DK Metcalf and Shannon Sharpe go at each other on Twitter after ‘hero ball’ criticism

This escalated quickly.

What DK Metcalf did on Sunday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers was absolutely not smart and could have cost the Seattle Seahawks a chance at tying the Week 6 game, which they did with a second left before losing in overtime.

With the Hawks lacking any timeouts, the wideout caught a ball at the sideline and didn’t go out of bounds before he fumbled, which was recovered by Seattle and a spike left one second on the clock.

It was a bad decision. But when Undisputed star — and Hall of Famer — Shannon Sharpe called Metcalf out, the receiver didn’t take kindly to the criticism, sparking an escalating Twitter beef:

Over to Metcalf, who took his response to another level:

Sharpe reminded him that his career was pretty darn good:

And then Metcalf just insulted him:

Sheesh.

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