Troy Aikman and Mike McCarthy (Photos via ESPN and Getty Images)
NFL fans are having a field day teeing off on ESPN ‘Monday Night Football’ analyst Troy Aikman for his hot take on Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy during the Baltimore Ravens-Los Angeles Chargers game.

Troy Aikman and Joe Buck were on the call for the first meeting between brothers Jim and John Harbaugh since Super Bowl 47 back in the 2012 season. During the game, Aikman raised eyebrows when he complimented McCarthy as an excellent football coach:

It’s widely expected that McCarthy will be let go when his five-year contract expires in January. The Cowboys (4-7) are headed for their first losing season since 2020 and will fail to win a playoff game for the fourth time in five seasons under coach McCarthy.

Needless to say, social media wasted no time ripping on Troy Aikman for his strange take on Mike McCarthy:

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McCarthy is 46-32-0 as the Cowboys’ head coach, but 1-3 in postseason games.

Troy Aikman’s Take Would Have Been Right 10 Years Ago

McCarthy looked to be on an easy Hall of Fame trajectory when he led the Green Bay Packers to a Super Bowl 45 championship in the 2010 season. But one can easily argue that Aaron Rodgers made McCarthy look better than he is, seeing that the latter has just a single playoff win in Dallas.

VIDEO: Troy Aikman & Joe Buck Openly Mocked The Dallas Cowboys & Dolphins Star WR Jaylen Waddle Following His Shady Excuse On ‘Monday Night Football’

Troy Aikman, Joe Buck and Jaylen Waddle (Photos via ESPN)
Jaylen Waddle had his second-best game of the season on Monday Night Football, but it could’ve been even better if not for one dropped pass.

Troy Aikman and Joe Buck were on the ESPN call when the Dolphins beat the Rams 23-15 to improve to 3-6 on the season.

The biggest topic of discussion this week has been last Sunday’s game, when CeeDee Lamb missed an easy touchdown because the sun got in his eyes. Jerry Jones has been getting ripped for not covering the sun to prevent things like this.

During Monday night’s game, Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle had a bad drop in the second quarter.

The replay showed him blaming the sun for getting in his eyes.

That led to this back-and-forth between Aikman and Buck.

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Aikman: “You see Jaylen Waddle saying the lights got in his eyes.”

Buck: “Go ahead, go ahead. It wasn’t the sun. It wasn’t the sun!”

Aikman:” I’m gonna leave that one alone. But now the lights are getting in people’s eyes. What are you gonna do?”

Joe Buck was likely trying to get Aikman to comment on the whole sunlight issue that’s become a major topic of interest with the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium, after Ceedee Lamb dropped an easy touchdown pass one day earlier against the Eagles because the sun was in his eyes.

Needless to say, Aikman wasn’t interested in going there.

Jaylen Waddle Gave The Dolphins Quite The Scare Last Week With An Injury

The Dolphins are just happy Jaylen Waddle was able to compete in this game after he gave them a scare last week.

The Miami Dolphins star wide receiver was forced to exit last week’s game, suffering an apparently scary ankle injury. After a play, Jaylen Waddle got his ankle stepped on by a Buffalo Bills defender.

He collapsed to the ground and held on to his ankle. Everyone was worried as he would soon remove his helmet, indicating the injury could be something significant.

Luckily, Waddle was able to return to the game but did not produce much.

Waddle had two catches for negative four yards and one touchdown in that loss.

It seems impossible, but his negative yards came at the end of the game.

Trailing by three with five seconds remaining, the Dolphins had one last chance from their own 30-yard line to pull out a victory.

Tua Tagovailoa tossed the ball to running back De’Von Achane a yard behind the line of scrimmage as he would lateral it to Waddle, who then became Miami’s last hope for a game-winning score.

Waddle had no path forward, so he went backward and got tackled.