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Vegas Golden Knights can learn from Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs

By Andrew Steele-Davis

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) reacts during the second half of Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. (David Santiago/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) reacts during the second half of Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. (David Santiago/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) /
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MIAMI GARDENS, FL – FEBRUARY 02: Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) calls a play in the huddle with Kansas City Chiefs Offensive Tackle Mitchell Schwartz (71) and the rest of the playersl during the NFL Super Bowl LIV game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL on February 2, 2020. (Photo by Doug Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
MIAMI GARDENS, FL – FEBRUARY 02: Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) calls a play in the huddle with Kansas City Chiefs Offensive Tackle Mitchell Schwartz (71) and the rest of the playersl during the NFL Super Bowl LIV game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL on February 2, 2020. (Photo by Doug Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

2. Lesson 2 – Be Aggressive

One of the most impressive aspects of the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory in Super Bowl LIV on Sunday was their aggressive approach to the biggest game of the year.

Even when things were not going right, which was the case for most of the first three quarters, Kansas Head Coach Andy Reid kept on dialling up aggressive play calls which kept his team alive.

They went for it on fourth-down on a number of occasions throughout the showdown with the San Francisco 49ers, putting a vast amount of trust in their abundance of offensive weapons.

This is perhaps the biggest lesson the Vegas Golden Knights can take from the Kansas City Chiefs come April.

Because, and let’s go back to last year’s playoffs again, the Golden Knights were guilty of not showing that killer instinct when they needed to.

Forgetting what happened in that frantic spell in Game 7 against the San Jose Sharks, Vegas had control of the series on more than one occasion but they failed to kill off the wounded Sharks.

Instead, they gave their loathed rivals life time and time again and, ultimately, it came back to haunt them in heartbreaking fashion.

This time around, the Golden Knights should study the Kansas City Chiefs’ playbook and learn to be more aggressive in order to kill a game off when it is there for the taking.

Fortune favors the brave after all and the Golden Knights would do well to take a leaf out of the book of Kansas and learn how to kill off a series in the postseason.

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