KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On his way to collecting his third Super Bowl championship ring, Patrick Mahomes was already thinking about winning another.
“The first thing I think about is how great last season was and the adversity we faced,” Mahomes said Thursday night before the Kansas City Chiefs distributed Super Bowl LVIII championship rings to players, coaches and staff. from the main office at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. “Then I'm going to think about how I can get another one for the little finger. It will take a lot of hard work (to win three titles in a row). It's never been done before for good reason. It takes a special group of guys, and I think we have that cluster”.
The Chiefs made more than 400 rings to distribute in this championship, the second in a row and the third in the last five years. Each contains 529 diamonds, 38 rubies and gems worth 14.8 carats, according to the rings' maker, Jostens.
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Among the features: a display celebrating “Tom & Jerry,” the name the Chiefs gave to the play on which they scored the touchdown in overtime that allowed them to beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22. The play, in which Mahomes threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman, is diagrammed in the ring in coach Andy Reid's script.
But, like with Mahomes, much of the night was about winning a third straight championship, something no team has been able to accomplish in the Super Bowl era.
“It's an incredible challenge,” Chiefs president Clark Hunt said. “It's never been done in the National Football League, which tells you everything you need to know about it. It's hard to repeat, and from what I've seen, they're very eager to get this season going. They think they have a good chance of Obviously, you have to make a lot of things go your way.
āIf we can do it, it will be something that will solidify this period of Chiefs football.ā
The Chiefs have had other celebrations of last season's title, including their championship parade days after winning Super Bowl LVIII and President Joe Biden's visit to the White House two weeks ago. For the Chiefs, the ring ceremony ended their 2023 season.
“Tonight is the night,” general manager Brett Veach said. “Tonight is one of those special nights where we can sit back and watch the highlights, enjoy each other's company and reflect on what we accomplished.”
