

(Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post)

By reputation, anyhow, DeAngelo Hall and Richard Sherman are two successful NFL cornerbacks who defend passes and intercept quarterbacks and talk a lot about various life developments and weather patterns and football players. In the olden days, these two men might have waged their verbal battles on football fields, or maybe at some sort of offseason panel discussion or something, or in letter-writing campaigns.

But this is 2014, and if two such men are peacefully wandering through the online universe and then accidentally cross paths, they might start typing loudly in each other’s directions, and then they might get mad at what they’re reading, and they might type more, and a virtual crowd might gather, egging them on, and the rhetoric might escalate, and professional copy-and-pasters might then have to put down their dinners to help spread the good news through the land, by laying out the entire discussion for all to see.

(It’s entirely possible that some of this is out of order, or that some messages have been skipped, or that some entries have been repeated. Not sure that really matters.)

Also, if I were a bored professional athlete, I would privately contact other professional athletes and arrange fake Twitter feuds. Weekly.

@RSherman_25 I know you can’t wait for your turn young fella. Stay patience and keep working. — DeAngelo Hall (@DeAngeloHall23) March 13, 2014

I can’t lie @RSherman_25 the world wants to see you lock up with guys like @Bigplaycj @DezBryant @ajgreen_18 all game long. I do too!!!!!! — DeAngelo Hall (@DeAngeloHall23) March 13, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 we all do. Just make sure it’s a rare occurrence …. — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 13, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 hahaha well I have yet to see anyone follow anyone and have the kind of years I’ve had..So enjoy that… My team enjoys wins — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 14, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 been tough on u huh lol — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 14, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 I checked ya film! It was rough…. Have some pride bout ya play — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 14, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 I just see a lot of Ls — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 14, 2014

@RSherman_25 yeah you right your team is great man. Can’t argue that. @Kam_Chancellor @Earl_Thomas they the Best in the biz. — DeAngelo Hall (@DeAngeloHall23) March 14, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 ain’t never disrespected u…. U coming with this nonsense …..gonna be tough on ya — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 14, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 Hahahahagaga …..make sure u keep getting cut and being a busy who occasionally gets lucky — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 14, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 let me know when u ever have an 8 pick season…. Please….I’ll be awaiting that call — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 14, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 I won’t pray I get beat like a drum…. I will just keep doing what I’m doing… Playing at a high level — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 14, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 is that all u had that season? — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 14, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 @RSherman_25 Both of you are great at what you do, case closed!!!!! — Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) March 14, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 so what’s the beef about? — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 14, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 @RSherman_25 Y’all get together and steal little nuances from each other’s game and continue to dominate. — Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) March 14, 2014

@ochocinco @RSherman_25 you win some you lose some. But you get that respect for doing it. And you get that money. I want him to get paid — DeAngelo Hall (@DeAngeloHall23) March 14, 2014

This was a great day! Thanks for the motivation! Needed it! — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 14, 2014

@RSherman_25 no beef at all young fella. I’m a dog you bark at me I’m barking back PERIOD…. — DeAngelo Hall (@DeAngeloHall23) March 14, 2014

@DeAngeloHall23 @RSherman_25 @DeionSanders Let’s start building each other up for a change, our kids need that and deserve that from us! — Darrell Green (@darrellgreen28) March 14, 2014