An NFL star was caught cursing out his opponents during a game on Sunday – and later admitted to it after the tirade was wrongly attributed to another player.
A hot mic on the FOX broadcast of the Saints-Giants game picked up New Orleans’ Tyrann Mathieu talking trash to New York, as he said: ‘Yall f*****g calling plays like I ain’ t out there.’
However, fans on social media initially claimed that the voice in the video was the Giants’ Malik Nabers’, leading Mathieu to come clean online.
‘That was actually me,’ he wrote on X.
Mathieu, a three-time All-Pro cornerback, registered one tackle in the game while the Giants’ passing attack struggled to get going.
Drew Lock averaged just 4.6 yards per attempt (227 yards on 49 attempts) and threw an interception as the Giants fell to 2-11 on the year.
Tyrann Mathieu (seen last month) took credit for the vulgar tirade that was caught on a hot mic
Mathieu and the Saints defense held the Giants passing attack in check at MetLife Stadium
The fiery 32-year-old Mathieu, who became known nationally as ‘The Honey Badger’ whilst starring for LSU in college, is no stranger to trash talking.
He and Tom Brady were seen verbally sparring in Super Bowl LV before the Bucs ultimately won 31-9 over Mathieu’s Chiefs.
Mathieu did win a ring with the franchise in the 2019 season.
The defensive back is in his 12th NFL season and his third with the Saints.
