The Chicago Bears social media team was just trying to cheer up their fan base about their new quarterback.
It turns out that the fan base lost all hope at the time it hired the new defender.
The Bears’ Twitter account tweeted a photo of the free agent signing Andy Dalton, with the caption just saying “QB1”. As the social team probably should have expected, it didn’t go well in the comments section.
Twitter user Jessi Davin posted a video from “Stone Cold” Steve Austin saying “give me hell, yes”, and then looking at an empty audience.
@MrRodJones tweeted, “Expecting a fan base to be excited about Andy Dalton is like asking a 5-year-old to be excited about broccoli. It just won’t happen. They want dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets, just like the rest of us. “
MSP Athletics tweeted the image, photoshopped with a 2 in front of Andy Dalton’s number 14, suggesting that the team would do 2-14. “Fixed it for you,” they wrote. Several other users tweeted simply to “sell the team”.
Luke Null, who was a cast member of “SNL” for one season, tweeted, “The biggest Chicago Bears QB of all time”. Which, in its own sense, may be the biggest insult there is.
The Bears gave Andy Dalton a one-year, $ 10 million contract after leaving former general number 2 of choice Mitchell Trubisky to walk to the Bills in a free agency. They tried to lure Russell Wilson out of Seattle, reportedly offering the Seahawks three first-round choices and two players, but Pete Carroll refused to let the deal happen.