Mike Greenberg is a die-hard New York Jets fan, but he became an honorary member of the Bills Mafia on Wednesday for the way he defended Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen on ESPN’s Get Up!
The worldwide leader in sports and other morning sports shows have made it a habit to bash Allen and his turnovers on a regular basis on their shows. Greenberg put his foot down, however, and told the Get Up! staff that enough was enough after a graphic appeared asking if Allen would have more or less than 1.5 turnovers against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
“I’m aiming this directly at my favorite people in the world, the staff of this show,” Greenberg said on air. “The team that puts together this show… Jordan Love: How many touchdowns is he going to throw? Tyreek Hill, how many yards? Josh Allen: How many turnovers? What a disrespectful question for us to be asking about a guy who is playing, I’m going to say it, better than anyone in this league!”
Greenberg proceeded to take the question that was typed up on his note sheet and rip it up before telling the producer to change the graphic.
“I don’t care what you’re going to say about this I’m ripping it up. I’m ripping it up. Ally, I don’t care what you had planned, I’m ripping it up. Change that (pointing to the graphic).”
Greenberg had been off the air recently due to a bout with Covid, but he told the panel that he often received texts from his friends saying that Allen was getting killed by some of the co-hosts for his interception against the Eagles and his interceptions in general. According to Greenberg, too many people focus on the bad when it comes to Allen while ignoring all of the good that he does.
“Last week, I’m off with Covid, right? And I’m not here and I’m getting texts from people. Oh they’re killing Josh Allen on your show over the interception that he threw in the Philadelphia game. Let me say something about him. There were 106 players in uniform for that game. Of…
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