We have written for years about the rumors surrounding NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia and his declaration that he is not gay. So, I found myself doing a double take when I heard ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser say this about Garcia, the Tampa starter, during Monday’s Panthers-Buccaneer’s game:

"Jeff Garcia, who loves to date hot quarterbacks. Tried to get Brett Favre."

We have written for years about the rumors surrounding NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia and his declaration that he is not gay. So, I found myself doing a double take when I heard ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser say this about Garcia, the Tampa starter, during Monday’s Panthers-Buccaneer’s game:

"Jeff Garcia, who loves to date hot quarterbacks. Tried to get Brett Favre."

I laughed when I heard this, knowing that Kornheiser made a mistake. He meant Jon Gruden, not Jeff Garcia. Gruden, the Tampa coach, is known for falling in and out of love (in a football sense) with quarterbacks, and he was flirting with Favre in the offseason. Kornheiser was apparently riffing on something Garcia said about Gruden earlier this year: “He loves quarterbacks. But he likes to just date. He doesn’t like to marry.”

Still, the juxtaposition of the Garcia rumors with the Kornheiser comments was a Freudian slip at its best.

Here is the audio, courtesy of Pro Football Talk:

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