Tyrann Mathieu, JJ Watt Among Strong Reactions to Patrick Mahomes' Record Extension

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is now the most popular and highest-paid football player in the world, and there are some strong reactions to the news. Moments after reports surfaced that he and the reigning Super Bowl champions agreed to a 10-year extension, the richest in history, reactions from his teammates, fans and Chiefs Kingdom Twitter were aplenty.

The Young man deserve it all. One of the best I’ve been around. One of the Greats. #15 #RunItBack

— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) July 6, 2020

My locker is across from the highest paid player in league history. God just keeps blessing me. 🙏🖤

— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) July 6, 2020

Yes sir my bro we going crazy https://t.co/ITrvfXhdGx

— Ty Hill (@cheetah) July 6, 2020

Let me tell y’all about my best friend, he earned that💕❣️ pic.twitter.com/aYYsCocoNn

— Brittany Matthews (@brittanylynne8) July 6, 2020

What's understood doesn't need to be explained. #Ferrari @PatrickMahomes ✊🏽🖤 pic.twitter.com/bK4QflAop0

— Jamal Adams (@Prez) July 6, 2020

Pat getting a baseball contract is so fitting

— Kendall Fuller (@KeFu11er) July 6, 2020

No wonder Pat wasn’t at workouts this AM , he had to visit the bank right when it opened lol

— DeShon Elliott (@OfficialShon_4) July 6, 2020

#RunitBackx10

— Jeff Allen (@JeffAllen71) July 6, 2020

.@deshaunwatson pic.twitter.com/fEDcAG3NU8

— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) July 6, 2020

The richest contract in @NFL history belongs to a Red Raider. 😏

Congratulations, @PatrickMahomes!

🔴#WreckEm⚫️ pic.twitter.com/ieJFMhLrgM

— Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) July 6, 2020

Put Patrick Mahomes on the New York Stock Exchange

— Benjamin Solak (@BenjaminSolak) July 6, 2020

Since it’s a 10 year deal Mahomes will get 450/500 million, 2 or 3 restructures throughout the years to stay under the cap…

— Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) July 6, 2020

The greatest quarterback on Earth stays in Kansas City for a long, long time. https://t.co/ycPzxpq7AL

— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) July 6, 2020

to demonstrate how long Patrick Mahomes' 10-year contract extension is…….. let's look at what Patrick Mahomes was doing 10 years ago (9 years and 11 months ago if we're being exact)
(via @LittleLeague)
pic.twitter.com/atqiRbGcGH

— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) July 6, 2020

Over the past two seasons with Kansas City, Mahomes has completed nearly 66% of his passes, resulting in 76 touchdowns and only 18 interceptions in the regular season. This title-winning postseason, Mahomes tossed 10 touchdowns against just two interceptions while leading Kansas City to a come-from-behind win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV. The former Texas Tech product turns 25 in September.

Details of Mahomes’ Contract Revealed

Shortly after Schefter first broke the news, the details of No. 15’s contract was revealed. At $450 million, it makes the Texas native the highest paid athlete in sports history.

Compensation update: Patrick Mahomes’ 10-year extension is worth $450 million, sources tell ESPN.

The injury guarantee is $140 million, per source.

The contract does not contain language that ties its value to a percentage of the salary cap.

Richest deal in sports’ history.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 6, 2020

Mahomes will also have an impressive $140 million injury guarantee.

Chiefs general manager Brett Veach was adamant on making Mahomes a Chief for life in April. Considering he’ll be at Arrowhead Stadium until at least 35, Veach is a man of his word.

“I would like to think that we’re fairly confident, and we have a lot of time,” Veach said, via NFL.com’s Jelani Scott. “(They’re) cornerstones in this organization. We do have some time, and now that the draft is over, and the free agency period here with the pandemic and the virtual draft, there was certainly a lot of distractions. But now that this is behind us here, we have a window now that we can kind of reset as an organization”

In addition, NFL Network’s Jesse Palmer added Kansas City’s front office were serious about putting pen to paper before training camp for the title defense campaign began.

The #Chiefs wanted the deal with Patrick Mahomes to get done before training camp and thought that it was possible even with the current situation with COVID. Both sides wanted it to get done and now it is.

— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) July 6, 2020

Let the Kansas City Chiefs dynasty begin.

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