Falcons QB troubles may have suffered set back with latest reports

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2:07Let's go, baby! Let's go! On Sports Radio, 929th Game. It's time for Duke's and Bell's Daily Download. You've got mail. All the stories you need to know about the world of Atlanta Sports Invite Size. Brought to you by Window Comfort. On Sports Radio, 929th Game. Well, the good news is brave salvage a game against the raise. That game just finished over at Trueist. Three won, brave's win today. And we know Phil is coming in here for a weekend series. I was just telling Mikey, we'll talk to Grant a little bit later on more about this. But Hassan Kim, and you were saying, out of necessity, Mike, Kim's coming up big here. Hey, man. Two for three with two RBIs. Also a pinch hit for Ozzy Albees, who's been really struggling. So that was a ballsy move by Walton paid off. It's knocked in by Riley. And then of course, Glacier's had to make a go, in the top of the night, did let her run score. But Braves do salvage a game against her. That really good raised team, three won. And now we're getting ready for the Phillies. All right, man. Moral that if you're just tuning in. The news right now is with two.

3:10Apparently he may have injured himself. At least that's the reports. We do not know for sure what this means or what it is. But he touched it. I need a back enemy. Touch this back. Come on, Lauren. And went down on the grass briefly during individual drills today. Okay. So again, we are unclear of what this means or if it's anything. But did he aggravate whatever he dealt with that missed the first five days of camp, that lower back issue that's how it was described. And if he tweaked that, he basically lost a week. You know, so again, we're not doctors. We don't know and could you get treatment? I mean, there's a couple of scenarios. We were just talking off here and I was talking with a couple guys on the X. Volo was called. Put him up, C2, because I'm ATL Bell 929. I mean, you really could. I mean, regardless of how everything we've talked about with Panics, he could save the day if he can go. I mean, if he decided to go. You know, imagine if he went to have a hypothetical, go to coach, hey man, if two of us can't go, I can do it. And then imagine if he wins. And then imagine.

4:11So then Michael not only saved the day, his doubt himself is the man. We're hopping rotting. And it's like, it would be like too perfect a scenario. Right? For me at least, I mean, I get this. Other folks say he'll be ready when he's ready. I understand that. I guess I'm gonna, I have to. There's nothing I can do about it. But it would be a hell of a story. It'd be movie, movie like. To be honest, if you've been following this story, it's closely as we have. And if you're a Falcon fan, we know you have. Other parts of the country, not so much. That's fine. It's not their team. It's not their quarterback situation. But to Mike's point, if that played out, you talk about hero status, especially if they went up there in one. But here's my question. His fear of not succeeding, Mike, is overriding his competitiveness right now. No one ever said he wasn't competitive. You don't get to this level by not being competitive. Michael Pinnick showed he was competitive in college. He continued to battle through all these things where there was Indiana, Washington. He's competitive. But his fear right now of not succeeding

5:15is overriding that. So I'm not ready. And he stated as much. And we're fine. We've debated it. But man, it'd be hard for me to say right now, if in fact, too, is unable to go. And now here I am, Mike, I'm not going to win. Because I'll be honest with you. You talked about not having any belief in too much. Hell, at least I know we can at least try to help us win a game. I have no belief in Cooper Russia. No, I mean, there's a ceiling with Cooper Russia. And the Jack Strand thing is compelling as that was. And as we already covered that, the backup is always the darling of the fan base. And he looked great against competition. He probably should look good against. And maybe they did find the diamond of the rough. And we don't know where his career arc is going to go here. But they've decided he's got enough talent to move the roster and do the gymnastics car with the 53 man to keep him here. So yeah, man, it's guys, whatever you think. And we've gone round and round about this for like three weeks now. You're telling me if two is out, you wouldn't love to see Pennicks, go to coach, amen coach. Amen, I thought about it. I'm gonna give it a go.

6:17Boom. And just run the hell out of the ball, man. And give B-jong 20 totes. Give him at least five throws. You know, I mean, like, I know they're gonna be one dimensional trying to stop. They're gonna make you beat him anyway. Yeah, I was gonna say that they're gonna make it. They're gonna make you, they're gonna try. Whoever I was understanding the steel is gonna try to make that quarterback beat them. Period, right? Yeah, I don't know if that matters if it's two or if it's Pennicks at this point. Certainly if it's, it's strand. And that would begin. He's the emergency guy. But here's the deal, man. And I just explained this to one of our listeners. Guys, Georgian sports forever is his name. And that's his Twitter handle. But I said to him, look, coaches know the league. This is not a game you're gonna throw Jack Strand into unless you absolutely have to. Okay? Because just like with young pictures, you can really mess up the psyche of a young quarterback and throw him into the fire right now. And he gets creamed and demolished on Sunday, Mike. And all of a sudden you talk about confidence level. It's the same reason why the Falcons didn't throw pinnocks out there until they played a weak ass giant defense a few years ago. And also to coach you, Seth,

7:18that couldn't get this guy ready for six weeks. Well, but none of these guys are gonna get ready either. Two is gonna take the majority of the snaps. Did you guys watch last night's game? If you did, when the backup came in in Seattle, what did they say? He hadn't taken any snaps all week. He hadn't taken one set. He literally is looking at his wristband all night making sure he's getting the play call right. Part of that is guys, that's the NFL. There's no time for a competition, Carl, in camp, in practice. The week, it comes up quick. You've heard Randy McMichael talk about it. You know, Hugh Douglas used to talk about the game install. The time, if you feel like there's gonna be some kind of audition, they don't have time for that. And that's right. So, you know, it was great. Drew Lock came in, they tried to run the ball and then Drew Lock eventually finally hooked up with Jackson Smith and Jig, but it was unbelievable. But that was a hell of a gritty win in that situation, but you just laid it out. The backup doesn't get the reps. Drew Lock had played in this league. He was able to adapt and again, he's won games and so is Cooper Rush. But I'm saying like this idea that you're gonna prepare multiple guys, guys, that doesn't happen. Getting back to strength.

8:19If you're gonna play him, you wanna pick a game in which you play him and give him positive reinforcement and let him have success. This ain't that game. This ain't that game. So, that's why it was imperative, if pinnocks wasn't ready, that you had a guy with experience with two again, 78, 80, upstarting his career where you at least felt comfortable. He gives us a chance and that's all we can ask for. As much as we've talked about Jackson, I might he gives us zero chance against a stealer defense. You think two of them might be confused, but you know. It's just all rookie struggle. Guys, it doesn't matter who, from, there's only a couple of guys that really hit the ground run. Patrick Holmes recently became one of those guys. You know, when Capricorn got thrown to the mix, of course, Harbaw helped them out with a lot of run plays. But, you know, Capricorn at that time kind of came in and just, it just gelled. It really did, but those are few and far between. Could a Jack Strand go up to, no, like, if you're telling me it's Kurt Warner 2.0, I mean, again, the odds of that, how many Kurt Warner's have been illegal? Exactly, you know, for every Brock Purdy and Tony Romo those guys that flash during camp and they never heard from again.

9:21Yeah, it's gonna be interesting. We'll keep tabs on what's going on up there, flowery as far as, to, cause again, he could be like, guys, I'm fine. I just felt something and I want to give myself a second. Okay, or he could be like, damn it, I tweaked my back again and here we go with this aerobics mic of Kenny Play. Is he stretching? Is he healthy enough to play? How many snaps are we talking about? That's a whole nother conversation. You got, you just, I don't, I don't repeat myself. You can't make this stuff up. Now, we'll, football coverage on 92 9th Games presented by Exfinity for the most reliable Wi-Fi. One price, five years guaranteed, new shoes, new clothes, brand new grade, switched a Verizon to make sure their tech keeps up. This back to school season buy or bring any Android phone and get a Samsung Galaxy tablet on us. Get your kids ready for the school year without breaking the bank. Visit Verizon.com or your local store today. Bring an Android phone or purchase a new phone with device payment on post-paid service plan required.

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