Hour 2: Silver Lining

First Take

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4.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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On the second hour of First Take, Stephen A., Ryan Clark, and Dan Orlovsky discuss whether the game last night changed their expectations for the Cowboys. Then, the guys move to Sunday and what a loss would say about the Ravens. Later, the group digs in on Micah Parsons' comments about his new locker room, and whether they're a dig at his former Cowboys teammates. Then, Joe Fortenbaugh joins the show to give his Best Bets for the biggest matchups this weekend. And the guys debate the question, "Which New York team has the more intriguing Week 1 matchup, the Giants or the Jets?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.3	The NFL season went off to a great start last night.
0:32.6	Jalen Hertz was a midseason form running for two touchdowns
0:35.2	while completing over 80% of his passes.
0:37.4	The game was closed all night, but a few key drops from CD Lamb cost the Cowboys and dropped
0:42.4	the opener to the defending champion Eagles 2420. Despite the loss, Jerry Jones was happy with how
0:46.6	his team played, specifically, Doc Prescott. We just left some plays out there that if we made
0:53.3	them, I thought Doc may have played one of the best games I've ever seen him play.
0:57.9	And so we had the hands and we had the ball in the hands of key guys.
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