The Kansas City Chiefs, playing in their fourth consecutive AFC Championship Game, entered Sunday with the chance to make it to three consecutive Super Bowls, a feat that only three teams have ever done. And for one half, it certainly seemed as though it was a foregone conclusion.
Complete domination from Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs' offense so far. 🏈🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/3AyHPh6u3C
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) January 30, 2022
However, the Cincinnati Bengals put on a furious comeback that took the game to overtime where they shocked the Chiefs in overtime on their home field, ending their season.
THE CINCINNATI BENGALS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL! pic.twitter.com/QvjJH4SPRi
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) January 30, 2022
While it’s no small feat to make it to the AFC Championship, it’s a disappointing finish for a franchise that came into the season expecting to play for a Super Bowl championship and was considered by many as one of the favorites to do so.
But don’t tell that to Kansas City TV station KMBC, who tweeted out a supportive message following the upset loss that might have made sense if they were talking about the Bengals, but certainly not the Chiefs.
https://twitter.com/kmbc/status/1487928946117201924
Let’s break this down real quick.
“AGAINST ALL ODDS.” Actually, no, the odds were very much in your favor. Vegas had the Chiefs as a touchdown favorite today.
“We were never supposed to be here.” Again, most people expect you to be here before the season started.
“We were never meant to make it this far.” Gonna have to disagree with you on that one as well.
“But against all odds, we did.” As we said, there were very little odds against you, two-time defending conference champs.
“What a season.” Factually, it was a very interesting season for KC, who started slow and fought back to get as far as they did.
So, one out of those five sentences checks out.
As you might imagine, this attempt at some kind of “we were underdogs” mantra didn’t pass the smell test for a lot of people around the NFL.
KC is a Super Bowl team and No. 2 seed. What are you talking about? https://t.co/geA7iE3upC
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) January 31, 2022
They shocked the world 30 years ago after hearing the same thing https://t.co/6pBWK8XFTN pic.twitter.com/2CcSBGCHXw
— Mitch Moss (@MitchMossRadio) January 31, 2022
Yep those gritty, gutty Chiefs. What an amazing Cinderella story. No one ever expected the team that last made the AFC Championship game in (checks notes) 2021 and (checks notes) 2020 and (wait, is this right?) 2019 would ever make it to the AFC Championship game again in 2022. https://t.co/CtvLGdNzu5
— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) January 31, 2022
Not sure what my podcast has to do with this – but they were literally the pre-season favorite to win the Super Bowl. https://t.co/veEk01vokS
— Cousin Sal (@TheCousinSal) January 31, 2022
Preseason Super Bowl favorites who many talked about going 17-0, discuss how much they achieved in spite of their underdog status. https://t.co/1PVxwgRJ0l
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 31, 2022
This is why nobody likes you. https://t.co/wz2JzSJgyH
— MileHighReport (@MileHighReport) January 31, 2022
🔥🔥 Silence those critics. Crickets. https://t.co/vPUQOb2pZz
— Freezing Cold Takes (@OldTakesExposed) January 31, 2022
We suppose that Chiefs fans can look at the reactions to this tweet and use it to fuel their “the world is against us” mentality needed to get back to the AFC Championship Game for the fifth-straight year next season.
[KMBC]
