New Orleans Saints (5-8) safety Tyrann Mathieu owned up to the hot mic moment picked up by the FOX broadcast on Sunday, in which a player was heard yelling, “Y’all f****** calling plays like I ain’t out there.”
But at first, the talk going around social media was that it was New York Giants (2-11) receiver Malik Nabers who made the comment.
Mathieu cleared up any confusion after the game, in which the Saints defeated the Giants, 14-11.
“That was actually me,” Mathieu responded to a fan.
Tyrann Mathieu helps Saints deliver Giants eight consecutive loss
For Giants fans, this has to be a big sigh of relief. New York has enough issues as is, and this would have only added to its growing frustrations. The Giants are guaranteed to finish with a losing season for the seventh time in the last eight, and fans appear to have hit a breaking point, calling on team president John Mara to fix the on-field product.
During the pregame, a plane flew over MetLife Stadium towing a banner that read, “MR. MARA ENOUGH — PLZ FIX THIS DUMPSTER FIRE.” The Giants went on to drop their eighth consecutive game in front of a sparse crowd. After the game, head coach Brian Daboll fielded a question about the plane that flew over the stadium before kickoff.
“I’d say, look, we’ve won two games,” Daboll said. “I’m not happy either.”
Nabers has been open at times about his frustration as the losses have piled up and like Daboll, answered a question about the plane.
“I didn’t pay for the plane,” Nabers said, via SNY Giants. “I ain’t got nothing to say.”
