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Derek Carr on Michael Thomas comments: I don’t know what I did to him
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Derek Carr on Michael Thomas comments: I don’t know what I did to him

After Saints receiver Chris Olave suffered a concussion on a pass from Derek Carr early in Sunday’s game against the Panthers, former Saints player Michael Thomas sent a tweet chain criticizing Carr for throwing it.

Thomas called Carr “an ass on my grandma” and said the Saints made a mistake in changing offensive coaches because Carr remained the problem in New Orleans. After the 23-22 loss was over, Carr was asked about Thomas’ comments.

Carr said putting a receiver in danger is “something I would never intentionally do to a teammate” and said it makes him “sick” every time a player gets hurt trying to catch a pass. Carr said he wishes “this had never happened” and that he could have made Thomas happier when they were teammates, but that he doesn’t know why Thomas holds him in such low regard.

“I had so many teammates over the years and he’s like the only guy that didn’t get along with me,” Carr said, via Katherine Terrell of ESPN.com. “And I don’t know what I did to him.” I don’t know why he feels this way. I’m sorry for whatever he’s going through to make him feel like he has to do this. I don’t know. But he never called me during all of this. My phone number has never changed. In fact, I called him on different occasions. Just to try. And sometimes you can try as hard as you want and it just doesn’t work. And it’s not a big deal, so I don’t know why he feels anything. I didn’t see it. I won’t see him. Because I still ignore everything, the good and the bad. I try to ignore everything. It’s unfortunate. Especially coming from a player like that. But I wish him the best. I hope he’ll be part of a team, do what he wants to do and enjoy it.

The Saints have lost seven straight games, so there would be a lot of bad feelings around the team absent injuries and Olave’s downfall only made Sunday more painful for everyone involved.