“I threw a landing to this dude to finish the sport, and he checked out me,” quarterback Patrick Mahomes mentioned. “He had no thought.”
LAS VEGAS — Mecole Hardman says he didn’t understand he’d received the Super Bowl after catching the game-ending landing in additional time.
“I blacked out man,” he mentioned. “I forgot we really received the sport.”
Patrick Mahomes sprinted after him in the long run zone and shared the excellent news.
“I threw a landing to this dude to finish the sport, and he checked out me,” Mahomes mentioned. “He had no thought. I mentioned, ‘Dude, we simply received the Tremendous Bowl.’ He had no thought. He didn’t even have a good time at first.”
“It’s time to have a good time now,” Hardman mentioned.
Mahomes threw a 3-yard landing move to Hardman in additional time, and the Chiefs rallied to beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 on Sunday, changing into the primary repeat Tremendous Bowl champs in 19 years and ninth general.
Mahomes celebrated by sprinting like mad into the top zone, then wheeling round and heading all the best way again to Kansas Metropolis’s sideline, the place he collapsed on the yellow-painted turf in what appeared to be elation and a little bit of disbelief.
Mahomes struggled for a lot of the sport Sunday, particularly because the 49ers refused to convey the blitz, which the two-time league MVP tears aside with ease. However he began to warmth up within the fourth quarter, when he drove Kansas Metropolis for a area purpose to tie it 16 with 5:46 left, then when he drove for one more area purpose that despatched the sport to additional time.
He completed with 333 yards passing and two touchdowns, an early interception lengthy forgotten when he discovered Hardman extensive open in the long run zone to ship purple and yellow confetti raining down from the rafters of Allegiant Stadium.
