FIRST TAKE | Stephen A. tells Shannon why CJ Stroud has a much better playoff debut than Jordan Love

FIRST TAKE | Stephen A. tells Shannon why CJ Stroud has a much better playoff debut than Jordan Love

Sensitive at 22 years old CJ stad became the youngest starting quarterback to win a playoff game leading the Texans to their largest playoff victory in a 4514 victory over the Browns those 45 points are the most scored in a playoff game against the number one team in Total Defense how about another impressive

Debut Packers quarterback Jordan love was near perfect versus the boys love through for 272 three two uh three TDS without an interception and helped deliver the huge upset win okay Jeff you get to start first all right uh better playoff debut sir are you going love with Stroud I’m going Stroud I’m going

Stroud in a big way listen this kid the number one defense came to town and they said we’ve looked at numbers we’re going to play Man coverage because CJ strad is is like 26 in the league against man and we know he’s first in the league against

Zone and you know what he did he ran him out of man and you know what he did when they went to Zone he ran him out of Zone you know what he did when he went to man ran him out of that dude absolutely bald

He played lights out and had this team on fire the guy could not be rattled tunel did a fantastic job at The Tackle Spot against Garrett gave him protection these guys ran it decently when they did run it but make no mistake this was put

On the arm of a rookie quarterback to go make plays against the number one defense and that dude said I’ll do it and then some tip of the cap cuz I will say Stephen A you called it and you said it last week you were talking to you

Said hey I think St and I I was like man against that man coverage I’m nervous I just don’t know I’m not sure if the pressure is going to get to him wasn’t no pressure that dude couldn’t handle he looked fantastic and had the best performance I’m just telling you it was

A thing of beauty I got to tell y’all l they were absolutely Sensational both of them both of them had identical 157 point2 pass ratings we get all of that I’m going I’m I’m I’m going to go with Jordan love your first playoff game I’m not taking anything away from CJ stra

Because I think he’s a study remember I said I was on the record a couple weeks ago there’s only two quarterbacks in the NFL I definitively would take ahead of him which is Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes you can throw Josh Allen in there when he’s not turning the ball

Over but he has turned the ball over a lot more often than not and CJ St doesn’t do that one percentage interception rate one interception for every 100 passes this guy has thrown it’s unbelievable just unbelievable but Jordan love think about it this way guys they’re the seventh seed he’s on the

Road against Dallas in his first playoff game M and he is the successor to Aaron Rogers and he goes in the Dallas and plays the way that the way that he played throw to a bevy a receiv now obviously Aaron Jones is running the football phenomenally well he showed up

And showed out no doubt about that and they were just running all over Dallas we get all of that but you can’t take away from what he was doing as well and that’s why I say Road game succeeding Aaron Rodgers and how he looked in succeeding Aaron roders in his first

Playoff game I I said I it was love for me you’re right both guys played unbelievable but I’m going Jordan love also because we understand what the C we understand but understand Saturday the Cowboys defense at home what they do they turn you over they pressure you

Pressure and as they brought more and more pressure J Love says I love this give me more and I’ll stand back here and I’ll throw off my back foot as a matter of fact I’ll jump in the air and I’ll throw another touchdown pass on you

If you keep blitzing me he was since both guys like you said both guys become the exact same I mean they were basically two yards apart three touchdowns 272 to 274 157.5 ratings but what Jordan love did on the road in Dallas with man yeah give

Me Jo Give Me Your Love because he had think about it we’re still talking about we still talking about that job that he did on the Cowboys Mike McCarthy is about to lose his job he might lose his job because what Jordan love did to that

Defense and and by the way Jeff by the way Jeff I can’t ignore I can’t ignore that flacko gave him 14 points I mean back toback pick Sixers I mean my God I I mean just talk about giving away whatever we saw from flacko in those last five weeks for those last five

Weeks I mean we see that Saturday but let’s say but let’s Le let’s say let’s say this the Cowboys as good as they’ve been on defense at home whatever playing that that that Dan Quinn and Mike McCarthy came up with to play six DBS or more the whole game and didn’t think

That Aaron Jones Aaron Jones towed that that first drive was I’m going to smoke you and you got no answer for it which again we know opens up that back field CU there is fear in your eyes you better get down and try to make some tackles

Which open you saw how many blown assignments Dallas had and again both guys played off the charts this is not a slight we’re splitting hairs here but I will say the Run game for the Packers was why I went with stra because stra didn’t have that same luxury it was put

On that arm go make those plays into your point Stephen A don’t turn it over against that Cleveland defense the way Flo did but I’mma both kids played lights out but that Aaron Jones Run game to me tipped it the scales towards Stout I I feel you I get where you com from

Just like flacko pick sixes TI the scills for me so so that’s how I looked at it but no I take anything away from CJ straddles and Stu you know Under Pressure 118 yards passing and and you know seven of eight passes for 118 yard give credit where credit is due but I

Want to say this to you Jeff about Jordan love man last nine games dating back to November Shannon 21 touchdowns one interception all right and on third down since week nine 13 touchdowns not a single interception we’re paying attention this is not a one game flute

Jordan love Jordan love is the real deal and it looks like and it looks like Green Bay made the decision in moving on they said he was ready he’s ready right yeah but the thing is is that Saturday when you look at Dan Quinn this is the

Way he likes to play he likes to play safety and linebacker spots because he wants speed on the field because he feels he can pressure you with four occasionally he’ll bring an extra guy but he feels he can pressure you with four to five guys have those smallest

Guys but Aaron Jones did run the football downhill and you have those uh guards starting to scoop up on safeties that’s that’s that’s another issue but the the Poise that he showed and the way that offensive line did a great job of protecting him and he was just pick him

Apart because they know Gilly they know Gilly what he likes to do he likes to undercut routes on the over routes and so what we’re going to do is that we’re going to start you on the over route and then we’re going to hit you with the

Sale that’s right and then he’s still going to the the over and now all of a sudden dos is back to the sale that’s why he was so wide open how about this too Shane how about how about them two tight ends for Green Bay bro not only

Bringing that hat to block but pass catches I mean dude they are they are built for the future now this team is this team is looking good I looked I looked at Green Bay and I found myself saying we’ve been talking about Dallas Philadelphia San Francisco and I’m

Looking at the Green Bay Packers right now I’m like they gonna be here and steephen they’re the youngest team in the NFL listen that’s crazy is love knows how to light Folks up just like Stephen A on his podcast Dak Prescott and Jaylen herds failed to lead their team foreign speech Foreign foreign Speee foreign speech foreign spee fore spee spee fore spe let’s [Applause] go me fore spee spee fore but nowe fore speech fore speech speech fore Fore spee Foreign Spee byebye foree spee MO for Fore spee Fore fore spe speee spee spee fore for spee Spee foree for you fore fore spee [Applause] spee for Byebye