Appearing with Kay Adams on her “Up and Adams” show on Tuesday, former Kansas City Chiefs’ safety Tyrann Mathieu — now retired from the New Orleans Saints after starting 17 games for them in 2024 — teased the possibility that he might come back to the league — and Kansas City.
“Can you come back?” asked the FanDuel host, who happened to be interviewing Mathieu at the Chiefs’ facility on the grounds of the Truman Sports Complex in Kansas City.
“I mean, I’m not gonna say no,” replied Mathieu. “I won’t say no.”
“Are we walking down to Brett [Veach’s] office after this?” asked Adams. “I’m not kidding. Are you going to go visit them today? Yes?”
“Yeah, probably,” said Mathieu. “I’ve stayed in contact with — you know, obviously Brett — but mostly Coach Reid. His grandson actually plays on the football team with my son — so it’s a family, you know.”
Adams nodded.
“You have a different tune now than when we talked about this the day after you retired,” she observed, “where you were like, ‘Maybe. Maybe not.’ Why now? Why does it feel like you’re a little different — [that] you feel a little more willing to come back?”
”It’s the fact that, you know, you want to help your friends,” explained the three-time All-Pro. “Like, you want your friends to have, like, a fighting chance.
“I mean, fans hit me up all the time on Twitter — X, you know — and they want me to come back. But mostly, they want me to come back to just provide that energy — that attitude. So I think we’re just missing a little bit of that.”
Is it likely that the 33-year-old Mathieu — who played a key role in defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s defense during his three years with the Chiefs — might come back to the team with only weeks remaining in the season? Probably not.
It’s true, however, that his old friends might need some help to have a fighting chance — and he did say “we’re” missing a little bit of the energy he once provided to his Kansas City teammates.
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