Patrick Mahomes took the blame for Chiefs’ Tremendous Bowl loss to Eagles

Dealing with reporters after popping out on the dropping finish of Tremendous Bowl LIX, Patrick Mahomes put the blame on his personal shoulders.

The Philadelphia Eagles protection pressured Mahomes early and sometimes in Tremendous Bowl LIX, sacking him six instances and getting 11 quarterback hits on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback. Mahomes completed Tremendous Bowl LIX having accomplished 21-of-32 passes for 257 yards and three touchdowns, however he additionally threw a pair of interceptions within the first half.

These interceptions proved pricey because the Eagles transformed each into factors. The primary got here on a Decide-Six from Cooper DeJean, and the second was a diving interception by Zack Baun that gifted the Eagles possession deep in Kansas Metropolis territory.

“Credit score to the Eagles, they performed higher than us from begin to end,” stated Mahomes to the media, together with SB Nation, after the sport. “Clearly the turnovers damage. I take all of the blame for that. These early turnovers swing the momentum of the sport, they capitalized on them. They scored on one, and so they scored instantly after the opposite. That’s 14 factors that I form of gave them.”

You possibly can see Mahomes’ complete reply right here:

Tremendous Bowl LIX was very harking back to Tremendous Bowl LV, when the Chiefs misplaced to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by a remaining rating of 31-9. On that night time in Tampa Bay, the Buccaneers go rush flustered Mahomes early and sometimes, whereas relying closely on simply the 4 up entrance and dropping seven into protection.

That was once more the recipe on Sunday night time:

The loss additionally denied the Chiefs an opportunity at Tremendous Bowl historical past, as they fell in need of changing into the primary group to win three consecutive Tremendous Bowls.