PHOENIX — Winning a Super Bowl is special. Patrick Mahomes knows. He has a ring already.
But losing a Super Bowl? That feeling might last even longer. Mahomes knows all about that too.
The last time his Kansas City Chiefs were in the Super Bowl, they were embarrassed. The Chiefs lost 31-9 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV
Two years later, that memory hasn't faded.
"That loss, that still stings," Mahomes said. "That motivates you for years."
Many of the Chiefs have been through Super Bowl Opening Night before.