Dukes & Bell

Dukes and Bell are joined by Grant McAuley as they recap the Braves' weekend in which they swept the Twins and preview their next series with the Cardinals

Dukes and Bell come back with some Falcons talk as they react to news of the team signing Easton Stick which leads them to discussing whether or not the Falcons will be able to move Kirk Cousins before or on draft night. As they share their thoughts, they weigh in on an Adam Shefter article in which he states the Falcons are asking teams inquiring about a trade for Cousins to pay at least $20M of the veteran QB's remaining contract to which they both agree there will likely be no team willing to do so.

Dukes and Bell get back to some Braves talk as they share thoughts on the Braves sweeping the Twins over the weekend for their first series sweep of the season in addition to winning consecutive games for the first time this season as well. As they discuss, Carl notes he believes this was also the first time this season the Braves' bats "did what they were supposed to do". The guys then react to comments they received on Twitter as they weighed in on Ronald Acuna Jr.'s tweet in which he appeared to take a shot at Jarred Kelenic's bad base running in which he was thrown out as he thought he hit a homerun.

Dukes and Bell are joined by Connor Riley in which he gives insight on the new additions to the Dawgs as they landed Elo Modozie, Josh Horton and Josh McCray

Dukes and Bell briefly get back into Hawks talk with more reactions to the season coming to an end and the firing of Landry Fields. As they discuss, they share thoughts on what they believe the team has been missing and continue to remain stuck in "play-in purgatory" noting how teams who have been worse than the Hawks the past few seasons and have progressed ahead of the Hawks. As their conversation continues, agree Fields made some good moves in his efforts to turn the franchise in the right direction however may have fallen short as the team has a talented young core however, "we're not seeing the results".

Dukes and Bell are joined by former Falcons LB Chris Draft as they preview the NFL Draft and the direction the Falcons need to go in the draft and how Raheem Morris did in year one as head coach of the team.

Dukes and Bell come back with more thoughts on the firing of Landry Fields by the Hawks and discuss if the move is one that makes sense for the future of the team and whether his replacement will be someone who will see a future with Trae Young or one without the Hawks All-Star guard. They then get into some NFL headlines and share thoughts on a report by Albert Breer in which he states there may be some concerns for several edge rush draft prospects including Mykel Williams, who Mike notes is a player he has really been big on for the Falcons to draft.

Dukes and Bell come back with some Braves talk and react to the recent comments by Brian Snitker in which he admitted to not seeing Jarred Kelenic not hustling on the bases which led to him being thrown out at second base. As they discuss, they reference a similar incident in which Ronald Acuna Jr. was pulled from a game by the manager and share their thoughts on whether or not this should be considered a double standard.

Dukes and Bell get back to their conversation on the Hawks firing of general manager Landry Fields and share thoughts on the timing of the move and what may have led the Hawks to make the decision to let Fields go. As they discuss, they agree Fields was overall a good GM highlighting moves he made including the trade to get Dyson Daniels and make the right choice to draft Zaccharie Riscacher instead of Alex Sarr. As their conversation continued, they then ask if the Hawks can win with Trae Young and whether or not the team has to seriously consider parting ways with their All-Star guard.

Dukes and Bell open up the show and briefly share some thoughts on the Hawks firing Landry Fields and are then joined by Steve Wyche of NFL Network to preview the NFL Draft and he shares some thoughts on the direction the Falcons should go with their 15th overall pick.