Watch Tedy Bruschi’s hilarious reaction to Stephen A. Smith’s mistake(s) on ESPN
"I'm thinking about Hunter Henry and the way that he's played this year."
Former Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi has become a fixture on ESPN in his career after football. The three-time Super Bowl winner is a regular expert who helps break down NFL news.
Unfortunately for Bruschi, not all of his peers are on the same level of knowledge.
During a recent segment on ESPN discussing a heavyweight Chiefs-Chargers Thursday night matchup, Bruschi joined Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman on morning show “First Take.”
Amid a flurry of baffling errors from Smith (in which he also mentioned Chiefs running back Spencer Ware, who is out injured), Bruschi and Kellerman produced memorable reactions to the mention of Chargers tight end Hunter Henry.
Henry, a talented option in the passing game when healthy, tore a knee ligament in May and was ruled out for the season before it had even begun. Smith didn’t seem to know this, and also referenced the Chargers as still playing in San Diego (the team now plays in Los Angeles).
In just this short clip Stephen A. Smith:
— Forgot Spencer Ware was out
— Called them San Diego Chargers
— Said he was looking forward to watching Hunter Henry, who hasn’t played all year
— Said Henry was going up against Derrick Johnson, who is a free agent
— Broke Tedy Bruschi pic.twitter.com/wOaorAbBKY— Jordan Heck (@JordanHeckFF) December 13, 2018
“I’m also looking at the San Diego Chargers on offense, and I’m thinking about Hunter Henry and the way that he’s played this year, and as effective as he’s been,” Smith said. He also cited the matchup Henry would have with linebacker Derrick Johnson, who is no longer on the Chiefs.
Bruschi and Kellerman’s faces said it all.
their reactions are priceless pic.twitter.com/LoTuwduyNL
— Jordan Heck (@JordanHeckFF) December 13, 2018
Smith offered an explanation afterward on Twitter for one of his four errors:
My Brother, it’s called a MISTAKE because I was think of Virgil Green, but mentioned Hunter because I was multi-tasking. That’s what happens when you’re doing a thousand things. But I don’t blame you if you told me to “Stay Off The Weeeeeeedddddddd.!” That was a brain-lock moment https://t.co/hhFfUmbhiu
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) December 13, 2018
Update: Smith later tweeted out a photoshop of his theorized matchup:
https://twitter.com/stephenasmith/status/1073303725043793921
