Joe Theismann said the social-media clash between Giants teammates Jaxson Dart and Abdul Carter will not disrupt the locker room, arguing players ultimately focus on football.
Carter sparked the dispute by reposting video of 23-year-old Dart introducing President Donald Trump in Suffern, New York, and writing, "Thought this s--- was AI, what we doing man" before deleting it.
Carter later tried to shut down the fallout with a since-deleted X post saying he and Dart were "good" and had spoken "as Men."
Theismann, 76, said politics never entered his own NFL locker rooms and blamed social media for amplifying conflicts that once would have stayed outside the team environment.
In an era of constant online discourse, where is the line between a player's personal expression and team loyalty?
As athletes build personal brands online, are they sacrificing the unwritten rules of the locker room?