NFL draft analyst Matt Miller is facing an investigation from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office after more than two dozen complaints were filed over his charity fundraisers, and the case has now pulled Patrick Mahomes into the conversation.
Miller reportedly ran several fantasy football leagues and presented them as charity efforts. Among the causes tied to those fundraisers were auctions to buy coats for kids and raffles through his foundation. Donors were also offered items such as a signed Patrick Mahomes jersey, helmets, and other player accessories.
According to The Athletic, Miller “failed to deliver on his promises” to participants in those charity efforts dating back to 2017.
On his podcast, NFL analyst Tony Farmer claimed Mahomes had a closer connection to Miller than many realized and suggested the Chiefs quarterback had “helped” by supplying autographed merchandise for the charity auctions.
“I had another tweet that I found of Patrick Mahomes offering Matt Miller directly an autographed helmet for his charity,” Farmer said. “So it's not even that, 'Oh, Patrick was left out of this and Matt was getting it from his agent or something like that.' I suppose that's possible for the other ones, but in at least one instance, he offered him an autographed helmet.
“So Patrick Mahomes is apparently supplying or indirectly supplying these materials for Matt Miller's fantasy leagues in some cases and charity auctions in other cases.”
Farmer also pointed to Mahomes’ public exchanges with Miller on X, and he speculated that an account called “Mello Esquire,” which took part in 28 dynasty leagues through Miller, was either Miller’s brother or another family member.
He went a step further in tying Mahomes to that account.
“I'll tell you who knows who Mello Esquire is. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes knows exactly who Mello Esquire is because he tagged Mello Esquire on Twitter on May 17, 2018, before these leaks started.”
The complaints surfaced after Miller’s life-threatening car accident on thssouri Route 96 on June 17, when he suffered several fractures and had his left arm amputated.
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said she sympathized with Miller after the crash, but also made clear the probe will take time because of the volume of transactions involved.
“It does look like it's going to be a lengthy investigation because there were a lot of transactions,” Hanaway said. “There's certainly a lot of smoke, and I would bet there's some fire in this case.”
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