CBS caught online criticism for a badly timed joke about Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith’s painful injury last week.
Before the Redskins took on the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, “NFL on CBS” aired a voiceover on the pregame show about Adrian Peterson being thankful for his health that ended with the line “but the same can’t be said for the Skins’ centerpiece, who broke his drumstick.”
The Thanksgiving pun referred to Smith breaking his tibia and fibula last week in a game against the Houston Texans. The compound fracture has been compared to the career-ending injury suffered by Joe Theismann 33 years ago.
Also Read: ESPN, La Rams Join Forces to Support Wildfire Relief Efforts During 'Monday Night Football'
Former Redskins Qb Theismann was actually in the stadium with Smith suffered his season-ending injury. “It was just an eerie moment,” Theismann said after the game, according to ESPN. “It was surreal.
Before the Redskins took on the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, “NFL on CBS” aired a voiceover on the pregame show about Adrian Peterson being thankful for his health that ended with the line “but the same can’t be said for the Skins’ centerpiece, who broke his drumstick.”
The Thanksgiving pun referred to Smith breaking his tibia and fibula last week in a game against the Houston Texans. The compound fracture has been compared to the career-ending injury suffered by Joe Theismann 33 years ago.
Also Read: ESPN, La Rams Join Forces to Support Wildfire Relief Efforts During 'Monday Night Football'
Former Redskins Qb Theismann was actually in the stadium with Smith suffered his season-ending injury. “It was just an eerie moment,” Theismann said after the game, according to ESPN. “It was surreal.
- 11/23/2018
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
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