I’ve been trying to come up with a non-cheesy name for this segment, and I’m settling on the nightcap. Basically it’s a knockoff of Scott Van Pelt’s “Best Thing I Saw Today”, except instead of being on Sportscenter it’s a written blog, and instead of Scott Van Pelt I’m just some guy sitting on his couch 3 or 4 beers deep. Every night around 10 I’ll be recapping what I deem to be the coolest/craziest thing that I ran into over the past 24 hours. Oh, and because there’s no way I’m going to be coherent enough to type clearly on weekends, this is going to be Monday through Friday only. Sorry I like to drink, sue me. Today, we start off with a doozy.
If you’ve been living under a rock, you might’ve missed the Kansas City Chiefs winning the franchise’s first Super Bowl this past Sunday. It had also been 50 years since the Chiefs had appeared in a Super Bowl. As a lifelong Eagles fan I know what it’s like to end a drought like that; it leads to one hell of a party. They’re no Philadelphia, but the folks out in Kansas City delivered on that with an incredible Super Bowl celly today.
The parade started in absolutely wild fashion at about 8am local time when a POLICE CHASE BROKE OUT ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE. No joke.
I’m not a police officer, but I’ve gotta imagine that the worst possible scenario for a car chase would be on a street with hundreds of pedestrians lined up on the sidewalks. Not exactly ideal. Luckily the police were able to clip the car bringing it to a stop, but my goodness. This guy makes the dude who drove a dune buggy up the steps of The Art Museum look like he was taking a Sunday drive to church.
And that was before the parade even started! Once Chiefs Kingdom (what a weird name for a fanbase btw, like chiefs definitely didn’t call their area a kingdom, but whatever) started pouring the typical debauchery broke out.
We had people falling out of trees! Don’t worry I’m sure he landed on the soft, lush grass that Missouri in February is known for and not the cement or the frozen ground. Hey, these are the sacrifices the fanbase of a championship team have to make sometimes. Then the players got involved as they headed down the parade route.
Mahomes to Kelce, just like the Super Bowl. Pretty shaky pour from Mahomes here but in his defense not really a sound strategy by 87 going with the mid-long pour spin move. Not the best execution but for the occasion we’ll count it. But a lot of people were looking forward to a different performance from Travis Kelce, who of course had to follow up his brother Jason’s incredible speech in Philly with one of his own. And he… dissapointed?
I’m obviously biased here, but come on. I cringed my way through the first 30 seconds of that video. Then out of left field we’re talking about veterans going to war? Don’t get me wrong, I fully support the troops. Just a really strange direction to take the first minute of a Super Bowl speech. Clearly the man is shithoused, as he should be, and he does reign it back in with the Andy Reid acknowledgement and the “I ain’t tryin to hear it” parts. Blowing the raspberries into the mic was a great move. But I’m still giving the edge to Jason.
Either way, a moment of a lifetime for the Kansas City Chiefs and the great state of Kansas Missouri. Nothing like your first Super Bowl. Congrats Chiefs Kingdom.
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