Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes apologizes for botched TD celebration

If determination was 1 happening Patrick Mahomes whitethorn privation backmost successful the AFC Championship, it could beryllium the celebratory spike of the shot pursuing his 2nd touchdown run.

Mahomes faked the handoff to his moving backmost and took the shot to his right. He had conscionable capable blockers successful beforehand of him to get immoderate momentum to bulldoze his mode into the extremity zone. Buffalo Bills information Damar Hamlin failed to marque the tackle and the 2 different antiaircraft backs down him couldn’t support the backmost retired of the extremity zone.

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As Mahomes celebrated with Travis Kelce, helium tried to spike the shot into the ground. However, the shot flopped retired of his hands and flailed its mode implicit to the sideline. He apologized for the head-scratching mishap successful a station connected X.

"I besides apologize. That is wherefore one dont effort to spike the ball," helium wrote with cry-laughing emojis.

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Mahomes had 2 rushing touchdowns and a passing touchdown successful the win. He was 18-of-26 with 245 passing yards and 43 much yards connected the ground.

He present has 7 rushing touchdowns successful the postseason implicit the people of his career. He passed erstwhile Chiefs moving backmost Damien Williams for the astir successful Chiefs postseason history.

The triumph besides marked the 17th of his vocation successful the postseason. He passed Joe Montana for 2nd successful NFL history. Tom Brady had 35 postseason wins successful his vocation from 2001 to 2022.

Kansas City volition instrumentality connected the Philadelphia Eagles successful Super Bowl LIX. The crippled volition beryllium broadcast connected FOX and streamed connected Tubi.

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