The Week 5 edition of Monday Night Football didn't feature a doubleheader like the last two weeks. But it did feature two of the most explosive offenses in the NFL as Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs took on Derek Carr and the New Orleans Saints. A growing ritual among Monday Night Football viewers is the disdain they have for ESPN Analyst Joe Buck who calls the games weekly with Troy Aikman. Usually, when fans hate on Buck, it's for no reason. But this week fans had a backstory for their gripe with Buck.
Fans Slam Joe Buck Over Kareem Hunt Comments
Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt made his return to Kansas City in the Chiefs matchup with the Saints. This is Hunt's second stint with the franchise. He was with the franchise from 2017 to 2018 but a domestic violence incident forced the Chiefs to release him in November 2018.
After Buck made note of those allegations during the telecast, fans unloaded on him on social media.
"Joe Buck just casually reminding people that Kareem Hunt is a piece of shit that beats women while describing his running ability was something else man," one fan said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"Why do NFL commentators always have to drag it when they talk about a player Why is Joe Buck talking about Kareem Hunt kicking and punching his girlfriend," another fan added.
Analyst Recalls Move to ESPN
Monday Night Football job is one of the most coveted gigs in the industry. And Buck remains grateful for the opportunity. But he says in making the transition to ESPN from Fox the entire ordeal came out of nowhere.
"It was so out of nowhere. If you think about it, we're not that far removed from the Super Bowl and I left the Super Bowl thinking I was gonna at worst have Troy in kind of a split setup [with Amazon] where I would get him for the late afternoon games, postseason and Super Bowl, which was great," Buck said.
"[Fox] They have their reasons and they have the business that they're running, and Troy had an out and he had a chance to go out on the market and see what he [could] get. But I think all along, his No. 1 choice was to go back to Fox, and that's what I was hoping for and that didn't materialize."
