Deion Sanders Calls Tyrann Mathieu a “Leader,” Appears Undaunted by the Drug Issues, Rehab Stint

All, NFL Combine, Video Jason McIntyre February 26th. 2013, 10:55am

Tyrann Mathieu – nee Honey Badger – is having a strong day at the Combine. His draft stock, which cratered after he was kicked off the LSU football team and entered rehab, is starting to rise again. After Mathieu ran a blazing fast 4.43 40 (unofficially), Deion Sanders gushed about the cornerback with the blonde mohawk who lifted 225 pounds just four times Monday. He’s got swag! So what if, just a couple months after rehab, he was arrested for “simple” drug possession?

There’s no brake-pumping with Deion. Swag! If he were a GM, you get the impression he’d draft Mathieu in the first round, maybe Top 10. While everyone likes Mathieu as a special teams playmaker and nickel cornerback, why would anyone take a first round flier on him? I’m thinking 3rd round, maybe late 2nd for a team that has a million draft picks (like San Francisco).

Previously: Tyrann Mathieu is in a Drug Rehab Facility in Houston
Previously: Tyrann Mathieu, the Honey Badger, Kicked Off the LSU Football Team
Previously: Weed is Probably the Least of Honey Badger’s Problems
Previously: Tyrann Mathieu is Living With Patrick Peterson’s Family in South Florida

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47 Responses to “Deion Sanders Calls Tyrann Mathieu a “Leader,” Appears Undaunted by the Drug Issues, Rehab Stint”

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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Going to rehab doesnt make you a failure
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GloriousMullet Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Dee Milliner >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tytaint Mathieu
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scripty Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:01 AM
people still say swag?
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guinnessgirl13 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:01 AM
Going to rehab doesnt make you a failure
That statement is so much funnier with your avatar
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GloriousMullet Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:02 AM
people still say swag?
No.
/NOT
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:02 AM
more of a legend than a leader, imo.
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Average_Joe Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:03 AM
Is that Leon Sandcastle?!
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:03 AM
If he were a GM, you get the impression he’d draft Mathieu in the first round, maybe Top 10.
HOP! Deion would be like Millen, except with CBs.
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:04 AM
Dont mock me GG
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:06 AM
nickle
ha ha
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MP III Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:06 AM
if you believe what deion has to say, then you are the loser.
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spencer096 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:08 AM
i think mathieu’s got a spot as a slot corner (not nickel corner…that makes it sound like he’s a backup, doesnt define the role he’d actually be good at). as long as he’s not covering giants outside the hashes, he can be a functional player, id think.
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T.E. Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:08 AM
people still say swag?
One of the douchiest slang terms ever. It sounds dorky as hell when black guys say it, and when white dudes use it, it’s borderline criminal.
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:09 AM
What about YOLO? That has to be the worst
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Deion Sanders gushed about the cornerback
that’s not really what that little video indicates. And nobody anywhere said anything about drafting this kid in the first round.
He doesn’t have to start watching the draft until Saturday, if he wants to see his name.
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ms621 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:11 AM
What about YOLO? That has to be the worst
My favorite YOLO related moment.
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spencer096 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:11 AM
dirt…you watched anything regarding chance warmack? i know he’s a guard, but id spend a top 10 pick on him. he’s an absolute monster.
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guinnessgirl13 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:12 AM
Dont mock me GG
No mocking intended. Charlie is awesome.
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spencer096 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:12 AM
What about YOLO?
obligatory.
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rondoman Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:17 AM
You only YOLO once.
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scripty Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:19 AM
I thought we agreed he was going the Lions.
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:19 AM
dirt…you watched anything regarding chance warmack? i know he’s a guard, but id spend a top 10 pick on him. he’s an absolute monster.
everybody loves that guy. I heard he benches 6 bills already, but he didn’t press at the combine.
No way he makes it to the 18th pick. Everybody needs one of those.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:21 AM
You only YOLO once.
The universe implodes upon itself…hahahahaha.
I’m sick of Sanders trying to insert himself into the lives of assorted players like he’s some kind of guru. Live your life, skippy.
I think even if Mathieu is undrafted, with some planning he could end up as a useful part on many teams. SD needs playmakers, for example. You just can’t start him at CB every week.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:21 AM
I thought we agreed he was going the Lions.
He can practice being a “leader” with Fairley and LeShoure.
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spencer096 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:23 AM
No way he makes it to the 18th pick. Everybody needs one of those.
this play (0:27) awesome. it’s like he was put on this earth to play guard.
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HuskerDawg Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:25 AM
Shockingly this isn’t even the top 50 of the dumbest things Deion Sanders has said.
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HuskerDawg Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:26 AM
Dee Milliner >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tytaint Mathieu
Milliner ran a sub 4.4 today. Still don’t think I’d take him in the top 10. Way too many teams went after him last year.
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:27 AM
this play (0:27) awesome. it’s like he was put on this earth to play guard.
he’s the best. and if he’s there at 18, Dallas still won’t take him, because they’re idiots.
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spencer096 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:28 AM
Milliner ran a sub 4.4 today. Still don’t think I’d take him in the top 10. Way too many teams went after him last year.
agreed…while he made some great plays against michigan, most of them were great recoveries against a WR that was a QB a year earlier. awesome job making the play, but how do you get beat by a converted QB with all of a month playing WR? top 10? cmon naw.
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HuskerDawg Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:28 AM
i think mathieu’s got a spot as a slot corner (not nickel corner…that makes it sound like he’s a backup, doesnt define the role he’d actually be good at). as long as he’s not covering giants outside the hashes, he can be a functional player, id think.
I was never impressed with him as a corner, but he was a playmaker like whoa for LSU. I think he’ll stick in the league provided he doesn’t fuck up off of the field (PR, ST, 4th corner kind of guy).
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ms621 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:28 AM
he’s the best. and if he’s there at 18, Dallas still won’t take him, because they’re idiots.
What if he went to Arkansas instead of Alabama.
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HuskerDawg Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:30 AM
What if he went to Arkansas instead of Alabama.
They’d trade up for him and Jerry would personally announce the pick.
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GloriousMullet Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:30 AM
Milliner ran a sub 4.4 today. Still don’t think I’d take him in the top 10. Way too many teams went after him last year.
My comment still stands
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:32 AM
What if he went to Arkansas instead of Alabama.
they picked Felix Jones over Chris F-ing Johnson. I hate that Arkansas connection.
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johndewar Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:46 AM
I think even if Mathieu is undrafted, with some planning he could end up as a useful part on many teams.
He made plays in college. In the right setup, he can make plays in the pros.
Unfortunately for him, most of those plays, especially in the beginning, are likely to be on special teams.
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:47 AM
I think it’s hilarious that a site where people have killed idiotic terms like “Duckworth’d” and No Coop’d would bag on terms like YOLO and swag being overused.
/rackem
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A.P. Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:49 AM
Leader: something that’s never been said about Deion Sanders
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spencer096 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:49 AM
I think it’s hilarious that a site where people have killed idiotic terms like “Duckworth’d” and No Coop’d would bag on terms like YOLO and swag being overused.
/rackem
my head, it is hung in shame, da.
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ms621 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:51 AM
I think it’s hilarious that a site where people have killed idiotic terms like “Duckworth’d” and No Coop’d would bag on terms like YOLO and swag being overused.
/rackem
I think we use said terms with an awareness that people who use terms like YOLO and swag lack.
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roger from oz Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:52 AM
There’s a reason Deion isn’t an NFL GM. He’s fabulous in TV commercials, but he’s a buffoon of an announcer.
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PeerLessPrices Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:52 AM
I think it’s hilarious that a site where people have killed idiotic terms like “Duckworth’d” and No Coop’d would bag on terms like YOLO and swag being overused.
/rackem
Thanks for ruining the party, Darrell
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spencer096 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:53 AM
There’s a reason Deion isn’t an NFL GM. He’s fabulous in TV commercials, but he’s a buffoon of an announcer.
i think the reason has more to do with the fact he probably makes more on TV than he would as a GM. im gettin to old for this shit, rog.
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:57 AM
I think we use said terms with an awareness that people who use terms like YOLO and swag lack.
lol!!!! yeah, ok. That’s how all hip people think.
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A.P. Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 11:59 AM
Get off my lawn you damn kids!
/darrell’d
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ms621 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
lol!!!! yeah, ok. That’s how all hip people think.
Agreed.
/said without any irony at all
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 12:06 PM
Get off my lawn you damn kids!
/darrell’d
shuddup before I hit you with my Gran Torino.
no coop’d
/oops
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orly57 Says:
February 26th, 2013 at 1:07 PM
I’ve often wondered why Deion, with his flamboyant personality, didn’t choose the U and went to Fl St. Instead. this was miami’s heyday. Anyone hear or read anything about that?