The Detroit Lions beat the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday, fair and square.
Yes, Chris Jones wasn’t on the field (but was watching at Arrowhead!). Yes, Travis Kelce was out with a knee injury.
But something NBC’s Mike Tirico said after the season-opener rubbed a lot of Lions fans the wrong way: “This has an asterisk, because of no Chris Jones and no Travis Kelce.”
I think what he was trying to say is, let’s see what the Chiefs look like when they’re fully rostered up. But an asterisk next to this one? Nope. Fans aren’t too happy about it:
Mike Tirico called this win an “asterisk, because of no Chris Jones and no Travis Kelce.”
But when Herbert played with busted ribs without Bosa, Slater, JC Jackson, Keenan Allen and Mike Williams nearly all season… nobody cared.
What a ridiculous comment by Mike Tirico. pic.twitter.com/5u9kNTeMhu
— Ryan DePaul (@RyanDePaul) September 8, 2023
Mike Tiriko gives the Lions an asterisk for no Kelce or Jones. Weird, when Brady lost Edelman and Hightower for all 2017 and went on to throw for a Record 505 yards in the Super Bowl, he “Lost to a backup”. Oh, no Butler either. Oh, and the refs legislated the rules on the fly. pic.twitter.com/gH6G2CT90O
— GraniteSTATEment (@Granite603) September 8, 2023
“This has an asterisk with no Chris Jones & no Travis Kelce”. No it doesn’t, @miketirico. Players on each team miss games each week. How about the Lions not having Jameson Williams because of the stupid gambling suspension? You play with who you’ve got. Lions are a deserving 1-0.
— Polaski (@josephdrobbins) September 8, 2023
Mike Tirico with an all time bad take and now it’s bulletin board material.
Hope the @Lions wear shirts with an asterisk on them for warmups next week.
— Ben Hundley (@benrhundley) September 8, 2023
