The Hometown Take with Dylan Mathews

Dylan opens up with some Falcons talk as they picked up the win over the Jets and Dylan gives props to Desmond Ridder for playing a turnover free game and “did exactly what the Falcons needed”. Dylan adds that it was also good to see Kyle Pitts be more involved in the offense on Sunday and gives congrats to Bijan Robinson for reaching 1,000 yards from scrimmage in the win.

Dylan opens up with thoughts on the Falcons matchup on Sunday with the NYJ and while weather should not be a factor this weekend, he believes that the Falcons need to come out and “hit the Jets in the mouth” with their run attack as they second to worst in run defense, while the Falcons themselves are currently ranked fourth in rushing.

Dylan opens the show previewing the Falcons matchup on the road this weekend against the Jets.  Dylan thinks a key to the Falcons success is to keep it simple, get back to the run and stay with what worked for them in the victory against the Saints last weekend especially with the Jets being ranked the 31st in run defense.

Dylan opens up with CFB Playoff talk as the most recent rankings dropped Tuesday and while he believes that there were no surprises with were teams landed in the rankings, he does believe that can be some interesting scenarios that could take place based on who wins and loses this weekend.

Dylan opens up with some college football talk and states that he believes although they got the win, Georgia mat have been tested by Georgia Tech more than anyone may have anticipated and sates that maybe the Dawgs may have already been looking ahead to the SEC Championship. And speaking of looking ahead to the SEC Championship, Dylan adds that while Alabama has been able to put things together d...

Dylan opens up the show with thoughts on the Falcons win over the Saints on Sunday and states that it was a “great win” and creditys the defense for how well they played, especially the play of Jessie Bates who had a pick-6 and a forced a key fumble in which the Falcons capitalized with a touchdown drive.

Dylan opens up the show with some talk on the Falcons as he previews their match up with the Saints on Sunday and he believes Atlanta will really have to ‘take care of the ball’ as the Saints are going to try to exploit the Falcons past turnover issues as they are tied for third in the NFL for takeaways. Overall, Dylan adds that he would like to see the Falcons play an all-around complete clean ga...

Dylan reacts to the latest move in which they acquired right-hand pitcher Reynaldo Lopez to a three-year contract and believes that this will add to the arsenal of the Braves bullpen and will be key for post-season play for the Braves. Dylan then briefly shares his thoughts on the Chiefs and Eagles as the Philadelphia defense came up big late to help the Eagles pick up the 21-17.

Dylan opens up the show with a recap of this past weekend in Atlanta sports including Georgia’s win over Tennessee making it three consecutive seasons that they have gone unbeaten in the SEC, Georgia Tech becoming bowl eligible for the first time since 2018 after their win over Syracuse and the Braves making some moves Friday that sent Kyle Wright and Nick Anderson to Royals for Jackson Kowar and...

Dylan kicks off the show with some Atlanta Hawks talk as they lost the Knicks on Wednesday, which Dylan attributes to a slow start by the Hawks, especially for Trae Young (15 pts 17 ast) and Dejounte Murray (13 pts). Dylan adds that the Hawks were also outrebounded by the Knicks, which Quin Snyder pointed to in his postgame press conference.

Dylan opens up with some Hawks talk as they defeated the Detroit Pistons in their first playin tournament game, minus Trae Young , who was out due to the birth of his second child. Dejounte Murray led the way with 32 points, 10 assist and three steals and Dylan adds that that is the type of performance that proves why the Hawks needed to go out and get a player like Murray because when Young is ou...

Dylan opens up with some Atlanta Falcons talk and brings up the fact that many fans of the team are not happy with Arthur Smith, to which Dylan states that he understands why they may not be, especially when looking at his play calling in the red zone among other things. Dylan adds that despite the frustrations surrounding the Falcons, he does not believe Smith is in the hot seat as they are still...

Dylan opens up on Falcons talk as he reacts to their 25-22 loss to the Cardinals and said he like he was having Déjà vu seeing Kyler Murray return for the first time since his injury and running around making big plays late in the game, similar to how Josh Dobbs did a week ago. Dylan adds that there were too many plays by Murray that the Falcons’ defense just can’t let happen and wonders how the t...

Dylan opens up with some Falcons talk and as they get set to take on Arizona this Sunday, he states that he just wants to see Atlanta “get back to basics” on the offensive side of the ball. Dylan adds that defensively, the Cardinals are ranked 26th in run defense and the Falcons need to take advantage of the and “run the ball down their throats” with Allgeier, Patterson, and Robinson.

Dylan opens up with some Falcons talk as he shares his thoughts on Arthur Smith’s comments from his interview with Dukes and Bell and one response Smith in particular that Dylan said he took issue with were in regards to some of his play calling in the red zone being “too cute”. Dylan then says that he believes that the Falcons need to stick to the basics, especially in the red zone, versus trying...

Dylan opens up the show with some Atlanta United talk with a recap of their 4-2 win over Columbus Crew to force a third leg of the first round series of the MLS playoffs. Dylan states that he believed that United had a good chance of winning last night as they had Thiago Almada back from his yellow card suspension and playing at home. And now that the two clubs will head back to Columbus, Dylan be...

Dylan opens up with Falcons talk and the announcement that Taylor Heinicke will be the starter this week when they face the Cardinals and Dylan believes that Heinicke may end up QB1 the remainder of the season, especially if his performance on Sunday is better than this past week and leads to a victory. Dylan adds that should Heinicke end up as the starter for the rest of the season, he believes t...

Dylan opens up and gets right into the Falcons loss to the Vikings and ask “what was that…what did we witness?” He adds that in his opinion, the loss was a result of sloppy play and failure to take advantage of opportunities and could not finish in the red zone. He adds that while the defense did give have its bright spots, when it came down to it, they displayed poor tackling late in the game on...

Dylan opens up discussing the announcement by Arthur Smith that Taylor Heinicke will be the starter for the Falcons on Sunday when they face the Vikings. Dylan notes that while making the announcement, Smith stresses “this week” leading him to believe that the head coach is leaving room to be able to go back to Desmond Ridder should Heinicke not perform well on Sunday. 

Dylan opens up with his thoughts on the CFB Playoff rankings which released the first standings yesterday with 1. Ohio St. 2. Georgia 3. Michigan 4. Florida St. and Dylan states that he has no problem with the first rankings and believes the committee “got it right”. Dylan adds that he does not have a problem with Georgia being at No. 2 mainly due to their strength of schedule to this point and be...

Dylan opens up with some Falcons talk and the injury to Grady Jarrett as it was announced that he will be out for the season due to a torn ACL and Dylan expresses how he believed that this season was looking like it was going to shape up to be a really productive season for the defensive lineman with the Falcons picking up many defensive pieces to play alongside Jarrett. And while Atlanta loses Ja...

Dylan opens up with his thoughts on the Falcons loss to the Titans on Sunday in which he believes that Atlanta “had no business” losing to Tennessee and that they have to shoulder all the blame for the loss. Dylan adds that he believes Desmond Ridder will be the starter next week and that Arthur Smith was “being careful” with the second year quarterback. Dylan returns with more of his thoughts on...

Dylan kicks off the show previewing the Falcons/Titans matchup on Sunday and shares his thoughts on how the Falcons can get the win and he believes they must focus on stopping Derrick Henry and the run game and add pressure to Will Levis and Malik Willis, who are expected to take the snaps on Sunday due to Ryan Tannehill like not to not play. Moving over to the offensive side of the ball, Dylan sh...

Dylan briefly recaps the Hawks season opener in which they lost to the Hornets and Dylan dubs the game a “tail of two halves” as they played well in the first half, however second half was all Charlotte, despite a big fourth quarter by Atlanta. Dylan adds that he believes the Hawks went away from what was working for them well early on, which was getting to the basket, instead they appeared to “se...

Dylan opens up excited about the Falcons getting the 16-13 win over the Buccaneers on Sunday and taking sole possession of first place in the NFC South. He does point out to the fact that despite the win, there are obvious things that they need to clean up, i.e. Desmond Ridder and the fumbles in the red zone. And while he believes the team should be satisfied with the win, they cannot be happy wit...