00:00Mike, real quick, I want to address this from Charles Dorsey, okay, who finds us on social media.
00:06You can, too.
00:08At Dukes and Bell 929, that's what he hits us up.
00:11He says, absolutely pathetic.
00:14You both still support him, especially from you at Put-Em-Up-See Dukes, since you have a daughter.
00:22Horrible people.
00:25Charles, you have things confused.
00:28And I just want to address this publicly, but I'll send this to you as well.
00:32Charles Dorsey, or Darcy, excuse me, D-A-R-C-Y.
00:36Charles, you have things confused.
00:38Look, me wanting my football team to win because this gentleman can help.
00:45He's talking about James Pierce Jr., guys.
00:46He's talking about James Pierce Jr.
00:48And we said he's back.
00:49He's going to be back.
00:50At least he's reported to minicamp.
00:52We don't know what that means as far as being on the field.
00:55I would assume he's going to be, but he's there.
00:57And it's big news.
00:58So here's the thing, Charles.
01:02As a parent, and if you're criticizing, well, you have a daughter, so you shouldn't want this guy on the
01:07team.
01:08Listen, as a parent, Mike, nobody in their right mind wants their kids involved in BS like this.
01:14Right.
01:14There's not a parent that's listening to our show that goes, you know what?
01:17I hope my daughter meets a guy that, you know, bangs his car into her car and almost tries to
01:21kill her.
01:22You're an idiot.
01:23No parent wants that.
01:25But they're two separate things with the morality of how you've raised your kids and then the situations they get
01:31into.
01:31Okay?
01:32What you hope is that they learn from those situations.
01:35That goes from James Pierce, Jr., who's still a very young man, and his former girlfriend.
01:41But at the end of the day, they're two separate things.
01:43I have a fandom for a football team that I want to win, and this is a gentleman that can
01:47help my football team win.
01:48If he's out there and legally can be out there, legally, Charles, we want him out there.
01:54If legally, Mike, he can't be out there and they don't allow him to be out there, then there's nothing
01:59we can do and we say, hey, we'll cut the court and move on.
02:02But you're confusing this.
02:04And this has been part of the problem, Mike.
02:06So many people want to put their own, you know, their emotions into this.
02:09Dude, I'm talking about just purely from a football standpoint.
02:12If James Pierce, Jr. can play, Mike, I want those ten and a half sacks.
02:15Look, and I get it.
02:16The optics on it were terrible.
02:18And if I had a daughter, I wouldn't want to dating a guy that was physically abusive, allegedly physically abusive.
02:22I also think two things can also be true.
02:25Relationship is toxic.
02:26Very.
02:26Going back to their time in Knoxville.
02:28And maybe, you know, they probably should not have been together as long as they were.
02:32Her lawyer and the victim, Rekia Jackson, they have signed off on the arrangement to keep him in it, giving
02:38him an opportunity to turn the page.
02:40And if he can keep his nose clean, to wipe the slate clean and, of course, play his football, do
02:45his job, get back to playing professional football.
02:47Everything Carl just said, okay?
02:48I just, I don't get on a high moral horse over this because, again, if he did this to somebody
02:55that I was involved with, a family member, maybe, as I get it, I walked a mile in your shoes.
03:00I think some people project because they've been in an abusive relationship or they have someone they know that was
03:04in this situation.
03:05Luckily, it never got worse than what it was.
03:08But I'm not, I don't think this guy is defined by this.
03:11If you want to say, that's it, James Pierce Jr., go directly to jail, do not pass, go, you have
03:16no more opportunities in life.
03:17I can't, I don't agree with that, I can't vibe that.
03:20I still believe in a second, I don't believe in a third chance.
03:23If he does something stupid that gets him suspended, then adios amigo.
03:26But everything Carl just touched on when it came to football.
03:29But that's the world we live in.
03:30Like, when Marcelo Zuniga, remember that situation?
03:33Everybody knew exactly what happened.
03:34Oh, no, let's wait.
03:35You don't know what happened.
03:36So I just can't, I can't roll with that line of thinking, Carl, to your point.
03:40Well, and Mike, if all of these charges end up being dismissed and he's done what he needs to do,
03:46Charles, are you going to be out front in Flowery Branch with a sign?
03:48Yeah.
03:49Are you?
03:50Because that's what you're telling me right now.
03:53Horrible people.
03:54Then sell your tickets, okay?
03:56Then you can boycott the Falcons.
03:57I mean, whatever, dude.
03:58But I want you to go and protest out in front of Flowery when none of this sticks.
04:03When he's done everything he needs to do.
04:05So that's where we're at.
04:05We're not telling you that's what's going to happen.
04:07And by the way, I'm not saying, I'm just saying, people like that always say they don't and it doesn't
04:11work.
04:11And by the way, it's a waste of time.
04:13But again, I get it.
04:15The optics were terrible.
04:17He made a big, ridiculously terrible mistake.
04:19There were a chain of events.
04:20A lot of bad things were going on in that relationship.
04:22Yep.
04:23Okay?
04:24But by the way, it also wasn't as bad as was initially reported and the charges that we initially heard.
04:29Well, that's why they dropped some of those.
04:30Some of which were dropped, yes.
04:31I mean, if you think that a prosecutor in Florida is going to see initially,
04:35oh, he hit a cop.
04:36Well, you know, he didn't.
04:37Oh, they didn't have video on it.
04:38Well, regardless, the charges have been dropped, okay?
04:41But I mean, this is just one of these things in Atlanta where I just, I get it.
04:45You're a law and order, guys.
04:46We said maybe it's something to do with something that's happened in your personal life.
04:48I understand that.
04:50But this man still deserves a second chance.
04:52A second chance.
04:54404-726-0929.
04:56Thanks, Charles, for listening.
04:57We appreciate you.
04:59But that's how we see it.
05:02And that goes for anybody that is and can potentially help my football team win.
05:08That's just where I'm at, okay?
05:09And, by the way, there have been more egregious offenses that have happened in the league.
05:14Were you protesting those?
05:16Were you out in front of their organization?
05:18I'm asking you.
05:20There have been people killed.
05:21DUI, Mike.
05:22There's been all kind of craziness that's happened.
05:24Murder in the NFL.
05:25Were you supposed to?
05:26So relax just a little bit and let's see how this plays out before you absolutely put this thing on
05:33Mike
05:33and I'm like, I can't believe you're supporting him.
05:34I'm here to tell you there's a lot of Falcon fans that are hoping this dude is able to play
05:38because, look, you just don't find ten and a half.
05:41It's just what it is.
05:42We've been searching for years.
05:44And finally we get a dude.
05:45So I hope he keeps his nose clean, Mike.
05:47I hope he's not a jerk.
05:48And I hope he can do the things that we want him to do.
05:50But if he's not, we'll cut the cord.
05:53Right.
05:53Look, guys, there's some guys that we want guys that play with edge.
05:57We want a little crazy.
05:57But then that was freaking crazy what happened down in Florida.
06:00That was crazy.
06:00Okay, that's nuts.
06:01I get all that.
06:03You know, but there's still a legal process.
06:06Look, if I'm a Raider fan, I never want to see Henry Ruggs again.
06:09Okay.
06:10Okay.
06:10Fair.
06:10That's a different set of circumstances.
06:12You know, somebody died.
06:13Okay.
06:14And it was clear and he was behind the wheel.
06:16Carl touched on this.
06:18You don't know the whole story on this.
06:21For all we know, Rekia Jackson, there may have been some things that happened that maybe
06:24she also maybe perhaps, I don't know, embellished.
06:28Okay.
06:29That was the impression I got from talking to my friends down in South Florida over this case.
06:32Either way, we've all seen it.
06:34I think Marcelo Zuna was in that kind of relationship with his wife.
06:36It's a toxic relationship.
06:38You know?
06:39It just, but people, they want to, if that's it, okay.
06:42One strike, you're out.
06:43No, no.
06:43It's generally three strikes, but we'll compromise, Carl.
06:46Two strikes.
06:47Okay?
06:47Is that it?
06:47Two strikes?
06:48Yeah, man.
06:48Look, the punishment for what he's dealing with, I think, fits.
06:54Right?
06:54Because there's still a chance he can miss games.
06:56He can miss game checks.
06:56And if he doesn't change his life, if he can't walk the line, if he smokes pot, he gets nailed
07:01for, I don't know if I'm saying he does, but if he does, he's gone.
07:04Falcons will cut bait on him.
07:06He has got one, they gave him one chance, and that's it.
07:08Now, again, if he blows it, then you can hit us back on, keep your receipts and hit us
07:12back on social media in a year and go, okay, he blew it.
07:15Let's see what Sarah has to say about this and coming.
07:17Sarah, thanks for listening to Sports Radio 92.9 The Game.
07:20How are you doing today?
07:21Hey, guys.
07:22Hey.
07:22I just want to talk about the situation with James Pierce Jr., and I'm in agreeance with
07:27you guys.
07:28I'm not a judge or a jury.
07:30I don't know her side of the story.
07:32I don't really know his full extent of his side to the story, but I'm all for redemption.
07:37I wish Michael Vick, you know, he's still one of my favorite Falcons, even though everything
07:43happened.
07:43He's still someone I idolized as a child and still love him to this day.
07:48You know, people do the same.
07:52Appreciate you listening, Sarah.
07:53Thank you so much.
07:54And look, I think that's the sentiment.
07:56We appreciate you checking us out, and as always, tell your friends, 2 to 6, Sports Radio
08:0092.9 The Game.
08:01But Mike, I think that's all we've said.
08:05I mean, he's acting as if we got pom-poms on at the jailhouse, you know, trying to get
08:09James Pierce Jr. on bail.
08:11That's not what we've done.
08:12We've said, let's play.
08:13From day one, I said, let's play this out.
08:16I know it looks bad.
08:17I know it sounds bad.
08:18And everybody's all, we have people say, he should never play again.
08:22Right.
08:22Relax.
08:23Let it play out.
08:24There's people in this town who go, guilty, like Nancy Grace.
08:27Guilty!
08:29He's guilty.
08:30There is a process, okay?
08:32And yes, sometimes people, by the way, sometimes people do get help and get their lives straightened
08:38out.
08:38True.
08:38Okay?
08:39And sometimes they don't.
08:40Okay?
08:41I don't know.
08:41I don't know where James Pierce's career is going to go.
08:43I know he's a tremendous talent and it would be a hell of a waste if he can't.
08:46And I know that he also put himself in a position.
08:49He just, look, James Pierce Jr. deserves to be where he is because he made a bunch of mistakes.
08:54But it's still not a situation where I'm going to say that's it.
08:58He's lost the right to have a job and play for my football team.
09:01Yeah.
09:01And if you're wondering, you're just tuning in.
09:04Hi, we're Dukes and Bell.
09:05And you're going, what's, fellas, what's going on?
09:06James Pierce Jr.
09:07We've been asking and talking about this for weeks now, is going to be in mandatory minicamp.
09:12Okay?
09:13And there's still no timetable from the NFL as far as the suspension.
09:16Correct.
09:16So he is present.
09:18And we know this because there's various reports out there that, you know, he's getting a physical
09:22prior to his mandatory minicamp.
09:24And I said this, Mike, I've been talking about this for months now.
09:27These guys can get fined for not being there.
09:29Now, whether he participates, that may be left up to the team.
09:32But he had to show up.
09:34And so he's here.
09:35He's showing up.
09:36He's doing what they're asking him to do.
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