Hour 2: Dethrone the Champs?

First Take

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4.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this episode, Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe, and Dan Orlovsky react to breaking news as the Saints fire Head Coach Dennis Allen. The crew debates which AFC team is the biggest threat to the Chiefs. We introduce a new segment where Shannon reacts to sports news and deems them "Sharpe" or "Not Sharpe". Stephen A. and Shannon react to Michael Thomas commenting on what Derek Carr had to do with Chris Olave's concussion. The guys rank some of the most impressive plays from this weekend's NFL action... we're looking at you Saquon Barkley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.9	Breaking news in the NFL.
0:32.3	The Saints have fired their head coach Dennis Allen.
0:35.4	New Orleans started the season 2-0 and I've lost seven straight, including to the Panthers,
0:40.8	on Sunday.
0:41.9	This is Dennis Allen's third season as head coach, special teams coordinator.
0:46.5	Darren Rizzy will step in as their interim coach.
0:50.6	Dan, I'll start with you.
0:51.5	Your reaction to the news.
0:53.0	Yeah, results-based business.
0:54.2	This is a football team that started so hot this season, and so the expectations were ramped up.
0:59.2	Then they went through some injuries.
1:00.4	Their interior of their offensive line got beat up.
1:02.0	Derek Carr got hurt.
1:02.8	There are two perimeter players, Rashid Shaheed being the main one, and then Olavay getting banged up.
1:07.6	So the injuries started to take their toll, and the salary cap for them is very real.
1:11.5	This is a organization that has just kind of kicked the can down the road.
1:16.1	Defensively, I think the biggest issue is Dennis Allen being a defensive-minded guy.
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