{"id":12253,"date":"2025-01-30T14:24:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T14:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=12253"},"modified":"2025-01-30T14:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T14:24:57","slug":"breaking-how-patrick-mahomes-and-the-chiefs-are-doing-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=12253","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : How Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are doing it, again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2025\/01\/28204728\/GettyImages-2196127041-2-1024x683.jpg?width=1920&amp;quality=70&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - JANUARY 26: Quarterback Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates after defeating the Buffalo Bills during the second half of the AFC Championship football game, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on January 26, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Brooke Sutton\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In some ways, it can be tough to process just how impressive this run by the Kansas City Chiefs has been. Only eight teams have won back-to-back Super Bowls, and none have won three. If Patrick Mahomes were to win his fourth Super Bowl, along with two regular-season MVPs, he will have put together one of the greatest r\u00e9sum\u00e9s in any sport, all before he turns 30.<\/p>\n<p>On this episode of <em>Scoop City<\/em>, Dianna Russini and Chase Daniels break down the unique greatness of Mahomes and these Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why the Super Bowl Matchup Is Actually Unexpected\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B_a_Vs7id-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The partial transcript below has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or watch on YouTube above.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dianna: <\/strong>You\u2019ve been saying this since training camp. You have not wavered, you have not stuttered, you have not hesitated. Even when we were criticizing some of the offense \u2014 and even some of the defense at times during this season \u2014 yet you kept doubling down saying, \u201cThey\u2019re going to do it, they\u2019re going to win the Super Bowl, they\u2019ll figure it out, and they always do.\u201d We saw a version of Patrick Mahomes against the Bills that is true Patrick-Mahomes-in-the-playoffs type of play. I want to really first just get your thoughts after you\u2019ve had now a good 24 hours to sit and watch some of this over and over.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase: <\/strong>Well, I think a couple of things were true. I thought that Andy Reid had a masterful game plan. There were like three or four RPOs in the first series of the game, sort of set the tone. Didn\u2019t let the defensive line for Buffalo get into the backfield and affect Patrick Mahomes. Thought they ran the ball really well \u2014 135 yards rushing for an Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes team, that\u2019s a lot, took some pressure off Patrick. And then Patrick Mahomes. He\u2019s never had a two-touchdown rushing game in his entire career. By the way, we saw a designed quarterback run for a touchdown with Travis Kelce leading the way! People are going to miss it, but they actually ran that play the series prior and he handed it off. He was actually reading it. But more importantly, forget about the X\u2019s and O\u2019s. I think that when the game and the season and a career of Josh Allen, really, is on the line, no one shows up more in these moments than Patrick Mahomes. Look at his first seven years as a starter. He\u2019s reached the Super Bowl five of those years and he\u2019s reached the AFC championship in the other two. He\u2019s 5-2 in the AFC Championship. I think it\u2019s \u2014 I don\u2019t think, I <em>know<\/em> it\u2019s one of the greatest starts to a career in any sport. I had people go back and look at like, who has won four championships and two MVPs in all four major North American sports. There\u2019s like 10 people in hockey, in baseball. You\u2019re talking like Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, Wayne Gretzky \u2014 legendary names. It\u2019s because he plays his best when his best is needed. It might not look good throughout the season. Early in the season, you might throw 11 interceptions. They didn\u2019t turn the ball over, until their last game, in nine straight games. No one\u2019s talking about that. He had the fumble, he had the miscue, but they were able to overcome it. And man, playing at home is a big deal in this whole situation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dianna:<\/strong> So, our colleague and friend Mike Silver was at the game and his postgame story was really well done. He talked to Matt Nagy, just about what Patrick had been like over the weekend. And Matt said, \u201cWell, why don\u2019t I show you a text I sent my wife after the team meeting on Saturday night?\u201d The text said, \u201cPat\u2019s slowly turning into his superhero creature tonight at the hotel as we speak. It\u2019s the coolest thing ever. Not many people understand. He creates an edge and becomes a different person as he gets locked in. It\u2019s fascinating. He\u2019s got that look in his eye tonight that normal people just don\u2019t have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase:<\/strong> The look in his eye.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dianna:<\/strong> The look in his eye. I do feel like that superhero title is handed out all the time. We talk about it when when these quarterbacks are becoming the stars as the reason why their teams are winning. But I think he has a superhero power almost like we\u2019ve never seen before. Because he\u2019s able to find ways to win consistently. I had a GM text me during the game \u2014 obviously wasn\u2019t one of those playing in the AFC Championship Game: \u201cI hope we appreciate all of this because he\u2019s having fun, and he wants to be this great.\u201d It\u2019s easy to take it for granted, and it\u2019s easy to get that Chiefs exhaustion. When we talk about the exhaustion, when we talk about them going for the three-peat, I did think it was really interesting, Andy Reid\u2019s perspective on it. Remember, I asked him, \u201cYou\u2019re allowing these guys to go to say, \u2018We\u2019re going for the three-peat.&#8217;\u201d\u00a0 I just thought that that was aggressive. Because that can slap you in the face at some point, put a target on your back. It could be cocky. Whereas, as you know, both teams you talk to, most players will say, \u201cOne game at a time, we\u2019re worried about the next game.\u201d The Chiefs are out here going \u201cSuper Bowl three-peat.\u201d Let\u2019s take a listen to how Andy described it when we asked him why he\u2019s comfortable letting these guys focus on going for a third straight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andy Reid (from a previous episode):<\/strong> It\u2019s not healthy. I mean, it\u2019s a nice goal to put out there. It\u2019s hard to get one. So these guys busted their tail to get one. They busted their tail to get two. I come back to that training camp thing, that grounds you. You have to do this, this and this to even think about getting to there. They\u2019ve got to go through the process and I can take care of that part. If they keep thinking that we\u2019re going to do great things, more power to them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dianna:<\/strong> He knew it then.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase:<\/strong> It\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dianna:<\/strong> But he also points out, I think the takeaway \u2014 not just in sports, but in life \u2014 it is about everyday doing the work. You always hear about how hard their practices are, how hard their training camps are. They never let down. I was thinking about Andy, too, watching that game, and when I used to do pregame reports for ESPN, I used to always give him a hard time in my reports about how impatient he\u2019d be in the run game. I\u2019d always say, \u201cWell, you know Andy\u2019s not going to run the ball,\u201d right? I thought at least in Sunday\u2019s game and even this whole season, he\u2019s become a patient play-caller on the ground. And you see it and it\u2019s working. I\u2019m not talking about a run game like Saquon Barkley out there. They\u2019re not doing that. They did just enough to make the Bills have to worry about it, to make the Bills go, \u201cAll right, we can\u2019t just worry about their weapons. We\u2019re going to have to figure out a plan for what\u2019s on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase:<\/strong> He\u2019s process oriented. I was with him for three years when he first signed there in 2013. I was part of the start of the building of the dynasty. I mean, we didn\u2019t really win anything \u2014 we won one playoff game in three years there. But he was always focused. Their training camp is in St. Joseph, Missouri. If you\u2019ve ever been to St. Joseph, Missouri, there is nothing there whatsoever. It is literally a place for them to escape. You\u2019re in dorms on these horrible beds and it\u2019s just a way for you and your team just to get your head on right. You\u2019ve won back-to-back. All these guys are getting media deals. You\u2019re seeing Mahomes, you\u2019re seeing Kelce, you\u2019ve seen everyone on these national commercials. It\u2019s almost like an escape. It\u2019s almost like they can\u2019t wait to get there to sort of regroup, to go for three. They\u2019ve already made history, in my opinion. There\u2019s been eight teams that have gone back to back. They\u2019re the first team ever to even reach the Super Bowl in a quest for three. Now, it would be awesome if they won it, but they\u2019ve already made it. It\u2019s so hard to tell people how incredibly not normal this is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dianna: <\/strong>Tell Taylor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase: <\/strong>Yeah, tell Taylor. She\u2019s at back-to-back Super Bowls. I\u2019m like, what are we doing here? She gets it. But just the fact that you\u2019re able to win as many games as they have and to consistently be great, it\u2019s not even good. Week in and week out, for like 60 straight games over a three year span, you are great. Iit\u2019s really hard to explain to people that have not played the game and don\u2019t know what it takes to go in just to one game. Now we\u2019re talking about three whole seasons for a Super Bowl. The mental stamina of a guy like Patrick Mahomes. Week in, week out, these game plans change. For him to just be up there and just to be the guy who they count on day after day, week after week, year after year, and it\u2019s a different game plan every week. You have different protection rules. You got to do so much more around you because you\u2019re Pat. It\u2019s just incredible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dianna:<\/strong> I want to do like another 15 minutes about this, but we\u2019ve got two weeks of prep to discuss, preview and get into the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase: <\/strong>Yes. We have a lot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dianna:<\/strong> We didn\u2019t even touch on Spags! we don\u2019t even touch on his magnificent blitzing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase:<\/strong> Game on the line and you blitz a corner. I mean, unreal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dianna:<\/strong> But at the same time if you\u2019re the Bills, how do you not see that coming?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase:<\/strong> How are you in empty? 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