How Patrick Mahomes (and his dad) found inspiration in another Kansas City legend: Satchel Paige

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How Patrick Mahomes (and his dad) found inspiration in another Kansas City legend: Satchel Paige
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Some of the creativity Patrick Mahomes brings to the NFL has a surprising source. He (and his dad) have long found inspiration in another Kansas City legend: Satchel Paige. 'My dad was talking to me about Satchel Paige my entire life.' More:

and “the guys that came before me and laid the foundation. He also considered his unlikely symmetry with Paige, a Kansas City legend from a different era.Pat Mahomes educated his son on his professional sport while his son became a great on another.

Mahomes chose football, and the decision has turned out nicely: On Thursday, he won his second NFL MVP award after throwing for 5,250 yards and 41 touchdown passes in the regular season, leading the Chiefs to their third Super Bowl in four seasons. On Sunday, he can win his second Lombardi Trophy at the age of 27. He may just be entering his prime, a player who Matt Nagy, the Chiefs quarterback coach, jokes was “made in a lab.

“It’s his personality,” she said. “His charisma he brings on the field, the professionalism. It’s just good to see. It’s just taken a long time for us to have that kind of talent in Kansas City.” “You see the creativity that they had,” Mahomes said. “They obviously played at such a high level, but they enjoyed it while they did. That’s what you see with me on the football field.”In the last five years, Mahomes has continued to return to the museum. On Monday, as he faced dozens of cameras on the floor of Phoenix’s Footprint Center at Super Bowl Opening Night, he pushed others to do the same.

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