For the second straight week, a high-profile-yet-embattled NFL quarterback got into it with a fan on Twitter.
This time it was San Francisco 49ers signal-caller Colin Kaepernick. It started when he posted this Wednesday afternoon:
1000 abs.... arm workout..... 10 min straight on the jump rope.... 2 hour study session in February..... that's what we call a recovery day!
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7)
February 18, 2015 Then came this, from a fan clearly not happy with Kaepernick's recent play:
@Kaepernick7 @49ers ab workout won't help find open receiver
#study— stephen batten (@battman_returns)
February 18, 2015 Let that go? Like
Robert Griffin III before him, Kaepernick wasn't about to.
@battman_returns are you illiterate or just ignorant? Read the tweet again better yet give me your breakdown of every defensive coverage
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7)
February 18, 2015@battman_returns I want every players responsibility on every coverage if you can't do it mind your damn business clown!
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7)
February 18, 2015@battman_returns you got 8 followers bruh your own family don't even want to know what you doin! Get better at life!
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7)
February 18, 2015 That, as they say in Twitter parlance, is pure *insert multiple fire emojis here*.
However, not everyone sided with the QB. We can't confirm that @battman_returns indeed had eight followers at the time of his tweeting, but at the time of this writing the once-anonymous fan's follower count was at 500 and rising.
Clearly, there are plenty of people on both sides of this divide.