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People are still confused about how to pronounce Tyrod Taylor's name

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There's a new controversy in the NFL and it centers around the pronunciation of Tyrod Taylor's first name.

Cleveland Browns offensive tackle Joel Bitonio clarified earlier this week that the quarterback's name is pronounced TUH-rod, not TY-rod, but it hasn't yet been corrected because Taylor is too nice to tell people they're wrong. The Browns also released a statement Friday confirming the TUH-rod pronunciation.

But the Browns' senior vice president of communications, Peter John-Baptiste, then stated Taylor is fine with either.

Adding to the confusion, Mina Kimes of ESPN The Magazine tweeted that Taylor's agent and father both call him TY-rod.

Taylor's mother, however, pronounces it TUH-rod.

"TY-rod is definitely what I've heard most of my life, but I mean, my mom calls me TUH-rod, but she also doesn't call me by my first name," Taylor told reporters during a press conference Tuesday. "She calls me by my middle name, Di'allo."

Taylor added that only his mom refers to him as Di'allo, "so y'all can't start calling me that."

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