2 weeks Ago
Prior to the season beginning, we detailed how the Kansas City Chiefs could have a huge advantage over the AFC after the opening two weeks of the season. With two AFC challengers, the Baltimore Ravens and the Cincinnati Bengals, the Chiefs had a chance to win the psychological and the playoff war. With Kansas City beating both, it now owns the tie-breaker over the Ravens and Bengals, which is important come playoff time for seedings; additionally, that mental edge that the Chiefs now have and the doubt that Baltimore and Cincinnati could have and how they simply struggle to beat them.
For Patrick, what does starting the season 2-0 against two bonafide contenders mean? “It just shows that we can still do it," Mahomes said . "Those are two great football teams we've played these last two weeks, teams that we've played in AFC championship games and be able to come out with wins at home that's important. Obviously, we feel like we can get a lot better, so we're going to clean up the mistakes, especially the offense.
[That] starts with me, and then we'll be a better team as the season goes on. It'll be a great challenge this next weekend on Sunday Night Football in Atlanta.” Denny Medley-Imagn Images With the Chiefs clearly not firing on all cylinders at this stage of the season, the team's ability to still take down two AFC heavyweights in back-to-back games must scare the rest of the league.
Related: Chiefs BREAKING: Isiah Pacheco Fractures Leg, Likely IR Move Oh, and that's with Travis Kelce being nearly invisible (4 rec, 39 yards in two games) and Marquise Brown not playing a single snap (out for the regular season with a shoulder injury). So the Chiefs will get better offensively. So, Kansas City has laid the foundation for what it hopes is another successful season and has made the entire AFC know that despite winning the last two Super Bowls, the conference still runs through Arrowhead.
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