The Dallas Cowboys were forced to start Ben DiNucci in a Sunday night matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles due to an Andy Dalton concussion, and it went about as well as you’d expect.
DiNucci completed 21 of his 40 passes for 180 yards in a 23-9 loss to the NFC East-leading (at 3-4-1!) Eagles. But it was one incomplete that the former James Madison star tossed that had Twitter abuzz with jokes.
It was an attempted sidearm around an Eagles defender toward Amari Cooper that perhaps DiNucci had seen Patrick Mahomes complete, but yikes. Not good.
There were so many jokes, including a bunch about Napoleon Dynamite character Uncle Rico:
Ben DiNucci with the Uncle Rico sidearm throw pic.twitter.com/ZGyVKmgEcw
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) November 2, 2020
Ben DiNucci said https://t.co/9pjws1KtD4 pic.twitter.com/qu1UkXlZ5U
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) November 2, 2020
Cowboys new QB DiNucci throwing like Uncle Rico: pic.twitter.com/0gIq0OQxxi
— Matt Smith (@Matthew_Smitty) November 2, 2020
DiNucci has an uncle…and his name is Rico…and it looks like he taught the kid everything he knows
— Josh Carroll (@jcarroll4real) November 2, 2020
Especially when you been studying game tape of the Uncle Rico side arm throw. A note to DiNucci…. take the side arm throw, and kindly place it in the waste paper basket. https://t.co/eEC2eOSAq6
— Kelly K-9 (@Kelly_K_9) November 2, 2020
Nobody:
Ben Dinucci: pic.twitter.com/auCqTuXHma
— Gayle Saunders (@EagleSessions) November 2, 2020
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Ben DiNucci: pic.twitter.com/3rYxbv1B3a
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) November 2, 2020
Nobody:
Ben DiNucci: pic.twitter.com/ssSqklrLQh
— Danny (@recordsANDradio) November 2, 2020
DiNucci tried to pull a Mahomes with this sidearm throw 😂 pic.twitter.com/XF3qJESRMZ
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) November 2, 2020
Poor Ben DiNucci.
Ben DiNucci is everyone watching this game tonight pic.twitter.com/Rr8RSY4RyV
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) November 2, 2020
