Former NFL Pro Bowlers renew bitter feud - "You are an embarrassment"
Keyshawn Johnson and Warren Sapp were once teammates on a Super Bowl-winning team, but the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers stars' relationship has turned sour with a bitter social media feud.
Former number-one overall pick Johnson and Hall of Famer Sapp were key players on the Buccaneers team that triumphed in Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003, but the latter believes the wide receiver was a bad teammate. Sapp told Fearless With Jason Whitlock that Johnson had urged Sapp to push for the Bucs to trade for him, and he claims he did not repay him accordingly.
"He followed me around the Pro Bowl in 1999, lobbied me, put his wife with my wife, his kids with my kids, (saying) 'Hey, man, I'm telling you, you just lost the championship 11-6," Sapp said. "I'll get you that touchdown, I guarantee you. Me and you come together, we going to get a Super Bowl.
"I lobbied for Keyshawn on the team. He came on the team, they gave him a nice contract. Then in the offseason, there's no Keyshawn and I said 'You said you were going to lead my offense, dog. Where you at, baby?'
"He said he had some things in LA to take care of and I'm like 'No, no, no, no, you told me you were going to lead my offense so now I need you here.' When he gets there and we break the huddle, he doesn't know the plays, he doesn't know where to line up, he doesn't know if he's on or off the ball.
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"And then he didn't like Shaun King and I'm like 'Keyshawn, you're not getting another quarterback, this is what you signed up for. We have Shaun King, my man, you've got to get along with King'. It was ugly. At times, we did some good things together and won a championship, no doubt about it, but (head coach Jon) Gruden pushed every button in his body. He was not a leader."
Johnson, the first-overall pick in 1996, was traded to Tampa in 1999 for two first-round picks, signing an eight-year, $56million (£46m) contract in the process. He was left raging by Sapp's comments.
Keyshawn Johnson posted a picture of himself alongside at a Colorado game just a few weeks ago. (Keyshawn Johnson/Twitter)"Please stop lying, I would never in a million years follow your sorry ass ever," the 51-year-old posted on X. "You are an embarrassment to society. Sorry and I mean sorry. Please keep my name out (of) your mouth fake ass MF.
"Sad, go get some help. Tired of you using my name. The only dude I would follow is number 55 (Bucs legendary linebacker Derrick Brooks)."
Just a few weeks ago, Johnson posted a picture of him and Sapp smiling together at a Colorado Buffaloes game. Sapp has been helping out head coach Deion Sanders, whose resurgent program has become one of the biggest stories in college football. But their friendship is on the rocks after their recent war of words.
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