Dukes & Bell

Carl and Mike close out the show with final thoughts on the Braves and Drake Baldwin's performance in their win over the Marlins which they both agree has moved him closer to winning the NL ROTY. They also discuss what they look forward to seeing during the Falcons preseason opener tonight.

Carl and Mike are joined by Steve Koonin as they discuss football being back and the latest on the Hawks and Trae Young

Carl and Mike come back with some Falcons talk as they share thoughts on what they are looking for in their preseason game tonight to which Mike notes he will be paying attention to Casey Washington due to the Darnell Mooney injury and some of the depth pieces on defense including Bralen Trice who is back after suffering a season ending injury last year in preseason.

Carl and Mike are joined by Bryant McFadden as they discuss the latest NFL headlines including Michael Penix Jr.'s connection with the Falcons wide receivers and the latest on the Micah Parsons, Dallas Cowboys saga.

Carl and Mike come back with some NFL talk as they share thoughts on which preseason games they are planning to check out and what they took away from the games that were played on Thursday. As they discuss, they share some thoughts on the Rams and Matthew Stafford, who is dealing with a back issue, and why they believe if there is going to be any opportunity for the Falcons to move on from Kirk Cousins, it could be if Stafford is not able to go for the Rams this season and they don't believe in Jimmy G enough to make him QB1 for the long haul.

Carl and Mike come back with more football talk and share some brief thoughts on Shedeur Sanders starting for the Browns in their preseason opener and why they believe it is a great opportunity to "open up some eyeballs" and dispel some of his critics. They then get into some Falcons talk and react to comments by Xavier Watts who spoke about working to make the team.

Carl and Mike come back with some Braves talk as they react to the performance of Drake Baldwin last night in their win over the Marlins as he went 3-5 with two home runs and discuss why they believe he has 'it' to produce in big flares at the plate and has inched himself closer to winning the NL ROTY award.

Carl and Mike open up the show with some football as they react to Anthony Richardson suffering a dislocated pinky finger in the Colts preseason game and believe that while the injury supports those who believe the Falcons are right to keep Michael Penix Jr. out of their preseason opener today against the Lions, the performance of Joe Burrow in the Bengals preseason game in which he threw for 123 yards and two touchdowns, validates why they believe the Falcons should get their second year QB some reps. They then share thoughts on why they believe there will be significant position battles on the defense in regards to the depth chart.

The full 8-7-25 Dukes and Bell.

In the first hour of today's show, the guys discuss the amount of starting QBs that will play in the preseason and why isn't Penix one of those guys. Also, what's going on with Trae's extension?