What have been the biggest differences you're hearing and seeing from k- uh, Falcon's camp?

It's gonna be a physical team, Swede.

A- and I haven't seen them hit in training camp like this in a while, and that means not in just Raheem Morris' regime, but not Arthur Smith either.

I, I, I mean, they were really throwing the pads around.

And, and obviously you lose Jalen Walker due to injury.

Very next day was the most physical practice I had seen in five years for the Atlanta Falcons.

So, uh, he came in and, and said that, "Hey, I believe in playing my starters in the preseason a- and using this, uh, to get ready for the season," and, and all that stuff.

How concerned are you about those two guys potentially not being involved in this defense?

How excited are you compared to previous World Cups that you've covered or watched?

I'm pretty excited about the World Cup being here.

Obviously, I'm a little fearful of the format.

I wasn't in love with the format change to begin with, and before I see it play out, I'm not in love with it.

Maybe watching it could change my mind, but...

You know, you upgrade from from 36 teams, 32, excuse me, 32 teams all the way up to 48 teams.

You've got a bunch of third place teams that are going to advance into the knockout so that you can have a 32 team field in the knockouts.

And why has football, Abe, not become as mainstream as people thought it might after that World Cup in 1994?