Just as Colin Cowherd whiffed on the fact that MLB teams can’t trade draft picks, the host completely struck out — and this time, it was worse.
During a recent episode of Cowherd’s radio show on FOX Sports 1, the host rattled off a segment about current NFL quarterbacks who can’t win Super Bowl 58 this February. At face value, it’s pretty standard fare for August, trying to fill the gaps between the dog days of summer and the NFL season.
There was just one major problem: Cowherd listed the late Dwayne Haskins, who died in April 2022 after a car tragically hit him. Even worse, at no point did Cowherd correct this error. He did, however, correct the list’s “can win a Super Bowl” typo. Because that’s apparently what was most important.
Otherwise, it was business as usual.
On today's show, Colin Cowherd mentioned Dwayne Haskins as one of the QBs who cannot win a Super Bowl.
This is factually correct, given that Haskins passed away 16 months ago. pic.twitter.com/L1PvtPLyY6
— Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) August 8, 2023
The Haskins error is by far the most egregious, but it’s not the only one on the list. For example, why does it feature guys like Blake Bortles, Johnny Manziel, E.J. Manuel, Paxton Lynch, and Josh Rosen? None of those quarterbacks are still in the NFL. Some of them haven’t taken a snap in years. By the very definition, they can’t win the Super Bowl, and they’re not even worth discussing in this context in 2023.
It’s almost as if both the graphic and Cowherd’s entire segment were recycled, save for some new additions because he had nothing else interesting to talk about this time of year.
And that might be the most charitable interpretation.
This was how Twitter reacted
This is what $2 million gets you… 🤦♂️ https://t.co/rweJexFyxh
— Tab Bamford (@The1Tab) August 8, 2023
This is a real pro because he corrects the graphic title typo but not that he included a deceased person on the graphic and verbally mentioned his name https://t.co/eghhWJBb3m
— nugget chef (@jayhaykid) August 8, 2023
GOOD LORD. https://t.co/YkteO0Hn9k
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) August 8, 2023
This is a jaw-dropping failure by everybody involved in making this graphic and clearing it to go on air. https://t.co/F3VVfANXZw
— Chris Williamson (@CWilliamson44) August 8, 2023
I still have no idea who this guy appeals to or who consumes this. https://t.co/Gmhcb99euw
— Adam Gretz (@AGretz) August 8, 2023
This is SO BAD. Awful, disgusting, horrifying. RIP Dwayne Haskins. A beautiful man, a beautiful friend, a beautiful human being. Let the man rest in peace. Don’t disrespect him while he rests. Yikes. 💔 https://t.co/KHmmrdRoUJ
— Sam Block (@theblockspot) August 8, 2023
Then instead of Cowherd correcting his senseless mistake, which it sounds like he realized he made in real time, let’s double down that the graphic should say CAN’T, not CAN. https://t.co/Rg1aCOnod5
— John Lund (@lundinbridge) August 8, 2023
Beyond the Haskins nonsense, Paxton Lynch? He hasn’t taken a snap in the NFL in nearly SIX years https://t.co/ZSG9ZqnbPW
— Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) August 8, 2023
You’ve got to be kidding me with this. Unbelievable https://t.co/JsFLzB99vN
— Austin Ward (@AWardSports) August 8, 2023
