1st & Goal: Carl Dukes, 92.9 The Game Host

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No sign. We have four teams remaining when we have to preview the Atlanta Falcons. The kind of a tough task 15 to be miserable this year so that's why we go to the most entertaining voice in Atlanta sports talk currently.

He's the afternoon drive hose that 92 nine the game does a great job on the weekends at CBS sports radio. It's time to put a call question one. Raquel Hickey has some problems here so he said he's been in a relationship for four 4 1/2 years she's been out of town this entire week Carl.

She's coming home Saturday has his fantasy football draft with his boys so we do the Tennessee football draft. At night, he's not even going back to his apartment to hang with his girlfriend. They lived together. He said on long island with his parents because he needs to watch Colts preseason football.

I reviewed again but nobody cared about. Okay girl for drink what nobody cares about what you doing downtown by yourself.

You get yourself into. Oh my God, and his girlfriend to find a Coke will be fine fine fine you will be fun to go to player get into the Falcons always entertaining call dudes here with us. Marcus Mariana seeking to make it through the entire season.

Carl, the great questions that you will wonder that I felt the preseason just got what it looked healthy, you might just be a catalyst to maybe 15 to more than four ways, which is what winning right now. They don't rebuild transition like this is what we all went Well transition right now. We still not sure long-term God be in your trying to build around some young talent the world.

The cockpit, so right now Mark is going to be the starter the last few days and my back is that Ritter not been simply outplay the case where Mario done so what you can't would you go mad and start their own people and your way but I think that at some point things take a turn.

I know will be a quick evaluation eventually have to play does been rendered as teams get to be bad to be taken inside the top five and there's a lot of good quarterbacks in this draft class well say goodbye. I like Alabama first round draft route may end up winning the issue that receiving state Ohio State, but that the problem is if you don't play Ritter you don't know what you have and we are in that situation where you talk about top five. Just got back on a whim you didn't know exactly what money made in Seattle between 2010 and 2015 will build a team around a Corvette making a lot of money. Don't think you can get yourself in that situation, find out what Ritter is sooner than later.

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What's the latest on the health of drink on that and I got her that first preseason game.

Please find you know you don't take God first round, especially when going up against All-Pro cornerback and Ajay Jarrell day in and day out that we were everyday for the first two weeks.

It is no secret that Rick wanted to get open. You make the tough catches you get the 50-50 ball. I'm not worried about great London. This is just precautionary think on September 11 greatest outfits could be in your number two because I'm so excited to see him play to be incredible super high expectation only because I've seen the skill level. I know most people around the country realized how fast the young man is looking for me. I've gotten over thousand dollars which he accomplished. Last year I got back of the program work that you did last year but I think he takes the next step and I think we talk double-digit touchdown and he is going to be a difference maker, but initially he's coming guys, down I know it didn't work out in terms of getting the Sean Watson which you may say that's actually a blessing. With all that's going on with the Sean Watson if they could go back do you think they regret exploring the Sean Watson because that ultimately meant the end of Matt Ryan. No, I think the owner was boy like when I say that I want to clarify. You know you're sitting around you're looking at your situation and you're saying how do we galvanize the fan base.

How do we get people interested.

Our team is getting old.

Wide receiver Julio Jones wanted out all these things are playing out and I just think that they support this and thank God you can play out this week about because Atlanta has been through this before now I was here at the time, but they might be something you know completely different but similar in the eyes of public opinion, which means the guys watching everybody galvanize that what you're doing and what reason so it's good that it can play out that way but I also think that Matt Ryan was going to get let go try treatment line last year and it didn't happen okay so you get to this all season and I'm open. I think that was just a part of it.

I also think the fact that they placed her hand and they probably got more wind than they did. I love that you showed you know this is a future Hall of Famer. He got going about these preseason games that Ridley how many phone calls that you get when the Watson punishment was final and it was 11 games I get why the league and I talked to the more than 11 days ago with only need to suspend Calvin Ridley for year. Probably a lot of Falcons fans could just doesn't make sense when you look at it, not football related what Calvin Ridley did compared to what the Sean Watson was accused of.

And Calvin really got more games.

We talked a lot about the because fans don't see how one punishment fits the other half. How these two things are in their minds very similar to the only difference I can tell you is gambling. When you talk about gambling on the game, typically handling on your team Calvin. You are jeopardizing the integrity of the game and that is a completely different than the Sean Watson making stupid and idiotic decision on how he wanted to get what stage they washed out okay that different. And if you can't see the differences. The two things on the table, gambled on his team completely affects the integrity of the game when I watch the games on Sunday are going to games on Sunday. I want to know that there's a player who could jeopardize the outcome of that game because you got money on it.

It's against the walls. Note I can go to a game and cheer and make stupid decisions in his life because we see that happen time and time again, and that's what happened in Cleveland, Sean Watson two different things needed to be punished, but they were punished differently final down talking to Carl Dukes was Arthur Smith as head football coach coach. He's honest, I thinking very upfront and loyal to guys who understand the belief I just plan back to tell you, as a matter fact you they were talking about Kulchar. I don't know what honest in a lot of things. He says the way that things come across but I also think that this is what this team needed this franchise needed that they needed someone who is not pulling punches was really honest and not afraid to say exactly what's on their mind. We went from a coach and I love DQ who was positive all the time even though things were falling down around him and collapsing is not always good and it's okay sometimes you say and I think that's the difference when our DQ went but I also think Arthur Smith knows we want to do offensively and he tricks up his sleeve is one of the young bright minds of the NFL using Sean McVeigh talk about all these guys now you know the Shanahan tree. I also think that Arthur Smith personnel easily.

Another got people talk about around Dean Pease. We have a lot of fun at his expense last year when he was yelling at reporters are not congratulating Arthur Smith after his first victory.

Are you a fan of of coach Dean Pease. I went from being someone who was critical of coach fees because you know he try to defend the plaster that was horrible for the guys in my whole thing is your resume. But you've done. You haven't got anything you so just get better on defense. Before we start on the guys what that said, I absolutely love the way he approaches things that I love the way he galvanizes guys that want to play for him. He knows what he's doing.

He's been around the league a long time I actually become. He's one of the got that directly become no cheer for now as we turn the corner from last year because he wanted us to believe the job right at me my job that you're not that his job is safe. We are, I hope they take a step this year on the DP and I think that will be sent back. They only had 6% of the point. Looking last year put 100% in even without the talent. A lot of people don't have to effectively see what that looks like glitches, after quarterback a lot of man coverage report look like we all know the boxer to win this division who finishes in second place. I you know I say I can bring myself to say it but will come in second Becker Mayfield in the Carolina Panthers the bidding on McCaffrey stays healthy will be potentially served and then will be there for now Marcus Mario to please his head. I would be surprised if the falcon during that third spot and maybe even question. Thank you again and that's why I can't bring myself to go into the witness protection program like taking well you know what