Patrick Mahomes: AFC Title Game Loss Is ‘Not Success’
Patrick Mahomes has paid tribute to Tom Brady in the wake of the Chiefs’ 27-24 overtime loss to the Bengals.
This is the third big disappointment of Mahomes’ career. He lost the AFC title game to the Patriots in 2018 and the Super Bowl to the Buccaneers last season. Patrick Mahomes says Brady is an example for anyone who wants to keep winning.
“His career is one of a kind,” Mahomes said. “That’s why he’s the GOAT. To win that many Super Bowls and win that many games, it’s hard. I understand that. The years that I’ve had, I’ve been close a lot. I’ve only been there twice, and I’ve only won once. I understand it takes a special player, a special group of guys, special circumstances for that to happen.
“I’m just going to try to do whatever I can to get myself a chance every year to get in that game and to win it.”
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Patrick Mahomes was despondent following the loss against Cincinnati. At one point Kansas was up 21-3, and after a dominant first half, they fell away badly in the second.
Mahomes threw an interception in the second half and one more in overtime after starting the game with a touchdown pass on each of Kansas’ first three possessions. The collapse is representative of a season where the Chiefs have had their fair share of problems.
“The leaders on this team know this isn’t our standard,” said Mahomes, who threw a touchdown pass on each of the Chiefs’ first three possessions but threw one interception in the second half and another in overtime. “We want to win the Super Bowl. Whenever you taste winning the Super Bowl, anything less than that is not success.â€
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“It’s definitely disappointing. Here, with this group of guys that we have, we expect to be in that game and win that game, and anything less than that is not success. We’ll go back and look at all the things we did well, the adversity we battled through, the team we became at the end of the season and try to learn from the mistakes we made and try to be better next year.’
“A few plays here and there we could have four chances at the Super Bowl … You can’t let this end what we have here,” Mahomes said. “You have to make sure you continue to battle, continue to get better and try to find ways to win Super Bowls.”
