Tavia Hunt lashes out at Mike Florio about Patrick Mahomes comments

Tavia Hunt, the wife of Chiefs owner and CEO Clark Hunt, published a few tweets on Saturday night criticizing Mike Florio for his Mahomes comment.

We are a week away from seeing the Kansas City Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV. It goes without saying that this is one of the biggest moments in the franchise’s history.

However, the moment was overshadowed this past week by Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. Florio entertained the idea of an illegal hit on Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes during the Super Bowl so the 49ers could send a message because Mahomes has shown recently that he is willing to run with the football.

That did not sit well with Tavia Hunt, the wife of Chiefs owner and CEO Clark Hunt. She expressed her stance on Florio’s comments on Twitter Saturday night.

Get your popcorn ready.

https://twitter.com/TaviaHunt1/status/1221303180052647937

In-between her series of tweets, Tavia also re-tweeted Arrowhead Addict’s article on the story. Outside of Tavia, Dan Israel, who is the executive producer for the Chiefs Radio Network, is the only member from the Chiefs organization who has publicly commented on Florio’s asinine comments.

Shortly after Chiefs fans responded to Florio’s comments, Florio followed up with a response. He tweeted an article Thursday morning responding to the criticism. Actually, it’s more like he’s defending and sugarcoating his own comments.

Then, Florio decided to take a jab at those criticizing him.

We have to accept the fact that Florio has no remorse for his unprofessional suggestion. Apparently, he sees logic in his own comment and followed it up in an article where he deflected all of the criticism he received.

For a guy who has complained about the lack of player safety, he sure has no problems entertaining the idea of a late hit on a player. Interesting how that works.

This is not the first time Chiefs fans have had an issue with Florio.

During the Tyreek Hill child abuse accusation, Florio tweeted that he is “not sure” if he “can keep covering” the NFL if Hill was allowed to play again. Obviously, Hill was never suspended and there is no way Florio would give up one of the biggest football sites.

In any event, Florio refuses to believe he said anything wrong. But there are a lot of non-Chiefs fans who even find the comment absurd.

When you have multiple people associated with an NFL franchise, including the wife of the owner, reacting negatively to a comment, that person needs to have an open mind. Unfortunately, because Florio has a big platform, his ego won’t allow him to go that route.

It is safe to assume Florio will be in Miami all week for the Super Bowl, including the media obligations that come along with it for the players. Let’s see if Florio is willing to talk to any Chiefs players and if they would be willing to give him an interview after refusing to accept that his comments were out of line.