Dukes & Bell

Dukes and Bell react to comments by Deion Sanders as he addressed Colorado announcing they would retire the jersey of Shedeur Sanders, which elder Sanders believes is due to their last name. It is even a discussion. As the guys share their thoughts they both agree the timing of the honor is a bit too soon, however are not denying Shedeur is deserving of his jersey being retired, however they do make note of former players like Cordell Stewart, who won a national championship, who does not have his jersey retired.

Dukes and Bell react to thoughts by Greg Cosell as he joined Andy and Randy to discuss the potential of Jalon Walker and Mykel Walker and several other players in the upcoming draft. As the guys share their thoughts on Cosell's comments, they discuss whether or not it would be a reach for the Falcons to move up or down in the draft to draft either of the Georgia Bulldogs' players and both agree it will be important for the Falcons to draft a player in whom they will not have to be concerned about how he will fit into their defense.

Dukes and Bell briefly react to listeners hitting them up on social media who believe Mike is taking shots at Alex Anthopoulos, to which they share their thoughts on why they believe ultimately the Braves President of Baseball Operations as overall done well with constructing the roster by bring players up through the farm system, however they do believe there is room to question if Anthopoulos has missed the mark by not bringing in a big name players to boost the roster.

Dukes and Bell come back with more thoughts on the Braves and highlight where the team ranks in batting average and discuss why they believe the team is not doing the things needed to win ball games. As their conversation continues, they also note how bad the pitching has been and why Mike does not have confidence in Bryce Elder, as he notes he believes there are limitations to the Braves pitcher, which is why he has concerns about him.

Dukes and Bell get into some of the latest NFL headlines and share more thoughts on the comments by Aaron Rogers in regards to how he was informed by the Jets and Aaron Glenn in particular how they were going to move on from him. As they discuss, both the guys agree being told in person was the more professional way for the Jets to handle and Rogers may be taking things out of context. They then share thoughts on comments by Puka Nacua in which he states he believes the 49ers window to win a SB will start to close if they pay Brock Purdy more than $50M ayear.

Dukes and Bell briefly share some thoughts on the Hawks and the importance of them expecting the Heat to come in and be physical especially with Trae Young. They then get into the Daily Download and share thoughts on the Braves and express their concerns on whether or not the hitting of the Braves can improve sooner than later. TheyAlso share more thoughts on the Hawks needing to be prepared for the physical play the Miami heat will come with tonight.

Dukes and Bell are joined by Bryant McFadden as he shares some thoughts on Aaron Rogers' comments on Aaron Glenn and gives some thoughts on players the Falcons should be eyeing in the draft.

Dukes and Bell open up the show with thoughts on the Hawks matchup with the Heat tonight as they look to pick up the win and advance to the playoffs as the 8th seed. As they discuss, both agree a win tonight will likely only come if Trae Young has a great shooting night in addition to other players stepping up and helping Young out tonight.

The full 4-17-25 show from Dukes and Bell.

In the opening hour of today's show, the guys recap the series loss by the Braves to Toronto. Hawks will face Miami in win or go home play in game Friday night.