"sportstalk" With Bobby Hebert

Mike and Bobby discussed the Falcons' decision to sign free agent S Justin Simmons, a former four-time All-Pro. Bobby said the Falcons are "all in" after adding Simmons and DE Matthew Judon to their defense. Saints legend Deuce McAllister recapped the team's 17th day of training camp, highlighting Taliese Fuaga's injury, the Saints' WR room, and the team's pass rush. Mike criticized Trevor Penning's lack of improvement entering his third year in New Orleans. Chris Dodson, a Pelicans reporter for ClutchPoints, joined Mike, Bobby, and Charlie to review the New Orleans' official 2024-25 regular season schedule. Mike, Bobby, Steve, and Charlie played their daily "Triple Option" segment. Steve and Bobby compared the preseason expectations for the Falcons to the Saints. The guys listened to post-practice press conference audio from Saints head coach Dennis Allen. Coach Allen evaluated the Saints' rushing attack, rookie DT Khristian Boyd, and the team's strong defensive line. Mike Hoss interviewed Saints P Lou Hedle

Mike Hoss interviewed Saints P Lou Hedley about his improvement at the team's training camp. Bobby and Steve celebrated the Saints' "global" special teams unit. Bobby expressed his confidence in Hedley retaining New Orleans' starting punter job. Marc Raimondi, an Atlanta Falcons beat reporter for ESPN, joined Steve and Bobby. Raimondi described the vibe around Atlanta after an impressive 2024 offseason. He broke down the Falcons' offense, highlighting Kirk Cousins and Kyle Pitts. Raimondi also shared his thoughts on the Falcons' secondary, Atlanta's offensive line, and their linebacking corps. The guys spoke to a WWL listener about the Saints' offensive line issues.

Steve and Bobby previewed New Orleans' upcoming preseason matchup against the 49ers. The guys spoke to a WWL listener about the Saints' offensive line issues. Bobby emphasized Taliese Fuaga's importance to the OL. The guys compared Kirk Cousins to Derek Carr. 

Marc Raimondi, an Atlanta Falcons beat reporter for ESPN, joined Steve and Bobby. Raimondi described the vibe around Atlanta after an impressive 2024 offseason. He broke down the Falcons' offense, highlighting Kirk Cousins and Kyle Pitts. Raimondi also shared his thoughts on the Falcons' secondary, Atlanta's offensive line, and their linebacking corps. 

Steve and Bobby compared the preseason expectations for the Falcons to the Saints. Bobby called the Saints "underdogs" around the country. They discussed the other teams "flying under the radar." Steve and Bobby listened to post-practice press conference audio from Saints head coach Dennis Allen. Coach Allen evaluated the Saints' rushing attack, rookie DT Khristian Boyd, and the team's strong defensive line. Bobby praised the Saints' defense and criticized New Orleans' OL. 

Steve and Bobby listened to post-practice press conference audio from Saints head coach Dennis Allen. Allen evaluated rookie DT Khristian Boyd. Coach Allen praised the Saints' big, physical defensive line. Bobby explained that New Orleans' defense is good enough to win 10 games this year. 

Steve and Bobby listened to post-practice press conference audio from Saints head coach Dennis Allen. Allen evaluated the Saints' rushing attack after their first preseason victory over Arizona. Bobby gave stats about Alvin Kamara's success as a star running back since entering the league in 2017. 

Mike and Bobby broke down the 2024 NFC South, comparing Tampa Bay to Atlanta. The guys spoke to a WWL listener about Niko Lalos and Mickey Loomis. Chris Dodson, a Pelicans reporter for ClutchPoints, joined Mike, Bobby, and Charlie to discuss the Pels' 2024-25 schedule release. Dodson projected Brandon Ingram's future in New Orleans. He previewed multiple tough stretches for the Pelicans' schedule, highlighting November, February, and April. He compared Zion Williamson to Victor Wembanyama. Mike, Bobby, and Steve played their daily "Triple Option" segment. 

Mike, Bobby, Steve, and Charlie played their daily "Triple Option" segment. Bobby reported on Cleveland's effort to build a new football stadium. Steve celebrated Aaron Judge's record-breaking 300th home run. Charlie broke down the Chicago White Sox's struggles.

Chris Dodson, a Pelicans reporter for ClutchPoints, joined Mike, Bobby, and Charlie to discuss the Pels' 2024-25 schedule release. Dodson projected Brandon Ingram's future in New Orleans. He previewed multiple tough stretches for the Pelicans' schedule, highlighting November, February, and April. He compared Zion Williamson to Victor Wembanyama. 

Mike and Bobby discussed the Falcons' decision to sign free agent S Justin Simmons, a former four-time All-Pro. Bobby said the Falcons are "all in" after adding Simmons and DE Matthew Judon to their defense. Saints legend Deuce McAllister joined Bobby and Mike. Deuce reviewed the Falcons' splash move of adding Simmons. He recapped the Saints' 17th day of training camp, breaking down the latest on rookie LT Taliese Fuaga who suffered a back injury in practice. Deuce shared his thoughts on the Saints' run game, the team's WR depth, and the disappointment with young DEs Payton Turner and Isaiah Foskey. Mike and Bobby spoke to a WWL listener about Trevor Penning. Mike criticized Penning's lack of improvement entering his third year in New Orleans. 

Mike and Bobby spoke to a WWL listener about Trevor Penning. Mike criticized Penning's lack of improvement entering his third year in New Orleans. 

Saints legend Deuce McAllister joined Bobby and Mike. Deuce reviewed the Falcons' splash move of adding star safety Justin Simmons. He recapped the Saints' 17th day of training camp, breaking down the latest on rookie LT Taliese Fuaga who suffered a back injury in practice. Deuce shared his thoughts on the Saints' run game, the team's WR depth, and the disappointment with young DEs Payton Turner and Isaiah Foskey. 

On today's show, Mike and Bobby dive deep into how the stats compare between the 49ers and Saints before having Saints sideline reporter and WWL digital content producer, Jeff Nowak, joins the guys to get the latest on Saints injuries heading into the 2nd preseason game versus the 49ers. Also, we call up Tim Brando, Fox Sports commentator as to the first season of the 12-team playoff field gets underway in just a few weeks and who are the preseason favorites to make it, will LSU be in that mix, and will Power 5 biases continue to play a role in postseason college football. Later on we hear from the likes of Dennis Allen on the kicking competition between Blake Grupe and Charlie Smyth and the most recent developments in Kendre Miller's return before hearing from Mike Hoss, Voice of the Saints, to close out the show on the backup QB bout between Jake Haener and Spencer Rattler and if we may see some more of the 1st team offense come Sunday against the 49ers.

As we head into the final hour, Steve and Bobby hear from rookie offensive lineman Tailese Fuaga, on how things have progressed for him, the first preseason game, Lucas Patrick stepping up as a mentor to the young star, before having the Voice of the Saints, joins us to recap the most recent non-joint practices as those were canceled earlier this week, his take on the QB2 battle between Haener and Rattler, and if what more changes we may expect to see from this undecided starting offensive line.

Mike Hoss, Voice of the Saints, tells us the latest about the Saints backup QB battle between Jake Haener and Spencer Rattler.

Mike Hoss, Voice of the Saints, joins Steve and Bobby to dissect how the Saints tight end room might look with Juwan Johnson still recovering from his injury, how Mike is feeling about the backup QB battle between Jake Haener and Spencer Rattler, taking the good with the bad as the joint practices with the 49ers were canceled, if the O-line and other 1st string guys might play on Sunday in SF, and if the pre-play penalties have been fixed.

Steve and Bobby hear from more players as rookie O-lineman, Tailese Fuaga, steps up to the podium talking about his time in Irvine, how he feels about his play against the Cardinals, and who on the Saints offensive line is becoming a mentor to the budding star?

This hour, Steve and Bobby dive headfirst into the Saints soundbank hearing from Dennis Allen on today's work as the joint practices with the 49ers were canceled, the hot hot hot kicking battle between Grupe and Smyth, and the Cajun Cannon sounds off on how the Saints special teams should be one of the best in the league, no if's, ands, or butts, and we hear from Dennis Allen on the latest regarding Saints running back Kendre Miller who hasn't been on the field much since arriving in Cali.

Steve and Bobby take a look at what Dennis Allen had to say today about Kendre Miller's continued absence out in Irvine.