The Kansas City Chiefs may have won their second consecutive Super Bowl title this year, but star quarterback Patrick Mahomes admitted a brutal truth that the team actually did not play its best football down the stretch, especially on offense.
During a recent press conference, Patrick Mahomes revealed that he is using last season as motivation after the team did not live up to his expectations on the offensive side of the ball, in particular.
“You’ve got to come in with that same mentality you had the year before — even a higher intensity,” Mahomes said at his Tuesday press conference upon arriving for training camp. “And even though we won the Super Bowl last year, we felt like we didn’t play our best football — especially offensively. So, it’s our goal to be better that way. And come in with that mentality every single day.”
Obviously, Mahomes was happy to win the Super Bowl, but he wasn’t happy with their actual production on the offensive side of the ball and holds himself and his teammates to a higher standard.
“Yeah, I mean, obviously the end result was awesome, but I think a lot of us still have a weird feeling in our mouth because we really didn’t play football the way we wanted to play all year long,” Mahomes said. “It wasn’t fun. Every single week, trying to just continue to get better and better and results not paying off the way you want them to — it wasn’t a lot of fun.”
The Chiefs finished the year ranked No. 9 in total yards and No. 15 in scoring offense. Mahomes clearly wants to improve upon those numbers this year.
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