5 NFL teammates who hated each other's guts
Players in the NFL spend the majority of their lives together during the regular season each year, either in the study room, traveling to and from games and, of course, out on the football field.
Thousands of players have spent countless hours with their teammates and become lifelong friends both during and after their careers have ended, but there have also been plenty of examples of teammates who simply despised each other. Here are five NFL teammates who HATED each other.
5 NFL teammates who HATED each other
#5 - Geno Smith and IK Emenkpali
Right before the 2015 NFL season got underway, New York Jets duo Geno Smith and IK Emenkpali got into a bust-up, which left quarterback Smith with a broken jaw.
Emenkpali had bought a $600 plane ticket for Smith, so he could attend his training camps, but he didn’t show due to personal reasons. When linebacker Enemkpali asked for the money back, Smith refused, which led to a broken jaw. Smith missed a lot of time due to the injury, and sat behind Ryan Fitzpatrick when he returned, as Fitz had a career year, leading the Jets to a 10-6 record.
Emenkpali was released by the Jets the very next day and signed with the Buffalo Bills before spending time on the Oakland Raiders' practice squad in 2017. He’s not played in the NFL since.
Smith is still in the league, currently with the Seattle Seahawks, where he might start this year as he competes with Drew Lock for a starting berth after Seattle traded away Russell Wilson.
#4 - Terrell Owens and Donovan McNabb
Terrell Owens was one of the best and most controversial wide receivers of his generation, and this was on display when he got into a spat with his quarterback at the time, Donovan McNabb. While they were both members of the Philadelphia Eagles, Owens was interviewed by Michael Irvin on ESPN and said he would rather have Packers quarterback Brett Favre throwing to him than McNabb.
McNabb admitted he took the comments personally, and also saw it as a "black-on-black crime" as Owens wanted a white quarterback over him. The pair spent two years together in Philly, where they went all the way to the Super Bowl in 2004, both making Pro Bowl appearances.
However, after the spat, the two evidently fell out, and T.O. was shipped off to the Dallas Cowboys after the ’05 season. He recently returned to the gridiron at the age of 48 in the Fan Controlled League.
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McNabb left the Eagles after the 2009 season and spent time with Washington and Minnesota before retiring in 2013.