Cris Collinsworth has never been afraid to speak his mind while calling some of the biggest NFL games each week, which often leads to lots of fans being annoyed by something he says during a broadcast.
That continued on Saturday when he and Mike Tirico were in the booth for the Bills-Chargers showdown at SoFi Stadium. The former wide receiver got rambling about NFL backup quarterbacks, which led to him saying that many are “fat” because they don’t get a lot of reps during practice each week
For real. He said that.
Tirico, meanwhile, had a perfect response to that:
Cris Collinsworth: When you're the backup quarterback, you can go months without even taking a single play in practice...that's the reason a lot of backup quarterbacks are fat. They don't do anything.
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 24, 2023
Mike Tirico: C-O-L-L-I-N-S...Send 'em to Chris. pic.twitter.com/fscnm6gszq
Fans were not impressed:
Do NOT let Cris Collinsworth on a streaming service.
— Boomer (@ESPNHockey23) December 24, 2023
"Backup QBs are fat, because they don't do anything." WHAT.
Cris Collinsworth just said all back up qb’s are fat. He’s the reason why I’m about to cancel peacock!
— Gianna Aprile (@GCupcake17) December 24, 2023
Why do we have to listen to Cris Collinsworth? Dude just said backup quarterbacks are fat. So bad. @NBCSports #BillsvsChargers
— Seen Corbay (@admancorb) December 24, 2023
Dude why does he still have a job HE'S TERRIBLE https://t.co/QjPdspPrVS
— Kitanye ???? (@kitanye) December 24, 2023
Did I just hear that Cris Collinsworth just say that a lot of Backup Quarterbacks are fat live on TV???
— SiltStridersFTW (@SiltStridersFTW) December 24, 2023
That's not funny at all, that's plain disrespectful
"That's the reason a lot of backup quarterbacks are fat"
— Ben Brown ???? (@BenBrownPL) December 24, 2023
-Cris Collinsworth pic.twitter.com/NJSLp4EPm2
Huh??????? https://t.co/3W5hpDpzpq
— Jamal Johnson (@HeadCoachJJ) December 24, 2023
