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Source: Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady apologized to Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu
in text message after Super Bowl
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12:09 AM
Jenna Laine
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Immediately after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 in
Super Bowl LV on Sunday, Bucs quarterback Tom Brady texted an apology to Chiefs safety Tyrann
Mathieu for several on-field verbal altercations, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

ESPN was read the contents of the text out loud.

Brady apologized to Mathieu for losing his composure in the heat of the moment, of which Mathieu
said, "I've never really seen that side of him."

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During the game, Brady and Mathieu sparred multiple times. At one point, Brady even chased him
down and got in his face.

Brady called Mathieu the "ultimate competitor" in his apology text and said he knew he needed to
match Mathieu's intensity Sunday.

Brady told Mathieu he'd watched him since his days at LSU, and he praised Mathieu for his heart,
calling him an "incredible leader, champion and class act."

Brady also expressed his desire to apologize in person in the future. He said his outbursts in an
emotional moment were in no way a reflection on his feelings toward Mathieu, whom he spoke of
highly throughout the week leading up to the game.

Mathieu explained his side of the altercation, saying in a since-deleted tweet that Brady started the
verbal spat when he called Mathieu "something I won't repeat."

"He's clearly chasing me, but I got flagged," Mathieu said in another deleted tweet.

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Patrick Mahomes: Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LV loss will motivate me rest of career
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Patrick Mahomes explains how losing Super Bowl LV will motivate him and his teammates going
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Adam Teicher
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Patrick Mahomes said the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LV loss to the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers will motivate him. Not just next season or through 2022, but for the rest of his career.

"It was a bad feeling in that locker room after the game,'' Mahomes said a day after the Chiefs' 31-9
loss. "You don't want to have that feeling again.

"It's not the end of something. It's going to be another chapter where we're going to have to continue
to drive to make ourselves better so we're back in that game.''

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Mahomes and fiancée Brittany Matthews are expecting their first child soon. Otherwise, Mahomes
said his immediate plans are to begin working on improving for next season. He threw for 4,740 yards
and 38 touchdowns in the regular season but the Chiefs failed to score a touchdown against the Bucs
on Sunday for the first time since he became a starter in 2018.

"I'm going to look at the film and try to find ways to get better,'' Mahomes said. "Obviously with our
offense and the success that we've had, when teams see the defensive plan that [the Bucs] had and
how well it worked, they're obviously going to try to do the same things. So we'll try to find ways to
combat that. It's the evolution of our offense where we're going to have to do better things and be
more efficient.

"That really goes with me and not always looking for the big play but just finding ways to move the
ball down the field.''

Mahomes said he will work on taking what the defense gives the Chiefs rather than focusing on the
big play.

"I thought I did a good job toward the end of the season of being more efficient,'' he said. "Obviously I
didn't do that in the Super Bowl, but I'm going to try to find ways to better myself that way. Just being
more efficient, taking what's there, especially when these teams are playing such deep coverages
against us.

"It's something I've got to battle with because I've got such an aggressive nature and want to have the
big play. But as I watch the film and really study myself, I'll have to get better at that so I can be a
better quarterback at the end of the day.''