This was never going to be an overnight haul. This is not going to be something that you get a new coaching staff in here, you get a new front office in here and everything magically changes. As you get here, you're new on the job, there's a lot of things that are going on and some of the obstacles that you're trying to work through. As you all know, we went into last year with the most dead money in the history of the NFL, $86 million in dead money. Because the salary cap constraints were so significant, you knew that it was going to take a couple of years to even begin to see what Terry Fountain know and Arthur Smith want to build in Atlanta. We have an open checkbook that the first time we've got more money than we've ever had. We do have a lot of cap space and we're excited about our plan going into free agency. You get a chance to build the team that you envision. Patients from the organization, the patients from the owner, the patients from the fans, because of that discipline, we're able to put ourselves in a little bit better position right now. We've got to make a splash. Can you create your own free agency first? Absolutely. We have to go out and find good, tough, competitive football players. Now I think it's time for some different makers. Go get a Jesse based. Go get a guy that can help our football team win, but more importantly, Mike, we are news. We are moving the needle. We haven't done that. You now have north of what, $65 million? How much of a big spender will you be? We had a plan from the very beginning and we knew this was going to be an off season where we could add some players and yet we still have to have discipline. You're always building. You want to build a championship roster, not just for one year, but for several years. And so you have to stay, have some balance, have some discipline and make sure you're getting players at the right value because you're putting together a puzzle. You're not trying to add a few players. It's, we have a whole team that we have to put together. And so you want to make sure that you're doing the right things and staying with them parameters at every spot. On day one of NFL free agency, there have been now four moves, okay, that have happened that are being reported that the Falcons are going to make official on Wednesday. John and Smith, they make a trade for him, tight in from New England. This is probably the most exciting moment of my NFL career. Eleven touchdowns in his last two seasons in Nashville. Nice touchdown field, Smith, he breaks the horses and zone. Aho, got to Smith. If you're not familiar, he played for Arthur Smith when he's with the Titans. When I figured that this thing would be real and me, me and Art would be getting back together, you know, my energy just went through the roof. It's poetic, honestly. It is. Every time I step on that field, you're going to get every ounce of me, every passion. Put the ball in my hands anywhere on the field and I'm just going to make plays. Memphis however, teams, Mike, Aura Fulo are more than capable right now of negotiating with their own guys, including an offensive lineman in Atlanta that wants set to play on the fifth year option. But Chris Linsram just made himself a lot more. He grades out as one of the best players in the National Football League as his position. The Pytis group on a team is the offensive line. And to keep one of the guys, it's now burgeoning one of the leaders on that team. When you start talking about Chris Linsram has been able to do, I think he's garnered a lot of respect around the league. We do want to prioritize two things. We want to prioritize our players and prioritize the front. He is now here in the prime of his career. Five year deal, $105 million, resets the guard market for offensive guards. He's the best guard. The person he is, the way he operates, the way he can beat some of the databases. Obviously, he's got a lot of physical talent and he's an amazing person and he's the type of guy that we want to build around. The start of this free agency period came more in the middle of the defense and from the linebacker position. Two guys in Onyamada and Ellis that obviously Terry Fountainau and Ryan Nielson know quite well from their days in New Orleans. Just the way they play football, we talk about versatility, we talk about toughness and we talk about violence and competitiveness. They really fit those characteristics. David Onyamada comes over from the Saints. Defensive tackle with Grady gets some help up front and a guy that's really gave us issues over the last few years. He runs into his own blocker and then is brought down by Onyamada. It's a great opportunity, you know, for my old D-Line culture is now the D-Cornado over here, you know, we're really pumped to get this thing going. 23 sax overs last six seasons. Under pressure, Andy's going down this time, it's David Onyamada. I play my heart cell, expect great things, wins on every down, every down and distance. Hey Ellis, a linebacker who had seven sax lessons. I'm so excited, it's just such a blessing, thankful and I'm ready to come and put on show out here. He just goes out and balls. Steps up in the pocket and gets sax. Kade and Ellis. Second and 17 under pressure again and going down. As a great year and a contract year, shows his athleticism, shows his versatility. Passionate. I'm just ready to go. I'm excited to see, you know, how they want to use me exactly and I'm excited to get to work. Start with the Taylor Heinecke piece, expected to sign with the Atlanta Fountain. My family's from around here, I'm from around here. Full circle, you know, this is where it all started. I fell in a little football here, grew up in Swanney. The Falcons have said they intend for Desmond River to be their starting quarterback. He's coming in to be the back of quarterback, but he's a guy that anytime he's got an opportunity to play, he's gone on and he's done really well. No Taylor coming in, this guy that gives you a chance to win, understands his role. I plan on just trying to be that veteran presence and I'm going to come in and help him in any way I can, help this him in any way I can. I've kind of been doing that last two years in Washington. Unfortunately, those last two years, the star kind of went down and it go in there and play. He's eager to escape. Keeps the play alive, works for the first down, dies for the pole out of the end. Yes, it's hard to have come in. But hopefully Desmond can stay healthy and I can help him in any way he needs. The other thing the Falcons have done today and this is the big splash is Jesse Bates. Safety, probably the best free agent safety on the market, right? Coming over from Cincinnati. I'm all signed up. Very good. Everything we talk about and we talk about it starts with the makeup and we want players that are not only going to be good at their position, but they're going to make people around them better and he's done that through his career. Good white band who's to that left track always at sleep and look who jumped in front. Jesse Bates brings a degree of credibility in the back end. I'm a safety or a foul quarterback. I know who Jesse Bates is. Second down. Rivers off play action. That one's going to be intercepted. Picked off by Jesse Bates. Very exciting to be here. I think that my role is going to be a leader. You got a lot of talent, a lot of young people and a lot of great people that care about winning. So, I guess that I'm excited to be a part of this. I know someone that's going to be the same guy every day. Like I said, whether it's good or bad, it's going to be the same Jesse Bates the third every single day. Our goal going into free agency is we want to touch every level and add to every position. We want to improve the total team. We're going to continue to dig and find football players. I saw a great opportunity for me to come in and feel like I'm going to be a player. I'm going to be a different maker on this defense. This is a place where I can win. This is a place where I can get coached at a high level and I can get better. But also a place that I'll enjoy. I think it's just going to be a great opportunity for me to go out there and play. It makes a big place. I really feel like, you know, just kind of surprised a lot of people to share. This seems to be a very competitive tough team and won a lot of ball games. This is a guy who went in there and says we can do it. You know, a lot of belief happening internally. Sign in my name upstairs was amazing and I'm just excited for the opportunity and to be able to play with the guys and really see what we can do this season. And I think we'll shock some. Derrick Carr, far corner in the end zone, Mac Collins. Are you getting a really competitive corner? A guy who likes to, you know, get his hands on receivers and, you know, get in the ring game a little bit, give my nose bloody. Energy each and every day coming out there to work and just work out there showing how bad I want it. Deep shot to the end zone for Miller and it is Kirk for a touchdown. You know, just being a better leader, you know, go out there and give it everything I got. I just missed that. You wanted a violent D-line, you know, not going to let a violent test. That's what you're going to do. Honk, go release, press set, all right away. That's a symbol. And a lot going away. The Falcons doing a lot of great work this offseason, Terry Fountain, who had a long conversation with him at the Shrine Bowl about how they are building that team piece by piece. The next big piece, the number eight overall pick in the draft, what's their strategy going into next month? What it helps when you do a lot of good things in for agency, it just helps you to have more discipline. And it helps to be really clear and whether you're moving around, whether you're moving up or moving down, helps you to have discipline and say, let's just continue to improve this team. And I'm going to be knowing who they are, if they're truly passionate about what they do, they want to be the best football player they can be. They want to be the best person they can be regardless of where they are in their life. We believe we have a strong culture and a really good locker room and we want to make sure we add to that. The eights pick, the Atlanta Falcons.