Not even Patrick Mahomes could fully believe he is just one win away from helping the Kansas City Chiefs become the first team in NFL history to win three straight Super Bowls.
"I'm just so proud of my teammates and how they responded," he said during his postgame interview on CBS following Sunday's win over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game. "That was a great football team. I'm lost for words. I'm just excited for New Orleans.
"It's not about one guy, it's not about a couple guys. It's about the whole team. And when we needed the defense to get stops, they got stops.