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00:00middle linebacker no no no i have no fears kenny i'm superman how are you with roller coasters
00:04i'm pretty good with roller coasters i'm terrible with heights though it's the weirdest thing
00:08roller coasters i'm good put me in an elevator that has like a glass window and i can see down
00:12i am scared out of my life
00:14we had a great job with michael paddocks jr as well you know he grew up in
00:41tampa so he's facing his hometown team here today
00:44he was named the hillsborough county player of the year in 2018 at tampa bay technical high school
00:51told us he went to a couple of bucks games as a youngster but the biggest thing he remembers
00:56it was hot he made it very clear he was not a bucks fan growing up no i said i was too young
01:05to remember the first super bowl that's right they won the year he was born right and after that
01:10he said they kept losing and he wanted no part of being associated with a losing organization
01:15brought to be from today
01:17brought down at seven
01:20that was a nice watch it's in
01:22coming back to make the catch
01:24so casey washington picks up the falcons first down
01:32that was a nice job casey washington
01:38sack robinson offensive coordinator said casey washington has probably the best hands he's seen
01:43of the wide receiver group that he's
01:45you can see what he can do it's just
01:47you have so much talent out there drake london
01:50Kyle Pitts even Bajon when he gets out there as a wide receiver it's hard to get him
01:55more plays and more action but when he does he makes the most of it
02:00he set it down for the Falcons from the Bucks 36
02:04handoff to Algier
02:06Algier running hard
02:080-5 down to the
02:1131 yard line
02:13that's the style of offense i'd like to see from the Atlanta Falcons
02:17you count it you get the ball going you get some completions have some positive yards and then you get a bruiser like tyler
02:24Algier to go in the backfield get north and south in between the a and b gaps and punish anybody that tries to tackle
02:31that's what i wanted to see on that fourth down play have him run that
02:34Algier with the defensive mentality played some linebacker at b.y.u
02:38second down at five fake two out here and robinson unable to make the catch so a
02:49third down coming up as we check in with the
02:52divisional matchup commanders coming off a terrific season
02:58giants with russell wilson starting at quarterback
03:04rookie jackson dart had a terrific preseason jamis winston
03:08there as well third down and five for atlanta
03:17fedex pump fake steps up and will slide
03:23that's where it ruled down where he first hit that's correct
03:26looks like he might be short he is short fourth down
03:28he did have some more room to run but elected to slide and
03:41ball spotted just shy
03:42the first down marker as the clock winds down towards the two-minute warning
03:48we've already seen a couple of big fourth down plays today one on each side
03:55and now we're here morris with a decision to make as we hit the two-minute warning in atlanta
04:04rising halftime coming up with kurt terry howie michael and gronk
04:08raheem morris leaves his offense on the field do you agree would you have kicked the field goal
04:13get the ball back to tampa bay with two minutes and they also get it following halftime or
04:18you agree with going forward here on fourth down i like raheem morris going for it on fourth down
04:24i like that he's trying to give more life more juice to not just the offense the team
04:29the team right down they're a little down on energy go from fourth continue this drive
04:33try to run out the half and get some points
04:37out here in the backfield
04:41this is algier there you go first
04:45same players last time when they didn't get it on fourth down you switch the running back
04:49and you get the first down
04:54algiers in the backfield as opposed to bishon robinson as much as we love bishon
04:59robinson at the running back position those tough yards are what tyler argier is on the team for
05:07robinson and algier in the huddle new set of downs for the falcons 10th play of the drive upcoming
05:14they have one timeout remaining the john is up top
05:20as we've seen he can be the first option for michael pennix fake to algier
05:27nice move by robinson and then he gets tripped up
05:31down at the 21-yard line after a gain of four now now the buccaneers will use their first time out
05:39i'm always impressed with the offensive coordinators that decide okay we got a great player
05:48once in a generation player possibly with bishon we're not just gonna limit him to running the
05:54football couple little screens here there they get really creative zach robinson has gotten really
05:59creative with bishon robinson from last season to now on how he's going to give him the ball in open
06:04space you get him the ball in open space we've already seen how many times he can make a guy
06:09miss second in the league last year in breaking tackles that's what bishon does he is phenomenal
06:17161 missed tackles since entering the nfl only derrick henry has broken more tackles than bishon
06:24robinson you wouldn't think that because of his size but he does it with his feet his athletic ability
06:30great great hits and explosion finish third of the league in rush yards last season there's
06:36zach robinson offensive coordinator designing these plays scripting these plays for bishon
06:45second down at six following the timeout faked to robinson penich dumps it off
06:51london dragged down by levante david
07:01and tampa bay will use their second timeout
07:06with 59 seconds on the clock
07:10next sunday a fox nfl doubleheader many of you will see the giants and cowboys we will be in detroit
07:16for the return and head coach ben johnson bears and the lions and then the big one america's game
07:22of the week the super bowl rematch eagles and the chiefs a big one indeed the chiefs losing to the
07:28chargers eagles beating the dallas cowboys to start the season can you imagine a patrick mahomes led
07:35to the team going 0-2 to start the season that's going to be a huge game for both sides america's game of
07:43the week next week on fox the team has run a play in the red zone so far today falcons just a couple of
07:53yards away we've added three seconds back on the clock third down in seven for pennix the falcons offense
08:05that expires it was deflected and they nearly picked off
08:09bob a column vito vea got a piece of it
08:15let's take a look at vito vea
08:19hand up hand did nothing helmet did everything
08:26six foot four got the paw up that didn't help but that helmet did and zion mccullum almost comes up
08:32with the interception so now the field goal unit is out chance of coo young way coo
08:39will attempt a forty one yard field goal from the left hash
08:43and now this from tommy devito to the rescue the former new york giant now
09:06quarterback with the new england patriots who lead las vegas 10-7 and
09:13when you hear about those teams getting together we were there in 2022 in vegas for one of the
09:18craziest endings you'll ever see left left us both at a loss for words the way that game ended in a tie
09:25game a couple of laterals by the patriots chandler jones brings it back for the game winning score
09:31they're going at it on kickoff weekend well that was an exciting game oh yeah that was an exciting
09:38game there's baker mayfield has 53 seconds to see if we can try to get some more points on the board
09:45there's tucker
09:47out of the 22-yard line
09:50drunkeneral hodge and baker actually started off a little slow then got into a rhythm mike evans
09:56that's his go-to guy he's always going to find a way to get the ball over to him from there that
10:01opened up the passing game and he gets a touchdown pass for mecca bucca you can see kind of the the
10:08evolution as the game went on of the offense with josh grizzard and how he wanted to say okay i'm going to
10:14feature certain guys that's not working then let me get back to the run game and then let me open it up
10:20again for certain guys and it's done well in this second quarter for the buccaneers offense
10:2648 seconds on the clock one timeout mayfield slings it out to a poker and he's wrapped up
10:34after a gain of three i don't know if i like that play call actually i know i don't like that play call
10:41you have a screen to a wide receiver it takes a lot of time off the clock not a lot of yards
10:46you have one time out you're trying to save it second down and seven caden ellis nearly came up with the pick
10:56take a look at what baker was looking at and this ball is actually i thought it was a little short it's
11:05not that short that was a great break by caden ellis on the football to get that pass break up
11:11quickly into a third and long for the buccaneers offense
11:16go down in seven bucks deferred at the start of the game so they will receive the second half kickoff
11:26and they will receive the second half kickoff lead the 42 yard block for the first down
11:33mayfield wrapped up
11:43so there's a lot of extracurricular going on after the play cody mark took offense
11:48to the extra hit that baker mayfield took on that play but they didn't blow the whistle and
11:56you're gonna watch it's a nickel blitz you're gonna have a player coming off the edge from the right side
12:04gets in there baker mayfield is still fighting there's no whistle blown so they clean them up
12:09it was billy bowman jr the rookie fourth round pick out of oklahoma first falcon to baker mayfield
12:20atlanta uses their third and final timeout
12:26now on that play the officials should have just ended the play quicker baker mayfield
12:29clearly couldn't get out of that struck that was there he's still trying to fight
12:34blow the whistle and then you avoid any issues after the play
12:39laggy backpedals takes it out to 21. kamal agney
12:46out to the
12:4848 yard line so nine seconds remaining see if they can complete a pass of about 20 yards and get
12:56him to field goal range for coop michael pennix has one of the biggest arms in the nfl no timeout so
13:03it would have to be to the sideline correct no timeout so you can go for a deep route to the sideline you
13:09know he can get the ball there you just got to give him a little time
13:13if they can get that possibly have a chance for a field goal
13:23i mean they're taking long in the huddle that tells me they're going to go for it yeah usually
13:27they're just going to take me it's a quick call in the huddle you break and you go
13:31here it looks like they're really going to try for one of these deeper routes to the sideline
13:34frank lunging split out wide to the right
13:41pedics sets fires looking for washington not sure he would have been able to get out of bounds even if
13:49he had made the catch and a lot of the clock still down though down to three seconds yeah
13:55he's able to get up on his own hobbling off yeah hobbling to the sideline
14:14the end of that play
14:15it's like he collided knees with antoine winfield
14:27now pedics will take a knee and the first half comes to an end
14:30in atlanta quick start for the falcons
14:34pedics
14:35the robinson 50-yard touchdown on the catch and run our first half stats
14:41brought to you by wing stop mayfield 7-15
14:45pedics 140 yards in the air
14:49mayfield with the touchdown strike to the rookie abuka
14:55so this nfc south divisional matchup tied at halftime as we head to los angeles
15:01for the verizon halftime report
15:13so
15:31today's game flow presented by progressive
15:43where the falcons and buccaneers tied at 10. we welcome you back to nfl kickoff weekend presented
15:50by youtube tv
15:52moments ago megan chatted with falcons head coach raheem morris
16:00coach what's the messaging to this falcons team for the second half you know it's about pride right
16:04about personal responsibility to go out here to win this football game and that's what these guys are
16:08going to do you know they got to go out here we got to figure out how to run the ball better
16:11and figure out how to control that that's what we're going to do right now appreciate your time
16:14coach thank you
16:15thank you so much for here morris won a super bowl
16:20as a bucks assistant over two decades ago but it was named tampa bay head coach in 2009
16:27at the age of 32 now in his second season as the head coach here in atlanta
16:42ruccaneers will get the ball first to begin this third quarter on kickoff weekend in atlanta
16:53they will start at the 35-yard line kenny albert jonathan filmer you just heard from megan
16:59leaving your biggest takes out of that first half it was really the defenses that are a little bit ahead
17:07of the offenses which is typical first few games of the season offense aren't really in sync the timing
17:13isn't there yet so i'm watching these defenses as they're playing the offense are going to now have to
17:18figure out how are they going to adjust and really the adjustments need to be on the timing maybe they
17:23need to break their routes off a little bit quicker maybe on the communication they have to understand
17:28what the defenses are giving them but as soon as these offenses catch up to their opposing defense
17:33we'll see more productivity from them
17:39the toss it's erving
17:40our first down as the bus started from the 35 one of the new wheels this season
17:46after they went to the dynamic kickoff last year a kickoff into the end zone for a touchback last
17:53year brought it out to the 30 this year the 35 and it really has special team coordinators head coaches
17:59rethinking just kicking the ball out of the end zone it's really forcing them to have a return and
18:05possibly take that you know whatever that difference is of stopping them between the 30 and the 20 as
18:11opposed to spotting the ball in the 35
18:17second down at eight
18:22the field fires over the middle and it is caught for a first down in
18:28atlanta territory by sterling shepherd
18:30i'm always impressed with where baker mayfield places the football
18:43next pass attempt is broken up by mike huge
18:53there's a mecca buka baker mayfield trying to get him involved he had the touchdown reception
18:59in the first half but going back to how impressed i am with baker mayfield and the way he plays to the ball
19:06that last time that he threw for and had a reception yeah it's a reception it goes down to completion
19:11but where he puts it is always so that the wide receiver is not in harm's way they don't take the big shot
19:17blowing away only his receiver can get it which evans who picks up on other buccaneers first down
19:24at the falcons 30 gate of 14. just talked about watch the offensive line and how much time they're
19:32giving baker mayfield this is a four-man rush puts it right over the outstretched arms of kate and ellis
19:38for mike evans ball placement superb completion great rhythm great for them right now as they
19:46start the second half fourth reception for mike evans today
19:53hey we're good we're good
19:59on first down pushing the pile ahead for a gate of two
20:03two to the falcons 28. baker today no pressure 9 of 12 110 yards under pressure 06 nothing doing
20:15actually a little different than last year he was really good versus the five-man six-man pressures
20:20today without the falcons have been dialing it up when they do they've had success when they don't
20:25four-man rush is not getting there and baker is dicing them up
20:30he put up career numbers last season only joe burrow through more touchdowns
20:34mayfield finished third and passing yards behind only burrow and jared goff
20:41second down and eight
20:44mayfield to the outside
20:47that's tez johnson rookie out of oregon they're gonna go quickly
20:54they're doing that just in case he was out of bounds they don't want the challenge flag from
20:58raheem morris he's got it in his hand
21:05now the bucks take some time yeah it looks like
21:09they reviewed on the replay it's a completion raheem is not throwing the flag
21:14baker has time now to check the defense and now the bucks use a timeout
21:20it's tez tez johnson the rookie from oregon
21:35doesn't look like he completed that catch it looked like he bobbled it a little bit he did drag that
21:39back foot but he was still trying to possess that football as he was going out of bounds
21:44he led the bucks in receptions during the pre-season seventh round pick
21:54his high school coach was the father of broncos quarterback poe nix and
21:59tess johnson lived with the family oh really
22:06let's you know the pedigree he came from
22:10and there's raheem morris he's he's talking it through with the officials and there it is
22:16so the bucks taking a timeout actually gave morris and his staffs an extra time yeah take a look at
22:25it upstairs now it was a hard situation for todd bowles offensively they were facing a third and short
22:33and you can challenge until the next snap correct
22:38bowls didn't want to just run any random play right now it becomes fourth down really
22:42on the previous play of completed pass is being challenged by atlanta it'll be reviewed
22:54there's one more look whether johnson gained possession right there looks like only one foot
23:01down in bounds i would agree with you kenny looked like only one foot by the time he gained possession
23:07so raheem morris has challenged and we welcome in for the first time this season
23:14the great mike pereira mike what did you see you know i think what they were doing what todd
23:19bowls was doing was waiting to see if they were going to use video assist to change it before he had
23:24to use the challenge now they've already it looks like they already reversed it to an incomplete pass
23:29which it was because he had lost control and then didn't get two feet down after regaining
23:34i think that was the big delay on uh by the coach
23:40all right thanks mike so
23:43well here morris with a successful challenge
23:49would have been the first reception of tez johnson's career that's taken off the books
23:53the first reception of tez johnson's career that's taken off the baton's career that's taken off the
23:58Atlanta falcons have not been known the blitz today on these third downs they've been
24:04liking the four man pressure they like the matchups on the back end jesse bates has been getting the young guys lined up
24:23the game clock operator please reset the game clock to 12 minutes and 29 seconds 12 29
24:38there we go
24:39so they will reset the clock back
24:45mike carrera mentioned replay assist replay officials and designated members of the officiating department
24:53cataclyze on field crews based on clear and obvious visual evidence perhaps they did not feel that was clear
25:01obvious so they did not use replay assist and re-morris through the challenge flat
25:08going down at eight
25:10thoughts made by rashad white and then he is tripped up
25:14about five yards shy of the marker what a play by
25:18xavier watts the rookie this was an all-out blitz and that was the perfect call by josh grisard
25:25you run this little f-angle screen and if you can get that man clipped that would have been a touchdown
25:33xavier watts beats the offensive lineman and just does enough to trip up the feet
25:37and cause that third down force it into a field goal situation nice play by the rookie
25:43mclaughlin connected from 48 this will be a 44 yard attempt from the left hash
25:49so the bucks come away with nothing
26:04snap was fine the hold was fine just hooked it left
26:10we remain tied at 10 here in atlanta
26:13michael peddix jr and the falcons offense back out of the field he's the fifth different week
26:23one starting quarterback the last five years matt ryan orcas barriota desmond ritter two seasons ago
26:29kirk cousins who was still with the falcons packing up peddix
26:34that it started three games at the end of the season for atlanta last year
26:39he's a throwback actually reminds me more of a matt ryan sits in the pocket has a big arm he's a lefty
26:46everyone immediately thinks mike vick but he doesn't move like michael vick he likes to sit in the pocket
26:51likes to use that big left arm wants to push the ball down the field with his arm
26:56who chatted with both michael vick and matt ryan for the offseason both
27:00and congrats to michael vick got his first victory as a college heads coach
27:11yesterday 34 31 in overtime there we go congratulations over virginia state
27:17well deserved our former fox colleague holding offense number five five yard penalty replay
27:24first down that's on drake london
27:31and drake london that's the hold zion mccullum trying to get out there and set the edge
27:38if i told you a couple of years ago that michael vick and bill belichick would both pick up their
27:46first wins as college football head coaches on the same day your reaction would have been you would
27:52have won a hundred dollars from it you could have bet me whatever you wanted on that kenny you would have
27:58won it might have gone more than 100 on that one first down and 16 following the penalty
28:09there's london who makes the catch shoved out of bounds by jamel dean now michael paddix persevered
28:19through six years of college ball four seasons in indiana two in washington suffered a couple of torn acls
28:27and then in 2023 lost to michigan in the national championship game for the second in heisman
28:33balloting to jayden daniels it's easy to see why his teammates gravitate towards him the way that he
28:41plays the game we asked about his mentality as he plays
28:50second down 12 flag
28:53batches made by pitch
28:57penalty marker
28:59going to be an illegal shift on the offense
29:02that's on pitch
29:18not allowed to have two guys moving at the same time that was an illegal shift but
29:22going back to pennix when we asked him about his mentality how he plays and because of those season
29:27ending injuries he really makes the most of his opportunity when he's out there he says i play free
29:33i want to play as hard as i can for my teammates because i've been there multiple times where
29:39you're one play away from a season-ending injury and that focus that mentality that's what really
29:45the young players really like about him the offense likes about him makes him a true leader
29:49right he said treat every game as a finisher last looking for london
29:55with dean defending
29:57he was a running back when he started playing football at the age of five his dad was his
30:01coach and then his dad was a running back right his dad played at tennessee tech back in the 1990s
30:08yeah says he still holds some records for tennessee tech now at the age of 10
30:12michael made the switch from running back to quarterback
30:16the rest is history right he's done a fantastic job came in everyone kind of scratched their head
30:25why did raheem draft this guy so high you just had signed kirk cousins
30:32now he comes in he's a bona fide starter and you're seeing how well he how well he can play how good he's
30:38going to be throw down in 17 pennix stays on his feet and then throws it away
30:49stayed away from taking the sack and now the falcons will punt it away take a look at diabe gets around
30:58jake matthews gets a little bit of pressure just enough to force michael pennix out of the pocket
31:03and unlike baker mayfield pennix is not as productive outside the packet outside the pocket
31:08he doesn't want to be there likes to sit there scan the defense and make the plays so getting him off
31:14that spot that's a plus for the for the buccaneers good things happen they converted and forced the fourth down
31:22johnson back deep
31:23out across the 30
31:34across midfield finally forced out of bounds
31:40by the punter pinion what a return by cameron johnson
31:47into falcons territory you said what a kick he out kicked the coverage
31:5358 yard kick 59 on the return it was a bomb down the field but he truly out kicked the coverage and
32:02you can see nobody was there the gunners weren't there no one could make a play
32:09johnson in his second season he's the first nfl player from barton college
32:14in north carolina the bucks fans and attendants love it
32:16a 59-yard punt return setting up mayfield and the bucks offense first and 10 at the falcons 32
32:31and it's bucky irving inside the 30 down to the 28 gate of four
32:40four touchdown passes over the last two seasons for mayfield and any other nfl quarterback
32:45career numbers last year another division title
32:48that is on his third season with the bucks with a new offensive coordinator eight in eight years
32:56incredible during his nfl career
32:59there's josh guzard his previous two coordinators are both head coaches dave canales and leon cohen
33:06he's the head coach whisperer right now you
33:09coach baker mayfield you're bound to get a head coaching opportunity
33:12they feel second down and that is nearly picked off
33:23xavier watts
33:25who's been in the middle of a lot of plays today in his first nfl game he's having a really good game
33:31first poor read i've seen from baker mayfield xavier watts
33:36read that beautifully he jumped it so well that he actually had to turn back for the football
33:42baker mayfield got away with one and you can see baker mayfield as much as we talk about how great his
33:49season was last year he did lead the nfl in interceptions got to be careful with the football
33:55take better care of it 16 pitch last year
34:02using his feet first down and more inside the 10 and finally brought down
34:12watch the defense and the coverage on the back end
34:19we'll freeze it you'll see everybody is covered as soon as baker sees that he takes off with the
34:25football this is on the front five the front five have to recognize that all of our defenders are going
34:32back to the quarterback we have to keep him in the pocket after mayfield picked up 20 irvin will lose
34:38yardage on first down on the first play run in the red zone by either team today yeah give a ton of
34:45credit to baker mayfield he made them pay when you're not disciplined defensively understanding how
34:50the front four is supposed to help the back seven you have a quarterback like baker mayfield he's gonna make you pay
34:56second and goal
35:10Mayfield on second down, caught by Irving inside the 5, he dives towards the pylon, touchdown!
35:40Take a look at Bucky Irving, he's still in bounds, still in bounds, before his body lands out of bounds, he breaks the pylon with the football, that is a touchdown, nice awareness by Bucky Irving, he's been such a great pickup for them, gets drafted in the fourth round from Oregon, immediately stepped up that run game, now in the passing game, he's equally as effective.
36:10McLaughlin nails the extra point, Bucky Irving diving for the pylon, following the 59-yard punt return, to set it all up by Johnson, turn his TV off, turn his TV off, five plays, 32 yards, first career touchdown reception for Irving, following the 59-yard punt return by Cameron Johnson.
36:40Here's Brooks, out across the 25, and then stops Jai at the 30.
36:58The rookie, Omeka Buka, watched the little things that he does, this is why the coaches were so high on him, when you run your route, you want to occupy the linebacker, he occupies Caden Ellis, just enough for Bucky Irving to get out in the flat and have the leverage on Caden Ellis, so he's able to scoot in and dive for the touchdown.
37:20Those little things, not going to get noticed much on the field, but in the film room tomorrow, they're going to praise Omeka Buka for being a selfless team player, getting Bucky Irving that touchdown.
37:32Buka with a touchdown of his own earlier, now the Falcons trailing by seven, 29-yard line, Baker Robinson, Penix, now fires too far for Pitts.
37:51Yeah, that's one thing about that big arm he has, he needs to start learning to put touch on the football.
38:00We talked to Zach Robinson about it, he said he actually reminded him of the...
38:06Matthew Stafford, right?
38:07Exactly, drawing a blank there, Matthew Stafford.
38:09Zach Robinson coached Matthew Stafford in L.A., and Matthew Stafford had a big arm back then when he first started, didn't put touch on the football.
38:17Sooner or later, he got there, took a couple seasons for him to finally start using different arm angles, take a little mustard off the football.
38:24Penix is going to have to learn that for some of those touch throws.
38:29Penix started the game, six of seven, just seven of his last 16.
38:34It's a false start, so this will push the Falcons back.
38:39False start, offense number 71, five-yard penalty, second down.
38:44Right tackle, Elijah Wilkinson, starting for the injured Caleb Begari, who's actually done a great job today.
38:50We've not talked about Elijah Wilkinson or the pressure that he's been giving up, so offensive line, we're not talking about him.
38:57He's doing a good job today, playing well, giving Penix enough time to make those reads.
39:03False start.
39:05False start.
39:08Right.
39:08Second and 15 for Atlanta, following the penalty.
39:18Right, right, right, right.
39:26That is on second down to the outside.
39:29Drake London makes the catch.
39:32Out of bounds.
39:35Three yards shy of the marker.
39:36Penix going to his favorite guy, Drake London on the outside.
39:44Sixth reception for London.
39:46He had great chemistry with Penix in the three games that Penix started.
39:50He put up big numbers at the end of last season.
39:54I believe the chemistry comes from Drake London's ability to get open in those intermediate routes
40:02and how quickly Penix wants to get rid of the football.
40:05It times up perfectly.
40:09Blacklock walking down.
40:12We're down at three.
40:14Penix complete.
40:15Ray Ray McLeod.
40:16Falcons first down to midfield.
40:22McLeod had his best season last year.
40:2462 receptions.
40:25Picks up 14 yards on this play.
40:28Ray Ray McLeod is another person who's made the most of his opportunities running those
40:33intermediate routes as well.
40:34He's a slot receiver.
40:36More sudden than Drake London.
40:37Gets in and out of his breaks very well.
40:40And you can see that Penix, as I talked about, he wants to get rid of the football.
40:44As soon as he hits that back foot, he's ready to release.
40:47And you have to be ready as you break out of your throw, out of your route, to be ready for that throw.
40:52Drake London does it very well.
40:54Ray Ray McLeod.
40:54Ray Ray McLeod.
40:55It leads to.
40:56From midfield on first down.
41:03Penix complete.
41:05It's London.
41:07Picks up another Falcons first to the Tampa Bay 38.
41:12Gain of 12.
41:13Drake London.
41:15Eighth overall pick.
41:16Back in 22 with size out of USC.
41:21What a year last season.
41:22100 receptions.
41:23Finished fourth in the league in receiving yards.
41:27Played basketball at USC.
41:30And that's part of the reason he's so good in those intermediate routes.
41:33He's able to body out those defenders.
41:35So you see him with the speed outs.
41:37You see him running those option routes on the outside.
41:40He knows how to use his body, get open for Penix, and make sure he has a big frame for him to throw to.
41:45How about his high school numbers?
41:4729 points, 12 rebounds for Gail as a senior.
41:50That's it?
41:52Close start.
41:56Offense number 71.
41:58Five-yard penalty.
41:59Still first down.
42:00That's welcome to those numbers.
42:01Sounded pretty good to me.
42:02Let's check in with Began.
42:03Well, Drake London returned back to Southern California and USC last weekend.
42:08He was the tunnel leader for his former team.
42:11He ran them out to the field.
42:12He called it the highest honor.
42:13And you know what?
42:14USC, that's where he forged some everlasting relationships.
42:17Talk to me about having upperclassmen like Amon Ross, St. Brown, and Michael Pittman,
42:21that he could really lean on.
42:22And now that they are all in the league, they are just a phone call away for one another, guys.
42:27So, terrific mentors.
42:28And it makes sense.
42:31Amon Ross, St. Brown, their game is very similar.
42:34Different body types.
42:34But he catches the ball the same way that Amon Ross does.
42:38Robinson on first and 15.
42:42Get it to four.
42:43Just over four minutes remaining.
42:45Third quarter.
42:47Kickoff weekend in Atlanta.
42:49Buccaneers with a seven-point lead.
42:52Robinson with a 50-yard catch-and-run for a score on the game's first possession.
42:59Only 25 yards since.
43:03Well, Todd Bowles saw enough of that touchdown.
43:06He has not had a linebacker one-on-one with no help on Bajon Robinson in the passing game.
43:11All the defenders, eyes to Penix.
43:32He's not forcing the ball downfield.
43:34And you see they all rally to the football.
43:35And as soon as they rally the pits, they go low, take his legs out.
43:39You can't move if you don't have your legs.
43:41Nice job gang tackling by the Buccaneers' defense.
43:48Third down is hit.
43:49Buckeets must get to the 29 for a first down.
43:52And they do.
43:53Robinson makes the catch.
43:57All the way down inside the Buccaneers' 15-yard line.
44:01Well, Sir Rossier-Dennis is playing with fire.
44:06He's one-on-one with Bajon Robinson.
44:09Look at Penix's eyes, waiting for Bajon to finally clear the space.
44:13As soon as he did that, Dennis lost his man.
44:16I don't know how you lose the best player for the Falcons in coverage, but he did.
44:21And they paid a pay.
44:22Bajon gets a nice game.
44:23Just talking about he hadn't done much until then.
44:26Huge game for the Falcons' offense.
44:2823-yard pickup.
44:29Falcons will run their first play in the red zone today.
44:35From the 15, the game to Robinson.
44:38Stays on his feet.
44:40And takes it down to the 10.
44:43And that's making those guys miss.
44:45He made two guys miss.
44:47Won't talk about it.
44:48It's only a five-yard game.
44:49But that five-yard game could have easily been a one-yard gain at most.
44:55Robinson exits.
44:56Here comes Algier.
44:58Second and five from the Buccaneers' 10-yard line.
45:01Yeah, speaking of exits, Servatier Dennis is on the sideline right now.
45:05Dion Jones is in his place.
45:07As I mentioned, you can't drop your coverage on the best player the Falcons have.
45:11There's Dion Jones.
45:12Veteran actually played for the Falcons before.
45:14Now he's playing for the Bucs.
45:16A little conservative with the play calling.
45:32Now it's a third and obvious passing down.
45:35They bring in Kyle Pitts.
45:37They bring in Tyler Algier.
45:39He's in the backfield.
45:42Hassan Roddick returns for the Bucs.
45:45Yeah, I haven't heard much from Hassan today.
45:47I like the way he plays the run.
45:48But I'm really looking at the offense having Pitts and Drake on the same side.
45:52They're down at the bottom of the screen.
45:54Tenth play of the drive.
45:57Third down at four.
46:00Cuttings.
46:00Walk in.
46:01Hit.
46:02Down he goes.
46:05Hassan Roddick.
46:06We just mentioned Roddick re-entered the game prior to that play.
46:11And he makes the play.
46:13Clearly didn't like that I had called him out and hadn't called his name in a while.
46:18So he goes up and under on Elijah Wilkinson.
46:21Chris Lindstrom tries to help out.
46:22It was too late.
46:23The first step for Hassan Roddick is one of the most explosive steps in the NFL.
46:29Todd Bowles said, I'm still surprised at how quick his first step is.
46:33And I've seen a lot of good ones.
46:35Hassan Roddick, I think they got a good one with him.
46:37To Todd, pro bowler.
46:39There's Koo from the right half.
46:4236-yard attempt.
46:45Off the upright.
46:46It is good.
46:50They took a Falcons bounce.
46:56Koo connects from 36, pulling Atlanta to within four.
47:02Welcome back to NFL Kickoff Weekend, presented by YouTube TV.
47:08Kenny Albert, Jonathan Villva, Megan O'Levy.
47:11Tampa Bay Bucs with a four-point lead.
47:17Late third quarter here in Atlanta.
47:22There's Tucker from the goal line.
47:28Tucker out across the 25.
47:32Let's listen.
47:33Our terrific audio team came back.
47:45Chip Weaver.
47:47Bucs in the business.
47:49Picking up all the sounds, the doinks from Koo's successful 36-yard field goal.
47:56Yeah, Buccaneers having flashbacks from the wild card game last year.
47:59That ended on a doink walk-off.
48:01Commandos beat them at home.
48:03They advanced to the divisional round.
48:07Buccaneers lead 17-13.
48:12Irving brought down by Terrell.
48:15As the clock winds down to the end of the third quarter.
48:25Kickoff Weekend.
48:26Divisional rivals.
48:29Teams will head to the opposite end of the field with Tampa Bay leading by four.
48:36Welcome back to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
48:39We begin the fourth quarter.
48:42Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
48:46Four-point lead over the Atlanta Falcons.
48:48Falcons scored on their first possession of the game.
48:51We were tied at 10 at the half.
48:58Second and nine for the Bucs.
49:01From their 28-yard line.
49:05Fake to Irving.
49:06Mayfield fires down field looking for Evans.
49:11No flash.
49:18Evans had a step on A.J. Terrell.
49:22Got a nice little push off.
49:24Nothing wrong there.
49:25And Baker just overthrew him.
49:29Missed opportunity.
49:31Nice route by Mike Evans.
49:33Baker put a little too much on the field.
49:36Third down and nine.
49:38This revamped offensive line has remained intact all game for the Bucs.
49:51Mayfield up third down.
49:54Mayfield takes off.
49:55And picks up a Bucs first down.
50:05Look at Baker Mayfield's eyes.
50:08Turns into a running back.
50:09De facto running back.
50:11The difference this time.
50:13Jesse Bates has to come in and make the tackle from 20 yards down the field.
50:17Before defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich had Caden Ellis spotting him.
50:21Right.
50:22And as soon as Baker Mayfield started to run, Caden Ellis was there to close that distance.
50:27Baker Mayfield making him pay again with no one there lurking to watch him.
50:3220 yards on his last big run.
50:3310.
50:34This time to pick up the first.
50:36And now he gets it into the hands of a Bucca.
50:39So versatile.
50:41This top just shy of the Barker gate of nine.
50:44We've seen a Bucca in the passing game be effective.
50:47Had his touchdown reception.
50:49Now in the run game, he's able to be Mr. Jack of all trades as a rookie.
50:54And that's really special because you never see a rookie have so much versatility.
50:59When we asked Baker Mayfield about him, he said he's the only rookie I've ever been around
51:03that was able to understand every wide receiver position as if he had been in the league for five years.
51:09That is special for someone like Emeka Bucca.
51:12Impressive.
51:17Second down at one.
51:20They feel the time.
51:21Dumps it off.
51:23And a nice talent.
51:24Dumps it off.
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