Super Bowl: who is Patrick Mahomes, the revelation of this edition
His father, Pat, pitched for 11 years in Major League Baseball with great moments with the Minnesota Twins (1992-1996) in addition to other stints with the Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates, and That is why American football was not always in Patrick Mahomes’ plans.
While he is currently considered one of the most talented quarterbacks in NFL history, Majomes began his path in the sport by following in his father’s footsteps.
His first love was baseball and there are videos from several years ago that show a young Mahomes running through stadiums with a baseball attached to his hand, dressed from head to toe in the clothing of the team his father played for in that time, from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Mets.
Mahomes He only and definitively embarked on American football at the age of 20, during his second year at Texas Tech University.
The influence of basketball on his game is evident. Mike Kafka, Kansas City quarterbacks coach, defined it this way: “We could say that his vision is because he played basketball.”
Base in secondary school, he was in charge of commanding his team’s offense. The rivals were constantly chasing him, doubling his mark to try to steal the ball. On the hardwood he developed his ability to anticipate the opponent’s movements, the trajectories of his own teammates and how to find them under pressure.
It was also in baseball where he began to develop his monstrous right arm.
Things started to get serious Mahomes when he started high school and scouts noticed his sporting prowess, whether in baseball or football. Ironically, it was baseball that always seemed to take center stage.
In 2014, while playing for Whitehouse High School, Mahomes He showed his major league potential as a pitcher, striking out 16 in a no-hitter and generating reported speeds of nearly 150 km/h.
The path seemed set: Mahomes would continue the family tradition and follow his father into the MLB. But Mahomes’ story took a new direction during his college career.
Mahomes He turned down an offer from the Detroit Tigers, who had selected the youngster in the 37th round of the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft, and opted instead to join Texas Tech University.
It was there where the promising pitcher really began to transform into the formidable quarterback he is today.
Fortunately for American football fans, the baseball career of Mahomes He never took off and stopped completely once he started getting serious about making it to the NFL.
After proving his worth at the college level, Mahomes was chosen in the 2017 draft by the Chiefs, a franchise that had then languished without a Super Bowl presence since its only ring in 1970.
At the time, many franchises were reluctant to choose this unorthodox quarterback, as they considered him a risk.
His career took on cruising speed when the following year he was promoted to starting quarterback and accumulated 5,097 passing yards and 50 touchdowns, numbers that only Peyton Manning had achieved before and that earned him the first of his two MVP awards. Valuable).
Gifted with innate athletic ability, the leader of Kansas City He believes that his arm power comes from having played baseball as a child.
However, what has mainly distinguished Mahomes from the rest of the quarterbacks is his inexhaustible talent and his ability to grow in adversity.
He showed all of this in his two Super Bowl victories, in which he commanded double-digit comebacks to beat the 49ers in 2020 and the Philadelphia Eagles last year.
In these playoffs he surpassed rivals such as Josh Allen (Buffalo Bills) and Lamar Jackson (Baltimore Ravens), the MVP of the campaign, until leading the Chiefs to the final in an irregular year for Kansas City in which for the first time they did not They were considered favorites.
“He’s the reason we’re here,” Kelce acknowledged. “He gives the team confidence that we can do it. He’s a once-in-a-lifetime player. And when you put that guy on a team, he makes everyone better.”
“To be in the Super Bowl when no one really believed in us, I think it’s cool,” Mahomes recalled with a smile. “So let’s go out there and finish the job.”
Comparisons
Although a victory would consolidate the dynasty of his Chiefs, Mahomes prefers to keep his feet on the ground and avoid comparisons with brady, who dealt him his only defeat in a Super Bowl when Kansas City fell in 2021 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
“Tom is seven Super Bowls and all the records that exist (…) I’m not even close to halfway, so I haven’t thought much about it,” Mahomes said days ago.
“The goal right now is to do what I can to beat a great 49ers team and try to get that third ring,” he stressed. “And then, if you ask me that question in about 15 years, I’ll see if I’ve been able to get close to seven. But seven seems like a long way off to me still.”
In addition to the record, Mahomes also aspires to get closer to the longevity of Brady, who was active for 23 seasons with the New England Patriots and the ‘Bucs’ until his retirement in 2023 at the age of 45.
“I want to play as long as they let me play,” he said. Mahomes. “Fifteen more years seems like a long time, but Brady did it and some other guys have done it, so I’m going to try to push myself to see if I can do it too.”
Due to his ambition and professionalism, few around him doubt that Mahomes will have a long career.
“If there’s one thing Pat has, it’s his competitiveness: he’s never satisfied with where he is,” the tight end said. Travis KelceMahomes’ great partner and focus of global attention for his famous romance with the pop diva Taylor Swift.
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