#25: The C Word

All right, so let's peel back the macro of what happened here, okay? So the micro is going to be a painful exercise.

The macro is pretty clear.

This team...

Atlanta continues to have a hard time under this regime handling success.

We understand how they are bouncing back from adversity.

So you finally get yourself positioned with a winning record.

The rest of the division is in a bit of shambles right now.

Now Atlanta is still holding on, but look, it's a long road here.

And you have an opportunity.

With a lot on the line here.

We talked about this on the tailgate show that Tampa was going to be no easy squeeze.

We know that.

I mean, they've been close in every game, so we know that going in.

But the first series of the game on Luke Keekly Appreciation Day of all days.

for Tampa to receive the ball first, as was designed.

That is the design of deferring the ball.

You want to get the ball back in the second half, steal a possession, but you've got to get that early stop.

If you're not going to get the early stop, what you cannot do is allow your opponent to chew up 12 minutes of the first quarter.

You can't.

It was apparent from the get-go.

That first drive...

I said, oh, boy, because the way they were doing it was all on the ground.

And we've been here before.

We've seen it.

We saw it to a much different degree in week one.

All right, so let's peel back the macro of what happened here, okay? So the micro is going to be a painful exercise.

The macro is pretty clear.

This team...

Atlanta continues to have a hard time under this regime handling success.

We understand how they are bouncing back from adversity.

So you finally get yourself positioned with a winning record.

The rest of the division is in a bit of shambles right now.

Now Atlanta is still holding on, but look, it's a long road here.

And you have an opportunity.

With a lot on the line here.

We talked about this on the tailgate show that Tampa was going to be no easy squeeze.

We know that.

I mean, they've been close in every game, so we know that going in.

But the first series of the game on Luke Keekly Appreciation Day of all days.

for Tampa to receive the ball first, as was designed.

That is the design of deferring the ball.

You want to get the ball back in the second half, steal a possession, but you've got to get that early stop.

If you're not going to get the early stop, what you cannot do is allow your opponent to chew up 12 minutes of the first quarter.

You can't.

It was apparent from the get-go.

That first drive...

I said, oh, boy, because the way they were doing it was all on the ground.

And we've been here before.

We've seen it.

We saw it to a much different degree in week one.