NFL fans were sick and tired of Cris Collinsworth repeatedly making mention of the term “Beanie baby” during NBC’s broadcast of ‘Sunday Night Football.”
Collinsworth and Mike Tirico were on the call for the fixture featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets. Beanie Bishop Jr. had himself a game, picking Aaron Rodgers off on two occasions, prompting Collinsworth to coin the phrase, “Beanie baby.”
Or at least he tried…
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— NFL Be Like (@TheNFLBeLike) October 21, 2024
— NFL Be Like (@TheNFLBeLike) October 21, 2024
Cris Collinsworth’s New Obsession Got Old Fast
Social media didn’t really care for the new Collinsworth phrase and reacted accordingly in their tweets.
“shopping in airports for beanie babies, moonballs, WTF is Collinsworth doing here,” someone commented.
“Did anyone notice Cris Collinsworth’s weird beanie baby reference? What was that?” another asked
““Beanie…baby….how bout that” Collinsworth says to himself in the hotel mirror tonight,” a third wrote.
“SNF beanie babies! Seriously, why does Cris Collinsworth still have a job? NBC please fix it,” said a fourth.
“Chris Collinsworth is trying really hard to get the “Beanie Baby” nickname to catch on,” someone pointed out.
“Did not expect to be listening to Chris Collinsworth talk about shopping for beanie babies at the airport (??) but here we are,” a comment read.
