SAN FRANCISCO
The AFC champions are here, and it is quite possible that the gap between them and the Chiefs is the smallest of any point in more than 10 years. This is true whether we’re talking about the Broncos, who are in the Super Bowl for the second time in three years, or more generally about whatever team represents the Chiefs’ side of the bracket in America’s greatest sports spectacle.
The Chiefs aren’t that far away from being here, in other words, playing in the NFL’s showcase event — but this is not that kind of column.