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KEY WINS THAT COULD THE PANTHERS. DON’T GIVE THE COWBOYS TOO MUCH CREDIT BY CALLING THEM A GOOD TEAM. WE STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT THE COWBOYS ARE BECAUSE THE DEFENSE IS SO BAD, BUT THEY DID BLOW OUT AND SHUT OUT THE ATLANTA FALCONS. I WANT TO FLIP IT BACK TO THE FALCONS BECAUSE THIS IS 1 OF THERE PROBABLY AREN’T A BUFFALO’S BILLS FANS THAT CRAWLED OUT OF BED TO CONSUME MEDIA TODAY, TO HEAR EVERYBODY SAY HOW FUGAZI THEIR TEAM IS A LOT OF FALCONS FANS ARE GOING TO WANT TO HEAR GOOD THINGS ABOUT THEIR TEAM AND YOU KNOW, IT’S FUNNY. WHEN WHEN I SAW THAT SUNDAY NIGHT’S GAME ON NBC, IS FALCONS AT 49ERS. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS BUT NOW IT’S LIKE, HUH? MHM, YES. YES, YES, BOND ROBINSON IN COMPANY. MICHAEL PENNIX, JUNIOR. LET’S GO DRAKE LONDON. LET’S GO THAT DEFENSE. LET’S GO AND HELL I I YOU KNOW BASED ON HOW THE 49ERS PLAYED LAST WEEKEND, THEY’RE AT 4 AND 2. AND THE FALCONS ARE AT 3 AND 2 AND THAT’S GOING TO BE A HELL OF A GAME NOW. AND I WANT TO SEE MORE FALCONS GAMES. YOU KNOW, DEVIN THERE’S A FALCONS COLTS GAME COMING UP IN BERLIN. MY REACTION WHEN I SAW THE SCHEDULE IN MAY. WAS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN MY MORNING. AS I SCROLL THROUGH THE FALCON SCHEDULE THAT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THAT AS A 9:30 A.M. GAME COMING UP IN JUST LESS THAN 4 WEEKS. FALCONS COLTS, COUPLE OF ELITE TEAMS POTENTIALLY NOW, THE FALCONS HAVE TO HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO PLAY AND MARIA TAYLOR HUGE FALCONS FAN JOKES ABOUT THIS. LIKE IN PRIME TIME IS ALL THAT MATTERS IN PRIME TIME WE SHOW UP THE REST OF THE TIME. IT DOESN’T MATTER JUST SHOW UP IN PRIME TIME BECAUSE THEY THEY LOOK GREAT AGAINST THE VIKINGS AND PRIME TIME AND THEY GET AGAIN THIS WEEK, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOT SOME STANDALONE GAMES, WE GOT A MONDAY NIGHT GAME WEEK, 17, RAMS AT THE BUCKS ON THURSDAY AND A FOOTBALL. DAMN. SO THIS IS A FUN TEAM TO WATCH NOW. AND THEY’RE ASCENDING IT. IT’S JUST SO WEIRD. WE WOULD LIKE THE OTHER KIDS TO HAVE A TURN. AND WE’RE LOOKING FOR THE OTHER KIDS, LIKE WHO’S GOING TO STEP UP AND WE MAY HAVE FOUND 1. THEY’RE JUST EVERYBODY’S INCONSISTENT, RIGHT? NOBODY’S UNBEATEN. THERE’S JUST A COUPLE OF TEAMS THAT HAVE ONLY 1 LOSS AND THERE’S TEAMS THAT WE DIDN’T EXPECT THE BUCKS TO HAVE 1 LOSS. WE DIDN’T EXPECT THE COLTS TO HAVE 1 LOSS. WE DIDN’T EXPECT THE STEELERS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD TO HAVE 1 LOS THE THE PACKERS ARE 3-1 AND 1 THAT KIND OF COUNTS. BUT IT’S IT’S IT’S JUST AMAZING STUPI AND KIND OF FRUSTRATING THAT WE’RE A THIRD OF THE WAY IN AND WE GOT NO IDEA AND THE FALCONS ARE IN THAT MIX. AND, YOU KNOW, DEVIN IS BILL BELLICH. ALWAYS SAID FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS AT THANKSGIVING WE’RE KIND OF CIRCLING. TO LAND AT THANKSGIVING. AND THEN WE’LL FIND OUT WHO’S ABLE TO REALLY MASH THE GAS PEDAL WHEN WE GET INTO THE STRETCH RUN. YEAH, AND I THOUGHT YOU MADE A GREAT POINT BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET THE BEST OF THE FALCONS NEXT WEEK AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, A TEAM LIKE KIND OF GETTING A LITTLE BIT HEALTHY COMING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT, POSSIBLY GEORGE KD COMING BACK. BUT LIKE, IF I’M AT ATLANTA, I’M LIKE, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO PLAY THIS TEAM, RIGHT? THEY JUST WENT OUT THERE, THEY LOST TO TAMPA. WE’RE GOING TO HOP ON THEM. WE LOVE PLAYING IN PRIME TIME. I WANT TO SEE WHAT ATLANTA LOOKS LIKE AFTER THAT THOSE NEXT 2 WEEKS PLAYING AGAINST MIAMI AND NEW ENGLAND. AND NOT THE PRIME TIME GAME ALSO AGAINST 2 TEAMS, YOU DON’T SEE OFTEN. IT’S A LOT EASIER TO GET UP FOR A BUFFALO THE PRIME TIME GAME AGAINST OFTEN, BUT ALSO IT’S LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE PRIME TIME AND IT’S THE BUFFALO BILLS. NOW, WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH NEW ENGLAND. YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THEY POSSIBLY BECAUSE WE COULD COULD BE SITTING IN THAT SAME REALM. IF THEY STILL ONLY HAVE 2 LOSSES, THAT ATLANTA GOES IN LIKE MAN, WE’RE PLAYING A GOOD NEW ENGLAND TEAM, BUT LIKE WHEN YOU PLAY TEAMS YOU DON’T SEE OFTEN. IT’S A LOT OF WORK FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TO COME IN AND GET FAMILIAR WITH THAT TEAM LIKE THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AND THE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED TEAMS NOWHERE NEAR THE SAME REALLY OF ALL RIGHT, WHO’S HERE? WHEREAS THIS GUY, I MEAN NEW ENGLAND’S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR. SO YOU HAVE TO REALLY GO AND STUDY, THOSE MY BIGGEST THING WITH ATLANTA IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BAN ROBINSON GETS BOTTLED UP OR TEAMS? ADD A A SECOND GUY TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE’RE NOT GOING TO LET DRAKE LONDON BEAT US. WHO DO THEY TURN TO AS THE NEXT PERSON? WHO DO THEY GET GOING OFFENSIVELY? BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE IN THEIR GAMES WHEN BGAN ROBINSON’S HAD A GOOD GAME BUT NOT 1 OF THOSE LIKE 200 YARDS FROM THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TYPE GAMES, THAT’S LIKE OKAY WE HELD BGAN ROBINSON TO 120 YARDS FROM FROM SCRIMMAGE. ALL RIGHT, DRAKE LONDON ONLY HAS 50 OR 60 YARDS. ALL RIGHT, WE CAN WIN THIS GAME. I THINK THEY HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT I THINK FOR ATLANTA, THE THING IF YOU’RE A FAN IS YOU LIKE SEEING WHAT THEY DID DEFENSIVELY? THE PASS RUSH IS GETTING THERE. YOU HAVE SOME PLAYERS IN THAT SECONDARY WITH JESSE BATES XAVIER WATCHED THE ROOKIE FROM NOTRE DAME HAS BEEN PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL. AJ TERRELL IS STILL LOCKING DOWN ASIDE LIKE THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS TO LIKE ABOUT THE AUBREY IS A GOOD COORDINATOR AND PULLING OUT PULLING OUT DIFFERENT BLITZES DIFFERENT THINGS AT THE RIGHT TIME THAT WE SAW SHOW UP AGAINST A REALLY GOOD QUARTERBACK AND IT WORKED. I THINK THAT DEFENSE IS GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AND REALLY HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE GOING FORWARD. DRAKE LONDON, 10 CATCHES FOR 158 LAST NIGHT, IN A TOUCHDOWN. AND WHO IS THAT OTHER GUY DARNELL MOONEY MISSED THE GAME WITH AN INJURY? HE’S MISSED A COUPLE THIS YEAR, KYLE PITTS. WHERE IS KYLE PITTS 3 CATCHES FOR 18 YARDS LAST NIGHT. HE’S THAT OTHER GUY THAT HAS NEVER REALLY LIVED UP TO HIS POTENTIAL. DIDN’T HE? IS A ROOKIE JUST LIKE BARELY CRACK, A THOUSAND YARDS RECEIVING AND WE ALL THOUGHT HE WAS MOVING IN THE DIRECTION THAT HIS DRAFT STATUS WOULD SUGGEST AND IT JUST HASN’T BEEN THE SAME EVER SINCE AND LAST NIGHT OPPORTUNITIES WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE FOR HIM AND IT JUST DIDN’T HAPPEN BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK. LET’S HEAR A LITTLE FROM RAHEEM MORRIS AND MICHAEL PENDEX, JUNIOR, THE COACH, AND THE QUARTERBACK OF THE FALCONS. BECAUSE THE FALCONS DESERVE ALL THE PRAISE. WE CAN GIVE THEM THIS MORNING HERE. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THERE IS NO SECRET, YOU KNOW? THEY WANT TO, WE WANT TO WE WANT TO PLAY OFF ORGANIZATION, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO COMPETE IN THOSE TYPE OF GAMES, AND WE PLAYED 1 TONIGHT AND YOU KNOW, THERE’S GONNA BE NO SECRET, NOBODY’S GONNA KNOW SHY AWAY FROM THOSE MOMENTS, WE GOT TO GO DO IT. BUT LIKE, THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS YOU WANT? THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS YOU THRIVE FOR THOSE ARE THINGS YOU DREAM ABOUT FROM A COACHING STANDPOINT, A PLAN STANDPOINT, A OWNERSHIP STANDPOINT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WE WANT TO BE A PART SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND SHOW TONIGHT. IT’S IT’S SO THAT THAT WE WE WANTED THEM 1 LIKE YOU KNOW, JUST TEAM IS REALLY GOOD. THIS TEAM IS REALLY LEGIT AND I FEEL LIKE THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE ON THIS TEAM. UM, IT, IT DEFINITELY HELPS US A LOT. EVERY TIME I SEE MICHAEL PANICS. MY, MY WHO UH, IS EVEN MORE OF A VIKINGS FAN THAN I WAS WHEN I WAS HIS AGE. AND MICHAEL PENNIX. DAD. HE’S LIKE, HIM. AFTER THAT, AFTER THE GAME FEELING NOW? WE STILL SHOULD HAVE HAD HIM AND AND UH, LAST NIGHT WAS 1 OF THOSE DAD, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD HIM. SO EVERY TIME I SEE HIM NOW I THINK THAT IT’S GOING TO DROP MY SON CRAZY FOR THE REST OF MICHAEL PENNY’S JUNIOR’S CAREER THAT UH, UH, THAT HE DIDN’T END UP IN MINNESOTA AND THEY, YOU KNOW, FOR HIS WEIRD AS THAT WAS AS BADLY AS THEY MISHANDLED IT GIVEN. KIRK COUSINS, 90 MILLION DOLLARS, AND GETTING 13 GAMES OUT OF IT. MICHAEL PENNOCK, JUNIOR DELIVERED LAST NIGHT. I I AM GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE INJURY REPORT HEADING INTO SUNDAY BECAUSE HE WAS, HE WAS HOLDING THE RIGHT ELBOW. FORTUNATELY, HE’S LEFT-HANDED, BUT HE WAS HOLDING THE RIGHT ELBOW NEAR THE END OF THE GAME. AND UH, CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT MANIFESTS ITSELF DEVIN. WHEN IT’S, WHEN IT’S TIME TO WHETHER HE PRACTICED. DID HE MISSED PRACTICE, FULLY PARTICIPATE, WHATEVER. AS WE CREEP UP ON THAT WEEK, 7 GAME, THAT’LL BE ON SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. YEAH, AND THE ONLY THING I’LL ADD IS I LOVE FROM THOSE SOUND BITES. RAHEEM MOORE’S TALKING ABOUT WE WANT TO BE A PLAYOFF TEAM AND ORGANIZATION AND TO TO TRANSLATE FOR YOU FLORIO. WHEN MICHAEL PENIS JUNIOR SAYS, WE WANT TO BE 1 OF THOSE ONES. HE’S SAYING HE WANTS TO BE A PLAYOFF TEAM AS WELL. SO I I JUST LOVE THAT ENERGY FROM YOUNG TEAMS OF SAYING, I KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT, WE’RE NOT HERE TO SEE OKAY, THOSE TIK TOK DANCES. GOT YOU GOING MY BAD? I SHOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED. YOU’RE IN THE IN CROWD. I LOVE THE ENERGY FROM THEM THOUGH. I THINK I THINK THEY’RE BUILDING THE RIGHT WAY. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. NO. IT’S JUST FUNNY. I KNEW WHAT THAT WAS. ALL RIGHT. UM LET’S TAKE A BREAK BECAUSE

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31 comments

  1. It starting to seem like the Bills are all they were cracked up to be. This is a strange season. I
    Only Detroit is for real. And as much as I hate to say it, the road in the AFC still goes through KC.

  3. It's obvious that you don't like the falcons 😤 but that's cool it makes you have to eat crow sometimes like this morning pass the salt and pepper please as you're choking on your words

  11. For everyone that was talking shyt about drafting Penix while we paid Capt.Kirk. One name!
    Brock O. All that money they paid him to only get traded because he was terrible in Denver!

  21. It's funny Florio's son keeps saying the Vikings should have had Penix. I have a friend who is a Vikings fan and for months wanted to draft Penix all along. Flat out said Penix is better than McCarthy. Then, the day after the Vikings drafted McCarthy he changed his tune. Suddenly said he thought McCarthy was better. Dude was drinking cope Kool-Aid as soon as Penix didn't fall to his team. I do have to say I respect Florio's son for not doing that.

  29. Lord knows I want to heap praises upon my Falcons. But, we still have work to do. MP9 is still developing and Mooney, our deep threat is injured. We need to get Pitts involved more consistently. I will concede that this defense is legit though. Thank God we lost to Carolina. That loss is keeping us under the radar. We are a sleeping giant if we can pull it together and stay healthy.

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