What did Terry Bradshaw say during SNF broadcast? Former Steelers QB in trouble over suicide joke 

Terry Bradshaw landed himself in hot water during the broadcast of Sunday Night Football after he made a joke about suicide while discussing Kyler Murray's performances.

The hosts were all discussing the upcoming Seattle Seahawks versus Arizona Cardinals game and Bradshaw was talking about the Cardinals quarterback. As a Hall-of-Fame quarterback himself with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he was well-positioned to offer any critique.

Many will even agree with his opinion that Kyler Murray has been throwing the ball too much and not running it as often as he can. But when doing so, Terry Bradshaw made an off-color remark.

“Their mentality is throw, throw, throw, throw. I think if this kid ran five or six runs in a row, I think he’d commit suicide or something."

Terry Bradshaw's comment leaves co-hosts and audience stunned

Reaction to the comment was immediate as his co-hosts recognized that the remark had crossed acceptable boundaries. Michael Strahan looked lost for words. Howie Long stepped in to rescue the situation, saying:

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! That’s a little dark for this audience!”

Compatriot Cure Menefee recovered his composure by then to chime in:

“That’s a little dark for all of us!”

Suicide and mental health problems have long been considered a sign of weakness rather than a disease. As times have rightly changed, issues such as this have not been spoken of in a cavalier fashion, as they once were. Television broadcasts do not accept any comparison to such events at any time.

However, at the moment, it is also probably true that Terry Bradshaw never meant any harm. He was probably so frustrated with the Arizona Cardinals misusing Kyler Murray's talent that he used an inappropriate remark. A lot of focus will also fall on the stage managers and producers and if there is any short lag in broadcasts to avoid such incidents.

Terry Bradshaw can also be given the benefit of the doubt here because he has been remarkably open about his own struggles with depression. He was diagnosed with clinical depression in 1999. Detailing his journey, he had said:

"When you're clinically depressed, the serotonin in your brain is out of balance and probably always will be out of balance. So I take medication to get that proper balance back. I'll probably have to be on it the rest of my life. Depression is a physical illness. The beauty of it is that there are medications that work. Look at me. I'm always happy-go-lucky, and people look at me and find it shocking that I could be depressed."

As a forbearer in bringing such issues to the fore, Terry Bradshaw might be the one most embarrassed by his own remarks once the dust settles down.