Again in January 2019 when quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his Kansas Metropolis Chiefs fell to Tom Brady and the dynastic New England Patriots in that 12 months’s AFC Championship Sport, many informal followers discovered themselves rooting for the Chiefs to defeat what was thought on the time to be the NFL’s “evil empire.”
Since then, the Chiefs have made 4 Tremendous Bowl appearances, claimed three titles and
at the moment are a win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 9 away from changing into the primary workforce in historical past to three-peat as Tremendous Bowl champions.
In the course of the newest version of the “New Heights” podcast, Kansas Metropolis star tight finish Travis Kelce addressed the Chiefs changing the Patriots because the villains of the league.
“I adore it,” Kelce mentioned, as shared by Nick Shook of the NFL’s web site. “I adore it. At one time limit, it wasn’t that. …I used to be the ‘do you are feeling dangerous for ’em guys.’ …I am having fun with doing this with the fellows collectively — the fellows that now we have in there as a result of it simply makes us much more of a household.”
Michael Silver and Mike Jones of The Athletic identified after Kansas Metropolis defeated the Buffalo Payments within the AFC Championship Sport that the Chiefs at the moment are the NFL’s so-called “dangerous guys” within the eyes of viewers who’ve satisfied themselves the league needs the reigning Tremendous Bowl champions on the game’s largest stage for causes which may be associated to Kelce’s relationship with leisure celebrity Taylor Swift.
Simply as followers beforehand mentioned
Brady routinely acquired “calls in his favor” throughout his legendary profession, a few of those self same people now assume the NFL protects Mahomes and Co. throughout video games. On Monday, Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports activities blasted such cynics and insisted the league “isn’t scripted or rigged or below commissioner management” regardmuch less of what Chiefs haters need to imagine.
“You simply circle the wagons,” Kelce added through the podcast. “…Individuals are saying no matter they need. You simply band collectively and it makes you recognize extra of what you’ve gotten as a result of individuals need what you’ve gotten.”
As of Thursday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Chiefs as 1.5-point favorites over the Eagles. Truthful or not, some may even see that line as proof that the Tremendous Bowl LIX script has already been written.
