The Morning Shift’s full show on Thursday, March 5th, 2026.

HR1 - Falcons only have 2 contracted WRs on roster after Darnell Mooney’s release

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, let you hear Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. tell Jon Gruden on Gruden’s podcast ‘Gruden goes long’ that he’ll be ready to play week one, and that he’ll even be ready for Falcons training camp. Mike, Beau, and Ali react to what Penix Jr. had to say, let you hear Gruden tell Michael that he believes he’s going to have big season this upcoming season, react to what Gruden had to say, talk about how there’s no reason not to believe that Michael Penix Jr. will be ready for Falcons training camp and week one of the regular season, react to NFL.com writer Kevin Patra's article where he lists what he thinks are the needs of all the NFC teams are heading into free agency, react to him saying the top three needs for the Falcons are defensive tackle, linebacker, and tight end, react to the breaking news that the Falcons are reportedly planning to release wide receiver Darnell Mooney, react to the news that legendary college football coach and college football analyst Lou Holtz has died at the age of 89, explain why they think Holtz was just as great of an analyst as he was a college football coach, and then close out hour one by diving into the life of Beau “Squidbilly” Morgan in The Life of Squid!

HR2 - Feels like Darnell Mooney’s training camp injury plagued his season last year

In hour two 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 the breaking news that the Atlanta Falcons are reportedly planning to release wide receiver Darnell Mooney, explain why they think this move isn’t surprising, talk about how they think Mooney played with no confidence last season, explain why they think the Falcons don’t have a true tight end on the roster, test their knowledge with some Throwback Thursday Trivia, and then close out hour two by reacting to the latest news, rumors, and reports in the NFL as they go In The Huddle!

HR3 - Falcons pick at No. 48 must be wide receiver or defensive tackle at this point

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 the breaking news that the Atlanta Falcons are reportedly planning to release wide receiver Darnell Mooney, explain why they think the Falcons still need to draft a defensive tackle with the 48th pick in this year’s NFL Draft despite the Falcons growing need at the wide receiver position, continue to react to NFL.com writer Kevin Patra's article where he lists what he thinks are the needs of all the NFC teams are heading into free agency, react to him saying the top three needs for the Falcons are defensive tackle, linebacker, and tight end, discuss if they think wide receiver is at the top of the Falcons’ needs list now that the Falcons are reportedly planning to release Mooney, react to a post Georgia Tech’s official ‘X’ account made regarding the question about the school that was featured on ‘Jeopardy’, recap and react to the Atlanta Hawks 131-113 win over the Milwaukee Bucks last night, which marked their fifth win in a row, explained why they think the Hawks win over Bucks last night was still impressive despite the Bucks struggles this season, talk about Ali unintentionally eating meat last night, and then close out hour three by answering people’s questions about anything in the Morning Mailbag!

Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan talk about Ali unintentionally eating meat last night, and then close out hour three by answering people’s questions about anything in the Morning Mailbag!

Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan recap and react to the Atlanta Hawks 131-113 win over the Milwaukee Bucks last night, which marked their fifth win in a row, and explained why they think the Hawks win over Bucks last night was still impressive despite the Bucks struggles this season.

Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan continue to react to the breaking news that the Atlanta Falcons are reportedly planning to release wide receiver Darnell Mooney, explain why they think the Falcons still need to draft a defensive tackle with the 48th pick in this year’s NFL Draft despite the Falcons growing need at the wide receiver position, continue to react to NFL.com writer Kevin Patra's article where he lists what he thinks are the needs of all the NFC teams are heading into free agency, react to him saying the top three needs for the Falcons are defensive tackle, linebacker, and tight end, and discuss if they think wide receiver is at the top of the Falcons’ needs list now that the Falcons are reportedly planning to release Mooney.

Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan react to the latest news, rumors, and reports in the NFL as they go In The Huddle!

Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan test their knowledge with some Throwback Thursday Trivia!

Mike Johnson, Ali Mac, and Beau Morgan continue to react to the breaking news that the Atlanta Falcons are reportedly planning to release wide receiver Darnell Mooney, explain why they think this move isn’t surprising, talk about how they think Mooney played with no confidence last season, and also talk about how the Falcons don’t have a true tight end on the roster.