Emotions are at a high after Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on Monday night against the Cincinnati Bengals.
However, ESPN analyst and former NFL linebacker Bart Scott has set fans off after his comments today.
His comments are about Tee Higgins, the receiver who Hamlin tackled before his cardiac arrest.
During a segment on ESPN, Stephen A. Smith asks Scott what Higgins did to Hamlin last night.
On ESPN, Bart Scott blamed #Bengals WR Tee Higgins for the incident with Damar Hamlin.
That is totally ridiculous, what happened was a freak accident.pic.twitter.com/5Sbh3GxslC
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 3, 2023
Scott when on to blame Higgins for lowering his helmet and throwing his body, then hitting Hamlin in the chest.
He continues with a statement saying he expects “the league to be a lot more vigilant” with players doing something like this.
From his take, he feels what Higgins did was illegal.
However, his statement was false and led to ESPN clarifying what happened.
Bart Scott said that what Tee Higgins did was illegal and should've been penalize for lowering his helmet, blaming him for what happened.
Higgins actually hit him with the shoulder, it was a normal football play. ESPN themselves even clarified it during the show. pic.twitter.com/ruc8HmAEtj
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 3, 2023
With Higgins performing a normal football play, people came out after Scott.
One fan said he’s “always loud and wrong” after what was said by him.
He needs to get off tv … just always LOUD and WRONG
— Pastor Carl Day (@PastorCarlDay) January 3, 2023
With Scott having a long list of bad takes, one fan claims people can make an hour-long video of his bad takes.
It’s a terrible statement, EVERYONE watching this play clearly seen it as a routine football play. This dude is the king of bad takes, you could definitely do a video an hour long about them.
— LEROY JENKINS!!! (@0Obiewan2) January 3, 2023
Another fan compares Scott to another person who is ruining their career over the Hamlin cardiac arrest.
Bart Scott and Skip Bayless when it comes to ruining their careers pic.twitter.com/ZVH9ZlRLk5
— 🚷 (@kanyethicc) January 3, 2023
However, one Twitter user brings up how the former NFL linebacker is a hater of the Bengals and their players.
Hey @BartScott57 isn’t this you encouraging “headhunting” on Joe Burrow and saying there is a “red dot” on him and that the “order has been sent” for a bounty? Your hatred for the Bengals went too far in blaming Tee Higgins here and I genuinely hope you lose your job. Hypocrite pic.twitter.com/fpJGaPhJc6
— DL (@DL4803256) January 3, 2023
With him having so many bad takes with the Bengals, it gave fans plenty of reasons to be mad at him.
Higgins wasn’t the reason for what happened to Hamlin, unlike what Scott wants people to believe.
