Jon continues hour one by talking all things Atlanta Falcons with D. Orlando Ledbetter, Falcons beat writer for the AJC. Jon starts things off by asking D-Led how much does he think Dante Fowler’s inefficiency comes from injury, and how much does he think it’s the fact that Aaron Donald opened a lot of things up for him in Los Angeles. D-Led says that “I haven’t been that tough on Dante because I believe it’s mostly injury related.” Ledbetter continues by saying “He’s tried to play through a high ankle sprain, and that messed up his hamstring. Also, D-Led says that “He has done some little things by rushing to the outside well enough to free up Grady on the inside, so I haven’t been that tough on him.” Chuckery follows up by saying that he thought high ankle sprains only got better with rest, and is he doing himself and the team a disservice by playing. D-Led agrees with Chuckery and says “Yea he might’ve done the team a disservice and the team might’ve done him a disservice.” Next, Chuckery as Ledbetter about Foye Oloukun, and if he is the most improved player on this Falcons team this season. D-Led says “Jon you hit it right on the head.” Foye has been the most improved player on this team, and “he has turned out to be more dynamic than DeVondre Campbell.” Chuckery continues by asking Ledbetter where he thinks this team is at, and how they are feeling about the second half of the season. D-Led responds by saying that “this Falcons team believes they can still be a playoff team”, ...but with the Saints, Raiders, and Saints coming up we’ll find out where this team is in the twelve quarters.” Next, Jon continues by asking D-Led about what the future holds for this Falcons team, and if it’s more important to get a general manager or head coach in place first. D-Led says that it depends on how this team finishes, “if this team finishes it 4-12 then this team needs to be blown up.” Lastly Jon closes things out with D-Led by asking about the draft, and if this team needs to go pass rusher in the first round, and D-Led jokingly responds that the Falcons need to draft a pass-rusher in every round, and hopefully one or two of them work out.”
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