Mahomes, Chiefs aim to seize moment with repeat

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Eight NFL franchises have received back-to-back Tremendous Bowl championships however none for the reason that New England Patriots did it following the 2003 and 2004 seasons.

Patrick Mahomes stated the Kansas City Chiefs are centered on ending that streak and profitable their second consecutive title.

“Everyone’s motivated by that,” Mahomes stated Tuesday as he reported for coaching camp at Missouri Western State College. The Chiefs start a three-day camp for quarterbacks and rookies Wednesday with full-squad follow beginning Sunday.

“Try to be motivated to do it once more. When you will have that parade, if you undergo the offseason that I have been via, you need to do it once more,” Mahomes stated. “You solely get these alternatives by profitable the Tremendous Bowl. And so for us, we need to make it possible for we will construct up and attempt to win that Tremendous Bowl once more as a result of that second, that feeling is one thing that you just simply wished to seize each single time that you just get the chance to do it.”

The Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles in February in Tremendous Bowl LVII. In addition they received Tremendous Bowl LIV over the san francisco 49ers in 2020, however didn’t repeat as champions by dropping to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tremendous Bowl LV. Mahomes stated the Chiefs coasted into the playoffs in that 2020 season after profitable 14 of their first 15 video games.

“This time I believe I will attempt to actually push and encourage guys to proceed to attempt to get higher though we’re profitable soccer video games,” Mahomes stated. “Let’s not be glad with simply profitable [but also] discovering methods to get higher each single week.

“Everytime you get that chance, you do not let it squander. You actually reap the benefits of it and it is arduous. I believe it may be the toughest it is ever been. … Once you have a look at the AFC, there’s virtually each crew you may see a path for them attending to the playoffs. I do know I stated that yearly, however I believe this 12 months is actual. We all know week in and week out it may be a problem for us and let’s get higher and attempt to win as many soccer video games as potential and put ourselves in that place.”

Mahomes stated he was keen to check the ankle that he injured throughout the Chiefs’ divisional spherical playoff win over the Jacksonville Jaguars and that bothered him via the Tremendous Bowl.

“It feels nice,” he stated. “I believe even going into [offseason practice]I nonetheless was somewhat timid about working and reducing and doing stuff like that, however once I received nearer to minicamp and that later OTA stage, I received that confidence again in my ankle.

“I will make it possible for it is able to go and I believe I am in a great spot with it.”

Coach Andy Reid stated the Chiefs would quickly resolve whether or not working again Isiah Pacheco will start camp on the injured checklist or be capable to take part. Pacheco, who led the Chiefs in speeding final season as a rookie and ran for 76 yards and a landing within the Tremendous Bowl, had surgical procedure throughout the offseason for hand and shoulder accidents.

Relating to Pacheco’s availability for the beginning of the common season, Reid stated, “I believe we’ll have sufficient time, however let’s have a look at how this all goes.”