02/03/2020 - 20:05
- Clarín.com
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Kansas City Chiefs was again the king of the NFL after 50 years thanks to a spectacular win against San Francisco 49ers in the 54th Super Bowl. And much of the celebration of the Missouri team was due to another huge performance by Patrick Mahomes, the young quarterback who with only 24 years and three in the league and made history for its precocity and reinvented one of the most emblematic positions of football American.
Already before his arrival in the NFL, many predicted a good future. “He has a great arm and is very agile. But he is also big and has very strong legs. It's going to be a special quarterback, ”he was recorded in the books of recruiters who saw him play in his years as a student at the Texas University of Technology.
After being elected by Chiefs in the 2017 draft and spending his first season at the substitute bank, coach Andy Reid handed him the keys to the team's offense. He did not disappoint and in a couple of seasons, he revolutionized the NFL.
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In 2018/19 he led the Chiefs to the conference final, in which they lost to the powerful Patriots of Tom Brady. He, likewise, was chosen the MVP of the league.
And in 2019/20 - in which he suffered an injury in the right knee (the kneecap was dislocated and returned at three weeks as if nothing had happened) and in the right hand - he was the key figure for Kansas to lift again The most important American football trophy after half a century. And in addition to taking the MVP prize of the final, he became the second youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl.
Although the "revolution" that generated Mahomes goes far beyond those statistics. He redefined the role of the quarterback, who traditionally limits himself to throwing the ball to his teammates. Patrick is a more complete player than the typical marshal, who has no problems running when the play asks for it or risk with his passes if he sees it necessary. And that is due, in part, to his past as a baseball player.
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His father, from whom he inherited the name, played in the major baseball leagues, although without resounding results. As a boy, Patrick followed in his footsteps and when he was 14 he was already a great figure in youth tournaments in Texas. Finally, his love for football could do more and he decided to hang up the bat. Although his years as a pitcher allowed him to develop great agility, a great power in his right arm, with which he arrives to throw the oval ball to more than 65 meters, and a capacity to move his wrist at the time of the launch that gives him more precision and power to your shots.
Mahomes, in addition, has a great ability to also throw with his left arm and to make passes without looking at his recipient, which drives the rival defenses crazy.
Mahomes, on Monday, celebrated the Super Bowl title at Disney. Photo: AP
Fast, agile, athletic and capable of throwing the ball with as much power as precision, Mahomes also has another quality that sets it apart from the rest: its mentality. He is a born winner and an undisputed leader. And he has the necessary coldness to cope with the hot moments of each game and generally makes good decisions on the field. He showed it on Sunday, when he led the comeback of his team and led him from losing by ten points in the fourth period to winning by eleven to be crowned champion.
Alex Rodriguez, star of the Major League Baseball (MLB), confessed that once, when Patrick was still a child, he advised: "Don't play in the NFL, silver and history are in baseball." Mahomes did not listen to him and followed his heart. And he did well, because in just three seasons in the NFL, he already wrote his name in the great history of American football. And his career is just beginning ...
Lucky in the game ... And in love
One of the iconic images of the last years of the NFL was the kiss of super model Giselle Bündchen to Tom Brady after the last coronation of the New England Patriots. It seems that the good of Mahomes also competes in that area. It is that in the last hours of Sunday, when he had already led the Chiefs to the conquest of the Super Bowl, he began to travel the world the photo between Mahomes and his girlfriend, Brittany Matthews, with whom he has not only been a couple since 2013 when they were in High school, but shares the love of sports.
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Best prom date a guy could ask for !! # prom2013 #bestfriend #greatnight
A shared post by Patrick Mahomes II (@patrickmahomes) on May 5, 2013 at 4:06 PDT
Matthews is passionate about football. Not the one practiced by Mahomes, but the one known in the United States as soccer. He practiced it at the University of Texas and even came to play professionally at the UMF Afturelding in Iceland. where it was the pleasure of winning a title.
However, love could do more and in 2017, when Mahomes signed for the Chiefs, he left number five and gradually became an influential fitness teacher. In fact, last year, she launched 'Brittany Lynne Fitness', a website where she offers personalized advice and clothing designed by herself.
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Hiiiiiiiii hello hey🤚🏼👋🏼🤚🏼 It has officially been a week since I relaunched Brittany Lynne Fitness🔥💛 Can't wait to start sharing some results and testimonies from the guides !! If you have purchased a guide and have started it, share below how it is going !!! 🙏🏼🙌🏼 In other words summer is coming to an end sadly but that doesn't mean start slacking in the gym !!! Keep those bods working and looking amazing🔥🔥🔥🔥
A shared post by Brittany Matthews (@brittanylynne) on Sep 10, 2019 at 2:15 p.m. PDT
But not everything ends in sport. Along with Brittany, Mahomes has a foundation that he called '15 and the Mahomies', whose premise is to help low-income children with health problems. His girlfriend puts the body to much of the social work.
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Last night, @patrickmahomes hosted the first-ever 15 and the Mahomies Foundation Gala presented by Community America. With the support of our partners and friends, we raised over $ 600,000 to further our efforts to improve the lives of children. To close out the night, Patrick and Brittany recognized 15 deserving nonprofit organizations and presented each with a $ 15,000 donation. This is just the beginning and we are so grateful for all of the support. THANK YOU! 📸: @melissaandbethphotography
A shared publication of 15 and the Mahomies Foundation (@ 15andmahomies) on Nov 22, 2019 at 10:55 PST
Called to be the man who will change American football, Mahomes is far from the scandals that often surround the mega stars of American professional sport. His idea is to take root in Kansas, where shortly he bought a mansion in Missions Hills that cost him about two million dollars. From there, with Brittany as a faithful hillside, he wants to establish a new dynasty in the NFL.