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Patrick Mahomes becomes Chiefs’ all-time leader in passing yards
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes passed Hall of Famer Len Dawson as the team’s all-time leader in passing yards during the first half of Kansas City’s regular-season opener against the visiting Baltimore Ravens on Thursday.
Mahomes needed just 84 yards to eclipse Dawson — who finished with 28,507 yards while with the Chiefs — and did so in the second quarter when he found tight end Travis Kelce for a 23-yard pass.
Dawson, a seven-time Pro Bowl quarterback, played 14 of his 19 seasons in the NFL with the Chiefs franchise (including one season with the Dallas Texans, who moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs in 1963). He was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987.
Mahomes is in his seventh season as Kansas City’s starting quarterback after playing in only one game as a rookie in 2017. He has been named to six Pro Bowl teams, won two MVP awards and led the team to three Super Bowl titles since being selected 10th by the franchise in the 2017 NFL Draft.
–Field Level Media
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Reports: Chiefs sign ex-Patriots QB Bailey Zappe to practice squad
Quarterback Bailey Zappe apparently wasn’t unemployed long.
Multiple outlets reported Wednesday that Zappe, who was released Tuesday by the New England Patriots, will be signing the Kansas City Chiefs practice squad.
Contract terms were not reported.
Also Wednesday, NFL Network said the Chiefs were signing veteran running back Samaje Perine to their active roster.
Zappe, 25, will join entrenched All-Pro starter Patrick Mahomes and backup quarterback Carson Wentz in the quarterback room.
Zappe played in 14 games the past two seasons, starting eight, for the Patriots and was 4-4. He completed 63.2 percent of his passes for 2,053 yards with 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.
While Zappe, 25, relieved an ineffective Mac Jones last season, he was buried on the QB roster this spring and summer behind veteran Jacoby Brissett and rookies Drake Maye and Joe Milton III. Maye was the No. 3 overall pick of the draft, while Milton was taken in the sixth round.
Zappe was 15-of-25 passing for 137 yards in the preseason.
Perine, who turns 29 next month, was cut Tuesday by the Denver Broncos and teams got day to a required 53-man roster.
A fourth-round draft pick in 2017, Perine has played for Washington (2017-19), the Miami Dolphins (2019), Cincinnati Bengals (2019-22) and Broncos.
He appeared in 17 games (one start) in Denver and gained 693 yards from scrimmage with a touchdown.
In 93 career games (12 starts), he has 3,021 rushing and receiving yards and 14 scores.
–Field Level Media
Patrick Mahomes donates $5M to Texas Tech project
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany, donated the final $5 million needed to fund a major renovation project at his alma mater, Texas Tech.
The university announced Thursday the donation from the couple to the South End Zone and Dustin R. Womble Football Center project, bringing the fundraising for the project to $115 million, part of the $242 million Campaign for Fearless Champions initiative that launched when Mahomes was a freshman at the Lubbock, Texas, school in 2014.
Texas Tech will name the walkthrough area in the Womble center after Mahomes, as well as the Red Raiders’ quarterback meeting room and the offensive coordinator’s office.
Since leaving Texas Tech, Mahomes has won three Super Bowl championships and been named NFL Most Valuable Player three times.
“We couldn’t be prouder to announce this gift from Patrick and Brittany Mahomes,” said Kirby Hocutt, the Texas Tech athletic director. “We are so proud of Patrick for all he has accomplished and how he has continually supported Texas Tech on a global scale.”
Mahomes, 28, is a member of the Texas Tech Hall of Fame and the Ring of Honor. In July, the school signed a 10-year partnership deal with Adidas to feature Mahomes’ signature Gladiator logo on Texas Tech uniforms and other apparel.
“There isn’t a greater ambassador for Texas Tech Athletics than Patrick Mahomes,” head coach Joey McGuire said. “He is arguably the best brand in sports, not only for his success on the field but for what he and his family do off it.”
–Field Level Media
Travis Kelce weighs in on Harrison Butker commencement speech
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said he doesn’t agree with the “majority” of Harrison Butker’s recent controversial comments but noted that he will not judge his teammate for it.
Butker caused a stir during his 20-minute commencement address on May 11 at Benedictine College, which is a Catholic school in Atchison, Kan. He addressed the female graduates in attendance and spoke against the “diabolical lies” society places on women who emphasize their careers over motherhood.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said on Wednesday that he did not “necessarily agree with” Butker’s comments but noted he was going to “judge him by the character he shows every single day.”
Kelce had a similar take on the matter while speaking Friday on his “New Heights” podcast.
“He’s treated friends and family that I’ve introduced to him with nothing but respect and kindness,” Kelce said of Butker. “And that’s how he treats everyone. When it comes down to his views and what he said (in his) commencement speech, those are his.
“I can’t say I agree with the majority of it or just about any of it outside of just him loving his family and his kids. And I don’t think that I should judge him by his views, especially his religious views, of how to go about life, that’s just not who I am.”
Kelce did not address the part of Butker’s speech in which the kicker quoted a Taylor Swift lyric.
Butker said, “As my teammate’s girlfriend says, ‘familiarity breeds contempt’” — which references Swift’s song “Bejeweled.”
–Field Level Media
1587 Prime: Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce team on K.C. steakhouse
Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are continuing to build their partnership — off the field.
The prolific quarterback-tight end combo, who together have won three Super Bowl championships, announced Thursday they are working with Las Vegas-based restaurant group Noble 33 to open 1587 Prime. The upscale steakhouse, which gets its name from the pair’s jersey numbers, is set to open in the Loews Kansas City hotel downtown in early 2025.
“Travis and I have become frequent visitors of Noble 33 restaurants in other cities so it only made sense to bring something special to our own community in Kansas City,” Mahomes said in a news release.
Noble 33 restaurants include Toca Madera in three western U.S. cities, Sparrow Italia in London and Meduza Mediterrania in New York.
Mahomes and Kelce have lent more than just their names to the project, said Tosh Berman, a Noble 33 partner.
“Noble 33 is leading the development of the design, experience, menu, and operation, but conceptually, Patrick and Travis’ involvement and input has been instrumental,” he said. “Both of them are longtime regulars of our other restaurants, so a great starting point was bringing elements they loved from those experiences and abstracting them in an original way for 1587 Prime.”
Berman added that the concept could reach beyond Kansas City.
“We do intend on expanding the brand with Patrick and Travis starting with the other cities where we have a significant footprint,” he said.
This isn’t the first food collaboration between Mahomes, 28, and Kelce, 34. Last year, they joined the investment group of Chicken N Pickle, a growing restaurant and sports chains that highlights games including pickleball.
–Field Level Media
Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes wins third Super Bowl MVP award
Leading Kansas City to a thrilling 25-22 overtime win against the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes won his second straight Super Bowl MVP award and third overall on Sunday night in Las Vegas.
Guiding the Chiefs to back-to-back titles and their third in the past five seasons, the 28-year-old Mahomes joins Joe Montana as three-time winners, trailing only Tom Brady, who won the award five times.
With the Chiefs trailing 22-19 in overtime, Mahomes engineered a 13-play, 75-yard drive and tossed the game-winning 3-yard touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman with three seconds left. Mahomes finished 34-of-46 passing for 333 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He also led Kansas City in rushing with 66 yards on nine carries.
En route to the Super Bowl, Mahomes led the Chiefs to road wins over the Buffalo Bills and the Baltimore Ravens, his first playoff games away from Arrowhead Stadium.
In addition to earning three Super Bowl titles and three Super Bowl MVP awards, Mahomes has been the NFL MVP twice and the Offensive Player of the Year once. He is also a six-time Pro Bowl selection in his six seasons as a starter.
–Field Level Media
