The Denver Broncos are making people so angry that they were even the impetus for a Twitter argument between ESPN’s Robert Griffin III and former NFL player LeSean McCoy until Jackson State’s Deion Sanders stepped in.
We start this Mad Libs story on Thursday night when the Broncos played the Indianapolis Colts in a truly terrible Thursday Night Football contest full of offensive futility. An image of Broncos running back Melvin Gordon staring at quarterback Russell Wilson started making the rounds and RGIII, himself a former NFL quarterback, decided to have some fun with it.
Caption this…. pic.twitter.com/8SQ862D2yZ
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) October 7, 2022
While plenty of people had fun captioning the photo, former Pro Bowl running back McCoy did not. McCoy responded to Griffin by commenting that the former Washington quarterback “experience(d) this moment a lot more than Russ,” taking a shot at RGIII’s disappointing NFL career.
Damn bro take it easy on him lol you experience this moment a lot more than Russ https://t.co/4gL93p8drD
— LeSean Shady Mccoy (@CutonDime25) October 7, 2022
Griffin wasn’t about to take that and let it go. The NFL analyst then accused McCoy of being bitter and claimed that if not for injuries he would have had a better career than the former Eagles star.
https://twitter.com/RGIII/status/1578467194014289925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1578467194014289925%7Ctwgr%5E8de0957ea8c8f4d2b898f18ce689c723fe44ad89%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flarrybrownsports.com%2Ffootball%2Frobert-griffin-lesean-mccoy-twitter-argument%2F605210
Things kept going and it seemed like these two might do this dance forever. Then, NFL legend and Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders, of all people, intervened.
Okay fellas that's enough! We love both of y'all and both of y'all were truly dominant. Let's show love and not display hate. That lil sparring match was funny tho. But enough 🤷🏾♂️💯🙏🏾✅🏈👊🏾 https://t.co/7ISTjoZIUd
— COACH PRIME (@DeionSanders) October 7, 2022
Griffin was ready to let bygones be bygones but McCoy decided to get another shot in, questioning Sanders’ characterization of RGIII as “dominant.”
Lolol love ya man! https://t.co/5pL2vm7KJ3
— COACH PRIME (@DeionSanders) October 7, 2022
Wow PRIME dominant 👀👀👀👀 OG u kno @RGIII was TRASH 😂😂😂😂 he got like 5k yards… If he played in your division they would of gave you a diamond JACKET https://t.co/UjcMvX0Unh
— LeSean Shady Mccoy (@CutonDime25) October 7, 2022
It looks like the drama ends there, but who knows when LeSean might strike again as he’s developed a reputation for speaking his mind pretty plainly.
About Sean Keeley
Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Managing Editor for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.