Hour 2: Can Caleb Williams Lead Bears to The Super Bowl?

First Take

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🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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First Take resumes with the Bears comeback. Caleb Williams has taken a leap this year, but can this version of him lead the Bears to the Super Bowl? (7:30). Then, we take a look at Jerry Jones' latest comments on the Cowboys 30th consecutive disappointing season. (11:45) Next, Paul Finebaum tells us which CFP game had his phone exploding with text messages! (23:30) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi there. Surprise.
0:02.1	30 for 30 presents Booja.
0:05.2	Can I get a witness from the congregation?
0:08.1	You can't stop authenticity.
0:10.0	Boo ya!
0:11.0	Stewart was exactly like you saw him on camera, off camera.
0:14.5	He dialed it up 10%.
0:15.7	Can you imagine the impact of young black boys and girls looking at that going, I feel seen.
0:21.4	He changed the culture.
0:22.7	He changed sports.
0:24.2	Stream Booja, presented by Modelo, right now on the ESPN app.
0:32.5	Here's tonight's Monday night football matchup loaded with playoff implications.
0:37.0	The 10 and 449ers square off against
0:39.3	Philip Rivers and the Colts, 8 Eastern, 5 Pacific on ABC ESPN, ESPN de Portes, Disney Plus, and the ESPN app.
0:47.6	ESPN 2 will have a data-driven look at the game. Coverage kicks off with Scott Van Pelt
0:52.4	and the Monday night countdown crew at 6 Eastern.
0:57.0	The Steelers held on for a critical 29-24 win in Detroit on Sunday when Amman Rae St. Brown was called for offensive pass interference at the goal line on the game's final play, the second of two OPI penalties that wiped off potential game-winning touchdowns for the Lions.
1:14.8	Coupled with the loss Sunday night, Pittsburgh now needs to either win either its two remaining games in order to clinch the AFC North.
1:24.2	All right, so Cam, we heard Dee Wood say earlier.
1:26.2	He thinks that the Pittsburgh Steelers, if they can get in, we'll run the table and go on a deep playoff run.
1:31.4	What do you make of their playoff chances and what type of team they could be in the post?
1:35.4	Respectfully, Damon DeKarre going cuckoo for cocoa.
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