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 Recreation, 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 crew in historical past to three-peat as Tremendous Bowl champions.
Throughout 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 cut-off date, 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 we’ve got 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 Recreation 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 desires the reigning Tremendous Bowl champions on the game’s largest stage for causes which may be associated to Kelce’s relationship with leisure famous person Taylor Swift.
Simply as followers beforehand mentioned
Brady routinely obtained “calls in his favor” throughout his legendary profession, a few of those self same people now suppose 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 wish to consider.
“You simply circle the wagons,” Kelce added throughout the podcast. “…Individuals are saying no matter they need. You simply band collectively and it makes you respect extra of what you will have as a result of folks need what you will have.”
As of Thursday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Chiefs as 1.5-point favorites over the Eagles. Truthful or not, some might even see that line as proof that the Tremendous Bowl LIX script has already been written.
