Dukes & Bell

Carl and Mike are joined by Mike Griffith as they discuss the latest on the Georgia Bulldogs and preview the CFP national championship.

Carl and Mike share thoughts on their conversation with Ken Carman in regards to why things went wrong with Kevin Stefanski in Cleveland and why the Falcons would not be making a bad decision if they wanted to hire the former Browns' head coach.

Carl and Mike are joined by Ken Carman as they discuss why the Falcons could be in a good place with Kevin Stefanski as head coach

Carl and Mike get into the latest NFL headlines as they share more thoughts on the Falcons head coach search and whether or not Kevin Stefanski may be who the Falcons eventually look to hire as their next head coach. They also share thoughts on the NFL divisional round and weigh in on Sam Darnold dealing with an oblique issue and why that may be an issue for the Seahawks.

Carl and Mike get into some of the latest headlines including the CFP national championship featuring Miami and Indiana and agree the Indiana turnaround is one of the most remarkable in college football history and share their thoughts on if Curt Cignetti is deserving of being considered as great as Kirby Smart.

Carl and Mike are joined by Bryant McFadden as they discuss the latest NFL headlines and what makes the most sense for the Falcons head coach hiring.

Carl and Mike open the show with Falcons talk as they share thoughts on why it makes sense for the team to keep the defensive coaching staff intact based on the success they had this past season under Jeff Ulbrich. As they continue, they also share thoughts from former Falcons player, Todd McClure, in which he stated he believes the defensive staff is good to go and the most important hire is going to be the OC and Matt Ryan's dedication to the franchise is why he is great for the job.

The full 1-15-26 Dukes and Bell

2 O'clock Hour

:00 - Carl and Mike open the show with their reaction to reports of John Harbaugh agreeing to become the Giants next head coach and share their thoughts on how the move may impact the Falcons head coach search if Harbaugh was their primary candidate. As they discuss, they agree at this point, regardless of the candidates the Falcons have interviewed and plan to interview, they "have to get the hire right" in order to shake the perception they always "play second fiddle".

:20 – Carl and Mike are joined by Marc Raimondi as they discuss the latest on the Falcons head coach and general manager search.

:40 – Carl and Mike get back to Falcons talk and discuss comments from Marc Raimondi during their conversation with him in which he stated he leaned towards the team likely not going to hire John Harbaugh after hearing Arthur Blank say the vision for the franchise would be coming from Matt Ryan. As they discuss, Carl believes Harbaugh would still have been able to set the culture despite the vision coming from Matt Ryan if that is the case.

3 O’clock Hour

:00 – Carl and Mike get into NFL talk as they discuss the history of the Giants possibly being a factor in John Harbaugh's decision to accept their offer to become their head coach versus filling the Falcons vacancy. They then share thoughts on now former Falcons QB coach being hired by the Commanders as their new QB coach and share their thoughts on why they believe the Falcons seems to be hoping to keep their defensive coaching staff in tact while allowing offensive coaches look for other opportunities, which leads them to believe they are happy with the defense.

:20 – Carl and Mike make their case for why they believe the Falcons head coach position "is a good job" and with the right coach put in place, they can be a 10 win team.

:40 – Carl and Mike get into what's on DA-DA mind as they react to comments from listeners in regards to the guys thoughts on John Harbaugh no longer being available for the Falcons HC vacancy, a high school kid in Arizona scoring 100 points in a game and James Hardin stating he believes the Clipper can "come all the way back".

4 O'clock Hour