Patrick Mahomes reveals press conference trick to duck uncomfortable questions
Patrick Mahomes is the face of a $4.3 billion franchise so it's only natural that the Kansas City Chiefs would have him on the podium for press conferences every week.
But it's not always smooth sailing for the three-time Super Bowl champion.
Mahomes admitted to as much when he appeared on Rob Riggle's Riggle's Picks Podcast this week.
Riggle posed a question to the two-time NFL MVP regarding press conferences. Riggle asked:
"Even with the most annoying questions you always handle it very professionally. Do you ever go back to the locker room and start punching a wall?"
Mahomes responded:
“It’s part of the profession, it’s part of being a quarterback and having to stand on that podium and talk, win or loss. I think what I’ve mastered is being able to say a lot of words without saying anything at all. That’s my go-to whenever I get a question I might not necessarily like, I’ll just say a lot of different words but it really means nothing."
Patrick Mahomes' press conference approach was on full display during Harrison Butker controversy
The Kansas City Chiefs have been in the news damn near every month this year, for good reasons and bad.
In January and February, it was all about how they overcame a little hiccup in December to go all the way and hoist the Lombardi Trophy. Since March, though, it's been downhill.
Between Rashee Rice's arrest and Harrison Butker's commencement speech at Benedictine College, Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the franchise fielded several questions on the goings-on in Kansas City.
When Mahomes was asked about his thoughts on Butker's speech that riled up a large section of fans, the 3x Super Bowl MVP said:
"I've known him for seven years. I judge him by the character he shows every day and that's a good person. ... We're not always going to agree. He said certain things I don't agree with."
Mahomes was tactful in his response to the Butker controversy, telling reporters that he wasn't going to judge his teammate by that incident but rather by "the character that he shows every single day, and that’s a great person."