The lead up to Sunday Night Football between the Bucs and Patriots was all about Tom Brady’s return to New England until Mike Tirico’s umbrella showed up.
The biggest story in the NFL this week was Tom Brady’s first game at Gillette Stadium since leaving for Tampa Bay.
It was an emotional moment for the quarterback, the Patriots franchise and fans in New England after two decades of great memories. But it wasn’t the only thing to catch the attention of NFL fans.
We have just one question. What’s going on with Mike Tirico’s umbrella?
Mike Tirico borrowed Andre the Giant’s umbrella? pic.twitter.com/Fa2sWQa1HF
— Michael Fabiano (@Michael_Fabiano) October 4, 2021
Mike Tirico’s umbrella stole the show on Sunday Night Football
Because of rain in Foxborough, the NBC broadcast crew did their analysis with umbrellas but Tirico’s looked comically large compared to the rest.
It was everywhere too.
Mike Tirico is that one friend who always has an umbrella with them and whips it out the second anyone in the group feels a raindrop so they can show off how prepared they are pic.twitter.com/UJqbnnOYnO
— 🦴J-Bone🦴 (@JaredBorislow) October 3, 2021
To be fair, if Drew Brees and Tony Dungy had equal-sized umbrellas they all wouldn’t have fit on screen.
While the folks on Twitter were pondering the sheer size of the umbrella, others were wondering about Rodney Harrison.
Tirico has enough umbrella for his entire family, meanwhile Rodney can’t even hold his own umbrella 😆 #SNF #TheReturn #TBvNE pic.twitter.com/towAKL1sL2
— David Tilton (@tiltmoney) October 4, 2021
Mike Tirico’s umbrella is so big, maybe Rodney Harrison could’ve fit under it with him. Since he apparently can’t physically hold his own. #SNF pic.twitter.com/p6F5J6aa5m
— Lauren Shumate (@laurenshuu) October 4, 2021
No word on the size of Harrison’s umbrella, but he definitely wasn’t the one holding it. That’s the life.