Patrick Mahomes on the pros and cons of the Chiefs playing the Broncos twice in 18 days
At this rate, the Chiefs and Broncos will be playing games in consecutive weeks in the near future.
Just look back at the series over the past few years.
In 2020, the Chiefs and Broncos played two games in a six-week span.
In the 2021 season, the teams met twice in less than five weeks.
Last season, the Chiefs and Broncos played games exactly three weeks apart.
And on Sunday, the teams will face off for the second time in 18 days. The Chiefs beat the Broncos 19-8 in a “Thursday Night Football” game on Oct. 12.
During his weekly interview on KCSP (610 AM), Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was asked Monday about the pros and cons of playing a team twice in a short span of time.
“I would say the advantage is they’re fresh in your mind,” said Mahomes, who had 306 passing yards against Denver in the first game. “I mean, I’ve just started watching the film. You knock out some of the games, the game against us and then the game that they played this last week with the Packers, and then you’re just like, man, I’ve watched their entire season already. So you’re familiar with they do and everything like that.
“But now it’s how can you execute? I mean, obviously, they had a good game plan against us that last week that we played them, so we have to find ways to forget that and knowing that they’re gonna have some wrinkles.”
That familiarity has a downside, too.
“And so the disadvantage obviously is that we’re fresh on their mind as well,” Mahomes said. “So they understand you have a game plan and they’re going to have adjustments. It’s just a battle. When you play the division opponents, man, it’s always a battle and it comes down to the end, and they’re playing better and better as the season goes on, and so we are really going to have to come out and play our best football to win.”
