Conference Championship Record: 1-1 (Correct: Chiefs Incorrect: Packers)
Overall Record: 8-4
Kansas City Chiefs over Tampa Bay Buccaneers:
Heading into Super Bowl 55, all of the momentum is trending towards the Bucs. They have the unprecedented luxury of playing the Super Bowl in their home stadium, their defense-which is coming off back-to-back strong performances-has increased odds of being able to contain the Chiefs explosive offense now that left tackle Eric Fisher is out of the lineup and the already hungry Tom Brady has extra motivation to show out after posting a 3 INT 2nd half against the Packers that could've cost his team the game.
While I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the Bucs were able to capitalize on all of those advantages, I still believe in the Chiefs too much to pick against them. They've lost just 1 game where their starters weren't resting since November 2019, the back end of their defense doesn't have a blatant weak link like Kevin King that Brady can consistently exploit all game long and most importantly, they've won games in every way imaginable this season-which gives them the adaptability required to overcome the potential offensive limitations they'll have with a reshuffled o-line. Knocking off a Brady-lead team with a pretty strong defense that's been playing near their peak of late isn't going to be easy and it's likely going to come down to the 4th quarter, but Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes and the other key leaders of this Chiefs team (Travis Kelce, Chris Jones, Tyrann Mathieu, Tyreek Hill) have the mental grit to head into the lion's den and beat the greatest champion the NFL has ever seen.
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