Jon Chuckery

The Falcons get graded following their preseason game with the Bengals, Frank Darby waived by the Falcons and ESPN says the Falcons ceiling is 11-6 and their floor is 5-12 and JC believes that the “floor” is too low based on the fact that they made some moves to drastically improve their defense and that Arthur Smith will be able to coach them to a better record than that.

Jon Chuckery is joined by Lauren Williams of the the AJC to discuss the Atlanta Hawks and the release of their schedule:

• On the Hawks having a preseason game at the College Park team’s arena
• On the Hawks needing to be a better road team this season
• On how the Hawks are approaching the in season tournament
• On the Hawks having a tough stretch of road games in March
• On how much truth there is to Hawks being involved in the trade rumors
• On the Hawks not being a better team than when the season ended
• On what the moves the Hawks have made have done for the team

JC opens up the show with a brief conversation on the Braves as they open up another series with the Mets and JC hopes that the Braves can sweep them and if the Nationals win against the Yankees that the Mets can end up in last place after the series with the Braves. 

During his conversation with Jon Chuckery, Gabe Burns of the AJC shares his thoughts on just how good the Atlanta Braves lineup is

JC shares his thoughts on who he believes the Falcons could cut next after this week’s preseason game and touches on the fact that there have been some that have mentioned Bud Dupree as one of the guys who has been talked about being released.

Adetokunbo Ogundeji suffering an injury and being placed on the IR, JC believes his time with the Falcons may be over. He adds that he believes that Jalen Mayfield played well enough in the first preseason game to by himself some time, however he may too eventually be let go by the Falcons.

Jon Chuckery is joined by Gabe Burns of the AJC to talk the latest on Atlanta Braves and Falcons 

On thoughts of Yonny Chirinos getting the time over Michael Soroka

On needing to see Soroka handle the majors work load

On how big of a role the bottom of order has been for the Braves

On if Spencer Strider is the leader for the NL Cy Young

On Strider’s case for the award

On takeaways from the Falcons first preseason game

On how much we’ll see the Falcons’ starters on Friday

On Stetson Bennett needing to sit back and learn

On Stetson Bennett being a winner

Jon Chuckery is joined by Daniel Flick of Falcon Report - Fan Nation as they discuss the Atlanta Falcons preparing for their next preseason game:

On the first preseason game showing an identity forming

On the impact Jerry Gray Is having on the Falcons’ defense

On Jalen Mayfield being able to win the swing tackle spot

On Adetokunbo Ogundeji’s injury possibly ending his time in Atlanta

JC opens up the show on the Braves who are now sitting 11.5 games over second place Philadelphia and JC continues to praise the team for how well they have been hitting the ball all through the lineup. And with Bryce Elder on the mound for Tuesday’s matchup, JC believes that he has to drastically improve his strikeouts to walks ratio and that “if he’s not careful, he’s going to work his way out of a start in the playoffs”.

JC shares his thoughts on how after watching the Falcons on Friday, he believes that the impact of Jerry Gray is already being felt as the defense came up with several turnovers and multiple defensive players were able to shine.