But, as joyous as Mahomes has been in victory, he was classy as ever in defeat. Mics picked up Mahomes’s simple and short message to Hurts when the two shared an embrace on the field after the final whistle:

The Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes debates will rage on long after Super Bowl LIX. Sure, Mahomes didn’t do himself any favors in the Kansas City Chiefs’ 40-22 blowout loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, but there is still plenty of football ahead in his career to potentially turn things around.