Kurt Warner made a mistake in the booth on Sunday that he couldn’t take back, and the Hall of Famer didn’t run from it. During NFL Network’s broadcast of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 16-10 win over the New Orleans Saints in Week 7 at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, Warner repeatedly called Steelers RB Jaylen Warren “Tyler,” mixing him up with Indianapolis Colts TE Tyler Warren.

Warner apologized on X that afternoon, writing, “I own it.” Late Sunday night, a little more than eight hours later, he posted again, this time with a message about accountability. By then, the mix-up had made the rounds online.

Kurt Warner Reflects on Steelers-Saints Broadcasting Mistake

Warner first issued an apology after admitting he made a mistake on the broadcast. After that apology, one fan puzzlingly accused Warner of going soft, saying that he wanted the 2-time MVP “assassin” back, not a man who apologizes for his mistakes.

Warner’s follow-up was short and pointed: “Relax… assassin still in there, and it was the guy that always kept himself accountable to chase greatness!!!” Then came the line the post turned on: “If you’re not chasing greatness and admitting mistakes, you never become the assassin; you get killed along the way!”

One slip came in the middle of a compliment. Warner, who called the game alongside Dave Pasch and Jason Kelce, was praising Jaylen Warren’s work as a receiver when he said, “Not when you’ve got Tyler Warren on the field… Nobody better in the league at the running back spot of yards-after-catch than Tyler Warren.” His booth partners eventually corrected him.

On the field, Jaylen Warren ran 18 times for 101 yards and caught three passes for 36 more. Tyler Warren, meanwhile, spent the day with the Colts in Minneapolis, where they played the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium.

It was National Tight Ends Day, of all Sundays. The two Warrens had shared a field two weeks earlier, when the Steelers beat the Colts 34-22 in Pittsburgh on Oct. 11.

Meanwhile, Warner addressed it the same day. The game kicked off at 9:30 a.m. ET, and his apology went up shortly after 3 p.m. ET, putting the right name front and center and pointing to where the wrong one came from: “Yes, I called JAYLEN Warren ‘Tyler’ today after calling Colts game & referencing him in today’s game.”

He followed with a broadcaster’s confession: “My bad, so sorry… It stinks as an announcer when you do that, and unfortunately it won’t be my last time because sometimes you just react and misspeak!”

And he made sure the running back got his due: “JAYLEN was awesome today, so hopefully I gave him enough love at other times!!”

Jaylen Warren’s carries made up most of Pittsburgh’s 148 rushing yards in a game decided by six points, and his 29-yard run was the longest of the game for either team. Pittsburgh never trailed.

Warner’s on-air point was about yards after the catch, and through Week 7, Jaylen Warren has 344 of them. According to Next Gen Stats, his 143 rush yards over expected rank third of 40 qualified rushers.

His 561 rushing yards through Week 7 rank seventh in the NFL, and his 5.5 yards per carry are second of 42 qualified rushers. Over the same span, Pro Football Network’s NFL RB Impact Grade rates him 82.4, sixth of 45 graded running backs.

Jaylen Warren and the Steelers, now 5-2 and second in the AFC North behind the 5-2 Browns on the tiebreaker, host Cleveland at Acrisure Stadium on Nov. 1 in Week 8.