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Patrick Mahomes Jokes About Learning Knuckleball After Warm-Up Video Goes Viral

Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes appears to be taking notes from America’s favorite pastime this offseason.

On Wednesday at Chiefs minicamp, a video of Mahomes winding up like a baseball pitcher and throwing a football à la knuckleball went viral, with many fans commenting on the star quarterback’s pitching form. Shortly after, Mahomes posted about the video and named a surprising source of inspiration for his baseball warmup antics: San Diego Padres’ Matt Waldron.

Mahomes wrote on X, “I’m trying to learn the knuckleball the Waldron dude from the padres throws”

I’m trying to learn the knuckleball the Waldron dude from the padres throws 😂😂😂 https://t.co/W7GeJv37yR
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) June 12, 2024

Waldron has accumulated a 3.76 ERA in 13 starts for the Padres and, as MLB’s Brent Maguire pointed out, is the only true knuckleballer in the MLB right now, throwing the pitch at a 37.6% clip.

Waldron, a Chiefs fan and Nebraska native, recently caught wind of Mahomes’s comments and felt honored.

“It's kind of crazy. Like I'm living in a different universe,” Waldron said.

Mahomes’s roots in baseball already run deep as his father, Pat Mahomes, was a reliever for the Minnesota Twins in 1992 and went on to pitch for five more teams in his 11-season MLB career. Mahomes never played baseball professionally but did play shortstop for his Tyler, Texas team in the 2010 Junior League World Series.

8 Jun 24 Jimm Sallivan

Massive Ravens-Chiefs Bet Indicates Interest in Week 1 Underdog

The 2024 NFL season will get underway on Thursday, September 5th, when the Ravens head to Kansas City to face the Chiefs in a rematch of the AFC Championship Game.

The Chiefs opened as modest favorites at home in hopes of starting its quest for a three-peat off in a resounding fashion against a quality Ravens team that has the reigning MVP Lamar Jackson under center, but there is betting action towards the underdog.

It looks like we will be at KC -2.5 -110 for a while pic.twitter.com/z1pnqOKItc
— Jimmy Vaccaro (@JimmyVaccaro) June 7, 2024

As longtime Las Vegas bookmaker Jimmy Vaccaro, currently with the South Point, notes, the Ravens are receiving a good amount of attention in the early betting process. One big bettor took the three points with Baltimore on opening night, and given how far away it is from kickoff, the Las Vegas book is likely staying with the Chiefs as 2.5-point home favorites before more action comes in on the home favoirte.

The Ravens closed as 4.5-point home favorites in the AFC Championship Game against the Chiefs at home, but struggled to generate many scoring chances, losing 17-10 to KC. Now, one bettor is wagering that the spread has shifted too far in favor of the two-time defending champions.

For what it's worth, the Ravens are 12-2 against the spread as an underdog when Jackson starts, 9-5 straight up. Can he do it again? Here are the updated odds for the opening game of the season.

Spread

Moneyline:

Total: 47 (Over -110/Under -110)

Odds courtesy of Bet365

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5 Jun 24 Jimm Sallivan

Patrick Mahomes Previews New Trick Play at Chiefs Minicamp

The Kansas City Chiefs have basically nothing left to accomplish. They won the last Super Bowl and the Super Bowl before that. They've won their division every year since 2015, and they haven't finished below .500 since 2012. Their tight end is dating the most famous living American. Life is good.

How, then, do you stay motivated ahead of a season where you'll be chasing history? If you're quarterback Patrick Mahomes, you play with the limits of what is possible in an American football game.

Mahomes has been doing that his entire career, but on Wednesday he threatened to take things up a notch by dialing up a behind-the-back pass to running back Carson Steele during the Chiefs' minicamp.

He's always got another trick up his sleeve 🪄 pic.twitter.com/sX8v15Rdm7
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) June 5, 2024

The two-time MVP feigned taking off running before firing a basketball-style pass in Steele's direction, which the UCLA product deftly caught with one hand.

Mahomes previously has talked about unleashing the behind-the-back pass in a game—and he has the approval of Chiefs coach Andy Reid.

"Coach Reid wants me to throw it behind-the-back more than anyone in the world," Mahomes said on a First Things First appearance in May. "He deliberately puts in plays that when I have the opportunity to throw it. It's not a coaching thing, it's me not having that confidence to do it in the game. One of these games, man. We gotta do it. There's too much hype in it. Hopefully it's to Travis [Kelce]."

Kansas City opens its season on Sept. 5 against the Baltimore Ravens. We'll see whether the pass comes with it.

3 Jun 24 Jimm Sallivan

Every NFL Team’s Odds to Win the Super Bowl in 2024 Season

The NFL offseason continues on, but that doesn't have to stop us from keeping an eye on the NFL futures market!

The top of the Super Bowl oddsboard is dictated by the two teams that made it to the big game last season with the San Francisco 49ers slightly favored over the Kansas City Chiefs to win Super Bowl 59.

Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are once again viewed as a true contender to win the Super Bowl for a third straight year with the team set to return a majority of its core, but it's the 49ers who have the edge at the top of the oddsboard.

It's worth noting that the Niners are in the far easier conference relative to the AFC, and that's indicated in the odds. After the two aforementioned teams, the AFC has seven of the 12 other teams that have shorter than 25-1 odds.

Moreso, three of the next four teams are in the AFC with the Ravens, Bengals and Bills all viewed as legitimate threats to win the Super Bowl this season.

With training camp still a few months away, it's worth keeping an eye on more movement in the Super Bowl odds ahead of the 2024 season.

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2 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Patrick Mahomes Names Exact Moment He Realized Chiefs Are Now the NFL’s Villain

Like all dynasties in sports, the Kansas City Chiefs began their run of dominance as fan-favorite underdogs.

But after three Super Bowl titles in the last five years, the Chiefs—and especially quarterback Patrick Mahomes himself—are viewed outside of Kansas City as the league's new villains.

On a recent appearance on the Impaulsive podcast, Mahomes recalled the moment that he realized this was the case.

"This year, definitely, was the more villain-type role for the whole team," Mahomes said. "I don't think I really realized it—I heard people talking and obviously social media, there's people always talking—so I didn't know how real it was until I got to Buffalo this year."

The Chiefs and Buffalo Bills have developed a heated rivalry over the last few seasons. Kansas City has ended Buffalo's season in the playoffs in three of the last four years, including a 27–24 victory in the divisional round at Highmark Stadium in January.

"I think I saw 40,000 middle fingers on the way into the stadium," Mahomes said. "They were ready to go. We go out there and win, I'm trying to hand my headband and sleeve off to a kid, and snowballs are just flying at me.

"I'm just like, 'These people really don't like me.' It's not fake at all. I think they have a great fan base."

The Chiefs are scheduled to face the Bills at Highmark Stadium once again during the 2024 regular season.

Buffalo and its loyal fan base will look for revenge against Mahomes, the NFL's current best quarterback and apparently greatest villain.

2 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Travis Kelce Reacts to Chiefs Selecting Speedster Xavier Worthy in 2024 Draft

The Kansas City Chiefs didn't wait long to bolster their offense in the 2024 NFL draft last week, trading up to select Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy with the No. 28 pick.

Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was elated when he learned about his team's choice.

"It's looking like [quarterback Patrick Mahomes] has another extremely fast man to throw the ball deep to," Kelce said on the latest episode of the New Heights podcast. "Or just get the ball in his hands—a lot of his highlights you see him catch the ball, and he's splitting defenders and making guys miss.

"He's an all-around football guy, he's not just track speed."

Kelce, who has led Kansas City in receiving in four of the past five years, should only benefit from the addition of Worthy's blazing speed to the offense. The Chiefs were a top-six NFL offense in points and/or yards in five straight seasons from 2017 to '21 with Kelce and speedster Tyreek Hill running routes for Mahomes.

Worthy, of course, shattered an NFL combine record by running the 40-yard dash in 4.21 seconds, narrowly edging John Ross's mark of 4.22 seconds set in 2017.

"You've got to have a bit of fearlessness if you're going to be that fast playing football," Kelce said. "Getting hit at speeds like that is a little dangerous."

The defending champion Chiefs will get the whole group together later this month for the first day of organized team activities May 20.

30 Apr 24 Jimm Sallivan

Xavier Worthy Got a Special Chiefs Tattoo Days After Being Picked in NFL Draft

The Kansas City Chiefs landed a perfect fit when they traded up and selected Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy with the 28th pick in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft. The speedster seems pretty excited about joining the defending Super Bowl champs, and even got a new tattoo to commemorate his draft selection.

Worthy posted a video showing the process of getting a Chiefs logo tattooed on his arm above "R: 1, P: 28" which represents the round and position of his selection.

Rookie Xavier Worthy got some fresh ink dedicated to his new team 😤
(via @XavierWorthy) pic.twitter.com/5TANT2DfQh
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) April 30, 2024

Worthy ran the fastest 40-yard dash at the NFL combine since 2003 when he sprinted the distance in 4.21 seconds. While he is on the smaller side at 5'11" and 165 pounds, he's an impressive receiver. His size and skill set are eerily similar to former Chiefs star Tyreek Hill. Worthy had a great career at Texas and capped his time in college by catching 75 passes for 1,014 yards and five touchdowns as a junior in 2023.

The Chiefs' biggest weakness last season was their receiving corps. They had seven pass catchers with three or more drops during the regular season. Kansas City's receivers began to improve in the postseason but it was still a massive problem that needed to be addressed. This offseason the team added veteran Marquise Brown and now the rookie in Worthy to a pass catching group led by Travis Kelce and Rashee Rice. The revamped unit should keep star quarterback Patrick Mahomes happy.

Worthy and Brown's speed should stretch defenses, opening things up underneath for Kelce and Rice. Meanwhile, the two new receivers represent the best deep threats Mahomes has had since the Chiefs traded Hill away in 2022. On paper, it looks like Kansas City's offense got a whole lot better.

Given that he got a tattoo with his new team's logo, Worthy seems really excited to join the Chiefs.