According to Gerhart himself, the whole thing started when he chipped Edwards on a play before going into his route â€" a perfectly natural thing for a running back to be doing. For some reason (vehement and unbridled hatred of White people, perhaps?), Edwards didn't appreciate the way Gerhart executed his chip, and he let the former Stanford stand-out know about it.
Afterward, Gerhart said he was surprised by the way Edwards reacted. (Wow, after all Toby has been through so far in the Mankato prison camp, ummm, I mean, the Vikings training camp, he's still "surprised" by the raging, blind hatred of him because of his Whiteness? That must be because of what he was taught in the "Black Studies" class he was forced to take at Standford when he found out that blacks can't be racist. Seriously, Toby is a smart guy, I'm sure he isn't really "surprised", he just has to play it that way...for obvious reasons.)
"I didn't expect it at all, but that's the way it goes," he told reporters. "Everybody had my back and they had their back. It's offense-defense. People are getting after each other." (Nope, it's not an "offense-defense" thing, it's a "black-White" thing and you are being treated the way you are because you are White.)
By reports, Vikings coaches mostly had Gerhart's back. Chip Scoggins tweeted that things got "heated" between Edwards and defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier after the incident. And Gerhart's position coach Eric Bieniemy also reportedly got in Edwards' ear.
Edwards, for his part, said he was just trying to send a message to the rookie about the proper way to do things in practice. (Yes, that message would be "ain't no 'White boy' gonna play the position of a black man".)
"Just let him know don't do what he did," (Sounds like Edwards, just like "Fat" Pat, took the same "English" course in High School. Once again, it's obvious that neither of them should've passed High School, let-alone qualify for College or graduate from it.) Edwards said. "Hopefully we don't have that thing again. Don't need to do that at practice, not against your own guys."
So, what exactly did Gerhart do that angered Edwards so much? So far, it doesn't seem like anyone knows. Except Edwards. (Wow, this reporter still doesn't know?. Like I said before, it's because of vehement and unbridled hatred of White people, that's why. The real question is "Why is it so hard for these reporters and the media to see this?"