Tag: Internet Reaction

Lip-reading fans were convinced that Dak Prescott ripped the Cowboys from the sidelines during Week 9 loss

Cameras caught Dak being too honest.

The Dallas Cowboys are a mess this season — there’s no denying that.

You just wouldn’t expect Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott to admit as much during a game. But that appeared to be what happened on Sunday.

As the Cowboys dropped to 3-5 on the season thanks to a Week 9 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, the Fox broadcast panned over to Prescott — who left the game with a hamstring injury. Prescott watched as time ticked away with four minutes to go in the fourth quarter and said something to Trey Lance beside him.

Lip-reading fans were quick to guess what Prescott said, which looked to be, “We (expletive) suck.”

Yeah, that was pretty clear.

Fans all seemed to have the same theory for Prescott’s remark.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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NFL fans had so many jokes after Kyler Murray got sacked by his own offensive lineman

How does this keep happening to Kyler?

Kyler Murray is one of the most effective quarterbacks in the league once a play breaks down. We’ve seen it time and time again as Murray turns a broken play into a highlight.

But Murray’s improvisation skills can also confuse his own offensive line, apparently.

During the first quarter of Sunday’s Week 9 game against the Bears, Murray stepped up in the pocket on third down and looked ready to take off running. But all that stopped when his own center Hjalte Froholdt grabbed hold of Murray and brought him down. The sack was credited to Kevin Byard III, but it was awfully clear that Murray was sacked by his own lineman.

We’d like to say this was the first time Murray’s own lineman has sacked him, but it’s happened before!

No wonder NFL fans had jokes about the play. How does that even happen?

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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Bears fans were livid about the uncalled holding penalties during the Commanders’ stunning Hail Mary TD

It was pretty obvious.

It’s always frustrating for fans when refs decide to officiate a game differently at the end than how they would at any other point. A penalty in the first half shouldn’t be easier to call than a penalty in the final few seconds.

But in an effort to avoid a controversial call, the crew working Sunday’s Week 8 game between the Bears and Commanders helped Washington get away with multiple penalties in a successful Hail Mary.

As Jayden Daniels dropped back and scrambled before unleashing a stunning Hail Mary touchdown pass, we could see as the Commanders offensive line got away with several holds — none worse than Andrew Wylie on Jacob Martin.

That’s awfully clear and wouldn’t have been debatable if called. Of course, Chicago should have simply knocked the pass down, but it’s tough to ignore the penalties on the front end.

Bears fans were understandably furious that the uncalled holding penalties made that touchdown possible.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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NBA fans immediately turned Dwyane Wade’s unrecognizable statue into a fantastic meme

Can’t stop laughing.

Sunday had to be quite the day for Dwyane Wade. He was on hand for the Miami Heat to honor him with a statue outside the Kaseya Center, which must have been exciting.

Then, he had to see the statue.

When the Heat unveiled the statue, it was immediately obvious that the final result looked absolutely nothing like the Heat legend. The statue was so bad that it brought back memories of Cristiano Ronaldo’s infamous statue a few years back. Wade knew it as he had to awkwardly pretend to be a fan of the statue in real time.

I mean, look at this thing!

It’s so bad. Like, bad to the point that it defies logic how nobody associated with the project spoke up ahead of time.

But hey, it did lead to some excellent memes, and we’re thankful for that.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

They have to re-do it, right? They must.

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Chiefs fans are convinced they missed DeAndre Hopkins’ Taylor Swift-themed Easter egg days before trade

They should have known!

If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Taylor Swift fans over the years, it’s that they are borderline detectives. They’ll take the smallest of clues and read into them with Da Vinci Code-level complexity. Swift plays into that fandom as well.

But could newly acquired wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins have taken a similar approach just a few days ago? Hey, it’s possible.

On Wednesday, the Chiefs traded for the former Titans receiver, giving Patrick Mahomes some much-needed wide receiver help amid injuries to Rashee Rice, Hollywood Brown and now JuJu Smith-Schuster. Yet, if you read into Hopkins’ Instagram post from the other day, the trade might have been in the works already.

With the caption “rumor has it,” Hopkins shared several photos and videos on his IG page. One of which being him jamming to Taylor Swift’s “22” in the car with his family. Either Hopkins is a certified Swiftie or he might have been putting out an Easter egg of his own given Swift’s relationship with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

Either way, Chiefs fans (and Swifties) couldn’t believe they missed that clue.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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Christian Pulisic stunned the soccer world with an ‘Olimpico’ goal from a corner in the UEFA Champions League

He scored straight from a CORNER.

Ever since making the move from Chelsea to AC Milan in Italy’s Serie A, Christian Pulisic has enjoyed a much-needed career renaissance. And his unbelievable 2024-25 season has managed to get even better.

Pulisic — now with 10 goal contributions in 11 matches for Milan — had the start in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League match against Belgian side Club Brugge. And though Milan struggled to put pressure on attack for much of the first half, Pulisic broke open the scoring in the most unexpected way.

Literally. He scored a goal straight from a corner kick with a 0.00 xG (expected goals). Even Pulisic was stunned that he pulled off the elusive “Olimpico” goal.

Just wow. You know things are going your way when that finds the back of the net.

Initially, it looked like that the ball may have nicked Matteo Gabbia, but Pulisic was given the goal (his seventh of the season) on the field. And Gabbia’s reaction — going straight to Pulisic — suggested that he didn’t touch the ball.

Understandably, the Olimpico had the soccer world in awe.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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College football fans were furious that Ohio State-Penn State game was chosen for Fox’s Big Noon Saturday

Some games are meant to be played at night.

College football scheduling is always a balancing act for schools, conferences and TV networks.

For the Big Ten, it gets even more difficult when you have members across multiple time zones and Fox, CBS and NBC all paying billions of dollars to broadcast games. Still, some games are meant to be played at night, and Nov. 2’s game between Ohio State and Penn State at Beaver Stadium is one of those games.

Yet, Fox had different ideas, and fans aren’t happy — for good reason.

The top-4 matchup was selected for next week’s Big Noon Saturday on Fox (and presumably the Big Noon Kickoff pregame show). That means that a game, which typically would have been a White Out under the lights, will be played in the day’s earliest window.

Fox, as the primary rights holder, gets priority in selecting its preferred matchups. It was obviously going to pick Ohio State-Penn State, but Fox opting against using a night-game exception was a mistake here. You want to showcase the sport at its best, and a Penn State White Out at night is top-tier college football. Under the current agreement, the primetime window belongs to NBC.

So while this does mean that Ohio State gets to avoid a night game at Beaver Stadium, the rest of the college football world had plenty to complain about.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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Patrick Mahomes shockingly trucked Malik Mustapha at the goal line and NFL fans couldn’t believe it

He’s never hearing the end of that one.

Considering that the Kansas City Chiefs have straight-up refused to run a quarterback sneak for years now, Patrick Mahomes is probably the last player you’d expect to unleash a truck stick on a defender. On top of that, 49ers safety Malik Mustapha isn’t a player you’d expect to be on the receiving end of a truck stick.

Yet, that should be a lesson to never underestimate Mahomes.

During the fourth quarter of Sunday’s Week 7 matchup between the Chiefs and 49ers — a Super Bowl rematch — Mahomes had to bail on the play call when Travis Kelce was being held. Mahomes took off up the middle and only had Mustapha in his way at the goal line. So, of course, this happened:

Mahomes lowered his shoulder and ran through the 49ers safety.

Mustapha — despite having some hard hits of his own this game — likely won’t hear the end of that one during film sessions. NFL fans were stunned that Mahomes actually trucked a defender.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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Tyreek Hill fueled even more trade speculation by reposting his old Chiefs highlights on Snapchat

Is Tyreek starting to miss Kansas City?

Ever since Tua Tagovailoa went down with another concussion in Week 2, Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill has seen his production take a nosedive. And it might be getting to the point where Hill is reminiscing about old times.

It certainly seemed that way from his Snapchat.

One week after Hill posted a cryptic tweet on Twitter/X about “exciting” trade news, the Dolphins receiver spent much of his Wednesday reposting a bunch of his old highlights from his time with the Chiefs. And sure, it’s unlikely that the Dolphins would consider trading Hill without him straight-up demanding a trade. But at the same time, you don’t see many players post a ton of videos from a former team.

Hill claimed he was just trolling in response to his “trade news” tweet last week. So, he’s likely doing the same here.

That didn’t stop fans from speculating though.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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Video of Manny Machado’s throw to Dodgers dugout that Dave Roberts called ‘unsettling’ had MLB fans so confused

Someone should check on the Dodgers.

The Dodgers and Padres didn’t need Sunday night’s Game 2 to add to an already-heated NL West rivalry, but it’s certainly playing out that way.

We already saw as tempers flared when Dodgers fans threw baseballs and other items in the direction of Padres players on Sunday. Yet, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts took exception with one throw in particular from Padres third baseman Manny Machado.

Speaking to reporters, Roberts called out Machado for throwing a baseball at the Dodgers dugout, calling the toss “unsettling” and wondering if Machado intended to hit him specifically with the throw. But by how Roberts described the incident, you would have expected a blatant throw on the line.

That wasn’t what the footage showed, though.

Machado did direct a baseball toward the Dodgers dugout, but the throw was on multiple bounces and seemed intended for the ball boy. And sure, it’s common courtesy to throw the warm-up baseballs towards your own dugout, but Machado clearly just bounced the throw. It wasn’t going to hurt anyone, and Roberts didn’t even notice it until Teoscar Hernández started shouting at the Padres third baseman.

The entire controversy had fans so confused after seeing the footage.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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