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Mahomes: KC’s knack for big plays keyed SB run

Adam TeicherJan 30, 2025, 03:39 PM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs will play in the Super Bowl for the fifth time in six years when they face the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans, but Patrick Mahomes said the journey to each of the five has been different.

He will remember this year’s path to Super Bowl LIX for the Chiefs’ knack for making big plays to win close games.

“This team’s been special because it’s been everybody,” Mahomes said.

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How the Chiefs’ defense has unleashed a blitz attack in the playoffs

Adam TeicherJan 25, 2025, 11:00 AM ET

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Every year at the conclusion of training camp, Patrick Mahomes breathes a sigh of relief that he and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs‘ offensive starters don’t have to practice for another year against the pressure-based defensive schemes of coordinator Steve Spagnuolo.

“Everything looks so similar,” Mahomes said of the pre-snap looks the Chiefs provide on defense. “But then he has so many different varieties of coverages and blitzes and different things

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