{"id":5667,"date":"2024-09-05T19:59:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T19:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=5667"},"modified":"2024-09-05T19:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T19:59:56","slug":"chiefs-going-for-three-peat-why-patrick-mahomes-new-supporting-cast-are-favorites-and-what-could-stop-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=5667","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs going for three-peat: Why Patrick Mahomes, new supporting cast are favorites, and what could stop them"},"content":{"rendered":"

No team has ever done what Kansas City is hoping to accomplish this season<\/h2>\n
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This is the ninth and final edition of NFL Thursday Thoughts. With the season opening tonight, there’s one team who must be at the front and center of every title conversation, seeing as they’ve won the last two in a row. The Chiefs’ quest for a third straight Super Bowl begins tonight.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s a drizzly January day in Baltimore, and the offenses inside M&T Bank Stadium are as dreary as the weather. After three combined touchdowns on their first four drives, the\u00a0Ravens<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Chiefs<\/a>\u00a0manage just two field goals — one each — 10 punts, three turnovers, a turnover on downs and a kneel down on their ensuing 17 drives.<\/p>\n

This is out of the norm for the Ravens, a well-oiled machine led by MVP-to-be\u00a0Lamar Jackson<\/a>\u00a0that scored more points than any team other than the\u00a049ers<\/a>. On the other hand, even with\u00a0Patrick Mahomes<\/a>,\u00a0Travis Kelce<\/a>\u00a0and Andy Reid, this is nothing new for the Chiefs. Thanks to a variety of factors — underwhelming wide receivers, underachieving offensive line play — Kansas City’s attack finished just 14th in points per game.<\/p>\n

Mahomes and co. take the field up 17-10 with 2:34 to go, looking to salt away the game. After a first down via Baltimore penalty, two\u00a0Isiah Pacheco<\/a>\u00a0runs go nowhere. It’s third-and-9. Here comes the home crowd, and here comes Baltimore’s outstanding defense.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Baltimore, here comes Mahomes with a perfect 32-yard pass to\u00a0Marquez Valdes-Scantling<\/a>. It’s another all-time play for an already-all-time player. Game, set, match.<\/p>\n

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MVS IN A BIG SPOT.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcfa: #KCvsBAL<\/a> on CBS
\n\ud83d\udcf1: Stream on #NFLPlus<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/IIZbdmhqNS<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/qRCH0uuAdw<\/a><\/p>\n

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