Hour 2: Is Jalen Hurts Criticism Justified?

First Take

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🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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First Take resumes with Jalen Hurts win-loss record over the past two seasons: 24-5. Why do we criticize him so much? Are you more excited to watch Shedeur Sanders makes his first start, or the Cowboys attempt to take down their dominant division rival? Tyrese Maxey dropped 54 points vs the Bucks, becoming one of 21 players all time with at least three career 50/5/5 games. Stephen A. is impressed with his game! Joe Fortenbaugh stops by to give us his best bets for an awesome weekend of football! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here's our Saturday, SEC on ABC College Football triple header.
0:05.2	John Mateer, number eight, Oklahoma, hosted number 22, Missouri at noon eastern, then Archmanning
0:09.6	and 17th-Ring, Texas hosts Arkansas, cap the day with number 20, Tennessee, and Florida in the
0:14.7	swamp.
0:15.2	Each game also available on the all-new ESPN app.
0:19.3	I hate to do this to you.
0:20.4	I know you said you think that Dallas's offense is going to show up over Philadelphia's
0:24.4	defense.
0:24.8	Who do you think wins the game?
0:27.2	Oh.
0:29.1	Philadelphia or the Cowboys.
0:33.2	I'm picking the Dallas Cowboys to win this game.
0:34.9	Hold on.
0:35.1	No.
0:36.1	Say a Lilalado.
0:36.8	I couldn't hear it. I couldn't hear it. I'm picking the Dallas Cowboys to win this game. Hold on. No, say a Lilada. I couldn't hear it. I couldn't hear it. I'm picking the Dallas Cowboys. Hold up. Hold up. Dallas Cowboys. I'm picking the Dallas Cowboys. He's picking the Dallas Cowboys to win this game on Sunday. So that was yesterday on first take. Obviously, everyone was a little surprised by this pick.
0:56.9	Stephen A. picking the Dallas Cowboys.
0:59.4	Playoff hopes, though, hanging in the balance.
1:01.8	C.D. Lamb and Dad Croscott know just how important this game is as well.
1:06.6	Listen to this.
1:09.3	We could treat this as if we're in the playoffs. If you want to think of it that way. When I go home, I feel like that's the situation that we're in, and I feel like that's the right mindset that we got to have going into every game. Like the CD said, it's like a playoff game, and whether shot it's zero zero or however you want to think about it, all of these are must win. But we've got to take them one at a time.
1:28.6	And right now it's Philly, hell of an opponent.
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