Dukes & Bell

Carl and Mike come back with more football talk as they continue to react to breaking news of Mike Tomlin stepping down and agree all teams should reach out to the Super Bowl winning coach. They then get back to Falcons talk and debate if Arthur Blank is still going to have final say in the hiring of the GM and head coach due to Matt Ryan saying he will make the final decision with Blank's approval.

Carl and Mike open up the show with Falcons talk as they share their thoughts on Matt Ryan's introductory press conference in which Mike notes he gets the impression while Ryan will lead the hiring of the head coach and general manager and Arthur Blank will have final say say, however Carl believes Ryan will be the decision maker in regards to the hiring of the head coach and GM. They then react to breaking news of Mike Tomlin announcing he is stepping down from coaching the Steelers.

The full 1-12-26 show from Dukes and Bell.

2 O'clock Hour

:00 - Carl and Mike open up with Falcons talk as they react to the team announcing they have hired Matt Ryan as the president of football and share thoughts on why they believe Ryan is going to be good for the job, agreeing the former Atlanta QB will be dedicated to turning the franchise around and the team will likely be most successful in his new role if they allow him to be 'the one voice'.

:20 – Carl and Mike get into some football talk as they agree most of the games from the NFL Wild Card weekend produced some great football with Mike adding he believes the AFC is wide open. They then get into some Hawks talk and discuss, while it be a small sample size, whether the Hawks three games win streak is a result of them being able to play better without Trae Young.

:40 – Carl and Mike get back to Falcons talk and share thoughts on what Matt Ryan's responsibilities as president of football should include, which they agree the team should allow their former franchise QB to should too many responsibilities and should more so have the final say that the eventual general manager and head coach make in regards to player and coaching personnel.

3 O’clock Hour

:00 – Carl and Mike continue with football talk as they share thoughts on games from the NFL Wild Card weekend as they agree the games were all real games and made for one of the best playoff weekends in recent NFL history.

:20 – Carl and Mike continue with more Falcons talk as they share thoughts on the Falcons allowing Zac Robinson to interview for the Bucs OC job however not allowing Jeff Ulbrich to interview with the Cowboys, which they agree signals they hold value in what Ulbrich has been able to do with the Falcons' defense.

:40 – Carl and Mike come back with reaction to the Falcons announcing they have interviewed John Harbaugh and agree the team should move forward with hiring the now former Ravens head coach.

4 O'clock Hour

:00 – Carl and Mike continue with thoughts why they believe the Falcons should not waste time in trying to hire John Harbaugh now that they have officially interviewed him for their head coach position.

:20 – Carl and Mike continue to share thoughts on the Falcons announcing they have interviewed John Harbaugh and discuss how much patience there should be in the team making their final decision on the position. They then get into Hawks talk and share thoughts on the team moving forward without Trae Young and have won three in a row without their former All-Star guard.

:40 – Carl and Mike get into Guy Talk as they share thoughts on the CFP championship being a storied matchup with Indiana and Miami, the Baltimore Ravens having a Tupac bobblehead night and Georgia lawmakers planning to reintroduce a bill to legalize online gambling.

5 O'clock Hour

:00 – Carl and Mike get back to Falcons talk as they continue to react to the team announcing they completed an interview with John Harbaugh to which Carl believes the team needs to make the former Ravens head coach an offer to fill their vacancy now. As they discuss, they share thoughts on why they believe the biggest challenge the Falcons may face in hiring their top candidate is the uncertainty at the QB position.

:20 – Carl and Mike continue to discuss the Falcons coaching search to which they agree the team is in a good position in regards to some of the candidates they are targeting and believe the team cannot go wrong with John Harbaugh, Kevin Stefanski and Klint Kubiak as their choices.

:40 – Carl and Mike close out the show with thoughts on the reactions towards Jacksonville Free Press reporter Lynn Jones following her positive comments to Liam Coen and agree people should not be upset about Jones' comments. They then share final thoughts on the Falcons coaching search as they agree John Harbaugh will be the first domino to fall in regards to which teams end up hiring which coaches.

Carl and Mike continue to discuss the Falcons coaching search to which they agree the team is in a good position in regards to some of the candidates they are targeting and believe the team cannot go wrong with John Harbaugh, Kevin Stefanski and Klint Kubiak as their choices.

Carl and Mike get back to Falcons talk as they continue to react to the team announcing they completed an interview with John Harbaugh to which Carl believes the team needs to make the former Ravens head coach an offer to fill their vacancy now. As they discuss, they share thoughts on why they believe the biggest challenge the Falcons may face in hiring their top candidate is the uncertainty at the QB position.

Carl and Mike continue to share thoughts on the Falcons announcing they have interviewed John Harbaugh and discuss how much patience there should be in the team making their final decision on the position. They then get into Hawks talk and share thoughts on the team moving forward without Trae Young and have won three in a row without their former All-Star guard.