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The NFL playoffs took place on January 29 and the league already has the two teams who will be facing each other at the Super Bowl. The big matchup will take place on February 12 at State Farm Stadium. While the Kansas City Chiefs vs the Cincinnati Bengals game itself was nerve-racking for the fans, a surprising Michael Jordan-Clyde Drexler comparison made by sports commentator Tony Romo managed to gain attention from NFL fans and not for the right reasons.
The San Francisco 49ers fell short to the Philadelphia Eagles by a huge margin of 7-31. Whereas, the Kansas City Chiefs emerged victorious over the Cincinnati Bengals with a thin lead, scoring 23 against the Bengals’ 20.
NFL fans react to Tony Romo’s Michael Jordan comparison involving Patrick Mahomes
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Fans often compare the well-known rivalry between NFL quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrow to that of NFL superstars Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. This was the second consecutive year that both QBs battled against each other to move forward to the Super Bowl. While Burrow’s Cincinnati Bengals managed to defeat Mahomes’ Kansas City Chiefs in the previous year’s AFC championship, the same wasn’t repeated in this year’s playoffs.
Didn’t really love the MJ/Drexler comparison being thrown around that casually.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) January 30, 2023
In the third quarter of the game, the Chiefs were tied at 13 points. However, they got a six-point lead when M Valdes-Scantling scored a touchdown. Just then, former Dallas Cowboys player and commentator Tony Romo recalled the iconic 1992 NBA Finals that witnessed Michael Jordan and Clyde Drexler face each other.
The abrupt Jordan-Drexler comparison to Mahomes-Burrow didn’t sit well with fans, including ESPN’s Bill Simmons, as many couldn’t find any similarities between the two rivalries. Below are a few of the tweets.
Burrow is closer to Mahomes than Drexler is to MJ.
— Lebanese Mamba (@Lebanese_Mamba) January 30, 2023
https://twitter.com/ericramse/status/1619881978135826432?s=20&t=jfFN2GR1-DWxiN-KG0ufig
Yeah, Mahomes isn’t playing against plumbers. It just doesn’t really compare.
— Partially Biased (@BiasedPartially) January 30, 2023
Understandably. Random NBA comparisons are usually *your* specialty
— PHΞFF 🫠🇵🇸 (@PheffinAround) January 30, 2023
https://twitter.com/buckie_sanders/status/1619882058469474304?s=20&t=jfFN2GR1-DWxiN-KG0ufig
romo has to be speaking the entire game. he thinks he’s paid by the word. he just says random stuff for 3 hours
— Doug Wilson (@dougie_fresh055) January 30, 2023
Didn’t like Romo acting like he actually watched that series live when in reality he just watched The Last Dance.
— Jim Hyatt (@TwinPop14) January 30, 2023
Romo is drunk. Last week he said it Mahomes ankle was like Jordan flu game.
— j24l (@peanutsdad2012) January 30, 2023
Absurd comparison
— Patrick Sedlar (@PatrickSedlar) January 30, 2023
His Airness didn’t like the comparisons with Drexler
Former Portland Trail Blazers superstar Clyde Drexler was one of the best players in the league, only lacking behind NBA legend Michael Jordan in the MVP race. The 1992 NBA Finals gained a vast amount of attention as everyone had anticipated Drexler’s Blazers to defeat Jordan’s Bulls.
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Michael Jordan li. und Clyde Drexler beide USA – Olympiasieger bei den Spielen 1992 in Barcelona
Fans, media, and analysts had widely speculated the outcome at the time. However, what they probably didn’t anticipate was the highly competitive Jordan to defeat the Blazers in Game 1 itself.
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Part of this drive to win came from the fact the 6x NBA champion didn’t want people to draw comparisons between him and Drexler. While he considered Drexler a threat, he was highly offended by the comparisons between them.
