"I can't let you slide": Ex-Rams RB Marcus Holliday calls out Kendrick Perkins for dissing Ja Morant over off-field issues

Former NFL running back Marcus Holliday has called out NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins for slamming Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant over his off-field issues. During an appearance on the "Out The Mud" podcast that aired on Saturday, Perkins discussed how his opinion of Morant changed for the worse.

"You f*ck up, not only do that make you look bad, that made me look bad," Perkins said. "They recognized you because of me speaking highly of you. It ain’t no coincidence you went from having 3 games on ESPN to 52.

When Holliday caught wind of Perkins' comments on Morant, he hit back at the ESPN analyst.

"Big Perk (Perkins), I love you big dawg, you're my guy, we talk all the time," Holliday said in a video he posted on X on Tuesday. "But bro, I can't let you slide, man, by going on a national platform and saying you're the reason ESPN decided to come down here a couple of years ago, because of Ja Morant. Intermated, that you're the reason that Ja Morant is getting all the notoriety he got and he's getting and receiving in the past, from ESPN. Big dawg, come on, now."

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Holliday also said that Morant remains one of the best players in the NBA and that his athleticism sets him apart from the rest of the players.

Morant appeared to be waving a firearm during an Instagram livestream in March 2023. He was suspended for eight games by the NBA for the incident.

In May 2023, Morant was suspended for 25 games for a second incident, where he was again seen with a gun on social media in a different livestream.

Marcus Holliday spent one season in the NFL with the St. Louis Rams

Marcus Holliday played college football for the Memphis Tigers for four years from 1991 to 1994. He went undrafted in 1995.

In 1996, the then-St. Louis Rams signed Holliday as a free agent. He played his only NFL game, against the New Orleans Saints, which ended in a 26-10 win for the Rams.

Marcus Holliday also played one season with the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1997.

Edited by Arnold