Anyone who knows me is aware of how much I hate injustice. But when Warren Sapp called Michael Strahan's single-season sack record an injustice, saying it deserved an asterisk, I took offense.

Sapp does have a point. The record-breaking sack was a gimme. But come on, that's the sort of thing you should keep within, you know, the football community. On top of that, the feud is yet another needless instance of black-on-black crime! Here's why I think Warren Sapp was wrong for having started this fracas:

	Buffets beware!

Best Season of Sack: Sapp's best season, 2000, netted him 16 1/2. That's a healthy number, but Strahan's 22 1/2 is what got us here. Enough said.
Advantage: Strahan

Total sacks: Sapp, having entered the league in '95, two years after Strahan, is at a disadvantage here. After eight seasons, he totals 66 1/2. Strahan tops out at 82 1/2.
Advantage: Strahan

Personality: I'm a Warren Sapp fan. When things are dead, and training camp is about as dead as it gets, he never fails to provide pearls of wisdom. But this wasn't a wise thing to do. Strahan's initial retort, calling Sapp a "jackass," was fairly mild. And his follow-up insult -- saying Sapp looks as if he "spends too much time at McDonalds" -- was just corny. But Strahan gets the nod for keeping the feud at a humorous level, while Sapp clearly wants to go for the jugular.
Advantage: Strahan

The Big Picture Award: I understand Sapp's desire to singlehandedly maintain the integrity of all pass rushers, but come on -- it's not that important, is it? Strahan gets the nod here simply for making the comment: "Warren's jealous because he doesn't play in a big market." It might not be true, but he gets props for originality.
Advantage: Strahan

	A gift from the Brett Favre Foundation.

Leadership skills: How can Strahan get on Sapp for criticizing Keyshawn Johnson about not attending offseason workouts? In '99, when Jason Sehorn rehabbed his knee out west, Strahan was openly critical of Sehorn. This topic is stupid. Worrying about another man's whereabouts has nothing to do with the team. We all know a football team functions best when every man does his job. Period.
Advantage: None

Judgment: While it was perfectly acceptable for Sapp to have an opinion on Strahan's record, it was not cool for him to drag others into the fray. Saying Deacon Jones and Reggie White also place an asterisk next to the record was just foul. Not once has Strahan made any noise about it. He took Brett Favre's gift and chilled. Exactly what he should have done.
Advantage: Strahan

Hidden Agenda: This category was inspired by Strahan's seemingly innocuous comment: "I'm not motivated by Warren Sapp." But Warren Sapp is obviously motivated by Michael Strahan. Think about it -- he's one of the premier tackles in the league, following a season in which he posted just six sacks -- a season which ended with a 0 tackle, 0 sack performance in a horrible playoff loss. Entering his eighth year, Sapp is looking for someone to piss him off and push him to perform better. And Sapp wants that person to be from another team, someone other than Keyshawn.
Advantage: Sapp

Alan Grant, a former NFL defensive back, covers football for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com. E-mail him at alan.grant@espnmag.com.