During the first quarter of the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos game Sunday, Broncos cornerback Aquib Talib ripped a gold chain off the neck of Oakland wide receiver Michael Crabtree following a play.
The confrontation began when the two exchanged words after an incomplete pass along the right sideline. Talib shoved Crabtree as he got up off the turf, and Cabtree returned the favor with a head butt to the front of Talib's helmet—-all of which led to the eventual snatch and grab from Talib.
Talib's explanation for the act, which ended up breaking Crabtree's chain, did little to help justify it.
"He's just been wearing that chain all year," Talib said after the game. "It's just been growing on me. I said if he wears that chain in front of me, I'm going to snatch it off. He wore it in front of me, so I had to snatch it off."
Despite an official standing just feet from the incident when it went down, and Crabtree pleading for a flag, Talib was not penalized.
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Denver went on to win the game 24-6, but in terms of their personal matchup Crabtree may have gotten the last laugh. He went over 1,000 yards for the season in the game for the second time in his career.
Unless, of course, that was an expensive piece of jewelry.
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