Kareem Hunt finally comments on Chiefs winning the Super Bowl without him
By Josh Hill
Kareem Hunt blew an opportunity to win a Super Bowl in Kansas City but isn’t holding it against the Chiefs.
Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt is aware that he screwed up. At the height of his popularity as a weapon in the Kansas City Chiefs explosive offense in 2018, Hunt was released after a video surfaced of him abusing a woman in the hallway of a Cleveland hotel.
He was suspended by the NFL, jettisoned from Kansas City, and had to watch his former teammates win a Super Bowl without him a year later.
Hunt has spoken in the past about how he regrets the incident, both from a basic human standpoint and from a football one. While Hunt was given a second chance from the Cleveland Browns, he killed his golden goose and only has himself to blame.
But did he harbor any ill-feelings while watching his former team go on to have even greater success without him?
What was Kareem Hunt’s reaction to Chiefs winning the Super Bowl?
Not only did Hunt speak about the Chiefs winning the Super Bowl, but he went as far as to say he was happy for his former teammates.
“I’ve been moved on from that,” Hunt said, via the Akron Beacon Journal. “But I love those guys. I’ve got brothers on that team. I came in with a lot of those players. I love the coaches there. They’re all good people and they deserved it, and I’m happy for them. I talk to a lot of them, and I’m very happy for them. They’re champs. They deserve it. I know how hard that team works and how hard they stress to be great.”
Hunt went on to say that he believes a similar goal can be achieved with the Cleveland Browns, which would be just as, if not more so, tremendous a feat than what the Chiefs did last season. While Kansas City ended a half-century drought without a Super Bowl victory, the Browns are one of four NFL franchises to have bever even played in one.
For full depressing context, two of those teams (the Jaguars and Texans) have only come into existence within the last 25 years. The Browns have been a franchise since World War II was still being fought.
Hunt’s problems off the field have defined his career in the NFL, and are forever part of his legacy. Whether or not he can amend his legacy with a Super Bowl is yet to be seen.