Another NFL Sunday calls for another quirky Terry Bradshaw take.
When previewing New Orleans’ Week 8 matchup connected “Fox NFL Sunday,” Bradshaw, 76, acknowledged really injuries person plagued this 2-6 Saints squad and suggested really voodoo tin move their fortunes around.
“I called — you guys fresh for this – I called Dennis Allen, nan caput coach of nan Saints. I emotion nan Saints, I’m from New Orleans, and I judge successful voodoo, for illustration each nan group do successful Louisiana. I called and I said listen, down successful Louisiana, wherever nan gangly conifer trees grow, lives a voodoo woman named Marie Laveau,” Bradshaw said, singing nan lyrics from Bobby Bare’s “Marie Laveau,” according to Awful Announcing.
“I called Marie Laveau. She took her pot. She went into nan Saints. They put each that potion successful there. Then they had [linebacker] Pete Werner travel over, he sewage him a cup of it. Then [tight end] Taysom Hill, he sewage him a cup of it. [Marshon] Lattimore, nan corner, he sewage a cup of it. [Derek] Carr, nan quarterback, he took a cup but he had to return immoderate home, he needed a small spot more. All of these group are coming back. The Saints are decimated pinch injuries and Marie Laveau, God bless her, for coming successful there.”
Bradshaw’s co-host, Curt Menefee, past reached for nan Steelers legend’s cup and asked, “Did you person a cup of thing complete present origin I’m wondering what’s going on.”
Laveau was a famed voodoo priestess who died successful nan precocious 1800’s.
She was portrayed by Angela Bassett successful FX’s “American Horror Stories: Coven” which aired from October 2013 done January 2014.
Bradshaw, who hails from Shreveport, Louisiana, frequently raises eyebrows pinch his pregame commentary, which tin include nan occasional accent move aliases “spin nan bottle” remark.
Although Sunday’s Saints chat took a funny turn, Bradshaw isn’t incorrect astir nan squad needing a boost.
Winners of their first 2 games of nan year, nan Saints past dropped 5 consecutive while grappling pinch injuries to prima players.
Hill and wide receiver Chris Olave are expected to return to action Sunday, according to ESPN, aft grappling pinch thorax and rib injuries and a concussion, respectively.
Kickoff betwixt nan Saints and Chargers (3-3) successful Los Angeles is group for 4:00 p.m.