Patrick Mahomes doesn’t put much stock in Chiefs having rest advantage over Bills
Minutes after the NFL announced it was postponing the Bills’ Wild Card game against the Steelers because of weather, many people on social media posted similar messages.
They noted that if the Chiefs beat the Dolphins (as they did) and Buffalo won (ditto), Patrick Mahomes and company would have two days more rest than the Bills before their Divisional playoff game.
That extra time off represents a change from a six-game stretch through Week 17 in which the Chiefs were at a rest disadvantage.
During his weekly interview on KCSP (610 AM), Mahomes was asked about having extra time off heading into Sunday’s game.
“I’ve never put too much on the rest,” Mahomes said Wednesday. “I mean, at the end of the day, you gotta go out there and play football. And so whatever. People were talking about that all year long, about us having shorter rest and stuff like that. At the end of the day, you gotta go out there, play the game and see what happens.
“So I mean, obviously, we’re healthy going into the game, knock on wood. And so hopefully we can go out there and play it, put our best effort forward. But at the end of the day, it’s whoever goes out there and plays the best that day.”
Mahomes may not put much stock into the Chiefs having extra rest, but he knows playing on the road won’t be easy. Bills fans are going to do their best to make life difficult for the Chiefs.
It’s going to be his first time playing at Highmark Stadium when the Bills Mafia is there.
“You’ve got to be on top of your nonverbal communication,” Mahomes said. “I mean, when you’re playing in an environment like Buffalo, it’s obviously silent count, be it the hand signals or the silent stuff that you can be able to really communicate with the guys on the field, because it seems that the clock speeds up whenever you’re on the road.
“And so it’ll be a great test for us, a great challenge, and we’re excited for it.”
