Joe Buck on the set of Monday Night Countdown. Photo by Al Powers / ESPN Images
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Some prominent figures totally ignore social media trolls. Joe Buck seems to prefer owning them.

Ahead of the AFC Championship between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills, an X user posted, “Of course @Buck is the announcer for Chiefs game he’ll find any chance he can to dog on KC.”


The obvious problem there, of course, is that the AFC Championship Game is televised by CBS — with Jim Nantz and Tony Romo on the call. Buck, ESPN’s No. 1 NFL announcer, was presumably watching the game — and keeping an eye on his social media. The troll made it easy, tagging him.

Buck did not disappoint with his response.

“Yep! Almost set to go. Cold here in KC. @tonyromo and I are about to see who will meet the Eagles in SB LIX. Tune us in on @NFLonCBS,” Buck wrote.


Great response from Buck to a strange social media post.

Not only did the post erroneously say Buck was working the game, but it claimed he’s got some anti-Chiefs bias. Funny thing about that, earlier this season, Buck — and Aikman — came under fire from some fans for seemingly praising the Chiefs too much in a Monday Night Football game.

Buck even addressed the issue near the end of the Chiefs’ win over the New Orleans Saints.

“You know, when you do these games and you stand here at Arrowhead, which for us is maybe the best view of an NFL field with where this booth sits and this crowd and the noise,” Buck said. “And you see Mahomes doing what he’s doing, non-Chiefs fans go, ‘Oh my God, can you guys just shut up about Patrick Mahomes?’

“But it’s just startling to see somebody who plays the position that way. Especially, I would imagine for you, who played the game a different way. Ended up in the Hall-of-Fame, but more the pocket passer. I mean, what this guy does night after night, game after game, is just incredible.”


The takeaway here is Buck has shown he’s not afraid of engaging trolls.

In fact, he seems to enjoy it.

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