In the days and weeks following the biggest win of Patrick Mahomes’ professional career, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback allowed himself to soak it all in.
During the Chiefs’ celebratory parade after winning Super Bowl LIV, a gala that was his official coronation as the King of the City, Mahomes reveled in the moment, smiling for the cameras, chugging beers with his teammates and playfully letting his hair down in a way the uber-mature 24-year-old rarely has in public.
And why wouldn’t he?
Given the occasion, a celebration of the Chiefs’ first Super Bowl win in 50 years, and what Mahomes could tell it meant to Kansas Citians, Mahomes felt like partying with thousands of his closest friends.