Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1264: Walking with Head High
The NFL season is long and puts a lot of pressure on your physical and mental health.

At the same time, the competition is fierce. There are no absolutely strong teams or absolutely weak teams. The victory or defeat between different teams is often not absolute. This is especially true in the second half of the season. The tests become more and more severe and the competitions become more and more difficult.

Evidence abounds—

In NFL history, only two teams have achieved the feat of winning all regular season games.

The 1972 Miami Dolphins won all 2007 regular season games and won the Super Bowl, winning all games of the season; the New England Patriots won all regular season games but unfortunately suffered a buzzer-beater in the Super Bowl, winning games and losing only one game of the season.

In NFL history, only two teams have advanced to the Super Bowl in three consecutive seasons.

The Miami Dolphins, from 1971 to 1973, had two wins and one loss; the Buffalo Bills, from 1990 to 1993, had four losses.

Even leaving aside these historic feats, there are countless cases every year where a team performed well last season but plummeted in the new season, where a team swept the world in the first half of the season but lost in the second half, and where a team reached the top of the regular season but lost in the playoffs.

No one is an exception.

The same goes for the Kansas City Chiefs. If last season's regular season and playoffs are included, the Kansas City Chiefs are continuing their 18-game winning streak across seasons. Various tests are continuing to accumulate and increase with the passage of time. Last week's face against the Oakland Raiders and this week's face against the New England Patriots all allowed one to feel the fluctuations inside and out of this young team.

Indeed, both games were won in the end, continuing the winning streak; but the hidden dangers behind the victory cannot be ignored, and the fatigue has been exposed.

However, something unexpected happened.

Gillette Stadium was hit by two fan riots, one after the other. They were far more violent, more intense and more ferocious than last season. The threat to one's life could be truly felt. The residents of Foxburg took off their masks and revealed their ferocious faces. The sparks in the stadium continued to outside the stadium.

This is obviously not a good thing.

Unexpectedly, this turned into an inspiration and catharsis for the Kansas City Chiefs. In the long and tense and tiring journey, they gained a brief breathing space on the spiritual level and then recharged.

“… This proves that we did something right.”

After returning to Kansas City, the Gillette Stadium incident once again became the focus of the league. Although no one from the Kansas City Chiefs was injured, the New England Patriots committed the crime against the wind, and all eyes from inside and outside the league were focused on it.

Facing the reporters' pursuit and blockade, Li Wei gave a slightly unexpected answer -

Do it right?

Wait, is Levi sure he didn't say anything wrong? Not wrong but right?

Levi did not whine in self-pity. He refused to regard himself as a victim and faced the reporters' gaze with ease and a bright expression.

"Look, the Buffalo Bills didn't enjoy such treatment when they went to Foxborough this season. Gillette Stadium left the most precious and essential part to us."

“I guess we did do something right.”

The enemy's anger and shame is their victory, an additional reward beyond winning the game.

"So, we will continue to work hard, and hope that Foxburg will continue to stay tense and vigilant. The next time we meet, we will return the gift."

After saying that, Levi grinned brightly, revealing a row of big white teeth.

You know everything.

Foxburg angered the Kansas Chief a few days ago, and thus suffered a defeat; what will happen if Foxburg continues to anger Levi next time?
In Kansas City, reporters besieged Levi.

In Foxburg, Brady is the undisputed focus.

When the game was nearly over, Brady tried to leave the field early twice, which the reporters would never miss. Although Brady later returned to the field and shook hands with Mahomes and Levy in front of the camera to save his face, anyone with a discerning eye could see Brady's anger.

After the game, all the cameras were aimed at Brady - age, injury, status, retirement.

The same old clichés have become almost a weekly fixture, and after the Lakers lost two straight games to the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs, they reached a new peak, with reporters surrounding Brady and bombarding him with criticism.

Brady, who had vented his anger in the locker room, has now regained his composure.

Even when surrounded by reporters, he remained calm and gave a perfect response.

“We’re ready to go to Cincinnati.”

One word is enough.

In the 2014 season, the New England Patriots lost to the Kansas City Chiefs at Gillette Stadium and were preparing to face the Cincinnati Bengals the next week. After the game, Belichick uttered the famous words:

“We’re ready to go to Cincinnati.”

In the 2019 season, it seemed like a reincarnation, and the same situation happened again. After losing to the Kansas City Chiefs, the New England Patriots were preparing to go on the road to face the Cincinnati Bengals.

Brady's repetition of this famous quote now was not just a coincidence.

On the one hand, this means that Brady has put the loss aside, regained his sanity, and focused on the next game; on the other hand, this means that the relationship between Brady and Belichick is normal, and they will continue to work together to impact the Super Bowl.

Double entendre.

Brady showed confidence.

Losing to the Kansas City Chiefs has no impact. The New England Patriots' goal is still to win the Super Bowl. The regular season victory or defeat is just a warm-up for the playoffs. No matter what the regular season record is, the championship is the only important thing.

The New England Patriots are ready.

Facts have also proved that the New England Patriots' confidence is not without reason.

The NFL's investigation surrounding Gillette Stadium lasted for three weeks, and before the end of the regular season, Goodell announced the league's findings.

The Gillette Stadium riot had nothing to do with the New England Patriots.

First of all, the New England Patriots' active efforts to protect the safety of the Kansas City Chiefs after the game were recognized, which can be regarded as atonement.

Secondly, before the results of the league's investigation came out, the New England Patriots had banned 11 fans who took the lead in disrupting the order from entering Gillette Stadium for life, indicating that they would not tolerate such actions.

Third, after the league's investigation, there is no evidence that the New England Patriots incited fans to try to harm the Kansas City Chiefs. It is pure speculation.

The league merely gave the New England Patriots a warning.

Yes, just a warning.

Whether it was the Gillette Stadium incident or the spy scandal against the Cincinnati Bengals, in the end, nothing came of it.

Again and again.

Previously, the league's total imposition of fines was all that mattered, not to mention any serious damage, the New England Patriots wouldn't even raise an eyebrow.

The so-called investigation team now seems to be just a smokescreen to calm public opinion and wait for traffic to cool down.

Faced with such a result, netizens said: Wait, do I need to act surprised?

(End of this chapter)