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Booger McFarland isn’t backing down. After catching heat for his rant on ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown” about the Dwayne Haskins situation and how it related to young African American. ESPN is discussing moving Booger McFarland to Monday Night Football’s pregame show, sources tell Outkick. Sources say ESPN is discussing moving Booger McFarland to 'Monday Night Countdown' to replace Louis Riddick. Riddick is moving to the MNF booth with Steve Levy and Brian Griese. Booger McFarland got egregious last night. For some reason, McFarland thought it was a good time to heap praise on the Bengals while they were getting blown out by the Steelers in a loss that would.
NFL great Booger McFarland issued a head-turning diatribe in response to the Washington Football Team's stunning release of 2019 first-round draft pick Dwayne Haskins over apparent maturity concerns.
McFarland, now an ESPN studio analyst after a stint in the Monday Night Football booth, suggested too many of the NFL's predominantly young Black players are overly concerned with their 'brands,' often at expense of their long-term career prospects.
'Unfortunately I've seen this too many times,' McFarland told Monday Night Countdown co-hosts Randy Moss, Suzy Kolber and Adam Schefter. 'I played in the NFL almost a decade. Often times young players -- especially young African-American players, because they make up 70 percent of the league -- they come into this league and they ask themselves the wrong thing. 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 I 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?'
On Tuesday McFarland posted a minor clarification to his controversial remarks, saying he was speaking to all players, but stood by the thrust of his argument.
My message was to all players which I said but specifically to the part of the NFL that's makes up almost 70% the AA players. And of course I'm not speaking to ALL but in my 20+ years around the NFL I've seen to many cases. I stand by what I said whether u agree or disagree pic.twitter.com/6buvIc7Tje
-- Booger (@ESPNBooger) December 29, 2020'Dwayne Haskins unfortunately isn't the first case I've seen like this, and it won't be the last,' McFarland said prior to the Bills-Patriots game in Foxborough, MA. 'And it bothers me because a lot of it is the young African-American player. They come in, and they don't take this as a business. It is still a game to them.'
'They look at it as football,' Moss responded.
McFarland then conjured the specter of former Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell's infamous flameout in the NFL.
'This ain't football man!' McFarland replied. 'This is a billion-dollar business! It's billions of dollars. They pay us a lot of money to talk about the game, so imagine what they pay these guys to play the game. They play a child's game and get paid a king's ransom. And it bothers me, because I saw a quarterback do it. I saw JaMarcus Russell do it. The No. 1 pick in the draft, they gave him $40 million, and he threw it down the damn drain because he didn't take it seriously. And it bothers me, because there ain't a lot of jobs like this around.'
The rant turned heads in the sports media ecosystem, with negative responses on social media and in headlines.
I found this opinion by Booger McFarland in regards to Dwayne Haskins to be really wild. pic.twitter.com/dQsrVygUS7
-- Chris Williamson (@CWilliamson44) December 28, 2020Among those who were critical of McFarland was Annie Apple, mother of former Giants and Saints cornerback Eli Apple.
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-- Annie Apple (@SurvivinAmerica) December 29, 2020A post on the sports blog For The Win said McFarland's take was 'harmful' and 'nonsensical.' A Deadspin article described the former Buccaneers and Colts star as 'loud and wrong.'
Haskins was cut by Washington on Monday following a series of troubling incidents, including multiple violations of the team's coronavirus protocols.
McFarland was demoted from the MNF booth amid a shuffle last offseason.
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ESPN analyst Booger McFarland faced criticism for what he said about Dwayne Haskins and Black NFL players on Monday night.
McFarland said that Haskins and other players, who are often Black, come into the NFL and are focused too much on their “brand” instead of the business of football.
Haskins, 23, was released by the Washington Football Team on Monday afternoon. The former Ohio State Buckeyes star was a first-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.
“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?”
McFarland took some criticism on social media for his comments. He later addressed it.
My message was to all players which I said but specifically to the part of the NFL that’s makes up almost 70% the AA players. And of course I’m not speaking to ALL but in my 20+ years around the NFL I’ve seen to many cases. I stand by what I said whether u agree or disagree pic.twitter.com/6buvIc7Tje
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— Booger (@ESPNBooger) December 29, 2020
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.
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The former Ohio State Buckeyes star is one of the fastest first-round flameouts in recent memory.
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