The Kansas City Chiefs are no longer undefeated, but that wasn’t the goal, says quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who addresses reporters during Sunday’s postgame press conference.
“You can use it as fuel. I mean, like I said, it’s a good football team, so nothing to hang your head out head on losing to them, but we feel like we can play better,” said Mahomes. “So we’ll get back to work and try to use this as a spark so that we can be a better football team in the end. The undefeated thing was cool, but that’s not our ultimate goal. So we’ll keep building towards that.”
Mahomes began the game with an interception but settled down to throw three consecutive touchdown passes. He threw his second on fourth down of the Chief’s last drive as he faced constant defensive coverage downfield. The loss was crushing but not nearly as bad as their last defeat on Christmas the previous season, according to the reigning Super Bowl MVP.
“No, not in a sense,” said Mahomes. “I mean, you hope you have the same result to end it, I’ll say that, but at the end of the day, that’s a really good football team. It’s gonna take your best football to beat great football teams. And we didn’t play our best football today, and they went out there and beat us. That’s how it rolls in the NFL, so I give them all the respect. That’s gonna be a good football team that we’ll probably see again.”
The Bills are only a half-game behind the Chiefs for the top seed in the AFC, adding more fuel to their reasons to finish the year strong and hold on to the coveted first-round bye in the postseason.
