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How do I say this… The inherent disdain for Baker and damning the Bucs with faint praise is a little tedious at this point? If their offensive line improves this season that could be a big difference for them. Tampa’s run game was non-existent yet they still got the Ws. It would be a more prudent mindset to assume that they remain a force in the division and must be overcome. Let’s not be feeling ourselves because Terry and Raheem made signings that the roster has needed for months. For all we know they’d have sat on their hands if not for the injuries. The Falcons also have a largely untested staff, and I suspect that is one unanswered question among outsiders. Morris is super charismatic to be sure, but he’s not running for President so I’m sticking at cautious optimism for now. lol Am I pleased that Judon and Simmons are here? Absolutely. Although from a roster construction POV will be back here again in 2025. As will the need to resolve several contracts.

KIRK HAS PLAYED THE SAME IN THE PLAYOFFS AS JOE BURROW THE DIFFERENCE IS JOE BURROW'S DEFENSE ALLOWED 18 PPG AND GOT HIM 13 TURNOVERS AND KIRK COUSIN'S DEFENSE ALLOWED 28 PPG AND GOT HIM 1 TURNOVER. COUSINS HAS PLAYED GREAT IN THE PLAYOFFS HIS DEFENSE HAS SUCKED. A QB WHO SUCKS IN THE PLAYOFFS IS LAMAR HIS DEFENSE ALLOWS 15 PPG. TOM BRADY HAD A TOP 10 DEFENSE 17 OUT OF 20 YEARS. LAST YEAR MAHOMES HAD THE #2 DEFENSE IN THE NFL ... KIRK TOOK THE WORST DEFENSIVE TEAM TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS EVER IN NFL HISTORY TO THE PLAYOFFS IN 2022. IN 2022 KIRK HAD THE GREATEST CLUTCH SEASON IN NFL HISTORY. HE IS THE 8TH RATED QB IN NFL HISTORY.

80 per cent of 1st round QBs bust you have no idea of Penix will be an average starter let alone as good as Pro Bowler Kirk Cousins

Teams win SBs/Playoff Games NOT QBs terrible QBs like Foles, Dilfer, Hostetler etc won SBs. Kirk has played the SAME as Burrow in regular season and playoffs. Kirk can make every throw KIRK HAD THE BEST DEEP ACCURACY IN THE NFL the last 4 years. STOP UNDERMINING Kirk's Arm he has a Joe Burrow arm FFS.

Who were the 6 corners

We are so deep on the interior defensive line i forgot all about zion logue & lacale london

Trust me we went through this with Ryan Pace in Chicago these are former general manager for Chicago bears I know how you are feeling at the time

Would kicking the tires on JuJu be worth wild? It would reunite him with Ike Hillard. It would have to be a cheap prove it deal.

I think we actually might keep 4 tight ends. Because I was always surprised we didn't keep five with author Smith. 4 is actually a common number at that position league.

Can't wait to start putting together my draft build.

Yes I'm one of those people that want to know who we might have on the practice squad

Let's go! We might actually have a watchable defense next year. Go Falcons!

Where was penix... pretty sure he needs the reps.

This podcast appears oblivious to the fact that these moves were made due to Hellams and Trice going down with injuries in the preseason game. This team was going to roll out those two as rotational pieces or starters prior to acquiring Judon and Simmons.

Kevin the audio is fixed great job bro 🔥

Thanks for all the content to you guys put out. Excellent information and takes. Much appreciate the hard work you guys put in!

I've said multiple times now, Terry is heavily influenced by how the Ravens team build. Some of those principles include: - The team is primarily built from the draft. 25 of the 31 draft picks Terry has made are still on the team. - Free agent signings come in the form of good players on the tail end of their prime or at positions without a high dollar market at the position - The commitment to free agents are usually on bang for buck low risk/high reward contracts - If there is a clear out on a contract, they try to maintain it and do not like to push money down the road in an unmanageable or nonbeneficial way. This is why I totally disagree with Kevin on the names he listed to create space. I think Jessie Bates is the only player to likely have his contract restructured. I think they'd extend Pitts before any of the names listed to create space. I would suggest studying how the Ravens build their team because it heavily influences clearly what this front office does. The other part of what the Ravens do is they let the players on the roster play it out, they are very much a draft and develop team. Investing in free agency usually comes as a result of injury, a deal that's hard to pass up, but hardly ever for lack of faith in the talent they have. Had Hellams and Trice not been injured, these signings likely wouldn't have happened. That's why I think the slander that some of these players get like Richie Grant, is over the top. Like the Ravens, this regime believes in role clarity for players and the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Who was the household name that helped the Ravens get 60 sacks last season and be arguably the league's best defense? Signing Simmons was an opportunity to get talent to address a depth issue, but it's not really a signing because Grant isn't good enough. It's actually an opportunity to make the safety position a strength, and don't be surprised to see more 3 safety looks. Similar for the Judon signing. There's a reason both are on 1 year deals unlikely to be signed beyond this season outside of a very friendly deal. I say the latter part because I yearn for the day where evaluation of how good a team is for fans comes from a place of understanding systems and schemes and whether a player is good enough based on fit in a role, rather than being a "name brand" player or "household name". Good football teams are not about just assembling "all-stars" and guys fans know the name of. Ravens, Chiefs, Dolphins, the Bills for multiple seasons now, ask yourself how many players on those defenses carry "name brand" value. Or is it that those systems are fine tuned with well defined roles with a few good, sometimes great, players, but mostly guys who just fit a role.

I never thought I would see my Falcons care this much for the defensive side of the ball I’m content!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We now have the best safety duo in the league.

Let's Go Falcons! They are really going all in!

Good good... season is looking better and better❤

Simmons was a all pro last year and a top.100 player

Falcons need a cb2 bad

No justin simmons video

So....if you say Rah was going to blitz some LBs and DBs to get some pressure. But all teams woukd do is double Grady and force everyone else to beat 1on 1 and you didn't have confidence in that. I feel that completely. But if you feel that way, then to say that Judon isn't going to have a dramatic effect on the defenses pass rush is crazy to me. You said it not going to be spectacular, but it will be OK. I ask this question because....Judon played for the Patriots the last 3 yrs....they never had leads and he was the best player on their team, Not defense but their whole team. The Pats pretty much had to do what you said Rah was going to do this yr. Meaning Blitz LBs, DBs. Buy Teams Just Slide Protection to Judons....and said you other players will just have to beat 1on 1s... guess what even with the protection slide Judons way he still got 12 and 15 sacks. Even though the Pats played from behind without a lead so he had low chances to rush the passer he still had double digit sacks, let that sink in. He played 15 games had 15 sacks played 4 games last season had 4 sacks. The man is like that. His stats are on par with Parsons and Reddick. He is top 6 in every category that involves DE/OLBs we talking talks for loss, total tackles, sacks, pressure, hits on QBs ...the works. NFL top 100 backs this up along with the stats. He is the best Defensive player on this team now period. No doubt about that. It's not even close. This man carried a whole team in NE. This is the player that Rah has been waiting for. It's up!!!!

I’m really worried about Kaleb Mcgary at RT. He was bad last year and progressively getting worse especially at pass blocking. Oh and I forgot to mention that we don’t have a number 2 corner

Is the sound low for anyone else? Kevin if you're reading this, turn the volume up my man 😭 I'm hard of hearing, TURN IT UP 🔥🙏🏻

Stopped watching this pod because of how negative yall were when we got Penix. Glad to finally check back in and hear positivity. 😂

Wait Matt Hennessy is gone? I missed that one.when did that happen

Putting into perspective Vic's lightning in a bottle 2016 season, his last 3 games on the edge were against Wilson, Rodgers, & Brady. 3 Superbowl winners: the best cuts of meat in the grocery store but he did not even get a taste. 0 Sacks in 12qtrs + OT. Horrible for sum1 who led the NFL sacks in the reg. season

Y'all have to improve your mics. Sound is the most important part of CZcams

Both players health, judon is a way better player

Hype to have the dude. He’s going to be rushing with two monsters in the middle with Grady and David. I see good numbers in the future

We need a grab a safety Hellams out for the season smh Justin Simmons

Good stream guys. You guys brought up the point about replacing Hellams, hopefully it's nothing serious. But to me, there's conflating two points. We're either talking about upgrading the safety position by signing someone like a Simmons, or finding a replacement for Hellams. The former should've been a conversation regardless of Hellams's injury rather than sparked by his injury in my view, if people are uncomfortable with the safety position. I bring that up because I can see them moving forward with Cruikshank getting a bump to safety. Raheem summarized something I've been preaching into two words over the past month: "role clarity". It's not about collecting talent that looks good on paper and hoping it works out. It's about having clearly defined roles based on specific skills and telling players to play within that box. If Cruikshank can play the role Hellams was going to play, I don't see why they don't just move forward with him. It's why I also keep preaching to get familiar with scheme. It's easier to digest a "lesser known" player getting a bump when you know or have a good idea of what role they're filling in for. Would I like Simmons? Sure, I was rooting for Winfield Jr to be a big off-season signing. But I don't think it's realistic from a cap standpoint, and I'd rather the team stay cap friendly year-to-year (how to do that is another conversation). Other thing, I'd suggest you guys take a look around the league of what depth on each team truly looks like. I think there might this warped view of what most teams look like as far as depth compared to the Falcons. Most teams are lucky if they've got good depth in a few position groups. Falcons imo, have good depth at a few spots. Everyone is weak somewhere. That's inevitable. The question is how you mitigate those weaknesses within the framework of your team, rather than just keep signing "name brand" talent.

Why aren’t yall able to do play by play? CZcamsrs like Tom Grossi and Brandon Perna do play by play. Is it like a sponsorship thing?

I know people put a lot of focus on the Falcons pass rush. But just like any team, whatever you have to do to get home, that's what you do. I saw the Chiefs blitzing teams like crazy last season Steve Spagnuolo blitzed how ever many times needed to make a QB uncomfortable and get his defense off the field. If that is what the Falcons have to do, so be it.

Like #69. Nice. Thanks for the coverage of the first Miami Practices

In 2022 the Falcons defense didn’t allow a 20+ yard play until week 16?! Is that actually true?

How beautiful you are, and your things

You put things so beautifully I am overwhelmed listening to you

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Birmingham Stallions legend Jordan Thomas. Stepping in the footsteps of Brandon Aubrey.

I’m sorry I don’t trust Hughes … he’s good in the run game but WRs are going to kill him … Clark will take very quickly

Daniel got that flint stones wifi

I would like to say this. This Falcons team with Ridder at QB beat the Packers with Jordan Love at the helm and the Texans with CJ Stroud at the helm. I say that to say this...as bad as people want to say the Falcons are on D. Or as a team in general. They still beat two teams that are considered contenders this yr with 1 hand tied behind their backs. Realize this team scored 15 pts a game last season. With no passing game to speak of or a running game that never really materialized and still almost won the Div. I know this team will score atleast 28pts a game, and that is on the low end. The Falcons will be this yrs Detroit Lions. Jump on the bandwagon now, people!!!

So true

Do we need to be a certain tier on patreon to do the fantasy league?

Did Brandon Dorlus die?