Pat McAfee goes on wild tirade as war with Colts escalates after pitiful loss to Giants
Pat McAfee has been highly critical of the Indianapolis Colts this season, and that hit a boiling point on Sunday when “everything went..just like I f–king said it would,” the ESPN host wrote in a furious X tirade.
After watching their playoff hopes collapse in a 45-33 loss to the 2-13 Giants at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, the ex-Indianapolis punter and sports media star let his former team have it — as he has all season.“Current players, who have won nothing during their entire tenures, started using me and my face to try and paint me as the enemy in the city I’ve committed my life to,” McAfee said.
“In the biggest moments, everybody with a brain knew they’d crack..and they did.”The Colts were 7.5-point favorites going into Sunday’s game before allowing rookie receiver Malik Nabers to go nuclear for 171 yards and two touchdowns as the Giants earned their first win since Oct.
6.McAfee has also been extremely critical of the Colts and second-year quarterback Anthony Richardson, who infamously pulled himself out of a game against the Texans for one play and later told reporters that it was because he was tired.
McAfee, 37, has said for most of the season that this Colts team wasn’t too fond of him.“I can admit that this current Colts team doesn’t like me,” McAfee said on X on Nov.
24.“Anthony Richardson looked more dialed in last week and he’s a special talent.”He and star linebacker Zaire Franklin have had a back-and-forth for most of the season as players clapped back at what they viewed as unfair criticism of Richardson for sitting out a play.Richardson did not play Sunday due to injury, while backup quarterback Joe Flacco started and threw for 330 yards and two touchdowns in the shocking loss.
“A blind person could see the red flags on this team,’ McAfee said “Work ethic questions, NEVER happens on good teams..Preparation commitment questions, NEVER happens on good teams..
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