Hour 2: Playoff Payoff

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🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe are joined by Chris "Mad Dog" Russo and Paul Finebaum to discuss undefeated Florida State being left out of the College Football Playoffs. Stephen A., Shannon and Dan Orlovsky discuss the hierarchy of the NFC after the 49ers delivered a big 42-19 loss to the Eagles yesterday. The crew also debates whether Dolphins' star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa or their star receiver Tyreek Hill deserves the NFL MVP award. Lastly, Stephen A. and Shannon discuss LeBron's exchange with Rockets' head coach Ime Udoka that led to Udoka being ejected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Let's get to the game of the week though guys. The last time in San Francisco 49ers were in Philadelphia.
0:04.1	Brock Purdy went down and we saw an uneventful NFC championship game that saw the Eagles head to the
0:09.2	Super Bowl, but the Niners got revenge yesterday. Taken down the NFL's best team by record 42 to 19
0:16.1	as they improved a 9 and 3 on the season the Eagles fell to 10 and 2.
0:19.7	All right let's dive into this NFC playoff picture real quick here so the Eagles lead for the top seed
0:25.3	is down to just one game with the Niners, Lions, and Cowboys behind them at 9 and 3.
0:30.9	It's thick right there.
0:31.9	Next up is a road trip to Dallas this Sunday night,
0:35.1	one month after winning the first meeting in Philly.
0:38.7	All right, first take, fam, I need you.
0:40.5	I want you to weigh in on this one
0:41.9	by scanning the QR code.
0:43.2	It will pop up on your screen momentarily.
0:46.4	Here's the question.
0:47.3	I will pose it to Stephen A and of course to you at home.
0:49.7	Stephen A, who's the bigger threat to San Francisco at this moment? Is it Philly or Dallas?
0:55.0	I'm going to say it's Dallas, believe it or not.
0:58.0	The defense is better.
1:00.0	It's just that simple.
1:01.0	Micah Parsons, to me, is the modern day, he's not Lawrence Taylor, but he's the modern day version
1:06.9	of Lawrence Taylor.
1:08.7	This kid to Ron Bland has been doing big things in that secondary to offset the loss of Trayvon Diggs.
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