What Pat Mahomes said about the Chiefs' 32-29 win against the Saints

The Saints suffered their second-straight loss Sunday afternoon as the Chiefs picked up a 32-29 win in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

Here’s what Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes said about the victory against the Saints:

On his conversation with Drew Brees today: "It is just a bunch of respect. Obviously, I watched Drew growing up. I have the same financial advisor as Drew. I have met him over the years at different things and he's given me advice. I just show him the ultimate respect. He's one of the best to ever do it. He is still doing it at a high level. It was a great game. Obviously, we came out with the win, but it was a great game by him as well."

On the third down conversion to Sammy Watkins earlier in the game: ”Sammy was my last read. I got flushed out to the right. I was trying to get the edge and realized I wasn't going to get there. I stopped and stepped up. Sammy kept working and I was able to get him the ball. You see the offensive linemen continue to work as I am out there scrambling You have to have guys that our going to continue to battle the entire game. It was a great job by them and a great job by Sammy."

On the touchdown pass to Travis Kelce: ”We actually ran it a couple of years ago against Denver in a Monday Night Football game. It takes a lot of practice to get the blocking right that quickly and finding a way to push it in there. The guys gave me a lane to throw. I got it to Kelce and he punched it in there."

On having trust to win a game: "It's trust in the entire offense. A lot of times in those four-minute offense you're getting straight man-to-man coverage. When the linebackers come up to stop the run, then you have to have guys win. Kelce won today and you've seen guys win over the last few weeks. We have to be able to run the ball. I thought we did a great job of that all day long especially at the end. We have to execute every time we have an opportunity to throw the ball."

On being 8-0 on the road: "It's mentality. It's all about coming in with the right mentality. You know it is going to be a dogfight wherever you are playing. We do a good job with mindset. We step up on offense, defense and special teams to find a way to win."

On winning the close games: ”I’ve always felt it was a strength. You have to be able to win games in this league. It looks cool and feels awesome to win by 20 or 30 points. Teams that find a way to win on offense, defense and special teams no matter what the score is are the teams that make a run every year."

On the red zone scoring: ”It's just execution. Being able to run the ball and executing. I thought we did a great job of both of those today. When you play a defense like that, you know there are going to be few opportunities. You have to make sure that you execute when you are down there. I think the guys did a great job executing the game plan. The coaches called great plays and we ran the ball whenever we needed to."