Adam Schefter confirms he doesn’t use illegal streaming sites [Video]

As he as wont to do, Adam Schefter took to X last week to share a viral clip from the Thursday Night Football matchup between the New York Jets and Houston Texans.

There was just one problem: As many quickly noticed on social media, the ESPN insider didn’t post the clip from Amazon’s feed of the game. Rather, based on the wordmark in the upper lefthand corner, the clip was pulled from the popular pirate streaming site known as Meth Streams.

No TD.Fumble.Texans ball. pic.twitter.com/UClFEqVm3R

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 1, 2024

Schefter’s use of a clip from Meth Streams raised immediate red flags and led many — including this website — to question whether ESPN’s top NFL insider uses illegal streaming websites to bypass Amazon Prime Video’s paywall. While Front Office Sports later reportedthat wasn’t the case and that Schefter had merely shared the clip from a third-party source without noticing the wordmark, he has now confirmed himself that not only does he …