Chiefs Reveal Challenge of Being Public Enemy No. 1

Since the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl last season, all of the attention has been on the prospect of a three-peat and being the only NFL team to accomplish that.

This meant all other 31 NFL teams wanted their pound of flesh from the Chiefs to foil their history-making attempts. But it didn't work, and Kansas City went through the regular season with a 15-2 record and clinched the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

Now, as they gear up for the arrival of the Houston Texans in the Divisional Round at Arrowhead Stadium, offensive coordinator Matt Nagy has detailed how the team has mentally approached being "the" team everyone wants to stop making history.

“It’s not easy to go through every week because you’re public enemy number one, and you’re getting a team’s best,” Nagy said. “So there’s that mindset of that mental callous, of being prepared every single week to know that you’re going to get the best. 

"Now you get into the playoffs, and you have the benefit of home-field advantage, which is massive, but the speed of the game is so much faster, and every play matters. Now it's win or go home. I think the benefit for us, our players is they’ve been there, done that, so we have a little advantage that way, but sometimes it makes it harder because there is that thing that’s out there (three-peat).”