Back to the Top News Newsfeed

Get off my lawn: ESPN's Gruden indicts 'social media' for bong video at NFL Draft

ESPN's NFL Draft TV coverage took a turn toward the surreal when Chris Berman's on-air crew had to address an online video showing projected top 10 pick Laremy Tunsil apparently smoking a bong — with a gas mask on.

MORE: Follow the NFL Draft live | Tunsil video convinces teams to just say no

The "Cheech and Chong"-like video gave ESPN's old-school NFL analyst Jon Gruden the opportunity to fulminate about the evils of "social media" to a national TV audience Thursday night.

The video of Tunsil smoking the bong, with a Confederate flag in the background no less, appeared on his verified Twitter feed just before the 2016 NFL Draft started at 8 p.