Hour 1: Rodgers Injured

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🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe react to Aaron Rodgers' game-ending injury during his Jets regular season debut last night and discuss what it means for the Jets going forward... and if Tom Brady should enter the chat. Plus, are the Dolphins now the team to beat in the AFC East? Chris Canty joins the show to debate if Josh Allen can be trusted to take the Bills to a Super Bowl after a poor performance last night. The crew reacts to the Chiefs getting a contract done with Chris Jones and the latest on Kadarius Toney trolling Giants fans on social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning, everyone. Welcome into first take the Hall of
0:02.2	Amor Shannon Sharp. Stephen A Smith. I'm Molly Caram,
0:05.1	gentlemen, you are at the game last night. Let's dive right
0:07.7	into the news and react. Major blow for the jets last night,
0:11.5	the entire football world collectively on Monday night football.
0:14.3	They may have won the game 22 to 16 over the bills, but Aaron
0:17.3	Rogers is feared to have a serious Achilles injury on his
0:21.2	fourth snap of the season. The 39 year old Rogers injured
0:24.2	his left ankle was ruled out after he was sacked by Leonard
0:27.3	Floyd Rogers will have an MRI today. Here's his head coach,
0:31.4	Robert Salah. All right, I'll deal with the quarterback real
0:35.3	quick. Concerned with his Achilles, MRI is probably going to
0:40.5	confirm what we think is already going to happen. So
0:42.8	prayers tonight, but it's not good. Personally, I don't hurt
0:46.1	for me. I don't hurt for our locker room. I hurt for Aaron, and
0:48.9	how much he's invested in all of this. You know, so I'm still
0:53.3	going to say prayer. I'm still going to hold a hold. But you
0:56.8	know, my my heart's with Aaron and I'll not and nor else.
1:02.1	Stephen, how devastating is this for the New York Jets?
1:06.7	Well, their season is over. As far as I'm concerned, in terms of
1:12.6	what the expectations were, Super Bowl. Yes, Super Bowl
1:15.4	contention. That's out the window. Let's get that out the way
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