Former NFL safety Rodney Harrison caused concern among fans during the NBC Sunday night football issued on Sunday, November 30, after appearing to lose his train of thought while answering a question from a fellow analyst Jac Collinsworth.
Collinsworth, 30, asked the former San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots star a question Commanders of Washington before taking the field for a 27-26 loss to the Denver Broncos.
“Yeah, I look…” Harrison, 52, said before stopping suddenly. “I forgot the—I’m sorry,” he said after a prolonged pause as Collinsworth repeated the question.
“I’m sorry. There’s a lot going on, I’m sorry,” Harrison replied. “They don’t have a lot of discipline on the defensive side of the ball. That’s it. Sorry guys.”
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As it was unclear what happened at the time, the clip went viral, with followers on social media speculating that she may have suffered a medical emergency.
“@SNFonNBC needs to check out Rodney Harrison!” a fan he wrote. “He doesn’t seem to be feeling well! He looks like he’s about to pass out!”
“What’s going on with Rodney Harrison and why does he sound so bad right now?” another he asked.
One fan suggested that the brutal temperatures in Washington, DC may have played a role.
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“I’m still wondering if Rodney Harrison is really okay or was it because he was cold (that) he was struggling last night?” they he wrote.
Harrison soon recovered and appeared royal peacockthe post-match show without causing more alarm. His bounce also prompted some fans to offer more innocuous explanations, such as that Harrison may have been distracted by a producer talking through his earpiece.
Harrison has not publicly addressed the incident as of Monday morning and Us Weekly His team and NBC Sports have been reached out for comment.
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A two-time Super Bowl champion with the Patriots, Harrison played 15 seasons in the NFL from 1994 to 2008. He was no stranger to controversy during his career, as NFL players voted him the “dirtiest player” in the league multiple times.
In 2005, he told her New York Post who believed he had racked up about $750,000 in fines during his career due to his questionable hits.
“I don’t care about the money,” he told the network. “I’ve been in the league a long time and it’s just about hitting and running and being a kid out there. I love it. I enjoy it. I don’t care about fines. I’m just going to keep playing like me.”
He has since changed his tune to retirement. In a 2010 interview by NFL.comhe spoke out against a series of helmet-to-helmet hits that plagued the league at the time.
“I have two young boys and I was like, ‘What if these were my kids (hitting them)?”’ he said. “I would be devastated if I saw one of my kids laying on the ground.”
He also looked back on his own actions during his playing days.
“I was young and I was immature,” he admitted. “When I used to make a lot of these hits, I didn’t think about the long-term repercussions of those hits, whether I was the guy sending it or the guy receiving those hits.”