A much-debated comment regarding the Lions’ season-opening upset of the Chiefs on Thursday led to criticism of NBC’s Mike Tirico. Now, the veteran play-by-man is speaking up to clarify his comment and fire back at the critique.
Speaking with the Detroit News, Tirico cited the importance of context in regard to his comment about Detroit’s win having an “asterisk” because Kansas City was without holdout pass rusher Chris Jones and injured tight end Travis Kelce.
“If you have a problem with the word ‘asterisk,’ that’s a very legitimate complaint,” Tirico told Detroit News reporter Tony Paul. “However, it should be in context. If you want to take out the middle of the comment and make it the whole comment, then you don’t understand properly how to attribute things.”
