{"id":163720,"date":"2025-06-27T22:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/163720\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T22:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:53:13","slug":"mike-tannenbaum-raises-eyebrows-with-brian-windhorst-weight-dig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/163720\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tannenbaum raises eyebrows with Brian Windhorst weight dig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN NFL analyst Mike Tannenbaum raised some eyebrows when he cracked a crude joke about NBA senior writer Brian Windhorst on \u201cGet Up\u201d Friday morning. <\/p>\n<p>The moment occurred during a segment, \u201cAre You Convinced?\u201d when Dan Graziano, filling in for host Mike Greenberg, asked Tannenbaum if he thought Aaron Rodgers would lead the Steelers to their first playoff win since the 2016 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Tannenbaum said as laughter was heard in the background. \u201cI\u2019m more convinced that Windy is in the cafeteria right now.\u201d <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Tannenbaum says he&#8217;s more convinced that Brian Windhorst is in ESPN&#8217;s cafeteria (???) than Aaron Rodgers will lead the Steelers to a playoff win. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B3pazdxN76\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/B3pazdxN76<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1938639713608593794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Windhorst, who recently made headlines after LeBron James publicly trolled him, was in the studio and appeared on Friday\u2019s show \u2014 however, he was not involved in that particular segment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo idea where Windy is,\u201d Graziano added. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.40082079;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36371206\" width=\"826\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/windy.jpg\" alt=\"ESPN senior NBA writer Brian Windhorst on &quot;Get Up&quot; Friday, June 27, 2025. \" class=\"wp-image-36371206\"  \/>ESPN senior NBA writer Brian Windhorst on \u201cGet Up\u201d Friday, June 27, 2025.  YouTube\/ESPN<\/p>\n<p>Some viewers were curious about Tannenbaum\u2019s joke. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Mike Tannenbaum just make fun of Brian Windhorst\u2019s weight on national TV?\u201d one person <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eric_ital\/status\/1938581346743464439\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote <\/a>on X, including a clip of the moment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs this inside joke that Windhorst hates the ESPN cafeteria?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thatghosthouse\/status\/1938642495732133974\" rel=\"nofollow\">another said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.40082079;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36371207\" width=\"826\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/mike-t.jpg\" alt=\"ESPN NFL analyst Mike Tannenbaum on &quot;Get Up&quot; Friday, June 27, 2025. \" class=\"wp-image-36371207\"  \/>ESPN NFL analyst Mike Tannenbaum on \u201cGet Up\u201d Friday, June 27, 2025.  YouTube\/ESPN<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the show, everyone was busting Windhorst for walking into a live camera shot. <\/p>\n<p>Graziano called out Windhorst after he unknowingly walked behind him while on the air.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWindy is a little lost in the new studio,\u201d ESPN wrote, including a clip of the moment on social media. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s morning shows, including \u201cGet Up\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cFirst Take,\u201d moved from\u00a0its Seaport Studios home to 7 Hudson Square in Lower Manhattan this month. <\/p>\n<p>Tannenbaum, a former GM for the Jets, didn\u2019t clarify if his joke was related related to Windhorst\u2019s camera mishap. <\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on \u201cThe Pat McAfee Show\u201d in March, James publicly criticized Windhorst, calling him \u201cweird\u201d and questioning his portrayal of their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis guy who says he\u2019s like my f\u2013king best friend, these guys are just weird,\u201d James said. <\/p>\n<p>Windhorst has extensively covered James\u2019 career since his high school days. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN NFL analyst Mike Tannenbaum raised some eyebrows when he cracked a crude joke about NBA senior writer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[12,7,23106,6,9,10,203],"class_list":{"0":"post-163720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-espn","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-mike-tannenbaum","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-sports-entertainment","14":"tag-sports-media"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114757789734222344","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}