Anyone who hoped the Bears’ week of dysfunction and confusion would calm down once they finally made it to Ford Field to face the Lions was expecting too much.
The team pulled in a lackluster effort to barely defeat a winless Lions team.
During their Thanksgiving day game against the Detroit Lions, the Chicago Bears had Andy Dalton under center since rookie QB Justin Fields was out a rib injury that we later found out to be cracked. Dalton was starting his fourth game of the season for the Bears, but the just second since Fields became the full-time starter in Week 3.
During the fourth quarter, Dalton flipped the ball to running back David Montgomery, who took the pass and went 12 yards with it, picking up the first down. Following that play, Fox commentator and Hall of Fame quarterback, Troy Aikman, compared Dalton to Patrick Mahomes.
“I like that; it looked a little bit like Patrick Mahomes right there,” he said.
Seems minor, but Twitter wasn’t having it and roasted him for it.
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“Did Troy Aikman really just put Andy Dalton and Patrick Mahomes in the same sentence? Lmao,” wrote Dan Cohen of KSHB 41.
“Troy Aikman just said a thing Andy Dalton did looked like Patrick Mahomes. I repeat: Troy Aikman just said a thing Andy Dalton did looked like Patrick Mahomes,” wrote Alex Shapiro of NBC Sports Chicago.
“Troy Aikman concussion check whenever you say that Andy Dalton looked like Patrick Mahomes,” wrote Matthew Giraldi.
“Did Troy Aikman really just say Andy Dalton looked like Patrick Mahomes out there?? Get this man out of the booth [please],” wrote Drew Portal.
“That did not look like no pat mahomes that looks like andy dalton hush up troy aikman,” Golden1ne wrote.
Dalton threw for 317 yards and one touchdown to lift Chicago to a 16-14 win over the Lions on Thanksgiving Day.
