A brilliant NFC Championship performance from Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley on Sunday led one Dallas Cowboys great to troll the New York Giants for letting him go, a storyline that has been used all season. But Giants defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux didn’t appreciate Dez Bryant’s posts on X, leading to some public beef as they went back and forth.
Barkley scored three touchdowns on the ground in the Eagles’ 55-23 win over the Washington Commanders to punch their ticket to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. Bryant fired off a tweet as Barkley was dicing up the Commanders, poking the Giants for letting the star running back walk away in free agency and eventually signing with the division rival Eagles.
Thibodeaux saw the tweet come from Bryant hours after posting it, but he wasted no time jabbing at Bryant about his lack of championships in his own career. The two continued to exchange tweets, with Thibodeaux calling out the Giants’ general manager and suggesting that Bryant should retire. Bryant responded by saying that he would show up if the Giants asked him to work out for a roster spot.
The public beef between the two continued, with Thibodeaux implying that Bryant would answer the call from Giants GM Joe Schoen if he asked him to work out for a roster spot. Bryant responded by saying that he was done going back and forth and that he hoped Thibodeaux had a successful career.
The feud between the two players has been met with a mix of reactions from NFL fans, with some supporting Thibodeaux’s right to defend his team and others criticizing Bryant for his perceived disrespect towards the Giants.
