Ahead of their face-off with the Packers in Canada, a Raiders player is apologizing for wearing a shirt that missed the geography mark.
Raiders punter A.J. Cole was spotted wearing a shirt that said “Winnipeg, Alberta” before Thursday’s game. The Packers vs Raiders game is in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Looks like @DanielCarlson38 and @AJCole90 are ready for 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/Is0m7MqoY3
— Oakland Raiders (@Raiders) August 21, 2019
A few observers on Twitter pointed out the error of Cole's shirt.
WINNIPEG ALBERTA pic.twitter.com/oj26t58ysD
— 🅽🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽 🅳🅰🅽 🍥 (@TheNationDan) August 22, 2019
Well you tried 🧐 https://t.co/pUVGcLxkM2 pic.twitter.com/EttjJe6OCa
— Johnathan Abram Fan Account (@wpgfeasey) August 22, 2019
Cole issued an apology on Twitter, making light of his shirt’s geography error.
apologies to the citizens of Winnipeg, Manitoba... just a kid from Atlanta, Florida playing football in Oakland, Nevada with a low geography IQ @Raiders https://t.co/oh0i2tJbNR
— AJ Cole III (@AJCole90) August 22, 2019
Most of the responses under Cole’s apology tweet seemed pretty forgiving.
Don’t worry about it bud. I got another shirt for you if you need to borrow one. Lemme know. #RIPKurt pic.twitter.com/TqjzZLkaFI
— JAG (@NHLJetsWpg) August 22, 2019
In fairness the @raiders don’t know where they’re from either.
— Barry Bricker (@barrybricker) August 22, 2019
An apology!!! You're one of us now! pic.twitter.com/B3SbedFTEb
— Jason (@SubduedTheatrix) August 22, 2019
It’s all good @AJCole90, Winnipeg and Alberta are BOTH cool places! Welcome to our city. We hope you and the other players from @Raiders & @packers enjoy your time in Canada. 🇨🇦 @NFL @TSN_Sports @doniveson @nenshi
— Mayor Brian Bowman (@Mayor_Bowman) August 22, 2019
The Packers vs Raiders preseason game in Canada kicks off at 7:00pm.
