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.
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