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Originally Posted by digger
luck equals opportunity plus preparation
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Right here, my friends.
Truth be told, if Mahomes had held that ball a half second longer in the first Super Bowl, he can't complete Wasp.
If Mahomes isn't hit late in the AFCCG in 2023, the Chiefs aren't able to move up for a gimme FG and then who knows what happens.
If the Bills convert a FG last year, the Chiefs have to face them in OT and who knows what happens.
All three years, the Chiefs advance by the slimmest of margins, but that's almost certainly true for a hundred different teams.
It's also true that Andrew Luck doesn't have the ball bounce right back into his hands, or that Mariota catches his own pass, Dee Ford is offsides, or that Lin Elliott doesn't miss a hundred kicks, Eric Fisher misses the Super Bowl in 2021. And on and on it goes.
It's the nature of the sport. You cannot win without luck on your side.
In each of those games, the Chiefs could have won by more. The Eagles Super Bowl alone, I still think Sneed forced that fumble and that Nick Bolton should have been the real MVP with two touchdowns.
But, hey. That's the sport. And that's why it's a wild ride.