Dukes & Bell

In the third hour of "Dukes and Bell", we talk some dawgs as UGA and Alabama's kickoff time was announced! Then, one of the voices of the Atlanta Falcons, Dave Archer, stops by as the Falcons wrap up mandatory minicamps today. Mike Bell closes the hour with some "Guy Talk"!

Carl and Mike get back into some Falcons talk as they react to an article by Bleacher Report, in which they list Divine Diablo as the possible break out player for the team in 2025 as they believe he has the ability to have an immediate impact. As they discuss, they also react to Raheem Morris' comments about the newly acquired Diablo and both agree that while many Falcons fans may not be as familiar with the linebacker, he may be better utilized this year.

In the final hour of "Dukes and Bell", the guys talk some Falcons and the emergence of Divine Deablo, are visited from one of our contest winners, and we "Clear Our Throats" to end the show!

Carl and Mike are joined by Dave Archer as they discuss the Falcons and what their takeaways are from minicamp this week.

Carl and Mike get into some college football talk as they share thoughts on Georgia's schedule as they react to their game against Alabama being announced as a 7:30pm start and discuss whether or not this year will be a tougher year, especially with their home schedule.

Carl and Mike get into some Braves talk and briefly react to their win over the Brewers on Wednesday as Spencer Schwellenbach pitched a complete inning allowing just two earned runs. And while they won two of the three games against the Brewers, Carl notes the team is not not play no where near as good as they should be with the talent they have on the team and that leads to a conversation between Carl and Mike as to why  Atlanta fans seem to hesitate with coaching change with the Braves when the team is performing below mediocracy, however other Atlanta franchise would be immediately under the gun.

Carl and Mike get into some NFL headlines and react to reports to reports of Shemar Stewart leaving Bengals mandatory minicamp as he has yet to sign his rookie contract and the guys share thoughts on whether or not Stewart may be handling his negotiations in the proper manner by not keeping as much as possible behind closed doors.

Carl and Mike get into some Falcons talk with some final thoughts on what they had a chance to see yesterday at minicamp and get into a conversation on whether or not the Falcons will have to be a defensive led team this season in order to get over their playoff drought. As they discuss, both agree the Falcons have always had solid offenses however it would be nice to be talking about the defense a lot more this season more than ever before.

Carl and Mike come back and get into a conversation around the possibility of the NHL returning to Atlanta, which they both believe a team would be supported well, however Mike believes the potential of a team landing in Forsyth County, where they just approved the development of a mixed-use project to include an NHL ready stadium, would not be a favorable location.

Carl and Mike open up the show with their reactions to news of the Hawks denying the Knicks an opportunity to interview Quin Snyder to which they both find interesting as they believe the Hawks head coach has not yet done anything in terms of the team yet to advance past the play-in round of the NBA playoffs, leading them to question if Hawks denying the Knicks the interview validates how much they believe in Snyder.