FOX's Erin Andrews was on the sideline reporting before the Super Bowl and there were some "injury" graphics that were not quite up to code. The first two guys on the list for the Falcons were simple enough with Julio Jones' turf toe and Alex Mack's fractured fibula, but the third one seemed suspicious.
Super bowl nerves are a valid reason to miss the game don't worry Matt pic.twitter.com/kUOigwUSbc
— Zgo (@iamzgo) February 5, 2017
RELATED: Alex Mack is playing through a fractured fibula
FOX naturally took some heat for that one and the trolling was superb.
Super Bowl reports on Fox:
Tom Brady: Chasing History
Matt Ryan: Super Bowl nerves
Good luck to those who bet Falcons +3
— Cory Howe (@howe_ya_doin) February 5, 2017
Fox sports saying Matt Ryan had the case of the super bowl nerves lol
— Larry Bolduc (@Bolduc33) February 5, 2017
Fox just listed Matt Ryan's "Super Bowl Nerves" along with the Julio Jones and Alex Mack injuries 🤔
— Vinnie Ronca (@PFF_Vinnie) February 5, 2017
@AtlantaFalcons is a sack a side effect of the illness known as "Superbowl nerves"?
— gordon glover (@gordonglover) February 5, 2017
Yeah, FOX was not going to live that one down. That's for sure.
[h/t The Spun]
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