So Calgary running back Jerome Messam was apparently watching the Pittsburgh Steelers game against the New England Patriots on Sunday when he saw something… familiar.
With 12 seconds to go, the Steelers down by three and his team at the New England seven-yard line, Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger faked spiking the ball then tried to throw a game-winning touchdown pass in the end zone. The ball was tipped, then intercepted and the Patriots won.
This was Messam’s reaction.
https://twitter.com/JMessam/status/942550595361177600
Now, it’s easy to read too much into a Tweet but the missive comes on the heels of the Stampeders’ recent loss to the Toronto Argonauts in the Grey Cup – a game in which Calgary quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell was intercepted in the end zone while trying to throw a game-winning touchdown pass with his team in field goal range.
https://twitter.com/TSN_Sports/status/934981263953485825
Reaction to Messam’s Tweet were, as usual, on point and laden with quality gifs… let’s start with Rider offensive lineman Derek Dennis.
https://twitter.com/6BONECRUSHER3/status/942583982817869824
And Calgary teammate Marquay McDaniel…
https://twitter.com/_McDaniel16/status/942558235642310656
Random fans…
https://twitter.com/TylerSinger306/status/942558783087132672
https://twitter.com/greenmint69/status/942563091031740416
https://twitter.com/yawto/status/942617134743486464
https://twitter.com/CusanoDamon/status/942588122319036417
And there’s plenty more where that came from. Anyway, Messam tried to downplay the reaction to his initial Tweet with another Tweet (though, to his credit, he didn’t delete the original.)
https://twitter.com/JMessam/status/942558371156299783
We appreciate the advice, though.
