NFL Films captured the touching exchange between Patrick Mahomes and his father following the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback’s MVP performance in Super Bowl LVII.
‘I ain’t never seen nothing like you,’ the 52-year-old Pat Mahomes told his son during a 15-second embrace at the end of Kansas City’s 38-35 win on Sunday. ‘You different. You different. I love you. I love you to death, baby. You know I do. Damn, you’re good.’
The exchange ended with Mahomes and his father slapping five and simultaneously exclaiming: ‘Yes!’
Pat Mahomes, himself a former Major League pitcher, was right about his son being ‘different.’
The 27-year-old Patrick aggravated his high ankle sprain towards the end of the second quarter and was seen limping into the locker room, only to return and deliver one of the most memorable two quarters in Super Bowl history. Patrick completed 13 of 14 passes in the second half for 93 yards and two touchdowns. What’s more, his hobbled 26-yard scamper on the Chiefs’ final drive set up Harrison Butker’s game-winning field goal.
NFL Films captured the touching exchange between Patrick Mahomes and his father following the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback’s MVP performance in Super Bowl LVII
(Right) New York Mets pitcher Mike Hampton, rear, and Patrick Mahomes Jr., son of Mets pitcher Pat Mahomes (left), both try and catch a ball during practice at Shea Stadium in New York, Monday, October 23, 2000
Remarkably, Mahomes’ ankle sprain didn’t stop him from delivering an impassioned halftime speech in the Chiefs locker room on Sunday in Glendale, Arizona. The NFL and Super Bowl MVP held off on getting his ankle treated, instead deciding to address the Chiefs, who entered halftime trailing by 10 points.
‘We just challenged each other, man, to leave everything out there, and I don’t want to say we played tight in the first half, but you didn’t see that same joy that we play with,’ Mahomes said Monday. ‘And I wanted guys to just know that everything we worked for is for this moment.’
Mahomes suffered the high-ankle sprain four weeks earlier against Jacksonville before aggravating it on a second-quarter hit from Eagles linebacker TJ Edwards.
‘We put new tape on there and did some movement to get some mobility in it,’ said Mahomes, who told reporters that he did not receive a pain injection on Sunday in Arizona. ‘It was something that I was going to play through.’
On Monday, head coach Andy Reid credited Patrick’s resiliency to his childhood, much of which was spent in MLB clubhouses. In fact, Patrick is pictured as a young boy across his father’s stints with the Minnesota Twins and New York Mets.
‘He grew up in a locker room,’ Reid said. ‘He’s seen the greats, and he strives to be the greatest. Without saying anything, that’s the way he works. He wants to be the greatest player ever. That’s what he wants to do, and that’s the way he goes about his business.
‘When it’s time for the guys around him to raise their game, he helps them with that,’ Reid continued. ‘The great quarterbacks make everybody around him better, including the head coach, so he’s done a heck of a job.’
Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs hoists the Lombardi Trophy after Super Bowl LVII against the Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale
A Twins fans account shared an old photo of Pat and young Patrick on Twitter when the latter was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs with the 10th pick of the 2017 NFL Draft
Pat Mahomes pitched over 11 MLB seasons, and also played overseas in Japan before retiring in 2003.
Primarily used as a reliver, Mahomes made three relief appearances for the Mets during the 1999 postseason, and pitched four scoreless innings in relief of starter Al Leiter in a Game 6 of National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves.
He and Patrick’s mother, Randi Martin, have two children together, but are now divorced. Their youngest, Jackson, is a social media celebrity.
Patrick, whose godfather is retired MLB star LaTroy Hawkins, was also a star pitcher at Texas Tech, and was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 37th round of the 2014 MLB Draft.
Pitcher Pat Mahomes #23 of the New York Mets winds back to throw the ball during the game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. The Mets defeated the Cubs 10-9
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