Fox's Erin Andrews had terrifying Week 1 ordeal: 'This is not the way I want to die'

Perhaps the biggest story associated with the Minnesota Vikings' 23-7 Week 1 victory vs. the Green Bay Packers pertains to an incident that occurred well before kickoff. 

Per Ryan Glasspiegel of the New York Post and Outkick's Joe Kinsey, well-known Fox Sports personality and sideline reporter Erin Andrews traveled from Chicago to Green Bay ahead of the season-opening contest last week to interview Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Andrews was on a conference call with Fox announcers Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen, Rodgers, and others with the Packers when she noticed something weird. 

"I’m typing, headphones are working, we're good. I hear snoring," Andrews explained during the latest edition of the "Calm Down with Erin and Charissa" podcast with co-host Charissa Thompson. "I know it’s not Greg Olsen, Kevin Burkhardt or Aaron Rodgers snoring. It’s my driver who fell asleep at the wheel. On a highway from Chicago!" 

An astonished Thompson asked Andrews to confirm the driver fell asleep while operating a moving vehicle. 

"Snoring. Sleeping," Andrews responded. 

Somehow, she managed to keep her cool during what quickly could've become a life-changing situation.

"Moving. 65 miles an hour. I am so thankful I put my phone on mute because we’re on a Zoom. I put my phone on mute and I go 'Are you effing sleeping?!' Wakes up, Clark Griswold, it was awful. So now I have the quarterback of the team I’m trying to work on, I’m trying to take notes. I have full-blown anxiety. This is not the way I want to go down. This is not the way I want to die…"

Fortunately, Andrews survived to tell the tale, but she may want to consider finding either a different driver or a new mode of transportation for the remainder of the grueling season.