Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes delivered passionate halftime speech to help jumpstart second half comeback

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Patrick Mahomes enter Super Bowl LVII with a high ankle sprain, and re-aggravated it during the first half of the game.

The Chiefs entered the locker room down by 10 points to the Eagles and with a hobbled Mahomes. With his team in need of some motivation, Mahomes delivered an impassioned speech which is credited with helping lift the team to victory.

"We just challenged each other, man, to leave everything out there, and I don't want to say we played tight in the first half, but you didn't see that same joy that we play with,' Mahomes said on Monday in reference to his speech. 'And I wanted guys to just know that everything we worked for is for this moment.'

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Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates after defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 to win Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona.  (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Mahomes suffered the ankle injury during a divisional round playoff game four weeks earlier against the Jaguars. A tackle by linebacker TJ Edwards in the second quarter appeared to re-aggravate the same ankle.

But, Mahomes came out of the locker room and have an efficient second half en route to a 38-35 victory. The NFL MVP completed 13 of his 14 throws for 93 yards, while throwing two touchdowns.

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The win gave Kansas City won its second Super Bowl in the last four seasons. After the game Mahomes revealed he refuse treatment on the injury during halftime, trainers instead taped the ankle.

"We put new tape on