Championship To Kansas City

It's been a good year for the state of Missouri. Last June, the St Louis Blues won their first Stanley Cup in Franchise history. Once that season ended, the Kansas City Chiefs started their run for a title. It had been fifty years since the Chiefs last championship appearance, a win in Super Bowl IV. They went out after it, and they got it. Took longer then they wanted and had to go through a little bit of heart attack late in the game, but by the time was all said and done, the Chiefs knocked off the 49ers by a 31-20 score.

Kansas City had come from behind in every game they've played in the playoffs and that trend continued in the big game. San Francisco had a 20-10 lead with a little over seven minutes left in regulation. Kansas City came back and scored the final 21 points of the ball game. It was due to the great clutch play of Patrick Mahomes and the defense making the big plays at the end of the game. Kansas City iced it away with three touchdowns over the final 6:13 of the game. One pass to Travis Kelce and two to Damien Williams put the game out of reach for the Chiefs.

Sure, San Francisco had the better day on the ground, but Kansas City had a better day through the air, and just as important, was able to convert twice on three tries on fourth down. Each team turned the ball over twice on interceptions, while the Chiefs had the advantage in time of possession. What Kansas did was control the 49ers run game, which was its bread and butter against the Packers. Kansas City had done that most of the playoffs and they kept it going in the Super Bowl. The defense stepped up when it needed to, while the offense came through in the crunch time. Mahomes found a way to make the big throw when he needed to, none bigger than the 38-yard completion from Mahomes to Watkins late in regulation. Then the even bigger pass, the 44 yard bomb from Mahomes to Tyreek Hill

Mahomes finished the day going 26 of 42 for 286 yards two touchdowns and two picks. The performance, especially late in the game, was good enough to win MVP. At 24 years and 138 days old on Sunday, Mahomes is the youngest quarterback to win Super Bowl MVP honors and is the second-youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl (Roethlisberger, at 23, is the youngest). Mahomes is also now the youngest player to win both an NFL MVP award and a Super Bowl title, surpassing Emmitt Smith (24 years, 233 days old on the last day of his MVP 1993 season). Kansas City also became the first team in NFL history to win three games after trailing by at least 10 points in a single postseason.

Never, ever count the Chiefs out, not with the way they had been rolling during the playoffs. Its like getting down was the kick in the teeth to wake the team up. Mahomes found his game and the 49ers defense defense, which had been great all year, ran out of steam at the wrong time. The big players play their best in the big games. Patrick Mahomes did that. He wasn't perfect, but he made the plays when he needed to. Congratulations to the Chiefs, their 2nd Super Bowl title!