Travis Kelce is at his greatest on the Super Bowl stage as soon as all of the confetti canons have fired and the Lombardi Trophy is smudged by so many fingerprints and smooches.
That’s when he lastly will get to glare into the digital camera, slim his eyes right into a you’d-higher-consider-it stare and warn all of the naysayers to stop doubting the Kansas City Chiefs.
Maybe now everybody will begin listening.
After the Chiefs rallied previous the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 Sunday evening to grow to be the NFL’s first repeat champion in practically 20 years — and the primary crew to win consecutive Super Bowls as underdogs — Kelce was fast to indicate there’s not an oz. of contentment in Okay.C.
“Well, you know the goal has always been to get three,” Kelce screamed after sharing a kiss together with his girlfriend Taylor Swift. “How about that. We get a chance to do it three times in a row.”
Oddsmakers are already saying it’s a greater wager that Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers will lastly determine learn how to scale that stage themselves a 12 months from now in New Orleans than for Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid and that dominant protection to snare one other Lombardi for his or her crowded trophy case.
After all, not one of the seven earlier groups to efficiently defend their Super Bowl trophy even made it again to the massive sport for a shot at a 3-peat.
The Chiefs don’t thoughts being underdogs already — or once more, for that matter.
To win the franchise’s fourth title, they needed to beat Buffalo, Baltimore and the Niners, all of whom have been favored, after dispatching the Miami Dolphins and former teammate Tyreek Hill on wild-card weekend.
The Chiefs traded Hill two seasons in the past, one thing that was presupposed to ship them into reloading mode, if not a full rebuild or perhaps a tailspin. Instead, they overcame the chances and so many obstacles to beat the Eagles in final 12 months’s Super Bowl.
Afterward, Kelce gleefully glared into the digital camera and delivered his message.
“Not one of y’all said the Chiefs were going to take it home this year. Not a single one,” Kelce hollered as Mahomes, the sport’s MVP identical to he was on Sunday, appeared on, smiling. “Feel that … Feel it. And on top of that, next time the Chiefs say something, put some respect on our names.”
Then, for a lot of the season it appeared as if the crowing Kelce can be consuming crow. Mahomes’ passes saved ricocheting off his receivers’ fingers. His offensive line saved committing pricey penalties. The Chiefs dropped 5 of eight video games at one level, punctuated by their first loss to Denver since 2015.
Like most champions, the Chiefs had a tough time holding the band collectively final offseason. Left deal with Orlando Brown Jr. signed a giant contract with the rival Cincinnati Bengals and proper deal with Andrew Wylie bolted to Washington. They have been changed by Donovan Smith and Jawaan Taylor, who turned out to not be downgrades, in spite of everything.
JuJu Smith-Schuster bolted to the Patriots and Mecole Hardman went to the Jets, though when Mahomes’ targets caught a nasty case of the butterfingers, the Chiefs reacquired the a lot-maligned Hardman, who caught Mahomes’ successful landing go in additional time Sunday evening.
The Chiefs entered the playoffs because the AFC’s No. 3 seed. They gained at Buffalo and at Baltimore within the postseason — the primary highway playoff video games of Mahomes’ profession — and entered the Super Bowl as 2 1/2-level underdogs, in response to FanDuel Sportsbook.
After defying the chances, the Chiefs at the moment are speaking a couple of third consecutive trophy.
The three-peat has grow to be the head of sports activities accomplishment. The final NHL crew to do it was the New York Islanders within the early Eighties. Kobe and Shaq led the Los Angeles Lakes to a few consecutive NBA titles from 2000-2002 shortly after the New York Yankees gained three straight World Series titles from 1998-2000.
No NFL crew has actually come near becoming a member of these dynasties.
Seven have had the possibility, together with the Pittsburgh Steelers twice.
The Packers really gained three straight titles from 1965-67, the final two of which turned generally known as Super Bowls I and II. Phil Bengtson changed Vince Lombardi in 1968 and went 6–7–1 , beginning a 3–decade run of mediocrity earlier than Reggie White, LeRoy Butler and Brett Favre arrived within the Nineteen Nineties to revive Titletown.
Don Shula’s 1972 Miami crew went 17-0, beating Washington 14-7 to finish the one undefeated season within the Super Bowl period. After beating Minnesota within the Super Bowl a 12 months later, the Dolphins’ dynasty got here to an finish with a 28-26 loss to Oakland within the first spherical of the ’74 playoffs.
Terry Bradshaw and the Steel Curtain protection gained 4 Super Bowls in six years, however they by no means had an actual shot at a 3-peat. Oakland drummed them 24-7 within the AFC championship following the 1976 season they usually didn’t even attain the playoffs in ’80 after their second of again-to-again titles.
After successful his third and fourth Super Bowls by dispatching the Bengals and Broncos, Joe Montana appeared primed for a 3-peat. But the Niners misplaced to the New York Giants 15-13 on Matt Bahr’s 42-yard area objective as time expired within the NFC championship at Candlestick Park following the 1990 season.
Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones cut up up after beating the Bills in again-to-again Super Bowls in 1992 and ‘93 and Barry Switzer would help Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith win one more title but not before a 38-28 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC championship following the ’94 season.
John Elway retired after successful again-to-again Super Bowls within the late Nineteen Nineties. Then, fellow future Hall of Famer Terrell Davis blew out a knee early within the 1999 season and the Broncos completed 6-10 below QB Brian Griese and RB Olandis Gary after going 46-10 the earlier three seasons.
Tom Brady gained his first 10 playoff video games, together with three Super Bowls, two of them again-to-again. That run of perfection led to Denver within the divisional spherical of the 2005 playoffs due to Champ Bailey’s 100-yard interception return that sparked Denver’s 27-13 win. Brady wouldn’t win one other Super Bowl for a decade.
So, does three Super Bowl trophies in 5 years already represent a dynasty? How about turning into the primary crew since Brady and Bill Belichick to win consecutive Super Bowls practically 20 years in the past? “It’s the start of one,” stated Mahomes, who’s 15-3 within the playoffs and 10-3 as an underdog in his quick profession.
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