SportsTalk with Bobby Hebert

From 'Inside Black & Gold' (subscribe here): Derek Carr is officially back heading into a Week 9 showdown with the Panthers, but will QB1’s return be enough to jumpstart the Saints’ 2024 season? We hear from Carr after his return to practice, dive into how his rehab went down, his thoughts on where the Saints stand at the midway point of the season and a lot more.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's show, Mike and Cullen discuss the Pelicans blowout loss last night versus the Warriors as they look to bounce back tonight before being joined by Chris Dodson, who covers the Pelicans for ClutchPoints, on what the injured Pels can do to respond out West, and later on, college football insider for the Action Network, Brett McMurphy, joins to discuss the first CFP poll coming out next Tuesday and if we could see as many as 3 SEC teams in the final 12-team bracket. After that, Mike and Cullen call up Brad Evans, Audacy Sports Insider and host of BetMGM Tonight, to help us decipher this week's biggest lines, spreads, odds, and props and Steve Geller hops in during Triple Option where we give out takes on the top news stories of the day. Then, Steve and Cullen look at the injury bug that hopped off the Saints and jumped onto the Pelicans as well as hearing from Saints QB Derek Carr on his return following his oblique injury and how it was the "most frustrating" injury he's ever had, and finally, we close out hearing from Jeff Nowak, Saints sideline reporter and WWL digital content producer, on if Derek Carr can be a real "shot in the air" for this Saints team looking to stop a deadly 6 game losing streak.

In the final hour, Steve and Cullen sound off on the Saints need to take advantage of a Panthers team that is selling off playmakers and leaning into getting that 1st overall pick for a 2nd year in a row, and Bryce Young leading the Panthers with not a lot of great weapons out there shows that the defense should be able to pop off against this team. Later on, Jeff Nowak, Saints sideline reporter and WWL digital content producer, joins the guys to discuss Derek Carr trending towards starting this week in Carolina, the 13 other players that popped up on the injury report with handful of them being in the Saints secondary, and the latest on Chris Olave taking steps towards his health and protecting his body and head more in games.

Jeff Nowak, Saints sideline reporter and WWL digital content producer, joins the gang to recap the Saints initial injury report as the team prepares to take on the Carolina Panthers with Derek Carr returning but 13 others showed up on the report as the team trends towards a fully healthy squad, heading into the matchup ahead of us, will Derek Carr be the difference-maker for struggling Saints offense, the Saints defense stepping up as the play a lackluster Panthers offense, and Chris Olave possibly wearing a Guardian Cap (protected helmet cover) this Sunday as he keeps taking more and more hits.

Steve and Cullen discuss the Saints not looking down on the Panthers as during this slump but with Bryce Young in the drivers seat and not a lot of weapons in his offense this could be a huge game for the Saints defense to step up before hearing from one of the best young voices on this Black & Gold squad, cornerback Alontae Taylor on his role in the Saints secondary and what the team on defense can do to build on their performance last week versus the Chargers.