The Hometown Take with Dylan Mathews

Dylan opens up with some Braves talk as they avoided being swept by the Padres picking up a 3-0 win in the second game of their double header and as Dylan notes, a game in which Chris Sale continued his dominating performance going seven innings pitched, allowing no runs and five hits while striking out nine batters, improving to 7-1 on the season. 

Dylan opens the show with some NBA talk recapping the Game 7 matchups between the Knicks and Pacers and the nightcap between the Timberwolves and the Nuggets as both the Pacers and Timberwolves picked the wins to advance to their respective conference finals. In the case of the Knicks’ loss, while Dylan credits the Pacers for outright winning the game thanks to hot shooting, he does question the K...

Dylan gets into some NFL/Falcons talk and reacts to a prediction by Gilbert Manzano of Sports Illustrated that sees that Falcons finishing with a 12-5 record after getting off to a 1-2 start. Dylan believes that based on who Manzano has the Falcons winning and losing to are realistic predictions. 

Dylan opens up the show with some Falcons talk as the NFL schedules have been released and we get confirmation that the Falcons will open the season at home as they host the Pittsburg Steelers as it will mark the return of former head coach Arthur Smith, as he is now the OC for the Steelers. The other big note of the Falcons’ schedule is the fact that they have four nationally televised game, whic...

Dylan opens up the show with his reaction to the Denver Nuggets defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves to take a 3-2 series lead after trailing 0-2

Dylan opens up the show with some talk on the Hawks and continues with more of his reaction to the Hawks win the No. 1 overall pick for the draft and shares thoughts on the possible scenarios that the team is now presented with thanks to having the pick. While there are thoughts that Atlanta could move on from Trae Young or Dejounte Murray or even both now that they have the No. 1 pick, however Dy...

Dylan opens up the show with some Hawks talk as they landed the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft after having only a three percent chance to win the pick. Dylan adds that he believes that the eventual decision that the Hawks make with the pick could ultimately be a make a break situation for the franchise, however hopes that the pick that the Hawks choose can be a franchise changing player that...

Dylan Matthews gives you a weekend evening edition of the Hometown Take and previews the ATL United upcoming match, talks some NBA Playoffs and the Braves-Mets series

Dylan opens up the show with some NBA talk as both the Cavaliers and the Mavericks picked up wins ono Thursday night to even up their respective series. Dylan first recaps the Cavs and Celtics matchup and notes that as he expected to happen at some point in the series, the Celtics shot poorly from the three-point line while Donovan Mitchell led the Cavs with 29 points. And the Thunder, Mavericks m...

Dylan opens up the show with some Braves talk as they defeated the Red Sox 5-0 to sweep the two game series and Dylan believes returning home for the two-game set was “just what the doctor ordered” as Marcel Ozuna hit two homeruns, including a three-run bomb in the bottom of the first to give the Braves a 3-0 lead. And on the mound, Chris Sale gave a great performance as he shut his former team do...

Dylan opens up the show with some Falcons talk as he reacts to an article from Jeremy Fowler in which he gives some insight on what he heard in regards to why the Falcons drafted Michael Penix Jr. Fowler notes that according to sources, the Falcons had Penix Jr. ranked on their board as the second best QB in the draft. Fowler’s report also indicts that the desire of Arthur Blank wanting stability...

Dylan opens up the show with some Falcons talk as a report from Albert Breer states that Kirk Cousins reportedly left the Vikings because they told him that they would possibly draft a quarterback high in the draft. With Cousins then signing with the Falcons and then drafting Michael Penix Jr. the 35-year old QB essentially walked into the exact situation he was walking away from and Dylan questio...

Dylan opens up with some Braves talk as they were swept by the Dodgers over the weekend in addition to losing their division lead to the Phillies. Dylan notes that the Braves offense is in a “slump of all slumps” however believes that they have been facing some of the best pitching in baseball in their last few series.

Dylan opens up with some Braves talk as they defeated the Mariners 5-2 on Wednesday and avoided the series sweep and snapping their two game skid as Chris Sale pitched five innings while striking out nine batters and allowing six hits and one run. Dylan notes that, while Chris Sale is not of the dominant status he was during his 2017 and 2018 campaigns, it is good to see the veteran pitcher resemb...

Dylan opens up with some Falcons talk as he reacts to comments from assistant general manager as he addressed why the Falcons decided to sign Kirk Cousins to a 4-year $180M contract and still drafted Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth overall pick in last week’s draft.

Dylan opens up the show with continued reactions to the Falcons 2024 draft class and focuses the other players outside of Michael Penix Jr., will be able to do to help the Falcons this year. Dylan then reacts to comments from college football analyst Mike Detillier, who says the Ruke Orhorhoro has the size but has some technical things that he needs to work on. Dylan notes that while he believes t...

Dylan opens up with some NFL Draft talk and shares some of his experience as he was in Detroit covering the draft and says that he had an amazing time. Dylan then shares his thoughts on the Falcons selection of Michael Penix Jr. with the No. 8 pick and admits to not agreeing with the pick, however he does understand why the Falcons made the decision to draft Penix Jr. as the reality is that a succ...

Dylan opens up with some Falcons talk and his reactions to some of the comments from Terry Fontenot, who spoke to media on Tuesday and addressed questions in regards to the Falcons preparations for the draft and specifically how when he mentions taking the best player available, he means that it will be important for them to draft the best player available for them when it is time for their pick.

Dylan opens up with reaction to Matt Ryan announcing his retirement yesterday as he believes the now former Falcons’ quarterback has etched his name as arguably one of the best Falcons’ players of all-time. Dylan credits Ryan for how he was able to step in an immediately help the franchise turn things around and eventually gave the Falcons great stability at the quarterback position for a decade p...

Dylan opens up with some NFL talk as the draft will take place this week and with the Falcons holding the No. 8 overall pick, Dylan ask would the Falcons consider trading back and discusses which teams picking after the Falcons would potentially look to move up in the draft, such as the Broncos, who have the 12th pick and Raiders, who have the 13th pick, who are in need of a quarterbacks. However,...

Dylan opens up with some NFL talk and reacts to the latest mock draft by Dane Brugler in which he has the Falcons taking Dallas Turner with the No. 8 overall pick and believes that Turner cold be the first defensive player taken when selected by the Falcons at eight. He then has the Falcons taking defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. out of Ohio State with their second round pick at No. 43. And while Gr...

Dylan opens up with talk on the Hawks as they lost 131-116 to the Bulls in the Eastern Conference play-in game, which was there first time losing in the play-in tournament, marking the first time in three seasons that they did not make the playoffs. Dylan notes that he does believe that injuries played a vital role in the hawks not being able to find success this post-season.

Dylan opens up with chatter on the Braves as they picked up a 6-2 win over the Astros, however the bad news for Atlanta is that Ozzie Albies has been placed on the 10-day injured reserve list due to a fractured big toe. Dylan also highlights that despite the injury to Albies, the bright spot was the performance of Reynaldo Lopez in the win on Tuesday as he allowed just four hits and no runs, strik...

Dylan opens up the show with some Braves’ talk as they picked up the win with good production from Darius Vines on the mound as he went 4.2 innings pitched striking out four batters and allowing just one run as the Braves picked up the 6-1 win. Dylan then pivots to the WNBA Draft which saw Caitlin Clark drafted No. 1 by the Indiana Fever as it was expected and fans will have a fan to see the numbe...

Dylan opens up with talk on The Masters as Scotty Scheffler wins his second green jacket and is proving that he is “that guy” in golf currently. Dylan then pivots to the Hawks as their regular season came to an end with a bad loss to the Pacers on Sunday and will now get set for the play-in tournament as the No. 10 seed and will take on the Bulls.