00:00and we are covering the Panthers offense today because 37 points is 37 points how much should
00:05that performance against Chicago actually concern the Falcons here is Darius Smith giving his early
00:11thoughts on the Falcons week two matchup uh it's big they're in our division um it's gonna be my
00:16first time I think playing them since 2020 2020 uh COVID year against the Packers man so um to be
00:24able to come play them again is big but obviously just gotta continue to do the little things like
00:28we was talking about man just stopping the run and uh on first second down and getting ready to
00:33have a good time on third down to what we could party in the backfield after getting a sack
00:38this guy has quickly become one of my favorite people because I listen to it and I've said this
00:43before about some people like I don't know Zedarius Smith but I I feel like I know Zedarius Smith
00:48you know what I mean I've been around teammates like this I love when guys go to the podium and
00:53are just matter of fact uncomfortable you can tell he's just comfortable having these conversations
00:58kind of knows where to steer it knows what we want to hear party in the backfield like you know
01:02what I mean like it just I love listening to him talking he's spot on you're gonna have to get
01:08home
01:08on you know on third down if you're gonna get off the field against Bryce Young and company
01:13and he and he and he said it too is it's all about winning those early downs
01:17right and getting those and those long and distances and um they actually ran the ball pretty well
01:22last week for I mean I think everybody's gonna look at what uh you know kind of what Bryce Young
01:28did and what how you know he was pretty good uh for the most part I mean he's been pretty
01:33good
01:34against us but they ran the ball for a hundred and something yards and it was look I don't know
01:41really what Chicago is defensively I don't know what Carolina is defensively like based on that but I
01:47don't think either of those defenses are as bad as they looked and I'm not sure that either of
01:53these offenses for Chicago and Carolina are as good as they look I you have to like take it with
01:58a
01:58grain of salt in week one yeah yeah let me put it this way everything that you've heard this week
02:06about Cooper Rush and how there has to be a change I think Panthers fans and that fan base are
02:15going
02:15through that with a gyro evero the defense coordinator because remember he's been there
02:19since before Dave Canales got there and if you take the last couple of years and their rankings
02:26they have been downright awful defensively now it comes with the caveat that there has been a massive
02:32amount of injuries they've dealt with a lot of turnover they've put a lot of money in draft picks
02:37into that offense but I saw the stat yesterday that last two years plus today just evero as the
02:45defensive coordinator while Dave Canales is there 32nd in total defense and that's over the last
02:50two years in one game and it's just I think so everything that you're saying about Cooper Rush
02:55in this offense right now they're hearing about Evro in the defense and it's just a simple fact of
03:00after one week when you give up that many points and you look as bad as you did there you're
03:07going to
03:07start to panic just a little bit and they did not put their best foot forward there's no two ways
03:12about it watching this tape is brutal at times give Chicago a lot of credit but they didn't make
03:19themselves a moving target in Carolina let's just put it that way I know we're supposed to be talking
03:23about the offense their offense versus our defense but real quick to finish kind of put a bow pun
03:29intended on on this they're on the Carolina defense they had some moments though where Caleb Williams
03:35Travis Gibson comes on unabated and and and Caleb Williams gets out of there goes a blitz right
03:42he's able to get out of there there was the Mononghi uh I believe so you pronounce his name
03:46the touchdown run when he gets to the second level the linebackers have him bottled and he's able to
03:51make a move and and break it so there were some really good plays by Chicago offensively just like
03:57there was some really good plays by Carolina offensively against that Bears defense um Bryce Young made
04:03Grady uh made Grady Jarrett miss uh a couple of times where Grady got in the backfield and just
04:08just made him look bad well obviously defense was lacking 59 points is huge uh but the offense did
04:16get 37 what stands out about the offense to you guys I don't know I'm gonna be careful when I
04:21say
04:22I don't know that you'll see two quarterbacks with more like God-given arm talent than you saw
04:28from watching Bryce Young against Caleb Williams and for every issue I have with Bryce Young really
04:34and a lot of it has to do with his stature mobility things like that um man when you watch
04:40him throw
04:40the football it it's it's a thing of beauty there's a reason he would there's a reason both these guys
04:45were number one overall picks so it the D the offense to me was a mixed bag they were doing
04:52some
04:52things very very well and a lot of things started to hit and this game starts getting out of hand
04:56you
04:56can just see Bryce Young just delivering seed after seed after seed I love the structure of the
05:01offense and I think this offensive line which they've invested money in and they've drafted in
05:08they're in a pretty good place right now and Bryce Young did a really good job of kind of navigating
05:12the pocket allowing himself to step up keeping his eyes down the field um and these wide receivers
05:17man Jalen Cook like they've got some good players on this offense there's no doubt about it
05:21yeah uh you go back and you look at um basically the the completions that he had right he was
05:3023
05:30or 37 for 361 but he had it it we're used to the NFL version of Bryce Young completing like
05:39what
05:3920 passes for like 201 yards you know what I mean like not not really airing it out and there
05:46was a
05:46couple of you know aired out moments um he pushed the ball a little bit more downfield than I think
05:51we're used to they've got Jonathan Brooks finally in there with um and then obviously they have AJ
05:57Dillon that they got this year but then Chuba Hubbard like they got a you remember Rico Dottle they kind
06:02of let walk and we played him last week and they've got some some weapons in other words Tedro McMillan
06:09has really came in his own everybody goes to Bryce Young has kind of owned the Falcons
06:16I I don't fall into he's owned them as much now he's had two of his last three games have
06:23been
06:23really good but I go back to the game in Carolina last year the the week three game when we
06:29lost it
06:30was Pennix's worst game of his NFL career as far as performance but he put out there but uh Bryce
06:38he wasn't good in that game either but every time he comes to Mercedes-Benz other than the first time
06:44he's been pretty good he's thrown two interceptions against the Falcons they were both to Jesse Bates
06:48and they were both in the first time he ever stepped foot in an NFL field in a regular season
06:53game
06:54and it was really you know it was uh the last time he had a bad game at Mercedes-Benz
06:59yeah what are the matchups you're going to be watching between the offensive defense well I'm
07:04going to be watching an injury report to see if Chris Lindstrom's back uh he's in concussion
07:08protocol so we've highlighted a number of times in the last couple years the Derek Brown against
07:13Chris Lindstrom now Derek Brown moves around a little bit and um they did add drawing a blank
07:18on his name the kid they drafted in the first round Lee Hunter Tech Lee Hunter uh second round I'm
07:22sorry
07:22at a Texas Tech member we we thought maybe he would be a guy that would come here because he's
07:26a very
07:26talented defensive tackle but Kyle Hinton is a veteran backup and actually I think has started at least
07:32one game against Carolina over the last couple years at Carolina um but that's going to be a
07:39matchup I'm going to be watching it's simply can our front uh you know can our guys hold up against
07:46them um up front and force you know force bad decisions from the quarterback spot yeah when I'm
07:52thinking about um their offense and in the matchup I'm definitely thinking of Ted Oroa McMillan versus
07:59AJ and Hughes um you know he has in two games he's got 11 catches for 178 yards and a
08:07lot of that was
08:07the the game at Mercedes Benz um because I thought they pretty and and AJ was out last year in
08:14the
08:15game against in Carolina and I thought Robert Alford for the most part did a really good job him and
08:20Mike Hughes did a really good job against Ted Oroa huh D Alford what did I say Robert which is
08:26that's
08:26an interesting one throwback yeah I was going to say you dug that one out of the depths of that
08:30brain right there I'm also interested well and and I'm also interested Mike and how our our front
08:35like our our can our defensive line for the second straight week go and play a much bigger offensive
08:41line and and win because they did against Pittsburgh yeah so how can they turn around and this is it
08:48right now going into this Allie we got the top Russian defense in the in the league now it's only
08:52one
08:52game but we do have the top Russian defense in the league after one game against a much bigger
08:57offensive line can they repeat that performance
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