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The Kansas City Chiefs may have beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 36-10 in Week 16, but Patrick Mahomes knows that his team cannot take an all-time great quarterback like Ben Roethlisberger for granted.
Ahead of their Wild Card Weekend showdown, Mahomes praised Big Ben and made it very clear that the Chiefs must bring their A-game:
“He’s an all-time great quarterback that’s going to be in the Hall of Fame one day, but he’s still playing great football right now,” Mahomes said in his press conference, via Pro Football Talk. “If you look at the big-time throws, he’s made to keep their season alive, we know it’s going to be a great challenge for us. Not just him, but that entire team. They have an attitude about them, a mindset they play with so we’re not taking them lightly at all. They’re a team that’s beat a lot of good football teams and so to get to play against Big Ben is an honor for me. He’s a great football player.”
The Chiefs star continued:
“They understand how to change stuff up, they understand to go back to what they’re great at. So, we’re expecting a battle. We’ll be ready to go and we’re going to try to find answers for everything. They’re going to throw all different pitches to us, and we have to be able to respond and have success as much as possible.”
The Chiefs are a heavy favorite, but the Steelers finished the season on a two-game winning streak and certainly have a chip on their shoulder right now. It will not be easy playing at Arrowhead Stadium, but Pittsburgh will be looking to upset one of the Super Bowl favorites on their own field and extend Big Ben's last run with the team a little bit longer.
