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9. Former S Tyrann Mathieu
The Chiefs defense needed a culture and production shift after a 2018 campaign in which the unit surrendered 26.3 points per game, 24th in the NFL. Kansas City signed Tyrann Mathieu to a three-year, $42 million extension in 2019, and won Super Bowl LIV that season with him earning a First Team All-Pro selection. Mathieu earned another All-Pro nod and a Pro Bowl selection in 2020 as well as a Pro Bowl accolade in 2021.
8. Former WR Tyreek Hill
Wide receiver Tyreek Hill helped Mahomes discover everything he’s capable of doing. His game-breaking speed helped unlock Mahomes’ fearlessness when going deep, and his third-and-long reception in Super Bowl LIV helped spark a double-digit comeback in the Chiefs’ first championship of the dynasty over the San Francisco 49ers. Even though he’s no longer on the team, Kansas City drafting a two-time All-Pro cornerback in Trent McDuffie and a future building block at receiver in Rashee Rice with some of the picks his trade netted helped keep the dynasty going.
The AFC Championship Game Exposed the NFL’s Luddite Approach to Technology | SI
Why, in the year 2025, in a business with annual revenues approaching $25 billion, are we still determining first downs with line judges guessing on ball placement from 25 yards away? And, if needed, we then bring out two sticks and a chain? We are officiating first downs now the same as it was done in 1975.
I am a tennis fan, and all tennis matches I watch are now being officiated without linesmen, with precise calls down to the millimeter. Soccer has VAR technology, as do other high-motion sports.
I get it; a football field is different from a tennis court or a soccer field, and the nature of the game and shape of the ball present challenges. But, please, the NFL has resources to access technology that would eliminate, or at least ameliorate, the human error we have in officiating. Why are they not accessing those resources for “the integrity of the game?”
Non-QB to throw for a touchdown
Jauan Jennings came through for the “any non-QB to throw a passing touchdown” at +3500 odds during last season’s Super Bowl LVIII. Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images
When a team reaches the Super Bowl, offensive coordinators usually are not hesitant to dip into their bag of trick plays. Recently, that has meant relying on players beyond the quarterback to throw passes.
“It just happens more often on the bigger stage for the Super Bowl than it would for your probabilities of it happening in the regular season,”...
