WATCH: Ed Marinaro takes shot at Packers during long-winded pick announcement

Ed Marinaro’s announcement of the Minnesota Vikings’ second-round pick was almost guaranteed to go viral. But in the more than two and a half-minute long speech, he took a shot at one of the Vikings’ division rivals.

The Vikings drafted Marinaro, a running back, No. 50 overall in the second round of the 1972 NFL Draft and he played in the league from 1972-77 with the Vikings, New York Jets and Seattle Seahawks. Marinaro used the moment during the 2022 NFL Draft in Las Vegas to take a jab at Green Bay regarding the phone call he got on draft night 50 years ago.

“The significance of me being here was that 50 years ago, I was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings,” Marinaro started. I know what you’re thinking, I look pretty good for my age. But it was nothing like this. I was in my little apartment in Ithica, New York at Cornell University and Jim Finks called me and told me, ‘Congratulations, son. You’ve been drafted by the Minnesota Vikings.’ And I’ve got to be honest, they weren’t on the top of my list for teams I wanted to be drafted by.

“In fact, there was only one team that I wanted to be drafted by less, and I’m not going to mention Green Bay. I see those cheeseheads over there. Anyway, it was a great experience, got to play in two Super Bowls. And now, 50 years later, here I am in front of all you folks, this is really exciting for me.”

That’s when a production staffer came out on stage to cut him off and announce the pick. The Vikings eventually took former Clemson star Andrew Booth with the selection. But the story will likely be Marinaro’s speech, which was cut off right as he was talking about his time as an actor, playing the head coach on “Blue Mountain State.”