Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann weighs impact of Jaxson Dart-Abdul Carter Trump controversy on locker room

While the Jaxson Dart-Abdul Carter sermon has tally wild, Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann was unconcerned astir the interaction it could person connected the locker room.

Dart introduced President Donald Trump before his code successful Suffern, New York, connected Friday, and New York Giants teammate Abdul Carter took contented with it. Theismann said that portion players successful a locker country person antithetic opinions, the absorption is connected football, and that the Dart-Carter sermon won’t person immoderate effect.

"It doesn't (have immoderate effect). It's going to beryllium it's going to beryllium football. I mean, authorities is 1 happening and sports is another, and we're starting to spot them transverse over. People person antithetic opinions of a batch of antithetic things successful a locker room," Theismann told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

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Former NFL subordinate Joe Theismann talks with sportscaster Chris Collinsworth earlier the crippled betwixt the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders astatine Northwest Stadium successful Landover, Md., connected Nov. 2, 2025. (Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

"A locker country is similar a elephantine family. It's not 53 guys, it’s 80 guys due to the fact that you’ve got signifier squad people, you've got radical successful and out. So, everybody has a batch of antithetic opinions. I deliberation erstwhile it comes to football, guys absorption connected football."

While Dart and Carter look to person antithetic governmental opinions, they appeared to squash immoderate imaginable rift erstwhile Carter posted to X successful a since-deleted tweet that they were "good."

"Me and JD6 are good! We spoke earlier arsenic Men," Carter wrote. "Y'all tin support y'all narratives."

Dart, 23, set the signifier for Trump’s code with a chant earlier welcoming the president onto the stage.

"Big Blue Nation, it’s a pleasance to beryllium here. I got to commencement this disconnected with a ‘Go Big Blue,’" Dart said, and past led the chant for a fewer moments earlier proceeding to present Trump.

"What an honor, what a privilege it is to beryllium here, and without further ado, I’m grateful, I’m honored, I'm pleasured to present the 45th and 47th president of the United States America, President Donald J. Trump."

Trump and Dart past shook hands connected the signifier earlier the 23-year-old departed.

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(Left) New York Giants backmost Jaxson Dart (6) practices earlier the crippled against the Minnesota Vikings astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, connected Dec. 21, 2025. (Right) Abdul Carter (51) of the New York Giants looks connected from the tract anterior to an NFL shot crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, connected Oct. 9, 2025. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images;Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

Carter began the firestorm by reposting a video of Dart introducing Trump connected X and captioning the tweet, "Thought this s--- was AI, what we doing man." He has since deleted the tweet.

The sermon implicit Carter’s repost of Dart’s quality with Trump was rampant connected societal media. Theismann called societal media arsenic 1 of the worst happening to hap to athletics.

"If you similar somebody, you similar somebody. If you don't similar somebody, you don't similar somebody. Probably the worst happening that's happened to athletics to a grade is societal media. We've seen a batch of radical conscionable get cooked by it. I deliberation everybody's entitled to their ain opinion, but I don't spot it affecting a locker room," Theismann said.

Theismann played successful the NFL for 12 seasons, spending each of them with the then-Washington Redskins. He said that authorities were ne'er brought up successful the locker room.

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President Donald Trump shakes hands with New York Giants backmost Jaxson Dart arsenic helium arrives to talk astatine Rockland Community College successful Suffern, N.Y., connected May 22, 2026. (Alex Brandon/AP)

"Never. We talked astir family. We talked astir football. We talked astir the hostile coming up. I can't ever callback a speech wherever we sat down and talked astir thing successful politics. I truly can't. And it was it was benignant of a harmless haven for I deliberation a batch of america to beryllium capable to get distant from, you know, particularly successful Washington, D.C.," Theismann said.

"You're successful the heartland of each the governmental elements of beingness and it was a spot wherever it was harmless to go."

In the locker room, Theismann said you interact with truthful galore antithetic kinds of radical who person antithetic opinions connected life, yet they ne'er talked astir politics. The 1983 MVP victor said that it was a antithetic clip then, and radical are much delicate now.

"It was a antithetic clip and I deliberation guys are delicate now. They get caught up successful the sensitivity of beingness and sometimes. It's bully to benignant of instrumentality a measurement backmost and conscionable fto beingness beryllium and not get effort and get excessively worked up implicit it," Theismann said.

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NFL backmost Jaxson Dart hugs President Donald Trump during a Fighting For American Workers lawsuit successful Suffern, N.Y., connected May 22, 2026. (Ryan Murphy/AP)

American Century Championship

This volition beryllium the 37th American Century Championship, and Joe Theismann has played successful 36 of them. He said helium utilized to beryllium a 2-handicap, but is present a nine, arsenic helium doesn’t deed the shot arsenic far. He volition look to crook backmost the timepiece erstwhile helium plays successful the tourney from July 10-12 astatine Edgewood Golf Course successful Lake Tahoe.

He said the American Century Championship is the lone happening that you truly privation to enactment in.

"The American Century Championship has evolved to 1 of those things that if you emotion play astatine each and you hap to beryllium successful that quote-unquote personage world, it's the happening you truly privation to enactment in. You get to measurement your game. You get to propulsion backmost the curtain connected truthful galore fantastic radical and you get to spot those that you ticker connected TV due to the fact that I'm a instrumentality of everything. But present you get a accidental to spot them up adjacent and idiosyncratic and you get a accidental to conscionable them and get to cognize them and it's exciting," Theismann said.

The 76-year-old said helium gets to sojourn radical connected the range. He mentioned Jerry Rice, Tony Romo, and Miles Teller arsenic radical helium has had conversations with, calling himself a ‘fanboy’ of Teller’s.

Theismann said "Top Gun: Maverick" is his favourite movie of each time.

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Former Notre Dame backmost Joe Theismann waves to the assemblage during a assemblage shot crippled betwixt Notre Dame and Stanford astatine Notre Dame Stadium successful South Bend connected Oct. 12, 2024. (MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

The tourney has raised much than $8 cardinal for determination and nationalist charities. American Century Investments donates 40% of its profits to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and activates fundraising astatine the tourney to thrust nonstop donations to Stowers each year. Theismann credited CEO Jonathan Thomas for the tournament’s charitable work.

Theismann credited CEO Jonathan Thomas for the tournament’s charitable work.

The tourney volition beryllium broadcast connected NBC and Peacock.

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