It’s a fight before the game, and Patrick Mahomes calls toward Ravens K Justin Tucker over trying to “get under our skin.”
The fight between Patrick Mahomes and Justin Tucker seems to be going on for a long time. Based on what Mahomes says, he and Tucker possess a history.
Just a few days after getting into a fight with Tucker before the Chiefs beat the Ravens during the AFC championship game, Mahomes finally answered the Ravens’ kicker.
What happened happened before the Chiefs beat the Ravens 17–10 on Sunday at M&T Banks Stadium.
Mahomes was seen kicking Tucker’s ball holder out of the way more than once as the two tried to warm up before their conference championship game.
The tight end for the Chiefs, Travis Kelce, then joined in. Tucker placed his helmet and the two soccer balls near the goal line in the same spot as before. Kelce then walked over and threw everything over to the side to make room for Mahomes.
Tucker said it’s normal to feed kickers to spend time warming up in the two end zones to get used to the field and the weather. Tucker also said that he believed Mahomes as well as Kelce were simply having fun at first.
As long as the Chiefs beat the 49ers on Sunday, they will play the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl. Tucker “does that job of getting under our skin,” Mahomes said.
On Super Bowl Sunday, 49ers kicker Jake Moody will likely take warm-up kicks at both sides of the field. The weather inside Allegiant Stadium is going to be very different from what it was like outside within Baltimore last weekend.
Chiefs qb Patrick Mahomes claimed Ravens kicker Justin Tucker was messing with his routine before the AFC Championship Game within Baltimore on Sunday in order to “get under our skin.”
According to Mahomes, there have been only three times in seven years when a kicker wasn’t moving out of the way during the same warm-up routine. He said this on 610 Sports Radio in Kansas City on Tuesday.
In an area where Mahomes had been getting loose beforehand the game, Tucker stretched and had footballs and other sports gear nearby.
Mahomes threw Tucker’s kicking tee, and Travis Kelce, a tight end for the Chiefs, kicked Tucker’s footballs and threw his helmet beyond where Brady was warming up.
“When I told him to get up his stuff, he got up and did it, but only about two inches. He didn’t move it all of the way.” I was going to let it go, but Travis lifted it for me, and I refused to let him set it back down.
He’s a great player and kicker, and I admire him a lot. He’s probably the finest kicker who has ever lived. But you should also respect each team. We all share the field, and we try to be polite about it.
Tucker said the next day, after the Chiefs beat the Saints 17–10, “I just thought it was all in good fun.” But it looked like it was taken more seriously.”
The quarterback told his team, “He does that way of getting under our skin.” “When I told him to get rid of his stuff, he got up and did it, but only about two inches.
He didn’t move it all of the way.” I was going to let it go, but Travis raised it for me, and I wasn’t going to let them put it back down.
He’s a great player and kicker, and I admire him a lot. He’s probably the finest kicker who has ever lived. But you should also respect each team. We all enjoy the field, and we each try to be polite about it.
There was already a lot of excitement on the field before the AFC Championship game, which the Kansas City Chiefs were victorious and won 17–10 over the Baltimore Ravens.
Teams began yelling at each other during warmups, starting with Chiefs defensive back Travis Kelce or Baltimore kick Justin Tucker.
Tucker stretched by the end of the zone, and his kicking tee was in front of him. The Chiefs were also warming up in the same area. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was among them.
The star kicker doesn’t move when Kelce seems to tell him to, so No. 87 steps in and does it himself. Tucker’s ball was kicked by Kelce, who then threw his helmet and the other soccer balls to the side.