Hour 2: Eagles Grounded?

First Take

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🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe react to the passing of NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo. Tedy Bruschi joins the show and the crew weighs in on the biggest concern for the Philadelphia Eagles after their loss yesterday. They also discuss Baker Mayfield and Tom Brady's comments on how the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were with Brady at quarterback versus now with Mayfield. The crew also debates if they'd rather have Jayden Daniels than Dak Prescott and Jalen Hurts this season. Lastly, they discuss the state of the Jacksonville Jaguars falling to 0-4 after losing to the Texans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Breaking News and to First Take,
0:04.4	NBA Global Ambassador in Naysmith Basketball Hall of Famer,
0:07.8	Dekembe Matumbo, has passed away today
0:10.7	at the age of 58 from brain cancer.
0:13.4	He was surrounded by his family.
0:16.0	NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued the following statement
0:19.0	saying Dekembae was simply larger than life.
0:22.0	On the court.
0:22.7	He was one of the greatest shopblockers
0:24.5	and defensive players in the history of the NBA
0:27.6	off the floor.
0:28.6	He poured his heart and soul into helping others.
0:33.0	And he absolutely did Stephen A, working with the Special Olympics.
0:36.2	All he did with the Kembe Matumbo Foundation.
0:39.0	Also, he was a UNICEF child advocate. Everything was about giving back.
0:44.0	That's the Decembert-Metumbo that I knew and loved.
0:48.0	That all of us knew and loved.
0:49.0	I mean, he was one of the best human beings you could ever possibly meet.
0:53.2	I had the pleasure of getting to know him.
0:55.0	I covered him when he became a Philadelphia 76er.
0:59.1	They had traded 76ers in route to possibly winning the Eastern Conference Crown, but there were question marks
1:07.0	because Theo Ratliff, an extraordinary shopblocker in his own right, was considered an undersized center who had some injuries and
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