Eagles

Stephen A Smith and Michael Irvin is One Hell of a Pairing

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jul 29th, 2019 · 2:28 PM EDT

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I’ll be 100% honest with you –

I was going to write something off of Doug Pederson and Carson Wentz’s press conferences today but decided not to because they were incredibly boring. Just totally vapid stuff. Mack Hollins has a new injury, not serious and unrelated to the groin, and that’s about the extent of interesting news that came out of camp this morning.

So let’s talk about something that was interesting, which was Michael Irvin filling in for Max Kellerman on First Take. It was phenomenal TV, just outrageous to the point where I started laughing out loud on more than one occasion.

You may remember seeing these two debate each previously, like in the clips we shared last year from Dallas, when the pair just unloaded on each other (albeit amicably).

Today they had this exchange regarding Zeke Elliott and his contract situation, one that resulted in Irvin standing up, sweaty armpits and all, to make his point, after the jump:

This dude… pic.twitter.com/WXvS2KjRAq

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) July 29, 2019

Stephen A’s left arm is in a sling as he recovers from a rotator cuff tear he suffered last week during a boxing gym workout. That’s why he was missing for a few days. It just looks somewhat funny to see him arguing intensely while injured.

The pair also had a crazy exchange regarding the Cleveland Browns:

Some great stuff from @michaelirvin88 on @FirstTake @obj + @God_Son80 = @KingJames & @DwyaneWade in Miami 🤔🤔

What do you think #DawgPound? #DawgCheck #Browns

pic.twitter.com/hEfVaY9vHh

— Dan Nettleton (@NettDan3) July 29, 2019

It’s a lot to handle at times, but I enjoyed it.