NFL offseason power rankings: No. 1 Kansas City Chiefs striving for unique history

Patrick Mahomes has made four Super Bowls in six seasons as the Chiefs’ starting quarterback. (Yahoo Sports/Grant Thomas)

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You’re going to hear often this season that no team has ever won three straight NFL championships. That will be inaccurate.

It has happened twice. In 1929-31, the Green Bay Packers won three straight NFL titles with head coach Curly Lambeau. That came when the championship was determined by best record; there were no playoffs. Then, in 1965-67, the Packers did it again. The last two of those championships were the first two Super Bowls. There was a rich NFL history before the Super Bowl era, no matter how much it’s ignored.

So three titles in a row has happened, but it says something about what the Kansas City Chiefs are chasing that we have to refer back to grainy footage of Vince Lombardi or to when Babe Ruth was still in his prime. No team has ever won three Super Bowls in a row before, and that’s what the Chiefs have in front of them. They’d be the first to do it and since we haven’t seen it yet through 58 Super Bowls, it’s possible we wouldn’t see it again in our lifetimes.

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The rest of the NFL has to be kicking itself for giving Kansas City this opportunity. Last season’s Chiefs team was good but far from great. It was a frustrating season that included losses to mediocre teams like the Denver Broncos and Las Vegas Raiders. But in the playoffs the Chiefs did their thing, winning four games in a row, including a thrilling Super Bowl in overtime. The rest of…

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Publish date : 2024-07-31 12:26:13

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