Hopeless………

Defensive back Tyrann Mathieu starred for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2019 to 2021. Despite his diminutive size, he played with such ferocity and toughness that he was famously nicknamed “Honey Badger,” an animal that willingly enters beehives in search of food.

Does Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie remind his teammates of Mathieu, the player who earned that Honey Badger moniker?

“Definitely,” Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed exclusively shared, “that’s why I love playing with him … he’s an animal.”

The 5-9, 190-pound Tyrann Mathieu was listed at safety but played nickel cornerback extensively before the Chiefs drafted Sneed who took over that role and then asked to move to outside corner, sliding McDuffie to nickel

Even though he never played that position in college at Washington, McDuffie has thrived.

He leads the NFL in forced fumbles with five. Fellow Chiefs cornerback Joshua Williams called McDuffie a “turnover machine.”

“Every week,” Williams exclusively shared, “it’s like he’s grabbing a fumble, pulling it out of somebody’s hands and doing something like that.”

He did something along those lines during last week’s victory against the Las Vegas Raiders. On their first drive of the fourth quarter, the Raiders faced a 3rd and 10. McDuffie blitzed through the gap between the left tackle and left guard and batted down Aidan O’Connell’s pass with such ferocity that he injured the quarterback’s

The week before he had two sacks against the Philadelphia Eagles, including one with 1:45 left in the first half when he blitzed outside the right tackle, forced a fumble and caused a loss of nine yards.