Another NFL season is about to get to an end and, once again, Kansas City chiefs have arrived at the Super Bowl. It is a show that few outside the west will enjoy.
Kansas City has been at the Super Bowl five times in the last six seasons, including this, when they will face the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl Lix.
At that time they have gone from the exciting and delicious promising in the Super Bowl Liv so far, when they are widely seen as the villains of the League.
It could simply be that their success has brought this notoriety, and to a large extent, that is the case.
But there are many more stories that surround this team than sport fans simply do not like.
From the referees to the media, fans have been hating the Chiefs for years, since they have taken the mantle of the 'most hated' of New England patriots.
Kansas City bosses are currently, definitely the villains of the National Soccer League.
After winning consecutive Super Bowl titles, chiefs are more hated now than ever before
In a sense, what made the Patriots hate was more than their success in the course of 19 seasons.
The media not only praised Brady and Belichick at every step, but there were also accusations that the referees were on their side with favorable calls (see: The Tuck rule, Jesse James TD TD capture in 2017).
Does it sound familiar? This season, the narration of the Chiefs as beneficiaries of favorable calls has gained its own life to the point that almost any penalty flag in the opposite team generates contempt in social networks.
A perfect example occurred in the AFC championship game on Sunday, when the closed wing Travis Kelce was in sight of the security of Buffalo Bills, Damar Hamlin, and made fun of him. When one of Hamlin's teammates approached to confront Kelce and hit his head, the Bills player was marked. Kelce was not.
Add to that the tons of accumulated compliments on the field marshal Patrick Mahomes by several media members cover Of Kansas City.
The only defining difference between Chiefs and Patriots is not necessarily that New England has won more titles. It is that in the eyes of many people outside the six states of the Northeast, the Patriots were seen as the greatest tricks of sport in that period of time.
From 'Spygate' to 'Deflategate', the Patriots were not without criticism and scandals and were duly punished by the League.
Kansas City does not have similar scandals, which could be his only brand in favor of being a less 'evil' franchise than the Patriots.
The bosses took the mantle of 'villain' of the New England patriots of the era of Belichick-Bray
But one thing that the chiefs do not have are the scandals that took place within New England
However, at this time, chiefs are the largest thugs in the recess and many hope to see their fall soon.
Like the patriots of the Age of the Dynasty, the Chiefs players are adopting the identity of being the villains of the League.
'I love it. I love it, 'said the closed wing Travis Kelce in the podcast' New Heights'.
'At one point, it wasn't that. … I was the 'Do you feel bad for them boys'? … I am enjoying doing this with the boys together. The guys we have there because they make us even more a family.
'Simply surround the cars. … people say what they want. You simply join and make you appreciate more than you have because people want what you have.
Mohomes expressed it more simply during the availability of media for the Super Bowl LVIII: 'I like to win. If you win a lot and that makes you the villain, I agree with that.
Two seasons ago, at the time the Chiefs began to be really hated throughout the League, Mohamses was asked about comparisons between Kansas City and New England.
I can definitely feel it. I never felt like that because I have never been like this in my whole life. But he has become a little fun, “Mohamses said JEFF DARLINGTON DE ESPN.
Travis Kelce has accepted his role as a villain, saying: “I am enjoying doing this with the boys”
Patrick Mahomes put it bluntly at a press conference before the Super Bowl last season: “If you want a lot and that makes you the villain, I agree with that”
'I don't want to say you enjoy it. I know the Patriots had it for a while. I hope we do it in a different way with a little more fun and personality with him.
'But as long as you keep winning, the teams begin not like you, and I want to continue winning. So, if that means that some of the other teams and other fans bases are not going to like them, I will try to have a smile on my face and not be a bad example, but I can be that villain for them if they need it to be.
For now, Chiefs are definitely the villains of the League, so much that many detractors are resorting to Philadelphia Eagles for the hope that they can deliver some form of 'justice' with a victory in the great game.
Come next Sunday, the Chiefs will try to do something that no other NFL team has done: win three consecutive championships.
If they succeed, they will only consolidate even more as the greatest boogeymen of the 2020. If not, then many will delight in their defeat and will celebrate that the biggest bad boys in the league finally fell.