NFL Fans Roasted Dallas’ NBC Affiliate for Leaving End of Lions’ Win Over Rams Early
The Detroit Lions won their first playoff game in 32 years on Sunday night and the celebrations by the jubilant home crowd over the final few minutes were a sight to see, with many fans shown crying in pure joy as they finally got to witness a postseason victory.
You know who didn’t get to see those goosebump-inducing scenes? Fans watching in Dallas, because the local NBC affiliate dumped out of the game early to get to a weather report about cold temperatures.
Fans in Dallas were probably over football at that point, seeing how their team lost to the Green Bay Packers in embarrassing fashion a few hours earlier, but this was still an interesting move by NBC 5:
Apparently Dallas' NBC affiliate didn't think the final snaps of the Lions playoff win over the Rams needed to be shown. pic.twitter.com/XoqTcTc9rJ
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) January 15, 2024
Fans had jokes:
To be fair to them, Dallas news affiliates aren’t very familiar on what the words “playoff win” mean. https://t.co/bk0FnLLkM0
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 15, 2024
LMFAO https://t.co/YRnxWf3HaO pic.twitter.com/3Wsatl7ysb
— ThrillHo (@MonsieurJairo88) January 15, 2024
Can confirm. Still not thrilled by this @NBCDFW. Mind you, this channel once didn’t go to weather report during a Cowboys game when a tornado was fixing to touch down https://t.co/yYcFlOwSCp
— Kieran Steckley (@Kieran_Steckley) January 15, 2024
Got to be some kind of violation isn’t it? Damn.. Could’ve been some guy from Detroit working in Dallas who wanted to see that history. Bush league @NBCDFW bush league.. #Lions https://t.co/hVIKj1QUss
— Pop (@financejonE) January 15, 2024
They should have done that at halftime during the Cowboys game https://t.co/xZ3yws3wS2
— Derek Duke (@DerekDuke25) January 15, 2024
Showing a Dallas audience a playoff win is just asking for trouble. . . https://t.co/3h3Dw1InN0
— Hans Gruber (@Gruber_Hans_) January 15, 2024
Dallas doesn’t need to see more football today. https://t.co/uyTtRVnjM9
— Tommy Lang (@tommylang1630) January 15, 2024
Dallas said hell no, we not going to lose and show Lions win on the same day. Nope ???? https://t.co/ENur9JIe8p
— Justyn™️ (@justyn_lfc) January 15, 2024
It's ok, we'll see Dallas later in the playoffs. Oh wait.... https://t.co/VICHKT3t9V
— Erik Aratari (@_E_Rock_) January 15, 2024