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Andy Nesbitt

NFL Network’s Mike Giardi made the dreaded bulging disc mistake on live TV

The human brain is a tricky thing, to say the least. Like, you can know what you want to say and then all of the sudden something else comes out and you’re left wondering how in the world that could have happened.

Then imagine that happening to you while you’re on live television and you’re talking about Rob Gronkowski’s bulging disc and you screw up a word and suddenly realize this is going to be something that goes viral on the internet.

That’s exactly what happened to the NFL Network’s Mike Giardi on Wednesday, as he knew right away this gaffe would live on forever:

Yup, he and Andrew Siciliano knew right away what had just happened.

Giardi had some fun with it on Twitter:

ESPN’s Steve Levy was the first one to make this mistake and this moment still very much lives on:

Live TV, folks. Stuff happens.

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