Patrick Mahomes given emotional Super Bowl inspiration after tragic family news
Heart-breaking.
Patrick Mahomes’ mother says her seriously ill father is ‘hanging on’ to see his grandson win another Super Bowl on Sunday night.
The already-legendary quarterback is looking to win a third straight Super Bowl this weekend when his Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans.
It would be his fourth in total and he would become the first quarterback in history to win three on the spin as no other team has pulled off the threepeat.
The 29-year-old needs no added motivation to succeed on Sunday, but his mother has provided some with a heart-breaking update on Mahomes’ grandfather.
78-year-old Randy Martin has been ill for some time and his daughter, Randi, confirmed last month that he had been moved to hospice care.
‘My dad is in a hospice and I’m lost for words,’ Randi wrote on social media in January.
Ahead of the huge game this weekend, she told People: ‘I know that it has meant a lot to him. And I think he’s hanging on because he wants to see his grandson do an amazing thing or just let him play.
‘I mean, he must be such a proud grandpa, so proud. And my mom was very proud and his other grandparents [were too].’
Randi posted on Instagram on Tuesday: ‘Afternoon with daddy & all he wants to talk about is the Superbowl.’
Mahomes will be doing his best to focus on the game this Sunday, where he can create history and certainly has the backing of his coach, Andy Reid, to do so.
‘He’s a great person, a great leader,’ the Chiefs coach told Sky Sports. ‘He has the offense down pat – no pun intended – and he is all around, if not the best, one of best I’ve ever been around. And he’s young!’
On the possibility of becoming the GOAT with an historic win this weekend, Mahomes said: ‘I’m just trying to be the greatest Patrick Mahomes that I can be.
‘That’s obviously a goal of anyone’s, to be the greatest at their profession but, in order to do that, you have to be the greatest that you can be every single day – if that’s on the field and the work ethic I put in, or off the field in the father and husband that I am.
‘I’m going to try to be the greatest in that way, and whenever I’m done with football, if I leave everything out there the way that I feel like I have so far, as far as effort and mentality, I’ll be happy with the results and I’ll let others talk about who the greatest is of whatever profession that is.’
