Following Thursday night’s 15th annual NFL Honors in San Francisco, Druski and Tiffany Haddish got people rolling their eyes. They both mispronounced Mike Vrabel and Jaxson Smith-Njigba in a nasty way, and Druski even infuriated one of JSN’s teammates.
Smith-Njigba ultimately won the NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year award, which Druski and NFL Hall of Famer Barry Sanders presented on stage.
On the first attempt, the comedian nearly got the name of the wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks right. However, he tried again, and the result drew harsh criticism on the internet.
One Seahawks linebacker and JSN colleague who didn’t like it was Uchenna Nwosu, who wrote “Druski lame” on X after the fact.
Seahawks gameday host Gee Scott Sr. took to X to express his opinion that the NFL should “NEVER have Druski present an award ever again.”
“That’s that young man’s name! YOU NEVER PLAY WITH SOMEONE’S NAME! Especially in a moment like that. Hey Druski, you got ya bread, but hope you learn from this.”
Hall of Famer Barry Sanders drew the short straw getting stuck with @druski’s big whiff tonight. Put some respect on @Seahawks WR @jaxon_smith1’s name. https://t.co/tCe2afCcv9
— Seahawks PR (@seahawksPR) February 6, 2026
In their own response, the Seahawks public relations team stated that Sanders “drew the short straw getting stuck with Druski’s big whiff tonight.”
