The 29-year-old has been to five Super Bowls and is already being regarded as possibly the greatest quarterback ever. And that responsibility apparently brings “terror” in the coaching room. Passing game coordinator Joe Bleymaier admitted he feels a huge pressure to get the best out of Mahomes’ talents.
Bleymaier, 42, was speaking to ESPN during Super Bowl week when he made the remarks. “It makes it so much more stressful,” he said about Mahomes’ talent. “You feel the burden as a coach and as you’re putting a game plan together to not waste his abilities. “To not go through a season where you don’t give him the opportunity. “To not screw it up as the coaching staff.
“So rather than feeling like this just unbridled excitement that we could do anything, it’s actually more like a terror, like we cannot be the reason that we screwed this guy up or this team up.” Bleymaier helps head coach Andy Reid and offensive coordinator Matt Nagy put together Mahomes’ gameplan.
And he revealed the thought process in those meetings before Mahomes heads out onto the field. “Are we utilizing him the best?” Bleymaier said. “Are we giving him the stuff that he needs? “It’s just constantly second-guessing ourselves just so that he has everything he needs to go be himself.”
The burden weighed too heavy this weekend as Kansas City’s hopes of a historic three-peat were dashed. The Chiefs were thrashed 40-22 by the Philadelphia Eagles at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mahomes said, “Credit to the Eagles, man. They played better than us from start to finish. “We didn’t start how we wanted to. Obviously, the turnovers hurt, and I mean, I just gotta, I take all the blame for that.
“Those early turnovers swing the momentum of the game, and then they capitalized on them. “They scored on the one, and then they got a touchdown immediately after, so that’s 14 points that I kinda gave them, and it’s hard to come back from that in the Super Bowl. “I didn’t play to my standard and I have to be better next time.
“I was proud of how my team fought this entire season with the
expectations that we had on us. “But, we came up short, and so now it’s how you respond – it’s gonna take better football, especially for me to try to make a run at another Super Bowl.”
