Beef, at least according to the Urban Dictionary definition is to have a grudge or have one started by another person. We've seen Drake and Kayne West just end their long-standing beef, now former NFL cornerback Aqib Talib explains how his long-standing beef with Michael Crabtree started and ended.
Talib, who is now a broadcaster for Fox Sports, joined Bleacher Report’s “Untold Stories with Master Tes” and discussed how he and Crabtree finally settled their infamous feud, which stems from Talib snatching a chain off Crabtree's neck during an in-game squabble. Here's the video in case you have forgotten:
Talib explained how the two originally became enemies, starting with just some in-game trash-talking between the two. During their exchange, Crabtree said if the two ever saw each other back in Dallas -- where both players are from, it would be a problem.
"It started on some Dallas s--t." Talib said. "I was playing for Tampa, my dawg was playing for San Fran. And then I don't know whatever happened in the play there was a little scuffle after the play and Crab was like 'hey you from my m---------ing city, I better not see you in the city," The two of them eventually saw each other in a Dallas mall in which Talib said there was 'no smoke' between the two.
According to Talib, one of his coaches he played for in Denver gave him the idea to snatch Crabtree's chain after he had given a speech before their divisional matchup with the Raiders during the 2016 season.
“They think it’s a f–king fashion show, they running out with chains. If I was playing I would snatch that s–t,” the coach said.
Talib was inactive that game after suffering a back injury in practice, but in the Broncos' next matchup against the Raiders, Talib tried to snatch Crabtree's chain, only breaking it in half and was left dangling on his neck. The next time the two faced off, they were matched up on the outside, and Crabtree kept going on a blocking play, eventually tackling Talib to the ground after he had snatched his whole chain off his neck.
"The second game we in Oakland. We come out, boom he socked Chris (Harris Jr.) in the stomach. So they stopped the play, injury timeout. He (Harris) was like, 'bruh, you socked me in the stomach.' Next play he (Crabtree) comes on my side, it was on a run play and he did the same thing, boom, and I'm laughing because he just did this to Chris, boom, I feel the little punch so I start laughing and he started pushing me, blocking me, blocking me, I didn't think he was going to let me go. I ain't really on this s--t this time. He was still mad I guess. So when he blocked me again, all I see is the chain. So I was like I'm gonna to get him again."
Talib did just that, this time snatching it cleanly off his neck and causing a team-wide brawl and resulted in a one game suspension for Crabtree and Talib.
The former All-Pro cornerback then wraps up his story by saying the beef between the two was eventually squashed when Talib and Crabtree happened upon each other at a Go-Kart track with both their families. According to Talib, they stepped outside and after a few words were exchanged and both agreeing that their feud was pointless, shook hands, thus ending a funny and truly fascinating beef.
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