Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth have spent five seasons together on Sunday Night Football, and by most accounts their broadcast partnership has been one of the steadier ones on TV. That made Sunday night’s Giants-Cowboys game stand out for all the wrong reasons, at least if you were watching the clip making the rounds online.
In the moment that set people off, Tirico is in the middle of a sentence when Collinsworth suddenly lets out an “ehhh!!!” for no obvious reason.
The exchange doesn’t really offer any explanation, which is exactly why it caught fire so fast. One fan posted the clip with the caption, “Bruh this exchange between Collinsworth and Tirico 💀💀💀.”
From there, the internet did what it does best. “Mike Tirico sounds so fed up with Cris Collinsworth 😂😂,” one viewer wrote.
“Mike Tirico gonna choke out Collinsworth by the end of this game he so sick of that mf,” another joked. A third added, “Tirico so gawddamn fed up with Collinsworth tonight he holding it in 😂🤣.”
Another fan went with, “Mike Tirico: Calling the Giants Cowboys game, Cris Collinsworth: (iShowSpeed GIF),” and the joke kept spreading.
The problem for anyone looking for a clean answer is simple: there isn’t one in the clip itself. Neither Tirico nor Collinsworth has addressed the moment, and that silence has only given fans more room to speculate.
It’s also not the first time Collinsworth has been in the crosshairs this season. During Week 1’s Seahawks-Patriots opener, he took heat for continuing to praise Seattle’s offensive line while Sam Darnold was limping off with a hip injury in the background.
Still, the broader picture between the two broadcasters has usually looked a lot friendlier than Sunday’s odd sound bite suggested. Earlier this year, Collinsworth joked that he was “worried” about Tirico’s packed schedule, a comment that came off as more affectionate than tense.
For now, though, the viral moment is doing all the talking. Without an explanation from the booth, fans are left to fill in the blanks themselves - and they’re clearly enjoying the guessing game.
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