Detroit Lions left tackle Taylor Decker is currently on the physically unable to perform list (PUP list) due to a shoulder injury he suffered in June.
And during Monday night’s Lions-Giants game, ESPN’s Sean McDonough and Jon Gruden were talking about Decker’s injury hurting Detroit’s offensive line, when McDonough referred to Decker being a former first-round pick “out of the University of Michigan.”
Small problem there: Decker played college football at Ohio State, not Michigan. We’re only talking about a mix-up of the biggest rivalry in college sports here.
Understandably, Decker wasn’t happy about this, and reacted on Twitter to McDonough’s miscue:
WTF?!!! Ole guy just said I was out of Michigan. ? bro c'mon
— Taylor Decker (@TDeck68) September 19, 2017
Somebody is getting fired. The biggest rivalry in sports……I am hot about that.
— Taylor Decker (@TDeck68) September 19, 2017
Favorite tweet of the night so far ? https://t.co/erIHOG3sEn
— Taylor Decker (@TDeck68) September 19, 2017
What's that announcer's @
— Taylor Decker (@TDeck68) September 19, 2017
I can't win https://t.co/QbDbW69f1G
— Taylor Decker (@TDeck68) September 19, 2017
McDonough should know better, especially considering that he’s called Ohio State-Michigan games over the years. Perhaps he got Decker confused with former Michigan offensive lineman Taylor Lewan, a 2014 first-rounder currently playing for the Tennessee Titans.
Incredibly, there was a slip-up just like this in January, when Kevin Harlan said during a Wizards-Knicks game that former Michigan point guard Trey Burke played at Ohio State.