The TNF broadcast tried being way too immersive with a graphic Brock Purdy surgery animation

In the offseason, Brock Purdy underwent UCL surgery for an injury he suffered during last year’s NFC title game. It became a big enough point of contention to where many once wondered if Purdy would even be healthy for the regular season.

And for some reason, as the San Francisco 49ers took on the New York Giants Thursday, someone with the Thursday Night Football broadcast thought we should see a very graphic animation of the surgery Purdy had. It wasn’t a live gruesome injury by any means, but it was still pretty unsettling to watch and weirdly quite detailed.

Put another way: Someone really overthought this behind the scenes. Al Michaels didn’t sound like the biggest fan either.

The Amazon Prime Video #TNF broadcast went all out with a UCL surgery animation (re: 49ers QB Brock Purdy). 🏈🥼💪 pic.twitter.com/LoTvIfPh42

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 22, 2023

Look, I’m all for highlighting how tremendous and wonderful modern medicine can be. If Purdy had been an NFL player in years past, he might not have recovered the same way. But I don’t remotely agree with this way-too-immersive graphic being something the audience needed to see.

This was how Twitter reacted

Actually.. quite cool seeing this and educating those how these injuries get operated on. https://t.co/dOe5hDlPhj

— Daniel Lavender (@DoctorAdmirals) September 22, 2023

what me and the homies do to the first one to fall asleep at the sleepover: https://t.co/La6jM6OG42

— Arjun Menøn ⚜️ (@arjun_menon14) September 22, 2023

thought this was pretty interesting. especially with it being an abnormal procedure compared to TJ https://t.co/J5ngNjsKRq

— Ron Mexico (@m_gallagher18) September 22, 2023

This is crazy. The animation and surgery. https://t.co/3yJmaUB7zM

— Matt Burns (@Burnsy381) September 22, 2023

We have finally reached peak football graphics. Nothing can top this. https://t.co/CUMx2c3Q6Y

— Kyle Nuss (@KDN1692) September 22, 2023

I had to sit down and count to 10 after this. So did Al Michaels. 🤢 https://t.co/AfDA6Hqzhn

— Mason DeBaugh (@DeBaugh5) September 22, 2023

all that AWS AI money not going to waste! https://t.co/wl2NbaKk8N

— Bob Thompson (@rltsports) September 22, 2023

You've heard of the NASCAR cut away car, now the NFL cut away surgeon. https://t.co/uPSc3K16Wa

— Dillon Murway (@DMurway) September 22, 2023

I thought it was cool. https://t.co/gCED9z2kFg

— Mike Fly (@mfly1971) September 22, 2023