Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0had arguably one of his worst performances of the 2024 season in his team\u2019s 40-22 loss to the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0in\u00a0Super Bowl\u00a0LIX in New Orleans back in February.<\/p>\n
The two-time MVP finished with 257 yards passing, three touchdowns, and two interceptions, but the final stats don\u2019t tell the whole story. Mahomes completed just 6 of 14 passes for 33 yards and two interceptions with a 10.7 passer rating in the first half that led to a 24-0 Eagles lead.<\/p>\n
One of this interceptions was a 38-yard Cooper DeJean pick-6 that gave Philadelphia its first touchdown of the game.<\/p>\n
The loss stung a little more for the Chiefs as they fell one win shy of becoming the first franchise in\u00a0NFL\u00a0history to win three straight Super Bowl titles.<\/p>\n
Several players, including star tight end\u00a0Travis Kelce, took extended vacations to cope with the loss, while Mahomes chose a different grieving strategy.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old signal-caller was the talk of social media at the end of February when he showed up to a Texas Tech-Houston basketball game sporting a new clean-cut look, which he said was, in part, to get rid of the bad Super Bowl memories.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve wanted to do it for a while, but it was kind of one of those superstitions \u2014 I kept winning the Super Bowl, which is a good thing, but I don’t want to cut the hair while I was doing it,\u201d\u00a0Mahomes told reporters. \u201cSo, I told everybody during the season, win or lose, if we win three in a row, or if we lose, I’m getting a haircut. Like, that’s enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m very excited. I looked at some videos from last year and I can’t believe all you guys let me keep that nappy hair for so long. I look way better now with the short hair, so I’ll be keeping this going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
For years, Mahomes sported a curly, mohawk-style hairdo with a fade on the sides.<\/p>\n
The look became synonymous with his personal brand that when Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola began wearing his hair in a similar fashion, many fans accused him of trying to rip off Mahomes.<\/p>\n
But based on his comments on Wednesday, it seems like Mahomes\u2019 new look is here to stay.<\/p>\n
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