Chiefs' Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes address pursuit of historic Super Bowl three-peat

Shortly after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII last February, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce made it known he wasn't retiring largely because he wanted "that three-peat" with the organization. 

Following Kansas City's 32-29 win over the Buffalo Bills in Sunday's AFC Championship Game, Kelce addressed Kansas City's attempt to become the first team in NFL history to three-peat as Super Bowl champions.

"It's a new feeling right now, but I'm just excited," Kelce explained, as shared by Nick Shook of the NFL's website. "I'm happy for the guys that are doing this for the first time, trying to make it everything for them. But I know there's bigger fish to fry and that's the Philadelphia Eagles down there in New Orleans."

The Eagles crushed the Washington Commanders to the tune of 55-23 in the NFC Championship Game earlier on Sunday. 

Kelce had already cemented himself as a future first-ballot Hall of Famer long before he tallied just two catches for 19 yards against the Bills. In Kansas City's Super Bowl LVII win over Philadelphia back in February 2023, he recorded six catches for 81 yards and a touchdown. 

"I’m very thankful that I’m here in Kansas City, playing with the guys and everybody in this building," Kelce added as he celebrated Sunday's win over Buffalo, per Dave Skretta of the Associated Press. "It’s a special, special place. We feel that every single day and we just try to take advantage of it and not let it slip out of our hands." 

Meanwhile, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes mentioned shortly after he became a three-time Super Bowl champion and a three-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player last February that his goal was to at least match the seven championship rings living legend Tom Brady earned during his career. Mahomes first will try to accomplish something neither Brady nor any other player has ever achieved. 

"I put every single season as its own season," Mahomes said on Sunday night, according to Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk. "Every team is different. You get new guys, you get guys that have to step up in different roles. ...Obviously, it will be awesome. I think it will be something that I look back at the end of my career if we’re able to go out there and get that three-peat, but at the same time, you just treat it as one season and one Super Bowl run, which is always hard to do."

As of Monday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Chiefs as 1.5-point favorites over the Eagles. One may want to think twice about betting against Mahomes and Co. as they look to continue what could become the NFL's greatest dynastic run of the Super Bowl era.