For those of you that don’t spend countless hours on twitter like many of us bloggers do – you missed out on a great verbal battle between arguably the two best cornerbacks in the NFL.
I took the time to embed each of the tweets that I could find on each players twitter timeline and put them in order of how the conversation/argument played out.
It appears that Darrelle Revis took it upon himself to start bashing Richard Sherman. The tweet, or one of the tweets that set things off seemed to be this one:
@rsherman_25 who do you think are the best 2 corners in the league besides yourself?
— Jon Lyons (@TheRealJonLyons) February 20, 2013
@therealjonlyons Brandon browner & Antonio Comartie
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) February 20, 2013
When asked why Revis wasn’t in the discussion (tweet not available).
@rpchudgar @revis24 he didn’t play this year so when he does then he will be in it
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) February 20, 2013
A fan asked why Revis wasn’t one of Sherman’s choices for the best CB in the league. Sherman then gave an honest answer, stating that you can’t be one of the best if you didn’t play. A very valid point. Sherman also added that when Revis came back, he likely would be in the mix as one of the top corners. Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis apparently didn’t take too kindly to that.
I never seen a man before run his mouth so much like girl. This dude just steady putting my name in his mouth to get notoriety @rsherman_25 — Darrelle Revis (@Revis24) February 20, 2013
My boy @johngeiger_ got more followers then @rsherman_25. Sit down young pup & wait your turn. — Darrelle Revis (@Revis24) February 20, 2013
Got off my flight to this hilarious convo. So I have 8 picks 3 ff and a sack.My season stats looking like Revis career stats — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) February 20, 2013
For the QB not throwing his way argument.In his 2nd year they were throwing his way.I still doubled his picks — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) February 20, 2013
That’s like you saying your better then Deion Sanders & since he’s not playing no more he’s irrelevant for what he’s done. @rsherman_25
— Darrelle Revis (@Revis24) February 20, 2013
Hey everyone @rsherman_25 wants to be a lockdown corner. He wants to be in the talks of a lockdown corner. So follow him so he can become 1! — Darrelle Revis (@Revis24) February 20, 2013
This dude just interrupted my NBA 2k game cause he has draSms to be a lockdown corner!!! HAHA #keepdreaming — Darrelle Revis (@Revis24) February 20, 2013
Look I just helped you get 6,000 followers homie!!! @rsherman_25
— Darrelle Revis (@Revis24) February 20, 2013
Remember that time the number of twitter followers mattered more than the production on the field? Me either @revis24 — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) February 20, 2013
Here’s what you should do to end the argument! Compare my 1st 2year only 26 starts…. With any 2 (cont) tl.gd/l3rknt
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) February 21, 2013
The whole thing lasted a couple hours and it was pretty entertaining to see two high-profile guys going at it. It’s not something us fans get to witness too often. Even a couple of ESPN personalities got to fueling the fire.
All-in-all Darrelle Revis is one of the best cover corners in the NFL, but Sherman was correct in stating that he sat out the 2012 season with an injury and shouldn’t be included in the debate over the current best CB.
Revis appears to be very possessive of his self-appointed title of best NFL CB and isn’t too keen with Sherman being a very worthy contender to dethrone the New York Jet.
All I have to add to the debate – who is currently the First Team All-Pro CB in the National Football League?
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