It’s the prize that every single team in the NFL would dearly love to claim. But it takes blood, sweat and maybe even a few tears to carry off the Vince Lombardi trophy, as many teams have discovered in the past. Winning a Super Bowl is never easy.
For those who get oh so close but who fall at the final hurdle it’s an even more painful experience – as the Baltimore Ravens discovered last season.
Reaching all the way to the AFC Championship game, it was the Kansas City Chiefs who proved to be the immovable roadblock between then and the coveted Super Bowl berth.