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Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes reflects on last season: “We didn’t play our best football”

Kansas City #Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes reflects on last season: “We didn’t play our best football”

The Kansas City Chiefs are ready to return to training camp for another year ahead of the start of the 2024 season. The road to a three-peat is the focus for the new year, but the returning players still need to explain some elements of last year.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes addressed the media on Tuesday, move-in day for training camp. He reflected on last season’s offensive struggles and the team’s ability to overcome them and win another Super Bowl.

“You’ve got to come in with that same mentality you had the year before — even a higher intensity,” said Mahomes. “And even though we won the Super Bowl last year, we felt like we didn’t play our best football — especially offensively. So, it’s our goal to be better that way. And come in with that mentality every single day.”

The Chiefs’ offense struggled noticeably in 2023, with unforced errors from the receiving core and a lack of explosion. Mahomes was able to right the ship as the team rallied in the postseason with two road victories on the journey to another Super Bowl title.

“Yeah, I mean, obviously, the end result was awesome, but I think a lot of us still have a weird feeling in our mouth because we really didn’t play football the way we wanted to play all year long,” Mahomes said. “It wasn’t fun. Every single week, trying just to continue to get better and better and results not paying off the way you want them to — it wasn’t a lot of fun.”

The Chiefs are kicking off training camp this week, focusing on quick improvements to start the season. The goal is to win a third consecutive title and prove last season’s issues remain in 2023.

Chiefs HC Andy Reid discusses training camp benefits: “It builds a certain camaraderie”

Kansas City #Chiefs HC Andy Reid discusses training camp benefits: “It builds a certain camaraderie” | @EdEastonJr

The Kansas City Chiefs will again call Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph home for the next few weeks for training camp. The franchise has made the campus its second home for years, and it was the spark for three Super Bowl titles.

On Tuesday, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid spoke with media members while settling on campus. He proudly discussed the importance of holding camp away from the city and not holding joint practices with other teams.

“We love the setup here. The people here treat us great at Missouri Western State University and its beautiful facilities,” said Reid. “It’s great to be able to get away from the city and be able to house guys in the same dorm.”

Reid’s training camps have earned a reputation for being challenging and mastering his fast system. During the training camp session, an increased focus on details is carved out, and the closed quarters of the campus help get the message across.

“I’m saying this as a coach — they’re probably not going to say this — it builds a certain camaraderie as you go,” said Reid. “You’re eating together; you’re sleeping in the same building together, so you can’t help but talk to each other. In today’s world, that’s a positive thing.”

The journey to a potential three-peat starts now, and the essential aspect of the formula is in motion with camp getting underway.

Chiefs HC Andy Reid pleased with unconventional 2020 training camp

2020 presented a lot of challenges for NFL training camp. Now that it’s over, how does Andy Reid feel Chiefs camp went?

NFL training camps were faced with multiple challenges in 2020 but with camps starting to wrap up the question is how well did they go? The Kansas City Chiefs will be transitioning away from the training camp schedule to a regular daily practice schedule after completing their final practice on Saturday.

“Today’s kind of really the last official day of training camp for us, we’ll start regular practices here next week as far as the schedule goes,” Chiefs HC Andy Reid said. “So, I thought it went smoothly. We had a good plan for it, and we were able to get the stuff in that we needed on both sides of the ball and special teams, so I came out of it feeling pretty good. We’re relatively healthy and we’ll be ready to go.”

A lot of people working together were necessary to pull off training camp all across the league. Protocols and safety measures were put in place in order to keep players, coaches, and personnel safe. Reid praised the collaborative effort that it took from everyone to make training camp go without a hitch.

“Well, there was some responsibility that took place with the players taking care of themselves and the coaches taking care of themselves, just physically with the virus surrounding the different areas,” Reid said. “So, we were able to work our way through it and I thought we got things accomplished. And the guys stayed focused on the job at hand. So, I was proud of it and proud of the guys for the way all of us handled it.

“The organization, the plan that they had—Rick Burkholder, Mark Donovan, Mitch Reynolds and Kirsten (Krug) was involved with it—these people gave up their summers to make sure that we could pull this off safely—Rocco (Mazzella), who’s in charge of our facility here and his crew. It’s important though that we don’t pull the pedal off the gas here, that we continue on in all the directions that have been presented this camp and that we continue to focus on all the things we need to do, not only to play the Texans but also going forward, obviously with the racial situations.”

With training camp now in the rearview mirror, the emphasis for Kansas City moves to the regular season, defending their Lombardi Trophy and pursuing a brand new one. Like training camp, the upcoming season will be unconventional in many ways. It too will require a collaborative effort so that the team may successfully and safely navigate the various challenges they face.

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