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Charles Goldman

Patrick Mahomes says Trevor Lawrence’s wild-card comeback was ‘true test of a competitor’

Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is all too familiar with comeback wins in the playoffs. He needn’t look any further than the inscription on the inside of his Super Bowl ring for a reminder. It’ll read —24, 10, 10 — the deficits the Chiefs had to come back from through Super Bowl LIV to be crowned champions.

As the Jacksonville Jaguars come to town for the divisional round of the playoffs, Mahomes was left in awe of QB Trevor Lawrence’s performance against the Los Angeles Chargers in the wild-card round. That might come as a surprise when you consider his four first-half interceptions, but Mahomes remarked on the mental toughness needed to overcome that 27-point deficit.

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