Seahawks' Thomas says Wagner shouldn't have played; Wagner fires back

The Seattle Seahawks were routed 42-7 by the Los Angeles Rams, and tensions seem to be running high between the team's star players.

Bobby Wagner, billed as a Defensive Player of the Year candidate prior to Sunday's game, played with a hamstring injury and lacked his top-end speed. He recorded seven tackles in the losing effort.

After the game, Seahawks safety Earl Thomas said he admired Wagner for fighting through the injury, but thought the linebacker shouldn't have played, according to Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times.

"I think you have to give your hats off to Wags and a couple guys that played, but my personal opinion, I don't think they should have played. The backups would have did just as good," Thomas told reporters.

In response to a follow-up question, Thomas added, "You normally see Wags running from sideline to sideline. He just couldn't do it today. But I think he waited just a little bit too long to take himself out."

Wagner appeared to be incensed by the comments and fired back on Twitter before deleting his post almost immediately.

Wagner then posted another tweet that said he would hold himself accountable, but quickly deleted that as well, according to Condotta.

The Seahawks dropped to 8-6 with the loss and are in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in Wagner's career.