If you had doubts about the 2024 Kansas City Chiefs, and there were plenty of them early in the season, despite the wins, those can be put to bed. After their Christmas beat down of the Pittsburgh Steelers, ending their trifecta of wins in eleven days, the Chief’s next three-game win streak in the postseason will define this franchise forever.
Only KC and Baltimore won all three games when the NFL Schedule makers scheduled the Kansas City Chiefs and three other teams to play three games over eleven days. As a result, those two teams might be on a collision course for the AFC title game in Kansas City.
As a result of their 29-10 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Chiefs clinched the top spot in the AFC and, with that, a much-needed bye week. It also means with three postseason wins, they’ll become back-to-back-to-back Super Bowl Champions for the first time in NFL history.
How the Chiefs defeated the Cleveland Browns (21-7), Houston Texans (27-19) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (29-10) was nothing short of remarkable. They went up against three of the best defensive lines in football with a guard at tackle and a guard who never started an NFL game before, and they won all three games convincingly.
Joe Thuney and Mike Caliendo might have become the saviors of the 2024 season. They have stabilized the left side of the offensive line, and Patrick Mahomes has feasted on opposing defenses since they arrived in the starting lineup.
The Chiefs’ 15-1 record, clinching the AFC’s top spot, and playing their best football of the year are testaments to their commitment to excellence and willingness to accept every challenge thrown at them by the league and the teams they face on any given day of the week.
The Chiefs can rest their starters for a meaningless road game at Denver on January 5th. However, the game does have one significant meaning: If the Chiefs win against the Broncos, Andy Reid will earn his 300th NFL win.
That’s a significant number, and it puts him 47 wins behind Don Shula for the most wins by an NFL head coach in the game’s history. It would be a record that will never be broken again.
To think when Andy Reid arrived in Kansas City after the team’s worst season more than a decade ago, that this team would draft Patrick Mahomes and win three of the last six Super Bowls is a brain freeze on a large percentage of die-hard fans who waited 50 years between Super Bowl wins.
Fast-forward to 2024, and the Chiefs are playing their best football. They can heal all their walking wounded and start prepping for the chase to make history. It won’t be easy for the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl Trifecta, but who will bet against them?
Mahomes has played mistake-free football over the last six straight wins. With the addition of Hollywood Brown and the emergence of Xavier Worthy, this offense proved it could whip up on the best defenses in the NFL.
The icing on the cake is how they manage their time off, push themselves to be ready for the AFC Divisional round against an unknown opponent, and deal with the pressure of the Three-Peat narrative.
Though this team doesn’t publicly discuss it, they know that winning the Super Bowl again is expected of them as part of their Championship DNA. After all, while other NFL teams hope to win a Super Bowl, the Chiefs expect to every season.
That separates them from AFC Contenders like the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens, who could face one another in the Divisional round, and from the Chiefs. Kansas City doesn’t fear any opponent. Neither do the Bills or Ravens, but they know that to get to the Super Bowl, they must go through the Chiefs at Arrowhead to get to New Orleans.
It’s a daunting task for the Chiefs, and it’s one that honestly will take every drip of talent and luck they can muster when facing Kansas City in January!
So, Chiefs fans, enjoy the next three weeks, listen to all the doubters, and enjoy that you root for the best team in the NFL!
