Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid cite freedom of speech in defense of Harrison Butker: 'Great thing about America'

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For the first time since Harrison Butker made his faith-based commencement speech, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and head coach Andy Reid spoke about what they thought of the speech. 

Both Mahomes and Reid invoked freedom of speech in the United States during their answers. 

"What makes the locker room so cool is you’re able to have those discussions and become better and make those decisions for yourself," Mahomes, the reigning Super Bowl MVP, told reporters Wednesday. "Even though there’s vast differences as far as those speeches happening at the same time, you get to talk to guys and get knowledge and you make your own decisions at the end of the day. 

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and third time recipient of the MVP award Patrick Mahomes (15) speaks to the media during the Super Bowl LVIII Chiefs Press Conference on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. (https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2024/04/Patrick-Mahomes2.jpg)

"That’s what makes this country so great is that you’re able to get as much knowledge as you can, and then you make your own decisions."

Reid added: "Everybody’s got their own opinion, and that’s what’s so great about this country. You can share those things and you can work through it. That’s what guys do."

Mahomes prefaced these comments by talking about Butker as the person he’s come to know over the past seven seasons with the Chiefs. He also admitted he had a difference of opinion with some comments from Butker’s speech. 

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