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Without playing butterfly effect, I'm leaning towards yes.
They were 14-1 in Mahomes' starts, destroyed the Bills in the AFCCG, playing Brady in Tampa with a chance at B2B and avenge the AFCCG loss... it was a pretty big letdown losing that game, to say the least.
And all things the same, I feel this postseason would have been far more "feel good" given the lower expectations and Mahomes' injury.... that Bengals game in effect becomes their SB because that's enemy #1, they weren't supposed to make it back, etc... and then tip your cap to the Eagles because it's really damn hard to win the SB 3 times in 4 years.
There ended up being a lot more pressure to win it this year than I imagined at the beginning of the year or even the beginning of the playoffs... and even given Mahomes' injury.
The flip side is 2020 was more so "we're really ****ing good and we're going to win this thing again", where as this season was a monumental team effort that was really special to watch.
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