Michael Thomas' X Rant Targeting Derek Carr

Within hours of Chris Olave being carted off during the Saints' Nov. 3, 2024 game, former Saints receiver Michael Thomas posted a multi‑message thread on X that directly criticized Derek Carr's accuracy and connected Carr's throws to receivers being exposed to dangerous hits. The thread, captured via screengrab by NFL reporter Tom Pelissero and reproduced by Sports Illustrated and NBC Sports, included explicit language: "Dude scary and panic and just throw the ball. Get him the f out of here he so ass." A follow‑up post read, "Dude tried to lie and say I was jealous of them making Chris WR1 whole time he can’t even get him a decent ball. He need his ass whooped." These posts were time‑stamped and reported on Nov. 3, 2024 [8][2][3]. Immediate reactions included coverage by national outlets that reproduced the screengrab and amplified the exchange; members of the Saints organization and Olave's family reacted on social media (Josh Olave endorsed Thomas's posts with '100' emojis, per reporting) [5]. The language and direct accusation turned a single social‑media post into a widely reported public dispute between a former teammate and the Saints' starting quarterback [2][3].

Thomas's Nov. 3 X thread matters because it transformed earlier, intermittent criticism into a direct, profane public attack that explicitly named Derek Carr and connected his ball placement to player safety concerns. The posts were corroborated via screengrab and widely republished, forcing Carr to address the rhetoric publicly in a postgame news conference and making the disagreement front‑page news rather than a private team matter [8][2][1].

Following Thomas's posts on Nov. 3, 2024, reporters captured the screengrab and multiple outlets reproduced the thread, prompting Derek Carr to address the comments in the Saints' postgame news conference the same day. Teammates and Olave's brother engaged on social media in support of Thomas's criticism, increasing public attention. There is no public record in the collected sources of a returned call from Thomas to Carr, an on‑record apology, or a private reconciliation as of the latest reporting in this corpus [1][5][8].