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Mahomes, Chiefs take on villain role as Super Bowl hype begins

NEW ORLEANS, United States — The Super Bowl hype began in earnest on Monday (Tuesday Manila time) with the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles facing the media and each other at the Superdome — the venue for Sunday's NFL showdown in New Orleans.

And it was clear from the outset that the local fans in Louisiana are rooting for the Eagles to end the Chiefs' dream of an unprecedented “Three-peat”.

Not that the Chiefs are worried about being the villains of the piece.

What began as “Media Day” — a way to promote the game to the largest audience possible has become in recent years an event in itself.

Several thousand fans paid $20 for tickets in the stands to watch the players face a barrage of questions for an hour at a time.

When quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs top starters were introduced on to the podium to shake hands with their Eagles counter-parts, both teams in all white tracksuits, there was noticeable booing in the crowd, made up mainly of local fans.

The reaction raised the question of whether the Chiefs, by becoming the first dynasty since the decline of the New England Patriots of the Tom Brady era, have taken on their role as the team NFL fans love to hate.

If they have — then it doesn't seem to bother Mahomes.

"I don't even think it's embracing being the villains, we embrace who we are," Mahomes said.

"I believe we play the game the right way, we believe that we play with a lot of heart and a lot of passion for the game and we win football games.

"If winning football games makes you a villain, we’re gonna keep going out there and doing it," he added.

The quarterback confessed that he too was a Patriots “hater” but now has an appreciation of what they were able to achieve under coach Bill Belichick.

"I was a Cowboys fan growing up and I used to hate the Patriots but I think now, more than anything, I appreciate the greatness of the Patriots more now when I see how hard it was to do what they did."

Some of the anti-Chiefs sentiment has taken the form of suggestions from online fans that they benefit from favorable treatment from referees and in an exchange with a student reporter, tight-end Travis Kelce's response suggested those

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