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Georgia’s Flowery Branch — Among the Falcons’ players who faced the media following last Sunday’s 20-point loss to the Seattle Seahawks, safety Justin Simmons and linebacker Jessie Bates III were among the most forthright in accepting responsibility for the secondary’s performance.

They resumed their previous level of interaction as soon as Week 8 started. ‘Look in the mirror’ was the name of the meeting that the defensive back room held early this week. The sparks were ignited by Simmons and Bates.

“The way they prepare every single day, by the way, they kind of bring it every single day in practice, the way they deal with hard things, a tough loss, and how they’re able to carry themselves,” Jimmy Lake of the Falcons said. “This is how a professional athlete deals with this,” the older players can teach the younger ones. These are challenging and competitive settings. Everyone hates losing, but our younger players can see the maturity in their response, and that can only help us improve.

Minor leaguers value security Those in charge have helped people like Richie Grant and Nickel Dee Alford. Grant mentioned that following the loss, the starting safeties had some encouraging comments for the team, which helped them begin to recover from their performance. And Alford agreed.

“They’ve been leaders every day, but this week specifically,” said Alford, “you can tell they got an urgency when it comes to game situations.”

Impressive timeliness. Details. Expressing thought. Throughout the week, these remarks—particularly those of Simmons and Bates—have pervaded the secondary room.

As the Falcons prepare to face the Buccaneers, Simmons brought up the topic of communication in his postgame remarks. This is something that the team has been working on more intentionally. Simmons and Bates “took it to another level” in their preparation this week, according to Grant. This encompasses not just discussing the finer points during the film review, but also their practical implementation. It was deliberate and noticeable.

A couple of plays last week were allowed by the Falcons secondary that are not typical. Through seven weeks of the season, they have allowed the most scores (34) and passing yards (207). Prior to Seattle’s arrival, this defense’s focus was on limiting explosive plays. For that reason, returning to the fundamentals was essential.

One thing we’re doing more of today is communicating on the back end, which is something you can never do enough of. Defensive back Antonio Hamilton Sr. stated that the team will be more thorough and purposeful in its call-making when reviewing film. “There’s no grace, so whatever call is made, we make sure it’s loud and everybody understands what we mean.”

One of the best defenses is a loud defense. In Jerry Gray’s 27 years of coaching in the NFL, that is what associate head coach/defense has learnt.

Bates and Simmons have been particularly vocal within their position group this week, and that energy has permeated the entire squad.

The filtering is undeniable. Kirk Cousins, quarterback, praised Bates and Simmons for their leadership, saying, “It’s this balance. You want to come in Wednesday as a fresh start, new week, but you also want to have this edge of what happened is not okay.” Thus, the team is prepared to work, but also knows that it has a standard that it didn’t meet. “When you show that, I believe others notice, and I believe those around you say, ‘Alright, we have to do better.'”