Patrick Mahomes shrugs off ‘beer gut’ barbs in quest for third Super Bowl

Chiefs quarterback has already won two NFL titles and at 28 is on the road to establishing himself as an all-time great

Two weeks ago, after dispatching the Baltimore Ravens on the road in the AFC Championship, the Kansas City Chiefs packed into the visitors' locker room at M&T Bank Stadium to celebrate a return trip to the Super Bowl. In the middle of the din, was a shirtless Patrick Mahomes, still looking forward. Like I been saying, we ain't done yet," he roared.

But when footage of his rallying cry made it to social media, the focus quickly shifted away from his encouraging words to his much less defined torso. Before long his #dadbod had made its way on to the NFL's X (formerly Twitter) feed and had commenters passing judgment on his fuller frame, some calling him bloated," fat", and accusing him of having a beer gut".