Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey took a veiled shot at Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes while giving him a backhanded compliment on his play.
Humphrey and the Ravens fell 27-20 to the Chiefs in the opening game of the NFL season last Thursday.
On the latest episode of his ‘Punch Line’ podcast, the cornerback talked about how difficult it is to beat Kansas City and what Mahomes brings to the game.
‘It felt good to get out there, play some ball. I’ve realized KC’s one of the few stadiums I have not won a football game in. I think I’ve got three more.
‘But it’s hard to beat the Chiefs. Very tough to beat the Chiefs. So you wanted to get the dub, but it’s hard to beat Mahomes.
Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey called Patrick Mahomes a ‘chubby fast dude’
Last season, a shirtless snap of Mahomes went viral – forcing the QB to defend his ‘Dad bod’
‘What makes him very good is he does some pretty wild stuff, which sometimes catches him but a lot of times he doesn’t. He gets away with a lot just ’cause he’s always willing to test it, willing to try it.
‘He’s a chubby fast dude. I’m always amazed when he’s outrunning people or juking poeple in the backfield, getting out of a sack and just launching the ball.
‘Honestly, to keep it a stack, I be dadgum happy when I finish a practice on two feet, honestly. So, it was good besides freakin’ losing and getting back at 4:00am after a loss, which makes everything way worse. Other than that man, it’s good to be back playing ball.’
Mahomes has previously defended what he calls his ‘Dad bod’ after taking plenty of criticism that he wasn’t physically fit in the 2023 season.
The Chiefs quarterback was pictured shirtless in the locker room after KC’s AFC Championship win over Baltimore last season – with the pic going viral.
‘I definitely have the dad bod a little bit,’ Mahomes told TIME at first before defending his body shape.
‘I’ll also say I have a great body for a quarterback. You’ve got to have some padding in there to take the hits that we take.’
Mahomes and the Chiefs eventually got the last laugh, beating the Ravens 27-20 in the opener
Mahomes and the Chiefs eventually got the last laugh – in part, thanks to the Ravens cornerback.
Humphrey gave up a crucial late touchdown on a blown coverage when he let Chiefs rookie receiver Xavier Worthy get past him for an easy six points.
That was Worthy’s second touchdown of the night and was the ultimate nail-in-the-coffin for Kansas City’s victory.
Lamar Jackson, the Ravens quarterback, engineered an excellent late drive that would have ended in a Baltimore victory were it not for the toe of tight end Isaiah Likely being out of the end zone as time expired.
