Even months after the Lions drafted Gibbs, there were takes that have aged incredibly poorly after he has earned two Pro Bowl selections in as many seasons with double-digit rushing touchdowns in both campaigns.
Some people thought the pivot from Swift and Jamaal Williams to Montgomery and Gibbs was inconsequential-or that Montgomery was a downgrade from Williams.
It’s easy to be shown as wrong with the benefit of hindsight, and if you cover sports long enough (or not long at all) you’ll end up wrong sometimes. But it’s rare to get an opportunity to own a bad take in front of the person you had the bad take about.
NFL analyst owns bad Jahmyr Gibbs take, in-person
Montgomery and Gibbs did the promotional circuit together on behalf of Bounty this week in New Orleans. On “NFL Daily” with Gregg Rosenthal and Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic, Rosenthal took ownership of a bad tweet after the Lions drafted Gibbs.
“You guys are the subject of the worst tweet I ever had”, Rosenthal said, after saying he wanted to make an apology. “And Lions fans have never let me forget it…”
Here is the offending tweet, from April 29, 2023.
Any screenshots that are out there would make sure it lived forever in infamy, but Rosenthal has never deleted the tweet and after talking to Gibbs and Montgomery he noted how he apologized in person.
It was actually Montgomery who said Rosenthal needed to “eat that for a lot longer”, after he “pleaded” for them to have Lions fans get off his back. Gibbs said “that should stay on ya” and joked that Rosenthal must be “standing on it” if he hasn’t deleted the tweet.
Here’s the clip.
Bad sports takes usually live without whoever gave them having to own it in-person. The NFL convention that is “Radio Row” during Super Bowl week gave Rosenthal a unique opportunity to own up to his bad take about Gibbs (and Montgomery). Good for him, but it also seems the Lions’ running back duo relished their opportunity to have fun with Rosenthal about it.
