Hour 2: Does Drake Maye Need to Play Well in the Super Bowl?

First Take

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🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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First Take resumes with Drake Maye's future. What will the storylines be on Monday if he has another bad game? (0:00) Then, Deion Sanders dishes on Super Bowl picks, college football, and, of course, Shedeur Sanders! (9:50) Next, would Sam Darnold be considered elite with a Super Bowl win? (23:30) And, the crew finally makes their Super Bowl picks. (38:30) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Come on NFC champion!
0:03.0	Mario!
0:05.0	Come out of play!
0:09.0	Going back to Cali, too least.
0:12.0	Sometimes you gotta believe things before you can see it.
0:16.0	You said all along to spill some blood.
0:18.0	Pick each other up, one drive after another, one play after another. You guys whipped ass, guys. I want you guys to enjoy every second in this. It's funny, it's like, yeah, we're celebrating, but it's like, we're on to the next one. We're on to the freaking next one. How is this group gonna find a way to win one more game? What a freaking football team you guys are. What a football team, man. We're freaking Seahawks!
0:39.3	Let's go!
0:40.3	That's right.
0:44.3	We are counting down at Super Bowl 60 on Sunday.
0:48.3	You're looking at the Golden Gate Bridge.
0:51.3	So beautiful.
0:52.3	The scenics here in
0:54.2	San Francisco's the Seahawks are getting ready to take on the Patriots that right there is right
0:59.4	behind us that is the ferry building by the way excellent coffee in there and these are the fans
1:03.7	right behind us as well the sun is just coming up here in San Francisco the heck we are two days away
1:08.8	from Sunday so they are up early and ready to watch
1:11.4	them. First Take. Hello, everyone. Welcome back to First Take as we are live from San Francisco.
1:15.3	Going into this season, you know, many would have been surprised to see Drake may end up as one of the
1:19.1	final two quarterbacks left standing. But after a near MVP season, the 23-year-old second-year
1:24.2	quarterback is about to become the second youngest quarterback to start a Super Bowl behind only Dan Marino.
1:30.5	Earlier this week, Stephen A made the case for May playing with house money on Sunday, and some disagreed.
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