Falcons make mid-season roster changes

Moving to Flowery Branch, that's where we'll find our sports team this afternoon. The Falcons practicing today ahead of that Sunday game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Our Lexi Bowden joins us live now to talk more about how they're preparing and the moves they're making. Hey, Lexi. Hey, Jasmine. Yeah, a lot of moves coming into today. Three big roster changes in just two days. Of course, we heard on Monday that they were flipping veteran safety Jesse Bates to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a 2027 second round pick and then a 2028 fifth round pick. And then on Tuesday morning, the news comes out that they're moving on from kicker Nick Folk, who is 13 for 18, including a missed 38 yard field goal against the Bengals on Sunday. They have signed Jake Moody as a replacement. at kicker and then Tuesday afternoon, right before the deadline center, Ryan Newsel traded to the Ravens in exchange for Andrew Voorhees, a backup guard and a 2028 sixth round pick. So a lot of changes heading into Flowery Branch today. We did hear from Kevin Stefanski earlier this morning on just all of the roster changes and the new additions. And I asked him, you know, what's the message to the team after so many moves like this? Robots and it's emotional when you lose a player for any reason injury, you know, doesn't matter. So you don't like to lose any of your teammates because we develop relationships with each other. So that's the truth. And it's okay to be, you know, missing someone because they're because they're not able to play anymore for whatever reason. So it's okay to feel that way. It's also we have a job to do. Yeah, so Kevin Stefanski just assuring you know that there's going to be the next guy up mentality and also said, you know, again, we're not punting on this season. Yes, they only have three wins, but so does everyone else in the NFC South. So still a lot of time to win this division, but a lot of changes and a lot of news coming out of Flowery Branch today. All right, well, we're all looking forward to this game here on Sunday. Now do you have another question to ask you before we let you go? There's some reports that the Giants attempted a trade for Bijan Robinson. Do you have any information on that? Yeah, so I actually asked head coach Kevin Stefanski if that if there was any possibility they would be flipping Bajon to the Giants after those reports came out. And he just had one word for me. No. So I don't think that was even on their minds on their radar. The Giants have been in the market for a running back. They also tried to get Jonathan Taylor from the Colts. But Bajon just signing that three year contract extension. So he's not going anywhere soon. He is the face of the Dirty Birds and definitely a bright spot here. Alright, I know some Falcons fans are glad to hear that. Lexi, thanks so much for joining us to talk football, to talk Falcons. We'll see you later.