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First Take

Hour 2: Elite QB Status?

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe and Dan Orlovsky have a heated debate around the amount of "elite" NFL QBs. The crew reacts to Magic Johnson replying to Anthony Edwards' statement on older players not having skill. And Dan enrages Stephen A and Shannon with his take on NFL QBs having the highest expectations this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back.

0:01.0

Quick Takes.

0:02.0

These Steelers still have to choose between Justin Fields and Russell Wilson as their week

0:05.0

one starting quarterback after finishing up the preseason this weekend.

0:07.6

Head Coach Mike Tomlin said, quote, will make a decision at the end of the work week.

0:12.0

Stephen A, how are you feeling about the delay in naming their guy?

0:14.7

I'm not happy about it.

0:15.9

I mean, because all it says to me is that nobody has stood out.

0:19.7

Nobody has stood out.

0:20.7

You know what, you know the old adage, if you got two quarterbacks you really got

0:23.5

none because that means there's nobody defendants and now they both after wet

0:27.9

the bed and just stinking up the joint the week before by scoring nothing you know they turned around and each led the team to a touchdown drive

0:36.8

this past weekend against Detroit,

0:38.3

although they lost the game.

0:39.7

I'm looking at Justin Fields, extend plays with his legs, and make things happen more so than Russell Wilson.

0:45.6

But I don't want to hear about a decision hasn't been made yet.

0:49.2

That doesn't make me happy because that says to me, we still haven't decided if either is good enough that

0:54.7

stands out above the crowd to be the starting quarterback of this team.

0:58.0

That's my concern right now with the Pittsburgh Steelers and that sounds to me

1:01.5

like the same old sameer I've been dealing with since

1:03.6

been Rothersberger retired with the likes of Kenny Pickett, Mason Rudolph, and

1:07.5

Mitchell Trebitsky. It might as well be that if you don't know who should start so

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