One of the most dramatic sequences of the NFL season came in the closing moments of the first half of Monday night’s Seattle Seahawks-Buffalo Bills game.

Seahawks’ corner Richard Sherman committed about the most egregious offsides you’ll ever see on a football field, screaming off the line well before the ball was snapped to try to block a 53-yard field goal attempt from Buffalo’s Dan Carpenter, and while Sherman did get some of the ball, he also barreled into Carpenter. The kicker crumpled to the turf, Bills’ medical staff came onto the field, and a few seconds later Carpenter bounced up like nothing was wrong.

Richard Sherman reaches for the ball on Dan Carpenter’s second-quarter field-goal try. (AP) More

Sherman was flagged for offsides on the play.

Buffalo coach Rex Ryan and other members of the Bills weren’t thrilled with Sherman, implying it was a dirty play. Sherman said he was trying to block the kick.

But then Carpenter’s wife, Kaela, took things even further, posting this on Twitter:

I know what we do on the farm when a male can't control his own rage. #LuckyImNotThere #Sherman #ActLikeAnAnimalGetTreatedLike1 pic.twitter.com/tgSlzIjWoS — Kaela Carpenter (@KaelaCarpenter) November 8, 2016





Kaela Carpenter has a right to be upset that it initially looked like her husband was injured – although his “miraculous recovery” was reminiscent of an elite-level soccer dive.

But her tweet is highly insensitive and offensive to many.

The instrument pictured is a tool used to castrate animals. Male farm animals are castrated to stem their aggression.

But it was not uncommon during the days of slavery in the United States for male slaves to be castrated or suffer another form of genital mutilation, like animals, as a form of punishment. And even without the racial undertones, threatening to castrate a man over a play on a football field is over the top.

Sherman tried to laugh off Carpenter’s tweet, sending her this message:

@KaelaCarpenter ???????????????????? Thank you! Have a great day — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) November 8, 2016



