Super Bowl 57 MVP Patrick Mahomes sure seems to be enjoying himself as he takes an extended victory lap in the wake of the Kansas City Chiefs’ thrilling 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
After partying into the wee hours with his teammates, the star quarterback visited Disneyland on Monday and then made an appearance on ABC’s late-night talk show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Of course, all those public appearances don’t leave a whole lot of time for anything else.
“I fell asleep .. on the ride over from Disneyland to here,” Mahomes told Kimmel. “So that was my sleep.”
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In the 10-minute segment, Mahomes showed off his MVP trophy and covered several timely topics.
Patrick Mahomes on his injured ankle
“I’m ready to play a game today if we need to,” he told Kimmel.
“The ankle kinda put a hiccup in the game plan, but we were able to get it done in the end and come out Super Bowl champs.”
Mahomes even appeared to reinjure his ankle late in the first half as he was trying to scramble away from a defender.
“It was a bad moment because we were losing momentum in the game as well. I knew the pain shot up my entire leg and I knew it was gonna hurt the rest of the way out, but luckily we had that long halftime in the Super Bowl and I was able to get some stuff done, as far as mobility-wise, and get myself ready for the second half.
“Definitely, it was a scary moment for sure.”
Patrick Mahomes on what he told teammates at halftime
The Chiefs trailed the Eagles 24-14 at halftime, but Mahomes and the Chiefs remained confident.
“I talked a little bit. Luckily for me, we have a lot of great leaders on that team,” he said. “We just said we had to go out and leave it all on the field. … We knew if we left it all out there, we’d have the best chance to win that we could. We did that and we walked away with a W.”
Patrick Mahomes on the temptation to watch Rihanna’s halftime performance
“Coach Reid told us, ‘If you go out to watch the performance, just keep walking because you’re not playing the rest of the game.'”
How hard did the Chiefs party after their Super Bowl win?
“They do a nice party for us at the hotel,” Mahomes said. “The Chainsmokers came through, DJ Khaled came through. You can’t beat that, man. It’s every genre of music you need right there and we had a little afterparty after that as well.”
When Kimmel asked who the Most Valuable Partier on the team was, Mahomes didn’t hesitate.
“That’s the easiest. Travis Kelce. Everybody knows that.”
Patrick Mahomes on the high level of competition in Super Bowl 57
“It was a ton of respect both ways,” Mahomes said when asked about the performance of the Eagles and quarterback Jalen Hurts.
“They played a great football game and we played a great football game. Someone had to win at the end of the day. There’s a lot of respect going that way, and I’m sure we’ll play that team a lot over the next few years.”
Patrick Mahomes discusses the trick play that misfired at the goal line
One of the more creative play calls the Chiefs made in the Super Bowl came on a fourth-quarter drive at the Eagles 4-yard line. With the offensive linemen already set, the Chiefs skill players mimicked a merry-go-round in the huddle and quickly snapped the ball, hoping to catch the Eagles off-guard.
“We worked on that play so long!” Mahomes told Kimmel. But the defense was ready, and with no open receivers, he had to throw the ball away.
What was the name of the play?
“So (offensive lineman Andrew) Wiley, who was the guy we were trying to get the ball to is a big Pokémon collector. And so it was a Pikachu formation and it was called Gotta Catch ‘Em All.”
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