From The Perch

It may come as a surprise, but From The Perch is ending (for now). It's been a super fun ride and in the last episode we take your questions about free agency, the draft and much more. Plus, a little bit of an explanation of why the show is at the very least pausing as of now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Explaining the Falcons' interest (or lack of interest) in Lamar Jackson and why or why not it would make sense for Atlanta. Plus, the Falcons bring back Lorenzo Carter, the first major free agent to re-sign for Atlanta. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new league year is a week away -- at least the tampering period -- which means it's time to figure out which of the Falcons heading to free agency might return for 2023 and beyond. We break down each guy heading toward free agency (for now) and offer some sort off prediction of whether or not they'll be back and why or why not. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Atlanta Falcons, not surprisingly, have moved on from quarterback Marcus Mariota. It opened up more money for them for next year with a player who wasn't going to be a starter. Plus, it's NFL Combine time, so what might the Falcons be looking at and what could it all mean? We get into that in the show, too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's draft season, which means it's also mock draft season. We give two mock draft scenarios for this year -- one of which is wild, the other which was even potentially more surprising -- for the first version of the mock draft madness, pre-free agency and pre-combine edition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Atlanta Falcons have the No. 8 pick in this year's NFL Draft (for now). So with that in mind, we look at eight potential prospects Atlanta could consider at the spot -- and one position they should not. We break all of that down on today's show as we start our months-long draft coverage on the pod. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A small mailbag episode today as we get into the Falcons quarterback situation and what it might mean to stay the course with what Arthur Smith and Terry Fontenot are building versus going big for a change. Plus, some other quarterback questions, too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arthur Blank, the owner of the Falcons, talked for the first time in almost a while this week at the Super Bowl and he said some pretty interesting stuff about expectations and the team's quarterback situation. We explain what that might mean from the guy who signs all the checks on this episode of From The Perch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Atlanta Falcons DC Ryan Nielsen spoke to the media this week and while he didn’t say much — there were clues for what to expect in his Falcons defense. We explain what you might see. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s Super Bowl week so naturally we look to see how the Falcons can potentially be in the final game of the season next season. We break down what needs to happen for that to even be a possibility on this episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Shrine Game day so we break down what it could mean for the Falcons. Plus, what the hire of Jerry Gray by the Atlanta Falcons means to the team and the defense. Prospects Trey Dean (safety, Florida) and Dallas Daniels (wide receiver, Jackson State) join the show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Falcons have a new defensive coordinator in Ryan Nielsen. What it means and who the team could go after is part of the conversation. Then we shift to the East-West game, where we spoke with two players playing under the Falcons staff this week -- Wake Forest receiver AT Perry and Maryland WR Jacob Copeland. Two fun conversations about football -- and in Perry's case, horror. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Falcons are coaching in the Shrine Game. We break down what that means for them coaching the East team — and also some players they’ll be coaching that will be worth paying attention to. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s a mailbag edition of the podcast, where we hit on all of your questions and concerns from the Falcons (and other stuff, too, because hey, it’s the offseason!). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Atlanta Falcons defense is going to see some change — from coordinator to personnel to perhaps the core of what they run. What might that mean for players? And who are their key contributors regardless? We break that down here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the offseason going on, we break down the Atlanta Falcons’ offense from last season and try to give some look into what it might look like in 2023. Plus, an update of sorts on the defensive coordinator search. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The offseason is here and will it … questions. Questions about the quarterback. Questions about the future of the defense and what Atlanta might do with the salary cap room it now has. It’ll be interesting to watch as we start to break all of that down here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Falcons finish their 2022 season at 7-10 by beating Tom Brady for the first time. Tyler Allgeier went over 1,000 yards for the season. Drake London set a Falcons rookie receptions record. And what to do about Desmond Ridder in the future? We unpack that and more in this episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yes, there's still a game to play this week, but much of the conversation Wednesday was surrounding Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety that as of Wednesday night was still in critical condition after collapsing on the field during the Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game Monday night. Spent the episode hearing from players about how they processed the injury, conversations with their families and what they have been thinking trying to move forward. Appreciative for guys being willing to take their time to talk today about Hamlin and how seeing this affected them as From The Perch also sends its deepest thoughts to Hamiin and his family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Falcons won a game, Desmond Ridder’s first win as the team’s starter. But it wasn’t always pretty. We break down the good, the bad and what it all might mean on this episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.