The Kansas City Chiefs are going to the Super Bowl after their 32-29 win over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC championship game on Sunday night.
Patrick Mahomes finished with 245 yards, one passing touchdown and two rushing touchdowns, as well as one celebration that got fans riled up on social media.
After a questionable turnover on downs late in the game, the Chiefs drew up a perfect play for Mahomes in which the Kansas City quarterback took it himself into the end zone—with some impressive blocking help from Travis Kelce—for a 10-yard rushing touchdown, giving his team a 29-22 lead.
Afterward, as the cameras cut away, Mahomes hilariously tried to spike the ball, but it went terribly wrong:
Mahomes spike attempt pic.twitter.com/dkBWu5c4VQ
— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) January 27, 2025
"And his worst pass of the night is on the spike attempt!" CBS announcer Jim Nantz said of Mahomes's botched touchdown celebration.
Fans pointed out that Mahomes's spike might go down in history as one of the worst ever attempted:
I’ve decided I’m only taking one thing away from this game and it’s this atrocious spike attempt by Patrick Mahomes pic.twitter.com/30Xn1tTyyH
— Alex Barth (@RealAlexBarth) January 27, 2025
the Mahomes “spike” pic.twitter.com/SoSIxFzlDE
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) January 27, 2025
Mahomes with maybe the worst TD spike in NFL history.
— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) January 27, 2025
NFL protecting Mahomes by refusing to show a replay of that horrendous spike attempt. Disgraceful
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) January 27, 2025
We as a country were robbed of a slow motion replay of that hilarious Mahomes spike attempt
— Ian Hartitz (@Ihartitz) January 27, 2025
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Patrick Mahomes Roasted for Embarrassingly Bad Spike Attempt After TD vs. Bills.
