Sometimes when I want to listen to something frivolous on the radio, I listen to a local sports radio station. On a Monday after a Denver Bronco game, this station has a segment they call “Reaction Monday”. While the Broncos are not in the playoffs anymore (though I give them kudos that they did appear in the postseason for the first time since 2015), I’ve borrowed their phrase for today, because the championship games occurred yesterday. I need to write a few words about these contests. In my last blog, I called a Bills vs. Commanders Super Bowl “my ideal matchup”. Well, it turns out the experts who picked the Bills and/or Commanders to win were mistaken.
The Philadelphia Eagles
punched their ticket to Super Bowl 59 defeating the Washington Commanders with
an impressive 55-23 onslaught. Congratulations to the Eagles for getting
back to the big game. But make no mistake about it: the game that
most people will remember for years to come is the AFC Championship game. The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Buffalo Bills
32-29. As a longtime fan and student of
the NFL, I can tell you that three other teams who had won two Super Bowls in a
row had advanced to the championship game (The 76’ Steelers, the ’90 49ers, and
the ’94 Cowboys). But yesterday, the
Chiefs did what had not been in the Super Bowl era: advance to the Super Bowl
for a very real chance to three-peat.
Personally, I thought the
pressure was on the Chiefs to three-peat, and this made me think yesterday
could be a changing of the guard. Not
so. As hard as Buffalo played, Kansas
City would simply not be denied. While
some fans may not be thrilled with this year’s Super Bowl match-up, I want to take a moment and give the Kansas
City Chiefs the credit they are due.
I tip my hat to Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs organization.
Some of you may know that in this blog, I used to annually give my prediction on who I believed was going to win the Super Bowl. While I don’t do this anymore – NFL football is too unpredictable for me to do so – however, I will submit to you that as formidable and hungry as the Philadelphia Eagles look; and as much as they could give the Champion Chiefs a run for their money, they might actually even pull off the upset. That said, it doesn’t seem smart to bet against the Chiefs from doing the practically impossible: winning three Super Bowls in a row. Stay tuned.
Kevin
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