It was just four years ago when the underdog Chiefs, led by Patrick Mahomes, the second-year quarterback and the 2018 NFL MVP, were unfairly booted from the AFC title game thanks to the league’s unbalanced approach to overtime—especially in the postseason.
Instead, those evil Patriots, the team that always got all of the calls—especially that damn Tom Brady—were on to their third-straight Super Bowl after taking the opening kickoff of overtime and driving 75 yards for the winning touchdown. It was bad enough that New England got its share of controversial calls during regulation, but for the Chiefs’ offense to not even have a shot to tie the score in overtime?