Ben DiNucci broke out with sidearm throws during the Dallas Cowboys’ game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night, and he was the subject of Uncle Rico jokes as a result.
Take a look at the Cowboys quarterback’s sidearm motion on this second quarter throw against Philly:
YOU'RE ON NOTICE MAHOMES pic.twitter.com/k5SLLCFMdW
— Computer Cowboy (@benbbaldwin) November 2, 2020
Ben DiNucci with the Uncle Rico sidearm throw pic.twitter.com/ZGyVKmgEcw
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) November 2, 2020
Fans instantly recognized the throwing motion and made comparison jokes to “Uncle Rico,” the eccentric, stuck-in-high-school character from “Napoleon Dynamite.”
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Ben Dinucci: pic.twitter.com/auCqTuXHma
— Gayle Saunders (@EagleSessions) November 2, 2020
Knew I’d seen that somewhere pic.twitter.com/0X95GlBivo
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) November 2, 2020
Those comparisons were perfectly accurate.
DiNucci is ordinarily the Cowboys’ third-string quarterback. The 7th-round pick was making the start for Dallas due to injuries to Dak Prescott and Andy Dalton.
