Dukes & Bell

The full 9-9-25 show from Dukes and Bell.

In the first hour of today's show, the guys discuss the Falcons adding a kicker to the roster for competition. Chad Bishop from the AJC joins to chat about how the Georgia Tech offense 'has to evolve' and find holes in Clemson secondary.

In the 2nd hour of today's show, the guys chat with Dave Archer at the wrap up Game 1 and begin to preview the Vikings game.

In the 3rd hour of today's show, the guys hit the Dawg Report and chat with Connor Riley. Falcons 'attempting to do the right thing' signing kicker to practice squad.

In the final hour of today's show, the guys hit the Falcons Report. Grant McAuley: 'That was a surprise' to learn of Sean Murphy injury.

Carl and Mike close out the show with some final thoughts on the Falcons preparing for the Vikings who opened their season with a win over the Bears on Monday and discuss why they believe the Falcons have the edge in regards to having the better quarterback, however agree the Vikings proved how good of a team they are with their come from behind win.

Carl and Mike are joined by Grant McAuley as they discuss the latest Braves headlines.

Carl and Mike come back with more Falcons talk and share more brief thoughts on the signing of kicker Parker Romo to their practice squad as they address the kicking struggles of Younghoe Koo. They also share some thoughts on why they believe the Falcons' offense may be able to survive without Drake London and Darnell Mooney, however agree that if the two are able to play on Sunday against the Vikings, their offense can "really go".

Carl and Mike get back to some Falcons talk and react to some of the comments by Raheem Morris in which he addressed the media on Monday in regards to bringing in kickers to work out as Younghoe Koo's struggles continue. As they discuss, they note the Falcons signing Parker Romo to their practice squad on Tuesday and share thoughts on why they believe it is good to see the Falcons addressing the matter now versus waiting to see if Koo would be able to correct himself.

Carl and Mike are joined by Connor Riley as they preview Georgia's SEC opener against Tennessee.

Carl and Mike are joined by Dave Archer as they discuss the Falcons loss to the Bucs and preview Sunday's matchup with the Vikings.

Carl and Mike come back with a little more Falcons talk as they continue to react to the signing of Parker Romo and agree that they are in favor of the move as they believe the Falcons cannot allow Younghoe Koo's struggles continue to hold them back from winning tight games. They then get into Fourth and One and discuss the latest NFL headlines and share thoughts on how JJ McCarthy looked in his debut as the Vikings starting QB as they picked up the win over the Bears and now prepare for the Falcons.

Carl and Mike are joined by Chad Bishop of the AJC as they discuss Georgia Tech's big matchup this weekend with Clemson and the latest on Haynes King.

Carl and Mike come back with some Braves thoughts as they share thoughts on Alex Anthopoulos' comments in regards to Brian Snitker being a part of the organization "for life" and discuss whether or not the GM's statement means Snitker will return for another season as the manager. As their conversation continued, Mike notes his desire that should they be leaning towards moving on from Snitker, he hopes they are already targeting candidates outside the organization.

Carl and Mike open up the show with some Falcons talk as they react to reports of the Falcons signing kicker Parker Romo and share thoughts on what the signing may mean for the future of Younghoe Koo with the team. As they discuss, they agree that the move does not signal that the Falcons are planning to release Koo, however they agree it is good the Falcons are at least bringing in competition for the position. They then get into thoughts on watching the Vikings against the Bears did raise some concern in regards to how their defense made the necessary adjustments to impact the outcome of the game, as the Falcons will face them on Sunday night.

The full 9-8-25 show from Dukes and Bell.

In the first hour of tonight's show, the guys recap the opening loss for the Falcons, and why things went poorly. Why did this team fail to address the kicking game in the offseason?

In the 2nd hour of tonight's show, the guys discuss the defense from yesterday's game, and why this team is still without a consistent pass rush.

In the 3rd hour of today's show, the guys discuss the decision by Younghoe Koo to skip out on the media after yesterday's game. Braves get more injury bad news, this time with Sean Murphy needing hip surgery.

In the final hour of today's show, the guys hit the Falcons report and discuss the toughness shown by Penix in his first start of the season.

Carl and Mike close out the show with final thoughts on the Falcons loss to the Bucs and the play calling of Zac Robinson to which Mike notes his displeasure with the Falcons using the Pistol formation as he believes it allowed the Falcons offense to be predictable with the use of Bijan Robinson.

Carl and Mike continue with more thoughts on the Falcons loss to the Bucs in their season opener and continue to take calls from listeners.

Carl and Mike get back to talking Falcons and agree the season opening loss left a bad taste in their mouths due to the fact the team produced many positive and exciting moments throughout the game and Michael Penix Jr. showed the 'heart and toughness' the Falcons need to lead their offense. They then get back to Youghoe Koo's missed field goal and share thoughts on whether or not the Falcons need to release him and why their believe the Falcons never did anything this offseason to challenge Koo.

Carl and Mike get back to Falcons talk and share thoughts on Younghoe Koo not addressing the media and why they believe that is a bad look and puts more in his teammates to have to try and answer for him. They then react to comments by Koo after he addressed the media on Monday and spoke about the missed field goal which could have led to tying the game and sending it to overtime.

Carl and Mike get right back to Falcons talk and continue with their thoughts on Younghoe Koo missing the potential game tying field goal and why they believe they need to improve getting home to the quarterback and that based on statistics, the Falcons should have won the game.

Carl and Mike get back to Falcons talk and react to reports of Raheem Morris addressing the media and stating that the team is looking for veteran kicking options outside the building and they plan to work out kickers this week to which the guys agree this is the type of move that good franchises do. They do not wait to make necessary changes in order to be better.

Carl and Mike get back to some more Falcons talk and react to some comments from listeners in regards to the Falcons loss to the Bucs in their season opener and while they agree there should be frustration they also believe there were some positive moments the Falcons can build off of moving forward. They then get into some NFL headlines and react to several games including the Bills coming back to defeat the Ravens 41-40 after being down 15 points.

Carl and Mike come back with more Falcons talk as they share thoughts on why the team did things well in key areas such as time of possession, leading in first downs and total yardage, yet still found a way to lose as Younghoe Koo was not able to connect on a potential game tying field goal. They also share some thoughts on the play call selection and believe Zac Robinson was too predictable in his usage of Bijan Robinson and there needs to be growth on the offense in order for this team to be set up for success.

Carl and Mike come back with more Falcons talk as they continue to react to the season opening loss and while they believe there was more than once reason which led to the Falcons' loss, ultimately they believe Koo has to shoulder a lot a responsibility following his miss in which the game could have been sent to overtime had he connected. As their discussion continued  they then take calls from more listeners to allow them to share their thoughts on the game.

Carl and Mike open up the show with their thoughts on the Falcons season opening loss to the Bucs to which they do not hold back on how they feel about Younghoe Koo missing the potential game tying field goal and believe the Falcons had "all off-season" to address their kicking game and believe the team "took an ugly loss" and did not have to when the reality of Koo's inconsistency going back to last season. They then take calls from listeners to allow them to chime in.

The full 9-5-25 show from Dukes and Bell.

In the 1st hour of today's show, the guys recap the opening game of the 2025 NFL season - Dallas and Philly, and discuss the ejection of Jalen Carter. Falcons have to prove 'they can stop the run' in opener against Bucs.

In he 2nd hour of the show, the guys break down how UGA needs to improve in short yardage situations. Also, Mike Bell was spotted in Dragon Con parade despite claims of being at FSU.

In the 3rd hour of today's show, we hit the Dawg Report. Also, Steve Koonin joins and offers his thoughts on the Kawhi Leonard situation in LA.

In the final hour of today's show, the guys hit the Falcons Report. We look ahead to Saturday's slate of college football games. The guys give their Falcons over/unders for year.

Carl and Mike get back to some Falcons talk as continue to preview the season opener against the Bucs and share thoughts on the latest injury reports in which the Falcons list Darnell Mooney as questionable to which they both agree it is better for the Falcons to not risk losing Mooney for the year if he is not completely healthy.

Carl and Mike are joined by Steve Koonin as they discuss the Steve Ballmer/Clippers/kawhi leonard situation to which Steve believes it is good the NBA is investigating and the type of penalties that can be dealt out should there be any truth to the claims mentioned in Pablo Torre's report.

Carl and Mike get back into some NFL talk and more conversation on the Jalen Carter spitting on Dak Prescott incident before the season opener got underway and agree that those who believe Dak Prescott deserve what happened are wrong for their opinion as Prescott did not spit on Carter. They then get into some Georgia Bulldogs' talk and revisit their conversation with Mike Griffith as he shared why he believes Georgia needs to be better in short yards offense. As they discuss, they agree that on Saturday, Georgia will unlikely display much dominance in that aspect, however when they open their SEC play against Tennessee, they must be better.

Carl and Mike get a good laugh as they react to audio of Dragon Con Parade TV announcers claiming Mike was driving the Men In Black car

Carl and Mike get back to some Falcons talk and share thoughts on whether or not there should be any surprise in regards to Drake London not getting a new contract prior to the season getting started. As they discuss, Carl believes the focus of the Falcons and London were more likely focused on figuring out what the offense is going to look like as they enter the season with Michael Penix Jr. taking over at quarterback. They then get into a conversation on why they believe it is important for the Falcons defense to set the tone early, referring to last season in which the Bucs scored on their first four drives the first time the two teams met.

Carl and Mike come back with some brief college football talk as they revisit their conversation with Mike Griffith as they previewed Georgia's matchup with Austin Peay to which he told them the concern for the Dawgs is being better with short yardage offense and have to find a way to be a little more explosive. They then get into some NFL talk and share thoughts on which teams they believe have some of the best chances to reach the Super Bowl.

Carl and Mike come back and revisit some of their conversation with Rick Stroud as he spoke with them about what the Bucs are going to be asking of Baker Mayfield to which Stroud shares Todd Bowles and the coaching staff want him to be himself and have some of who he was at Oklahoma in him. As they discuss they note Stroud's comments in regards to the Bucs coming to Atlanta with a "bad taste in their mouth" after losing both games to the Falcons last season.