Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff on Scouting During Uncertain Times

NFL: Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah & Bucky Brooks

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🗓️ 23 July 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks are back with a new episode. To start off, the guys have a conversation about players staying in shape before reporting to camp (4:07). Next, the duo react to the new name of the Washington Football Team (7:50). After that, Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff joins to talk about scouting during these uncertain times and adapting to virtual environments and interactions (12:37). Then, DJ evaluates college players he's been watching and Bucky gives his analysis also (20:38). To wrap up the show, DJ and Bucky look at the potential impact of certain college prospects playing for a team that may not have a season (30:08).

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0:00.0	And now move the sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks.
0:07.0	What's up everybody? Welcome to move the sticks DJ and Bucky here. Bucky how you doing man?
0:12.0	Man I'm good. I'm good because football is right around the corner DJ and I don't know what it looks like in college.
0:18.0	And I've seen what it's looking like in high school in terms of moving to the spring or the calendar year 2021.
0:24.0	But the NFL looks like it's ready to go and I'm excited to have any form of football that we can get this season.
0:29.0	Yeah I feel confident I feel I feel good about the fact we're going to be able to get to the starting line.
0:33.0	You know that's the first thing you can't have a season if you don't start the season.
0:37.0	So I feel I'm feeling better about things we're going to be able to get this season kicked off.
0:41.0	I think the protocols are in place even the elimination of preseason games.
0:45.0	I think everything is every precaution is being taken the daily testing all these different measures to get us to the start of the season.
0:52.0	Now there's going to be some things they're going to be challenging as we start the season.
0:56.0	But I feel good at least this point time we're going to get to the start of the season.
1:00.0	Yeah I feel really good about that. I feel good about the progress that has been made.
1:04.0	I feel good about the protocols that you're putting in place and the slow run up to the season.
1:09.0	All of those things I'm excited about.
1:12.0	I do wonder what is going to look like from an economic sense even though that's not necessarily in my in my room, in my expertise in terms of that.
1:19.0	But I'm curious what that looks like and how that's going to impact the team building process going forward.
1:24.0	If there's a salary cap reduction or if it stays flat and how teams will have to build around those challenges.
1:30.0	But now that we're seeing Rookie's getting signed, we're seeing Rookie show up to camp.
1:34.0	We have veterans reporting on the horizon.
1:37.0	Yeah I'm excited and I'm excited to see which teams view the challenges as opportunities.
1:44.0	Which teams are prepared for the moment to take advantage of the way that they're preparing to start the season.
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