The back and forth...
Annnnd the inevitable betting odds...
---------- While I'm not exactly the first to take that an NFL player, no matter his age or position, would be a safe bet to beat the brakes off a 51-year old analyst with no athletic background, winning that hilariously hypothetical fight is a lot less important than the war the Raiders' starting QB just lost. Whether or not Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman have a point about Derek Carr's job security in Oakland/Las Vegas is incredibly irrelevant, because instigating him into gifting them endless content is the victory of all victories. Like, the fact that a professional athlete in the year 2019 would, either knowingly or unknowingly, feed the boisterous beasts that are shameless sports' media blowhards almost makes me as concerned for his future as his actual play this past season. Of course, I'll never know what it's like to be targeted by professional antagonists who never really have to answer to their own bullshit, but I do know that the worst possible response is to take the bait. Derek Carr basically swallowed the whole damn reel by going the "oh yeah, well I'll kick your ass" route, as it is as obvious an admission of defeat as you could possibly come across in an argument. That entire exchange is a hilarious indictment of how much of a circus sports' talk has become, no doubt. However, it's a far worse look for the face of a franchise that was deemed guilty by an unforgiving juror of his own peers of shedding tears this season than it is for two dudes who are only made stronger by scrutiny.
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