Brittany Mahomes Posted A Patrick Mahomes Clip That Made Every Chiefs Fan Hold Their Breath On July 4th [VIDEO]
This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.
Patrick Mahomes is the most important quarterback in football, a three-time Super Bowl champion with a brand worth hundreds of millions of dollars. On the evening of July 4th, he decided to handle a backyard fireworks display personally. One would imagine NFL fans watching Brittany Mahomes’ Instagram Story had exactly the kind of reaction you would expect.
Everything turned out fine. But “fine” and “why is the Chiefs’ franchise quarterback handling explosive devices himself?” can absolutely coexist in the same sentence.
The Mahomes family enjoying fireworks at their house yesterday! 🎆❤️
📸 | BrittanyLynne on Instagram pic.twitter.com/FSg9f1kAjn
— Daily Chiefs (@Daily_Chiefs_) July 5, 2026
Why Patrick Mahomes and Fireworks Is a Combination That Makes NFL Fans Nervous
The concern is not irrational. NFL history has not been kind to players who get casual with fireworks. The list of cautionary tales is long enough that you would think it would have filtered down to every locker room in the league by now.
The most famous example remains Jason Pierre-Paul. The former New York Giants pass rusher was setting off fireworks in Deerfield Beach, Florida, on July 4, 2015, when one exploded in his hand. He had his right index finger amputated, lost the top of his thumb, and suffered severe damage to his remaining fingers. Pierre-Paul was one of the most feared edge rushers in the NFL at the time. He played the rest of his career with a heavily compromised right hand.
That was not an isolated incident. Najee Harris suffered an eye injury at a Fourth of July fireworks event in 2025. He required treatment and follow-up care before ultimately being cleared ahead of the Chargers’ training camp. Former NFL defensive back C.J. Wilson lost two fingers in a separate fireworks incident back in 2015. When three NFL players in a single decade have paid a physical price for fireworks mishaps, fans have earned the right to wince.
Patrick Mahomes’ Fireworks Show Went off Without a Hitch — This Time
To be clear, Mahomes was not reckless about it. The video Brittany posted showed a legitimate backyard fireworks display, the kind families set up in driveways across the country every Fourth of July. Nobody was injured. The show looked great. And by all accounts, the Mahomes family had a fun and safe holiday weekend.
That did not stop NFL fans from doing what NFL fans do — immediately imagining every possible way a $500 million quarterback could have accidentally altered the trajectory of the 2026 Kansas City Chiefs season before it even began. When your star player also attended Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s wedding at MSG just 24 hours earlier, the Fourth of July fireworks clip hits slightly different.
Mahomes is 30 years old, locked in through the 2031 season on a deal worth up to $450 million, and standing between the Chiefs and what would be an unprecedented fourth Super Bowl title. Nobody needs him near a fuse. But he handled it; it went fine, and now Chiefs fans can exhale and go back to worrying about their schedule — which, per ESPN’s computer projections, ranks among the ten toughest in the NFL this season. One hurdle at a time.
