Hour 1: Did the Voters Get MVP Right?

First Take

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🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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First Take wraps up Super Bowl week from San Francisco. Matthew Stafford took home his first MVP after barely beating out Drake Maye! Did the voters get this one right? (0:00) Then, 3-time Super Bowl champ Emmitt Smith tells us how he prepped for the big game. (23:20) Next, we're still flustered by Tom Brady's comments. How can the GOAT not root for his former team? (41:50) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.4	Welcome to First Take live from San Francisco.
1:44.9	We are just two days away from Super Bowl 60 here in Santa Clara between the Seahawks and the Patriots. And two days away from the Super Bowl means we've got to talk all things Patriots and Seahawks. Hello, everyone. I am Shay Cornett. Stephen A. Smith is with us. Cameron Newton is with us. Ryan Clark, Marcus Spears. Hello, and good morning to everybody. Hello. Good morning. Good. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. The sun is just coming up here in San Francisco. People behind us are excited because, again, the Super Bowl is two days away. Ryan Clark and Cam Newton, you both played in Super Bowls during your time in the league. So when you wake up on a Friday morning before the Super Bowl, what is this week? What is this day like?
1:47.0	From the losers' perspective?
1:49.2	Just a week. Just a week.
2:00.1	No, listen, I think it's a lot of emotions. And I think you cannot treat this game like it's a regular game because it is definitely not.
2:01.9	I mean, that's what you try to tell yourself.
2:09.3	But you have to also acknowledge this is the first time you're experiencing things for the first time.
2:12.7	This is the game that you watched all your life.
2:19.5	And now being in that moment, you have to start realizing when you're going on the field,
2:26.3	hey, that's, man, that's, man, this person isn't, all these natural emotions happen. And it's for you to be able to understand what it is, acknowledge it, and still be in the
2:33.4	moment and be the best version of it. The week is actually
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