Falcons may have to pivot to QB2 for Week 1 vs Steelers

0:00how big a story it is we're trying to figure out to a tongue of my low is thrown a football and he goes he's up with his back goes down he sits on the ground kind of rubbing his lower back he sprints right up jumps right up by the way and then he goes over and he's talking with some coaches and that was the only part of the video that we get from it's only part of practice the media was able to see and now we find out it's a listed officially as an oblique injury for two of which begs the question who the hell's playing quarterbacks on if two of can go so if you take your right or left hand rub it down the side okay of your body and then imagine throwing a football it's going to affect it now we don't know what side it was when we have to imagine Mike was a left side because that's why he would go down if it was his right side it wouldn't have that effect my point is if you've ever had an oblique it hurts and uh... i don't know again we don't know the extent of the injury to Mike's point but i will just simply tell you if you do that and you know that's what that's the muscle we're talking about

1:01mike that's ice that's heat that's treatment and then you just kind of say all right how does it feel if you're gonna say guys they weren't gonna let him throw the ball forty times anyway maybe you're right but guess what still probably gonna throw the ball twenty five times in this game and again looks like it's the right side so he's throwing his ball in the ball and you're talking you're talking the body with your left arm and so the body is turning so we'll see where it goes now michael panic students out there practiced today as is jack strand as is cooper rush was full go right right i mean he's he's good to go you know and i said i'm not trying to trigger anyone i'm just saying it would be really late maybe really cool that you know get out there and you say today start the season get the job you win it's your job stab yourself as the man everyone goes bananas everyone buys into you as the leader of this team and two is a just a memory then as mike florio said on uh... sunday or one night football maybe just gets cut down the road i mean that's that's my my florio again i don't know where he's getting that from but you know i yeah look i think there's just a lot of uncertainty right now i'm not gonna carry four quarterbacks all season with our team well i don't

2:02think so either uh... but at what point do you feel comfortable that you don't have to do that if you're dealing with this kind of stuff in the inexperience of strand by the way and i'm with you guys that look i keep getting the frost of from people and the memes and everything and i hear you because i've been i simply said it's either cooper rush or frost if he can't go this strand is my land whatever you need and i know that uh... and mike is is talking about pinnocks coming to the to the rescue uh... but i just don't believe that's gonna happen with with the mindset of where he's been the last few days and i just simply say what's changed he's trying to get his body and his mind right so that he can feel completely comfortable whenever that's gonna happen it'll happen right that's what they'd keep saying okay fine put them to the side the two choices are then the two guys that are remaining and that's really what you're talking about here but mike when we talk about the stelers in this game plan and will dive into this more tomorrow as we start to focus in but you know did a mention it earlier the jet sack rogers for times twenty six yards and seven quarterback hits

3:03we if everything was perfect in our world which it's not and we had jp j and jalen i wouldn't be fearing this game as much because i do feel like that we would have gotten after him like this and we would have created more contact on air and get him off of his spot make him a little bit more uncomfortable but i don't feel that way because those two guys are available now man you're hoping that uh... is a dairea smith you know uh... you're out out of the game can come back and and bring some heat uh... i love brand and orlis is game we added size with your bond extra in the middle you know air and rogers doesn't have any mobility but i mean how do we get to him as you said if you don't give any pressure to air rogers gonna pick you apart you know i mean you saw it i mean the text is just beat him up in that last game we saw the year in the playoffs but we we don't have that kind of capability that you said text and defense is just lights out we talked to divine the obelow earlier today i asked about the rotation he you know he was not give me all the secret game plan but kennel daniel's and perkins sounds like we're gonna see both of those guys will kennel daniel's uses athleticism and maybe jiff olbrick will have to scheme pressure

4:04through the blitz and as you said the only problem that is it is going to be a mismatch or someone's gonna get open of air and rogers confine well look the consequence of blitzing guys is somebody gets one on one that's the consequence how about Seattle last night endlessly sending the corners i mean everybody well this is how they want the super bowl though mike they gave him drake may issues and what it happened he threw he threw into coverage that he shouldn't have thrown into and that's the the risk reward is you the quarterbacks gonna make a mistake at some point he's gonna he's gonna get impatient that's what happened to drake last night if drake may just throws that ball away and stays patient got another down live for another day maybe they find a way to win that game but mic that you know what they did they sped him up they kept going after him and all of a sudden was like I gotta get rid of this oh there he is i'm gonna throw it in the end zone oh bad bad throw how about terriko last night inexcusable it was and i love it good good stuff by the way they brought back the mic mic mic mic mic hope day did you see that guys brought back the up day commercial i'd be laughing out loud it was you know that i don't know it's it's an old joke it's

5:04silly but it makes me chuckle every time i see it i like it too hey we bring up the jets because that was their season opener last year i want to be clear on that that's the stealer season opener that's why we're talking about these comparisons season opener last year you didn't think the jets were any good okay there people don't think we're any good and yet they were still able to get after the jets they still rushed for a hundred and eighty two yards i think our run games better okay so you know again breeze hall account of four hundred and seven yards i'm willing to tell you right now we can run the football effectively that be genre could have a hundred twenty five hundred thirty yards on the ground that's because they're gonna give it to him so that's why we're comparing that first game is all right well there's a lot of people look at us like they look to the jets last year maybe we go in there and we're able to get after these guys but again you know how do we do it is it is it going to are you really going to see some of these guys reinvent themselves you know a guy like samson epicama who's there for a reason he had nine and a half sacks a couple years ago with the cults but it seems like you know it's it's a distant memory so it's it's a little bit different than last year because last year we had guys like letter Floyd made guys were you know ozulari we had guys we're on one year deals but you know they there

6:08was liver limitations yeah it was not a half sacks of twenty three forever calm didn't play in twenty four in zero and that's where we're living right now so if you're going to blitz die by the sword live with that either way not sure we'll get there with the down lineman we'd be better against the run on the flip side if two now here's the thing now we got a question about two hopefully remember guys it was a back issue that prevented him from starting camp on time that's why jack strand got all that extra reps and and maybe help contribute to why he's still on the roster but if it's two and he can't go then it's Cooper rush and then Jake Matthews is the blinds everybody want Taylor just old guy rest day same thing for some of the other OGs on this team yeah uh I think we're gonna Zadarius had a rest day today too I think we're gonna see more of this chemist of men by the way slow management NBA folks okay everybody hates the NBA it's they do it in the NFL all the time during the work week yeah it happens Mike has been happening for years hell who will you'll hardly ever practice nobody can play so the deal is you're gonna give these guys the appropriate rest hopefully it gets them ready for Sundays because that's the most important

7:12thing and it's a long season man it it just is so when you got veteran guys who've done it been there so juwan Taylor because I was concerned that he didn't practice today but then when we found out it was a planned day I feel a little bit better 404 7260929 I do want to be uh clear only other side of what we're talking about with the jets going into to Pittsburgh and plan as well as they did last year or playing them in the first week Aaron did finish the game with four touch downs yeah and so that is what I'm concerned with yeah man it's it's the overrunner is I believe a double check I think it was at 41 yesterday and it probably still is but I mean this is a game that's going to be about a turnover it's gonna be it's always a turnover in the NFL so at last night but I mean are you gonna be able to get Cooper rush it says I think now now we're having the cut we don't know who the hell's quarterback now we've unlocked him for two hopefully this is just a blip on the radar and he's fine or but again the back and you know how it is you just touch you just touched on it you're gonna have treatment is gonna be okay all we need him to do it see that's the thing is I like the seal is gonna go hey you know what we're gonna give you those fun no they're

8:13not gonna give you anything but the idea of short passes coming out quickly yeah it sounds great but you got to be able to execute it against that defense and yours after the catchers acroibranch getting pits involved high you know designed rollout high percentage throws get him in a rhythm kind of stuff we want to see with panics last year yeah but for those of you who didn't want to see Tula you may not like that may work itself out um and you know Mike this may this may be even an easier transition if you're going for Cooper rush back to Michael pinnocks then it would have been potentially with all the conversation we're having with the guy who's played as much as Tula has over his career going to Michael pinnocks either way you're right like right now if you're telling me it's Thursday we're going to tomorrow is he sore do they limit his reps tomorrow game week then then it's probably rush uh 41 and a half is the hanging out draft Kings has now got it up to five and a half I'm just telling you right here's the latest information from the fan duals got it at four and a half um yeah uh Cesar's house at four and a half so it's just it's the point spread

9:16is jumped up a full point it was three and a half now it's four and a half and up to five and a half on draft Kings all right man more coming up any ready at a chance to talk to the Steelers are favorite yes let's let's you be confused any ready at a chance to talk to Kevin's to fanski today we're going to analyze a little bit of that coming up in five o'clock also we'll find out more from Grant hey braves beat the raise the day they salvage one but when we come back Mike what's going on in guy talk