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After the recent layoffs at ESPN, NFL Network personalities are being integrated into ESPN shows, and everyone is learning a bit more about their coworkers.
On "Get Up" on Tuesday, some of those ESPN employees could argue they learned too much.
Former NFL Player Gerald McCoy Shocks Colleagues
Retired defensive lineman Gerald McCoy joined "Get Up" for the first time, and in a discussion about linemen, McCoy praised Baltimore Raven Trey Hendrickson for not wearing gloves, something McCoy also did in the league.
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“He plays with no gloves. He likes to feel his victims with his hands. There’s nothing wrong with playing with gloves, but I didn’t play with no gloves. You have to pay the price, your fingers might be bent up, but this is why they win,” McCoy said.
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Sitting next to McCoy at the table in the "Get Up" studio, Mike Greenberg opined that McCoy's hands aren't "that bad."
"Oh, it is," McCoy replied as he bent his ring finger around his middle finger in an unnatural way. "It's bad. Look at that. Oh my God. But you've got to love a defensive lineman who plays with no gloves."
Most other panelists were then seen examining their own hands and trying to repeat McCoy's feat, but to no avail.
Greenberg had only one other former player to compare McCoy's hands to: fellow ESPN analyst Booger McFarland.
"Booger McFarland could hitchhike in both directions at the same time," Greenberg said.
Greenberg might be exaggerating a bit, but McFarland does have notably messed up fingers after his football career.
It's not uncommon for former football players, especially lineman, to play through finger injuries, ultimately leading to the hands we see today.
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