During NFL games, there are always various graphics comparing teams or players on opposing sides. Most of the time, these graphics show an interesting statistic to set the players apart, like how many career touchdowns or passing yards they have.
However, on Saturday’s preseason game between the Jets and the Panthers, fans couldn’t help but laugh at one of the graphics showing the differences between New York quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Carolina rookie signal-caller Bryce Young.
Since this was Young’s first NFL start (and a preseason one at that), and Rodgers is currently the oldest quarterback in the league, NFL Network opted to show the sharp statistical contrast of their careers.
At the end of the graphic, stats from Rodgers’s 2005 NFL debut are listed. But, since Young’s debut is this year, the graphics department decided to take a bit of a different approach. The statistical breakdown of Young’s NFL career said it began in “2001 (Life).”
Fans had lots of jokes about this wild choice to put Young’s birth year in comparison to the year Rodgers began his NFL career. Here are some of the social media reactions to it.
This has to be up there with one of the most idiotic graphics of all time. #Jets #Panthers pic.twitter.com/hz0Fecnxum
— Danny Bags (@DannyBagsZ) August 12, 2023
Pointless graphic but Bryce Young "Debut 2001 (Life)" was pretty funny 😆😂
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) August 13, 2023
(📷 @DannyBagsZ) pic.twitter.com/wdEu7ZnRCp
When the sports graphics operators get to have fun with it >>> https://t.co/WIyYt9U7on
— Nick Rojas (@ROJO36) August 14, 2023
Hey, pretty important debut if you ask me! 😅🤣 https://t.co/csUjQEfvnB
— Paul B. Livengood II (@IamLivengood) August 13, 2023
Screw a birthday it’s my life debut now https://t.co/F8idSaj0Ui
— Katie Harding (@katieehardiing) August 13, 2023
This is a 1/1 graphic 😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/HJ1JR1ipLJ
— Will Parkinson (@Willpa11) August 12, 2023
who the hell approved this to be broadcasted on the air 😂😂😂 https://t.co/TjN6hfWivn
— suspended7th (@thesuspended7th) August 13, 2023
