FIRST TAKE | Dak will be best QB in NFC! – Drew Brees tells Stephen A.: Cowboys are Super Bowl Team

FIRST TAKE | Dak will be best QB in NFC! – Drew Brees tells Stephen A.: Cowboys are Super Bowl Team

Dak threw for over over 300 yards and three touchdowns, continuing to respond to a night that saw seven lead changes. I see the eyes that’s happening. The game went to overtime. It ended in a draw, 4040 tie. And so, uh, we’re going to be joined by Drew Brees here momentarily, but I believe we have new sound from one Jerry Jones. Let’s hear it. uh he’s not he’s lining up directly against you. Plus, you don’t have him on your defensive side of the ball. Now, that’s a real good test and uh uh I’m glad that everybody got to see it. Uh where it goes and it left me feeling good about our trade. So, he’s doubling down as one Jerry Jones on feeling good about the trade. We’ve heard him say it postgame now. He said it after the trade happened and now a day later. Hi Drew Brees. Good morning to you. Thank you for joining us here. Drew Brees joining us on First Take every single week. Uh let’s dive into what we just heard from Jerry Jones doubling down. He feels really good about the trade. Cowboys and Packers ended in a tie. Do you agree Cowboys won the trade? I think it’s good for both of them. Uh I I don’t I don’t think I don’t think we would have gotten the best out of Mic or the best out of the Cowboys had he stayed. You know, this just provided additional motivation for him to go elsewhere, get a fresh start. I think that’s going to be a great move long term for that team and that defense up in Green Bay. And honestly, it kind of forced Dallas to, you know, develop some of these young guys. You know, maybe not lean on the fact that you just have this, you know, one elite guy. You know, allowed you to really build and develop that defense. And honestly, it kind of puts maybe a little bit more, I don’t want to say pressure, but responsibility on the offense. You know, guys like Dak and some of those skilled position players to go out and really be efficient, score points, you know, play complimentary football with your defense. Um, and and look, I think I think that was on display in that Sunday night game. Honestly, both offenses played outstanding. Both quarterbacks played outstanding. I know that wasn’t probably the defensive performance that either side wanted, but that’s what happens when you have two pretty elite offenses and quarterbacks going at it. Drew, it’s good to see you, my brother. You know, I got nothing but love for you. I always do. So, I will wait till another day to get on you about your wardrobe because you usually fly every time I see you. You see me as about that another day. Drew, let me ask you this question in all seriousness. As the quarterback, if you were the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, would you look at this situation and be excited about what Jerry is saying? Or would you be mindful of the fact that Jerry’s putting it all on you? Because I think the reason why Jerry’s comfortable doing what he did when it came to Micah Parsons is because he said, “I’m paying that man $60 million. Damn it. Figure it out.” I think that’s what he’s done to Dak. And Dak, to his credit, is stepping up and handling it. What are your thoughts about that? Yeah, he he is stepping up. I mean, look, you you you have to feel that sense of responsibility as a starting quarterback in the NFL. Honestly, I don’t care how much you’re making, but especially if you’re making 60 million bucks and whatever percentage of the cap that is, you know, you you recognize that, man, they they’ve put a massive investment in you and it is your job to lift everyone up around you to make everyone better. That is your number one job as an NFL quarterback. Wow. And especially when it comes to the fact that you you really have to build NFL teams now with the draft. You have to be able to draft well and develop young players. You’re only going to be able to pay a certain amount of guys and those become your core. Those are guys that create the culture, um, implement the culture, create the accountability structure within the team, and then you help raise the level of play with everybody else around you. And look, I think we saw that with Dak on Sunday night. Listen, resident cowboy, how you feel about Is this question is this called questions for Drew? No, you need you. You can give Drew some question more. Go ahead. I couldn’t disagree with Drew more than I am about do right now. And I get it. Drew loves quarterbacks. He like Dad. They love quarterbacks. Dak had 12 He had three 12 win seasons. Dak has been winning games in the regular season with Michael Parsons on the other side. But here’s my litmus test. This is what I’ll say. We The Dallas Cowboys offense looks good enough in the NFC to be Super Bowl contenders. That’s how good they look offensively. But we know damn well they ain’t going to the Super Bowl. And we know why they not going to the Super Bowl. So, I’m going to go back through a little bit of history. As much as we talk about Pat Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs making all these runs to the AFC Championship, who could argue arguably have been the best player on that team a large majority of the playoffs? That would be one Chris Jones, the defensive tackle. The impact plays that he was the able to make at impact times. When we talk about the Los Angeles Rams and we talk about Matthew Stafford and Coopa Cup with the triple crown, who made those plays in critical times to create championships for the Los Angeles Rams? Let’s talk about Philly, who you say the Kansas City Chiefs still ain’t recovered from the Super Bowl. Why Stephen A didn’t haven’t they recovered? Because that defense. Because of that defense. So, I get it. It sounds good to say, “Well, the future is bright and we got some draft picks and we need to develop.” And Drew, you are absolutely right. You are supposed to draft people and develop them. Guess who Dallas did that to? Micah Parsons. And he’s on another team and they are giving up 40 points when that offense put up a phenomenal performance. Drew, I sure would have loved to have Michael Parsons in some of those critical third down situations against the Green Bay Packers if I was the Dallas Cowboys. Yeah. Let’s see what the Cowboys do with those two first round picks that they got. Yeah. Yeah. We’ll we’ll see. We can talk. We’ll see. We’ll see. Okay. So then if we’re going to talk about the Cowboys here, do you think Dak only Dak could take them far? I mean, there’s no way. That’s the right. That’s the issue. Like the Packers at least have more ways to win. Let me transition. Let’s move this conversation forward. Drew, when you look I don’t consider the Dallas Cowboys defensively. I don’t consider them to be a threat because their defense is horrid. Okay. But when you look at the Eagles and how they’re playing right now, a do you believe they’re playing the best ball of any team in the NFC? And if so, who do you view as being the number one threat to the Eagles? Yeah. No, I do not think the Eagles are playing the best ball. And yet they have a formula for winning, which even despite statistically they’re bottom of the league in a lot of offensive statistical categories, they’re playing great defense and they’re taking care of the football. And that’s a formula for winning regardless of the fact, look, they’re not running the ball well. They’re last in the league in yards, uh, passing. Um, and yet they’re taking care of the football. They’re taking advantage of the opportunities that their defense has given. They’ve gotten two special teams touchdowns so far in four games. So, you know, that’s the scary part is how good can this team be if they actually start running the football like they’re used to running the football, which opens up a lot of opportunities in the passing game and their defense continues to be who they’ve been. That’s that that’s pretty scary. That is scary. You know, I look I look at two I look at two weeks ago and the Rams I mean, credit to the Eagles for coming back from 19 points, but man, the Rams had them on the ropes. and and and then they have a chip shot 43 yard field goal that gets blocked, right? In this day and age, that’s a chip shot. That’s a pitching wedge, right? So, if if the Rams would have made that field goal and won this game, I think we’re having a different conversation. Um, hey, the Eagles deserve to be where they are because they’re undefeated. They’re the former champs. That’s true. But they’re they’re susceptible right now to the way they’re the way they’re playing. And it sounds like they might have a disgruntled wide receiver. Uh, they played well against the Bucks, right? did the Eagles. They came out, they were up by a couple of scores, right, heading into halftime.

FIRST TAKE | Dak Prescott will be the best QB in NFC! – Drew Brees tells Stephen A.: Cowboys are Super Bowl Team