Patrick Mahomes explains why the Kansas City Chiefs dynasty isn't going away anytime in the near future

It's official: The Kansas City Chiefs are the NFL's newest dynasty after notching a back-to-back Super Bowl wins for the first time in 20-years and winning its third championship in four years. There's also the fact the Chiefs have been in four Super Bowls over the course of the last five seasons and were likely an […]

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It's official: The Kansas City Chiefs are the NFL's newest dynasty after notching a back-to-back Super Bowl wins for the first time in 20-years and winning its third championship in four years. 

There's also the fact the Chiefs have been in four Super Bowls over the course of the last five seasons and were likely an offsides call away from appearing in the 2018-2019 game. 

There's no way to argue around it. But, now, comes the fall that is usually attached to dynasties, correct? I mean, the New England Patriots didn't win another Lombardi Trophy for eight seasons after they won back-to-back 'ships and three-of-four from 2001-2004. 

Especially with Mahomes' contract and Travis Kelce's age. There's also that thing called the salary cap. 

It's hard to tell for sure, but based off recent history, it's totally logical to think this dynasty can sustain, simply based off the Chiefs' drafting/development of players over the last few years.

"Honestly, I think it's attributed to [Chiefs head] coach [Andy] Reid and [Chiefs GM] Brett Veach continuing to bring in great players," Mahomes told reporters after he was asked about sustaining the dynasty. "I mean, if you look at our defense, how young they are, they're drafting great. They're finding these guys that they can bring in to play and develop, and our coaching staff is developing players. I always think to our DBs, I mean, we have like five or six guys that are in Year 1-2 and then you have [veteran L'Jarius] Sneed – guys that continue to get better and better. And all you can do is just go to work every single day and try to bring guys along.

"I thought Rashee Rice did a great job this year, just continuing to get better and better and that's what great football teams need – are guys that just keep coming into the culture that we have built, here, and continue to get better every single week. I'll try to keep as much flexibility as I possibly can, as far as the cap and stuff like that, but it's a credit to all the people around me."

Below is the list of starters/solid contributors the Chiefs have produced via the draft since 2021. One asterisk represents a Pro Bowl nod/multiple nods and two asterisks represent an All-Pro nod/multiple nods:

  • LB Nick Bolton
  • C Creed Humphrey**
  • TE Noah Gray
  • G Trey Smith
  • CB Trent McDuffie**
  • EDGE George Karlaftis
  • S Bryan Cook
  • LB Leo Chenal
  • CB Joshua Williams
  • CB Jaylen Watson
  • RB Isiah Pacheco
  • S Nazeeh Johnson
  • EDGE Felix Anudike-Uzomah
  • WR Rashee Rice
  • OL Wanya Morris
  • S Chamarri Conner

That is a ton of young, cheap talent that can help this team win a lot of games for the foreseeable future. The key here, however, is how much success the Chiefs have had developing these guys. You can have all the talent in the world on your roster, but it doesn't matter if you can't get it to translate on game day.

Combine all the above with Mahomes' comment that he'll try and stay flexible when it comes to adjusting his contract for salary purposes; it's easy to see while, sure, winning Super Bowls will never be easy in this game – hitting on draft picks and having the best QB in the game is definitely the best path to win as many championships, as possible. And that's exactly what the Chiefs have and what they're doing.

As with all things in the NFL: Only time will tell what actually happens. But, right now, in this moment, it's hard to feel nothing but good about both the present and future in Kansas City.

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