"Shut the hell up" - Marcus Spears goes off on Stephen A. Smith for talking trash on Dak Prescott & Cowboys before playoff win against Buccaneers
Marcus Spears arrived for the most recent episode of "First Take" with a bone to pick with Stephen A. Smith. Spears didn't hesitate to call out Smith for his constant hatred for and recent trash talk about the Dallas Cowboys.
Smith claimed the Cowboys had no chance of winning their playoff game in the Wild Card round against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Spears let him hear about how wrong he was on the episode airing the morning after the game. Putting Smith on blast, here's what he said:
"Shut the hell up. It was all about Tampa yesterday. I watched. Didn't even want me to come to the show. I was in Tampa, two minutes down the road. He ain't want me on the show because he didn't want no smoke.
"This man looked at Dak Prescott daddy and told this man he was gonna throw two interceptions. Well he didn't. It did not happen. Ain't no longer, 'We can't win a playoff game.' On the road, Tom Brady. I'm in Tampa with a jersey on. I can't believe the audacity.
"There ain't a damn Tampa Bay Buccaneer that works at this network and you put a damn Tampa Bay jersey on."
Spears went on, clearly with a lot on his mind:
"When the Cowboys was playing, all the things that we have given you to talk about, negatively or good, you set your butt in Tampa, Florida and talked terrible about them people and our fans right in our face. Well, what you're gonna say now?
"So you just shut up and let me and Keyshawn do the talking. The Dallas Cowboys won a road playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when Stephen A. said they had no chance."
Spears by name, Spears by nature. With Smith talking a lot about the Cowboys before the game, Spears was clearly delighted to let him have it.
Dak Prescott has struggled recently and accrued the label of being a quarterback who can't get it done in the big moments. He flipped the script on Monday night, turning in one of the best overall games of his career in a blowout victory against Tom Brady in a playoff game. Prescott accounted for all five of the Cowboys' touchdowns.
Marcus Spears cherished both the victory and rubbing it in Stephen A. Smith's face. Smith is one of the biggest Cowboy haters in the public eye, so Spears took the opportunity to let him hear about it. Spears is proud of the Cowboys, especially because they are the NFL team he spent his career with.
Marcus Spears' NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys
After an outstanding college football career with the LSU Tigers, Marcus Spears was selected by the Dallas Cowboys. He was the 20th overall pick of the 2005 NFL Draft. He spent eight years with the team, mostly as a starting defensive tackle.
Marcus Spears was released by the Cowboys following the 2012 NFL season. He spent one additional year with the Baltimore Ravens before retiring. He played 119 games for Dallas and five for the Ravens.