Shannon Sharpe’s popcorn emoji response to Stephen A. Smith on Twitter has everyone buzzing

Could Sharpe join Smith on ESPN’s First Take? Is that what he’s implying?

We’re all talking about who could replace Shannon Sharpe on Undisputed after the Hall of Famer left the FS1 show with Skip Bayless, but there’s also buzz on where Sharpe could go next.

Could it be FanDuelTV? Or could he, like everyone wants, join ESPN’s First Take for an epic daily showdown with Stephen A. Smith?

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Front Office Sports reported there have been talks about him becoming a “contributor” to ESPN so he could be in the rotation. And maybe Sharpe is leaning into that with his latest tweet, a response to Smith — who was quote-tweeting the Sharpe report — that has a bunch of popcorn emojis in it:

HMMM. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?