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Randi Mahomes had to adjust her plans for Thanksgiving after her son Patrick Mahomes skipped their traditional meal whilst leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a Week 12 NFL victory over the Carolina Panthers on November 24.
The quarterback's late 33-yard rush attempt set up a field goal for the Chiefs to claim a slender 30-27 win against the 3-8 Panthers at the Bank of America Stadium in a game they were expected to dominate.
However, the cost of playing football is dear as he had to miss spending time with his mother, who posted a photo to Instagram with her family as they celebrated the tradition, which she revealed dates back to 2007.
The photo featured some good news for fans of the family as Patrick's grandfather, Randy Martin, was spotted looking in solid health after spending most of the year struggling in and out of hospital.
The post went live just as Spencer Shrader came up good with the field goal attempt as the clock struck zero, suggesting that whilst Patrick was almost 1000 miles away he was very much still in their thoughts.
Randi Mahomes then confirmed that was the case when she posted to X.com, formerly known as Twitter, "Celebrating Thanksgiving with my daddy and watching the game with him. #BLESSED."
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Mahomes produced one of his best stat lines of the season by throwing for 269 yards and three touchdowns whilst allowing zero interceptions from 37 attempts (72.9% completed) as he speared the Chiefs on.
He allowed zero interceptions too, but was sacked five times, as he also added 60 rushing yards from five carries in his highest volume of scrambling the ball in the season after lacking ing targets through injury.
Mahomes and the Chiefs will next be in action on Friday, November 29 when they welcome the Las Vegas Raiders to the Arrowhead Stadium in a game that will kick off 15:00 ET/12:00 PT.