Coach Andy Reid has paid tribute to his quarterback Patrick Mahomes for pushing through the pain of an injury to lead the Kansas City Chiefs to their second Super Bowl victory in four years.
Mahomes was awarded his second Super Bowl MVP after his second-half comeback effort against the Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
“He’s the MVP. That’s all that needs to be said. MVP. And you saw it tonight,” Reid told reporters on the field immediately after the game.
Mahomes’ award and his side’s victory were made more significant due to his ongoing struggles with a high-ankle sprain, though Reid had said during the week that the 27-year-old was moving well in practice and was ready for the game.
He appeared to aggravate the injury again on Sunday after limping away from a tackle just as halftime closed in.
But the Texas Tech product not only suited up for the Chiefs in the second half – he somehow went to another level, scoring twice from throws in the fourth quarter and engineering the game-winning drive that set up Harrison Butker’s 27-yard field goal with eight seconds left on the clock.
“I had a lot of soreness going through into halftime, (but) was able to move it around and kind of get taped up a little bit and go out there in that second half and it didn’t feel good,” Mahomes said during a press conference.
“But I was going to leave it all out there. And I’m glad it was enough for the win.”
“M-V-Pat, you know what I mean,” Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce said in his postgame on-field interview.
“You can’t say how much he means to this team.”
The victory was particularly significant for 64-year-old Reid, who was recruited by the Chiefs when he was sacked by the Eagles in 2012 after more than a…
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