How long ago was it when we could stomach the Chiefs and the Patriots? Do you remember the New England Patriots before Tom Brady? Do you remember when we rooted the Chiefs on during those Marty Schottenheimer days when they would go pretty much one and done in post-season play? That after some stellar regular seasons in the late 80’s and 90’s. Right before Patrick Mahomes, who did not root for Alex Smith? The Patriots in their first ever Superbowl were blown up by the Chicago Bears, 46-10.

That was 1986, Chicago’s only Superbowl with the great Walter Payton and perhaps the best defense of all time. I rooted for the Patriots when they played the Bears’ arch-rival in 1997. The Packers beat up the Pat’s in that one 35-21 as Brett Farve had a better day than Drew Bledsoe. One of my favorite running backs of all-time suited up for the Chiefs.

I wanted that poster above of Christian Okoye who had one of the greatest nicknames in sports aka the Nigerian Nightmare. I believe Priest Holmes was one of my first ever selected running back in my first ever fantasy football league I joined. Derrick Thomas tallied up over 100 sacks during his days in a Chiefs uniform. I remember rooting for the Patriots in February of 2002, who were heavy underdogs versus the greatest show on turf. Love Kurt Warner back then but his wife led the league back then in side line camera shots like the annoying pop singer Taylor Swift. Back then we did not really know that Tom Brady was a nozzle. Warner may have the best underdog story – bagging groceries & then playing arena ball before taking the Rams all the way to the promise land and winning. The Patriots had their own underdog story which was Brady, a quarterback drafted in the 6th round in the year 2000. Bledsoe was the next Walley Pip story.

Walley Pip played first base for the Yankees and got hurt. Then Lou Gehrig took over and his MLB career was launched with the pinstripes. Then the saying was, “Don’t get Walley Pipped.”

Tom Brady would take over for Drew Bledsoe and the Patriots were suddenly in the Superbowl. It should have been the Rams blowing out the Patriots in that game. The Rams out-gained the Patriots that Superbowl, 427-267. It was Adam Vinatieri and a walk off boot of 49 yards that gave the Pats their first ever Superbowl while ending the Rams’ potential dynasty in St. Louis in 2002. Now we regret that. Bledsoe would be elsewhere the following season. The Pats and Tom Brady would win 5 more titles as the Evil Empire dynasty collected a six pack of titles. The Patriots did lose three Superbowls as they made 9 total. Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, Julian Edelman, and Rob Gronkowski became annoying and still may be the most hated dynasty in sports history but Mahomes and company are catching up.

Then came the Kansas City Chiefs. Patrick Mahomes only played one game in his rookie season. That was all Andy Reid needed to see as the Chiefs future was bright. Everyone was rooting for poor ole Andy Reid. A hard luck loser in his Philadelphia days with Donavan McNabb never winning a Superbowl. Mahomes showed the entire NFL he could razzle dazzle all his opponents playing the Quarterback position like a basketball point guard on the hardwood. In 2019, everyone wanted the Chiefs to knock off Tom Brady and the Patriots in post-season. It was the Chiefs and Patriots in the AFC Championship. Tom Brady showed he was the GOAT and knocked off the future GOAT of present day in the NFL. Mahomes was able to beat Brady in regular season going 3-1 against him. In the playoffs, Brady beat Mahomes twice. Sounds very familiar with Josh Allen and Mahomes.

Before Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady squared off in the Superbowl in 2021, Mahomes won his first ever Superbowl in 2020 as the Chiefs beat the 49ers. Then Tom Brady left New England, and signed with the Buccaneers, and he had Tampa Bay in the Superbowl in 2021. Everyone was rooting for the Chiefs still. Brady and the Buccaneers would prevail 31-9 versus Kansas City. Brady would never get back to the Superbowl after that season winning his 7th title of his career. I’m sure that was fine with the Chiefs who then became that dynasty everyone hates as they beat the Eagles in 2023. Then last year in another rematch with the 49ers, they beat them again to win their 3rd Superbowl since Mahomes became the starting QB for Andy Reid. Now the Chiefs will go for the three peat which does not happen in football. As they have a rematch against the Eagles who they beat in 2023. They even call it the Andy Reid Bowl II, because he was the best head coach in Philadelphia by wins and best ever in KC history.

Remember all the breaks the Patriots used to get? The NFL let New England go on plenty of scandals involving cheating by the Patriots. From deflate gate to Bill Belichick recording teams’ practices. The tuck rule when Tom Brady fumbled versus the Raiders and how magically the call gets reversed in a divisional game. Look at the Chiefs getting away with murder versus the Bills. The first down by Josh Allen in the AFC championship. Two officials had opposite spots on that 4th and 1 play at a pivotal point in the game. One saying Bills got the first down. While the other saying Kansas City stopped them. The Chiefs got the call and avoided a back breaker play that could have ended them easy and scored the right way on turnover on downs. The Chiefs squeaked by many of their games this season. The Chiefs won most of these games on some kind of play that went their way late in the game. It was the same thing in the divisional round when Chiefs finally knocked off the Texans. The joke is why does Mahomes wear number 15? It’s a 15 yard penalty if you make contact with him or if you even try to tackle him you may be flagged. In the Texans game ghostly penalties called on Houston costed them.

Many people may boycott Superbowl 59. They think the league is rigged. They see it with their own eyes how the Chiefs get away with bloody murder especially this season. Since 2002, the Patriots and Chiefs have won 9 Superbowl titles combined. They have been involved in 13 Superbowls combined. If you count Tom Brady’s Buccaneers Superbowl that is 14. In a total of 24 Superbowls since 2002 including this season in a game not yet played the Chiefs, Patriots and Brady have been involved in someway for 15 of them. I can see why people across the nation and perhaps around the world are pissed off. It’s the same script with basically two teams and the rest of the league are moving parts thrown a bone. You can say this sport is hovering around at the wrestling level of being fake with written scripts. Is this not why the NFL went with a salary cap? So the league would have some parity? That science experiment has blown up all over the faces of all these NFL executives. Everyone will be wearing green like it’s St. Patrick’s Day on Sunday going Eagles. It may not matter because Mahomes may need to tie Tom Brady in titles. Will we have to relive the same game like in the movie Groundhog Day as Bill Murray lives the same day over and over. Not sure the teams that I like in the NFL will get selected as the next dynasty. Let’s get some new writers in the NFL script department and give another team a whirl. The NFL All-Star game has gone to flag football. The Superbowl has gone to Harlem Globe Trotters versus the Washington Generals.

Hopefully Jalen Hurts’ Eagles are the Generals that are due and need to win against this SKY NET machine the Chiefs are. It’s time to terminate the Nuggies and the State Farm commercials. Take Taylor Swift with you as well. Maybe next year we can have the Go Go’s band in some team’s box. Not in the script.