Kansas City Chiefs come into Super Bowl 59 in their villain era
NEW ORLEANS (KMIZ)
Everybody loves to hate on a winner.
The Kansas City Chiefs have been winning a lot, lately, and with that kind of success usually comes jealousy, hatred and a whole lot of people preying on your downfall. You've seen that around the league through the 2024 season, too.
In just six years time, KC has gone from America's sweethearts to a storybook villain in no time flat.
"If winning football games makes you a villain, we're gonna keep going out there and doing it," quarterback Patrick Mahomes said.
Over the years, the Chiefs have felt like an unstoppable force in the NFL, much to the dismay of their haters. The franchise has made five of the last six Super Bowls, winning the Lombardi Trophy in three of those trips. Currently, Kansas City reigns as the back-to-back Super bowl champions and will go for one more victory to make history, on Sunday.
No team in the league's extensive history has ever come as close to what KC is hoping to achieve on Sunday: winning three-straight Super Bowls.
"It'll mean everything, man. I'll remember it for the rest of my life. I know my kids will and I know, you know, my family and that's something they can never take away from the Chiefs organization," running back Kareem Hunt said.
A three-peat is not only a feat that would mean a whole lot to Chiefs Kingdom, but to players, coaches and the staff, themselves.
"We all want it bad for the next guy as much as we do ourselves," wide receiver Marquise 'Hollywood' Brown said.
However, NFL fans in New Orleans have had mixed opinions. In a city that has been teeming with Eagles fans all week long, many said that they couldn't stand to watch KC lift up one more Lombardi Trophy.
"No one wants to see a three-peat," one fan said, on Friday. "Most of their games are won by the refs. I mean, it's obvious, so they're definitely the villain."
Head coach Andy Reid and his team have done a great job at blocking out the villain noise all week long, though, despite fielding question-after-question about it at various media availabilities.
The Chiefs aren't focused on what the nation has to say. If anything, those negative words just fire them up more.
"I don't want to have regrets at the end of my career," Mahomes said. "If I can go there and feel like I progressed and I know that I'm putting everything I have into a football game, then that'll be a successful career to me."
As for NFL fans, you've seen them throw hatred and shade at a team before. Shall we remember the dynasty of the New England Patriots, which began in the early 2000s?
"I used to look at the Patriots like that and I used to have the desire to have the success that they had," tight end Travis Kelce said.
Despite all the negative energy that came their way, head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady went on to win six titles in 17 seasons and the Chiefs have followed suit. Reid and Mahomes are competing to be one of the best coach, quarterback duos in NFL history, as they have already worked together for three Lombardi Trophies and will hope to make it a fourth on Super Bowl Sunday.
The Chiefs and the Eagles will kick off Super Bowl 59 at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9. You can watch the game on Fox 22.
