The stars of the Kansas City Chiefs have been very outspoken lately regarding the team’s bright future. The comments from Tyreek Hill and Chris Jones regarding multiple titles have put the ultimate target on the franchise heading into the 2020 season.
As the Chiefs prepare for the start of training camp and seek to defend their Super Bowl title, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and head coach Andy Reid spoke on the team’s goals this season and beyond during Saturday’s press conference. The first questions as expected were regarding the bold comments from both Hill and Jones during the last week.
“You love that guys have the goals; they want to be in Kansas City for a long time and they want to win championships – they don’t want to be average,” said Mahomes. “They want to be great every single year. But I think other than that, you know these guys and how they’re talking, other than just the quotes, they’re talking about the day-to-day process, they’re talking about how hard it is to be on the top, to get to the Super Bowl. If you look at our season this last season, we had a lot of adversity, a lot of ups and downs in the regular season and in the playoffs. I think the guys have that mindset, they have those long-term goals, they know that they’re going to have to go out there every single day and prove that, they’re going to have to go out there with the mindset to be great every single day. If they go through that process every single day, they’ll never have any regrets at the end of your career.”
The Chiefs have been amongst the best teams in the league since drafting Mahomes in 2017. The franchise has taken a step further each season culminating in the crowning of a world championship in February. Reid won his first Super Bowl title as a head coach and spoke candidly about being the team to beat in the league moving forward.
“Absolutely. You cherish that part,” said Reid. “You’ve worked very hard to put yourself in that position and so you understand that, but you also understand you have to go through the process. If you’re not willing to do that then good things aren’t going to happen and the guys know that. Then you have to be blessed with good leaders and I think we have good leaders on this football team. I mentioned this to the rookies, I said ‘Take your notes. Make sure that you study. Make sure that you come prepared to meetings and to practice,’ and one reason is when you see the veterans that’s how they roll so you better come in ready to go. If you don’t, you’re going to fall by the wayside. That won’t change, I don’t believe, with this football team but it’s still day-by-day. It’s not what you did in the Super Bowl it’s what you do going forward, so we’ll work off of that message.”
Confidence is key heading into the new season for the Chiefs seeking to add more titles to their mantle. The hunters becoming the hunted idea will be bulletin material during the highly contested games.
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