Brian Baringer licking his handsBrian Baringer (Photos via Amazon Prime)
New England Patriots punter Brian Baringer was busy many times during his team’s Thursday night matchup against the New York Jets. He certainly earned himself some more screentime than during a typical game.

He was shown so much that, at one point, the cameras flipped to him and found him doing the weirdest thing. He was rubbing both of his hands into his mouth, either on his tongue or teeth, which just made for a bizarre sight.

Once it hit social media, many people made jokes about Baringer’s actions for a variety of different reasons.

“Dudes licking his fingers like he just ate some Hot Cheetos,” said one comment.

“Me cleaning my hands and buffalos wild wings,” said another.

“Me after eating a bag of Doritos,” continued a third.

“Is the @Patriots Punter #BryceBaringer a #Beaver, getting ready to chomp on some wood?” joked a fourth.

Of course, it is important to ensure a good grip on the ball, but the only time it touches his hand is when he catches the long snap, and Baringer seemed pretty worried about his ability to bring it in.

 

Brian Baringer Looks Like He’ll Be A Busy Man This Year

On Thursday night, the Patriots had one of the worst offensive showings in the NFL this season.

As a whole, New England gained just 139 yards of offense on the night, with 98 passing yards from Jacoby Brissett and 22 from Drake Maye. The rushing attack wasn’t much better either, as Antonio Gibson led the attack by gaining 29 yards on five attempts.

Baringer had to punt a total of five times, averaging 49 yards, which may have been the most impressive performance of the whole team.

If they don’t figure things out quickly, the situation for Patriots fans will only worsen.

NFL Fans Were All Pissed Off About The Same Thing While Watching ‘Thursday Night Football’ Between Jets & Patriots

Tyler Conklin breaking tackle during Patriots-Jets Thursday Night Football gameTyler Conklin (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
NFL fans were not best pleased with a certain aspect of the Pariots-Jets game during ‘Thursday Night Football this week.

New York beat New England pretty soundly on the night, snatching a 24-3 victory to go 2-1 as Aaron Rodgers showed signs of reverting to the player the Jets signed before he tore his Achilles last season.

It was a very good game to watch if you’re a Jets fan, but there were many complaints over the back-to-back commercial break following the third quarter.

While there was much to talk about regarding the fixture itself, most of the post-game chatter was centered on the annoying commercial lineup.

Jets offensive tackle Morgan Moses suffered an injury with five seconds left in the third, and the broadcasters took full advantage.

 

The game was stopped with the seconds left on the clock, which is fine as it’s the rule. However, Amazon Prime went into a full commercial break before returning for the remaining five seconds and going back into another full commercial break.

NFL Fans Were Upset About The High Number Of Ads During Thursday Night Football

Needless to say, viewers were not happy.

“Great job there, NFL. How about let the f***ing clock run 5 seconds and do all the fucking commercials at one time? Everyone on the planet knew there wasn’t going to be another snap in the quarter. Stupid s**t,” one ranted.

“Some of us remember when NFL was free on TV, paid for by commercials. Now we pay for streaming *and* get ads. Where’s all that money going?” someone asked.

“I have spent more time watching commercials than the actual game. Plus the game itself is f***ing terrible @NFLonPrime. Fix ur product @NFL,” said another.

“Injury Timeout. Commercial Break. 5 seconds run off the clock, end of quarter timeout. Commercial Break. J**** C***** there has to be a better way,” Brandon Perna wrote.

“Go to commercial for an injury, return to watch players stand on field as 5 seconds ticks off to end quarter, go to commercial. The NFL,” Tom Fornelli added.

“If there’s one thing NFL needs to change, it’s the amount of commercial breaks there is during a game,” Bears Muse posted.

Others complained about the streaming quality throughout the game as opposed to the ads.

“@PrimeVideo it’s a joke @NFL lets this crap continue. I have perfect view on commercials and side line shots but game play sucks. My current download/upload speeds are 500/200!” a user wrote.

“If only I could watch the game without it lagging and glitching out every other play. Ridiculous this only happens with you guys, commercials run fine,” someone else commented.

Of course, the NFL isn’t going to stop, and neither is Prime. It’s just something viewers will have to live with.