Two prominent NFL reporters got into confrontation at Starbucks

Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio later published a report about the situation and included more information. According to Florio, Schultz, who is a reporter for FOX Sports, confronted Rapoport at the Starbucks inside the JW Marriott in Indianapolis. Rapoport was said to have been talking with an NFL agent when Schultz approached the NFL Media reporter and said the two needed to talk. Rapoport disagreed that the two needed to talk, and they reportedly got face-to-face, with Schultz making accusations about Rapoport.

Schultz reportedly told Rapoport that if something happened again, the two would have a problem. The situation was broken up by NFL Security.

Schultz confirmed to Pro Football Talk that he and Rapoport had had a “verbal confrontation.” Rapoport reportedly reported the matter to NFL Security because he regarded the exchange as a physical threat.

The confrontation between the men comes on the same day that they had conflicting reports about the Tom Brady-Matthew Stafford recruitment.

Schultz reported Wednesday morning that Brady had hosted Stafford at his home in Montana and the two went skiing.

Rapoport responded with a conflicting report. He framed the meeting between Stafford and Brady as happening by chance. Rapoport said Stafford and Brady “ran into each other at a ski resort in Montana.”

He added that “the meeting, unplanned, was not extensive or in-depth and did not include Brady ‘hosting’ or ‘recruiting’ Stafford.”

Schultz saw Rapoport’s report and responded. He seemed to feel that Rapoport was putting some agent spin on the story.

“If you really think Tom Brady and Matthew Stafford just happened to run into each other at a ski resort in Montana — of all places — at the exact same time, I’ve got a bridge to sell you,” Schultz wrote in a follow-up post on X.

Teams are interested in Stafford, who has been given permission to see what is available for him on the market. Brady, who is a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, has been actively courting the Rams quarterback.