Tyrod Taylor, entire world don’t know how to pronounce Tyrod’s name

The Cleveland Browns have a quarterback controversy, and it’s not involving first overall pick Baker Mayfield.

It’s instead a question of whether the starting quarterback to start the 2018 season will be known as “TIE-rod” Taylor or “Tuh-rod” Taylor.

On Friday, Cleveland’s PR staff put out a request for media members to begin pronouncing Tyrod Taylor’s first name as “Tuh-rod (NOT TY-rod).”

To get to the nitty gritty of this, let’s start at the beginning of the controversy. We begin with this tweet on Monday, in which Taylor’s teammate, Joel Bitonio, revealed that the quarterback’s name has been mispronounced.

This is how good of a teammate LT Joel Bitonio is. He told me Tyrod Taylor’s name is actually pronounced TUH-rod, not TY-rod. And that while Taylor may be too nice to correct people, HE feels it’s important to get it right. From here on out, I will. #Browns

— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) August 13, 2018

A Browns staffer confirmed the tuh-rrible tuh-ruth before NFL Network reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala sent her tweet.

This gets weird because apparently Taylor isn’t the only one not revealing the correct pronunciation of his name. And he’s not helping the cause by referring to himself as “TIE-rod.”

#Bills HC Sean McDermott: “I have a ton of respect for Tyrod.” Pronounced it TIE-rod

— Joe Buscaglia (@JoeBuscaglia) August 15, 2018

Tyrod’s agent told me it was TY-Rod. His pops told me it was TY-Rod. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE https://t.co/RFHCPxt4Yh

— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) August 17, 2018

NFL Network took tabs on who called Tyrod “TIE-rod” versus “tuh-rod.” It’s a lot to take in.

How the hell should we pronounce @TyrodTaylor??@KyleBrandt digs deep to find out. This is a must watch. @Browns pic.twitter.com/M2SJ5W9Vsf

— GMFB (@gmfb) August 15, 2018

The crazy thing is Tyrod isn’t even super confident about how to pronounce his name.

“‘TIE-rod’ is definitely what I’ve heard most of my life,” he said Friday upon taking the very tough journalism questions. “My mom calls me ‘tuh-rod’ but she also doesn’t call me by my first name.”

What does she call him?

Di’allo, his middle name.

Ok now it’s Di’allo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(h/t @MarcasG @JimSannes @CantonRepdotcom)#TyrodGate pic.twitter.com/7LXd0WLPYo

— Marc Istook (@MarcIstook) August 17, 2018

Now that this is still not settled, let’s see how Twitter handled such controversy.

Me going through years of Tyrod Taylor footage to try and solve if it's pronounced Tie-rod or Tuh-rod. pic.twitter.com/bclDh5p1Sr

— Ryan Talbot (@RyanTalbotBills) August 17, 2018

Somewhere Tony Dorsett and Joe Theismann like pic.twitter.com/bIeTWD42KW

— Frank Ciatto (@FrankCiatto) August 17, 2018

Tyrod, tuh-rod, hot rod, don’t matter to me, Browns are going to the Super Bowl pic.twitter.com/3b0sS1UJoh

— Milly Rock (@33Milner) August 17, 2018

Now I can only hear Charles Barkley saying it. pic.twitter.com/9cwFgb2FIE

— Brad Timmons 🐬🆙 (@PhinsUpMT) August 17, 2018

The nfl made it breaking news tyrod Taylor is pronounced tuhrod Taylor that's how slow news is

— Waldo The Apache (@ASAPCaldo) August 17, 2018

I thought Tyrod Taylor’s name was pronounced Kirk Cousins 2.0 because they are basically the same average QB.

— Luis Landa (@1570_landa) August 17, 2018

Lol, I think Tyrod is actually an Irish rooted name. Tuh-Rod, or Tee-rhd would probably be closer to its original intended pronunciation

— JG (@JGU9510) August 17, 2018

Maybe Tuh-rod is his alter ego who actually throws the ball over the middle… pic.twitter.com/hj9SMsGqU2

— Bradley Gelber (@BradleyGelber) August 17, 2018

When I find out Tyrod Taylor’s name is actually pronounced tuh-rod and not ty-rod pic.twitter.com/QWoDytkxr8

— Tom Downey (@WhatGoingDowney) August 17, 2018

TY-rod. TUH-rod. #TyrodGate is making fans and the media lose their collective minds. #NFL pic.twitter.com/g4ci93rzMX

— Scott Rogust (@ScottRogust) August 17, 2018

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