Archives for February 2021

‘“You understand that there are a lot of people that have supported me over time to get to this point,” he said. “I think any time you get the chance to realize your dreams – between high school, college and pro football, I’ve been doing this for almost 30 years. I’m just so appreciative of all the different people who have helped me along the way. So grateful for all of the experiences that I’ve had. Hopefully I can, in my own way, give back as best I can to other people who are maybe looking to achieve and accomplish their dreams, too. It’s a big-picture approach. At different times in my life, I haven’t had the perspective that I have (now). I have a lot of perspective now just on this career – I wouldn’t say on life. I think I’m still learning from a lot of people who have more perspective on life. But from a football standpoint, I think a lot of it for me is trying to give younger players the information they need to be the best that they can be.”‘

‘”As a young quarterback in this league, you kind of go in and you show up early, and you try to put in the time and put in the work,” Mahomes said. “But you don’t really know until you get to that spot of where you want to be at. Losing that AFC championship game, obviously, I didn’t get to the Super Bowl.”‘

‘Prediction: Chiefs 31, Buccaneers 23.’

‘With apologies to the Bills’ faithful, this is as close to a dream matchup as you can get for the Super Bowl.’

‘No team since the Bills in the 1990s has made it to four consecutive Super Bowls. It’s very difficult to do, so as long as the Bills continue to improve their roster around quarterback Josh Allen, they’ll have their chances to get past the Chiefs.’

‘“I’ll just say that it’s just a dream,” Nantz said of Sunday’s matchup. “You almost couldn’t write a better script for us going into this game. I feel like, in some respects, we’re due.”’