Booger McFarland may not be upsetting people while calling Monday Night Football games any longer, but he is still trending this week from some coments he made on ESPN.
Amid a roundtable discussion about Dwayne Haskins on “Monday Night Countdown,” McFarland delivered a take garnered heavy criticism.
While speaking with Randy Moss, Suzy Kolber and Adam Schefter, McFarland addressed Haskins’ issues and painted them as part of what he sees as a larger problem among Black NFL players.
“Often times young players, especially — I’m gonna go ahead — especially young African-American players, because they make up 70 percent of this league — they come into this league and ask themselves the wrong thing,” McFarland said. “They come into the league saying not ‘how can I be a better player?’ They don’t say ‘how can I be a better teammate?’ They don’t say ‘how can I be a better person; how can get my organization over the hump?’
“Here’s what they come in saying. They come in saying ‘how can I build my brand better? How can I build my social media following better? How can I work out on Instagram and show everybody that I’m ready to go, but when I get to the game, I don’t perform?”
Among the many people to call him out was Eli Apple’s mom.
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Annie Apple took to Twitter and stated Booger was auditioning for FOX news with his comments about Black players.
Booger saw it and hit right back:
She still continued:
Haskins was released after struggling both on and off the field in Washington. He was benched multiple times and twice violated the league’s COVID-19 protocol.
