The Kansas City Chiefs set the bar very high for themselves after winning Super Bowl LIV, at the end of the 2019 season, then reaching the ultimate game the following season, where they admitted defeat in front of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Their rather ordinary start to the season is also stirring up the discontent of fans and some players have expressed their dissatisfaction in this regard.
Linebacker Anthony Hitchens and marauder Tyrann Mathieu did not miss the opportunity to also criticize their own fans on Friday in a post from a Chiefs fan account that targeted them directly, since it included their respective contracts. in the worst things done by general manager Brett Veach.
“All we did was get three league games in the AHL and two Super Bowls, plus win one … in my first three years here,” Hitchens said first, under the publication. All of you supporters are never going to be satisfied, that’s sad. ”
In response to his teammate, Mathieu wrote that the Kansas City fans were “possibly the most toxic fan group of any sport.”
The Chiefs have indeed high expectations placed on them and their 3-4 record is far from representative of the talent within this team, which occupies third place in its division. They’ll have the chance to return to a slightly more respectable .500 record on Monday as they host the New York Giants at Arrowhead Stadium.
Mathieu s’excuse
It did not take more for the comments of the two players to spread in the media like wildfire, which forced Mathieu to apologize for his comments.
“It was a mistake on my part,” he said, quoted by ESPN.
“I’m not having the season I expected and I think the same can be said on a collective level. There is more frustration at such times. […] I shouldn’t have used those words. I will try to play better and not be a distraction for my teammates. ”
Mathieu did not hide that he did not hesitate to respond to criticism on social networks, but that he will have to change this habit.
“This is something I have to become more mature for. I have to do a better job when it comes to dealing with a negative situation. There is a place and a time for this stuff. ”
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