Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 853 The So-called Curse

One counterpoint, then another, tit for tat.

At this point, it can be seen that the styles and tactics of the Los Angeles Rams and the Kansas City Chiefs this season do have many similarities. They have built an excellent team in different ways but with similar tones. The strong clash between the two teams in the Super Bowl will depend on on-the-spot scheduling and on-site performance.

Same with the half-time Super Bowl.

"...Yes, I understand, I know."

"From all the analysis, the chances of victory should be fifty-fifty. The two teams are evenly matched, and we can fully expect a peak showdown."

"Besides, the Los Angeles Rams are the winners of the Super Bowl, aren't they? So why are you all supporting Kansas City?"

Blair Butt said: Besieged on all sides.

In the "Inside the League" program, Bart was in trouble again. Among the ten professional commentators, the Kansas City Chiefs won overwhelming support with an "8:2" score. Such a scene was definitely not what Bart expected.

In a second, he returned to the nightmare, and the nightmare of being slapped in the face and doubting his life last season was revived; originally this season seemed to have finally shifted the focus a little, allowing Bart to feel at ease for a while, but now a familiar scene happened again.

Bart couldn't help but shudder: Otherwise, change your words?
but--

Bart doesn't like Levi. For no reason.

Of course, he could list a hundred reasons to defend himself, but the fact was that he and Li Weitian had different temperaments and could not like each other at all.

Even after two seasons, Levi's performance was indisputable, but he still refused to give praise.

If the game gap is too big, he doesn't mind analyzing from an objective perspective and recognizing the strength of the Kansas City Chiefs; but if the game gap is almost the same, after a rational, objective and technical analysis, he still tends to stand on the opposite side of Levi.

Bart has been waiting for the day when Levi falls to earth.

Unless Levi can perform stably, efficiently and excellently for three or five consecutive seasons like Peterson, he will never be convinced.

The American League Finals, just a little bit away.

And now what about the Super Bowl?
After hesitating for just half a second, Bart's thoughts were directed to the other side without any suspense, a side different from Levi's, "I still believe in Los Angeles."

Perhaps, the Los Angeles Rams and the Kansas City Chiefs both had opportunities in the Super Bowl, but eight out of ten people chose to lick the Kansas City Chiefs. This scene was simply unbearable to watch, and Bart thought he needed to make his position clear.

"Hey, be reasonable." Bart straightened his back and assumed a fighting stance.

"I know that we have already had several rounds of debates based on data analysis, matchup analysis, psychological and experience analysis, technical and strategic analysis. Everyone has his or her own point of view to prove his or her point of view."

"There's only one thing I want to say."

"The Kansas City Chiefs had a great season, but they still lost three games. That's all I want to remind you of that."

The subtext is obvious: the Los Angeles Rams have defeated the Kansas City Chiefs and will defeat them again to reach the Super Bowl.

On the side, an opposing voice was heard immediately, "It's true that they lost three games, but they have never lost to the same opponent twice this season."

Los Angeles Lightning, one win and one loss.

New England Patriots, one win and one loss.

So, what's next for the Los Angeles Rams?
Perhaps the Los Angeles Rams, who won the regular season, should be careful. Bart choked and almost choked on his saliva, but immediately cheered up, "The Los Angeles Rams are the same. They got a perfect revenge in the NFC final."

"Also, don't forget the MVP curse."

Competitive sports are often inextricably linked to superstitions and curses. The NFL is no exception, and the Super Bowl has a series of legends.

For example, the Super Bowl defeat curse.

If you lose in the Super Bowl the previous year, you may be very unlucky in the next season. The Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, and Carolina Panthers, who have been runners-up in the past three years, are proving this with their own actions.

For example, the home curse.

The team from the host city of the Super Bowl has never advanced to the Super Bowl.

Not once.

In other words, no team has ever had a true home-field advantage in the Super Bowl.

What's even more outrageous is that since 2005, home-field advantage has become a curse in the Super Bowl. As many as ten teams have won the Super Bowl wearing white away jerseys, and only four teams have won the final championship wearing home jerseys.

For example, the Yankee Stadium curse, the curse of byes in the last week of the regular season, and so on. These curses are based on historical data and coincidences. Although they may not have scientific basis, they have become hot topics that fans and the media talk about, and it is the same every year.

Among them, the most well-known, incredible and inexplicable one is the regular season MVP curse.

Since the millennium, the regular season MVP has missed the Super Bowl championship for 17 consecutive years. A strong lineup including Manning, Brady and a series of legendary top players have all failed to break through the blockade.

But why?

can not explain!

The regular season MVP means sustained strong performance throughout the entire season, but it is overshadowed in the playoffs, or more accurately, on the Super Bowl stage?
Among these regular season MVPs, there are players like Cam Newton, Matt Ryan, and Adrian Peterson who have only received recognition once, but there are also veterans like Brady, Manning, and Rogers who have proven themselves many times, but all of them failed in the Super Bowl without exception.

It is far from enough to explain it simply from the level of pressure, expectations and attention.

Among them, Brady, who led the New England Patriots to an undefeated season in 2007, won his first regular season MVP with a unanimous vote. However, he lost to the nervous Manning Jr. in the Super Bowl. To this day, this remains an unsolved mystery.

However, this is what happened. Isn't this a curse or something?
The last regular season MVP to lead his team to the Super Bowl championship was Kurt Warner in 1999, which was also the season when he wrote the Cinderella miracle.

Coincidentally, that year, Warner was the quarterback for the St. Louis Rams.

After winning the regular season MVP with his incredible performance, Warner's performance in the Super Bowl was mediocre; but the St. Louis Rams defense stepped up and completed the defense on the one-yard line before the end zone in the countdown phase, strangling the Tennessee Titans' final resistance on the one-yard line. This defense was also hailed as the "longest yard."

In the end, the St. Louis Rams won the first Super Bowl championship in team history with a score of "23:16".

A cycle——

Following the 1999 and 2001 seasons, the Los Angeles Rams once again won the opportunity to reach the Super Bowl; this time they are ready to snipe the regular season MVP again, continuing the curse that no regular season MVP has reached the Super Bowl since Warner, and win the second championship ring in the team's history.

After going around in circles, all eyes were focused on Levi, the winner of this season's regular season MVP.

So, can Levi break the curse?
(End of this chapter)