It’s funny being a young Kansas City Chiefs fan. For a while, I thought I had missed out on the greatest periods in franchise history.
My family sure didn’t.
My grandfather began his investment in season tickets in 1968, the year before their second Super Bowl appearance and their only championship. He staecauseyed all 82 minutes and 40 seconds, an NFL record, to see the double-overtime playoff loss to Miami on Christmas Day. My parents didn’t miss a game in the 1990s. They were as much a part of the epic Arrowhead moments, like drawing a warning from the ref for being too loud for John Elway, as they were a part of the low points, like the 1995 and 1997 playoff losses despite being 16-0 combined at home in the corresponding regular seasons.