Mahomes spent his rookie season as the backup to Alex Smith. He was named the starter in 2018 after the Chiefs traded Smith to the Washington Redskins. That season, Mahomes threw for 5,097 yards, 50 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. He became the only quarterback in history to throw for over 5,000 yards in a single season in both college and in the NFL. He joined Peyton Manning as the only players in NFL history to throw 50 touchdown passes and 5,000 yards in a single season.[3] For his performance in his first season as starter, he was named to the Pro Bowl, named First Team All-Pro, and won the NFL Offensive Player of the Year and NFL Most Valuable Player awards. Mahomes is one of four African-American quarterbacks to win the AP MVP award.[a][4]
During the 2019–20 playoffs, Mahomes led the Chiefs to Super Bowl LIV, their first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years, where they defeated the San Francisco 49ers.[5] Mahomes was awarded the Super Bowl MVP for his performance, the second African-American quarterback and youngest overall to do so.[b][6] He is also the third African American quarterback to win a Super Bowl.[c] In 2020, Mahomes signed a 10-year contract extension worth $477 million with another $26 million in potential bonuses, for a total of $503 million, making it the second-largest known contract in sporting history.[7][8] He made the Super Bowl again the following year, but lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9–31, the first loss by double digits in his NFL career.After struggling at the beginning of the 2021 season he came back in Week 10 to get the 2nd Seed After a Crushing victory against The Steelers and Overtime Thriller against the Bills looked to do the same with the with the Bengals after going up 21-3 Patrick Mahomes biggest weakness came in COMEBACKS and loss 27-24 After the game reportedly demanded a trade teams that have expressed interest are The Titans, Buccaneers,Chargers, and the Cowboys who are Mahomes number 1 Destination As Going to AT&T in college The La Dodgers at presumably trying to lure Mahomes to Baseball