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We are just over a week away from the opening of training camp for the Atlanta Falcons, and there are a luandry list of open questions that we expect to be answered during camp and into the season. Will Michael Penix be cleared to fully participate at the start of camp? Will James Pearce Jr. receive a suspension? And regardless, what's his physical condition after missing much of the offseason program? Dukes and Bell dive in.
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00:00it is dukes and bell guy talks on the way um we have been discussing and look i have no
00:07idea what
00:07the hell mr voice is going to say i told you guys earlier he literally threatened to stop
00:11stop doing these uh countdowns because i was like what happened he's like people were reaching out
00:15and saying nasty things to him after last week but i said to mike you know with michael penix
00:20and i'll get back into this at five o'clock we're a week out if penix is a hundred percent
00:25which i
00:25hope he is put the video out do it on your insta can he be trusted and just say hey
00:31i'm ready falcon
00:33fans rise up let's go you know what what kind of reaction that would get mike and i'm not saying
00:40he's going to i would love to see that but i think we're probably gonna have to wait to the
00:45first day
00:46of camp you're not gonna get that you ain't gonna get it why because he's because what i don't think
00:50the falcons want him to do 900 because maybe he's not going to be ready into the middle of camp
00:56you
00:56know i mean we don't we don't know i don't know listeners don't know only guy that knows is mike
01:01and look mike's what do you think is mike saying i'm gonna be ready i'm gonna be ready you know
01:04zach clinton i'm gonna be ready let us know but you carl you as day day preaches you've got to
01:09have
01:10patience really with this situation yeah you got it just we're six days is it six days six days
01:18i don't even know how many days now i've lost count uh what i do know is our rookies report
01:23friday and then the vets next week and then mike we're we're at practice was it wednesday
01:30thursday when it was thursday thursday so thursday yeah man i mean like that's that's
01:36carl in the words of george michael you got to have faith oh i got faith i just i don't
01:41know about
01:41the patience hey man how faith how dangerous and explosive is this passing game how dangerous
01:47bangkok dangerous because zachari branch said drake sets the standard for the wide receiving
01:52room drake's got his new deal but we'll kick in until next year i mean i don't want to overplay
01:56that it's deserved and he's going to get his money but how dangerous and explosive can it be that
02:02mike have we been dangerous and explosive since julio and roddy no i mean drake drake is dangerous
02:08in and of himself you know compare combine with pits you know i mean unfortunately we never got to
02:12see drake with calvin ridley because they had to go get drake because of calvin ridley that's right
02:16you know and it's just it's a darn shame we've had some amazing athletic receivers in here
02:19drake is is so physical don't know what john dodson's going to be i'm really excited about
02:24again another abe argument i mean the whole show was an argument but abe like i'm not so sold on
02:28zachariah branch of course you're not why a little bit softer now a little bit softer now why is he
02:35not
02:35sold on i don't know i i don't know what did zachariah branch do to abe maybe abe would say
02:40that's not
02:40what i said well whatever abe said he was like lukewarm on how he's going to be integrated into the
02:44offense i'm like all right fine but either way yeah i'm excited about zachari branch and like as
02:49we i think we all agree nobody knows jack about john dodson so whatever you get from him is going
02:53to be gravy because he did he got drafted by washington never panned out and then he was so
02:57deep on the depth chart with philly whatever numbers he got was okay but he's certainly athletic
03:02and he's you know he's a guy that was good enough to be a first round pick but is he
03:06going to recapture
03:06some of that magic here yeah and look it's a good question i i like the signing they gave him
03:11a two-year
03:12deal i think you know when you talk about the money involved mike comparative to other guys
03:17he got a decent deal considering what this team needs and and you know he was one of the first
03:24signings sometimes that's a that's that's a tale right right we need help in this room we need some
03:30other dudes uh and so i'm with you i i think johan dodson is going to be better than expected
03:36but what's that mean like you know guys are asking me is that a thousand yard receiver that i can't
03:41i i think that'd be well i tell you what if he is a thousand yard receiver we're having a
03:45hell of a
03:45season we're on to something no i mean and alamone is a key is guys the the ever understand even
03:50though
03:50these names maybe aren't as impressive that's still better than how bad the wide receiver was last
03:54year oh yeah casey washington got cut you had guys like blair and all these guys have been hanging
03:58around on practice squad for years they're just not that good they had opportunities they were either
04:02inconsistent or not good at all you know i mean look ray ray that thing that ship sailed they got
04:07sideways darnell mooney was a buster he went back to being what he was an injured off injured bear
04:11before we signed him on that extension so he's never got no we raised the floor of of this room
04:16but i think zachariah branch to me can be the secret sauce i think again on paper if we get
04:21reliable quarterback play you you think now certainly zach robinson couldn't create the
04:26mismatches we expected but i think stefanski will yeah um it's one of the big questions and while we
04:31say dangerous and explosive that that's that's a word that that we'll probably use all season long
04:36because we need more explosive plays down the field specifically in the passing game
04:39404-726-0929 as we gear up for falcons training camp and again we will be there every day and
04:46covering the falcons like nobody else guys give you the latest on all the things and uh all these
04:52these battles that we're talking about there's only a couple the defensive thing mike we got some
04:58i want to say battles like avion like av you know i still think he's going to be on the
05:03field he's a
05:03first round pick but we got some don't know what he's going to be though because he's a different type
05:07of player than his brother no he is he is but he uh he gives us some options with with
05:11the nickel and
05:11all of that so there's some things there once billy bowman comes back and that's another guy
05:14i mean as much as we're talking about michael pennix billy bowman was balling last year guys
05:18um and i think he upgrades your secondary if he's ability you know if he's if he's back and on
05:24time
05:24and on schedule but those are things we'll figure out here over the next week or so and hopefully get
05:28updates as we get up there but we will be there every single day and the days we're not just
05:32we'll keep
05:33you updated but mike and i were talking about this um we'll be at you know various locations and we're
05:38inviting you to come out and join us uh we'd love to tell you we'll be at the tajma hooters
05:41which is
05:42up there in buford every day but that's not going to be the case every day because the practice times
05:46have changed this year and so you need to listen and make sure you're tuned in to 92.9 the
05:51game so
05:51you know where we're going to be right we're going to have that big stage set up for the fans
05:54coming by
05:55going to be a lot of fun man like can't wait just cannot wait to see the quarterback battle can't
05:58wait to see
05:59some of these new faces uh again everything and guys ask us almost every day on the text line about
06:03it sure sounds like the nfl has no ruling coming down the pike on james pierce jr if the falcons
06:08are
06:08aware of it they're keeping it close to the vest we're of the opinion there isn't so expect to see
06:13james pierce jr next wednesday yeah i hadn't shared this but uh his trainer and we had him on the
06:19show
06:19my couple of maybe last year yes he's training hard he's preparing for the upcoming season as if he
06:28will be there week one now i do not know if he will be but i'm just telling you behind
06:32the scenes
06:33jpj is getting it in and that is great news for us because you know i think most people assume
06:40mike
06:40that's what's going on but he is actually working hard and working on pass rush moves and all the
06:45things that he needs to get better at so i do know that as far as the falcons in the
06:49nfl don't know a
06:50damn thing i have no idea i'm with you on that and let's just hope he's there because for me
06:54i the
06:55punishment and the crime and and the things that he's dealing with on that side of mike that's
06:59going to handle itself as a fan i want this dude on the field because i know how he affects
07:03the game
07:03right look we've talked about this the optics again we're not going to rehash it it is what it is
07:08it
07:08yeah it was crazy he lost his damn mind hopefully he's getting his head right and he'll let that
07:12thing something like that will never ever happen again but yeah i mean if you believe in one strike
07:17you're out then you don't want to see him on the field i don't think the world should work that
07:19way
07:19but he but he doesn't have any margin for error on the flip side no not at all all right
07:23buddy what do we have
07:24coming up in guy talk all right man uh guess who got an a minus on their off season from
07:30espn
07:32all right now you got me curious i'll tell you about that also that's i'm trying to i'm trying
07:36to study from the tease master you are the tease master he got me curious draymond likes one of the
07:40moves we made uh also guys um today what the hell is going on on the highway man it was
07:45just
07:45stuff
07:45you
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