{"id":14237,"date":"2024-10-18T07:11:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T07:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=14237"},"modified":"2024-10-18T07:11:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T07:11:21","slug":"watch-patrick-mahomes-on-facing-the-49ers-i-always-like-going-up-against-the-best-and-thats-what-were-going-up-against-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=14237","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Patrick Mahomes on facing the 49ers: &#8220;I always like going up against the best, and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going up against this week.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I always like going up against the best, and that&#39;s what we&#39;re going up against this week.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Patrick Mahomes on facing the 49ers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Rjj19pSkc\">pic.twitter.com\/5Rjj19pSkc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt McMullen (@KCChiefs_Matt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KCChiefs_Matt\/status\/1846946585923506615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 49ers\u2019 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday is primed to be one of the best games of the 2024 NFL season.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Week 7 matinee\u00a0at Levi\u2019s Stadium, of course, is a rematch of Super Bowls LVIII and LIV &#8212; two not-so-distant memories that have given 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan and the Faithful PTSD.<\/p>\n<p>Star\u00a0Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes\u00a0is ready for another duel with his Bay Area rivals. The two-time NFL MVP has great respect for the 49ers and looks forward to furthering the two franchises\u2019 history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s as big of a regular-season game as you can play in,\u201d Mahomes told reporters Wednesday (h\/t Kansas City Chiefs). \u201cBut I mean, they\u2019re a great football team, and I always like going against the best, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re going against this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that it\u2019s going to take our best to win. You just have to have extreme focus \u2026 I think when you have two great football teams that meet up in the Super Bowl and meet up in all these big games, there\u2019s going to be a history between that. We know how good this football team is and we have a ton of respect for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Including Super Bowls, Mahomes is 4-0 in his career against San Francisco. He knows that if a few plays go the other way, that record could look a lot different.<\/p>\n<p>Chiefs coach Andy Reid\u00a0is on the same wavelength.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Kansas City has come out on top in its biggest games against San Francisco, Reid is more than weary of the 49ers\u2019 talent, especially defensively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir defensive front; it starts with those guys,\u201d Reid told reporters Wednesday (h\/t Kansas City Chiefs). \u201cAnd then they got an All-Pro linebacker sitting right there that\u2019s pretty good along with their secondary. They\u2019re well-rounded, but it starts with their defensive front. Those guys, they set the tempo for their defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers&#8217; depth has been tested with Javon Hargrave out for the season and fellow defensive linemen Yetur Gross-Matos is on IR. However, veteran edge rushers Leonard Floyd and Sam Okuayinonu have shined recently, and All-Pro Nick Bosa needs no introduction.<\/p>\n<p>Reid expects San Francisco\u2019s D-line to be as formidable as usual against Kansas City. He also anticipates \u201cAll-Pro linebacker\u201d Fred Warner to cause havoc with secondary support from defensive backs such as Deommodore Lenoir and ex-Chief Charvarius Ward.<\/p>\n<p>And still, even though Reid is spending considerable time evaluating how his playbook will fare against San Francisco\u2019s defense, the 66-year-old made sure to credit the 49ers\u2019 young stud under center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s a heck of a player,\u201d Reid said about quarterback Brock Purdy. \u201cI remember the head coach at Iowa State (Matt Campbell) saying, \u201cThis guy changed the program around.\u201d And when you make a statement like that &#8212; and he\u2019s a good football coach \u2013 that\u2019s bold. And we all see why he said it. He was right on with that. This kid, he\u2019s a heck of a football player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Purdy completed 23 of 38 passes for 255 yards and a touchdown against Reid in Super Bowl LVIII. \u201cBig Red,\u201d as the Chiefs coach is called, is far from a Purdy-denier and has seen the 24-year-old\u2019s capabilities up close.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers enter 3-3 and the Chiefs an NFL-best 5-0.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco will be without All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey, who is yet to play a single snap this season due to bilateral Achilles tendinitis. The 49ers also\u00a0will be without Jake Moody\u00a0after the kicker suffered a high ankle sprain in San Francisco&#8217;s Week 5\u2019s loss to the Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>Undefeated Kansas City won\u2019t show any mercy. They\u2019re the two-time defending champions for a reason, and San Francisco knows that all too well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that it\u2019s going to be a big game,\u201d Mahomes said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;I always like going up against the best, and that&#39;s what we&#39;re going up against this week.&quot; &#8211; Patrick Mahomes on facing the 49ers pic.twitter.com\/5Rjj19pSkc &mdash; Matt&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WATCH: Patrick Mahomes on facing the 49ers: &quot;I always like going up against the best, and that&#039;s what we&#039;re going up against this week.&quot; - 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