Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1705 Never give up
To the average person, Brady already has all the honors and records, and even if he isn't the GOAT, he's definitely among the strongest GOAT players.

No proof required.

However, reality is not like that. If you want to become the GOAT, if you want to stand out from the crowd, if you want to dominate the annals of history—

Therefore, it cannot be satisfied, at least not now.

Even though Brady already has everything, this time is still different.

Winning the Super Bowl and his sixth championship ring is one thing; achieving this feat after shaking off the shadow of Billy Cecke and changing teams is quite another.

Beating Levi again is one thing; beating Levi in ​​the Super Bowl final is another; beating Levi in ​​the Super Bowl and stopping Levi's four-peat is yet another completely different thing.

It was just a game, but it was far more than just a game. It carried so much weight, and Brady's fighting prowess must have been off the charts.

Without a doubt, Brady will give it his all, fighting for the championship, for his life, and for his career.

In a match like this, the mental state and fighting spirit of Brady and the Tampa Bay Pirates cannot be judged by ordinary standards.

Moreover, the Kansas Chiefs are the same.

No one said the Kansas City Chiefs would definitely win, but the general opinion and perception inside and outside the league had already assumed that the Kansas City Chiefs' victory was the norm.

The four-peat was a driving force, but also a pressure. The voices that eagerly hoped the Kansas City Chiefs would complete a miracle and make history were a pressure, as were the voices that simply hoped the Kansas City Chiefs would lose, regardless of who won or lost. The voices of support, opposition, praise, and protest poured down, all of which were a pressure, omnipresent and all-pervasive, surrounding the Kansas City Chiefs.

From winning three consecutive championships to winning four, the pressure increased significantly, perhaps even tenfold or a hundredfold.

Because this is a magnificent feat, a feat unprecedented and likely to be repeated, a feat that completely overturns the century-old fine traditions of the entire alliance.

Throughout the season, every step the Kansas City Chiefs took forward carried immense pressure, which continued to accumulate and intensify as they approached the finish line. The closer they got to the end, the more daunting it became. When the Kansas City Chiefs won their fourth consecutive AFC Championship, the quantitative change transformed into a qualitative one, igniting a full-blown explosion of success.

At this moment. Right now. Here. No one can understand the situation facing the Chief of Kansas, because no one in the long history of Kansas has ever experienced it.

Not to mention fans and spectators, even legendary figures have turned their attention to this feat. All Hall of Famers and all league participants have been involved without exception. They have experienced it themselves, participated in it themselves, and fought for it. They understand the hardships and difficulties of this feat better than onlookers.

Without a doubt, the entire league, inside and out, is watching closely; this will be the most watched Super Bowl in NFL history.

So, can the Kansas Chiefs handle the pressure? And how should they handle such pressure?

There is no answer. And no one has the answer.

The only thing the Kansas chief could do was to feel his way across the river, exploring and discovering on his own – this was the challenge that pioneers of the era had to face.

On one side, Brady and the Tampa Bay pirates were united in their resolve.

On one side, the Kansas chiefs stand at a crossroads in history.

With one addition and one subtraction, the situation became delicate. The Kansas City Chiefs' advantage was no longer so obvious, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' disadvantage was no longer so prominent. On the Super Bowl stage, where one game decides the outcome, anything is possible, and the suspense of the final result has never been so intense or so overwhelming. Precisely because of this, the entire league was abuzz with discussion, leading to the scene before us: experts on the radio were red-faced and arguing heatedly, none of them able to convince the others. But the key point was that none of them had absolute confidence, and naturally, they couldn't convince others to believe their predictions.

"50% VS 50%".

The 55th Super Bowl, hailed as the most intense, closest, and most suspenseful event of the new century, was a true pinnacle showdown.

It truly deserves to be called the Battle of the Century.

No one is 100% certain, and no one is 100% confident, whether it's the Kansas chief or the Tampa Bay pirates.

Even the residents of Kansas City themselves are no exception.

They thought they had been tested three times in the Super Bowl, that they had weathered many storms and been tempered by experience, and that they were now in the know, able to face all pressure and challenges with equanimity, and laugh at the changing world. Whether they won or lost, they would face the outcome with their heads held high.

However, reality is much more difficult than imagined. The pressure, the expectations, the excitement, and the anxiety seem to be tearing my heart to pieces.

Day after day, Kansas City residents encourage and relieve stress with each other in chat groups, social networks, and forums, yet they still cannot find inner peace.

Especially this year.

They couldn't go to Tampa Bay to watch the game, couldn't take to the streets with their neighbors to cheer, couldn't go to the Old Oaks Tavern to joke around with their old friends, and Kansas City would never again see the streets deserted. That vast, boundless sea of ​​red could not accompany the team.

Anxiety, emptiness, and confusion gradually grew in my heart.

Then, Carter thought of Felix and Anne.

In 2018, Anne left unexpectedly, and Felix, carrying Anne's dream, went to the stadium to cheer her on and witness the Kansas City Chiefs' title defense.

In 2019, Felix's life came to an abrupt end. West and Provost, carrying Felix's dream, went to the stadium to join the team and fight side by side, witnessing the Kansas City Chiefs' three-peat.

In 2020, everything came to a standstill. Not only were Anne and Felix unable to attend the games, but millions of Kansas City fans were also forced to miss them.

But Carter remembered Anderson at the Old Oaks Tavern saying that no matter when or where, they would always be there to fight alongside the team; he remembered promising Felix that no matter what happened, he would stay by the team through thick and thin, and accompany them on their unknown adventures.

The point isn't about winning or losing, or about winning championships; it's about the team becoming a part of their lives, igniting a ray of light in their broken, miserable, and impoverished existence, injecting a spark of energy into their bewildered, numb, and apathetic lives, guiding them to explore the depths of life and its infinite possibilities within a limited time, and to find meaning and value in the vast universe.

Those people, those events, those years cheering for the team with Annie Felix, those afternoons chatting merrily with strangers in the Old Oak Tavern, and... that evening when the team suffered a shock defeat and lost the record, yet joined the whole city in singing their hearts out.

Those moments, so vivid and warm, illuminated their path to continue living.

Life became bearable.

So Carter embarked on his journey, carrying the dreams and expectations of a city, traveling thousands of miles to Tampa Bay to chase the sun on the eve of the apocalypse.

(End of this chapter)