When a team’s gunning for a championship, how do they get ready? Well, in some cases, they’ll look at how the champs did it and try to follow that formula. For the New England Patriots, it was keeping things close early and then turning up in the second half. Or we can talk about that clutch play from Tom Brady when the game was on the line. But for Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs? Nah, they don’t need to learn from the champions to win the Super Bowl. They’ve got their own tactics.

Ahead of the Super Bowl LIX between the Chiefs and the Eagles, the head coach made an appearance on the Pat McAfee show. And you bet, Reid came up with his trick plays that Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are ready to drop against the Eagles. Once Again! When McAfee asked, “Even at this stage of the season, are we still drawing up ridiculous plays to maybe drop them into the Super Bowl?” Andy Reid cleared his intention on sneaky play calls.

“Yeah, that’s a fun part. So I’ve got these coaches here that have creative minds, and they love doing it,” Reid replied. “We get the players involved, too. I’m not… no matter if it’s a lineman or a quarterback, whoever, if they’ve got something good, let’s put it out on the table and see what you got. And I’ve got 51 percent of the vote. But still, I’m open-minded with it.” Honestly, that kinda sounds like an ultimatum to the opposition.

I mean, take the last two Super Bowls, for instance. The last time when the Kansas City team clashed against the Philadelphia team in the Super Bowl, they were on the brink of losing. The Chiefs were trailing 27-21 in the fourth quarter. And what did they do? They came up with one of the best trick plays to date. The Chiefs call it Corn Dog. So, what’s a corn dog? Guess you’re about to find out.

Right before the snap, the receiver on the far outside takes a few quick steps toward the line, almost like he’s shifting gears. But the second the ball is snapped? Boom—he pivots back outside and takes off. And guess what? They used this trick a couple of times against the Eagles in LVII. First, they used Kadarius Toney when the Chiefs ran a third-and-3 play from the Eagles’ 5-yard line to take a crucial lead.

And then in the late fourth quarter, Skyy Moore did the honors as the Chiefs scored a touchdown that eventually led to a 38-35 win. And now? Andy Reid and Co. are including almost everyone to come up with even better tricks to use in the Super Bowl LIX, which is pretty much a re-matchup of the Super Bowl LVII. History indeed repeats itself, huh?

Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, and the legend of Corn Dog

Fast forward to Super Bowl LVIII and the Chiefs replayed the same strategy to win their second consecutive Super Bowl in a row against the San Francisco 49ers. This time, it was the wide receiver, Mecole Hardman, who took the job in hand. He caught a 3-yard touchdown pass in the overtime to lead the Chiefs to a 25-22 victory. But here’s the kicker: even the head coach was surprised by this gameplay from his team.

And right after winning his back-to-back title, Patrick Mahomes declared that they’ll go for their playbook wizardry to help win another Super Bowl. “That play was frickin’ sweet,” Mahomes said, referring to his 3-yard touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman. “It was not supposed to go to the guy that caught the touchdown. We ran the ‘Corn Dog’ one against the Eagles. Touchdown. Won the game.”

“And then we were gonna run a fake version of that and we were gonna do a little shovel pass, and it was wide open again. So next year in New Orleans, we’re gonna do it again. Put it on the table. We’re gonna do it again. Telling you now.” Of course, Patrick Mahomes is the man of his word as the Chiefs have their eyes set on a historic 3-peat.

But here’s the question. Who are they gonna use this time? Well, they’ve drafted Xavier Worthy and signed Marquise “Hollywood” Brown in free agency who has returned from an injury. It’s a call that the Chiefs will surely make at a crucial time of the game.