Patrick Mahomes spent hours in the game room in the back of the house he grew up in, trying over and over to figure out how to do the thing he couldn't: beat his dad.
This wasn't in a real-life competition, but rather a virtual one. Mahomes and his father, Pat, would play EA Sports' Madden video game franchise often, and as much as he tried, the future Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and Madden 20 and 22 cover athlete couldn't win.
"My dad used to beat me with Randy Moss and Daunte Culpepper and the Vikings," Mahomes told ESPN during an interview about his selection as a Madden 22 cover athlete.