Patrick Mahomes had a down year in 2024 by his lofty standards. For the first time since his rookie season, he didn’t make the Pro Bowl or throw for 4,000 yards. The Kansas City Chiefs failed to win the Super Bowl for the first time since the 2021 season, losing by an embarrassing 40-22 scoreline against the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Across the aisle, rookie Spencer Rattler also had a pretty down year by his standards. The 2024 fifth-round pick of the New Orleans Saints started six games for an injured Derek Carr, losing all six (by an average of 20.3 points) while throwing for under 200 yards a game. In fact, he threw more picks (5) than TDs (4).
The two quarterbacks could not be more different. But somehow they ended up on the same golf course this week.
Mahomes held his annual ’15 and the Mahomies Foundation Vegas Golf Classic’ at Shadow Creek Golf Club in North Las Vegas, Nevada, over the past week. The final round of the three-day tournament was played on Friday.
Mahomes and Rattler both participated and found the time to snap a quick picture together on the greens. The photograph drew some attention for a couple of reasons.
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The first is that the pair of mixed-race quarterbacks looked eerily similar, which fans noted in the comments of the Saints’ Instagram post. A couple posted GIFs, including the popular one featuring two Spider-Mans pointing at each other, and another with the twins from The Shining.
“Mahomes & Mahomes Jr,” commented a fan. Another user wrote: “If they say they are brothers, no one would object.”
The theme of the comment section was clearly that these two look alike. The most common jokes were that Rattler was basically Mahomes Lite. “Looks like we have the Great Value Mahomes,” wrote one.
Others were simply hoping that Rattler was able to learn a thing or two and soak up some knowledge from the best QB in the game today: “Teach him how to ball,” said a commenter.
If Rattler is smart, he would have been talking Mahomes’ ear off as much as he possibly could during the three-day event. Rattler clearly needs some pointers after that first-year debacle.
And with Carr now retired and rookie Tyler Shough an uncertain entity, Rattler might be pressed into action for New Orleans again in 2025.
The other thing we noticed about the photograph is what the pair was wearing: matching golf shirts with Mahomes branding on them. We think this is about Rattler getting advice. But could it also be Mahomes buttering up a future backup for himself in K.C.?
The golf event was organized to raise funds for the 15 and the Mahomies Foundation, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of children. The foundation focuses on issues of health, well-being, and communities in need of resources.
