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This year, however, after falling to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl, the Chiefs handed out AFC Championship Game rings. Kansas City players received the rings at the team\u2019s practice facility as mandatory minicamp was wrapping up.<\/p>\n
And make no mistake about it: Defeating the Buffalo Bills in a 32-29 thriller, and once again to capture the Lamar Hunt Trophy as AFC champs, was a big deal to the Chiefs.<\/p>\n
But losing to 40-22 to the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX dampened the mood of receiving this year\u2019s championship bling.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody has their own view on it,\u201d Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce said. \u201cUnfortunately, for me, I\u2019m only interested in Super Bowl rings. I know what the AFC Championship means to this organization and the family and the 15 wins …<\/p>\n
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\u201cLast year (2024 season), it wasn\u2019t a success for me and I\u2019m motivated to make sure that we get another (Super Bowl) ring this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Lamar Hunt Trophy is named for the Chiefs\u2019 late founder. The team\u2019s 15-2 regular-season record set a new high-water mark for victories. The Chiefs defeated the Houston Texans and Bills to reach yet another Super Bowl.<\/p>\n
The Chiefs entered the ultimate game as 1-point favorites and were bidding to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowls. But the game in New Orleans collapsed on them early, as the Chiefs fell behind 24-0 by halftime.<\/p>\n
Kelce finished the day at the Louisiana Superdome with four receptions for 39 yards. Superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes was intercepted twice, with one of those picks returned for a Philly touchdown.<\/p>\n
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Mahomes said he\u2019ll look at his latest ring with mixed feelings.<\/p>\n
\u201cI appreciated it,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause I know at the end of my career, I\u2019ll look back and remember those times with that team.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s a reminder for you go to out there and be even better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s become almost an annual rite for the Chiefs: Before taking their summer break, they receive championship rings.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[114,53,346,7,253,118,110,2438,2437,896,6,499,109,505,12461,1866,500],"class_list":{"0":"post-141573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-afc-championship","9":"tag-buffalo-bills","10":"tag-chiefs","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-houston-texans","13":"tag-kansas-city","14":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","15":"tag-kansascity","16":"tag-kansascitychiefs","17":"tag-new-orleans","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-patrick-mahomes","20":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","21":"tag-super-bowl","22":"tag-super-bowl-ring","23":"tag-the-chiefs","24":"tag-travis-kelce"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114708578570775154","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}