opponent.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Yeah. I mean Washington is very much a good opponent
and the defense has kind of been really I feel
like the hallmark of this group so far. So do
you need to see anything from the Falcons overall, but
maybe from that side of the ball in the first
quarter against this team to feel like they've kept that moment?
Speaker 2 (11:30):
Yes, I think so, because you know, something that's been
a calling card for this defense is over the first
four games. Is that outside of that Carolina game, which
again continues to feel like this weird bad egg anomaly,
which I think is how the Falcons are actually looking
at at it from from what players and coaches.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
It said, it should be an outlier at the end
of the.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Year exactly said throw it out the window.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Right, Yeah, And so I think that, like looking at
what this defense has done in three of the four games,
is they've come out on pretty hot. They've had a
first quarter performance where especially in those first two games,
I mean they were causing three and out, follow about
three and out, fallow about three out, like they were
getting off the field and giving opportunities to the offense.
(12:15):
Now the offense's issues and that as they weren't scoring
off of those opportunities. And so I think that's kind
of what we saw with the Commander's game, is they
you know, capitalize on these moments where the defense is like, hey,
we got you the ball back, like go put seven
on the board. So I truly believe and I know
that we're going to talk about this honestly going into
(12:36):
this next section. Is like, if you can keep the
ball out of Josh Allen's hands, whether it's the defense
caused creating these very very short drives for Buffalo and
or the Falcons offense stringing together these long kind of
like stick a fork in on type of drives, then
I think that's a recipe for success with this Buffalo team,
(12:59):
especially when you saw what the Patriots did and the
opportunities like what you're talking about with the turnovers, getting
the ball, getting off the field as a defense and
then the offense doing its part and putting points on
the board.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
No, you made a great point, because I immediately flashed
back to the Tampa Bay game and just that first
quarter it felt like Baker Mayfield and the Bucks could
not get out of the shadow of their own end
zone and they were just like man like a white
wall of water coming up against the Rocks and just
like keeping them there wave after wave for the Falcons
pass rush and everything. And if you're able to do
(13:33):
that again early in this game and then the offense
is able to kind of capitalize, I think that would
send a clear message right out of the gates and
really get the home crowd fired up, hopefully quiet down
the Bills mafia. But Taran, was there anything else when
you dug into this matchup? They kind of bubbled up
to the surface for you.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
The run game on both sides of the ball, where
both offenses are top ten when it comes to a
rushing offense, but like both defenses are in the bottom
half of the league. To be specific, the Bills are
second when it comes to rushing yards per game with
one hundred and fifty four and the Falcons are six
with one hundred and thirty six and then on the
(14:11):
flip side of the ball, bump bomb bomb. The Bills
are twenty eighth in allowing an average of one forty
five rush yards per game, and the Falcons are sixteenth,
so at the dead middle mark, allowing one hundred and
nine per game. So it's kind of going to be
if the ball is going to stay not on the ground,
but like on on the ground, like not literally you
(14:33):
know what I'm saying. Yeah, but if they're going to
keep running the ball, it's going to be which defense
can actually step up and stop it.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
I think that this is going to be a key
for this game for both teams, because both teams are
going to want to run the ball, like to your point,
like that's their bread and butter. That's going to that's
what they're wanting to do, and they know that it's
a weakness is a strong word, but like it is
a weaker part of both defenses repertoire. And I really
(15:01):
think that when you look at this, it is gonna
be kind of this like time of possession. Yeah, Like
we're gonna be I feel like Monday night is gonna
be such a like time of possession conversation because of
both teams willingness to run the ball, and if you're
the Falcons, like you want to be on the heavier
side of that when you have Tyler Algier, you have
(15:23):
the Jean Robinson and what they in this offensive line
and what you've been able to do, you know since
honestly Week one in running the ball and you had
to go again Carolina being the anomally, you had to
completely go away from the run because you were down
so much and you're just trying to move the chains
and you and stop the clock. Like so, I really
do think when I look at this game specifically, it's
(15:45):
like it's who who can run the ball the best
and keep the ball the longest because that's ultimately gonna
be the the victor on on Monday Night. Is like
who who can do those two things?
Speaker 3 (16:01):
Yeah, you can kind of like dictate the pace of
play and control the style of the game, right are
we getting into a shootout or are we gonna slow
it down and keep Josh Allen on the sideline and
everything like that is ultimately what the goal is when
you're facing an amazing quarterback like that, and the Falcons
really well equipped to do that, and I love where
you were at with kind of possessing the ball, and
(16:22):
I was kind of curious about that because it's something
I've noticed about Atlanta. I feel like this this season
is even though they have them putting up the points,
they've been moving the ball like they don't punt much.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Right well, I think like you look at that Minnesota
Vikings game and it was like they were kind of
moving the ball at ease twenty yard line to twenty
yard line.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
It felt like they just like never gave up. They
always had the ball every time I like looked up
and so I looked that up and the Bills are
number one in time of possession and just behind them
are the Falcons at number two. So that is another
kind of like run game on run game, time of
possession on time of possession. These are two teams that, like,
I kind of feel like this could be an identity
type of game for both teams. Offensively, It's like which
(17:01):
offense is able to come out and kind of be like, hey,
look at us, like we're the big dogs on campus
and we're going to dictate this game. And you know,
there was a great quote Greg Olsen gave on a
podcast a couple of years ago. It was like, actually,
the key to stopping another team's run game isn't like
an amazing run defense. It's a great offense that takes
the game script away from the other team and doesn't
(17:24):
allow them to run the ball like Carolina did to Atlanta. Right,
So that's kind of where I'm looking at this offense
for Atlanta. Can you run the ball the way that
you want to when the other team knows that that's
what you want to do. But even if the Falcons
are able to kind of take the ball out of
James Cook's hands and maybe dictate the way that they
want this game to be played, then you're putting the
(17:45):
ball into Josh Allen's hands. Tarn and I don't really
like that all that much either.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
Why not? Well, I mean, he is the Ranning MVP,
but last Sunday prove Tree is beatable even when he
is queeling and dealing the ball through the air on
the ground, through the air. I'm just going to keep
with the there up Wow all around words.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Circular, Yeah, circular.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
There's a word. I'm looking for it, but I can't
find it. So I'm just gonna move on.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
What are his stats?
Speaker 3 (18:11):
Tarren?
Speaker 2 (18:12):
What are Josh Allen?
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Okay? So last week the point of the wheeling and
dealing through the air was he completed twenty two of
his thirty one passes for two hundred and fifty two
yards and two touchdowns. That is his second highest total
this year. So it's not like the Patriots shut Josh
Allen down. They did shut James Cook down. He had
his second fewest rushing yards this season. But then you
(18:33):
have Dalton Kincaid who had like over one hundred yards receiving,
which was his most this season. So even if you
do take away the Bills run game, they're finding ways
to still move it. But Josh Allen isn't perfect. He
did throw an interception that's one of the turnovers that
led to points. So there are options in that way,
(18:55):
but you can't ignore the fact of who he is.
And raheem Or said it best. He is a problem everywhere.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
What's interesting about like the Josh Allen conversation is he
when we talk about what the Buffalo Bills want to do,
they want to run the ball. He is a major
piece and part of that because he is arguably maybe
not even arguably he is probably the Nope, he is
He's the most physical quarterback that the Falcons will come
(19:25):
up against in twenty twenty five. Just looking at the
grand scope of who they have on the docket, and
what I'm really curious to see is what Jeff Ulbrick
does against Josh Allen, how he tweaks and adds a
wrinkle into what they're doing defensively, because they hadn't really
(19:45):
been utilizing that I know of like a kind of
like a spy, real spy, like spying the quarterback. And
there is a part of me, small part, there is
a part of me that thinks that they could do
something like that in this game. I think they have
the personnel to be able to do that. Guy it
would probably be Divine Diabolo or Cayden Ellis. But I
(20:06):
also like the idea of Jalen Waker.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
There we go. That's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
The problem with Jalen Walker, though, is I always go
back to the Falcons in Jeff Olbrick and Rahee Morris
and then being like, we don't want to put too
much on Jalen's plate and we don't.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Better time bye week.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
I mean, I agree I would love to say, because
he made in my opinion, he makes the most sense
because you still have a bunch of depth like at
true Edgdresher, so you it doesn't really change too much
of what your rotation up front would look like. I
think you still have Caden Ellis and Divine Diablo doing
what they do, so you don't mess up what they do.
And also with Jalen Walker, the reason why I'm I'm
(20:44):
kind of against using maybe even like a safety spy
and using more of like your linebackers or even Jalen
Walker is because, like Josh Allen's a big dude. He's
a big old dude. Like you need someone who's big
enough to be able to take him on every time
he comes outside the pocket. And I think that Jalen
Walker is equipped to be able to do that. It's
(21:07):
something he did at Georgia from time to time you
saw him do and so I do think that those
that's an option. Now, the counterpoint to that is that
you if you do that, oftentimes you lose a blitzer,
you lose a pass rush.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
But here's here's why I don't think in this matchup
that's a bad thing, because the Patriots didn't blitz. They
blitzed four times right right, And the Falcons they blitz
more than any team in the league so far this season,
at the highest rate in the NFL, which is a
little surprising. But the Patriots, I think had success putting
a roof up over this explosive passing offense and saying
you're not gonna beat us with chunk plays. We're gonna
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make you be patient. That's where Dalton Kincaid gets involved.
I don't think he's gonna have that level of success
against Divine Dioppolo, And I think that maybe don't use
Caden necessarily to send pressure, have him be that spy,
and that's kind of how you use him in this
game if you're not using Jalen Walker. Yeah, because I
kind of think maybe the better way to beat Josh
Allen is by making him be patience.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Also, another point to that is, like you don't you
maybe don't have to do it the entire game if
you can, again, going back to our previous conversation about
running the ball and dictating terms, if you get Josh
Allen in a situation where he has to throw the
ball the trap, then then you can pump up that
that pass rush, you can pump up your blitz usage
(22:21):
like and I think make him a cornered snake, make
him a corner stake.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
Yeah he doesn't know pain, Yeah exactly, don't do.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
That, like so I think like that there is this
way where you can kind of do both simultaneously. But
I would I do think that it could be beneficial
to have that wrinkle in depending on who it is
and who Jeff Ulbrick even if if he's even thinking
about using a spy like who it could be.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
He's got options. That's that's a great thing. And he
potentially could have another option back in the starting lineup
with a J. Twell coming back, which would be another
big boost for the defense in this game. We're not
gonna spend anytime talking about that because that was a
little bit longer, maybe than anticipated, but that was a
great conversation. I'm kind of glad you spend more time there.
So really quickly, I want to just toss out a
(23:08):
new mini segment and I'm gonna maybe lay back and
let you guys kind of take the lead on this.
Up top is Falcons Fashion Corner. The Falcons are gonna
wear some of the finest throwback uniforms in the NFL
on Monday Night. They got the red helmets. Yeah, they
got the throwback jerseys.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Love the red helmets.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
I just think they're so clean.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
So Chris, they're so great, right, Yeah, let's appreciate the
fantastic fits they've got. Yeah yeah, Karen, any.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Thoughts if you want to come to me for fashion?
Speaker 3 (23:37):
Yeah, yeah, you're the most fas.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
It's all black all the time. I'm in Navy today.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
I know.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
I hope people notice they.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
Do, you know how they do in throwback because I
feel like they're very successful.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
They're thirteen and three. There you go, since two thousand
and nine. That's with a gap from what was it
twenty thirteen to twenty one where they could not wear
the red helmets. So this record is specifically with the
entire ensemble that they will be displaying this Monday.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
So red helmets, black jerseys.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
That's three and seven seasons.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
That's a good record.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
That's not bad record. What I hear is a winning,
a winning record.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
Yeah yeah, Tory.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
Do you have a favorite game that the Falcons have
played in wearing these uniforms?
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Oh man, there are so many. I mean, well, yeah, well,
there's some like good recent ones, and I think Jesse Bates, like,
you know, the Saints game a couple of years ago
when we had the pic he had the pick six
and that that was so so fun to be in
that environment. But I think one that maybe will refresh
some people's memories and that they don't even know if
it's a red helmet game or not. But do you
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remember when Drew Brees through five interceptions in like two
thousand and eight, It was like November two thousand and eight,
and it was he had like the touchdown streak that
was going yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, he had the
touchdown streak that was going on, and then the Falcons
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like intercepted him five times and they ended up.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
On time game.
Speaker 2 (25:10):
It was on a Thursday night. It was a Thursday
night game, and they actually were in This is something
I didn't I couldn't remember until I started like looking
into it, like they were actually in the Red helmets
for that game.
Speaker 3 (25:21):
Yeah, I remember. It was it was kind of low
scoring ishue. It wasn't like the offensive shootout that were
used to seeing from that and obviously, yeah, Drew Brees
throwing five picks, Yeah, that would I don't want to
a touchdown pass in that game.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
No, I don't know, he didn't it. It was five interceptions,
it was zero touchdowns five And.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
I remember so I remember watching that game from Athens, Georgia,
so it I think it was twenty twelve. Is that
because Matt Ryan?
Speaker 2 (25:47):
Yeah right, I'm looking at something else.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
But they did have a great game. That Matt Ryan's
revenue that I think you're thinking.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
In the Georgia dum. I'm sorry that I'm getting I'm
getting my two my two Saints games confused.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
So as you can imagine, trying to watch a Thursday
night football game in Athens while kind of also working
at a bar at the time is not the easiest
thing to do. And yet I would like to say
that I basically didn't miss a single play. I think
of that game as as dedicated as as I am.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
Well, I mean, I it was a Thursday night in Athens.
You would think that, you know, isn't that thirsty Thursday
in Athens?
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Like do you get a lot of tips or was
your yeah, yeah, yeah, I think they were probably trying
to give me money.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
And I was like, hold one, third out, it's third out.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Wait they need to intercept Drew Brees two more times.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
Oh man, all right, yeah, So hopefully they can create
some some more amazing memories in these awesome uniforms. It
should be just such a fun matchup. I'm really happy
that this is in prime time. The stadium should be rocking.
If you're going to the game, please get there early.
Be loud. The Bills Mafias has the reputation they do
for a reason. They'll be there to neutralize them. You
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know they're going to be there. We know they're going
to be loud. Don't let them drown you all out.
Be there early, be loud, and then don't forget to
join us Monday night for the Falcons pregame show. I
will be joining Taylor Vis Moore an hour before kickoff
and you can check that out on the Atlanta Falcons
YouTube channel and we will watch warm ups, go over,
injury reports, kind of talk about our keys of the game.
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It's gonna be a lot of fun, and then we
will be back Tuesday morning. You will hear Tory and
I recapping the game on Falcons Final Whistle. So for
Tarren Locke and Tory mclaney, I'm Will McFadden Thank you
guys so much for listening to today's Friday five, and
we will see you Tuesday morning.
Through out my handy dandy notebook. It looks a little rough.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
My hot take as a human being.
Speaker 3 (00:05):
I loved all of that. That was amazing, if not
a little bit insane towards the end, but that was
so good. Falcons fans, Happy Friday. We are back. It
is the Friday five, fresh off of the Atlanta Falcons
bye week, and we've got a crazy matchup to talk
about Monday Night football against the Buffalo Bills. And so
of course we are here with the five things that
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you need to know this week heading into the matchup.
But before we get in there, we're gonna start with
the question of the day. Our social team does an
amazing job each week. They come up with a great
question ask our players. You guys can go go check
it out on the social feeds if you want their answers.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Shout out TikTok.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
But we're gonna throw it to y'all. Okay, name an
underrated NBA player.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Nope, okay, my hot take as a human being this
is like, this is you know, and maybe it's not.
Maybe people are like at home and being like no
this tracks for tory like, but my hot take as
a human being.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Is that I don't as a human.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
I don't like the NBA. I don't watch the NBA.
I don't really care for it. No, I don't really care.
It's just I know it's happening. I know that they
you know. I I am super happy for the men.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Like, okay, okay. So it's not like you're like abolished
the league.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
No.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
No, I'm not like, don't don't you No, You're like
drive it into the paint. Let's get four players to
touch the ball before a point a score, let's go.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
I never feel goals.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
No, I I just am not into I don't think
I've watched a game like a true I don't think
I've watched an NBA game all the way through on
TV in probably four years. So this question is not
really my area of expertise. So I'm actually gonna chat GPT,
what the what? Okay? So it's underrated player? Yeah, okay,
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uh Taran?
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Do you and I say bugs bunny his face jam?
Speaker 3 (02:00):
So he wasn't even underrated in space Jam.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
True movie, grated star. Yeah, okay, okay, So here are three?
Here are three? According to chat GPT Jaron Jackson Junior
from from the Memphis Grizzlies, Evan Mobley. Mobley from the
Cleveland Cavaliers. Oh, he's called the Unicorn. He hasn't he rated?
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Then I don't know.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I don't thinkorn can be underrated.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
Push push, keep going.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
I don't I'm unsure, okay. And then third one, Tyler
Hero from the Miami Heat. He's been a scoring machine
according to chat.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Gpt from here from sources across the web. According to Google,
Jalen Brunson is the most underrated player in the NBA
and he plays for the New York Knicks.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
That's what you got in sources across the web. Because
I'm I asked most underrated NBA player, it gave me
Scottie Pippen, Dominique Wilkins, and Dennis Rodman, who are definitely
underrated NBA players current Ye, Josh Hart, there we go.
All right, Well that was a fun exercise that probably
got half of our listeners like, going, what podcast did
(03:12):
I just click on? I thought this was an NFL show. Well,
clearly it is.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
It is. We don't know anything about the NBA.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
This is clearly a show. Stay right there because we
are about to get to some football talk. But yeah,
just go check out the question of the day on
TikTok to see the Falcons players answered, and we're going
to see the Falcons back on the field Monday night
against the Buffalo Bills. It's a huge matchup. I think
it's a great measuring stick game. And you know, Taran,
the Bills are coming off their first loss of the season.
(03:41):
I know arch On on Falcons audible this week. He
didn't seem too concerned about the Bills losing a game
before this one, Right, I respectfully disagree a little bit.
I kind of learned during the I'm alawd to disagree
with artfully at.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Least respect he respecially one of his favorite things, and
we love arch for it.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
If the Matt Ryan era taught me anything the early
days with Mike Smith, it's the good teams don't lose
back to back games. You know you can, you can
slip up one week, but you never let it become
a habit.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Right.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
So while the Bills, I don't think they took the
Patriots lightly or they're they're going to change their mentality.
I do think that this is an opportunity for them
to show we are a good team and we don't
let our losses pile up. So, Taren, what do we
need to know about the Bills in this twenty twenty
five group heading into a primetime matchup.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
I wrought my handy dandy notebook. It looks a little
rough it, but that's okay. It's been through it. It's
only week five, worn SIGs. I don't even know what
week it is. But regardless, the Bills loss to the
Patriots twenty three to twenty last week, putting them at
three and two overall, what's really curious?
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Nope, they're four and one.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Oh wait, no, the Patriots are three and two. I said,
currently wrong team. But the Bills, we meanwhile, are four
and one, and the four teams that they did be
currently hold a three and seventeen combined.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Record, paper Tiger, that's what you're saying.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
And then when you look at the Falcons, who are
two and two, it's a much more even kind of
split when it comes to the teams they played records
like the two losses those two teams are six and four.
The two wins those two teams are also six and four.
So it makes it a little curious for Monday. Where
Like you can talk about strengthens schedule up to this point. Yeah,
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not going to get into that.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
But you want me to do my Paul impression again?
Who have they played?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Paul?
Speaker 3 (05:38):
They haven't played anybody.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Forgot what you were talking about For a second.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
I was like, how could you forget?
Speaker 1 (05:43):
I'm trying to black out really yet loud noises in
this room.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Teren's like if it gets too loud, I'm like, I'm overwhelmed.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Where was I going with this? I don't know.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Was there anything in the Patriots Bills game they kind
of gave you, like what did the Patriots do to
have success?
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Yes, because the Bills, when you look at the statue
kind of like still one on paper, quote unquote, apart
from the score itself. But there's one area that really
pushed the Patriots ahead, and it's the fact that the
Bills had three turnovers. They only had one going into
that game, and the Patriots capitalized off those three for
ten points. It was a three point game.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Yeah, I mean, and I know turnovers are definitely going
to be a fact around Monday. The Falcons have adopted
a ball hawking mentality this season. What do you think
the Bill's mentality is going to be?
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Oh, gosh.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I mean, I think that I'm in agreement with you.
Will this isn't I was gonna like try and debate
a little bit, but I actually am. I tend to
think that a really good team, when they experience a
loss and they experience three turnovers that they know if
they don't have those moments, potentially the game completely flips
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on its head. And we're talking about a team that's
still undefeated but we're not. But like I oftentimes think
that a team like that ends up playing significantly better
ball the next week. And I think, like we even
saw with the Falcons as just a recent example, you know,
lay an egg in Carolina, and then you kind of
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like have to go back within yourself and re establish yourself,
re establish your foundation, re establish who you are as
a team, and go out and do it and you're
in for some reason. I feel like that oftentimes happens
when you have like these, you know, good coached teams
and teams that especially in this league where anyone can
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be anybody on any given Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
whatever day. I just think that facing the Bills after
they lost one to the Patriots at which the Patriots
at the time. You know, they've had a few losses
or a couple of losses like that. I just think
they have a young quarterback. I don't know. I just
I fear that the Buffalo Bills team that comes to
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Atlanta for Monday Night football is going to be a
rejuvenated bunch and kind of a bit more of a
like cornered snake than maybe a happy like puppy running
around because it has it doesn't no pain.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I love it doesn't no pain.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
I loved all of that. That was amazing, if not
a little bit insane towards the end, but that was
so good.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Cornered snake to a puppy who knows.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
I was like, where we got love it? To drive
home that point a little bit more, I looked up
what the Bills records are coming off of a loss
since Josh Allen became kind of their full time starter
in twenty nineteen. Anybody want to venture how many losses
they have in six seasons?
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Zero?
Speaker 3 (08:44):
That's a strong guess, but incorrect, unfortunately.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
I'll go so, how many losses they have after a loss?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Yes? Three? Closer twenty and six after a loss since
twenty and nineteen. So again, this good teams and the
Bills have been a good team under Josh Allen under
Sean McDermott. Like, this is a veteran group. They don't
lose back to back games. They've only done that one
time each season in the last six So let's hope
that's going to be on Monday night and Tarin it's
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gonna take. You know, I think some tricks up the
Falcon's sleeve, all the information and insight that they can
get in this one.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Right.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Speaking of insight, we were in an open locker room
on Tuesday and Kaden Ellis was talking to the media
and whatnot, and he mentioned how his brother Christian, a
linebacker for the Patriots, obviously went up against the Bills,
the Falcon's next opponent. So I was like, did y'all guys,
did y'all guys did you two text afterward? I mean,
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it's your bye. You can have a moment to like
exchange a few fam messages your brother, Yeah, like any
tips and tricks, And he's like, we share a few,
We share a few. Because he did the same thing
after the Falcons lost to the Panthers, because the Patriots
played the Panthers the very next week, so it's like
a tip for tat thing.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
So do you know how the Patriots did in that game? Now,
well you're in luck, I do. The Patriots crushed the
Panthers forty two to thirteen. And the second leading tackler
on the Patriots that day, brother is brother so Christian. Sometimes,
you know, it pays to have some familia in the league,
and let's hope that it does. Yes, all right, but
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the Falcons, you know, they're coming off of a little
bit of a different scenario. Yes, right, you had to win.
You go into the bye week, and then it's weird
kind of having a Monday night game off of a
bye week. It's just even longer, more time away.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Eleven days, I think, is what it is, from the
time that they played the Commanders to the time now
that they'll play the Bills. Like, eleven days in modern
NFL is a crazy time period.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
Yeah, it's like there are a lot of people that
don't believe momentum is a real thing. I happen. I
do believe momentum is a real thing. But as eleven days,
that's a long time. And do we think that they're
going to be able to carry any momentum over into
this game, Taren, do you feel like too much time
has passed?
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Xavier Watts thinks that they're going to carry the momentum.
Whether or not I believe doesn't matter. But Xavier said, quote,
I feel like that type of momentum doesn't just die,
especially since we played a good game against a good opponent.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Yeah. I mean Washington is very much a good opponent
and the defense has kind of been really I feel
like the hallmark of this group so far. So do
you need to see anything from the Falcons overall, but
maybe from that side of the ball in the first
quarter against this team to feel like they've kept that moment?
Speaker 2 (11:30):
Yes, I think so, because you know, something that's been
a calling card for this defense is over the first
four games. Is that outside of that Carolina game, which
again continues to feel like this weird bad egg anomaly,
which I think is how the Falcons are actually looking
at at it from from what players and coaches.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
It said, it should be an outlier at the end
of the.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Year exactly said throw it out the window.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Right, Yeah, And so I think that, like looking at
what this defense has done in three of the four games,
is they've come out on pretty hot. They've had a
first quarter performance where especially in those first two games,
I mean they were causing three and out, follow about
three and out, fallow about three out, like they were
getting off the field and giving opportunities to the offense.
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Now the offense's issues and that as they weren't scoring
off of those opportunities. And so I think that's kind
of what we saw with the Commander's game, is they
you know, capitalize on these moments where the defense is like, hey,
we got you the ball back, like go put seven
on the board. So I truly believe and I know
that we're going to talk about this honestly going into
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this next section. Is like, if you can keep the
ball out of Josh Allen's hands, whether it's the defense
caused creating these very very short drives for Buffalo and
or the Falcons offense stringing together these long kind of
like stick a fork in on type of drives, then
I think that's a recipe for success with this Buffalo team,
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especially when you saw what the Patriots did and the
opportunities like what you're talking about with the turnovers, getting
the ball, getting off the field as a defense and
then the offense doing its part and putting points on
the board.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
No, you made a great point, because I immediately flashed
back to the Tampa Bay game and just that first
quarter it felt like Baker Mayfield and the Bucks could
not get out of the shadow of their own end
zone and they were just like man like a white
wall of water coming up against the Rocks and just
like keeping them there wave after wave for the Falcons
pass rush and everything. And if you're able to do
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that again early in this game and then the offense
is able to kind of capitalize, I think that would
send a clear message right out of the gates and
really get the home crowd fired up, hopefully quiet down
the Bills mafia. But Taran, was there anything else when
you dug into this matchup? They kind of bubbled up
to the surface for you.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
The run game on both sides of the ball, where
both offenses are top ten when it comes to a
rushing offense, but like both defenses are in the bottom
half of the league. To be specific, the Bills are
second when it comes to rushing yards per game with
one hundred and fifty four and the Falcons are six
with one hundred and thirty six and then on the
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flip side of the ball, bump bomb bomb. The Bills
are twenty eighth in allowing an average of one forty
five rush yards per game, and the Falcons are sixteenth,
so at the dead middle mark, allowing one hundred and
nine per game. So it's kind of going to be
if the ball is going to stay not on the ground,
but like on on the ground, like not literally you
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know what I'm saying. Yeah, but if they're going to
keep running the ball, it's going to be which defense
can actually step up and stop it.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
I think that this is going to be a key
for this game for both teams, because both teams are
going to want to run the ball, like to your point,
like that's their bread and butter. That's going to that's
what they're wanting to do, and they know that it's
a weakness is a strong word, but like it is
a weaker part of both defenses repertoire. And I really
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think that when you look at this, it is gonna
be kind of this like time of possession. Yeah, Like
we're gonna be I feel like Monday night is gonna
be such a like time of possession conversation because of
both teams willingness to run the ball, and if you're
the Falcons, like you want to be on the heavier
side of that when you have Tyler Algier, you have
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the Jean Robinson and what they in this offensive line
and what you've been able to do, you know since
honestly Week one in running the ball and you had
to go again Carolina being the anomally, you had to
completely go away from the run because you were down
so much and you're just trying to move the chains
and you and stop the clock. Like so, I really
do think when I look at this game specifically, it's
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like it's who who can run the ball the best
and keep the ball the longest because that's ultimately gonna
be the the victor on on Monday Night. Is like
who who can do those two things?
Speaker 3 (16:01):
Yeah, you can kind of like dictate the pace of
play and control the style of the game, right are
we getting into a shootout or are we gonna slow
it down and keep Josh Allen on the sideline and
everything like that is ultimately what the goal is when
you're facing an amazing quarterback like that, and the Falcons
really well equipped to do that, and I love where
you were at with kind of possessing the ball, and
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I was kind of curious about that because it's something
I've noticed about Atlanta. I feel like this this season
is even though they have them putting up the points,
they've been moving the ball like they don't punt much.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Right well, I think like you look at that Minnesota
Vikings game and it was like they were kind of
moving the ball at ease twenty yard line to twenty
yard line.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
It felt like they just like never gave up. They
always had the ball every time I like looked up
and so I looked that up and the Bills are
number one in time of possession and just behind them
are the Falcons at number two. So that is another
kind of like run game on run game, time of
possession on time of possession. These are two teams that, like,
I kind of feel like this could be an identity
type of game for both teams. Offensively, It's like which
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offense is able to come out and kind of be like, hey,
look at us, like we're the big dogs on campus
and we're going to dictate this game. And you know,
there was a great quote Greg Olsen gave on a
podcast a couple of years ago. It was like, actually,
the key to stopping another team's run game isn't like
an amazing run defense. It's a great offense that takes
the game script away from the other team and doesn't
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allow them to run the ball like Carolina did to Atlanta. Right,
So that's kind of where I'm looking at this offense
for Atlanta. Can you run the ball the way that
you want to when the other team knows that that's
what you want to do. But even if the Falcons
are able to kind of take the ball out of
James Cook's hands and maybe dictate the way that they
want this game to be played, then you're putting the
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ball into Josh Allen's hands. Tarn and I don't really
like that all that much either.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
Why not? Well, I mean, he is the Ranning MVP,
but last Sunday prove Tree is beatable even when he
is queeling and dealing the ball through the air on
the ground, through the air. I'm just going to keep
with the there up Wow all around words.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Circular, Yeah, circular.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
There's a word. I'm looking for it, but I can't
find it. So I'm just gonna move on.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
What are his stats?
Speaker 3 (18:11):
Tarren?
Speaker 2 (18:12):
What are Josh Allen?
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Okay? So last week the point of the wheeling and
dealing through the air was he completed twenty two of
his thirty one passes for two hundred and fifty two
yards and two touchdowns. That is his second highest total
this year. So it's not like the Patriots shut Josh
Allen down. They did shut James Cook down. He had
his second fewest rushing yards this season. But then you
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have Dalton Kincaid who had like over one hundred yards receiving,
which was his most this season. So even if you
do take away the Bills run game, they're finding ways
to still move it. But Josh Allen isn't perfect. He
did throw an interception that's one of the turnovers that
led to points. So there are options in that way,
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but you can't ignore the fact of who he is.
And raheem Or said it best. He is a problem everywhere.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
What's interesting about like the Josh Allen conversation is he
when we talk about what the Buffalo Bills want to do,
they want to run the ball. He is a major
piece and part of that because he is arguably maybe
not even arguably he is probably the Nope, he is
He's the most physical quarterback that the Falcons will come
(19:25):
up against in twenty twenty five. Just looking at the
grand scope of who they have on the docket, and
what I'm really curious to see is what Jeff Ulbrick
does against Josh Allen, how he tweaks and adds a
wrinkle into what they're doing defensively, because they hadn't really
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been utilizing that I know of like a kind of
like a spy, real spy, like spying the quarterback. And
there is a part of me, small part, there is
a part of me that thinks that they could do
something like that in this game. I think they have
the personnel to be able to do that. Guy it
would probably be Divine Diabolo or Cayden Ellis. But I
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also like the idea of Jalen Waker.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
There we go. That's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
The problem with Jalen Walker, though, is I always go
back to the Falcons in Jeff Olbrick and Rahee Morris
and then being like, we don't want to put too
much on Jalen's plate and we don't.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Better time bye week.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
I mean, I agree I would love to say, because
he made in my opinion, he makes the most sense
because you still have a bunch of depth like at
true Edgdresher, so you it doesn't really change too much
of what your rotation up front would look like. I
think you still have Caden Ellis and Divine Diablo doing
what they do, so you don't mess up what they do.
And also with Jalen Walker, the reason why I'm I'm
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kind of against using maybe even like a safety spy
and using more of like your linebackers or even Jalen
Walker is because, like Josh Allen's a big dude. He's
a big old dude. Like you need someone who's big
enough to be able to take him on every time
he comes outside the pocket. And I think that Jalen
Walker is equipped to be able to do that. It's
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something he did at Georgia from time to time you
saw him do and so I do think that those
that's an option. Now, the counterpoint to that is that
you if you do that, oftentimes you lose a blitzer,
you lose a pass rush.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
But here's here's why I don't think in this matchup
that's a bad thing, because the Patriots didn't blitz. They
blitzed four times right right, And the Falcons they blitz
more than any team in the league so far this season,
at the highest rate in the NFL, which is a
little surprising. But the Patriots, I think had success putting
a roof up over this explosive passing offense and saying
you're not gonna beat us with chunk plays. We're gonna
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make you be patient. That's where Dalton Kincaid gets involved.
I don't think he's gonna have that level of success
against Divine Dioppolo, And I think that maybe don't use
Caden necessarily to send pressure, have him be that spy,
and that's kind of how you use him in this
game if you're not using Jalen Walker. Yeah, because I
kind of think maybe the better way to beat Josh
Allen is by making him be patience.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Also, another point to that is, like you don't you
maybe don't have to do it the entire game if
you can, again, going back to our previous conversation about
running the ball and dictating terms, if you get Josh
Allen in a situation where he has to throw the
ball the trap, then then you can pump up that
that pass rush, you can pump up your blitz usage
(22:21):
like and I think make him a cornered snake, make
him a corner stake.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
Yeah he doesn't know pain, Yeah exactly, don't do.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
That, like so I think like that there is this
way where you can kind of do both simultaneously. But
I would I do think that it could be beneficial
to have that wrinkle in depending on who it is
and who Jeff Ulbrick even if if he's even thinking
about using a spy like who it could be.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
He's got options. That's that's a great thing. And he
potentially could have another option back in the starting lineup
with a J. Twell coming back, which would be another
big boost for the defense in this game. We're not
gonna spend anytime talking about that because that was a
little bit longer, maybe than anticipated, but that was a
great conversation. I'm kind of glad you spend more time there.
So really quickly, I want to just toss out a
(23:08):
new mini segment and I'm gonna maybe lay back and
let you guys kind of take the lead on this.
Up top is Falcons Fashion Corner. The Falcons are gonna
wear some of the finest throwback uniforms in the NFL
on Monday Night. They got the red helmets. Yeah, they
got the throwback jerseys.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Love the red helmets.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
I just think they're so clean.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
So Chris, they're so great, right, Yeah, let's appreciate the
fantastic fits they've got. Yeah yeah, Karen, any.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Thoughts if you want to come to me for fashion?
Speaker 3 (23:37):
Yeah, yeah, you're the most fas.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
It's all black all the time. I'm in Navy today.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
I know.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
I hope people notice they.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
Do, you know how they do in throwback because I
feel like they're very successful.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
They're thirteen and three. There you go, since two thousand
and nine. That's with a gap from what was it
twenty thirteen to twenty one where they could not wear
the red helmets. So this record is specifically with the
entire ensemble that they will be displaying this Monday.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
So red helmets, black jerseys.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
That's three and seven seasons.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
That's a good record.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
That's not bad record. What I hear is a winning,
a winning record.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
Yeah yeah, Tory.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
Do you have a favorite game that the Falcons have
played in wearing these uniforms?
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Oh man, there are so many. I mean, well, yeah, well,
there's some like good recent ones, and I think Jesse Bates, like,
you know, the Saints game a couple of years ago
when we had the pic he had the pick six
and that that was so so fun to be in
that environment. But I think one that maybe will refresh
some people's memories and that they don't even know if
it's a red helmet game or not. But do you
(24:45):
remember when Drew Brees through five interceptions in like two
thousand and eight, It was like November two thousand and eight,
and it was he had like the touchdown streak that
was going yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, he had the
touchdown streak that was going on, and then the Falcons
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like intercepted him five times and they ended up.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
On time game.
Speaker 2 (25:10):
It was on a Thursday night. It was a Thursday
night game, and they actually were in This is something
I didn't I couldn't remember until I started like looking
into it, like they were actually in the Red helmets
for that game.
Speaker 3 (25:21):
Yeah, I remember. It was it was kind of low
scoring ishue. It wasn't like the offensive shootout that were
used to seeing from that and obviously, yeah, Drew Brees
throwing five picks, Yeah, that would I don't want to
a touchdown pass in that game.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
No, I don't know, he didn't it. It was five interceptions,
it was zero touchdowns five And.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
I remember so I remember watching that game from Athens, Georgia,
so it I think it was twenty twelve. Is that
because Matt Ryan?
Speaker 2 (25:47):
Yeah right, I'm looking at something else.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
But they did have a great game. That Matt Ryan's
revenue that I think you're thinking.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
In the Georgia dum. I'm sorry that I'm getting I'm
getting my two my two Saints games confused.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
So as you can imagine, trying to watch a Thursday
night football game in Athens while kind of also working
at a bar at the time is not the easiest
thing to do. And yet I would like to say
that I basically didn't miss a single play. I think
of that game as as dedicated as as I am.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
Well, I mean, I it was a Thursday night in Athens.
You would think that, you know, isn't that thirsty Thursday
in Athens?
Speaker 1 (26:23):
Like do you get a lot of tips or was
your yeah, yeah, yeah, I think they were probably trying
to give me money.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
And I was like, hold one, third out, it's third out.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Wait they need to intercept Drew Brees two more times.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
Oh man, all right, yeah, So hopefully they can create
some some more amazing memories in these awesome uniforms. It
should be just such a fun matchup. I'm really happy
that this is in prime time. The stadium should be rocking.
If you're going to the game, please get there early.
Be loud. The Bills Mafias has the reputation they do
for a reason. They'll be there to neutralize them. You
(26:56):
know they're going to be there. We know they're going
to be loud. Don't let them drown you all out.
Be there early, be loud, and then don't forget to
join us Monday night for the Falcons pregame show. I
will be joining Taylor Vis Moore an hour before kickoff
and you can check that out on the Atlanta Falcons
YouTube channel and we will watch warm ups, go over,
injury reports, kind of talk about our keys of the game.
(27:17):
It's gonna be a lot of fun, and then we
will be back Tuesday morning. You will hear Tory and
I recapping the game on Falcons Final Whistle. So for
Tarren Locke and Tory mclaney, I'm Will McFadden Thank you
guys so much for listening to today's Friday five, and
we will see you Tuesday morning.
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