00:00I think I'm just more shocked than anything about your C.J. Stroud comments,
00:03that you would, as much as we're looking for this quarterback competition
00:07and you're a Penix believer, that you would cash it in
00:11and go get C.J. Stroud, of all people, for both these guys on our roster.
00:18First off, it's not going to happen.
00:21It's never going to happen.
00:22It's a pie-in-the-sky conversation.
00:25But you can bet your ass I would take C.J. Stroud right now
00:29as a starting quarterback of this team over these two guys.
00:32And you can bet, and you cannot sit there and deny it,
00:35that if he was a starting, if that trade had been happened,
00:39if it happened today, that the Falcons' win total
00:43wouldn't go right up the board to probably three more wins.
00:48You can't tell me.
00:49What?
00:49You can't tell me.
00:51You think C.J. Stroud alone is worth three wins for this team?
00:54Over the two guys you got? Yes.
00:56Yeah.
00:57Yeah, I do.
00:58Wow.
00:59C.J. Stroud's won 28 games in three years.
01:02He's 3-3 in the postseason.
01:04Yes, he had a terrible postseason.
01:06You know how many interceptions he had thrown in the postseason
01:09before last postseason?
01:11I'm guessing it's zero because he probably threw five last offseason.
01:14One. He did throw five.
01:14He threw one in the other two postseasons.
01:17He's 3-3.
01:18He's won a game every postseason he's played in.
01:21Okay?
01:22It's not all on him that they haven't got the job done.
01:26There's some blame there.
01:27There's definitely blame in that game in New England.
01:29I am not denying that.
01:31But this whole throw him out, the guy's completely...
01:34Oh.
01:35Oh.
01:36I ain't letting you do that.
01:37Nobody said throw him out.
01:38I said he deserves the extension.
01:40I didn't say you didn't.
01:42Okay?
01:42This whole throw him out there.
01:44I don't know where that came from.
01:45Because media have said it.
01:46It's been said on our radio station that they should move on from him.
01:49I understand that.
01:49The reality of the situation is, I'm not saying you said that.
01:51I said that's the thing.
01:53He has completed 64% of his passes for his career.
01:56Okay?
01:57The guy jumped right out.
01:59In an era, Mike, where rookie and young quarterbacks take years to develop,
02:05he jumped right in and won.
02:08And he's now on his second offensive coordinator.
02:10No fault to his.
02:13Because apparently that guy had a lot of issues in the building, from what we hear.
02:17Bobby Slug.
02:18He was almost our head coach.
02:19But the reality is, I think the thing that I can't get over is,
02:23you are going to sit here and tell me that he's on a better option than the two guys
02:26you're on the roster.
02:27I think that is...
02:28I think you're playing radio.
02:31I can't believe you really think that.
02:33I really can't.
02:34I cannot believe that you can sit here and tell me that you think these two guys,
02:39and no offense to them at all, is a better option than C.J. Stroud right now with the
02:44offense we have.
02:44I wholeheartedly believe that.
02:45I can't believe that.
02:46I just...
02:46I can't...
02:46I don't want to believe it.
02:48You're going to sit here and talk about winning percentages.
02:50And we both know that that is one of the top five defensive units in the NFL.
02:55In Houston.
02:56So we can sit here and talk about winning percentages and getting in the playoffs.
02:58My God, let's go sign T.J. Yates.
03:00He won a playoff game in Houston, didn't he?
03:02See, why are you...
03:03Like, what are we...
03:03You're being ridiculous with that.
03:05I think you're being ridiculous.
03:07No, I'm...
03:07Like, C.J. Stroud, because we're going to look at his win-loss record and the fact that
03:10he won a playoff game, when you're going to just throw away how he looked in the stretch
03:14run last year, I am telling you he deserves an extension.
03:17I'm not saying that I would trade both quarterbacks on our roster to go get him.
03:21What have you...
03:23I'm sorry.
03:24I wouldn't, dude.
03:24I wouldn't.
03:25There's no way.
03:26No, two is one year where he was just dumping it off to Tyreek and Jalen Waddell and Devontae
03:31Parker and letting them, you know, A-chan.
03:35You're telling me C.J. Stroud with Drake and Kyle and Zachariah and Bajon himself with
03:42an offensive line that's pretty freaking good.
03:45He's big.
03:46He's mobile.
03:47He's pretty accurate.
03:48Yes, he had a bad playoff game.
03:50Congratulations.
03:51You know what...
03:51It wasn't his only bad game.
03:53Matt Ryan had bad playoff games early in his career.
03:56Did he not?
03:57And he came...
03:58And look, I'm just telling you, it's unbelievable.
04:02I just can't...
04:02You're taking this as a shot on Stroud.
04:04I just told you he deserved the extension.
04:06I told you he deserved the extension.
04:07The funniest part about this entire conversation is that was an offhand comment.
04:11Bo has never had this thought in his brain before that moment.
04:14And now he's had to research and get back up on stats because it lit a fuse in Mike.
04:19I am Michael Penix.
04:22Look, Michael Penix is my guy.
04:25I am pulling for that guy to win the job.
04:27I'm not...
04:28I actually know you will not find a person on this station, and probably in this market,
04:34more in his corner and wanting him to win the job.
04:37If he doesn't win it, he doesn't win it.
04:39I'm not going to be mad at Tua.
04:40I'm not going to be...
04:42And I'm not aimed at anti-Tua.
04:44I just want to see this thing played out.
04:46I like Penix.
04:47I've seen the flashes of something that could be special.
04:51I've also seen the lows.
04:53But I'm not...
04:54I don't throw you out with the bathwater type of...
04:56That's not who I am.
04:58That said, I'm also not going to lie to the audience and myself because in my eyes,
05:06not you, not saying anything about you, but in my eyes, he's a better option than the
05:11two guys we have here.
05:12And I will stand on that all day.
05:15And I'm sorry that we don't agree with it, but I just think it's...
05:19I don't know.
05:20I just...
05:21That's what I think.
05:22And I would take him.
05:23And I think our win total goes up two to three games if he's on...
05:26By Vegas' odds.
05:27By Vegas.
05:28That word adjustment right there.
05:29By Vegas.
05:29He said three a second ago.
05:31Back to that.
05:31Now we're two to three games.
05:32I'll go back to three.
05:33By Vegas' odds, I think the win total goes...
05:36What is the win total?
05:37Even if you think that he's a better option than those two, the fact that you think him alone
05:41is worth three games is crazy to me.
05:43What's the biggest question mark on our roster?
05:45I'll ask you.
05:46What's the biggest question mark on the 2026 Falcons roster on May 29th?
05:51Got the date right again.
05:52I would...
05:54Quarterback is in the top three for sure.
05:56I don't know that it's number one, but it's top three.
05:58It's got to be quarterback.
06:00It's the most important position in the sport.
06:02It's got to be number one.
06:03I agree.
06:03So you're telling me, and I'm asking because I don't want it to sound like we're arguing.
06:07We're not mad at each other, guys.
06:08We're just enjoying the conversation.
06:09Healthy debate.
06:10But you're telling me that if you fill that void with C.J. Stroud, is it still a question
06:16mark?
06:16Because it's not.
06:17I don't think so.
06:17I don't think you're filling the void with C.J. Stroud.
06:20Oh, you're filling the void.
06:21What's the win total for Vegas right now, Dylan?
06:23What is the point?
06:23DraftKings, six and a half.
06:25Bet MGM, seven and a half.
06:27Fox Sports, six and a half.
06:28So six and a half is...
06:29We used underdog on this show, but I appreciate it.
06:30Six and a half.
06:32So six and a half.
06:33So you're telling me it doesn't go to nine and a half right there?
06:35I just...
06:36No, I don't.
06:37You were eight and nine last year with multiple quarterbacks, and neither one performed at
06:45the level that C.J. Stroud did last year, Mike.
06:48Neither one did.
06:49What level do you think C.J. Stroud performed at last year?
06:52Because I don't think we're seeing the same things.
06:53And you pointed to all the receivers that Tua had down in Miami, the Tyree Hill.
06:56Like Nico Collins and Tank Dell and all the players that he's done, they're not exactly
07:00terrible.
07:01No, they're not.
07:02They're a pretty good receiving core.
07:05And Bobby Slowick, before he fell off the face of the mat, was actually going to be our
07:08head coach, so he was okay as an OC.
07:10He would have a running game here that he never had.
07:12But John Robinson is a running back he's never played with, ever.
07:17In life.
07:18That's how special that guy is.
07:19I don't know, Allie, what do you think?
07:20I think we should get to the morning mailbag.
07:22That's what I think.
07:23Dylan, the guitar.
07:27404-726-0929.
07:28We want to call in and weigh in.
07:30Maybe you'd be willing to ship off the quarterbacks we've got on the roster right now for C.J.
07:35Stroud.
07:35I, I'm hesitant.
07:37I, look, you want to make that argument fine.
07:39If you're telling me C.J.
07:40Stroud's worth three more wins for this roster, I think that's absolutely absurd.
07:43But, nonetheless, let's go out to the phone lines already, and we'll bring in Rich.
07:48Rich is in Mableton.
07:50Rich, talk to me.
07:54Rich, you there, buddy?
07:57Man, I can't even talk now.
07:58I got to drive my bus.
08:00I'll try to call y'all back later, man.
08:01Yeah, do your thing.
08:02See what you did?
08:03Two hands on the wheel, Rich.
08:04Let's move on real quick.
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