Dominate the Super Bowl-Chapter 730 - : 729 All the Strong Beacon Fires

Chapter 730: 729 All the Strong Beacon Fires

Chicago Bears, the big losers.

Last draft season, they were tricked by Veach, the manager of the Kansas City Chiefs, and ended up paying for the Chiefs’ aggressive draft strategy, while they chose with their top pick —

Trubisky.

Last season, their record was only five wins and ten losses, struggling on the road of rebuilding since the team overhaul. They haven’t had a winning season since 2012, and the last time they made the playoffs was the distant 2010.

A low point, darkness, a long stretch with no end in sight.

Especially with divisional rivals like the Green Bay Packers, who have Rodgers, and the Minnesota Vikings who spent big this season to welcome Cousins, while all hopes for the revival of the Chicago Bears rested on Trubisky’s shoulders.

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Clearly, Trubisky was not up to the task, especially compared with the strong performance of his fellow Top Scholar, Li Wei. Trubisky kept moving further down the path of being criticized and considered a flop, seemingly with no chance to turn it around.

Missing out on Li Wei was bad enough; not choosing Mahomes when they had the upper hand was one thing, but they didn’t even pick Watson, and immediately the Chicago Bears’ management was compared to that of the New York Jets.

A disaster.

However, this offseason, the Chicago Bears management finally made a wise decision —

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They poached Nagy, the brilliant Offensive Coordinator from the Kansas City Chiefs, to be the team’s head coach.

Just like Pederson, who left the Chiefs for the Philadelphia Eagles before, Nagy showed his talent upon arriving in Chicago.

In just one season, the Chicago Bears were transformed.

The season record, twelve wins and five losses, marked their return to the playoffs after nine years.

And in the season’s final game, the Chicago Bears defeated their division rival, the Minnesota Vikings, helping Pederson’s Philadelphia Eagles, whom Nagy had previously worked with, edge into the playoffs by stepping over the Vikings, while the quarterback-driven Minnesota Vikings became the league’s joke for the offseason.

Last season, the Minnesota Vikings advanced vigorously into the National Conference finals; this season, the team’s management boldly revamped the Offensive group by bringing in Cousins with a shocking contract from the Washington Redskins, aiming for the Super Bowl.

The result … just like the Jacksonville Jaguars, they missed the playoffs.

A major embarrassment.

The Chicago Bears were vindicated and became the center of attention in the entire league.

Nagy’s contribution was indispensable.

And it was because of Nagy and Pederson proving their abilities in the National Conference in succession, that when people looked at the reigning champions, the Kansas City Chiefs again, their perspective slightly changed.

After all, this year’s AFC structure has proven that the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win last year was not just a matter of luck.

Next is the American League.

The number one seed, AFC West champions, Kansas City Chiefs, thirteen wins and three losses.

The number two seed, AFC East champions, New England Patriots, eleven wins and five losses.

The number three seed, AFC South champions, Houston Texans, eleven wins and five losses.

The number four seed, AFC North champions, Baltimore Ravens, ten wins and six losses.

Wild card.

The number five seed, second in AFC West, Los Angeles Chargers, twelve wins and four losses.

The number six seed, second in AFC South, Indianapolis Colts, ten wins and six losses.

A chaotic scene.

At first glance, it was obvious that this was chaos.

Since Manning’s retirement, the AFC landscape had undergone a complete reshuffle, and the previous dominance of the Iron Triangle was now a thing of the past.

First, the Pittsburgh Steelers were out, and the Tennessee Titans as well.

Both teams from last season’s playoffs were out. The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tennessee Titans both secured nine wins. In the National Conference, nine wins meant the Philadelphia Eagles advanced, but in the American League, such a record was still insufficient.

Among the two teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers were likely to face significant changes.

Throughout this season, “Bell’s strike impact” was a constant topic. The Steelers unequivocally refused to accommodate Bell’s demands, displaying a top-down no-compromise stance. However, now that the team had missed the playoffs, the strategy of the management was bound to spur controversy.

The storm would really begin after the Super Bowl ended.

Second, there was intense rivalry in the AFC West.

The performance of the Los Angeles Chargers was even better than that of the New England Patriots, yet due to the dominance of the Kansas City Chiefs, they had to go through the wild card games, an undoubtedly brutal fate, but those were the rules.

This also highlighted the fierce competition in the AFC West this season, where the Kansas City Chiefs had managed to stand out, revealing their deep-rooted strength.

Third, who among the Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, and Indianapolis Colts could emerge as the dark horse?

This offseason, the Baltimore Ravens managed to snag Lamar Jackson with the thirty-second pick of the first round, proving Harbaugh’s wisdom and unexpectedly marking the quarterback transition for the Ravens.

The quarterback chosen by the Houston Texans last year, Watson, finally proved himself. This quarterback, from the beginning aiming to prove his abilities to Li Wei, seized the opportunity this season to showcase his talent.

The Indianapolis Colts became the victim of a drama within the New England Patriots coaching staff. After being stood up by McDaniels, the Colts’ management, furious but composed, sought a solution, and Frank Reich stepped up.

Reich, with a relatively short resume as a coach who only entered the league seeking a coaching job in 2006, had interned with the Colts. After six seasons with the team, he moved to other teams, spending the past two seasons as the Offensive Coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles, Pederson’s right-hand man, the unsung hero behind the “Philly Special”.

In the midst of the crisis, the Indianapolis Colts extended an olive branch to their former player, and Reich, who had never served as a head coach, accepted the challenge.

Under Reich’s leadership, the Indianapolis Colts stumbled into the playoffs; but now, the situation was completely different, with the playoffs presenting a fresh start.

All three teams had emerged from dire straits, fighting bloodily to carve out a path, their eyes red with battle fervor. Each team had the potential to be a dark horse, with their danger level difficult to predict.

Yet, having reached the playoff stage, they all had their sights set on a definitive goal.

On one hand, both Baltimore’s Jackson and Houston’s Watson had their sights firmly set on Li Wei.

Jackson, “I long to compete against Li Wei once more.”

Watson, “I am no longer the person I was before, and Li Wei will see that.”

The ongoing rivalry and grudge from NCAA had boldly blossomed in the NFL.

If these were the new waves of the NFL, Goodell expressed his enthusiastic welcome.

Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Colts’ focus was locked on the New England Patriots, eagerly looking forward to an earnest confrontation with Belichick and McDaniels on the field.

With knives being sharpened and unity in their resolve.

The problem, then, was here.

Whether it was the New England Patriots or the Kansas City Chiefs, with a bye in the first round, whether it was about revenge or contest, to face them, one had first to pass through the ordeal of the wild card round.

That meant they had to fight each other in a life-and-death struggle.

Then, it would be a time for revenge and settling scores.