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Juju Smith-Schuster sparked a small Twitter war yesterday while simultaneously celebrating Valentine’s Day and his first Super Bowl.
It all began with Juju sharing a Valentine’s Day card with a picture of James Bradberry that said “I’ll hold you when it matters most”.
Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody ❤️ pic.twitter.com/skXuZVgrYR
— JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) February 14, 2023
The card is a reference to the holding call against Bradberry late in the Super Bowl that gave the Kansas City Chiefs a first down, allowing them to almost completely run the clock down before kicking the game-winning field goal.
Bradberry’s teammate, AJ Brown, wasn’t too happy about the tweet and fired back at Juju.
First off congratulations. Y’all deserve it .This is lame. You was on the way out the league before mahomes resurrected your career on your 1 year deal Tik-Tok boy . He admitted that he grabbed you but don’t act like your like that or ever was. But congratulations again! 🎊👏🏾🍻 https://t.co/Z3SpMXnP4K
— AJ Brown (@1kalwaysopen_) February 14, 2023
Juju responded to that tweet, seemingly trying to move on from the issue he had started.
Glad you were finally able to get all that off your chest after all these years. Good game bro 👍🏾💍 https://t.co/2JNdB6uYqU
— JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) February 14, 2023
Today, Juju tried to explain his side of the viral tweet during an interview at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade.
"It was Valentine’s Day. James Bradberry is a great player. I respect him."
— @TeamJuJu joins @getnickwright, @Chris_Broussard & @kevinwildes to talk his Valentine's Day card tweet, winning a Super Bowl, Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid & if he'll be back with the Chiefs next season: pic.twitter.com/G815dEhrov
— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) February 15, 2023
I mean it’s Valentines Day. At the end of the day, man, he’s a great player. I respect him but, yeah, we just got to move on, baby.
Talking trash about a call that was the subject of so much controversy probably wasn’t the best move. Still, it looks like Juju Smith-Schuster and the Eagles players he bother with this tweet will be moving on from this quickly.