Hour 1: Hop to Tennessee

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4.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Shae Cornette, Damien Woody, Courtney Cronin, and Mike Tannenbaum react to the news over the weekend that DeAndre Hopkins is expected to sign a 2-year deal with the Titans. Plus, the crew debates how far Dak Prescott needs to take the Cowboys this year to keep his job as starting QB. And, it's officially time to talk College Football which means Paul Finebaum is here to tell us if there's anyone out there who can stop Georgia this season and what a lackluster Alabama season could mean for Nick Saban's legacy. Madden has revealed its ratings for the top wide receivers in the league, but do our guys think they got it right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, happy Monday. Welcome into first take
0:02.6	Jay Cornette, Courtney Cronin, Damian Woody and Mike
0:05.6	Tanibam joining us not here in studio. We will miss you
0:08.2	Mike T, but here with us anyways, we got to let's get into
0:11.5	football guys like less than two months away. So let's pretend
0:14.8	like it's next weekend and let's do it. Let's start like as I
0:17.0	said, with the big news over the weekend. And that was where
0:20.5	DeAndre Hopkins is going to go after being released by the
0:23.2	Cardinals in late May. DeAndre Hopkins finally looks like
0:26.3	he's got a landing spot as the free agent wide receiver is
0:28.9	expected to sign a two year deal with the Tennessee
0:31.0	Titans, of course, as according to our own Diana Rossini.
0:33.9	Hopkins has been in the league for a decade and finished last
0:36.4	season with over 700 yards and three touchdowns despite
0:39.8	missing the firstest games of the season due to a PED
0:42.5	suspension. And so here's our Dan Arlowski with a strong
0:45.4	take on where D-Hop did not go.
0:49.6	It feels like a massive missed opportunity and loss for the
0:52.3	Patriots and Mac Jones going into a huge year. Just look at
0:55.3	the division. They are worse than the division when it comes to
0:58.2	overall skill talent by far and bottom three or bottom four in
1:01.5	the conference. So now you're going to expect your offense to
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