Prime Video NFL analyst Kirk Herbstreit could have chosen a better metaphor when describing Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams during Thursday Night Football.<\/p>\n
The Bears led the New England Patriots 3-0 and were on the verge of scoring a touchdown late in the first quarter when Herbstreit and play-by-play partner Al Michaels began breaking down Williams\u2019 development in his third NFL season. In that discussion, Herbstreit compared the Chicago quarterback to a wild horse that needed to be broken.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s be honest here. When he first got here, Caleb Williams was like a bucking bronco,\u201d said Herbstreit. \u201cHe needed to be trained and needed to be taught how to play within structure. The one thing about Caleb Williams: dynamic playmaker in college and in his first year here, but he was a little reckless. He didn\u2019t make the easy play. Now, in his second year with Ben Johnson, he\u2019s much more refined in how he plays the position.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCaleb Williams was like a bucking bronco, he needed to be trained and needed to be taught how to play with instruction.\u201d \u2013 Kirk Herbstreit https:\/\/t.co\/V9Twafl4tp<\/p>\n
\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThere were so many ways to say that Caleb Williams has matured as a QB, and he picked the most cringeworthy way possible,\u201d said Jemele Hill<\/a>, succinctly summing up why that metaphor didn\u2019t land.<\/p>\n Suffice it to say, you\u2019re in perilous territory when you\u2019re a White broadcaster comparing a Black athlete to an animal, regardless of any intention. And plenty of people in the sports media world picked up on that while watching the Prime Video broadcast.<\/p>\n The way certain media members talk about Black athletes is insane dawg.<\/p>\n \u2014 Chris Williamson (@CWilliamson44) October 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Did not like this<\/p>\n \u2014 Northwest Cee (@CeeHawk) October 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n This is disgustingly next-level coding.<\/p>\n \u2014 O.J. Spivey (@OJPhilly) October 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n