Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs aim to become 9th franchise to repeat - ESPN

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Eight NFL franchises have won back-to-back Super Bowl championships but none since the New England Patriots did it following the 2003 and 2004 seasons.

Patrick Mahomes said the Kansas City Chiefs are focused on ending that streak and winning their second consecutive title.

«Everybody's motivated by that,'' Mahomes said Tuesday as he reported for training camp at Missouri Western State University. The Chiefs begin a three-day camp for quarterbacks and rookies Wednesday with full-squad practice starting Sunday.

»You should be motivated to do it again. When you have that parade, when you go through the offseason that I've been through, you want to do it again," Mahomes said. «You only get those opportunities by winning the Super Bowl. And so for us, we want to make sure that we can build up and try to win that Super Bowl again because that moment, that feeling is something that you just wanted to grab every single time that you get the opportunity to do it.''

The Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles in February in Super Bowl LVII. They also won Super Bowl LIV over the San Francisco 49ers in 2020, but failed to repeat as champions by losing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV. Mahomes said the Chiefs coasted into the playoffs in that 2020 season after winning 14 of their first 15 games.

»This time I think I'm going to try to really push and motivate guys to continue to try to get better even though we're winning football games,'' Mahomes said. «Let's not be satisfied with just winning [but also] finding ways to get better every single week.

»Whenever you get that opportunity, you don't let it squander. You really take advantage of it and it's hard. I think it's going to be the hardest it's ever