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Jan 3, 2021; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (left) and quarterback Matt Moore (middle) and quarterback Chad Henne (4) look on from the Chiefs bench during the second half against the Los Angeles Chargers at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports
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Jan 3, 2021; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (left) and quarterback Matt Moore (middle) and quarterback Chad Henne (4) look on from the Chiefs bench during the second half against the Los Angeles Chargers at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports
As fate would have it, Andy Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs find themselves back in a Super Bowl. But this time, they’re not fighting to win the trophy, they are fighting to defend it. Patrick Mahomes and Co. pulled off a stellar win against Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship a couple of weeks ago.
Now, they face their final nemesis this season in the form of Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Chiefs will travel down south to Florida for Super Bowl LV.
This will be the first occasion wherein an NFL team will host the Super Bowl on home soil. Once again, Mr. Brady has a chance to go down in history as the ‘first’ to achieve another milestone.
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Can the Kansas City Chiefs defend their Super Bowl title this season?
The Bucs are the first team in NFL history to play in a Super Bowl at their home stadium 🏟️
How big an advantage is that? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/JDDjJdfse5
— GMFB (@gmfb) January 30, 2021
Former New York Giants QB Shaun O’Hara was the latest guest on a recent installment of the NFL Network’s GMFB. He played backup to Giants great Eli Manning as they beat the Tom Brady-led New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.
O’Hara had a message to send to the defending champions ahead of next month’s season finale in Florida.
He said, “But I will say this, the one thing that we were concerned about when I played in the Super Bowl was conditioning you had a week off.
“You practice maybe three, maybe four days out of that week. So we all started to get a little extra running and after practice.
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“Keep in mind, it’s probably about 45 degrees in Kansas City this week, down in Tampa. Yeah, that’s right. You’re gonna want an orange popsicle after practice because it’s gonna be possibly 80 degrees on game day,” O’Hara said on the show.
The Chiefs have only tasted defeat twice this season. They have a few injuries on their defensive team. LT Eric Fisher and rookie LB Willie Gay Jr. have already been ruled out from Super Bowl LV. The latter had surgery to repair a torn meniscus.
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The Buccaneers possess more than enough firepower to test the Chiefs’ defense. Couple that with unorthodox playing conditions at the Raymond James Stadium and we got a match on our hands!
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