ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is bringing along a TV to training camp for the first time in his NFL career.
Two reasons: He wants to watch the Paris Olympics, which start at the end of next week, and he’s eager to play EA Sports’s “College Football 25” video game, which will be released Friday.
Whether there is time for any of that remains to be seen.
Mahomes, 28, joined rookies and select veterans in reporting to camp at Missouri Western State University on Tuesday, a little more than five months after the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in overtime, 25-22, and won the Super Bowl for the second consecutive season And with their eye on an unprecedented third straight Lombardi Trophy, the two-time NFL MVP knows the foundation for February begins in late July.
“Every season starts different,” Mahomes said shortly after pulling into the parking lot of the Division II school and carrying his backpack up to his dorm room. “You’ve got to come in with that same mentality you had the year before, even a higher intensity, and even though we won that Super Bowl last year, we didn’t play our best football.”