They say that if you want to be man, you have to overcome man. At this time, the “man” in the NFL is the bosses of Kansas City.
Since the field marshal Patrick Mahomes joined the league in 2017, the Chiefs have been in the playoffs in each season. Five of those eight seasons, including this, have ended in appearances at the Super Bowl. Four of them ended in victories.
Only three teams can say that they have defeated the Mohamses era in the playoffs. The first to do so was the New England patriots, led by Chief coach Bill Belichick.
Some years have passed since then and Mohamses, Travis Kelce, and the Chiefs have claimed four titles and are looking for their fifth in general and third consecutive.
Then, with the Philadelphia Eagles who seek to prevent that from happening, a question about what they should ask to stop the bosses.
Belichick may have provided the response they needed in the Pat McAfee program, when one of the speaker heads of the program.
Kansas City bosses are at the top of the NFL world again with the opportunity to win another title
But if anyone knows how to overcome Andy Reid and KC, he is the former coach of Patriots Bill Belichick
“What would tell anyone who plays Chiefs, Philadelphia this week, is that you should play your best football in the fourth quarter,” said Belichick, now the chief coach of the University of North Carolina, told the program.
'The Chiefs have been so good in a score games, in closed games. They find a way to win, whether blocking a kick against Denver that would have been the winning field goal of the game, blocking a kick at the end of the Houston game that would have turned it into a game of a score, or if it is doing A stop at the defense or make the last transmission field goal or the last entrance path as they did at the Super Bowl last year.
'They simply make the moves they need to win. You better play your best football in the fourth quarter because they are a well -balanced team and can do it in the three phases.
'Pat, you mentioned it a little earlier, but look at the game back in recent weeks. Start the Texans game with a back of 70 yards kick and beat a 50 -yard clearance return against Buffalo of a guy from which no one has heard (Open Receiver Nikko Remigio).
'He was in the injured reserve last year and in the practice team throughout the year this year. Then he goes out and has two big plays at the playoff games.
'And I think that also points to … the games in the Super Bowl are won by the team that plays better. It is not how many professional bowls he has done or what is his salary or where he was recruited or anything else. This is how you play in that game.
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'And that will be the most important thing in this is all who play, be it the young secondary school of the Eagles or Joe Thuney playing left Tackle or a rookie return for the chiefs. Anyone can be a hero or a star in this game. Look at Tom Brady. Look at Malcolm Butler.
'You don't have to be a veteran 10 years. You can be a player in the team that has a role in the game and make the play that makes the difference for your team and your franchise. ''
Belichick would know better than any coach what is needed to win a Super Bowl, after having won eight throughout his career and six as a chief coach.
But without a superstar field marshal at its best, Belichick hesitated in New England, suffering some difficult seasons before departing in early 2024.
Instead, the Chiefs supplanted the Patriots as the most hated team in the NFL.
They can promote that statement with a victory and a fifth Super Bowl title on Sunday.