I was out of the office sick yesterday, so I missed a lot of the Kevin Byard vs. Deion Sanders spat as it happened. By the time I got to it today, I thought, “there’s nothing I can add to this story and everyone’s already read it.” So, I passed.
But, now, I’ve been chatting with some of the other SoBros about it, and I’m all kinds of fired up again. I am like James Brown, high on life, thinking about this bullshit. So, essentially, I just wanted to come out and let our readers know that we stand in full support of Byard and remind everyone who reads this just how good the dude is.
Byard led the league with eight interceptions in 2018. Tack on two more fumbles recovered, and his 10 takeaways led the NFL, too. He was AFC Defensive Player of the Week twice in 2017. The dude’s a rangy ball-hawk that some have said looks like the second coming of Ed Reed. Not to mention, he played college ball at your boy’s alma mater: Middle Tennessee State, aka the Harvard of the South, y’all.
But, to recap:
You’re looking at who writers tell u who’s the best I know who players and former players feel is the best. I rest my case. You continue to be a fan and i will continue being the man. #Truth https://t.co/gnpwJHjxEK
— Deion Sanders (@DeionSanders) March 20, 2018
Ol’ Primetime out there referring to the first-team All-Pro safety as “a fan.” That’s disrespectful and insulting, and it shows exactly what Sanders is – he’s not an analyst. He’s a personality – a guy who made it in the NFL 20 years ago. A guy that’s going to spout nonsense and bring energy to the set, but no real insight of any value.
“I will continue being the man.”
Give me a break. No one who retweets themselves like crazy is “the man.” The only realm where Sanders is “the man” is in his own head. I don’t know what he’s smoking, but you can’t sit there and tell me that you, Deion Sanders, know more than the FIFTY PEOPLE that collectively vote on the AP awards.
Yeah, those people who literally spend their entire adult lives watching, studying, and discussing football really don’t know what you know, Deion.
Completely discrediting “writers” because we didn’t play the game, or we don’t “know the players” is lazy. Nope – it doesn’t matter what everyone else thinks. Tyrann Mathieu is the best safety in the game. Deion said it, so it must be true.
Is Mathieu the best safety in the game? No – I don’t think so. Could he be? Yeah, sure. And, I don’t think that Byard was necessarily insinuating that he was the best safety in the NFL instead, either. He followed up his initial tweet by asking how Sanders could look over names like Harrison Smith and Earl Thomas.
EARL THOMAS! EARL FREAKING THOMAS! A guy who has been the definition of what a safety in the NFL should look like for years.
Look, everyone has their own opinions, and we can sit and debate who the best safeties in the league are respectfully and reasonably, but that’s not what this is about. This is about respect, and the NFL Network is trotting out a guy who doesn’t even realize that the 1st team NFL All-Pro safety is not merely “a fan.”
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T.
Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD and #BeBetter. “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Alabama Crimson Tide football, the WWE, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley
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