Late in the Kansas City Chiefs comeback blowout of the Houston Texans on Sunday, defensive back Tyrann Mathieu had a chance to sack Deshaun Watson with a very hard hit. Instead, he pulled up and barely touched the QB.
Much like when a baseball player bunts when his team is being no-hit, a handful of “purists” came out of the woodwork to complain that Mathieu wasn’t “paying the game the right way.
”— Mike Sando (@SandoNFL) January 12, 2020
@SandoNFL Changed the game for the worse even tho its for health. I get it but this is not the same game played 25 years ago
@SandoNFL the game is soft now old football was way better
Most (normal) people didn’t have a problem with it, but because this is the world we live in now, Mathieu felt the need to defend himself for not taking Watson’s head off with the win already in hand.
“The game was over. Yeah that’s my boy , but I’m not fake tough, I don’t have to hit you to make me feel like imma big beast. This is football, but every act isn’t violent,” he tweeted in response. “Maybe I’m built different.”
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) January 13, 2020
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) January 13, 2020
Not that his message didn’t go completely ignored by the “purists.” Because of course it did.
@Mathieu_Era You gotta play 100% on EVERY play...you could’ve just wrapped him up or prevented him from actually th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@Mathieu_Era I prefer the Ronnie Lott era when real men played football. Nobody went into the little blue tent for a bump on the head.
@Mathieu_Era You play till 000
@Mathieu_Era Not gone lie. I would have blasted him. Make a statement. I don’t give a damn if you my friend.
@Mathieu_Era i agree w not hitting dw4 but there’s definitely some physicality that you’re lacking in your game
LOLOLOL! Tyrann Mathieu isn’t physical enough? Tyrann Mathieu?
Man, those guys better not read these tweets then. They’ll have a stroke.
— Deshaun Watson (@deshaunwatson) January 13, 2020
