In the modern world of sports talk radio, it pays to have outlandish takes and be able to explain it in a way that drives ratings. Sometimes, though, takes go too far, and it completely overshadows the sanctity of actually getting into sports debates in the first place.
Take WFAN sports radio host Shaun Morash as an example of the latter.
The New York sports radio host got into it with fans of the Philadelphia Eagles on social media Tuesday afternoon for a comment made regarding Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham's interview with 94.1 WIP - Philadelphia's top sports talk station.
Morash's comment?
Making fun of Graham for crying in an interview in which the defensive end was talking about his 15-year NFL career potentially being over after suffering a torn triceps injury in the Eagles' latest win.
"What a loser, get a grip, heal up, and suck it up," Morash wrote.
Now, Morash clearly ripped the player to try and get a rise out of Eagle fans. In that regard, he succeeded. Many fans across the NFL sphere called out the longtime radio host for his insensitive comments towards a player whose season, and potentially career, was now over.
This isn't the first time Morash has done this type of thing, though.
Last season he came under fire for heavily criticizing New York Jets starting quarterback Zach Wilson for seeing his family while the team was on a bye week.
Morash defended his comments then, and defended his comments Tuesday essentially comparing him mocking Graham's interview to Eagle fans cheering Victor Cruz when he was hurt in a game over a decade ago
To the radio hosts' defense, Eagle fans have cheered injured players before. They did so to Michael Irvin and Troy Aikman when their careers were ending.
But Morash is a fool to think that Eagle fans are the only ones who do that. Giants fans themselves cheered when an injury to Daniel Jones took him out of a game last season and even cheered when the same thing happened to Drew Lock as well.
This notion that only Eagle fans cheer when players are hurt is a lazy take that is only made to defend outrageous behavior for other fanbases.
In the case of Morash, making fun of a player who suffered a season-ending injury (and with his career potentially in jeopardy) and then defending that take only because a bunch of fans did the same a decade ago is quite the statement about his own character.
