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ESPN posted a promotional graphic for an upcoming Monday Night Football game featuring Saints quarterback Tyler Shough with a caption suggesting his last name rhymes with "flow," which is incorrect and should be pronounced as "shuck." This mispronunciation led to immediate backlash from football fans on social media, who criticized ESPN for not knowing basic information about prominent NFL players. The article highlights the irony of ESPN's mistake given Shough’s strong start to his career, having thrown for 917 yards and eight touchdowns in three games this season.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-05,
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Story summary
ESPN posted a graphic ahead of the Monday Night Football game between the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints, featuring second-year Saints quarterback Tyler Shough. The caption read "SHOUGH FLOW 🥶," which was intended to be catchy but backfired due to its incorrect pronunciation of Shough's last name. Most football fans pronounce his surname as "Shuck." Social media users quickly criticized ESPN for the mistake, pointing out that the rhyme does not work and making fun of the network’s error. This gaffe highlighted ESPN's apparent unfamiliarity with a player who was a runner-up for AP Offensive Rookie of the Year in the previous season.
Written for “NFL Fan Criticism” on 2026-10-06,
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ESPN wanted to get football fans fired up for Monday Night Football between the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints.
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fans → want → Falcons
Second-year Saints quarterback Tyler Shough was an obvious player to spotlight.
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Shough → spotlight → ?
The network, which refers to itself as "The Worldwide Leader in Sports," apparently doesn't know how to pronounce the name of one of the NFL's leading passers.
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which → refer → passers
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page → contain → partners
If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
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News → sign → wager
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.
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that → create → newsroom
ESPN's main X account posted a graphic featuring Shough with the caption: "SHOUGH FLOW 🥶."
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account → post → caption
Except Shough doesn't rhyme with "flow."
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Shough → rhyme → flow
His last name is pronounced "Shuck," as most football fans know at this point.
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fans → pronounce → point
Football fans on social media quickly started roasting ESPN over a caption built around a rhyme that doesn’t work.
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that → start → rhyme
"Shough doesn't rhyme with flow and now I can't unsee it," one user wrote.
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user → rhyme → it
Another compared it to a scene from "The Office" in which Andy and Erin perform a song built around pronouncing "Sabre" as "sah-BRAY," only to learn it’s pronounced "SAY-ber."
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it → compare → ber
Many simply wondered how ESPN could employ people who don't know how to pronounce the names of prominent NFL players.
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who → wonder → players
To be fair, Shough has acknowledged that his last name has an odd pronunciation and he previously joked that it's basically impossible to pronounce correctly if you haven't heard it before.
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you → acknowledge → it
Still, you'd hope the network broadcasting his football game might have somebody around who has.
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who → hope → somebody
Shough has thrown for 917 yards and eight touchdowns while completing 68.9% of his passes through three games this season.
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Shough → throw → games
New Orleans has scored at least 24 points in every game, including 30 in the opener against Detroit and 27 last week against Las Vegas.
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Orleans → score → Vegas
In other words, ESPN had plenty of material to work with without inventing a rhyme based on the wrong pronunciation of his name.
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ESPN → have → name
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