Kansas City Chiefs star Quarterback Patrick Mahomes is still riding high this NFL offseason.
After he led his team to their third Super Bowl in February – and captured his third Super Bowl MVP – he’s earned the right to be a little lax. He has spent much of his time with his wife Brittany and their kids, which is appropriate. Because Mahomes may be one of the premier athletes in the world. But he still boasts the dad-bod of an average Joe.
“I definitely have the dad bod a little bit…,” Mahomes said. “I’ll also say I have a great body for a quarterback,” Mahomes said in a recent interview for Time Magazine.
“You’ve got to have some padding in there to take the hits that we take.”
Origin of Patrick Mahomes’ Dad-Bod Jokes Revealed
The origin of the Mahomes dad bod joke happened during their 2024 playoff run. After the Chiefs defeated the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship game to advance to the Super Bowl a celebration ensued in the team locker room.
During that locker room celebration, the Chiefs’ quarterback was shirtless. And although Mahomes is arguably one of the greatest athletes of all time, in the photo, he looks more like an off-road trucker than a two-time NFL MVP.
Fans on social media laid into the Chiefs quarterback. And Mahomes eventually caught wind that he had become the butt of social media’s latest joke.
“Why they have to do me like that?! #DadBodSzn,” the Chiefs quarterback wrote on X formerly known as Twitter.
He later doubled down saying, “Like, I got kids.”
Chiefs Star Jokes About Offseason Weight Gain
Dad bod seems to be a recurring thing in the Chiefs’ organization. His favorite target, Travis Kelce is also going through an offseason increase.
During a recent episode of his and his brother Jason Kelce’s ‘New Heights’ podcast, the brothers got into a dispute about who can drink more. Travis joked that the slimmed-down Jason could no longer use his weight as an excuse.
“You’re already down to 260… we’re in the same weight class now,” Travis jokingly said.
Jason clarified that he weighs more than 260 but is a much huskier 283 pounds to which his brother responded:
“283? Alright. Still, it’s March! We’re in the same weight class right now!”