It’s understandable that fans would be a bit irritable after suffering through one of the worst primetime games in recent memory Thursday night, burning our collective retinas (to borrow a phrase from local reporter Troy Renck) in a game that set the sport back years. That angst may have factored into LeSean McCoy’s savage takedown of quarterback-turned-media personality Robert Griffin III, who clapped back at the former running back in a heated Twitter exchange that quickly went viral.
The explosive interaction began when Griffin tweeted a screengrab of Melvin Gordon shooting teammate Russell Wilson a blank stare on the Broncos’ sideline, prompting this response from McCoy.
Eager to defend himself, the former Heisman winner went on the attack, pulling up past game logs including a box score from 2012 when Griffin, then a member of the Washington Football Team, out-rushed Shady by 39 yards despite seeing three fewer carries.
Cherry-picking a single game from almost a decade ago to bolster an argument is, admittedly, a weird flex. Griffin loses further credibility with his ambitious claim that, had he stayed healthy, he would have had a better career than McCoy, a borderline Hall-of-Famer whose resume includes six Pro Bowls, a rushing title and a pair of Super Bowl rings. Obviously, McCoy wasn’t buying that narrative, taking another swipe at Griffin by highlighting his pedestrian numbers from 2020, which would be his final NFL season.
Still feisty from their war of words the night before, Griffin took to Twitter Friday to get a few more things off his chest, escalating their feud with this decidedly hostile rebuttal, even resorting to fat-shaming McCoy for his “roly poly” physique.
Truth be told, there’s never much to be gained in petty conflicts like these, personal attacks that, more often than not, are better left unsaid. It’s easy to get triggered on Twitter, engaging with trolls against our better judgment. Combating our biological inclination to “fight or flight” is easier said than done, though, in most instances, the best course of action is to simply log off, taking the high road instead of tweeting something we might regret later, potentially inviting more criticism.
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