Dynasties in sports are funny things.
Back at the turn of the millennium, it looked for all the world that the “Greatest Show on Turf” St. Louis Rams would be the NFL’s next big thing with their win over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV on January 30, 2000, and their return to the big game two seasons later. Unfortunately for them, the Rams ran into an unexpected two-touchdown underdog in the New England Patriots, and that Tom Brady guy.
With that, the NFL’s future turned on its head for the next two decades.
We all know that on February 9, 2025, the Kansas City Chiefs were on the precipice of becoming the first team to win three straight NFL championships since the 1965-1967 Green Bay Packers. Then, they got themselves bombed by the Eagles, especially Vic Fangio’s defense — a u