{"id":13238,"date":"2024-11-04T18:58:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T18:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=13238"},"modified":"2024-11-04T18:58:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T18:58:26","slug":"nfl-fans-are-destroying-cris-collinsworth-for-making-the-most-absurd-comment-that-had-everyone-scratching-their-heads-during-sunday-night-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=13238","title":{"rendered":"NFL Fans Are Destroying Cris Collinsworth For Making The Most Absurd Comment That Had Everyone Scratching Their Heads During \u2018Sunday Night Football\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0fans went in on NBC\u2019s Cris Collinsworth after the veteran sportscaster made a curious comment regarding\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/sam-darnold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Darnold<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Darnold led the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a>\u00a0to another win on the night, this time in a \u2018Sunday Night Football\u2019 fixture against the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/indianapolis-colts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>\u00a0that looked like it could have gone either way before the former got a proper hold of it.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>According to Collinsworth, the QB has acclimated to the Minnesota offense\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thespun.com\/nfl\/nfl-fans-roasting-cris-collinsworth-for-weird-comment-sunday-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">because he has a \u201cMidwestern\u201d feel to him<\/a>; that\u2019s despite Darnold growing up in California, playing for USC, and then the Jets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sam Darnold improves the Vikings to a 6-2 record this season \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>3 TD<br \/>\n290 YDS<br \/>\n28\/34 PASS<\/p>\n<p>Primetime win over the Colts \ud83d\ude24 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iLjITgFLt6\">pic.twitter.com\/iLjITgFLt6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1853293926716743684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-cris-collinsworth-really-turned-fans-off-with-this-one\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cris Collinsworth Really Turned Fans Off With This One<\/h2>\n<p>Fans took to social media to vent after the Collinsworth comment.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt is so weird for Collinsworth to describe Sam Darnold\u2019s success in Minnesota to be a product of him \u201cfeeling Midwestern\u201d (grew up on west coast, played in east and west coast professionally) instead of just talking about how his strengths match the offense,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>one wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=KavanFlavius&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1853255545085431895&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2Fnfl%2Fnfl-fans-are-destroying-cris-collinsworth-for-making-the-most-absurd-comment-that-had-everyone-scratching-their-heads-during-sunday-night-football%2F&amp;sessionId=e4da0c3afdb093bf9a655a22588c2fbd55807128&amp;siteScreenName=totalprosports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1853255545085431895\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re getting a classic \u201cI didn\u2019t prep one bit for this game and I\u2019m just making stuff up now\u201d Collinsworth performance,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>another joked in response.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s leaning on the required interviews and not watching film this week. It\u2019s like paying attention in class but not doing your homework,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>another replied.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe also said Darnold became the starter after the McCarthy injury,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>someone else noted.<em>\u00a0\u201cLost in all the Brady discourse is the fact that Collinsworth is a horrifically bad color commentator, he single handedly makes games almost unwatchable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=KavanFlavius&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1853258000401604983&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2Fnfl%2Fnfl-fans-are-destroying-cris-collinsworth-for-making-the-most-absurd-comment-that-had-everyone-scratching-their-heads-during-sunday-night-football%2F&amp;sessionId=e4da0c3afdb093bf9a655a22588c2fbd55807128&amp;siteScreenName=totalprosports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1853258000401604983\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Midwestern theory apparently doesn\u2019t hold much weight. But Darnold is undoubtedly doing something right this season; maybe he was just always this good.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; NFL\u00a0fans went in on NBC\u2019s Cris Collinsworth after the veteran sportscaster made a curious comment regarding\u00a0Sam Darnold\u00a0on Sunday. Darnold led the\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u00a0to another win on the night, this &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13240,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13238\/revisions\/13240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}