The Mahomes family is growing again, and Patrick Mahomes already has a wish list. A day after he and his wife, Brittany, announced they are expecting their fourth child, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback joked to reporters that he is hoping for another boy.
His reasoning? The math at home. Here is the story fans have been sharing all week.
The announcement
Patrick and Brittany Mahomes revealed the pregnancy in a joint Instagram post on Tuesday, November 10. The photos showed the family posing on a beach, including one with Patrick’s hand on Brittany’s baby bump. The caption read: “Another blessing from God🥹🙏🏼 & then there were 6🤍.”
USA Today reported that the couple did not share the baby’s sex, name or due date.
The couple already have three children: daughters Sterling, 5, and Golden, 1, and son Bronze, 3.
“Me and Bronze can even up the score”
At his Wednesday press conference, a reporter asked about the growing family. As reported by Page Six, Mahomes laughed that the boys are currently outnumbered in their house.
“I’m hoping that me and Bronze can even up the score,” he said. He quickly added, “Obviously, it’s a blessing to have another baby on the way. I’m excited for it,” and said that at the end of the day he is simply praying for a healthy baby.
The Super Bowl baby theory
Then came the line that sent sports social media into overdrive. A reporter pointed out that the Chiefs have won a Super Bowl in every season in which Patrick and Brittany announced they were expecting.
Mahomes grinned. “I’m hoping [to continue the trend],” he said, per Page Six. “I don’t know if Brittany is, but I’m hoping if we can keep that going and get another Super Bowl win with a baby on the way, that’d be awesome for sure.”
Mahomes is a three-time Super Bowl champion with the Chiefs. Whether a baby announcement actually helps a football team is, of course, a fun superstition rather than a strategy, but it is exactly the kind of storyline fans love.
He hinted at this before
This isn’t a total surprise to people who have followed the family. Page Six noted that last January, just days after Golden was born, Mahomes said he was keeping the door open.
“My goal was always three. So we’ve had three,” he said at the time. “We’ll stick there for a while and see if we need to come back and get another one later on.” He also gave credit to Brittany, saying she was the one “doing everything” while he tried “to be supportive.”
A high school love story
Part of why fans connect with the couple is their history. Patrick and Brittany are high school sweethearts who got engaged in September 2020 and married in March 2022. Brittany has built her own public profile, and the family’s milestones regularly trend across sports and celebrity news.
Why it’s buzzing
The story checks every box for a feel-good viral moment: a superstar athlete, a family announcement, a playful quote and a superstition fans can rally behind. Chiefs fans in particular are already joking about what this means for the playoffs, and the comment sections under the announcement filled up fast with congratulations and baby-name guesses.
The bottom line
Baby No. 4 is on the way for the Mahomes family. Patrick wants a boy to “even up the score,” he mostly wants a healthy baby, and he wouldn’t mind if the old Super Bowl pattern holds. Congratulations to the growing family.
Image: Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium via Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Mark 1.0
