The metrics of the Kansas City Chiefs’ win over the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round of the playoffs are still coming out this week.
Advanced fitness and health wearable company WHOOP, which has been tracking Patrick Mahomes’ heart rate all season, shared insights into the star quarterback’s remarkable performance with new data sets released on Wednesday. In WHOOP’s release, they noted that Mahomes’ heart rate spiked at some interesting moments in the game, and referenced a tweet from the quarterback’s trainer:
👀 @PatrickMahomes heart rate during game and my heart rate watching the game 😂😂 @whoop pic.twitter.com/15CYLSvmro
— Bobby Stroupe (@bobbystroupe) January 26, 2022
“[As] shared by Mahomes’ trainer Bobby Stroupe on Twitter, Mahomes’ [heart rate] spiked when he was on the sideline watching Buffalo make their game-changing plays, and then also immediately after Mahomes made his clutch plays. His HR was low in the huddle and pre-snap, allowing his body and mind to be in a clear ‘flow state’ – helping him be at his best with the game on the line.”
WHOOP went on to break the numbers down further, detailing some of the key moments by the numbers on their monitor:
- Average heart rate: 144 beats per minute (bpm).
- Peak heart rate: 191 bpm during his first-quarter rushing TD.
- Low heart rate: 79 bpm.
From 8:27 pm (1:54 left in the game) to 8:55 pm, Mahomes’ heart rate never dipped below 144 bpm. On Mahomes’ 64-yard touchdown pass to Tyreek Hill (1:02 left in the game), his heart rate spike to 171 bpm when the Chiefs took a 33-29 lead. When the Bills took the 36-33 lead (13 seconds remaining) Mahomes’ heart rate was in the ‘flow state’ again. However, when Harrison Butker kicked the game-tying field goal, Mahomes’ heart rate shot up to 162 bpm.
Whoop also included Mahomes’ physical output and strain during the win, right down to the number of calories burned in the masterful performance.
“In total, Mahomes’ activity strain during the game was 18.8 with 2,347 calories burned, and his day strain was 20.4 (on a 0-21 scale). Over the 28 minutes of real-time spanning the frantic end of regulation and OT, his average heart rate was nearly 160 bpm.”
If there was any doubt that Mahomes left it all on the field against Buffalo, the numbers certainly seem to point toward full exertion in a remarkable effort to win one of the toughest matchups of his career.
