# Chris Long Howie Long Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-long-howie-long-question/671162>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 13, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-long-howie-long-question/671162 "2013-10-13T22:04:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-long-howie-long-question/671162/1 "2013-10-13T22:04:41Z")

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Howie called Chris his nephew in the halftime highlights? 😕

Isn’t Chris Howie’s son?

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**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-long-howie-long-question/671162/2 "2013-10-13T22:16:55Z")

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I believe you misheard. Terry Bradshaw called Chris Long his nephew, he then asked Howie Long how many sacks Chris had for the season. Howie replied that he didn’t know and everyone replied sceptically, assuming Howie would know all of Chris’ stats by heart.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-long-howie-long-question/671162/3 "2013-10-13T22:25:16Z")

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He could be both…

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-long-howie-long-question/671162/4 "2013-10-13T22:30:03Z")

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> [@pricciar](#):
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> I believe you misheard. Terry Bradshaw called Chris Long his nephew, he then asked Howie Long how many sacks Chris had for the season. Howie replied that he didn’t know and everyone replied sceptically, assuming Howie would know all of Chris’ stats by heart.

ok

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**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-long-howie-long-question/671162/5 "2013-10-13T22:40:11Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> He could be both…

“He’s my nephew!”

_slap_

“He’s my son!”

_slap_

“He’s my son AND my nephew!”

_sob_

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-long-howie-long-question/671162/6 "2013-10-14T00:08:47Z")

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> [@pricciar](#):
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> I believe you misheard. Terry Bradshaw called Chris Long his nephew, he then asked Howie Long how many sacks Chris had for the season. Howie replied that he didn’t know and everyone replied sceptically, assuming Howie would know all of Chris’ stats by heart.

Yes that is exactly how it happened.

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**Author:** ![yesitsgary1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/50afbb/32.png) [@yesitsgary1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yesitsgary1)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-long-howie-long-question/671162/7 "2013-10-14T00:48:43Z")

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Howie Long sometimes jokes that Bradshaw is “the older brother he wishes he never had!” So, Bradshaw was jokingly calling Long’s son “his nephew”. I didn’t get it either, at the time. I was like, “what?”