It’s troublesome to out-blowhard Skip Bayless. The web troll come to life had a searing Damar Hamlin take the evening of the younger Buffalo Bills’ cardiac arrest, however as is the case within the on-line age, it didn’t take lengthy for somebody handy Bayless their beer to carry. Enter Larry Johnson, the previous Chiefs working again with a penchant for controversy, who asserted that Buffalo’s storybook kick return for a TD within the common season finale was scripted.
Technically, he’s proper. Every play within the NFL is scripted, as in drawn up. Yet, if it was really easy to return a kick for a TD, there’d be no level in offenses or defenses. Every recreation would actually be a monitor meet.
If the NFL actually orchestrated the Hamlin life-threatening injury-return TD story for scores, it’d be a scandal that Will Smith would instantly inexperienced gentle. And the tears streaming down the faces of Hamlin’s teammates that evening in Cincinnati could be worthy of an Oscar.
So whose take was hotter: Skip’s or Larry’s?
It’s LJ, and it’s probably not shut. And the previous Penn State Nittany Lion’s model of batshit loopy rhetoric extends past this one occasion. Johnson has been spouting conspiracy theories for years, and none of his opinions would make the air even on Undisputed.
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In 2019, Johnson critiqued the NFL and NBA for an effeminate agenda, saying the leagues have been displaying solidarity with the LGBTQ+ group due to their shopping for energy, and never, y’know, human decency.
In 2020, he shared quite a lot of antisemitic conspiracies that might make Kyrie Irving uncomfortable. (Not, Ye, although. He’s in all probability making an attempt to rent LJ for his subsequent failed Donda Academy.) There are additionally many incidents of Johnson’s alleged violence towards girls that might’ve led to jail time if not for the luxuries afforded to well-off NFL gamers. (He pleaded no contest to home violence costs.)
This is to not say that Bayless nonetheless deserves to be on TV 5 days per week. The world would one hundred pc be higher off if Undisputed was canceled tomorrow, and lord is aware of Shannon Sharpe is on the lookout for a method out of that contract.
Shit, perhaps Bayless and Johnson ought to debate each other, and see who can shove their foot farther down their throats. I’m positive Truth Social is on the lookout for a option to increase publicity, and Donald Trump’s platform would gladly commerce the shitty press for a number of extra customers.
For now, although, we’ll have to attend for the discharge of January’s Idiot of the Month record to see which certifiable asshole — Skip or Larry — is the largest jackass.Â