Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes graces cover of latest issue of GQ magazine
Five months ago, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s issue about Super Bowl LIV.
The headline on that special issue was “Kingdom Comeback.”
Now Mahomes is making a foray into the world of fashion as he is on the cover of a different magazine: GQ. That is a men’s magazine that focuses on fashion, style, grooming, culture, wellness, sports and other subjects.
The GQ cover says this about Mahomes: “The new leader of the NFL.” The story inside has the headline, “How Patrick Mahomes became the superstar the NFL needs right now.”
Author Clay Skipper writes in part about Mahomes: “He seems to delight in toying with expectations, even in the way he wins. In each of their three postseason games last season, the Chiefs trailed by at least 10 points — this includes a 24-point hole they got into against the Houston Texans and a 20-10 deficit they faced against the 49ers in the Super Bowl. Yet they won every game easily — by more than 10 points. The takeaway: Mahomes seems to be at his best when circumstances are at their worst. Travis Kelce, the Chiefs’ tight end and one of Mahomes’s favorite targets, says he ‘almost gets a little bit more excited when the play breaks down,’ because that’s Mahomes’s ‘comfort zone.’ Are you surprised, then, that in a summer of tumult and change, as even seasoned vets like Drew Brees are fumbling along, Patrick Mahomes is stepping up and looking for ways to utilize his new leadership role in the league? He’s reading the moment, gathering information, hunting for opportunity, his eyes up and his gaze downfield.”
Mahomes tweeted the cover of the magazine:
Here are some of the photos from the issue that were shared on Twitter:
Mahomes later tweeted a video that he shot with GQ:
This story was originally published July 14, 2020 at 8:00 AM.
