GLENDALE, Ariz. — If Patrick Mahomes were to wake up tomorrow and decide that he wants to retire from football, you could make a strong case that the 27-year-old has already done enough in his career to earn a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Not only did Mahomes win his second Super Bowl on Sunday, but he did it with one of the gutsiest performances of his career, and it’s a performance that earned him a second career Super Bowl MVP after the Chiefs beat the Eagles, 38-35.
With just under two minutes left to play in the first half, Mahomes re-injured his ankle. At that point, Kansas City’s season looked to be all but over.
The Eagles would score one more time in the second quarter to take a 24-14 halftime lead, and there was no reason to think Mahomes was going to be able to muster any magic in the second half on a bad ankle. Mahomes didn’t do much before the ankle injury — he threw for just 89 yards in the first half — so it seemed unlikely that he would be able to do anything with an ankle injury. However, as we’ve learned time and again over the course of his career, you can never count out Mahomes. Whatever magic beans he was given to heal his ankle at the half, they definitely worked, because Mahomes was magical in the second half.
The Chiefs had four possessions in the second half and they scored on each one, which is notable, because it was the first time in 94 career starts where Mahomes led the Chiefs to a score on every drive in a second half. And he did it IN THE SUPER BOWL on a bad ankle while playing a nearly perfect half, going 13 of 14 for 126 total yards and two passing touchdowns.
Every time the Chiefs needed a big play in the second half, Mahomes gave it to them. You want a touchdown pass on a third-down play in the fourth quarter? Mahomes did that.
You want a 26-yard scramble with the Super Bowl on the line late in the fourth quarter of a tie game? Mahomes gave us that, too.
Mahomes didn’t put up eye-popping numbers (21 of 27 for 226 total yards and three TD passes), but he was in total control the entire game and came up with clutch play after clutch play, which is why he was voted Super Bowl MVP.
At 27 years old, he might not quite be in the conversation for the best quarterback of all-time, but he’s certainly inching his way there. Tom Brady currently holds that title, but Mahomes is already doing things that Brady…
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