Hunker down, Kansas City Chiefs fans. Because Emmanuel Acho believes Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs may have just entered the start of what will be a long Super Bowl drought.
It’s been exactly one season since the Chiefs won their last championship, and zero since they advanced to their last Super Bowl. But even though Kansas City is coming off a 15-2 record and a Super Bowl appearance, Acho believes it might be a while before the Chiefs get there again.
Earlier this week on FS1’s The Facility, Acho posed the question to former NFL linebacker Will Blackmon, “Has the Super Bowl drought for the Kansas City Chiefs started?”
“Has the drought begun for the Kansas City Chiefs and is everybody just afraid to say it because it’s sacrilegious to talk about Patrick Mahomes and it’s sacrilegious to talk about Andy Reid?” – Emmanuel Acho pic.twitter.com/A5rYvlGsBM
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“Here’s why I suggest that,” Acho explained. “We all forget, in the midst of praising Tom Brady…the Patriots didn’t win a Super Bowl for 10 years. From 2004 to 2014, they did not win a championship. They won three, 10-year break, three. Patrick Mahomes has already won his three, are we in the midst of his 10-year hiatus?”
Acho went on to claim the Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Ravens both have rosters that are “way better” than the team the Chiefs will be running out there every week. He similarly noted the Buffalo Bills have closed the gap and the Los Angeles Chargers aren’t far behind, particularly with head coach Jim Harbaugh entering his second season with the team.
“Has the drought begun for the Kansas City Chiefs and is everybody just afraid to say it because it’s sacrilegious to talk about Patrick Mahomes and it’s sacrilegious to talk about Andy Reid,” Acho continued. “Has the drought begun?”
Blackmon quickly shut down the take, laughing off the idea that the Chiefs might be in a Super Bowl drought. Because, well, they were in the Super Bowl earlier this year, and it’s only been one full season since they won their last championship.
Sure, the Chiefs are vulnerable. Sure, they might not win another Super Bowl in the next few years. But they won 15 games last season, and training camp hasn’t even started yet this season. It’s not that anyone is “afraid” to say the Chiefs are in a Super Bowl drought; they just haven’t given anyone reason to believe they’re in one.
But the only thing crazier than rushing to declare the Chiefs are in the midst of a Super Bowl drought today, might be already predicting Mahomes will be able to win another one a decade from now, at 39 years old.
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