The Kansas City Chiefs returned to the practice field Thursday, Jan. 30, for the first time since their AFC Championship victory over the Buffalo Bills. The mood was lighthearted, while the prevailing theme was, “We’ve done this before.”
The Chiefs are certainly no stranger to Super Bowl hype. They have played in the big game five of the last six seasons. With quarterback Patrick Mahomes at the controls, the Chiefs have a 17-3 record in the postseason.
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One narrative making the rounds after all that success is that the Chiefs have become the “villains” of the NFL. As they shoot for history as the first team to win three straight Super Bowls, they say they’re fine with that role. Mahomes, in particular, was unfazed by the characterization.
“I try not to listen to it too much. More than anything, I try to embrace who we have in this locker room, the personalities, and how we enjoy playing football,” Mahomes said. “I believe if we play football the right way, and we compete and go out there and play our best football, I’ll always have my guys’ backs.”
Over the next 10 days, there will be a lot of questions posed to players about the 2023 Super Bowl, a 38-35 win for the Chiefs over the Philadelphia Eagles, clinched on a field goal in the final seconds. Trent McDuffie is using that game, the first of Kansas City’s back-to-back championships, as motivation.
“Yeah, yeah, I remember walking off their field with mixed emotions,” McDuffie said. “As a whole defense, we were excited that we won but we still thought we didn’t play our best game in that last Super Bowl. So, going into this Super Bowl, there’s definitely a challenge that we have to uphold.”
There are lots of other things to worry about during this pre-Super Bowl week. That includes getting tickets to the game for family and friends. Justin Reid is from Prairieville, Louisiana, about an hour outside New Orleans.
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“Prices are running up, man. I got 30 [tickets], so yeah,” said Reid. “We’re excited to go play, and we’re chasing glory and all, but we gotta win just for me to break even.”
The NFL awards each player on the winning Super Bowl team a $171,000 bonus: just another goal in addition to the “three-peat” the Chiefs are shooting for.
As the Kansas City Chiefs got back on the practice field Thursday for the first time since their AFC Championship victory over Buffalo the prevailing theme was – ‘yes, we’ve done this before’.
After all, they’ve been in the Super Bowl 5 of the last 6 seasons. With Patrick Mahomes at the controls they have a 17-3 in the post season. And after all that success, one narrative making the rounds this year is that the Chiefs have become the “villains” of the NFL. If they can make history as the first team to win three straight Super Bowls they’re just fine with that role.
“How do you feel about having everyone out to get you? I try not to listen to it too much, more than anything I try to embrace who we have in this locker room, the personalities and how we enjoy playing football. I believe if we play football the right way and we compete and go out there and play our best football, I’ll always have my guys’ backs.”
This week and next there will be a lot of questions about Super Bowl 57, a 38-35 win for the Chiefs against Philly which came on a field goal in the final seconds. Trent McDuffie is using that game, the first of their back to back championships, as motivation.
“yeah yeah I remember walking off their field with mixed emotions as a whole defense, we were excited that we won but we still thought we didn’t play our best game in that last Super Bowl. So going into this Super Bowl there’s definitely a challenge that we have to uphold”
And there are lots of other things to worry about, pre-Super Bowl week. Like getting tickets for family and friends. Justin Reid is from Prairieville, Louisiana about an hour outside New Orleans.
“yeah its… tickets are, prices are running up man. I got 30 of them..so, yeah you gotta make sure, we’re excited to go play and we’re chasing glory and all but we gotta win just for me to break even (laughter)”
Another goal for the Chiefs to shoot for. In addition to “three peat” immortality, each player on the winning Super Bowl team gets a $171,000 bonus from the league.
For Straight Arrow News, I’m Chris Francis.
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