The Chiefs got lucky to win Super Bowls

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Congratulations on discovering that there is some luck involved in winning championships.

I've always believed this but fans tend to think there is almost no luck in sports.

[Woogieman]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Congratulations on discovering that there is some luck involved in winning championships.

I refer to it as "good fortune"...where preparation meets opportunity, then has beers with Patrick Mahomes

[BWillie]

Maybe we were the best and were also fortunate. Handing Mahomes the ball at the end of the game wasn't luck, though but we still needed some good fortune and we got it.

[PHOG]

I'll take this kind of luck any day.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Get out your pitchforks boys, you ain't gonna like this. It's actually good arguments. We probably got lucky last year, unlucky in the losses to Brady because that mother****er is the luckiest person alive.

Sure they did - a little. I mean the 49ers were lucky to even BE there, but let's not quibble...

Greenlaw's injury saved our asses. And Grapes missed an easy throw in the first SB that could've changed everything.

But man, that Eagles SB was two teams playing at an extremely high level. I'm just not sure I can find any 'luck' in there at all.

Moreover, there's not been a team in NFL history that didn't need a good break here or there to win a championship. That's how damn hard these things are to win. Maybe some of those early Cowboys teams that were molly-whopping the Bills didn't need any luck. But even then, they had some tight squeezes to get there in the playoffs.

It's just a truism, really.

And in the end, you can distinguish luck from skill by it's duration. 3 SB titles in 5 years ain't luck. Unless you call the Bengals being dumb enough to take John Ross when they needed a QB and the Bills being dumb enough to trade us pick 10 when they ALSO needed on 'luck'.

In which case - sure. Fine. Whatever. The Cowboys were lucky the Vikings are stupid. The Patriots are lucky they got a GOAT QB in the 5th round (who didn't need much salary cap space because his wife was a billionaire). The 49ers are lucky we took Steve Fuller instead of Joe Montana.

So in short - who really gives a ****?

[PAChiefsGuy]

Luck is a part of life but you got to take advantage of it. Most teams and people don't, Chiefs do.

[jdubya]

Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy

Luck is a part of life but you got to take advantage of it. Most teams and people don't, Chiefs do.

Yep. Living here in the Bay Area during the 1980s I watched most of the niners games during their dynasty. I couldn't believe how often every "tipped" pass on either side of the ball would magically always fall into niners hands. Every fumble seemed to kick up high as a niners player running full speed didnt even have to dive to the ground to recover it. And it always seemed they got the crucial call at the crucial time.

Good teams draw good luck......and create their own good luck

[ptlyon]

In a related note, I still haven't won the Powerball or mega millions

[stevieray]

Going to six AFCCG's and winning three SB's isn't just luck.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Superfarce 50 is the definition of that

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Chiefs are a **** hair from playing in 6 straight SBs that ain't luck

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni

Chiefs are a **** hair from playing in 6 straight SBs that ain't luck

A **** hair probably should overtake the metric system in measurement.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by stevieray

Going to straight six AFCCG's and winning three SB's isn't just luck.

Of course not. The Chiefs have been the best team in the NFL for a while but they've also been lucky. This level of dominance is what happens when the best team is also lucky. A dynasty occurs.

[FloridaMan88]

The Faketriots entire dynasty was based on luck… and cheating.