NFL fans wasted no time criticizing Rodney Harrison after the former Patriots player attacked Xavier Worthy, only for the Chiefs rookie to score a touchdown on his first NFL touches.
“Xavier Worthy is a little, skinny kid that doesn’t scare me. I know he’s fast, but he doesn’t scare me,” Harrison said before the Chiefs began their season on Thursday night against the Baltimore Ravens. Harrison is currently in Brazil ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles’ game against the Green Bay Packers on Friday night.
Worthy wasted no time in making Harrison, a two-time Super Bowl winner in his career with the Patriots, eat his words at Arrowhead Stadium.
Worthy took the ball from Patrick Mahomes and charged 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. He got a second touchdown in the fourth quarter, breaking away from the right sideline for a 35-yard score.
And it wasn’t just Chiefs fans who wanted to mock Harrison when Worthy crossed the line, as thousands of NFL fans flocked to social media.
Rodney Harrison – “Xavier Worthy is a small, skinny guy, he doesn’t scare me, I know he’s fast, but he doesn’t scare me.” image.twitter.com/EjwbspMhyx
— Brad Henson Productions (@BradHensonPro) September 5, 2024
Xavier Worthy scored an impressive touchdown for the Chiefs against the Ravens on Thursday
“It only took 5 plays to make Rodney Harrison look like a fool with this pregame comment,” one fan said, while another wrote, “I’d rather my wide receiver score touchdowns than Rodney Harrison fear him, but that’s just me.”
A different viewer wrote on X: ‘Rodney Harrison was always my favorite player growing up, but he’s objectively a bad analyst.’
The Chiefs selected Worthy in the first round this year and Worthy set a record in the 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine.
The Chiefs had to trade draft order with the Buffalo Bills to select Worthy from Texas.
The Chiefs sent the 32nd pick along with a fourth-round pick and a seventh-round pick to the Bills for the 28th pick, a fourth-round pick and a seventh-round pick.
Many at the time felt Worthy finally gave Mahomes the kind of quick, deep threat he hasn’t had since Tyreek Hill left for the Miami Dolphins — an ominous attacking tool as the Chiefs line up to try for the first “three-peat” in the Super Bowl era.