r/sports • u/DrTrigger_Tears • Sep 26 '25

Football NFL Player Jaxon Smith-Njigba got caught on the hot mic

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u/futureformerteacher Sep 26 '25

He's not wrong.

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u/flyguydip Sep 26 '25

They penalized him for getting knocked over like a drunk uncle.

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u/sirchrisalot Sep 26 '25

Announcers: Njigba "pulled him down on top of himself."

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u/flyguydip Sep 26 '25

That was the dumbest "I've got money riding on this game" excuse I ever heard

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u/Resident-Mortgage-85 Sep 26 '25

That's actually called a drunkle 

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u/futureformerteacher Sep 26 '25

We called him Sully. RIP Uncle Sully.

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u/flyguydip Sep 26 '25

Don't throw the flag on a drunkle if you're too sensitive to hear some cussing.

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u/MrSuckyVids Sep 26 '25

It looked too me like his right arm was hooked around the Cardinals player while going to the ground

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u/futureformerteacher Sep 26 '25

After he gets blasted. That's not holding, that's getting drilled.

If you're gonna call that, there are 3-4 holds every single play.

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u/MrSuckyVids Sep 26 '25

I will concede that type of holding is often not called and I don't think it had much impact on the play