He has been in Kansas City since 2017 and has led the Chiefs to seven Conference finals and five Super Bowls, winning three, as MVP. He combines deep throws and improvised runs with unsuspected competitive ferocity. That’s why he and the club chose each other again. Again. Forever
Five hundred million dollars. A huge investment for a single player. Especially in American football, a violent sport in which a “wrong” shot can change a game, a season, a career. Yet in Kansas City they made the 504 million dollar investment, to be precise, for Patrick Mahomes with their eyes closed, without even thinking for a moment, well beyond the parachute of accident insurance. Why? Is the Chiefs quarterback really worth that money, is an athlete really worth that money in a salary cap sports league? Well, if you look beyond the shouty headline, beyond the homepage with those mind-boggling numbers on display, you discover that this was almost a forced move, after all.