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First Take

Hour 2: Dogs vs. Frogs

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Stephen A., Ryan Clark, and Michael Irvin react to the Bills' win over New England after a game filled with tributes to teammate Damar Hamlin. Plus, what are the chances Lamar Jackson and Tua Tagovailoa are available to return for wild card weekend? Adam Schefter is here with the latest on both players. The crew looks ahead to the wild card and discusses their confidence levels in the Cowboys to beat Brady and the Bucs. RGIII joins us live from the CFP National Championship with analysis on Georgia's quest for the repeat and TCU's attempt at an underdog upset. Week 18 had some serious playmakers, and our own "Playmaker" gives us his top performers of the week. We have breaking news on another NFL head coach headed out the door. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm going to flip the turn around.

0:58.9

Oh, okay, I'm sorry. Let's go.

1:03.9

No, no, no, I just have another tough transition to make that story of the day. So after Buffalo

1:10.2

honored first responders, doctors and athletic trainers who saved Damar Hamlin's life,

1:15.5

Nihem Hines ran the opening kickoff 96 yards for TD against the Patriots. The bills

1:20.8

won 35 to 23 to clinch the number two seed in the AFC playing inspired for Damar RC. How

1:28.5

special was this yesterday? That was an amazing moment. You couldn't have written it any

1:33.2

better, no matter who it was. When you think about what this team has gone through, what

1:38.6

Damar Hamlin and his family have gone through. And I think also on Monday night at 10 o'clock,

1:44.7

none of us could have ever expected that that was where we'd be on Sunday. That he'd be

1:48.9

able to send out a tweet before the game. And I think Josh Allen put it best. So by the

1:54.0

way, I've become just an enormous fan of of his leadership, of his compassion of the

1:59.2

way that he's embraced not only his teammate, but the rest of his team. And he said it, God's

2:03.9

real. And the prayers that have gone out for Damar Hamlin, those first responders, the

2:10.2

athletic trainers that did the work, that all led to that moment. And that was a moment

2:15.2

that was truly spiritual. And that was one of those times that I felt like the world

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