The NFL season is long and grueling. Adding a little fun on the field to the mix can bring some levity to just how intense the games are from week to week.
Don’t let Donte Whitner read that opening statement.
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New York Giants quarterback Jameis Winston looks to pass during the second half of an NFL game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
The two-time Pro Bowl defensive back, who called it a career after the 2016 season, called on the New York Giants to cut quarterback Jameis Winston after the veteran channeled his inner Baha Men to try to get the Washington Commanders to jump offside during their game Thursday.
Winston got to the line of scrimmage and said, “Who let the dogs out? Who? Who? Who?” The moment went viral across social media and also left Amazon Prime broadcasters Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit baffled.
“I’d cut Jameis Winston this morning,” Whitner said Friday on ESPN’s “Get Up,” via the New York Post. “It was so unrealistic. You have 10 other guys out there and guys on defense that are busting their butt every week, and it’s very hard and difficult to win a game in the National Football League. So, when you get up there – first and foremost, whoever says hut 1, hut 2, hut 3? That’s 1950s football.
Washington Redskins defensive back Donte Whitner (39) plays against the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Dec. 4, 2016. The Cardinals defeated the Redskins 31-23. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)
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“And then when you go into ‘Who Let the Dogs Out’? Are you serious? He’s clearly just trying to go viral on social media while they’re trying to win a football game. He’d get his pink slip this morning.”
Giants coach John Harbaugh had no problem with the cadence even after the team squandered a lead late and lost the game 24-21. It’s why Whitner is talking about football on ESPN instead of being in an NFL front office.
Players and coaches have complained for years that the NFL really stands for the “No Fun League.” But when fun actually happens on the field – it’s a problem.
New York Giants quarterback Jameis Winston throws the ball before a game against the Washington Commanders at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Nov. 12, 2026. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)
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Winston is still on the Giants’ roster as of Sunday morning. It didn’t appear anyone took the criticism too seriously.