NFL fans RIP Rodney Harrison for calling Xavier Worthy a ‘skinny little guy’ – before Chiefs rookie scores stunning touchdown against Baltimore Ravens
NFL fans wasted no time in lashing out at Rodney Harrison after the former Patriots player tackled Xavier Worthy — only for the Chiefs rookie to score a touchdown with his NFL touches.
“Xavier Worthy is a little skinny guy, he doesn’t scare me. I know he’s fast but he doesn’t scare me,” Harrison said before the Chiefs’ season opener Thursday night against the Baltimore Ravens.
Worthy wasted no time in getting Harrison, a two-time Super Bowl winner during his career with the Patriots, to walk back his words at Arrowhead Stadium.
After getting the ball out of Patrick Mahomes’ hands, Worthy raced into the end zone from 21 yards out to send Arrowhead Stadium into a frenzy and tie the score at 7-7 in the first quarter.
And it wasn’t just Chiefs fans who wanted to mock Harrison as Worthy went over the top as thousands of NFL fans piled in on social media.
Rodney Harrison – “Xavier Worthy is this little skinny guy, he don’t scare me, I know he’s fast, but he don’t scare me.” pic.twitter.com/EjwbspMhyx
— Brad Henson Productions (@BradHensonPro) September 5, 2024
Xavier Worthy scored a stunning touchdown for the Chiefs against the Ravens on Thursday
“It took Rodney Harrison 5 games to look like a jerk with that pregame comment,” one fan said, while another wrote, “I’d rather have my receiver score touchdowns than be feared by Rodney Harrison, but that’s just me.”
Another viewer wrote on X: “Rodney Harrison was always my favorite player growing up, but he’s an objectively bad analyst.”
The Chiefs selected Worthy in the first round this year and Worthy set a record for the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine.
The Chiefs had to trade up in the draft order with the Buffalo Bills to select Worthy from Texas.
The Chiefs sent the 32nd pick, a fourth- and seventh-round pick to the Bills for the 28th pick, a fourth- and seventh-round pick.
Many at the time believed Worthy had finally given Mahomes the kind of speedy, deep threat he hasn’t had since Tyreek Hill left for the Miami Dolphins — a worrisome offensive tool as the Chiefs line up for a chance to pull off the first-ever three-peat of the Super Bowl era.
