Falcons’ Ricardo Allen engages heated fan on Twitter

Many angry Atlanta Falcons fans took to Twitter after the Falcons blew a 17-0 halftime lead to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.

One angry fan tweeted a negative response to a story about Falcons safety Ricardo Allen on Sunday night which Allen didn’t ignore.

In the story by ESPN, Allen said the Falcons felt Sunday’s 20-17 loss “disrespected” the team, coaches, owner Arthur Blank and the fans.

Below is the exchange that followed with some language that is NSFW:

The fan who said he missed his own son’s game to watch the Falcons play on Sunday tweeted several more responses to Allen, but Allen did not respond further.

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