The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are an excellent soccer workforce. You understand this.
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are searching for their third Tremendous Bowl win in a row. I’d think about you had been conscious of this as properly. And we now know that the street to the Chiefs’ three-peat goes via the Philadelphia Eagles after their 55-23 dismantling of the Washington Commanders in Sunday’s NFC Championship Sport.
For nearly a whole yr now, if that’s not apparent, now we have been anticipating the Chiefs starting to make a run at historical past (as in the event that they haven’t made sufficient already). Kansas Metropolis has had an, um, distinctive season up to now in that they’ve been as inevitable as ever whereas wanting weaker than any previous model of themselves, a bizarre mixture of the Of Course nature that they’ve carried for over a half-decade now.
Regardless of not wanting persistently as dominant in 2024, Kansas Metropolis completed the season 14-2 and locked up the highest seed within the AFC and a Wild Card bye. A 23-14 win at residence over the Texans received them to the AFC Championship vs. the Payments, and the Chiefs battled it out in a thriller in opposition to the Payments within the AFC Championship, squeaking to the Tremendous Bowl with a 32-29 win.
From a factual perspective, the Chiefs have received the final two Tremendous Bowls, received Tremendous Bowl LIV in Miami three years earlier than the primary consecutive win in 2023, and have performed in 4 of the final 5.
Tremendous Bowl LIV, 2020: Kansas Metropolis Chiefs beat San Francisco 49ers
Tremendous Bowl LV, 2021: Kansas Metropolis Chiefs lose to Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tremendous Bowl LVI, 2022: Kansas Metropolis Chiefs not current
Tremendous Bowl LVII, 2023: Kansas Metropolis Chiefs beat Philadelphia Eagles
Tremendous Bowl LVIII 2024: Kansas Metropolis Chiefs beat San Francisco 49ers
It’s an insane run that they’re on and it’s historic as famous. Whereas they’ve achieved an ideal deal, one thing they haven’t finished is win three Tremendous Bowls in a row.
The factor about that’s… no one has finished that.
Throughout NFL historical past there have been eight different groups who had been looking for a 3rd title in a row.
1968 Inexperienced Bay Packers: Missed playoffs
1974 Miami Dolphins: Misplaced in Divisional Spherical
1976 Pittsburgh Steelers: Misplaced AFC Championship Sport
1980 Pittsburgh Steelers: Missed playoffs
1990 San Francisco 49ers: Misplaced NFC Championship Sport
1994 Dallas Cowboys: Misplaced NFC Championship Sport
1999 Denver Broncos: Missed playoffs
2005 New England Patriots: Misplaced in Divisional Spherical
Of the eight earlier cases there are three groups who missed the playoffs completely, and clearly that doesn’t apply to the one-seeded Chiefs who even had a bye via the Wild Card spherical.
Of the remaining 5, there have been two groups who received a playoff sport (apparently none of those misplaced within the Wild Card Spherical) however misplaced within the Divisional Spherical. The ultimate three who every got here the closest all fell one sport shy of historical past because the 1976 Steelers, 1990 49ers and 1994 Cowboys every misplaced their convention’s championship sport.
No workforce in NFL historical past looking for three titles in a row has even made the Tremendous Bowl, so Kansas Metropolis could make historical past in the event that they do exactly that. Clearly although the Chiefs wish to take residence that third title and because it has by no means occurred throughout 58 Tremendous Bowls up to now it appears honest to say that this might be one thing that will seemingly by no means be achieved ever once more.
Think about the final cases through which three consecutive titles had been received within the different main American sports activities leagues:
NBA: 2000-2002 (Los Angeles Lakers)
MLB: 19998-2000 (New York Yankees)
NHL: 1980-1983 (New York Islanders)
There have been cases in every league of a workforce successful back-to-back titles since then, however none of a workforce successful three straight. Principally, the Chiefs can do one thing that has not solely by no means been finished in NFL historical past, however that hasn’t been finished in fashionable American sports activities historical past at giant in over 20 years.
We’ve got clearly recognized all of this from the second that the Chiefs lifted the Lombardi final February. All of it comes right down to Sunday, Feb. 9 in New Orleans.
Prepare.
