Hour 1: Do You Trust Jordan Love in Big Games?

First Take

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🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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First Take begins with Jordan Love's latest heroics! The Packers took down the Bears to take control of the NFC North, but can Love be trusted in big games? (0:00) Then, was it a mistake keeping Notre Dame out of the CFP? (24:30) Finally, Josh Allen went superman mode to overcome the Bengals high powered offense. As one of the few wily vets in the AFC playoff picture, is he good enough to overcome the Bills mediocre defense. (41:30) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.3	Good morning, happy Monday. Everyone, welcome to first take.
0:43.3	Chey Cornett here with you.
0:44.3	That is Dan Orlowski, Steven A. Smith, Cam Newton,
0:47.3	rocking out with us as well.
0:49.3	Happy Monday, everyone.
0:50.3	Hope everyone had a really nice weekend.
0:51.3	Dio, how are you doing?
0:52.3	I'm doing tremendous.
0:53.3	Had a great weekend. A lot of kids sports. doing? I'm doing tremendous. Had a great weekend.
0:55.0	A lot of kids sports.
0:56.0	Put up Christmas lights, which is always a great time. I'm doing amazing. Great. And we all watched a lot of football, so let's get right into it, because the oldest rivalry in the NFL did not disappoint on Sunday. Today, Bears Packers at Lambeau Field in the cold and it came down to the final play of the game where Caleb Williams threw a pick in the end zone. Packers win at 2821. They have now won three straight divisional games. They are at top of the NFC North. Jordan Love threw for 234 yards. He had three touchdowns himself. Here he was. Yeah, I mean, it meant a lot to everybody.
1:28.3	But, you know, obviously, you know, we've all known the comments that were out there.
1:33.3	So it is what it is.
1:34.3	But, you know, this is a game that means a lot to everybody.
1:37.3	It's an NFC North matchup.
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