With the hours ticking away before the start of the draft tomorrow night, damage control is moving at high speed.
Not long after advertising the after-party for “1st round draft pick Tyrann Mathieu, AKA Honey Badger of LSU,” Mathieu is trying to explain it away.
He just tweeted out word that braggadocio was not his intention, and “I did not approve that part of the flyer.”
Not knowing what the flier said is utterly believable. Many athletes have no idea their images are invoked on such ads until they’re printed, and usually not until they become embarrassing in some way.
But Team Matheiu should have been keeping a closer eye on anything with his name on it, because his name (and not his game) is much of the reason he’s not expected to be drafted until Friday (or Saturday).