When the Indianapolis Colts won on Sunday, it was only a matter of time. Team owner Jim Irsay was not going to let everyone outside the Colts organization go unchecked after everything he heard about Jeff Saturday.
The team dealt with a week of (probably justified) criticism after they hired former center Jeff Saturday to be their interim head coach. Saturday, who had never coached a game above the high school level, had worked on the team as a consultant. Saturday had no prior pro or college coaching experience, which drew a lot of criticism. They even dealt with it all the way up to kickoff on Sunday.
Funnily enough, the Colts won Saturday’s coaching debut against the Las Vegas Raiders in come-from-behind fashion. After all that, Irsay sounded off on all the critics on Twitter:
All you critics…you criticize all of us in the NFL for losing…When we make moves to Win… you act so righteous! “Who You Crappin’..”. Just Win,Baby!!🏈✌️
— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) November 14, 2022
Irsay wrote, “All you critics…you criticize all of us in the NFL for losing…When we make moves to Win…you act so righteous! ‘Who you Crappin’…’ Just Win, Baby!!”
The Colts faced tanking accusations earlier this week after they hired Saturday. Tanking is not an unfamiliar thing in the NFL. But Irsay didn’t forget about those accusations when writing that tweet. It’s fair to say that this was an inevitable reaction. Also, it was a cheeky end to the tweet considering the Colts played the Raiders.
The NFL world reacted to the Irsay tweet after it was made.
Every time I see an Irsay tweet, I gotta make sure he isn’t getting hacked lmao. https://t.co/gZX4baqhEv
— Chris Williamson (@CWilliamson44) November 14, 2022
See what the Raiders did? https://t.co/85n0Lsm33y
— JP Acosta (@acosta32_jp) November 14, 2022
Can be sung to the tune of most Velvet Underground songs. https://t.co/lQCmeYtZDY
— Mike Tanier (@MikeTanier) November 14, 2022
Trolling … Let’s see how this plays out. https://t.co/ZmMc4EdMzW
— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) November 14, 2022
Mic Drop https://t.co/3dOI6fsa0V
— Chris Hagan (@ChrisHaganIndy) November 14, 2022
That W ranks up there for Irsay, alright. https://t.co/eQVHqZE0fI pic.twitter.com/Ye317qOKap
— Charlie Clifford (@char_cliff) November 14, 2022
I so wish more NFL owners would tweet https://t.co/RiSs4YcKKM
— Daniel Kaplan (@KaplanSportsBiz) November 14, 2022
You’re really taking a victory lap after beating the Raiders. And you’re going to use the slogan. Congratulations 🤣🤣🤦🏾♂️ https://t.co/C2QlPwj7Yd
— Antwan V. Staley (@antwanstaley) November 14, 2022
who you crappin!
i need to write an analysis of Irsay's twitter https://t.co/tTQBb5jQis— Kalyn Kahler (@kalynkahler) November 14, 2022
