To be the best, you have to beat the best. The Chiefs beat:
Both of the potential 2 seeds in the AFC in Miami and Buffalo (road).
The "best team in the league" 1 seed Ravens (road).
Then the "best team in the league" 1 seed 49ers.

2023 was the ultimate gauntlet of adversity. The team experienced existential struggles and persevered. The team experienced one of the historically worst rest differentials at the end of the season and persevered. The team played the most difficult playoff schedule in NFL history as scored by DVOA and triumphed.

There is only one best team in the league and it is the Kansas City Chiefs.

I want to say that I enjoyed this game the least of the 3 SBs just because it was stressful, and all of that due to 3 quarters of self-inflicted errors.

But of course when that TD drive to end the 3rd quarter came around, you could see that this team went into "over my dead body" mode and legends did what legends do.

It's another page in the legacy, about how you can't beat the Chiefs with 3 quarters of good effort, and that almost always the Chiefs are going to find a way.

Too soon to say. This feeling unfolds over months, not minutes.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A reminder: the Chiefs faced the hardest postseason road to a title ever, based on regular-season DVOA of their opponents. <a href="https://t.co/km0BfE1Of8">pic.twitter.com/km0BfE1Of8</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Schatz �� (@ASchatzNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/ASchatzNFL/status/1756896776211308982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Well there’s no question which was more difficult.

This one. Our offense sucked all night....and then

I like the one where they trailed for most of the game but then came back and won it!!!!!!

Yes

That drive Mahomes did in OT was the shit I used to watch Montana do before “The Catch” and I’d dream we’d one day have a QB who could do anything like him in the Super Bowl (I started watching in 98, so missed the Montana in KC fun).

But today, we didn’t have Montana, we had Patrick ****ing Mahomes and kids are going to grow up watching that last drive for the coming decades.

This one because it seals the dynasty, was the least likely, and the game was insane in the 4th and OT with Mahomes at his finest on the clutch drive.

It really is money in the bank now and chiefs fans can RELAX.

This one seemed improbable at times this year. It was some voodoo magic shit gelling together and feels truly special

This was my favorite run and the best Super Bowl as far as the game for a neutral viewer.

I can’t pick a favorite though because without #2, there is no #3. They’re all incredible in their own ways.

Yeah it's hard to pick. That first run was pretty great because of all the comeback wins including the 24-0 game. Then last year Hurts was 16-1 as a starter and played out of his mind and it was a true QB duel. This year will end up on the Mahomes highlight reel forever because of the OT win though. This was definitely the most grueling season and playoff run though.

Well said. Moving forward though we still need to get that #1 seed. That was a buzzsaw we had in front of us to make the Super Bowl. And per DVOA was the hardest path EVER to win a SB.

What is amazing on that chart is that the second most difficult was the 2007 Giants...who defense was coached by Spags.

Spags may be the greatest defensive coordinator of all time.

Took the long way home having to go through Wild Card Weekend against Miami, and then at Buf and at Balt... . Winning in the raiders house. Ha Ha:LOL: