Taylor Lewan-Andrew Hawkins CFL rules beef sqaushed by The Rock

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A heated social media tiff between Bussin’ With The Boys’ Taylor Lewan and ESPN NFL analyst Andrew Hawkins over CFL rules was worked out on Tuesday, thanks in large part to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Who had all that on their bingo card?

Our sordid story actually begins way back on August 22, 2024, when the Toronto Argonauts defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 20-19 after kicker Lirim Hajrullahu’s 40-yard field-goal attempt sailed wide left, but also went through the end zone for a game-winning single (or rouge), as is the rule in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

For some reason, Lewan took to X on Monday and shared a clip of that kick, adding some harsh commentary.

“This is the dumbest rule I’ve ever witnessed,” he wrote on X. “You missed a kick but it hit the back of the end zone so you get a point to win the game? So dumb.”

That caught the attention of Hawkins, who played six seasons in the NFL after two seasons for the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes, where he was part of back-to-back Grey Cup Championships. The ESPN analyst took Lewan to task for taking a shot at a rule that has existed long before the CFL began.

“Typical NOOB, jumping on twitter to give his opinion on a game he watched for the first time ever,” wrote Hawkins. “Bring that sh*t north of the border and see what me and Saskatoonians do to you!!!”

That kicked off a fairly intense back-and-forth between the two former football players, with Lewan taking shots at the value of being a CFL player, Hawkins offering to personally teach him a lesson, Lewan claiming he would have prevented Hawkins from winning a Grey Cup had he played against him, and Hawkins saying Lewan .