The Chiefs won their second Super Bowl in four years and they are a new dynasty in the NFL. Kansas City had another extraordinary season with a 14-3 record and, during the playoffs, Patrick Mahomes had another tremendous run.
Patrick Mahomes won his second NFL MVP Award and, even with an ankle injury, delivered a performance for the ages in the Super Bowl to beat the Philadelphia Eagles.
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However, this year the AFC got a little bit more crowded with the arrival of Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets. This is what Patrick Mahomes thinks of a possible big rivalry.
Patrick Mahomes doesnāt see Aaron Rodgers as special motivation
Though Aaron Rodgers is a future Hall of Famer, Patrick Mahomes wonāt change his approach having him in the same conference. According to the Chiefsā quarterback, this is not extra motivation.
āI donāt think it motivates me any more, but the crazy part was when you play those great quarterbacks, you expect to play them at some point in the playoffs, in the Super Bowl, that should be your goal. And so they come to the AFC, it just makes the AFC even betterā were the words of Mahomes in an interview with Ben Felderstein.
For Mahomes, the situation wonāt surprise him as he faces top quarterbacks every year in the AFC West. āIāve been lucky enough to play in a division where itās like playoff football every single week. People wonder why we have so much success. Iām like, when you play playoff football teams (in the regular season) then when you get to the playoffs, it doesnāt seem like itās such a big transition.ā
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Thatās why in the last years, Mahomes believe the AFC has become stronger. āSo, if you tell yourself that and you go through the AFC, and youāre winning AFC games week in and week out, when you get to the playoffs and you get to the Super Bowl, youāre like, āIāve been playing this type of football yearlongā.ā
