Mike Tirico speaking with Cris CollinswhorthMike Tirico and Cris Collinswhorth (Photo via NBC Sports)


NFL fans were sick and tired of Cris Collinsworth repeatedly making mention of the term “Beanie baby” during NBC’s broadcast of ‘Sunday Night Football.”

Collinsworth and Mike Tirico were on the call for the fixture featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets. Beanie Bishop Jr. had himself a game, picking Aaron Rodgers off on two occasions, prompting Collinsworth to coin the phrase, “Beanie baby.”

Or at least he tried…

Check him out in the videos below:

Cris Collinsworth’s New Obsession Got Old Fast

Social media didn’t really care for the new Collinsworth phrase and reacted accordingly in their tweets.

“shopping in airports for beanie babies, moonballs, WTF is Collinsworth doing here,” someone commented.

“Did anyone notice Cris Collinsworth’s weird beanie baby reference? What was that?” another asked.

““Beanie…baby….how bout that” Collinsworth says to himself in the hotel mirror tonight,” a third wrote.

“SNF beanie babies! Seriously, why does Cris Collinsworth still have a job? NBC please fix it,” said a fourth.

“Chris Collinsworth is trying really hard to get the “Beanie Baby” nickname to catch on,” someone pointed out.

“Did not expect to be listening to Chris Collinsworth talk about shopping for beanie babies at the airport (??) but here we are,” a comment read.

“Where exactly was Collinsworth going with he can’t tell you how many times he was in airports looking for Beenie babies?” another read.

“What the hell was that beanie babies quote from Collinsworth on the interception?! 🤣 that was a Michael Scott level sentence,” a fan joked.

“If Collinsworth says “Beanie Baby” one more time…. 😐” someone declared.

“If Chris collinsworth makes one more beanie baby joke I might lose my mind,” someone else added.

Hopefully, Cris has been informed of the revolt and will drop the moniker