TheLegendOfBoom
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This analysis of the situation is pretty damn spot on!I've had the same impression - that Metcalf and Ramsey alternated "winning" their specific matchup when they were matched up.
Because Metcalf and Ramsey are good at provoking each other, the kid thought he'd get under Metcalf's skin with that.
As Metcalf comes over to ask asks what the kid said, Metcalf looks like he didn't like hearing what he heard, suggesting the kid may have been right to some extent about getting under his skin, but Metcalf is well under control. When the kid repeats it, Metcalf looks fully in control as he asks why the kid said it. When the kid replies that it's because of film, Metcalf is still pretty well under control, but he still asks the kid "who are you?" The other kids around magnify the burn with "oooooo" and repetition of what Metcalf said.
What's really interesting to me is that part at the end. I have to wonder, given how many times we've seen Metcalf do something he came to wish he hadn't, if he might have rrecognized his own impulse-control issues in the dumbass kid who decided to open his big fat mouth at a successful NFL receiver. I even wonder if he knows that within days, the kid is going to be famous all over the country as a dumbass with a big mouth, and if Metcalf wishes a little he hadn't hit the kid with that ninetieth-degree burn.
Metcalf asks the kid his name, which may be a way to try to undo the scorching he just delivered with "who are you," but if it was, it was about 0% effective, because that's just the kind of burn that has the potential to get attention from an extremely broad audience on the internet. In any case, Metcalf continues and asks if the kid plays football. The kid says he does, and Metcalf appears 100% sincere when he says "good luck to you, brother." He knows what it's like to be a kid with impulse-control issues, and he knows how hard it is to make it in football. I think he sincerely hopes good things will happen for the kid.
High school kids can get riled up and say dumb things when they are around peers and they happen to be in the presence of an NFL star!
Kudos to DK for not getting egged on and further engaging in a non productive, could be, volatile, conversation with a high school student, that probably just wanted attention as an insecure high school kid.
I can’t even blame the current generation of kids that feel they can say and do whatever they want, to anyone, much less an NFL star, because for the most part most kids at this age, have uncontrollable thoughts that are further fueled by bad friends encouragement. And that’s always been there. You remember when you were 13-25 years old, sometimes you feel invincible!
But DK handled this situation rather smoothly and you can tell although DK might have been a little annoyed with the kid, DK, pretty much shut the kid down, quickly.
And the kids friends will never forget how DK shut him down and at the same time, hopes, the kid betters himself…