The NFL on Prime Video protection is slowly turning into a fan favourite.
On Saturday, the streaming big aired its first-ever playoff sport because the Baltimore Ravens bested the Pittsburgh Steelers 28-14 in a mouth-watering wild-card spherical match-up.
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Not solely was it Amazon Prime’s first expertise of playoff soccer, it was additionally analyst Ryan Fitzpatrick’s first style of the NFL postseason, both as a participant or a pundit.
The previous NFL quarterback famously holds the report for many passing yards and touchdowns and not using a playoff look in NFL historical past, and co-analyst Richard Sherman kindly reminded him of that stat throughout Prime’s pregame present.
“While you’ve been round playoff soccer… no offense, Fitz,” Sherman mentioned because the Prime Video panel burst into laughter.
Fitz took the zinger properly, jokingly replying, “Why are we nonetheless throwing pictures?”
NFL followers caught wind of the stray and posted their reactions to X.
“Could not have been within the playoffs a lot however Fitz was an professional in securing the bag and that no less than counts for one thing,” one fan posted.
“It was simply locker room banter—easy as that,” second added. “Fitz-magic provides pretty much as good as he will get, and no matter his lack of playoff expertise, he has a very good profession that made him some huge cash.
“Greatest crew within the NFL,” wrote a 3rd.
Fitzpatrick performed faculty soccer for the Harvard Crimson, the place he was the college’s first quarterback to have over 1,000 speeding yards.
He was subsequently chosen by the St. Louis Rams within the seventh spherical of the 2005 NFL Draft and went on to start out at QB for 9 completely different groups — probably the most in NFL historical past.
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‘Fitzmagic’ suited up for the Rams, Bengals, Payments, Titans, Texans, Jets, Buccaneers, Dolphins and Commanders over a 17-year profession, however by no means made the playoffs.
His closest probability got here in 2015 with the Jets, however a tricky 22-17 loss to AFC East rivals Buffalo saved the 10-6 Jets out of the postseason.
Sherman, then again, has a wealth of NFL playoff expertise.
The 36-year-old is broadly considered one of many biggest cornerbacks in historical past, and a part of the Seattle Seahawks’ Legion of Increase secondary that dominated the 2010s.
Sherman was chosen to the Professional Bowl 5 occasions and voted All-Professional 5 occasions. He additionally led the NFL in interceptions in 2013, the identical season he helped Seattle win Tremendous Bowl XLVIII in opposition to the Broncos.
Sherman performed in two extra Tremendous Bowls throughout his profession, however misplaced each — Tremendous Bowl XLIX in opposition to the Patriots and Tremendous Bowl LIV in opposition to the Chiefs, when he was a member of the 49ers.
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Regardless of their contrasting standing within the sport, Sherman and Fitzpatrick have developed a budding bromance on Amazon Prime, which just lately resulted in them sharing an ice tub and Sherman storming off set.
The Prime crew consists of Charissa Thompson, alongside analysts Tony Gonzalez, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Andrew Whitworth, and Richard Sherman.
Taylor Rooks contributes with options, with Albert Breer sharing information and notes from across the league.
Legendary play-by-play announcer Al Michaels and analyst Kirk Herbstreit name the motion from the sales space, with Kaylee Hartung reporting from the sidelines.
They have been all readily available to look at the Ravens beat the Steelers and punch their ticket to the divisional spherical the place they may face Josh Allen and the Buffalo Payments for a spot within the AFC Championship sport.
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