Pat Mahomes defended Harrison Butker’s character after the Chiefs kicker received severe backlash for defending Christian values at a recent commencement speech.
On Wednesday, while speaking to reporters at Kansas City’s OTAs, Mahomes didn’t say he agreed with everything Butker said but defended his character and called him a “good person.”
JUST IN: Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid and QB Patrick Mahomes strongly defend kicker Harrison Butker for his pro-traditional values speech.
Reid even shot back after one reporter tried claiming that Butker was speaking “ill” of women.
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“When you’re in the locker room, there are a lot of people from a lot of different areas of life, and they have a lot of different views on everything. And we’re not always going to agree. He said certain things I don’t agree with.”
Mahomes did not go into detail about what specifically he disagrees with Butker about.
On Wednesday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that a “diversity of opinion” improves society.
“We have over 3,000 players,” Goodell said.
“They have diversity of opinions and thoughts just like America does. That’s something we treasure. That’s part of what ultimately makes us as a society better.”
