Patrick Mahomes Gets Brutally Honest On All Of The Close Wins This Year
11/24/2024 08:11 PM
The Kansas City Chiefs moved to 10-1 on the season with a win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, but Patrick Mahomes was still not satisfied.
For one, while Mahomes said he's not turning any away any wins, the star quarterback did admit that having to win late in the game is getting a little old. Today, Mahomes drove his team downfield after the Panthers tied the game at 27, setting up a game-winning Spencer Shrader field goal as time expired.
Eight of Kansas City's 10 wins are by one score or less, and five have come down to the final play. It hasn't exactly been a stressful 10-1 start for the two-time defending Super Bowl champions.
"You want to have some blowouts,'' Mahomes said, via Adam Teicher of ESPN.com. "You want be a little calmer in the fourth quarter. I've always said it can be a good thing as you get to the playoffs and later in the season, just knowing that you've been in those moments before and knowing how to kind of attack it. But I would love to win a game [before] the very last play.''
Kansas City's next game is in five days, against the 2-9 Las Vegas Raiders on Black Friday.
One would think that would be an easier day at the office, but keep in mind the Panthers were 3-7 coming into today's game.
Then again, both of the Chiefs' last two Super Bowl wins came down to the final play, including last year's walk-off in overtime against the San Francisco 49ers. In fact, in seven postseason games the past two years, six were decided by one score.
Maybe this is just how the Chiefs do things and how they are going to continue doing them. As long as they are winning, fans won't complain too much, though their blood pressure during games might fluctuate wildly.
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