Dominate the Super Bowl-Chapter 1647 - 1646: Farewell to Childhood

Beep! Beep beep beep!

The game has ended, history has been made, and the NFL officially enters a new era.

"10:34".

The Kansas City Chiefs, sitting in Arrowhead Stadium, effortlessly defeated the New England Patriots to claim four consecutive victories at the season’s start, fiercely leading the league.

The Kansas City Chiefs achieved a regular-season twenty-two consecutive wins by defeating the New England Patriots, surpassing the Patriots’ twenty-one consecutive wins, marking a new pinnacle and glory for the NFL regular-season winning streak record.

Of course, the complete season’s twenty-eight consecutive wins, including the playoffs, is the Mount Everest of the NFL, praised by professionals as an insurmountable, unattainable, and unreachable record, leaving a significant mark in history.

Destiny completes its cycle in this way——

Everything started in the 2017 season, in the season opener when the Kansas City Chiefs faced the defending champion New England Patriots. Li Wei emerged spectacularly, with a kickoff return touchdown that stunned the audience, finally defeating the Patriots to start Li Wei and the Chiefs’ legendary journey.

Three seasons have passed, and in Li Wei’s fourth year in the professional league, the three-time reigning champion Chiefs again set a series of new historical records by defeating the New England Patriots, completing the handover, bidding farewell to Brady and Belichick, and starting a new era.

The era of the Kansas City Chiefs is next.

It was all preordained.

People denied, resisted, and ignored, putting in full effort to refuse facing reality, yet eventually, they had to submit, cautiously welcoming the new era’s arrival.

Reality is always harsh——

New faces laugh, while old ones weep.

The focus on the New England Patriots and the spotlight on Belichick and Brady about who achieved whom could not stir much discussion, fundamentally waiting for time to provide answers, as no one rashly jumped to conclusions.

Newton’s frustration and Gilmore’s decline did not trigger much discussion, and even on social media, the momentum for ridicule had waned.

All the spotlights were entirely on the Kansas City Chiefs.

With a season opening of four consecutive wins, against three playoff teams from the previous season and a newly invigorated Los Angeles Chargers with a rookie quarterback, these victories were substantial, declaring the Chiefs’ power in hard-fought, intense matchups and further solidifying the reigning champions’ advantage.

Despite the offseason’s arms race, facing slow warming due to no preseason games, and standing in a perilous situation under intense public scrutiny, the Kansas City Chiefs still proved themselves under pressure.

Majestic dominance, sweeping the league——

With twenty-two consecutive regular-season wins and twenty-eight total season wins, the Chiefs thoroughly dominated the league. Under the looming shadow of the hard salary cap, the NFL seemed more chaotic, fearful, and scared because at this moment, no one had the confidence to defeat the Chiefs, or even dare challenge them.

Consider the Baltimore Ravens, and look at the New England Patriots.

The Kansas City Chiefs truly established an unmatched, dominant position in the league, an unprecedented existence in the NFL’s long history.

For the current generation of league’s pivotal fans, the NFL they knew is entering history. Not only the Patriots, but even earlier when Ray Lewis and Big Manning retired, childhood memories slowly faded, until now, it seemingly draws a period.

Reluctantly, no one can stop the march of time.

A small detail, also a minor record——

The Kansas City Chiefs became the first and only team in NFL history to open four consecutive seasons with four straight wins, writing another record.

In the Chiefs’ countless records and glories, this record is insignificant, not reaching any impact or shock level; but for real professionals and veteran fans, it’s different.

Opening four consecutive seasons with four straight wins proves that the so-called "slow start" of the Kansas City Chiefs is merely an illusion. It not only proves the Chiefs’ stability and strength but also their offseason preparations are ahead of competitors, with Reed and Veach’s cooperation entering a perfect trajectory.

Everything begins in the 2017 season.

Simply put, Li Wei is the key.

In the 2017 season, the Chiefs’ quarterback was still Alex Smith, and later Mahomes, but only Li Wei was the critical knot, playing the role of connecting the offensive group of the team.

With the core strategist Veach maneuvering during the offseason and the tactical master Reed planning before games, plus Li Wei building connections on and off the field, the Chiefs’ golden triangle gradually emerged. This is the truth behind the team opening four consecutive seasons with four straight wins.

No wonder Veach prioritized renewing Li Wei’s contract no matter the cost, even above Mahomes, and miraculously, Mahomes was neither angry nor upset, contentedly completing his renewal.

Now, people seem to slightly understand Harbaugh’s emotional outburst after his Baltimore Ravens lost to the Kansas City Chiefs for the third consecutive time during the Jackson era.

Overnight, the Kansas City Chiefs have been propelled to an incredibly unbelievable peak, making the entire league feel for the first time that this is an entirely new era.

Everything is happening——

Dynasty!

People have been emphasizing that the Chiefs’ dynasty started in the 2020 season; however, the unique historical performance of four consecutive seasons opening with four straight wins proves that as early as the 2017 season, the dynasty already began to take shape. Even when facing trials and challenges, the Chiefs held up under pressure to establish the dynasty.

The league’s real experts know, the value of opening four consecutive seasons with four straight wins, and this year’s four victories are so precious. Bearing the "Public Enemy of Everyone" tag, scrutinized under a microscope by all teams, and facing strong challenges from opponents, yet still achieving four victories in four games, impressively and astonishingly taking the first step towards a fourth consecutive championship, the entire league heard the declaration of the three-time reigning champions:

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Majestic dominance, all guns blazing.

So, does this mean no one dares to challenge the Chiefs’ fourth consecutive championship?

No, the world of competitive sports doesn’t work that way.

Indeed, the rise of a superpower reigning the arena is truly despairing for weaker teams, as the gap is too vast to ignite their spirit; but competitive sports never lacks brave and fearless challengers willing to fight against the tide.

Even with the Chiefs’ present performance appearing invincible and impregnable, with team configuration, competitive state, and locker room atmosphere all on the right track, no one dares to challenge the Chiefs’ authority; that existence is unattainable and untouchable.

However, just as the New York Giants twice defeated the New England Patriots at the Super Bowl peak, warriors will never be absent.

This is also the most moving and beautiful story of competitive sports.

In the 2020 season, as September concluded, the Kansas City Chiefs were not the only undefeated team.