Bobby Hebert said he hopes Eli Apple goes to IR

onthurdays said

Not really. He's already injured. So hoping that the injury requires him to be on IR doesn't require him to get hurt. He's already hurt.

Christian probably knew how some goobers would take the comment and run with it. Like they did with the Marcus Williams play "almost looked shady." Which doesn't at all imply he missed the tackle on purpose. Just that it was such a bad play, that it looked similar to missing on purpose.

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Wishing that the injury is bad enough that he can’t come back is certainly in the same vein as hoping he would get hurt in the first place.

If the co-host was trying to get him to walk it back then it’s almost certainly because he recognized how cruddy of a thing that is to say about a player on your own team and that it should be beneath a professional in his position.

What’s wrong with just saying, “We all hope Apple is ok, but even when healthy, in my opinion, Jenkins is the better player and I hope the coaches give him a chance to start next week. He gives us better coverage, etc etc”

A broadcaster should be able to express his opinions clearly and with a least a modicum of professionalism.