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Meghan L. Hall

Stephen A. Smith, Micah Parsons ripped Bart Scott for tasteless comment about Trevon Diggs

NFL player turned broadcaster Bart Scott is in hot water after making an incredibly tasteless comment about Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs, who tore his ACL in practice Thursday and is now out for the season.

And ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith and Cowboys All-Pro linebacker Micah Parsons immediately condemned his words.

Injuries are part of sports and often cause reverberations throughout an organization. Truthfully, they’re awful for everyone involved, including the impacted player.

Sadly, the ripple effect they have must be discussed, however, it’s always best to do that with care. You can be honest without being insensitive.

Yet, Bart Scott didn’t get that memo. In speaking about Trevon Diggs’s season-ending injury, Scott delivered some blistering remarks that caused everyone in the room to react.

For reasons only known to Scott, he improperly used a popular phrase by Smith: “Just wait. Something bad always happens.”

“No, don’t start that, don’t start that,” Ryan Clark quickly responded.

Smith echoed Clark’s sentiment and quickly followed up by saying, “I wouldn’t do that right now, in all seriousness.” He made it clear that this was not a joke.

Words travel fast, and his comments started trending on social media, catching the eye of Parsons. Parsons often speaks his mind, and today was no different.

He immediately defended Diggs and clapped back at Scott. Parsons was rightfully unhappy, saying he shouldn’t be joking about a man trying to feed his family and build a legacy.

Also, this isn’t the first time Parsons has called out Scott for his comments. They had a dispute in January over Scott’s thoughts on Damar Hamlin’s injury that involved Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins.

To be unequivocally clear, this is a bad look. Period. It shouldn’t have been said. Diggs is a human being with emotions and feelings.

Be better, Bart. Be better.

Update: Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs also criticized Scott’s comments.

Update again: Scott tagged Parsons in his response, and Parsons wasn’t entertaining it.

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