News now : KC chief’s losing a BIG one ‘ Patrick mahomes is leaving the chief’s ” I’m doing this for my kids “

The charter plane landed in Kansas City after midnight Monday morning, and while Chiefs players headed to their respective homes, head coach Andy Reid drove elsewhere.

To the office.

As players and staff worked their way off the team plane, quarterback Patrick Mahomes marked the official conclusion of a road trip to Buffalo with a ceremonial speech conveying a simple message.

On to Baltimore.

“This week’s over,” Mahomes said, as teammate and running back Isiah Pacheco recalled.

But Reid? The spirit of that message — get to work on the Ravens — became his reality before a good night’s sleep. His game-planning started at the team’s practice facility in the early-morning hours — where he stayed overnight rather than driving home.

“Slippery out there,” he quipped, explaining his reasoning for sleeping at the team facility.

What’s long been lost in the last half-decade of the Chiefs’ success — Sunday will be their sixth straight appearance in the AFC Championship Game, and they’ve played in three of the past five Super Bowls — is this part of the process.

Moving on. The Chiefs have turned it into an art fundamental to their recent playoff prosperity. It’s become the most cliche part of a Mahomes victory-huddle breakdown in a post-game locker room — a mention of the following week.