He was a lowly intern in Philadelphia picking up dry cleaning or fast food for coaches. He was promoted to a faceless coach’s assistant for a few years, then a nameless scout for a few more, and a decade later in Kansas City was mesmerized by a player on video no one else saw.
This is the Super Bowl story of how one man changes an entire franchise. It involves the larger story of Patrick Mahomes, sure, because he was the college quarterback on video that afternoon and has become the face of pro football.
There Mahomes was Monday night, surrounded by media, cornered by cameras, his answers on Super Bowl Opening Night projected across Marlins Park where hundreds of fans sat.