Nothing can be taken for granted

Four-day break? You guys are gonna have to make it up to us next year by working Super Bowl weekend.

Mark from Westminster, CO

Awesome game. The winning play sure looked like the same play KC ran against the Eagles last year called “Corn Dog.”

OK, is it now officially the time to stop saying that Tom Brady’s record of six Super Bowl wins by a quarterback will never be broken?

It was broken three years ago when Brady got his seventh. Against Mahomes. More to the point, this was Mahomes’ most impressive Super Bowl run in my mind. He’s got three now, but nothing can be taken for granted. I remember when everyone assumed Tiger would overtake Jack’s majors record, like it was only a matter of time. Still waiting on that. It’s not easy.

The Packers (and Lions) beat KC (Super Bowl champs) during the regular season, but lost to the 49ers in the playoffs. Yet, the 49ers lost to KC in the Super Bowl. What, if anything, can we conclude from this?

That Team A was better than Team B on that particular day. That’s all the NFL is. Who plays better on any given day. When you give yourself a chance to play on the most important days, and you play better on those most important days, you win championships.

Ironic, the 49ers were outplayed in both of their playoff games until the fourth quarter and won. Then they outplayed the Chiefs until the fourth quarter and lost. As you guys have often mentioned, knowing what it takes in crunch time is the difference maker.

Bill from Forest Park, OH

I said to my wife at the time “that missed extra point is gonna come back to haunt them.” This is what happens when you let Mahomes hang around too long. In any case, hard to ask for a more entertaining game (without the Packers).

Three quarters of rather sloppy play turned into pretty good football by both sides down the stretch. The blocked PAT changed everything. On their next possession, the Chiefs faced fourth-and-goal from the 6 with just under six minutes left. If it’s 17-13 instead of 16-13, I have to believe they’re going for it, and the success or failure of that play would have altered everything else that happened the rest of the way.

Mahomes will get the accolades because that is how it works, but the Chiefs’ defense is the main reason for the Super Bowl run and victory. Also, if I were Shanahan, I would have gone for it…