Having a take has always been a tent pole of the sports radio industry. However, 98.7 ESPN New York morning host Rick DiPietro doesn’t believe you should have to always stick to your original opinion.
While discussing the play of New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson Monday morning, the DiPietro & Rothenberg host argued that it’s ok for sports hosts and analysts to change their opinion.
The duo pointed to comments from Rex Ryan about Wilson’s play improving each week, which the pair disagreed with.
“You should be thrilled,” Dave Rothenberg said of Ryan. “How can you possibly sit here and say that’s it now and the switch is flipped and away we go?”
“I’m surprised, though. And maybe it’s just the nature of this business now — not probably, it is — where everyone kind of has their take on something and then they spend the entire time, like, they wanna be right,” DiPietro said. “He’s gonna defend this thing to his death. He’s surprised people are blaming the quarterback. How are you surprised?”
Rick DiPietro concluded by noting that the New York market isn’t alone in expecting greatness from the position, pointing to Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who was booed by home fans last week while the club was 10-2 and played in the Super Bowl a season ago.
