Michael Irvin blasts Tyrann Mathieu and goes off on Brady-Mahomes debate

When the Super Bowl LV matchup was set over two weeks ago, seemingly every NFL pundit in the industry predicted that the Kansas City Chiefs would defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, albeit while acknowledging that quarterback Tom Brady and Co. would be able to keep things close.

That, of course, is not how things played out, as the Bucs, led by a dominant showing from the offense and and an equally-imposing display from the defense, rolled to a 31-9 victory. It was the least expected outcome, as most fans convinced themselves that the game would signal the proverbial passing of the torch from Brady to Patrick Mahomes.

You would think people would’ve learned their lesson by now in terms of writing off Brady, and NFL Network analyst Michael Irvin took that group to task with his fiery postgame remarks. To say that the Hall of Fame receiver lost his mind waxing poetic about the former Patriots quarterback wouldn’t even begin to describe his emotions.

Michael Irvin went scorched earth about Patriots legend Tom Brady’s legacy being threatened by Patrick Mahomes.

It goes without saying Irvin doesn’t tickle everyone’s fancy from an analyst perspective, but he is undeniably at his best when he’s so fired up that it’s virtually impossible to make sense of what’s coming out of his mouth. But we heard every word of this fervent rant about Brady’s legacy being untouchable.

In all seriousness, there’s a lot of substance to Irvin’s argument. Anybody claiming that Mahomes was eventually going to surpass Brady in the GOAT debate had he won on Sunday are simply people who’ve belittled the 43-year-old’s career since his first championship back in 2001.

Not only that, but Irvin wasn’t happy with Tyrann Mathieu sending out a cryptic tweet about Brady, who got into a trash-talking match with the Chiefs safety. Irvin thought the message Mathieu sent out on Twitter because he thought it was open for interpretation for people to assume Brady made a racist comment, which he didn’t.

Mathieu acting as if that was the first time anybody’s ever gotten in his face, was, in a sense, childish. There are profanities hurled and heated verbal battles that occur during every NFL game and for Mathieu to treat this like it was any different, especially in the vague manner that he did, was questionable at best. It just feels like Mathieu was being a sore loser.

Though Irvin is certainly a polarizing figure, it’s hard to really disagree with either of his points. But the fact he’s backing Brady in both of these instances sure makes it seem like he’s a huge supporter of the reigning NFL GOAT.

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