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Super Bowl loss 'the worst thing in the world', says Mahomes

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Clock IconFeb 10, 2025American Football

Patrick Mahomes described the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles as the "worst thing in the world".

The Chiefs were denied a historic three-peat in Super Bowl 59 as the Eagles stormed to a 40-22 victory in New Orleans.

Kansas City did not score in the first half, and despite outscoring the Eagles in the fourth quarter, the damage had already been done, with Mahomes missing the chance to win a fourth Super Bowl ring before the age of 30.

The quarterback entered the game on a streak of 288 consecutive pass attempts without an interception, but threw two on Sunday, with one of those returned for a touchdown by Cooper DeJean, lost a fumble and was sacked six times.

It was Mahomes' second defeat in the showpiece match, and he insisted the losses would fuel him going forward.

"There's no way around it. Anytime you lose a Super Bowl, it's the worst thing in the world... it will stick with you the rest of your career," Mahomes told reporters after the game.

"I mean these will be the two losses that will motivate me to be even better for the rest of my career. Because you only get so few of these [Super Bowls], and you have to capitalise on them.

"It's going to hurt for a while, but how can you respond from it?"

It took until the final minute of the third quarter for the Chiefs to finally get on the board through Xavier Worthy, with Mahomes acknowledging how well the Eagles' defense frustrated Kansas City.

"They played great from start to finish," Mahomes said. "They got after it.

"We didn't start how we wanted to. The turnovers hurt... I take all the blame for that. Those turnovers swing the moment of the game, and they capitalised on them.

"They scored on one and got a touchdown immediately after another. That's 14 points I gave them.

"It's hard to come back from that in the Super Bowl. I have to learn from that and try to be better the next opportunity that I hopefully get."

The Eagles, meanwhile, claimed just their second Lombardi Trophy in franchise history, while also avenging their 38-35 defeat to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl two years ago.

It was that game that started Kansas City on their road to potentially winning three consecutive titles, but defensive end Brandon Graham says fed into the Eagles' desire to win.

"That [ending the three-peat] was motivation because it was kind of a slap to us," he said.

"It was like, they ain't seen us yet. So, we heard that all week. And when the game came, execution was on point and together."

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