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Demand Grows for Terry Bradshaw to Retire After Sunday Performance

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Michael Gallagher | Last updated Nov 24, 2024 5:42 PM ET

Fox Sports analyst Terry Bradshaw isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

But love him or hate him, few would argue he’s highly entertaining on-camera during “Fox NFL Sunday” broadcasts.

The former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback has had many cringeworthy moments this season, most notably he mistakenly thought colleague Rob Gronkowski was a temporary fill-in for fellow analyst Jimmy Johnson while he took some time off.

Gronkowski is a full-time member of the “Fox NFL Sunday” crew and has been all season, and he reminded Bradshaw of such, prompting him to own up to his blunder.

“Okay, I made a mistake,” Bradshaw said. “All right, I apologize Gronk, you know I love you.”

Bradshaw has a mostly error-free pregame show, but once the early games hit halftime and Bradshaw was tasked with reading through the highlights and scores, that’s when things took a turn and Bradshaw’s countless gaffes became painfully apparent.

The 76-year-old’s struggles prompted several fans on social media to call for him to consider calling it a career, much college football fans have been petitioning Lee Corso to step away from “College GameDay” on Saturdays.

“Time for Terry Bradshaw to hang up his microphone, too many flubs. @FOXSports,” one fan wrote.

“@NFLonCBS Please have mercy and remove Terry Bradshaw from the telecast, he tried reading the highlights off a sheet of paper and was confused stumbling over all his words. This is approaching Lee Corso territory on ESPN Gameday were he should be removed from television,” another proclaimed.

“@NFLonFOX please get rid of Terry Bradshaw. He is the worst I have switched to watching CBS because of him,” a third fan chimed in.

“@jessbensontv Fox NFL studio show needs you to do halftime highlights. Terry Bradshaw needs to hang em up,” one user remarked.

“I feel like I asked this 7-8 years ago.... Terry Bradshaw INSISTS on doing all the halftime highlights, correct? Like, he walks if he doesn't get to do them? Nobody at FOX thinks this is the best thing to do, correct?” another commented.

“Terry Bradshaw really needs to stop with these highlights - he’s made like 9 mistakes in 20 seconds,” declared another user.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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