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Cris Collinsworth instantly regretted a major blunder he made live on-air while calling the Dallas Cowboys-Minnesota Vikings game on Sunday night.
After Prescott threw a touchdown pass to Michael Gallup in the second quarter, Collinsworth and Al Michaels began discussing the state of Prescott’s contract negotiations with the Cowboys.
During the discussion, Collinsworth proclaimed “He got his mom a house. He’s happy. He said his sponsorships pay for a few other things,” which is wrong considering Prescott’s mother died six years ago.
cris collinsworth talkin about dak buying his mom a house – peggy prescott died when dak was a sophomore in college… pic.twitter.com/LgPJKRk12h
— mike taddow (@MikeTaddow) November 11, 2019
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A few minutes later Collinsworth apologized for making the comment about Prescott’s dead mother.
Collinsworth apologized, saying “apparently I said that in some mangled way.” https://t.co/4rgAchjXUq
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) November 11, 2019
Collinsworth apologizes for misspeaking. Well done. pic.twitter.com/TZdk4Za2J9
— Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) November 11, 2019
Collinsworth obviously didn’t mean anything by the comment but it’s still pretty unfortunate.