Stefanski updates injuries ahead of Falcons Week 1

Let's get into sports. We know the Atlanta Falcons are set to face the Pittsburgh Steelers this Sunday for their season opener and Falcons head coach held a press conference today to discuss what they're doing, provide injury updates and much more. So let's go ahead and bring in our sports reporter Kelly Price. She has more on what we can expect this Sunday. Hey Kelly. Hey Jasmine, yep, the Falcons kick off the season against the Steelers in Pittsburgh on Sunday at 1 PM. That is actually a game I believe is on Fox 5 traditional over the air. So yeah, I'm at Falcons. Obviously the Falcons facility behind me here practices at 215 so here in a little bit. We just heard from Kevin Stefanski as you mentioned earlier this morning, but as well as Bajon Robinson, the Falcon Star running back. He actually just spoke actually in a really interesting conversation with him because the Falcons obviously named to a tongue of Iloa as their starter for week one. It's been something that's been talked about a lot with this team because Michael Pennix Junior has been working his way back from ACL surgery this offseason and it was, you know, kind of in the air. What his status is going to be week front week one because he was cleared medically during training camp during a couple of weeks ago in the preseason, but he never played in a preseason game, so it was kind of not sure if he was going to be able to start for week one. So there was a big conversation around that a big controversy. A little bit when they named to the starting quarterback for week one, but Michael Pennix Junior talking about the fact that he doesn't really feel totally ready, especially mentally. He feels like there's still a little bit that he needs to get through before he wants to get back out onto the playing field. But we talked with John Robinson a little bit ago like I mentioned, and he had a really interesting perspective on the position players here for the Falcons him wide receiver. Drake London, Kyle Pitts, the tight end. A couple of these position players who you know take the ball and try to do things with it. They want to do that for two of them. But to kind of silence those conversations that are going on externally around the quarterback position, they obviously have a really talented offensive core with some of these key players like I mentioned, but they have really been talking about wanting to make sure that they are able to silence those critics of to to kind of just take the pressure off of him. And let's hear from John Robinson talking about that just a little bit ago. The execution is is where the funds at, and when we start executing at a high level, and then really nobody could say nothing. And all you can do is just watch, but that's that's on us to make sure that whatever play call that they have, like we executed at a at a really high level. Because then then when the noise gets silenced like you know, what else can you say? All we can do is just put in the work. So it's everything's on us. You know we have to go in the game. Prepare we have to go in the game ready to execute at all costs. Runner pass and then that's that's what we have to do to take care of itself. I'm talking about the pressure they're trying to take off of to a tongue of Ilo and his first start in the red and black, and we'll see if they're able to do it Sunday, Jasmine. Alright, I know many people are looking forward to this season opener and hopefully they do well. Kelly, thanks so much for joining us to talk about sports.