Phoebe Schecter NFL Column: Why Kansas City Chiefs Have the Tools to Pull Off ‘Three-peat’

The Kansas City Chiefs enter the new NFL season with ambitions to make history by becoming the first team to win three consecutive Super Bowls.

It’s so hard to get there every year. Nothing is guaranteed. That’s the beauty of the NFL, the equality it creates, but it also creates a lot of challenges.

The Chiefs understand what it takes to get there, they’ve felt the expectation. That’s the standard when you walk into that building, but it never seems too big for them.

For many teams, reaching the Super Bowl would be a tall order, but these guys make it happen year after year.

Super Bowl week is crazy, there are so many more stressors on you, but the Chiefs find a way to treat it like it’s a regular game and play their way. It’s like they have their own cheat code.

Last year they weren’t good in the first half of the year, leading the league in dropped passes, but they still made it to the Super Bowl and still managed to win in overtime.

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes is only 28 years old (29 on September 17). It’s insane, his athleticism and understanding of the game. Even when he got hurt two seasons ago in the Arizona Super Bowl, no one thought he would finish the game.

He practically limped off the field at halftime. Yet he comes back and runs for a crucial first down and they win it. He’s just not a normal human being.

I know people use that word, but the Chiefs are really creating a dynasty. To have a dynasty, you need an incredible quarterback and an incredible head coach. The Chiefs tick both of those boxes.

Andy Reid is a great guy to play for. Not only is he a great coach, he is a great mentor to his other coaches – look at his coaching tree.

And you can never ignore the relationship that Mahomes has with star tight end Travis Kelce, the understanding that they have. We saw it in preseason, when Mahomes threw that incredible behind-the-back pass, externalHe was angry at Kelce for taking the wrong route, but he still found a way to find him.