Typically the jokes simply write themselves.
A Nike promoting govt may very well be sitting proper throughout from me and inform me that they didn’t deliberately use Kermit the Frog’s voice on this congratulatory Philadelphia Eagles Tremendous Bowl video and I nonetheless wouldn’t consider them. There’s such a factor as coincidences, however this merely can’t be certainly one of them.
You don’t simply randomly use “Bein’ Inexperienced” by Kermit the Frog in a video after the Eagles beat the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes within the Tremendous Bowl.
Should you aren’t following alongside to date, I’ll simply come out and make issues very clear. Sure, Patrick Mahomes is likely one of the finest quarterbacks to ever play the sport (that dialog has slowed in latest days), and sure, he sounds a bit like Kermit the Frog when he talks.
That connection has truly led to numerous controversial incidents, like when the Las Vegas Raiders had a Kermit doll dressed up as Mahomes at their coaching camp, or when a tailgate consisting of Buffalo Payments followers appeared to hold a Kermit doll with a Chiefs jersey on. Patrick Mahomes has at all times taken it in stride… and he’s by no means actually tried to downplay the truth that he sounds a bit just like the well-known Muppet character.
However due to the entire historical past of comparisons there, that’s all individuals may take into consideration when Nike launched this video after the Philadelphia Eagles received the Tremendous Bowl this previous weekend:
It’s Good to be Inexperienced. pic.twitter.com/uUYClYriNV
— Nike (@Nike) February 10, 2025
I went and checked the true lyrics of Kermit’s biggest hit and it does point out the colours “purple, yellow, or gold,” which simply so occur to characterize the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. So possibly that does give the advantage of the doubt to Nike.
Nevertheless, in the event you have been to go to the replies and quotes of the video (it’s a superbly performed industrial, may I add), you’ll see that nobody is targeted on the lyrics. Everybody, and I imply EVERYONE, is making the identical Patrick Mahomes joke.
And by some means it doesn’t get previous, regardless of how repetitive it’s:
Didn’t understand that Patrick Mahomes was on the monitor
— Inexperienced Wingmen (@GreenWingmen) February 10, 2025
how a lot did y’all pay mahomes for this
— crys; 🏈 (@crystalscuor) February 12, 2025
Getting the opposing QB to relate your individual Tremendous Bowl is insane https://t.co/3ZETDcFWSW
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) February 12, 2025
The Kermit voiceover is intelligent iykyk
— Callmec0ry (@callmec0ry) February 10, 2025
No shot Nike simply used Kermit’s tune speaking about being inexperienced somewhat than purple after Adidas athlete Patrick Mahomes who seems like Kermit simply misplaced the Tremendous Bowl. Whereas sporting purple. In opposition to Eagles sporting inexperienced. https://t.co/28E28xpjjQ pic.twitter.com/szu2NjkAGp
— pablo escobarner (blue verify) (@PabloEscoburner) February 10, 2025
Having Mahomes narrate this video is diabolical
— Erik Antonellis (@e_antonellis24) February 10, 2025
The Kermit impression heard ‘around the world.
pic.twitter.com/upOCaqpjYL https://t.co/jExIYLiKWI
— 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬 (@EDCburner) February 11, 2025
Wonderful they bought Mahomes to sing the tune on this industrial celebrating his opponent.
— Matt Janiga 💥♻️ (@regulatorynerd) February 11, 2025
