It’ll be interesting to see how the Monday Night Football crew handles talking about the Chiefs’ social media controversy this week. How much do they discuss what Anthony Hitchens and Tyrann Mathieu posted? If you don’t know what I’m talking about - here’s a shortened version: Mathieu and Hitchens seemingly called out Chiefs fans on social media over the weekend for being too negative about the team’s poor start, and then Mathieu apologized for it during a media session - saying his frustrations got the best of him and he shouldn’t have used the word “toxic,” basically, to describe Chiefs Kingdom.
What Hitchens said was ridiculous. One could say that Tyrann had his teammates back and that there is merit in that. To insult your customers who pay you millions of dollars is not bright. HB needs to delete his social media apps and Hitchens should be relegated as a back up (not because of this). All Chiefs fans should not be lumped in with a few who are toxic. Players need to be smart enough to know this. Hitchens is overpaid and always has been. That is not a toxic statement. It is an honest assessment from a stakeholder. This stakeholder has not been impressed HB's play and fears that his lack of an extension might be a problem. I talked to a guy at training camp who had been aware of Justin Houston and Eric Berry's disgruntled performances. I hope it is not happening again.
Thank you BJ. I hope you emphasize the point about Tyrann Mathieu's standing in the community every chance you get. And you can tell the guy is an authentically good dude. Of course I wish he hadn't posted what he did... but it's not cause for excoriating him publicly, especially in the face of all he's given to the fan base and community, and there's a lot more to the story than one stupid Insta comment.
What Hitchens said was ridiculous. One could say that Tyrann had his teammates back and that there is merit in that. To insult your customers who pay you millions of dollars is not bright. HB needs to delete his social media apps and Hitchens should be relegated as a back up (not because of this). All Chiefs fans should not be lumped in with a few who are toxic. Players need to be smart enough to know this. Hitchens is overpaid and always has been. That is not a toxic statement. It is an honest assessment from a stakeholder. This stakeholder has not been impressed HB's play and fears that his lack of an extension might be a problem. I talked to a guy at training camp who had been aware of Justin Houston and Eric Berry's disgruntled performances. I hope it is not happening again.
Thank you BJ. I hope you emphasize the point about Tyrann Mathieu's standing in the community every chance you get. And you can tell the guy is an authentically good dude. Of course I wish he hadn't posted what he did... but it's not cause for excoriating him publicly, especially in the face of all he's given to the fan base and community, and there's a lot more to the story than one stupid Insta comment.
I’m ok with some fire. I like that they care enough to lash out. But, I can’t get past “anyways” 🤣
Hitch defending his team and HB defending Hitch…always defending. And I like that out of both.