{"id":121042,"date":"2021-02-08T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=121042"},"modified":"2021-02-08T14:27:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:27:58","slug":"tyrann-honey-badger-mathieu-accuses-tom-brady-of-calling-him-something-i-wont-repeat-in-now-deleted-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tyrann-honey-badger-mathieu-accuses-tom-brady-of-calling-him-something-i-wont-repeat-in-now-deleted-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyrann \u2018Honey Badger\u2019 Mathieu Accuses Tom Brady Of Calling Him \u2018Something I Won\u2019t Repeat\u2019 In Now Deleted Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftyrann-honey-badger-mathieu-accuses-tom-brady-of-calling-him-something-i-wont-repeat-in-now-deleted-tweet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=121042&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1300908704.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9, marking the franchise\u2019s first Super Bowl victory since 2003.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tom Brady \u2014 in his first season since leaving the New England Patriots \u2014 brought home his fifth Super Bowl MVP award, and seventh Super Bowl title, giving him more championships than any other player<\/span> <span>or franchise<\/span><em><span>.<\/span><\/em> <span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brady was efficient throughout the evening, going 21-29 for 201 yards and three touchdowns, but it was a moment in the waning seconds of the first half that had social media buzzing after the game.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following his third touchdown pass \u2014 a 1-yard strike to Antonio Brown \u2014 viewers saw Brady in a shouting match on the field with Chiefs safety Tyrann \u2018Honey Badger\u2019 Mathieu.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tyrann Mathieu and Tom Brady going at it<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLBrasil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFLBrasil<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N4hJ2YhBUw\">pic.twitter.com\/N4hJ2YhBUw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Beyond The Bleachers (@BeyondBleachers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeyondBleachers\/status\/1358585526123569158?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The altercation began after Mathieu ran towards Brady following the play, pointing a finger in his face while appearing to taunt him. Brady chased after Mathieu and could be seen on camera shouting in his direction before teammates and officials stepped in between them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mathieu was deemed the aggressor by officials, who called a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomBrady?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TomBrady<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mathieu_Era?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mathieu_Era<\/a> are going at it all game.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3pPIKFagol\">pic.twitter.com\/3pPIKFagol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_DovKleiman\/status\/1358585748845457410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>While it was initially unclear what was said, after the game, Mathieu alleged it was serious.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a tweet alluding to the incident, he said, \u201cHe called me something I won\u2019t repeat but yeah I\u2019ll let all the media throw me under the bus as if I did something or said something to him\u2026 go back to my previous games against TB12 I showed him nothing but respect. Look at my interviews about him\u2026 I show grace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mathieu elaborated on the incident in a post-game Zoom<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZackCoxNESN\/status\/1358622030715830275?s=20\"><span>interview<\/span><\/a><span>, saying \u201cI never really saw that side of Tom Brady, to be honest. But whatever. I\u2019m over it. No comment.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mathieu\u2019s tweet, which many online perceived as a tacit allegation of racism, was soon deleted. While Mathieu has yet to give a reason for removing the tweet, Twitter users were quick to point out the likelihood of Brady having been \u201cmic\u2019d up\u201d during the game, meaning Mathieu\u2019s allegations could easily be confirmed or disproved.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A similar situation arose during the 2019 season after Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett accused Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph of calling him a racial slur in the moments leading up to a brawl in which Garrett removed Rudolph\u2019s helmet and struck him in the head.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The NFL later issued a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nfl-no-evidence-rudolph-used-racial-slur-at-garrett-0ap3000001079194\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a> <span>saying they were unable to find any evidence to corroborate such allegations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9, marking the franchise\u2019s first Super Bowl victory since 2003.\u00a0 Tom Brady \u2014 in his first season since leaving &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892895,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4640,5816,5236,4206,5817,5814],"class_list":["post-121042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-accuses","tag-badger","tag-brady","tag-calling","tag-mathieu","tag-tyrann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}