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Mike, Ali, and Beau close out hour three by letting Falcons fans call in and give their final thoughts on the Falcons 34-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers in their home opener yesterday in The Morning Mailbag!

Mike, Ali, and Beau spend some time with former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, and now analyst for the Atlanta Falcons Radio Network Dave Archer! Ali, Mike, Beau, and Dave discuss there being some bright spots to the Falcons 34-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers yesterday, what Dave saw on the first touchdown the Falcons defense gave up to the Panthers, who Dave thinks will be the Falcons starting quarterback for the Falcons Thursday Night Football game against the Green Bay Packers, how it's wrong to think that Falcons quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix Jr. aren't engaged in the game from the sideline, how Falcons Head Coach Kevin Stefanski will have to manage the locker room to make sure he doesn't lose the locker room and keeps it together while the team works through their quarterback turmoil, what Dave thought about Jack Strand's performance yesterday against the Carolina Panthers, and the pick six that Jack Strand threw not being Strand's fault.

Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to recap and react to the Atlanta Falcons 34-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers in their home opener yesterday, and continue to let listeners call in and give their take on the Falcons loss yesterday as well.

Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to recap and react to the biggest games that happened during week three of the college football season.

Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to recap and react to the Atlanta Falcons 34-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers in their home opener yesterday, and continue to let listeners call in and give their take on the Falcons loss yesterday as well.

Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to recap and react to the Atlanta Falcons 34-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers in their home opener yesterday, and continue to let listeners call in and give their take on the Falcons loss yesterday.

Mike, Ali, and Beau recap and react to the biggest games that happened during week three of the college football season, including the number eight Ole Miss Rebels beating the number seven LSU Tigers at home 32-24, continue to recap and react to the Atlanta Falcons 34-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers in their home opener yesterday, and let listeners call in and give their take on the Falcons loss yesterday as well.

Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to recap and react to the Atlanta Falcons 34-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers in their home opener yesterday, and let listeners call in and give their take on the Falcons loss yesterday as well.

Mike, Ali, and Beau recap and react to the Atlanta Falcons 34-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers in their home opener yesterday.

Grant McAuley and Mike Johnson break down the Atlanta Falcons' concerning display at home Sunday, a 34-3 NFC South loss to the Carolina Panthers. They discuss what should be made of this team through two games after they benched Cooper Rush and turned to Jack Strand mid-game. They await the return of Michael Penix Jr. or Tua Tagovailoa, but are they more than a QB away from being competitive? Plus, hear from Kevin Stefanski.

Catch the top Falcons debates from Monday on 92-9 The Game. From The Morning Shift and The Steakhouse to Andy & Randy and Dukes & Bell, the station breaks down how vertical Atlanta needs to get, how the team will survive quarterback drama, we hear from Wes Durham, head coach Kevin Stefanski, and defensive lineman Maason Smith.

The Morning Shift's full show on Friday, September 18th, 2026.

HR1 - Falcons starting QB won't drastically affect their Week 2 offensive game plan In hour one Mike, Ali, and Beau recap and react to the Buffalo Bills beating the Detroit Lions last night 41-31 in Buffalo on Thursday Night Football at the Bills new Highmark Stadium, talk about there still being no update on who the Atlanta Falcons starting quarterback will be on Sunday for their week two matchup against the Carolina Panthers, talk about how the Falcons want to get the ball to their playmakers quickly no matter who the quarterback is, talk about the biggest news, rumors, and reports in college football, continue to preview some of the biggest week three matchups in college football, and then close out hour one by diving into the life of Mike Johnson in Mike'd Up!

HR2 - Falcons have to push ball down field to have any chance of beating Panthers In hour two Mike, Ali, and Beau preview the Atlanta Falcons week two matchup with the Carolina Panthers, play a round of Fair or Foul for the halftime portion of the show, continue to preview some of the biggest week three matchups in college football, and then close out hour two by talking about the biggest news, rumors, and reports in the NFL as they go In The Huddle!

HR3 - If Cooper Rush does start again he should play much better than he did against Steelers In hour three Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to talk about there still being no update on who the Atlanta Falcons starting quarterback will be on Sunday for their week two matchup against the Carolina Panthers, and explain why they think Falcons fans are only clamoring for quarterback Jack Strand to play because he represents hope. Then, The Morning Shift crew spends some time with former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, and now analyst for the Atlanta Falcons Radio Network Dave Archer! Ali, Mike, Beau, and Dave discuss how Dave would expect Falcons quarterback Cooper Rush to approach Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers if he ends up being named the starting quarterback now that he's gotten more practice reps and actually got to play last week, how much of the offensive gameplan and play book Falcons Head Coach Kevin Stefanski, Falcons Offensive Coordinator Tommy Rees, and the Falcons actually got to use with Cooper Rush as the starting quarterback last week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, how Dave would attack the Carolina Panthers defense, why Dave thinks Panther starting quarterback Bryce Young has had success against the Falcons so far in his young career, and the one thing that absolutely has to happen for the Falcons to get a win against the Panthers on Sunday. Mike, Ali, and Beau also continue to preview some of the biggest week three matchups in college football, talk about what they learned during the show in ‘The More You Know', and the close out hour three by answering people's questions about anything in the Morning Mailbag!

Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to preview some of the biggest week three matchups in college football, and explain why they think LSU @ Ole Miss will be the biggest let down of all-time if the game doesn't live up to the hype and off the field drama.

Mike, Ali, and Beau spend some time with former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, and now analyst for the Atlanta Falcons Radio Network Dave Archer! Ali, Mike, Beau, and Dave discuss how Dave would expect Falcons quarterback Cooper Rush to approach Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers if he ends up being named the starting quarterback now that he's gotten more practice reps and actually got to play last week, how much of the offensive gameplan and play book Falcons Head Coach Kevin Stefanski, Falcons Offensive Coordinator Tommy Rees, and the Falcons actually got to use with Cooper Rush as the starting quarterback last week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, how Dave would attack the Carolina Panthers defense, why Dave thinks Panther starting quarterback Bryce Young has had success against the Falcons so far in his young career, and the one thing that absolutely has to happen for the Falcons to get a win against the Panthers on Sunday.

Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to talk about there still being no update on who the Atlanta Falcons starting quarterback will be on Sunday for their week two matchup against the Carolina Panthers, and explain why they think Falcons fans are only clamoring for quarterback Jack Strand to play because he represents hope.

Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to preview some of the biggest week three matchups in college football.

Mike, Ali, and Beau play a round of Fair or Foul for the halftime portion of the show.

Mike, Ali, and Beau preview the Atlanta Falcons week two matchup with the Carolina Panthers.

Mike, Ali, and Beau talk about the biggest news, rumors, and reports in college football, and continue to preview some of the biggest week three matchups in college football as well.

Mike, Ali, and Beau talk about there still being no update on who the Atlanta Falcons starting quarterback will be on Sunday for their week two matchup against the Carolina Panthers, and talk about how the Falcons want to get the ball to their playmakers quickly no matter who the starting quarterback is.

Mike, Ali, and Beau recap and react to the Buffalo Bills beating the Detroit Lions last night 41-31 in Buffalo on Thursday Night Football at the Bills new Highmark Stadium.

Atlanta Falcons Head Coach Kevin Stefanski talks about not having an update to the starting QB situation just yet, if not having a QB named makes game-planning more difficult, Michael Penix continuing to progress each week, the difference between players returning from injury being cleared and actually being ready to play, how different Cooper Rush's prep has been this week compared to last week, how to get more on offense than just Bijan Robinson, what led to such an unbalanced offense in Week 1, how pleased he was with the defensive effort and focus against the Steelers, the performance of Za'Darius Smith, the in-division game against the Panthers in Week 2, and when he'd like to make a call on starting QB for Sunday.

The Morning Shift's full show on Thursday, September 17th, 2026.

HR1 - Feels like Falcons Week 2 starting QB will be Cooper Rush or Michael Penix Jr. In hour one Mike, Ali, and Beau recap and and react to the Atlanta Braves losing to the Chicago Cubs last night 8-4 in Chicago in the final game of their three game series, react to Atlanta Falcons Head Coach Kevin Stefanski saying that there's no update on the quarterback position and that he's not ruling any quarterback out to start on Sunday versus the Carolina Panthers during his press conference yesterday, react to what Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. had to say in his press conference yesterday about how he's progressing from his torn ACL injury and when he could possibly play again for the Falcons, explain why they think Penix Jr. is flip-flopping his reason for not playing between mental and physical, talk about the biggest news, rumors, and reports in college football, continue to preview some of the biggest week three matchups in college football, and then close out hour one by diving into the life of Beau “Squidbilly” Morgan in The Life of Squid!

HR2 - Falcons are finally doing certain things to nudge Michael Penix Jr. to play vs. Panthers In hour two Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to react to what Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. had to say in his press conference yesterday about how he's progressing from his torn ACL injury and when he could possibly play again for the Falcons, and explain why they think Penix Jr. being too open with the media is now coming back to bite him. Then, Ali tests Mike's and Beau's knowledge with some Throwback Thursday Trivia for the halftime portion of the show! The Morning Shift crew also continues to recap and and react to the Atlanta Braves 8-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs last in Chicago in the final game of their three game series, and then close out hour two by talking about the biggest news, rumors, and reports in the NFL as they go In The Huddle!

HR3 - Michael Penix has chance to start Sunday but likely outcome is Cooper Rush being QB1 In hour three Mike, Ali, and Beau spend some time with Senior Insider of UGASports.com and Co-Host of The Steakhouse, Rusty Mansell! Mike, Beau, Ali, and Rusty discuss how the players in Saturday's Ole Miss versus LSU game can keep all the off the field drama off the field, which team and which team's fan base will feel worse if they lose the game between LSU and Ole Miss, how good Rusty thinks Vanderbilt quarterback, and former Georgia commit, Jared Curtis can be, what Arkansas has to do to make Saturday's game against the Georgia Bulldogs interesting, what Rusty thinks Head Coach Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs will be focusing on and trying to improve on this Saturday against Arkansas, and what Rusty thinks about the Florida Gators matchup with Auburn Tigers this Saturday and how he thinks it could play out. Then, The Morning Shift crew continues to react to what Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. had to say in his press conference yesterday about how he's progressing from his torn ACL injury and when he could possibly play again for the Falcons, explain why they think nothing that Penix Jr. said yesterday makes it seem like he's playing on Sunday, talk about what they learned during the show in ‘The More You Know', and the close out hour three by answering people's questions about anything in the Morning Mailbag!

Mike, Ali, and Beau talk about what they learned during the show in ‘The More You Know', and the close out hour three by answering people's questions about anything in the Morning Mailbag!

Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to react to what Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. had to say in his press conference yesterday about how he's progressing from his torn ACL injury and when he could possibly play again for the Falcons, and explain why they think nothing that Penix Jr. said yesterday makes it seem like he's playing on Sunday.

Mike, Ali, and Beau spend some time with Senior Insider of UGASports.com and Co-Host of The Steakhouse, Rusty Mansell! Mike, Beau, Ali, and Rusty discuss how the players in Saturday's Ole Miss versus LSU game can keep all the off the field drama off the field, which team and which team's fan base will feel worse if they lose the game between LSU and Ole Miss, how good Rusty thinks Vanderbilt quarterback, and former Georgia commit, Jared Curtis can be, what Arkansas has to do to make Saturday's game against the Georgia Bulldogs interesting, what Rusty thinks Head Coach Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs will be focusing on and trying to improve on this Saturday against Arkansas, and what Rusty thinks about the Florida Gators matchup with Auburn Tigers this Saturday and how he thinks it could play out.

Mike, Ali, and Beau talk about the biggest news, rumors, and reports in the NFL, and preview tonight's Thursday Night Football matchup between the Detroit Lions and the Buffalo Bills as they go In The Huddle.

Ali tests Mike's and Beau's knowledge with some Throwback Thursday Trivia for the halftime portion of the show!

Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to react to what Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. had to say in his press conference yesterday about how he's progressing from his torn ACL injury and when he could possibly play again for the Falcons, and explain why they think Penix Jr. being too open with the media is now coming back to bite him.

Mike, Ali, and Beau talk about the biggest news, rumors, and reports in college football, and continue to preview some of the biggest week three matchups in college football as well.

Mike, Ali, and Beau react to what Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. had to say in his press conference yesterday about how he's progressing from his torn ACL injury and when he could possibly play again for the Atlanta Falcons, and explain why they think Penix Jr. is flip-flopping his reason for not playing between mental and physical.

Mike, Ali, and Beau react to Atlanta Falcons Head Coach Kevin Stefanski saying that there's no update on the quarterback position, and that he's not ruling any quarterback out to start on Sunday versus the Carolina Panthers during his press conference yesterday.

The Morning Shift's full show on Wednesday, September 16th, 2026.

HR1 - All four Falcons QBs have legitimate chance at starting Panthers game as of right now In hour one Mike, Ali, and Beau recap and react to the Atlanta Braves 6-3 win over the Chicago Cubs in Chicago last night in game two of their three game series, talk about the drama surrounding the Atlanta Falcons quarterback situation that unfolded over a media advisory email that was sent out yesterday, explain why they think all four Falcons quarterbacks could end up making a start at some point this season, talk about the biggest news, rumors, and reports in college football, continue to preview some of the biggest week three matchups in college football, and then close out hour one by diving into the world of Dylan Mathews in Dylin Wit It!

HR2 - Falcons defense & O-Line can't afford to have bad game versus Panthers In hour two Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to preview the Atlanta Falcons week two matchup against the Carolina Panthers, talk about the important matchups when it comes to the Falcons defense taking on the Panthers offense, play a round of Which One Wednesday for the halftime portion of the show, continue to recap and react to the Atlanta Braves 6-3 win over the Chicago Cubs in Chicago last night in game two of their three game series, and then close out hour two by talking about the biggest news, rumors, and reports in the NFL as they go In The Huddle!

HR3 - Cooper Rush must use more of his mobility if he starts in Panthers game In hour three Mike, Ali, and Beau continue to talk about the drama surrounding the Atlanta Falcons quarterback situation that unfolded over a media advisory email that was sent out yesterday, explain why they think quarterback Cooper Rush must move around more in the backfield if he starts for the Falcons on Sunday in their week two game against the Carolina Panthers, continue to recap and react to the Atlanta Braves 6-3 win over the Chicago Cubs in Chicago last night in game two of their three game series, and then close out hour three by talking about what they learned during the show in ‘The More You Know', and by answering people's questions about anything in the Morning Mailbag!