NFL teams have rarely commented on whether certain players have been vaccinated against COVID-19. But that hasn’t stopped individual players – whether they have been vaccinated or not – from making public statements about their situation.

talk with engine Carrington Harrison during a 610 sports In an interview Monday, Patrick Mahomes, a quarterback in Kansas City, said he recently took his latest COVID booster dose.

“I have the guy at home, so I don’t want to give her anything – and also, I want to be available for my team,” he explained. “So I got the boost. I know it’s still a bit of a new thing, but I’m just trying to give myself the best chance to be available for my team and to keep everyone around me safe.”

In Mahomes’ view, one of the things about playing in the NFL is largely outside of his control — so he might be doing the best he can.

“All you can do is try to distance yourself as much as possible,” he said. “Then try not to put yourself in positions to get positive tests and things like that. I mean, it’s a weird deal—especially if you look at the NFL and the NBA and everything that’s going on around the world right now. The COVID kind of picked up on its own again.”

But one of the things is he and his colleagues can Control is how they played during the closing weeks of the 2021 season, when continued victories – along with major losses by other teams – now made it possible for Kansas City to win the AFC’s post-season top seed simply by winning In the last three games. Mahomes said that was one of the factors he warned during Thursday’s 36-28 overtime win over the Los Angeles Chargers.

“I think it’s only when you have your back against the wall that you have to do something,” the midfielder said. “Men really responded — and made things happen. The catch is that [Travis Kelce] He was running – he was doing all those kicks after the hunt – [and Tyreek Hill] Achieve these big moments at the end of the game. And in fact, everybody–I mean, everybody–came up: the offensive line stopped its tail. I think when it got tough, everyone responded to the adversity and went out and found a way to win.”

In Thursday’s game, Kelsey set one-game personal records for receiving yards and receiving yards per catch in games with more than five receptions. Mahomes said his 32-year-old tight end can still deceive opposing defenses — just as he did in the touchdown on Thursday.

“It’s faster than you think,” Mahomes noted. “He doesn’t look fast – but he moves. I think he’s found a way to get in between the linebackers out there – [and] There were a couple of bad angles his defense had taken because they didn’t expect him to hit her like he did. And he found a way to get to the end zone.

“It was definitely a special play.”