"That was horrible," "Truly terrible": NFL fans blast US National Anthem performance by Kamasi Washington ahead of Chiefs-Chargers game

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"That was horrible," "Truly terrible": NFL fans blast US National Anthem performance by Kamasi Washington ahead of Chiefs-Chargers game (Credit: IMAGN)

NFL fans hoped to see a terrific game between AFC East rivals, the Kansas City Chiefs and the LA Chargers, but one of the pre-game acts drew plenty of negative comments on social media. The United States national anthem is performed before the start of the game, and this time, Grammy Award-nominated artist Kamasi Washington was given the honor to perform it.

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This performance didn't satisfy many NFL fans, who instantly took to social media to criticize the act and use multiple adjectives to describe how bad they thought it was.

"That was horrible," one fan said.

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"Truly terrible," another fan said.
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"This was bad," another fan wrote.
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The criticism didn't stop there, and fans continued to shade the performance, going so far as to say it was one of the worst they had ever seen.

"Top 5 worst anthem performance of all time," one fan said.
"that sound mixing is a crime lmao," another fan wrote.
"What the actual fuck was that garbage," another fan added.

Former Super Bowl champion says Chiefs were "disrespected" ahead of 2025 NFL season

After losing Super Bowl LIX to the Philadelphia Eagles, many started writing the Kansas City Chiefs off the list of contenders for next year's championship game. LeSean McCoy disagreed with those assessments and said the Chiefs were disrespected ahead of their Chargers game.

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“At their worst, at Patrick Mahomes’ worst, all he does is go to the edge of the championship game," McCoy told Kay Adams on Friday. "The players that they love to promote, he beats them all the time when it matters most. So, knowing how Andy Reid takes disrespect, now people see Andy Reid, he smiles, he makes little jokes, he got the little commercials, right, you know, bite of this snack, bite of that snack.
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"He is so pissed off because when you do so much in this league and they disrespect you like that, like I'm having a conversation with people and they're like, oh well, they might not win the division or they might can't beat the Bills or they might can't beat the Ravens. I think that's all they've been doing. So, I'll tell you this much, I think we'll see that old Patrick Mahomes of letting that ball go, going deep, right."
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The path to the Super Bowl will be more complex this season, and the Chiefs don't have the same roster they had last year. This could be a major problem for them, especially after Xavier Worthy went down with a potential injury early in the game.

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