Even when awaiting the birth of his child, Patrick Mahomes made sure to be locked into the NFL playoffs.
The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and wife Brittany welcomed their third child, a daughter Golden Raye Mahomes, on Sunday, joining three-year-old daughter Sterling Skye and two-year-old Patrick Lavon III, nicknamed ‘Bronze.’
The birth of baby No. 3 came at a perfect time for the couple since Mahomes’ Chiefs secured the No. 1 seed in the AFC and had Wild Card Weekend off before starting their postseason run in the divisional round. It’s what the couple was hoping would happen.
But as the couple awaiting the arrival of Golden Raye, the three-time Super Bowl MVP was allowed by the expecting mother to catch some of the action across the postseason over the weekend.
‘It was cool that football was on TV while I was in the hospital, so I was able to watch a little bit,’ Mahomes said on Tuesday. ‘Brittany was kind enough to let us watch football as she was getting ready to give birth to our second daughter.’
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Mahomes said his wife ‘crushed it’ giving birth and he also talked about what it was like to welcome the newest addition to the family.
“It’s been cool to welcome another baby girl in our family and see how my other kids react to her and having a baby sissy and stuff like that. So it’s been a lot of fun,’ he added.
Now with his third child and two weeks off from playing — he sat out the regular season finale against the Denver Broncos before the bye — Mahomes has his eyes set on trying to get Kansas City to become the first three-peat champion in the Super Bowl era. The Chiefs will host the Houston Texans in the divisional round on Saturday.
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