The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs will go to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas Day, a 12 months after dropping to the Las Vegas Raiders at dwelling final Dec. 25.
The Chiefs didn’t look good in that sport, dropping 20-14 and dropping to 9-6 on the season. Since then, nonetheless, Kansas Metropolis has skilled probably the most unimaginable stretches in NFL historical past.
Following their Christmas loss to the Raiders, the Chiefs are 20-1. That features two bounce-back wins to complete the 2023-24 common season, 4 postseason wins (with two street victories at Buffalo and Baltimore) and a second consecutive Tremendous Bowl ring.
Up to now within the 2024-25 season, they’ve misplaced simply as soon as, at Buffalo, in Week 11. On the floor, their 14-1 file this season looks like a mirage. They’re one among 4 groups with no 30-point sport. Ten of their 14 video games have been by lower than one rating.
They suffered vital long-term accidents to their high two receivers and their No. 1 operating again. Their secondary depth has been examined all season, they usually’ve not gotten good play from their left tackles. Regardless of all of this, they hold successful.
With a win on Christmas Day, the Chiefs will safe the No. 1 seed within the AFC. This can give them a first-round bye within the playoffs, some much-needed relaxation for a few of their gamers in Week 18 and home-field benefit for so long as they continue to be within the playoffs till the Tremendous Bowl.
All in all, it has been a powerful 12 months. How does it stack up in opposition to another nice stretches within the Tremendous Bowl period of the NFL?
In 1972, the Miami Dolphins went 17-0, together with the playoffs. They’re the one group to complete an entire season undefeated. On the finish of the 1971 season, they gained their final regular-season sport and two playoff video games earlier than dropping within the Tremendous Bowl to the Dallas Cowboys. That equals the Chiefs’ 20-1 file. For those who embody the primary sport of the 1973 marketing campaign, that stretch is 21-1, with the Dolphins’ solely loss in Tremendous Bowl VI.
Throughout the 2007-08 season, the New England Patriots went undefeated till dropping to the New York Giants in Tremendous Bowl XLII, ending 18-1. They bounced again to begin 2-0 in 2008, matching the Chiefs’ 20-1 file.
These are three of the perfect streaks within the Tremendous Bowl period of the NFL. Kansas Metropolis can match Miami’s unimaginable 21-1 stretch from the early ’70s with a victory on Wednesday.
Whether or not the Chiefs’ victories have been fairly or ugly, all of them depend, and their achievements can’t be neglected. We’re witnessing NFL historical past and will take pleasure in it so long as it lasts.
