SUMMARY
- Ever since Super Bowl LVIII ended, 49ers star Jon Feliciano has been in the limelight.
- The reason behind the attention Jon has been receiving is the claims that were made against him by Jalen Carter.
The NFL 2024 offseason has begun with a vicious internet battle between the San Francisco 49ers’ Jon Feliciano and Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Jalen Carter. As it has gone on to become a really personal thing between these two footballers, social media has been buzzing around this controversy.
This back-and-forth between these two stars began after Carter accused Jonathan of making fun of his dead teammate. But in the latest development in this saga, the 49ers guard has hit back at the 22-year-old lineman and made a statement on the allegations against him.
Feliciano revealed that Jalen threatened to murder him after the joke he made about his teammate. The 32-year-old claimed, “Dude told me he was gonna murder me and my kids would never see me again 3x. If you dish it you gotta be able to take it. He talked about my kids, I made that reference.” (Via: X)
If you dish it you gotta be able to take it. He talked about my kids, I made that reference. I lost a friend to an accident too so I understand why he was upset. I did feel bad thought about apologizing until he started posting my kids on his IG then I had to get NFL involved.
— Jonathan Feliciano (@MongoFeliciano) February 14, 2024
In addition to this, the 49ers veteran also shared that he felt bad for saying what he said about the Eagles star”s dead mate. “Until he started posting my kids on his IG then I had to get the NFL involved,” Jon Feliciano added while sharing the reason why he didn’t apologize for his remarks.
How did Jalen Carter’s teammate die?
Amid this controversy, fans have been wondering who Jalen Carter’s dead teammate was and how he actually died. In this regard, it must be noted that the guy the Eagles athlete is mentioning in this saga is his Georgia Bulldogs mate Devin Willock. Devin was an offensive lineman who died at just 21 years of age.
It happened after Georgia’s 2023 national title, as Carter was racing his Jeep Trackhawk against a team staffer, Chandler LeCroy, when the other vehicle crashed. In fact, not just Willock, but LeCroy also passed away in this tragic accident, and that’s probably why the 22-year-old NFL star wasn’t happy with Jon Feliciano for dragging the car accident into their battle of words on the field.
How did the controversy between Jalen Carter and Jon Feliciano begin?
Even though this war of words between Jalen and Feliciano has grabbed a lot of attention, a lot of people still don’t know how this started. To answer this question of NFL fans, the situation began after Jon blamed his linemate Spencer Burford for missing a block on Chris Jones in the Super Bowl that ended a Niners drive, and they had to settle for a field goal.
After Burford replied to his remarks, the 49ers guard apologized for sharing it on his social media and blamed it on being hungover. But when Carter saw this entire saga on the internet, he responded to it with some heavy allegations against the National Football League veteran. In fact, the 22-year-old posted the claims on his Instagram story.
Awful: #Eagles DL Jalen Carter says that #49ers OL Jon Feliciano was talking trash “on my dead teammate.” during their Week 13 game.
Disgusting. https://t.co/mg26frkN8o pic.twitter.com/WYZYPwByAM
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) February 13, 2024
Accusing Jon of going too far in their words battle, Jalen Carter said that the 32-year-old invoked his dead teammate during a Week 13 game between the Eagles and 49ers. As it was a disgusting thing to do, social media took this matter into their hands, and that’s probably why the football guard came out to share his side of the matter. It remains to be seen what the future holds for this ongoing controversy between these two stars.