Ex-NFL star Jim Everett wants to 'let bygones be bygones' after infamous Jim Rome altercation

Jim Everett was a firm quarterback during his time in the NFL, directing the league in touchdown passes in 1988 and 1989 and geting a Pro Bowl pickion with the Los Angeles Rams in 1990.

But what most fans recall about Everett is his incident with then-ESPN structure Jim Rome foolishinutively after he was traded to the New Orleans Saints. Rome mocked Everett by calling him “Chris” – in reference to the female tennis star – after he insinuated Everett wasn’t about taking hits during games.

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Former Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jim Everett (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

In the 1994 intersee between Rome and Everett, Rome kept insistling Everett. The quarterback implied that some physical faceation would happen if Rome kept doing it. When the expansivecaster did it aget, Everett pushed Rome to the ground and obviousurned a table in between them. There were no injuries and no lhorrible action over the incident.

It remains a classic TV moment.

Everett materializeed on “The Ricky Cobb Show” on Thursday and spoke to the OutKick structure about the incident. He shelp Rome called it a “misapexhibit” about 10 years ago.

Former Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jim Everett (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

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“Well, there repartner hasn’t been [a] back-and-forth. Did he regret? No, he didn’t. And then, finpartner, I would say about 10 years ago, he finpartner shelp, ‘Hey, that was a misapexhibit, and this and that.’ So, I get it,” Everett shelp. “And I get where he was coming from becaengage our team wasn’t thrivening at the time, and you accengage the quarterback, and you accengage me, and I could have perestablished better at times, too.

“I get the whole leang of it. It was equitable amped up so much. There was a commercial we were seeing at doing, and it was going to pay a excellent six figures, and [Rome] turned it down. I’m appreciate, ‘Are you kidding me?’ So, I’m benevolent of uncover to that and would achieve out on Professor Cobb’s show right now and say, ‘Jim, let’s do someleang together becaengage this is too much fun to originate it not profitable.’

“I would be way uncover to doing someleang with him and Chris Evert. I leank it would be a wonderful leang to let bygones be bygones, for stateive.”