Michael Jerrell

... you get a hard upfield rush.

Jerrell turns the hard upfield rusher to the outside.

Mm-hmm.

Just pins him to the outside.

You gotta go in and understand what the game plan, what they're trying to do, and also what the opposing team is trying to do to you.

And then there's also, there's actual faces on the other side of it now.

Not, not saying it wasn't before, but now you got guys, you're coming in now, you say, "Okay, this guy is really good at X, Y, and Z." Now y- you come and say Michael Jerrell's playing tackle.

You say, "All right, we got this guy rushing off the edge.

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QB3 swing tackle.

Just 'cause the Falcons starters may be sitting out this Colts game, doesn't mean jobs aren't on the line.

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Even though we've stated several times on this podcast, you know, we don't think Jack Strand objectively played all that great against Denver, but in comparison to Cooper Rush, it was, it wasn't an incredible game.

But, you know, we'll see if Jack Strand can stake that claim.

We'll talk a little bit more about, you know, the claim for the open left ta- or open swing tackle spot.

And it looks like Mike Gerrell is the Cooper Rush of that position as the frontrunner at that spot, as he's, throughout the summer in OTAs and throughout training camp, he seems to be the first man up when there is an injury to one of the starters, getting the bulk of the first team reps in Jawan Taylor's stead at right tackle, with Taylor coming back this week and getting his first true team work of practice.