Internet Jokes Fly Over NFL's Twitter Hack, Roger Goodell's Fake Death

Roger Goodell died. Then, he came back to life. Then, he died again before rising from the dead for a second time.

That’s the chain of events that played out Tuesday afternoon on social media, as the NFL’s official Twitter account was hacked by a jokester who “reported” the NFL’s commissioner’s demise.

Goodell isn’t really dead. He’s alive, well and presumably still plotting his next move against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. But the Internet had a field day with the commish’s fake death and the whole hacking situation.

Here are some of the jokes that flew around Twitter amid the chaos. Spoiler: some are better than others.

Breaking: NFL Hacker is caught pic.twitter.com/xWtlvXDM1O

— Chelsea Uihlein (@ChelseaGatesTV) June 7, 2016

New playbooks are in pic.twitter.com/RsZEq07VxQ

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 7, 2016

It would take a real evil genius to hack the NFL’s Twitter account and play a joke on Roger Goodell pic.twitter.com/7cf3EipRrF

— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) June 7, 2016

I picture Laremy Tunsil laughing and saying "This is what 'makes the draft so exciting' right Roger!?"

— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) June 7, 2016

Mike Carey says the commish is dead, tweet stands.

— Andy Behrens (@andybehrens) June 7, 2016

“Based on the Twitter handle, the tweet and the blue check mark, I’m going to say that Roger Goodell is indeed dead" pic.twitter.com/99yTlCtAfN

— Clem (@TheClemReport) June 7, 2016

NFL’s instant replay system really is amazing. Huge overturn on the Goodell play, as instead of being dead, he’s alive.

— jesse spector (@jessespector) June 7, 2016

Roger Goodell pic.twitter.com/FJiznwsYsO

— Mike Cole (@MikeColeNESN) June 7, 2016

The original hacked tweet was "The NFL has come to an amicable settlement with Tom Brady" but hacker figured nobody would buy that.

— Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) June 7, 2016

Cause of death: pic.twitter.com/0WAJseIqsj

— PFT Commenter (@PFTCommenter) June 7, 2016

Took Jesus 3 day's to come back from the dead. Only took Goodell 3 minutes

— PFT Commenter (@PFTCommenter) June 7, 2016

Nah. It's been pretty dead out here. https://t.co/hVMrU723CO

— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) June 7, 2016

I can't wait until the next Ted Wells report indicates that Goodell is dead and Goodell has to deny it in a press conference.

— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) June 7, 2016

If Goodell is legit dead then deflategate just ends…. Right…?

— Dana Ulwick (@dana_ulwick) June 7, 2016

BREAKING: Roger Goodell has announced the Patriots have been stripped of their 2017 first round pick over today's NFL Twitter hack.

— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) June 7, 2016

I do not wish Roger Goodell was dead. I do wish he was running a used car dealer in Poughkeepsie instead of the NFL

— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) June 7, 2016