The Hometown Take with Dylan Mathews

Dylan opens up the show with an RIP to OJ Simpson as it was reported yesterday that he passed away at the age of 76 as a result of cancer. Then he reacts to Mel Kiper Jr.’s recent NFL mock draft in which he has Caleb Williams being selected No. 1 overall by the Bears and the Vikings trading up to the 5th pick to take JJ McCarthy and the Falcons selecting Dallas Turner with the No. 8 overall pick s...

Dylan opens up with Hawks talk and while they loss to the hornets on Wednesday, the game was the return of Trae Young who played well with 14 points and 11 assist in 21 minutes of action. And while it was not good to see the loss happen in Young’s return, Dylan notes that with majority of the Hawks starters not playing at all, he can understand why the team had its issues last night. The game did...

Dylan opens with some Braves talk as they picked up a 6-5 win over the Mets to even the series as Reynaldo Lopez looked good allowing just three hits and no run through six innings pitched and Dylan believes it was good to see that type of performance from Lopez and he’s able to continue with that type of outing. And in addition, Dylan adds that if Charlie Morton, Max Fried and the remainder of th...

Dylan opens up with some college hoops talk as he congratulates the UCONN Huskies on repeating as National Champions after defeating Purdue. He then pivots to the Braves as they celebrated the 50th anniversary of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth’s homerun record. However, unfortunately Atlanta lost to the Mets 8-7 despite getting out to 4-0 lead heading into the top of the fourth inning.

Dylan opens up with a brief note on breaking news that John Calipari is leaving Kentucky and finalizing a 5-year deal to become the new head coach at Arkansas. He then gets into some Braves talk as they picked up a win on Sunday over the Diamondbacks to sweep the weekend series in Chris Sale’s Braves’ debut which Dylan believes was a good start for the veteran. And with reports of Spencer Strider...

Today on The Hometown take, Dylan gives updates on Raheem Morris and the Atlanta Falcons as players start to report, gives the rundown of the Braves lost in Chicago 2-3, and coves NFL Highlights

Today on The Hometown take, Dylan gives the rundown of the Braves 9-0 win against the White Sox, Hawks winning 5 of their last 6 and could be moving up the standings and the Women's NCAA Basketball Final Four is set: #1 South Carolina vs #3 North Carolina State and #1 Iowa vs #3 Connecticut

Dylan opens up the show with some Braves talk as their season opener scheduled for today has been postponed until Friday with a 3:05pm first pitch due to inclement weather hitting the Philadelphia area. Dylan then reacts to a piece written by Ronald Acuna Jr. in The Players Tribune, where he details how he nearly gave up on his pursuit of baseball early on in his pursuit of landing in the Majors a...

Dylan opens up with some Falcons talk and reacts to comments from Raheem Morris including on why the Falcons could not pass up on the opportunity to sign Kirk Cousins and how he feels about the team needing to address the pass rush position and whether they would bring in a veteran for the position or look to the draft at address it.

Dylan opens up with some Hawks talk as they comeback from 30 points down to pick up the 120-118 win over the Celtics with DeAndre Hunter leading the team with 24 points. Dylan views the win as fun win over a championship contending team and that it was good to see the Hawks not lay down and battle back for the win. However, he does not want to instantly say the Hawks are turning a corner and are a...

Dylan kicks off the show with March Madness talks and believes that as expected there was a fair share of blowout victories as well as some upsets and overall believes that the tournament has lived up to the hype and has been one of the more entertaining ones of late as he recaps some of the action from the first two rounds.

Dylan opens up the show with some Falcons talk and starts to focus on the draft he does not anticipate any more “splash” moves being made until perhaps once the draft is complete. Dylan then shares his thoughts on Mel Kiper Jr. and Daniel Jerimiah’ mock drafts as they both have the Falcons taking with Dallas Turner the No. 8 overall pick, which Dylan believes will be the case unless several teams...

Dylan opens up the show with reaction to an article by Albert Breer in which he details how the Falcons had always been all in on bringing in Kirk Cousins and what the plan would have been had they not been able to land the veteran QB. Breer later reports in his piece that the Falcons’ contingency plans had Cousins not worked out was to then pursue Baker Mayfield and then heavy consideration on th...

Dylan opens up the show with some Falcons talk as they announced on Monday that they resigned Kentavius Street and Dylan feels good about the move because he believes that street made an immediate impact after he joined the team last season, especially in the run game and helps with the depth of the defensive line.

Dylan opens up with some Falcons talk as Kirk Cousins was officially introduced as the new quarterback of the team and held his first press conference on Wednesday night as well conducted his first interview on 92-9 The Game. Dylan reacts to some of the comments from Cousins including the veteran QB stating that believing that he, Arthur Blank, Raheem Morris and Terry Fontenot are all on the same...

Dylan opens up the show with some Falcons talk as they have reportedly signed WR Darnell Mooney (Bears) to a 3-yr and Dylan notes that while some may have concerned about the amount of the Mooney contract, Mooney is getting market value and that he believes the wide receiver will return to his 2021 form in which he caught 81 passes for 1055 yards and four touchdowns due to the Falcons having a mor...

Dylan opens up the show with Falcons talk and the news of them signing Kirk Cousins to a 4-year, $180M deal and says that he does not have a problem with the Falcons move as he believes that they did what they needed to do to go get their guy and not let the Vikings beat them to signing the veteran quarterback. Dylan adds that Falcons should be excited to see Atlanta make this move because he beli...

Dylan opens up the show with some NFL talk and reacts to the news that broke late last night that Russell Wilson reportedly will sign with the Steelers, as the Broncos will have to pay $38M of Wilson’s salary. In addition to other QB related news, Dylan reacts to reports that Baker Mayfield agreed to a 3-year, $100M deal to remain with the Bucs. With both quarterbacks off the table, Dylan believes...

Dylan opens up with some NHL talk as he reacts to Zach Klein’s exclusive interview with Vernon Kraus who discussed the efforts to bring a professional hockey back to the Atlanta (Forsyth) and if all goes well and the necessary votes come through, they will bring a team back by the 2027/2028 season. Dylan believes that a team would get the support needed from the local fan base. Dylan then pivots t...

Dylan opens up the show with a brief recap of his time at the University of West Georgia media day as he hosted some table talk events. He then pivots to some Falcons talk and shares his thoughts on the mock draft put out by Tori McElhaney of Atlanta Falcons dot com in which she has Atlanta trading up to the No. 3 spot and drafting Drake Maye. Dykan does not believe in any form or fashion that McE...

Dylan opens up with NFL talk and the latest rumors they have developed from combine and in a recent write up from Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler in which they discuss the latest on Kirk Cousins and Justin Fields in relation to the Falcons. And while Graziano writes that Cousins reportedly would like to stay in Minnesota, he is not willing to come down on his asking price and therefore Dylan believ...

Dylan opens with some Falcons talk and reacts to some of the rumors that surround them coming out of the NFL combine, including the Bears seemingly ready to move forward with moving Justin Fields however depending on what happens with Kirk Cousins, who is reportedly the favorite in the Falcons pursuit for a quarterback, and a couple other free agent quarterbacks could play a role in what happens w...

Dylan kicks off the show with some NFL combine talk and reacts to some of the mock drafts that have Dallas Turner being taken by the Falcons with the No. 8 overall pick. Turner, the Alabama edge rusher/linebacker, finished among the top-3 at his position in the drills which included the vertical jump (40.5-inch), broad jump (10-feet 7-inches) and the 40-yard dash (4.46). Dylan also reacts to comme...

Dylan opens up with NFL talk and reports that the top three quarterback prospects in the draft have met with and are set to meet with teams including the Falcons and Dylan then reacts to Raheem Morris telling Andy and Randy earlier in the week why combine interviews are important, to which the Falcons’ head coach said it is good to see how the prospects respond to being in uncomfortable situations...