Dukes & Bell

Carl and Mike get back into Falcons talk as they react to their conversation with Aditi Kinkhabwala as she explained how Kevin Stefanski did not have a bad relationship with Shedeur Sanders and had developed specific plans for Sanders and Dillon Gabriel and worked with Sanders in one on one sessions as well.

Carl and Mike are joined by Steve Koonin as they discuss the latest on the Hawks and the team continuing to move on without Trae Young and dealing with the absence of Kristaps Porzings.

Carl and Mike get into guy talk as they discuss why they believe it is good the CFP did not expand to 16 or more games.

Carl and Mike are joined by Aditi Kinkhabwala as they discuss what went wrong with Kevin Stefanski in Cleveland and why Falcons fans must believe in the former Browns coach being someone who can do more with less.

Carl and Mike get into some brief college hoops talk as they share some love to Georgia as they highlight how well the team is playing and agree Mike White may be leading them into the NCAA tournament this season. They then get into some football talk as they briefly preview this weekends conference championship games as they agree it is hard to believe the Patriots are not favored by more than 4.5 points against the Broncos.

Carl and Mike get into some of the latest sports headlines including Mike McDaniel interviewing for the Bills HC job despite accepting the Chargers OC job, multiple coaches turning down the Browns for their HC vacancy, and Fernado Mendoza officially declaring for the NFL draft.

Carl and Mike are joined by Bryant McFadden as they discuss some of the latest NFL headlines and preview this weekend's NFL conference championship matchups.

Carl and Mike open up the show with some Falcons talk as they react to the latest reports on the team continuing their interviews with candidates for their general manager role to which they agree while there is nothing overly noteworthy about the individuals, they agree they would like for the team to bring in someone from a team with a winning culture. They then share thoughts on Matt Ryan's comments in regards to saying there will need to be patience with Michael Penix Jr. in regards to his development.

The full 1-22-26 Dukes and Bell

2 O'clock Hour

:00 - Carl and Mike open up the show with Carl discussing how frustrating he got as he dealt with traffic on Juniper street following construction taking away lanes on the major street. They then get into Falcons talk as they discuss the team beginning their interviews for a new general manager, which Carl believes the team will likely not announce a hiring for the role until later next week or possibly later.

:20 – Carl and Mike continue with more Falcons talk as they react to the team announcing they completed an interview with Texans' assistant GM, James Liipfert for their GM role. As they discuss, they share thoughts on just how much the new GM will be able to call shots or will Matt Ryan be heavily involved with decision making of the GM. They then give praise to Bijan Robinson, James Pearce Jr. and Xavier Watts becoming finalists for postseason honors and agree while more wins would have been nice, they believe it is good for the Falcons to "have our guys mentioned".

:40 – Carl and Mike get back to Falcons talk as they continue to share thoughts on why Kevin Stefanski may be able to find success here in Atlanta if he is indeed able to "pick the groceries" in regards to selecting player personnel assuming that was not the case for him during his time in Cleveland.