AFC Notes: Pete Carroll, Kareem Hunt, Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs, Raiders

Chiefs

Chiefs HC Andy Reid said that he is seeing a different, more mature version of RB Kareem Hunt in his second stint with the team.

โ€œI mean, he just said he wanted to be there, I knew he had changed,โ€ Reid said Monday, via NFL.com. โ€œI had spent some time with him at Patโ€™s (Mahomes) wedding. Heโ€™s got a good heart, even when he went through his deal, heโ€™s got a good heart. I had confidence that he could jump in and help us. I knew he wanted to redeem himself amongst the community and kind of get that part that people can change and โ€˜Iโ€™m changedโ€™ is what heโ€™s saying, so I think thatโ€™s been a positive.โ€

Chiefs

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes said he tries to โ€œmaximize every momentโ€ and is treating this Super Bowl like an individual game instead of what could be the teamโ€™s third straight championship. 

โ€œI put every single season as its own season,โ€ Mahomes said, via Pro Football Talk. โ€œEvery team is different. You get new guys, you get guys that have to step up in different roles. I just go about my business and try to prepare everybody to be in the best possible situation to succeed. Obviously, it will be awesome. I think it will be something that I look back at the end of my career if weโ€™re able to go out there and get that three-peat, but at the same time, you just treat it as one season and one Super Bowl run, which is always hard to do.โ€

Raiders

Raiders HC Pete Carroll and GM John Spytek confirmed that they are on the same page regarding the future of the franchise while speaking to the media.

โ€œOh, man, I think itโ€™s a perfect mesh opportunity for us to show you how important it is for this relationship to be at the tip of the spear for our program,โ€ Carroll said, via ESPN. โ€œHis background, his mentality, his devotion to character and football and the game [show] respect for what it takes to make this thing strong, right? It has just hit me right in my heart, so Iโ€™m thrilled about sharing the years and the experience with the energy and the juice that he brings, and so itโ€™s going to work out great.โ€

โ€œMy first order of business is going to begin with Coach here,โ€ Spytek commented. โ€œWeโ€™re going to talk more about the kind of player we want, what it looks like at every position, the kind of person we want to meet . . . both of us will continue to talk about that. What does it mean to be a Raider? What are the qualities that weโ€™re going to stand for? What are the qualities that everybody who comes into this building is going to stand for? I take that very personally and very seriously as a responsibility of mine . . . what our character will be, will be our faith, in a sense.โ€

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