Noah Lyles responds to Tyreek Hill's request to race

Lyles also wasn't a fan of Patrick suggesting the competitors wear football pads if they race.

"Sounds a little too gimmicky for me," he said with a laugh. 

These were just Lyles' most recent comments about the beef with Hill, which has been escalating into a smack talk extravaganza for the last couple of weeks. Hill initially challenged Lyles to a race after he took issue with the sprinter's comments that winners of American pro sports championships shouldn't be considered "world champions."

Lyles' comments were directly leveed toward the NBA Finals and drew the ire of many of basketball's finest, including Team USA gold medalist Kevin Durant. It was NFLer Hill, however, who kept the trash talk going with comments earlier this month that he would win a race between the two.

This isn't the first time Hill has gone toe-to-toe with an Olympic runner. He challenged Usain Bolt to a race while playing for the Kansas City Chiefs, although that challenge resulted in a more theatrical speed test instead of a war of words.