For the second straight year, the Kansas City Chiefs are the NFL’s last team standing.
While I can’t say I’m shocked, it is legitimately unsettling to see the Chiefs meander about for significant portions of the regular season and then still romp their way to a repeat title. What does it say about the rest of the league if they couldn’t overcome these Chiefs?
Fortunately, with the Super Bowl now in the rearview mirror, that means the NFL’s whirlwind offseason has officially begun. There might not be any more games, but that won’t stop the chaos of free agency (and the draft later this April) from cascading down upon all of us in due time. Whether someone, anyone, develops the capacity to actually supplant the Chiefs in the coming months is a different story. At the very least, that is the exceedingly high bar everyone else has to clear now.
Here are For The Win’s NFL power rankings after the Chiefs won back-to-back Super Bowl championships.