Published October 16, 2011 - 1:51pm
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I get the idea of swagger and playing with confidence. Both can be helpful – especially for defensive personnel. But, the honey badger, Tyrann Mathieu, may be taking this a bit far. Prior to the Tennessee game, he tweeted how the Vols’ receiver Da’Rick Rogers wouldn’t catch anything. Well, he did.
The video above is obviously made by a Tennessee fan which showcases the times yesterday where Rogers had the best of Mathieu.
Not that Mathieu didn’t play well. He did. Allowing a stud receiver like Rogers to get the ball a few times doesn’t equate to playing bad, but Mathieu runs his mouth the entire game. As you can see in the above clip, Rogers didn’t mind talking a little trash back after making the 44 yard catch shown above.
To give Mathieu credit on another play, I thought the play where he scooped up the punt that was bouncing nearly to a stand still then running 10-15 yards and drilling a Tennessee player before going out of bounds was an incredible play. The way Mathieu scooped up the ball and then put a lick on a tackler shows how much this guy loves to get the ball and how much he loves contact. Great ball player.
What do you think? Do you prefer your players to keep their mouth shut? I like a little trash talk, but every play is a bit ridiculous.
He does. One day he’s going to regret it.
He’s a gifted football player, but he’s a cocky freshman that’s allowed too much freedom too soon. William’s right, one day he’ll regret it, & I hope it’s on November 6th.
Sophomore
He’s good but hes not AMAZING. He shouldn’t be running his mouth like it seems he does. Something to note is, he spends most of his time trying to strip the ball rather than making tackles giving whoever has the ball time to get some more yards. It’s going to end up hurting him sooner or later.
All I know is that if Coach Saban was still at LSU, he would be sitting on the bench for running his mouth. If you notice you don’t hear of any trash talking comming out of T Town, only press releases of opposing players being put on the injury list.
He’s easily my least favorite person in college football right now, and not because LSU just beat us like a drum.
I think he should take a hint from a truly great DB, Eric Berry, and let his play do the talking.
well first off, he is a sophmore. secondly he is the best corner in college football, not cause im a LSU fan, look at his stats. and lastly, being a coach i have zero tolerence for trash talking from my players so that crap should not be allowed. so shut up and play ball young man.