If there’s one lesson to be learned in this story, it’s this. Don’t try Akiem Hicks on Twitter if you’re not prepared to bring it. One poor New Orleans Saints fan found out the hard way. Things started with the incredible sequence of events that happened in the divisional playoff between the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings.
It’s important to remember that Hicks had a personal stake in that game. Not only is he a Bears player taught to hate Minnesota, he was also drafted by New Orleans. The Saints had just taken a 24-23 lead on a field goal with 25 seconds left. Minnesota drove down the field and hovered outside field goal range. With maybe enough time for two or three more plays at most, quarterback Case Keenum took a shot downfield to Stefon Diggs.
The star receiver caught the ball and incredibly wasn’t touched as he streaked down the sideline for a stunning game-clinching touchdown. It was an absolute heartbreaker for the Saints who’d fought back the entire game from a 17-0 deficit. Where things got hairy for Hicks was when he called his former team out for heading to the locker room before the required extra point had been taken.
Bad sportsmanship by the saints to go into locker room before field goal 😒
— akiem hicks (@The_Dream99) January 15, 2018
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Needless to say Who Dat Nation were not in the mood for his remark and came charging at him for it. Sadly one poor sod bore his wrath the most.
Saints fan gets it bad from Akiem Hicks
Akiem Hicks with the clapback pic.twitter.com/FHuRS0B37J
— Al (@TreyBizzy) January 15, 2018
There may not be enough aloe on the planet to relieve that burn. If nothing else this proves that Hicks is a Pro Bowler both on the field and on social media, even if the league refuses to acknowledge that fact. Hopefully other angry fans will learn from this poor guy’s costly mistake. Then again this is Twitter, so probably not.
