Fox Sports host Jason McIntyre is trending for all the wrong reasons after Monday's episode of The Herd. While discussing Justin Herbert's playoff struggles with guest Mark Schlereth, McIntyre made a claim that left football fans scratching their heads.
McIntyre argued that Herbert, despite his immense talent, hasn't been able to win in the postseason because of a lack of supporting cast. He specifically pointed to the Chargers' wide receiver room, singling out Keenan Allen as a prime example of the team's mediocrity.
“Justin Herbert has been compared to Matthew Stafford – as a guy with a big arm, mobile, really great quarterback. He just can’t get over the hump because his team lets him down,” McIntyre said. “He never had a superstar receiver. Keenan Allen was their best receiver, he’s been cut by half the league.”
There's just one glaring problem: Keenan Allen has never been cut in his NFL career. Not once. Not by any team, let alone half the league.
Allen was drafted by the Chargers in 2013 and spent his entire first 11 seasons with the franchise. He was traded to the Chicago Bears in 2024, then returned to the Chargers in 2025. In 171 career games, he has hauled in 1,055 catches for 12,051 yards and 70 touchdowns. Those numbers put him among the elite receivers of his era.
The mistake was immediately pounced on by fans and analysts on social media, with many questioning how a seasoned sports media personality could get such a basic fact wrong. The blunder comes amid a broader conversation about how NFL narratives can spiral out of control when based on faulty premises.
McIntyre's argument wasn't entirely without merit — Herbert's playoff numbers are indeed underwhelming. In three postseason games, he has completed just 54.7% of his passes for 674 yards, with two touchdowns and four interceptions. But pinning that on a receiver who has never been cut is a head-scratcher.
The incident also echoes a pattern in sports media where analysts make sweeping claims without fact-checking. It's reminiscent of the recent WNBA drama where a simple gesture sparked a firestorm — proving that even small mistakes can blow up in the digital age.
Whether McIntyre will address the error on a future episode remains to be seen. But for now, his claim about Allen being a journeyman cut by multiple teams stands as one of the more memorable on-air gaffes of the NFL offseason.
