PATRICK Mahomes has a chance to get revenge for a prank played on him early in the season.
Many NFL fans share the same joke about Patrick Mahomes, and the Las Vegas Raiders took advantage of it in the preseason.
Patrick Mahomes has a chance to get revenge against the Raiders on Sunday[/caption]
The Raiders made fun of Mahomes with a Kermit puppet in the preseason[/caption]
Mahomes has a very recognizable voice, and many fans say it sounds similar to Kermit the Frog.
In response to this, some Raiders players dressed up a Kermit puppet with a wig and a Chiefs jersey, making fun of Mahomes with it.
Of course, Mahomes caught wind of the disrespect, and gave a simple response about the video.
“Yeah, I mean, it’s still early in the year. Stuff like that happens,” he said.
“It’ll get handled when it gets handled.”
With the NFL entering Week 8, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Raiders are set to play on Sunday, and Mahomes will likely find a way to handle it on the field.
Mahomes and the Chiefs are 6-0 while the Raiders are 2-5, so he already is winning after the gag, but a nice score against Las Vegas would likely make him even happier.
The Chiefs quarterback was asked about the video ahead of this week’s matchup, and shared a more relaxed tone about it.
“I think I just saw it after I finished practice or something in training camp,” Mahomes said.
“It was one of those training camp long days, and it came across my timeline on Twitter.
“But that was the first time I saw it.”
Mahomes said he wasn’t really aware of the video until he saw it himself, saying people he knows already know of the joke.
“Honestly, not a lot of people sent it to me,” Mahomes said.
“I think everybody knows how I am, and they didn’t want to bring that to my attention.
“They wanted me to focus on what I needed to focus on that day.”
Mahomes also shared that he isn’t using the video as motivation, as the Chiefs have enough motivation after suffering a rough loss to the Raiders last season.
“I think honestly if you’re not excited to play this game this week, especially how they beat us this last time, then you’re not in the right sport,” Mahomes said.
“So it’s not like it takes it over the top or does anything like that.
“I think I’m just focused on playing a team that really got after us the last time we played them.”
The Chiefs and Raiders face off at 4:25 pm ET on Sunday.
Mahomes said the joke would get handled on the field[/caption]
