Troy Aikman Under Fire For Sexist Remark After Bad Call During Monday Night Football

Troy Aikman is under fire.

The ESPN “Monday Night Football” analyst Troy Aikman was upset after a bad roughing the passer call right before halftime of the Kansas City Chiefs’ 30-29 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. It’s easy to understand why based on the fact that the NFL is trying way too hard to protect its QB’s. Yet right before play resumed, Aikman made a sexist comment during the broadcast.

“I hope that the competition committee looks at this during the set of meetings and we take the dresses off,” Aikman said.

"And takes the dresses off" pic.twitter.com/oBFT3IGAKJ

— Jake Ciely (@allinkid) October 11, 2022

Naturally, that sparked outrage at Arrowhead Stadium and elsewhere. Twitter was not having it. Former head coaches Tony Dungy and Sean Payton called for it on Twitter almost immediately after the play Monday night.

This is not football anymore. I know we have to protect the QB but Chris Jones was recovering a fumble. We have gotten ridiculous with this.

— Tony Dungy (@TonyDungy) October 11, 2022

“At some point you have to be realistic,” ESPN play-by-play announcer Joe Buck said. “The defensive player, what’s he supposed to do, disappear?”

That type of roughing the passer call was the second one in as many days, following the questionable one in the Atlanta Falcons-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game on Sunday with Tom Brady. Yet Aikman using a sexist remark to make a point was pretty telling that he’s a  little out of touch.

The Hall of Famer should know better by now.

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