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“Incredibly condescending, insulting and trollish behavior.”

That’s how ESPN’s Matthew Berry feels about the tweet from the Arizona Cardinals’ official twitter account on Sunday that read, “YOU SHOULD HAVE STARTED CHASE EDMONDS.”

It was always about the tweet, and four days removed, bitterness still lingers.

“You’re down on the ground, you’ve been beaten and all of a sudden, your opponent comes over and taunts you. But instead of your opponent, it’s an official NFL team that said, ‘we lied to you and you guys were morons for believing us…ha, ha,'” Berry told The Post.

The ordeal began after Chase Edmonds went off for 27 carries, two catches, 150 yards and three touchdowns against the Giants, while David Johnson had one carry for two yards. Frustrated fantasy owners learned after the game that despite being active, Johnson was only available for emergency situations, valuable intel that would have impacted lineup decisions.

“I don’t necessarily think that teams owe fantasy players transparency. I do think there is, there should be a level of honesty, and especially if it doesn’t affect the competitive balance,” Berry said.

Berry’s rant went viral, and the fantasy expert says he has received “thousands” of messages in response. Berry said the reactions fall into two camps.

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Camp 1: “I feel this exact way, thank you for using your platform for saying this. This is awesome, this is exactly how I felt, this resonated with me.”

Camp 2: “You’re getting so crazy, I can’t believe you get so worked up over it, it’s just a dumb game.”

“It is a litmus test as to the point of view that people have…if you play fantasy football, you get the rant and you feel the rant,” Berry said.

The millions of fans involved in the multi-billion-dollar fantasy football industry have been one of the main forces behind the explosion of interest in the sport.

“It was insulting to fantasy players, to say that kind of rubs salt in our wounds, to try to make fun of us for believing their lie,” Berry said. “And then just basically purposely trying to troll a large segment of the population that, for the longest time, the Cardinals were a bad franchise, and the only group of people that paid any attention to them, except for their most die-hard fans, were fantasy players that have been there supporting Larry Fitzgerald and David Johnson for years.”

Berry maintains his favorite —  or most painful — rant is the Alfred Morris diatribe from last season when he needed one fantasy point to break a five-game losing streak. He lost because Morris, who led the team with 18 carries in the week prior, had only one carry in this game which was called back on a holding penalty. Meanwhile, Matt Breida, who had been ruled doubtful by head coach Kyle Shanahan, had 14 carries for 61 yards and a touchdown, and Raheem Mostert had 12 carries for 87 yards.

“One of the most crushing moments of my life,” Berry said.

In an ironic twist of fate, the Cardinals signed Morris this Tuesday amid the Johnson injury concerns.

“It’s just hilarious…it had nothing to do with me, but given my history with him it’s funny,” Berry said.

This weekend’s drama warrants uncertainty for the fantasy outlook of the Cardinals backfield. Berry spoke very highly of Edmonds, the second- year running back from Fordham.

“We know he’s good, and honestly we’ve known about Chase Edmonds for probably a lot longer than Cardinals fans have,” Berry said. “Edmonds has earned himself some playing time…he’s proven he belongs in the NFL, that he’s a very talented player, and they need talented players, they need more weapons on offense, especially for that passing attack.”

The Morris signing suggests Johnson’s injury could be more serious, and if Edmonds is the starting back, Berry says he “is a top-12 guy.” If and when Johnson returns, he would downgrade Edmonds to a “high-end flex, potentially RB2” and likened it to the Austin Ekeler-Melvin Gordon timeshare with the Chargers.

Berry had little issue with Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury’s handling of the situation.

“Ninety-nine percent of my anger about the rant was entirely directed at the team’s official account, the team’s official social media handle, and not any one individual person,” Berry said. “My issue was entirely about the tweet, entirely about the fact that an NFL team, from their official channel, made fun of fantasy players. I took issue with that and I still do.”

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