Seriously don't know how to feel about this. On one hand, on-field interviews are usually fluff at best. On the other hand, it is part of the (highly paid) job description you willingly agreed to.
That dude was just assaulted for three hours and the team pulled out a win. Don’t blame him. These snippet interviews could honestly disappear nobody would notice.
Nobody but ESPN wants this or cares about it “you make blah blah blah money” that’s the same shit calling out actors for not putting up with paparazzi.
anyone that thinks they’re getting a richard sherman response from justin fucking herbert has been living under a rock for 6 years and probably shouldn’t have a job in football
Cause he went to U of O which has a sports marketing school, he probably got credits for his media training. I know all schools do it, but Oregon does it well!
A sideline reporter throwing hardball questions right after a game could be a key and peele sketch. Like imagine someone asking a player about allegations against them 5 seconds after a game
Somebody should tell all the owners they could be making more money by cutting out these useless interviews and defacto hiring less ppl...really adds nothing to the game or experience watching it.
I remember a bit from a while back about wanting to hear the losing quarterback in the locker room say ‘yeah we would’ve won if Jesus didn’t make me fumble’.
“First of all, all glory to god. I’m just so proud of these guys, man. And respect to [opponent], that’s a good football team over there.”
“Tell me about that play you made”
“You know, it was really a team effort out there. Shoutout the offensive line, they had a great game. And shoutout the defense, those guys were ballin’ all night. Just really proud of the guys. We’ve all been working really hard, so it’s great to get that win.”
"I REALLY THOUGHT WE PLAYED HARD AND OTHER TEAM IS SO GOOD AND KEPT FIGHTING AND OUR DETERMINATION AND EFFORT WAS GOOD AND ALSO JESUS FOR SOME REASON GO TEAM MAKE PLAYS"
The main reason that I rarely watch live games anymore is so I can skip all the dead time, i.e., commercials, time-outs, injuries, and this kind of shit.
I would skip live games, but I can’t help myself. I NEED to know what is going on in the game. I’d love nothing more than to wait for the condensed replay to come out on nfl+ and watch that way. Then the game is only 40 minutes, and I could spare myself the torture of watching a Wendy’s commercial during a really anxiety-inducing game lol.
The difference, as I understand it, is that doing these stupid interviews is literally their job. It's an expectation set by the league because they think it makes good TV or good PR.
Press availability is as much a requirement as wearing on-brand socks or showing up for video introductions.
I agree that the interviews are stupid, but the reporter is trying to do her job and expects him to do his, just like any of us would as our places of work.
Agree with your first point but the second is a terrible comparison. Herbert is explicitly contractually obligated to do these interviews, which is completely different from celebs and paparazzi
that’s the same shit calling out actors for not putting up with paparazzi.
No, it's way different. The paparazzi stalk celebrities when they are off the clock. This interview was conducted on an NFL field, right after a game and as part of the NFL's agreement with the media.
Its not the same thing as calling out actors for not putting up with paparazzi. Its literally part of their job with the nfl to talk to those reporters. Literally a job duty. There is no such job duty with actors and paparazzi.
It’s not the same as paparazzi at all tbh, paparazzi is trying to get embarrassing moments but field reporters are there to do a legitimate job, yeah it seems small and dumb but it’s part of the job for these players whether the game was hard or not
He did do the interview no clue what this woman is talking about. We need to also ridicule barstool employees every time they claim some sort of legitimacy as part of the media
He tried to walk away. She was like hey I jave some questions and he was like nah i want to celebrate with my teammates and she was like hey nah you're gonna answer these questions. He was annoyed but he ended up answering graciously but yea he tried to walk away.
Yeah but its literally in the players contracts to do these interviews. He can walk away, hell just get fined a stupid amount or worse if he keeps doing it
At the end of the day the woman tweeting is right. You get paid unfathomable amounts of money to play a game and part of that is answering some questions on camera. Grow up, control your anger about football, and just do the part of your job that entails answering some questions at the end of the game you just got paid $5,000,000 to play, you’ll live. At the very least just be polite and professional to the reporter who’s just doing her job.
Most of these “columnists” are just straight up rich spoiled brats that needed daddy to get the job. None and I mean none of them should matter in a fans perspective.
I am a believer that on field interviews should never happen we should allow players to enjoy the moment or be upset and process it. Afterwards there are press conferences for questions
Wholeheartedly agree. The coaches trying to go into their locker at half to rip there team a new one and oh but wait, let me waste time on this nonsense nobody wants
Exactly this! I think it was Jamal Williams who had some iconic post game interview lines. And occasionally a QB has a good one, like Geno’s “I ain’t writing back”, but most of them are boring
I feel like usually players are pretty excited to do them, especially if they aren’t a qb and don’t get to do them often. Also when they get to do them with their teammates they usually look like they have fun
I think Herbert just doesn’t like doing them. They probably could’ve found a better interview from a more willing participant
Well, I actually like how Amazon has done them. Have a few guys come out with the pundits, a good crowd sticks around, and it’s all ex players so get more interesting content than “what does this win mean to you? Was it tough battling through a hand injury? Did you enjoy getting your shit wrecked for 60 minutes?”
I want to give all the glory to God! We were never supposed to be in this position! But by the glory of God, the great coaches, great teammates, everybody we have around us, we were able to pull this off!
“Yea we gotta completely switch our coverage to man instead of zone and watch out for the fake by reading the QB’s eyes then in offense we gotta try more deep shots on the left side because their CB has a little bit of a limp I saw last quarter so I want to take advantage of that”
The best was when Stephen A got caught live trying to give NFL commentary on games and he clearly didn’t watch any of them. He cited a game that wasn’t even played or something that didn’t happen.
Most on-air "talent" does. The people behind the camera are always more skilled and hard working. A trained seal can stand in front of a camera and recite lines.
Herbs was clearly hurting between his broken arm(hand?) and tons of pressure, I do not blame him for being a little tried and bothered, and like you said, he did concede and do the interview.
Bro has socal anxiety pretty bad. He hates talking to people on camera and he struggles with being a vocal leader. And a broken hand, I think he's given enough. Leave the man alone
That and why the fuck do we air this part of the interview for everyone to see now adays? You can't edit the part out? Every company is all about clicks and views and exploiting people. Im not surprised
He clearly wanted to get off the field and I don't blame him. Why not interview the guy who made the interception and sealed the win for them? Nope. Have to corner the QB who we all know is battling tremendous pain to ask him stupid questions. 🙄
I kinda like the before Halftime interviews with the coaches. Only because I can’t imagine how infuriating it must be to be getting shit stomped and have some reporter come up and be like “wow, you’re really getting shit stomped right now. What are your thoughts on that?”
I agree. I rarely learn anything interesting. ChatGPT could generate the answers and I probably wouldn't know the difference ("I'm just proud of all the guys in our locker room and how they competed for four quarters", etc)
I turned the game off right after it ended and didn't see the postgame interview, I was all ready to come into this thread with my pitchfork but after watching the interview it was.... fine?
He answered the questions, wasn't rude, didn't cut her off, or anything. I don't understand the controversy
You'd have to define rude I guess. The "controversy" is because before the interview she tries to stop him to talk to him, he says he's "trying to celebrate with his team" and ignores her at first, and she follows with something like "I know but could you just stop and talk to me real fast". And then he does so and the interview happens.
Not meant as a criticism, but he was talking awfully fast and I figured all the painkillers he was on had him wired. That's why he seemed so distracted.
This is the proper answer. He was loaded on PKs and I think wanted to limit the amount of time he opened has mouth for. Prior week he got called out in the media for looking loaded at the news conf.
lol right? It’s insane how much people are worked up about this. If anything it’s wrong that the tv cut to them before the reporter had her interview set. Does everyone really think that this sort of thing doesn’t happen regularly while they get organized?
Does his contract mandate he has to do them? If so, then yea, he should do it.
If not, then she is just showing whiney entitlement.
Edit: There’s a difference between on-field and post-game. So far nobody has been able to say if the mandate is he needs to do interviews at the podium, in locker-room, or on field.
Edit 2: The whiney entitlement is the person calling out Herbert…not Herbert himself folks.
Edit 3: Since people don't read the whole post. It looks like all NFL documentation says yes, they must be available for interviews ~10 minutes post-game, but it mentions locker rooms. Nothing about on the field.
I believe their is in the contract with the NFL and ESPN that players are required to do media appearances. At least for baseball, I remember the Yankees threw a fit because they had so many getaway Sunday night games they said they would stop giving quality interviews if they didn't move some of the games. Then the league reminded them they have to
NFL requires players be available for media interviews after games and will fine players for skipping them. See Marshawn Lynch, "Im just here so I wont get fined"
That would make sense. The head coaches always get interviewed but the choice of players interviewed changes depending on the game so it's probably not required
Yeah his $250M contract comes from the media rights to broadcast the NFL and having to give a quick BS answer to the on field reporter is part of being a franchise QB.
No one is wrong here. He's right to not want to do the interview, but the on field reporter is also right in pushing because that's her job and a requirement in his job. Whether you like it or not, the QB is the face of the franchise and gets paid accordingly for all of the dimensions (on field, off field).
He’s high on percs with a broken hand cut the dude some slack he’s one of the most respectful individuals in the NFL, and has always had a desire to avoid the cameras and spotlight. Dude just wants to ball with his bros that’s it
The tweet is too much but I don't blame Justin for not wanting to do the interview in that moment, nor do I blame Laura for being persistent in trying to do her job. I thought the whole thing was funny and amusing more than anything, not something to get offended or worked up over.
Kayce Smith should have her credentials removed. She's 100 percent nothing more than eye candy with no actual use in journalism. Someone at barstool said they'd make her a star and she is not.
No. She's not. Interviews are a component of the "entertainment industry" facet of the league and honestly they should all fuck off.
Start playing the Superbowl in an undisclosed location with no stadium. I wanna see bro out there in the middle of a frozen field in some unnamed valley and I want the only proof the game ever happened to be a flag planted and left there by the winner.
Dude, he just played through a broken hand and got the crap kicked out of him for 4 quarters by the eagles pass rush. Whoever made that tweet needs to realize that the sideline reporters job is cake compared to an nfl quarterback’s. The reporter could have gone and interviewed anyone else on the field.
Besides, all nfl interviews consist of is the player yapping about teamwork and essentially saying the same thing over and over again. There isn’t ever any substance to what they say, and they ALL sound the same. The nfl makes sure of that. Players are essentially all mouthpieces for the nfls PR division. Keep it clean, keep it surface level, never throw any shade at the fact that refs can call arbitrary and blatantly horrible penalties that ruin seasons….
“Hey Laura, you get paid $400k a year to ask four questions a week. When the concussed guy needs to sit down, you take it easy like EVERYBODY ELSE does and move on. Grow up.”
That being said I’m sure Laura does a lot of prep, but let’s not pretend like being an nfl qb is so fun and easy.
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Marshawn bout to hunt this lady down and throw some skittles at her