We have a Twitter feud between the Giants punter and Eagles center
One NFL player criticizing another team’s quarterbacks is usually something worth noting … unless the player saying those things is a punter.
New York Giants Steve Weatherford is legit, he’s probably in better shape that a lot of NFL players, but he’s still a punter. So it certainly seemed a bit odd when comments came to light that were critical of the Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks, Sam Bradford, Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow.
“I’m gonna give you a Ferrari [Bradford] that maybe won’t be running all the time, or I’m giving you a nice Cadillac sedan [Sanchez],” Weatherford said on WFAN’s “Boomer and Carton Show,” via ESPN. “It’s not the fastest but you know what you’re going to get out of it. Bradford can go from zero to 60 in three seconds, but you don’t know if he’s gonna start up some days.”
Oh, don’t worry, he discussed Tebow too.
“I’m the biggest Tim Tebow fan in the world,” Weatherford said. “I mean, who wouldn’t want their daughter to date a guy like that? I’ll tell you what, I don’t want him taking snaps for my team.”
Weatherford also said Eagles coach Chip Kelly would get himself in “will get himself in serious trouble” if he signed Bradford to an extension, given Bradford’s injury history. Weatherford took to Twitter to say that his comments were taken out of context and that he was complimentary of all three quarterbacks, and we’ll get to that in a moment.
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Now, it should be said that all of Weatherford’s comments are fundamentally true and none are too outrageous. Nobody knows what to expect of Bradford because of the injuries, Sanchez is (at best) a Cadillac sedan of quarterbacks and yeah, you probably don’t want Tebow taking snaps at quarterback.
But, again, Weatherford is a punter. Eagles center Jason Kelce took exception to him speaking about his teammates. Kelce tweeted, “Of course a player who is literally not allowed to be touched is talking [expletive]… Is interviewing punters a thing now?“
Eagles defensive back Malcolm Jenkins joined in, retweeted Kelce’s words while adding the comment “#puntersgetnolove.”
So we have a June feud, I guess. Weatherford tried calming things down by saying that he didn’t have anything bad to say about the Eagles players.
Weatherford’s comments might have been taken out of context, and might not have been that inflammatory to begin with, but they drew the attention of at least one prominent Eagles player. Usually nobody pays attention to punters, so that’s something new.
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