Patrick Mahomes has perfect response to 'dirtbag' and 'classless' question from Super Bowl reporter

Patrick Mahomes refused to go ensnared by the baiting enactment of questioning from a newsman during Super Bowl week. 

The Kansas City Chiefs are heading to their 5th Super Bowl successful six years connected Sunday with a accidental astatine a historical three-peat connected the enactment erstwhile they look the Philadelphia Eagles down successful New Orleans.

However, the dominance Patrick Mahomes and Co. has sparked conspiracy theories successful caller weeks, with immoderate NFL fans suggesting they had a helping manus from the league's officials.

While speculation has swirled connected societal media, 1 newsman took it a measurement further during Monday's Super Bowl LIX Opening Night. 

One newsman astatine the media availability league wrong Caesars Superdome tried to trigger a absorption from Mahomes erstwhile helium asked the backmost a bizarre question astir the 'rigged' theories.  

The unidentified newsman could beryllium heard asking Mahomes: 'For your full career, you person had truthful many great radical assistance you win, truthful who is your favourite ref?'

The Chiefs awesome caller was not amused arsenic helium appeared somewhat taken aback earlier refusing to instrumentality the bait. 

'That's hilarious,' Mahomes said with a deadpan look arsenic helium somewhat shook his caput successful disbelief. 

'No, each the refs are great. All the refs are great. They bash the champion they can, spell retired determination and play the crippled the close way.' 

But the newsman didn't relent. He further attempted to get a emergence retired of the three-time Super Bowl victor by shocking asking him if he'd ever sent a Christmas paper to an official. 

But Mahomes, refusing to go riled, kept composed and offered a cleanable reply erstwhile again arsenic helium quipped: 'Not that I tin remember. I'll speech to immoderate of my teammates to fig it out.'

While Mahomes navigated the audacious enactment of questioning well, NFL fans connected societal media were furious connected his behalf. 

'Pretty overmuch a dirtbag determination from the newsman successful my opinion, person the Chiefs had the payment of arguable calls implicit the years spell their way, yes they person but the different teams request to marque definite they crush them connected the tract truthful there’s nary doubt,' 1 societal media idiosyncratic deed out. 

Another slammed: 'This is conscionable classless by that reporter. Hey feline it’s not unfastened mic astatine the drama club!!'

'Welp, that reporters astir to suffer his job,' a 3rd joked. 

Others commended Mahomes for his composed handling of the situation 

'He’s a bully sport,' 1 instrumentality praised. 'I don’t uncertainty that Chiefs get immoderate oddly timed calls but let’s not enactment similar Mahomes is paying them to marque the calls oregon immoderate shit.' 

'He handles that beauteous good could person been mode worse,' different said arsenic a 3rd echoed: 'Kinda comic but helium handled it well.' 

Earlier successful the day, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell had been enactment connected the spot over the 'rigged' conspiracies. 

'This reminds maine a small spot of the publication - that I constitute a publication for the full season, right?' helium began.

'A batch of those theories that are things that hap connected societal media and they get a batch of life. I deliberation it reflects a batch of the fans' passion. And it's besides a reminder for america however important officiating is. I I deliberation the men and women that officiate successful the NFL are outstanding. They person the highest imaginable standards.'

'That's a ridiculous mentation — for anyone who mightiness instrumentality it seriously,' helium continued. 'But astatine the extremity of the day, it's thing we ever person to proceed to enactment on: How bash we marque our officiating better?'

Goodell was further quizzed connected the league's standards of officiating arsenic helium was asked however the NFL ensures determination is nary bias during on-field decisions.

'I can't archer you each the things that hap down [the scenes], but our officials are evaluated successful respective ways,' Goodell said. '

'It's not conscionable the things that spell connected the field, but things that spell connected successful their ain lives. We person precise choky controls implicit that and show it precise intimately successful respective ways. 

'These officials are outstanding people. It's a pugnacious job. A truly hard job. Half the radical sees it 1 mode and fractional the radical sees it the different way. But I've ne'er seen a radical of radical much dedicated to getting it close than our NFL officials.'