Monday’s Mashup: Twitter explodes with jokes about Rob Lowe’s NFL logo hat at NFC Championship game

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AROUND THE WEB: 

-- When Rob Lowe put on an NFL logo hat to attend the NFC Championship Game on Sunday night, he did not expect it would go viral. 

Cameras showed Lowe watching the game in the hat and Twitter pounced with jokes. 

Rob Lowe wearing an NFL hat like the big NFL fan he is pic.twitter.com/yvGGYGrCD8

— Clem (@TheClemReport) January 20, 2020

Rob Lowe going with the old “NFL logo hat” look that is very popular and cool. pic.twitter.com/ejteL1z788

— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) January 20, 2020

Is Rob Lowe just rocking a generic NFL shield hat?

— Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) January 20, 2020

Nothing says football fan like Rob Lowe in an NFL hat at the game. This guy LOVES his NFL football pic.twitter.com/Q82PYyXHE6

— Casino Steve (@Steve_Perrault) January 20, 2020

Today I learned Rob Lowe was a narc...who wears a plain NFL hat to a game? pic.twitter.com/Ihzz7aYaam

— Liam Beatus (@notliambeatus) January 20, 2020

Rob Lowe wearing an NFL hat in the crowd. Not a team. Just the NFL logo. Big fan of the league overall. Great stuff.

— jordan (@JordanUhl) January 20, 2020

Loving Rob Lowe's new hat! pic.twitter.com/NTJ0pn94n4

— jordan (@JordanUhl) January 20, 2020

On a scale from 1 to Rob Lowe wearing an NFL hat at an NFL game how neutral are you? pic.twitter.com/2F6z4YaIub

— Connor Stone (@connorstonehere) January 20, 2020

Rob Lowe: "Oh, we're going to an NFL game this weekend? I have just the hat..." pic.twitter.com/6rxIC0k7c1

— NorrisDeluxe (@MattNorris10) January 20, 2020

Lowe even responded to the attention with a tweet of his own. 

I didn’t expect my hat to be the most interesting part of this game! https://t.co/F54cTppe7C

— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) January 20, 2020

-- Twitter also took jabs at Jimmy Garoppolo after the 49ers won the NFC Championship Game and the quarterback only had eight pass attempts. 

Jimmy Garoppolo helping the 49ers win the NFCCG pic.twitter.com/D7xYZLu8uB

— LB (@LB_XFL) January 20, 2020

Garoppolo tonight pic.twitter.com/dbNKOlMzCu

— -- (@1R0TIMI) January 20, 2020

#49ers' Jimmy Garoppolo is going to be the first QB to play the Super Bowl on three weeks of rest.

— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) January 20, 2020

Jimmy Garoppolo's performance in a 3-score victory: pic.twitter.com/Y4rHVo7V9Z

— Johnny Kinsley (@Brickwallblitz) January 20, 2020

But George Kittle paid homage to the quarterback after the game by wearing an autographed shirt with a shirtless image of Garoppolo. 

George Kittle is wearing a Jimmy Garoppolo shirt. ‘I was saving it for a special occasion,’ he said. #49ers pic.twitter.com/m5L76WjpOy

— Daniel Brown (@BrownieAthletic) January 20, 2020

George Kittle really came out to his postgame presser in a t-shirt with a shirtless Jimmy G --"I was saving it for a special occasion. ... He even signed it." pic.twitter.com/cz3RhP931S

— ESPN (@espn) January 20, 2020

And he was labeled as Greg. 

GREGGGGG pic.twitter.com/bKa2OahoMj

— PFTCommenter (@PFTCommenter) January 20, 2020

Oh hey there ---- https://t.co/IXf1Z44j9L

— George Kittle (@gkittle46) January 20, 2020

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Like I said earlier, I am open-minded about the process and at the same time I love playing football and want to continue to play and do a great job. I am looking to what is ahead. Whatever the future may bring, I will embrace it with open arms. In the meantime, I am going to watch these two games as a fan and enjoy them from my couch.” -- Tom Brady, to Jim Gray on Westwood One, on his future