NFL Network’s Rich Eisen calls himself out over mixing up ‘Watson’ and ‘Winston’

NFL Network broadcaster and play-by-play man Rich Eisen had his work cut out for him on Sunday in Tampa Bay, in a game featuring quarterbacks named “Watson” and “Winston,” along with a Buccaneers receiver named “Watson.” Eisen had a bit of difficulty keeping his names straight in the first half, but after referring to Jameis Winston as “Watson” and Deshaun Watson as “Winston” a few times, NFL Twitter started to lose patience.

Which one of you @richeisen @nateburleson keeps calling @deshaunwatson Wintson?? pic.twitter.com/Edccpt1zw0

— erica (@therealkeeyka) December 21, 2019

Rich Eisen keeps calling Watson “Winston” but no one is correcting him pic.twitter.com/F4YNV7VSRJ

— 𝔾 (@BeyoncesKnee) December 21, 2019

Rich Eisen has mixed up Winston and Watson at least 4 times this quarter. pic.twitter.com/NdtOQs6qG7

— Watt would Jose do? (@SammyBissett) December 21, 2019

Has Rich Eisen mixed up Watson for Winston a few times? Yes. But it's easy to get confused when they're both exclusively throwing to Texans players.

— Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) December 21, 2019

After receiving a message from his wife during a commercial break, Eisen acknowledged all his mistakes on air, and joked that fans watching the game had turned his Watson-Winston mistakes into a drinking game.

Gotta give it up to Rich Eisen on the Winston-Watson gaffes: "People are having a drinking game with how many times I've messed it up." We're all human.

— MikeSherman (@MikeSherman) December 21, 2019

My wife Suzy came up with the idea, texting me during a commercial break. #BetterHalf https://t.co/NkAorl0nVp

— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) December 21, 2019