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Chiefs' Super Bowl Win Shows Even They Are Riding the Wave of the RB Renaissance

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Let's talk about the future. The Chiefs are it, and not for the reason you think.

The NFL may need a new damn record book by the time quarterback Patrick Mahomes is done breaking every passing mark in it, but he wasn't the key Sunday in the Chiefs' Super Bowl win over San Francisco.

It was someone else.

Running back Damien Williams saved Kansas City against the 49ers. Yes, he ran for 104 yards and a game-clinching touchdown, but it was his 6.1 yards per carry that kept the Chiefs offense going until Mahomes' confidence returned.