What Patrick Mahomes told Andy Reid at halftime of Super Bowl win against Eagles
Someone in Kansas City needs to go ahead and commission the statue for Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Because let's be honest — we all know he's going to have one outside of Arrowhead Stadium one day. And I really don't think there's any point in waiting around for him to retire to build it. On […]
Someone in Kansas City needs to go ahead and commission the statue for Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Because let's be honest — we all know he's going to have one outside of Arrowhead Stadium one day.
And I really don't think there's any point in waiting around for him to retire to build it.
On Sunday, in the Chiefs' 38-35 win against the Philadelphia Eagles, Mahomes was named Super Bowl MVP for the second time in his career.
While that's impressive, it's not the most impressive thing that Mahomes did on Sunday night in Glendale, AZ.
Mahomes led the Chiefs to a win on one leg.
Almost literally.
The former Texas Tech standout reinjured his ankle in the first half against the Eagles and he was in an extreme amount of pain.
Mahomes is tough. I think we all know that. But everyone has a limit.
Except for Mahomes, apparently.
I think most folks knew there was no way Mahomes was leaving the game. But there was still that little bit of doubt asking, "is it possible that he's finally too hurt to play?"
The answer was no. And Mahomes made that clear at halftime to Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.
"He (Mahomes) goes in at halftime, I'm going 'you ok? Can do you this? can do you do [that]?'," said Reid after the game on NFL Network. "[He goes] 'I can do everything, can you just leave me alone and let me go play'. And then the big O-line stepped up for him. I thought they did a great job. The running backs, receivers. The great ones, like him (Mahomes) make everybody around them better. And nobody does it better than this guy right here."
I don't think that comment at halftime from Mahomes is much of a surprise. He didn't want sympathy or concern. He didn't want to limit the offense. He just wanted to put his team on his back in the second half and win a championship.
And that's exactly what Mahomes did.
Patrick Mahomes is 27 years old. If he retired today, he'd be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. And there's not a soul on earth that would disagree.
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