Deebo Samuel had a bad week.
First, he lost to the Ravens on Christmas, and he didn't play particularly well. In the biggest game of the season, he had just 4 catches on 12 targets for 47 yards.
Then he went on Kay Adams' show, and Adams asked him about Cam Newton, who called Brock Purdy a game manager, not a game changer. Samuel clearly took exception to Newton's comment and wanted to defend his quarterback, so here's what Samuel said:
"First of all, stop texting my phone, bro. You were a fan like two weeks ago. You wanted me on your podcast after talking about my quarterback, which is funny to me."
Newton, of course, responded immediately. "Deebo, been a fan, still a fan, but you must stop the cap. You said stop calling your phone. I don't have your number. Whoever is calling you, that ain't my phone calling you. I don't even have your number to call you or reach out to you. And if I do, put it out there for people to see. I want the receipt, because maybe someone was reaching out to you that I don't know, but it wasn't me. Whoever is calling you, it ain't me."
Samuel accepted Newton's challenge and tweeted screenshots of text messages from someone claiming to be Newton.
Turns out, the text messages were from some random kids.
Samuel deleted his tweets of the text messages.
Better luck next week, Deebo.
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