[Hammock Parties]

These guys are all dialed in. They're winning a playoff game this year. I'm telling you...they're on a ****ing mission. Mahomes has done something to that locker room.

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/sp...219637075.html

Even as Reid waved off questions about the difference this time around, that was a consistent theme among Chiefs players after the game. Their consciousness of that reveals some telling self-knowledge.

“I think (expecting more now) has a lot to do with years past,” Kelce said. “Guys feeling sick of kind of the ups and downs, rollercoasters, being able to take what happened last year and fix it.

“And sure enough the finishing (of) games, finishing week-in, week-out, finishing practices, overall the finish mindset has been huge in terms of what Coach Reid has emphasized.”

Punter Dustin Colquitt, the longest-tenured Chiefs, nods when you ask him about what’s different and calls it a “hyper-focus” around the team that he compares to a watch, with “all those little gears going in place.” Center Mitch Morse said, “I think we have our heads on our shoulders,” meaning in terms of perspective and what it might take from here to make this count for something to remember.

“We’re definitely happy with where we are,” he added, “but no one’s comfortable with where we are.”