Chiefs “Super” Again

The Kansas City Chiefs prevailed (25-22) vs the San Francisco 49ers in just the third NFL Championship Game in the 91 game(s) history of such to go into overtime.

They did so driving 75 yards for a repeat Supe winning touchdown pass from the magical Pat Mahomes to (Carey) Mecole Hardman, the latter whose credentials include “magic show” type bits on television and who now has both won and lost, the latter in college when Alabama beat his Georgia team, championship games that ended on touchdown passes.

The Chiefs, three point(s) winners in both are the first team in 19 years (N.E. in ’03 and ’04 seasons) to repeat as NFL champions and have won three of the last five NFL crowns, making the AFC Title Game/NFL “semis” in six straight seasons.

Meanwhile the 49ers fell in the Supe, in a truly tough loss for a third straight time, this after being victorious in their first 5 such games.

Oy vey regarding S.F. coach Kyle Shanahan, who has now lost in all 3 of his Super Bowl appearances, one as an assistant coach, despite having 10 point(s) or more leads.

Apparently, he did not “school” his team regarding the overtime rule change for post-season tilts and I am not “resulting” his team’s choice to receive rather than defer to start overtime, in opining it was the wrong one!!

If the players did not know the rule, this combined with other, (mucho such),– it paints a bad, certainly lower portrait of the innovative, hard luck, however, “you made bad luck with poor decisions,” Kyle Shanahan.

Far from perfect, but Andy Reid with his third title is climbing higher and higher on any list of top coaches.

I cite three great K.C. players: Chris Jones for the defense (ode to Judd), Harrison Butker (kicker) and that Mr. Kelse (really Kels and not Mr. Kelso on Superman and Taylor will never be Mrs. Kels, but I doubt Travis will be either Elvis or Mr. Taylor Swift), a truly great tight end.

Chris Jones, pictured above is a brilliant defensive player, evoking memories of the many great K.C. defensive players on their long ago ’69 season title team.

That team deemed to be the “Team of the 70’s” certainly failed in that but remain a great “era” team, say from ’66-’71 and certainly such in ’69 and to a lesser extent but with post-season games in ’66, ’68, and ’71.

Any way you slice it and I had both hot and cold “sliced” food at the “Baba,” where the downstairs feed was way ahead of the upstairs one I was viewing, these Chiefs have already ascended to be one of the NFL’s great teams.