Chiefs’ Tyrann Mathieu explains why ‘T-5’ is one of his nicknames

During his chat Monday with the NFL Network, Chiefs coach Andy Reid brought up safety Tyrann Mathieu, but used a different nickname than the Honey Badger.

T-5.

The Honey Badger is a perfect nickname for Mathieu, so how did T-5 come about?

Mathieu was asked that very question when he was interviewed by Steve Mariucci and Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network.

“Well, a lot of people have trouble pronouncing my first name,” Mathieu said, “so I kind just said, ‘Look, call me T.’ My jersey number is 32, that equals 5. ... Let’s try to make this simple for everybody.”

Mathieu said he was having a lot of fun at camp and enjoyed playing with Patrick Mahomes and the high-flying offense. He talked about how that makes the defense better.

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