NFL fans went in on NBC’s Cris Collinsworth after the veteran sportscaster made a curious comment regarding Sam Darnold on Sunday.
Darnold led the Minnesota Vikings to another win on the night, this time in a ‘Sunday Night Football’ fixture against the Indianapolis Colts that looked like it could have gone either way before the former got a proper hold of it.
The Vikings are 6-2 with Darnold as their starting quarterback this season, with the former New York Jets first-round pick likely to play himself into Pro Bowl selection at the end of the season.
According to Collinsworth, the QB has acclimated to the Minnesota offense because he has a “Midwestern” feel to him; that’s despite Darnold growing up in California, playing for USC, and then the Jets.
Sam Darnold improves the Vikings to a 6-2 record this season 🔥
3 TD
290 YDS
28/34 PASSPrimetime win over the Colts 😤 pic.twitter.com/iLjITgFLt6
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 4, 2024
Cris Collinsworth Really Turned Fans Off With This One
Fans took to social media to vent after the Collinsworth comment.
“It is so weird for Collinsworth to describe Sam Darnold’s success in Minnesota to be a product of him “feeling Midwestern” (grew up on west coast, played in east and west coast professionally) instead of just talking about how his strengths match the offense,” one wrote.
It is so weird for Collinsworth to describe Sam Darnold’s success in Minnesota to be a product of him “feeling Midwestern” (grew up on west coast, played in east and west coast professionally) instead of just talking about how his strengths match the offense
— Arif Hasan, but NFL 🏈 (@ArifHasanNFL) November 4, 2024
“We’re getting a classic “I didn’t prep one bit for this game and I’m just making stuff up now” Collinsworth performance,” another joked in response.
“That’s leaning on the required interviews and not watching film this week. It’s like paying attention in class but not doing your homework,” another replied.
“He also said Darnold became the starter after the McCarthy injury,” someone else noted. “Lost in all the Brady discourse is the fact that Collinsworth is a horrifically bad color commentator, he single handedly makes games almost unwatchable.”
The Midwestern theory apparently doesn’t hold much weight. But Darnold is undoubtedly doing something right this season; maybe he was just always this good.
Haliey Welch (Photo via Instagram)
Haliey Welch, better known as Hawk Tuah Girl, is riding her viral online success to greater heights.
The girl behind a viral internet moment from the summer has just marked a major career milestone thanks to her recent rise in fame.
This week, Welch is going incredibly viral after she took to her Instagram, where she has more than 2.6 million followers, and posted her very first professional modeling pictures.
“Gonna leave these here for ya…,” Haliey Welch captioned the carousel of pictures.
In the first picture, Welch is modeling an outfit while giving the finger, while the second picture shows her in a cowgirl outfit, complete with a hat.
