The Morning Shift’s full show on Friday, May 15th, 2026.

HR1 - Falcons 3 straight primetime games will be tough stretch for multiple reasons

In hour one Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan quickly touch on some of the biggest headlines around the local and national sports scene, react to and give their thoughts on the Atlanta Falcons 2026-27 schedule release video, react to and give their thoughts on the Falcons 2026-27 schedule, explain why they think the Falcons late bye week is the best part of their schedule, explain why they think the Falcons will have a shot to win the NFC South this season if they're record is at .500 or better after their bye week in Week 11, recap and react to the Atlanta Braves losing to the Chicago Cubs 2-0 last night in Atlanta in the final game of their three game series, compare the Atlanta Falcons 2026-27 schedule to the schedules of the rest of the teams in the NFC South, explain why they think the New Orleans Saints got the most manageable schedule out of all the NFC South teams, and then close out hour one by diving into the life of Mike Johnson in Mike’d Up!

HR2 - Falcons have three different tough stretches throughout their 2026-27 season

In hour two Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan continue to react to and give their thoughts on the Atlanta Falcons 2026-27 schedule release video, continue to react to and give their thoughts on the Falcons 2026-27 schedule, talk what about what parts of the Falcons schedule they think will be toughest, talk about how the Falcons final three games of the regular season being division games is a tough way to end season, play a round of Fair or Foul for the halftime portion of the show, and on this edition of Fair or Foul Ali, Mike, and Beau discuss if it’s fair or foul to think that the Atlanta Falcons 2026-27 schedule sets them up for success. Finally, to close out hour two The Morning Shift crew spends some time with former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, and now analyst for the Atlanta Falcons Radio Network Dave Archer! Ali, Mike, Beau, and Dave discuss what game Dave would have circled on the Falcons 2026-27 schedule if he was still playing, the Falcons having to travel to Madrid, Spain to play the Cincinnati Bengals, come home to play the Kansas City Chiefs after that, and then have their bye week. The Morning Shift crew and Arch also talk about how Dave feels about the two game stretch where the Falcons will play the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay on Thursday night and then play the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans on Monday Night Football the week after. Ali, Mike, Beau, and Dave also discuss if Dave thinks there’s any added pressure for the Falcons playing three straight primetime games, if Dave thinks it’s weird that the Falcons finish the 2026-27 season playing three straight division games, the Falcons playing two straight cold weather games in December when they travel to Cleveland to take on the Browns and then when they go to Washington to take on the Commanders in back to back weeks, how Dave feels about the Falcons bye week coming in week 11, how tough it is for opposing teams to play in Minnesota against the Vikings, and which road game he thinks will be the toughest road game for the Falcons this season.

HR3 - Falcons will face many high profile QBs for multiple weeks in a row this season

In hour three Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan quickly touch on some of the biggest headlines around the local and national sports scene, continue to react to and give their thoughts on the Atlanta Falcons 2026-27 schedule release video, continue to react to and give their thoughts on the Falcons 2026-27 schedule, and discuss who they think will be the toughest quarterback the Falcons will face in the first four weeks of the season. Then, Ali, Mike, and Beau spend some time with 92.9 The Game's own Atlanta Braves insider and reporter, Grant McAuley! Mike, Ali, and Grant discuss if Grant thinks Atlanta Braves Manager Walt Weiss or Braves General Manager Alex Anthopoulos deserves more credit for the Braves success so far this season, what Grant expects to see tonight from Braves starting pitcher Spencer Strider against the Boston Red Sox after having an up and down season debut against the Colorado Rockies and then a really good second start against the Los Angeles Dodgers, who Grant thinks is the Braves most important player besides Matt Olson, if Grant thinks the Braves could make a trade at or before the trade deadline to get another catcher with Sean Murphy set to miss at least the next two months, how Walt Weiss has been able to take what most people thought was a thin starting pitching rotation and turn it into an effective six man rotation, and the Braves using pitcher Didier Fuentes in a similar way they used Max Fried when Max was first getting adjusted as a pitcher in Major League Baseball. The Morning Shift crew also reacts to the news that the NFL will not be reviewing teams' schedule release videos for jokes surrounding New England Patriots Head Coach Mike Vrabel and former Senior NFL reporter for the Athletic Dianna Russini whose alleged relationship has been quite the topic of discussion since photos of them together in Arizona ahead of the league's annual owners' meetings were leaked last month, explain why they think the NFL was never going to stop teams for mentioning Vrabel and Russini if they wanted to, and then out hour three by answering people’s questions about anything in the Morning Mailbag!

Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan react to the news that the NFL will not be reviewing teams' schedule release videos for jokes surrounding New England Patriots Head Coach Mike Vrabel and former Senior NFL reporter for the Athletic Dianna Russini whose alleged relationship has been quite the topic of discussion since photos of them together in Arizona ahead of the league's annual owners' meetings were leaked last month, and explain why they think the NFL was never going to stop teams for mentioning Vrabel and Russini if they wanted to.

Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan spend some time with 92.9 The Game's own Atlanta Braves insider and reporter, Grant McAuley! Mike, Ali, and Grant discuss if Grant thinks Atlanta Braves Manager Walt Weiss or Braves General Manager Alex Anthopoulos deserves more credit for the Braves success so far this season, what Grant expects to see tonight from Braves starting pitcher Spencer Strider against the Boston Red Sox after having an up and down season debut against the Colorado Rockies and then a really good second start against the Los Angeles Dodgers, who Grant thinks is the Braves most important player besides Matt Olson, if Grant thinks the Braves could make a trade at or before the trade deadline to get another catcher with Sean Murphy set to miss at least the next two months, how Walt Weiss has been able to take what most people thought was a thin starting pitching rotation and turn it into an effective six man rotation, and the Braves using pitcher Didier Fuentes in a similar way they used Max Fried when Max was first getting adjusted as a pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan continue to react to and give their thoughts on the Atlanta Falcons 2026-27 schedule release video, continue to react to and give their thoughts on the Falcons 2026-27 schedule, and discuss who they think will be the toughest quarterback the Falcons will face in the first four weeks of the season.

Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan spend some time with former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, and now analyst for the Atlanta Falcons Radio Network Dave Archer! Ali, Mike, Beau, and Dave discuss what game Dave would have circled on the Falcons 2026-27 schedule if he was still playing, the Falcons having to travel to Madrid, Spain to play the Cincinnati Bengals, come home to play the Kansas City Chiefs after that, and then have their bye week. The Morning Shift crew and Arch also talk about how Dave feels about the two game stretch where the Falcons will play the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay on Thursday night and then play the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans on Monday Night Football the week after. Ali, Mike, Beau, and Dave also discuss if Dave thinks there’s any added pressure for the Falcons playing three straight primetime games, if Dave thinks it’s weird that the Falcons finish the 2026-27 season playing three straight division games, the Falcons playing two straight cold weather games in December when they travel to Cleveland to take on the Browns and then when they go to Washington to take on the Commanders in back to back weeks, how Dave feels about the Falcons bye week coming in week 11, how tough it is for opposing teams to play in Minnesota against the Vikings, and which road game he thinks will be the toughest road game for the Falcons this season.

Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan play a round of Fair or Foul for the halftime portion of the show, and on this edition of Fair or Foul The Morning Shift crew discusses if it’s fair or foul to think that the Atlanta Falcons 2026-27 schedule sets them up for success.

Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan continue to react to and give their thoughts on the Atlanta Falcons 2026-27 schedule release video, continue to react to and give their thoughts on the Falcons 2026-27 schedule, talk what about what parts of the Falcons schedule they think will be toughest, and talk about how the Falcons final three games of the regular season being division games is a tough way to end season.