With the NFL now in the offseason, Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes has decided now is the time to showcase a new haircut.
The 29-year-old is known for rocking a Mohawk hairstyle throughout his eight years in the NFL. It’s even landed him a sponsorship deal with Head & Shoulders.
There are some who have speculated over the reason why Mahomes has opted to make the change now. It comes after the Chiefs lost in Super Bowl LIX to the Philadelphia Eagles, though some point out that Mahomes didn’t make a drastic change after Kansas City lost the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl in 2020.
However Mahomes’ barber, DeJuan Bonds, thinks the defeat might have been a motivating factor in the new look.
“There might be a little bit of truth to that,” Bonds told Us Weekly. “Most of it came from the fact that he’s always been wanting to do it. But the Super Bowl loss might have ramped it up by a couple of days or weeks, sure.”
There’s also the fact that Mahomes got the new haircut less than 48 hours after the defeat to the Eagles.
“We said we weren’t going to mess with past superstitions,” Bonds continued.
“He wasn’t trying to mess with it and cut his hair before the football season. It was one of those things he had been wanting to do for a while. But he wanted to wait until after the Super Bowl. He was like, ‘Hey, it’s time to give me a new look.'”
Mahomes not happy with how the season ended
While speaking with Fox News, Bonds noted that Mahomes’ desire for a new look is likely due his frustrating end to the season.
“I just think with the end of the season, frustration maybe, like, ‘You know what, I’m done. It’s time for a new look, change,’ and I think that’s pretty much what prompted his sudden urge. It probably was a little bit [frustration], then there was like, ‘Hey you know, it’s time for a new look’,” said Bonds.
Bonds also noted that if it were up to Mahomes, the haircut would have been even more drastic.
“A lot of times, when someone says, ‘Cut it off,’ they don’t really know. They’re just saying something. Me, as an experienced barber, I know that ‘cut it off’ really don’t mean ‘cut it off,'” Bonds said.
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