By way of explaining the decline in blocking skills of Vikings O-lineman Matt Kalil, KFAN's Paul Allen said Monday that Kalil is not as "mean" as he used to be.

Tell that to the heckler whose furry hat was knocked off by Kalil as he left the stadium Sunday after the Vikings 24-21 loss to the Packers.

Deadspin.com has video of Kalil swatting off the hat. Not the most mature response by a millionaire, and yet the response that one-upped Kalil was an even less grown-up reaction. Somebody threw something -- a game day program? -- at the football player.

Look at the video, and tell me what you think it was: http://tinyurl.com/pwgemvq.

This was the kind of interaction that makes me wish fans had less access, not that Kalil behaved properly.

While the loss to the Packers was not the drubbing, Carl Gerbschmidt predicted in my Sunday column, it was not a victory so Vikings players were unhappy. Especially Kalil, who got blamed for the loss by a heckler who says on Twitter his name is Rhett Wade. I left an voice mail at a number I believe to be Wade's. I have yet to hear from him.

In tweets to @GoesslingESPN, Wade told a story illustrating how he pressed all of Kalil's buttons.

"We just watched Matt Kalil cost us the game, so when he came out I really didn't want to see him, so I said to him, 'Where do you want to be traded?' He was on his phone," tweeted Wade, "and when it finally registered with him what I said, he turned and then he told me to get the [f-bomb] outta here, and then I said, "I'd rather have your brother than you on my team," and then he walked away like he didn't hear what I said, but then he turned back around and asked me what I said again, and I repeated what I said. Then he proceeded to grab my hat off my head and throw it on the ground and mumble some stuff."

Kalil weighs in the 295-pound range, so he could have done something much more harmful that whapping off Wade's hat. I am sure he'll be getting a love letter from the offices of @nflcommish, perhaps seeking a contribution.

If judged purely by the photos posted at on his social media accounts -- his Twitter handle, a profane twist on Kirby Puckett's name -- Wade is no model fan of the year candidate.

Nothing but class (drop the "c" and the "l") here.

Makes me wonder whether anybody had designed a hat out of a donkey's hindquarters, including the tail? If such head gear exists, one should be given to Wade and Kalil as holiday gifts.

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