{"id":56426,"date":"2025-06-16T08:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T08:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56426"},"modified":"2025-06-16T08:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T08:51:10","slug":"patrick-mahomes-touching-moment-with-chiefs-fan-is-a-tear-jerker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56426","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Mahomes\u2019 Touching Moment With Chiefs Fan is a Tear-Jerker.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1453661152-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1453661152-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1453661152-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1453661152-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"1233\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1272\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">The Kansas City Chiefs have shared a super touching and heartfelt moment with a young Chiefs fan and Patrick Mahomes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0are focused on the future and working hard during the offseason, but they still make time to give back to the local community.\u00a0Chiefs in the Community\u00a0has a range of community programs and events throughout the year that enhance the community and Chiefs fans.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, June 13, the Kansas City Chiefs took to Instagram to share some footage and clips of players meeting with a fan, and it really looked like a sweet moment. So sweet that it might make you tear up.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>The Kansas City Chiefs Give Back<\/h2>\n<div id=\"9a2acc0d09bb7829d216244a6562aacf\" class=\"embed_container\">\n<div class=\"lazy-embed lazy-embed--ssr embed-instagram-com lazy-embed--loaded\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DK3B4zySvgg\/\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DK3B4zySvgg\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=524&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fheavy.com&amp;rp=%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fkansas-city-chiefs%2Fpatrick-mahomes-touching-moment-chiefs-fan%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A5098%7D\" height=\"1168\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWith the help of the non-profit Mile Monsters, Turbo, who has\u00a0Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, spent the day touring our stadium and facility and capped it off with a visit to one of our practices,\u201d the team post on their\u00a0official Instagram page, along with a gallery of photos of video clips featuring Turbo meeting the players, including\u00a0Patrick Mahomes. In the clip, Mahomes even gives Turbo a football.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs also shared an\u00a0Instagram post on Friday, June 13, stating that head coach Andy Reid has been involved with the Special Olympics Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week, the 5th Annual Evening with Andy Reid took place to help build support for Special Olympics Missouri,\u201d they wrote in a separate Instagram post.<\/p>\n<div id=\"91f0b74deb263b9049a9577a8459b742\" class=\"embed_container\">\n<div class=\"lazy-embed lazy-embed--ssr embed-instagram-com lazy-embed--loaded\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DK2AfokM8rl\/\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DK2AfokM8rl\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=524&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fheavy.com&amp;rp=%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fkansas-city-chiefs%2Fpatrick-mahomes-touching-moment-chiefs-fan%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A5099.900000002235%7D\" height=\"1186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>They added, \u201cIn addition to raffles and auctions to help fund programs for these incredible athletes, Coach Reid announced his partnership with Special Olympics athlete Jared and his business, Jared\u2019s Jams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs have a variety of community programs and events throughout the year to benefit the local area.\u00a0One of their programs is City Year, which \u201cworks to celebrate students throughout the year, providing children and young adults with safe and engaging learning environments. Throughout the partnership between City Year and the Chiefs, over $1 million has been donated to improve the education of students in the Kansas City area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, the Kansas City Chiefs and Hunt Family Foundation are work on offering education opportunities and supporting students in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Which Teams May Surprise the NFL in 2025<\/h2>\n<p>But, let\u2019s get back to football. While the Chiefs, of course, are considered one of the strongest teams in the NFL, there are other teams that are currently flying under the radar that could come up and upset the major players. In a\u00a0separate June 12 feature for PFF, Wasserman names five teams that are underrated going into the new season. The Chiefs aren\u2019t on there, of course, because they\u2019re expected to be strong, as always.<\/p>\n<p>The teams that could surprise everyone, and even surprise the Chiefs, are the Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootball prognosticators spend the entire offseason searching for legitimate Super Bowl contenders, as well as those who could be dark horses to make noise in the postseason,\u201d Wasserman notes in the piece. \u201cIn the process, some teams get overlooked, whether because of market size or an underestimation of their talent level and ability to win games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, all of those teams make sense, expect for the 49ers, because they always seem favored, no matter what, going into a new season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty The Kansas City Chiefs have shared a super touching and heartfelt moment with a young Chiefs fan and Patrick Mahomes. 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