But, as joyous as Mahomes has been in victory, he was classy as ever in defeat. Mics picked up Mahomes’s simple and short message to Hurts when the two shared an embrace on the field after the final whistle:

Patrick Mahomes Sr., father of the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, and fomer major league pitcher John Rocker got into an altercation on Bourbon Street in New Orleans after the Super Bowl that might have been staged ahead of a potential upcoming boxing match between the two.

Patrick Mahomes’ emotions throughout the Chiefs’ humbling defeat told the story.