Did the Kansas City Chiefs get LUCKY win the Super Bowl? 

They had to play miami, bills in buffalo, ravens in Baltimore, and the 49ers. The schedule alone is unlucky

Eagles fan all day. But luck has nothing to do with it. This was in my opinion one of their most solid runs. To be playing on WC weekend and beat a red hot bills team and the 1 seed and the 1 seed of the NFC without controversy is impressive.

It takes luck to win it all but the key is to put yourself in that position to be lucky.

Every superbowl run has a hint of luck to it. KC is a very well ran, and skilled football team.

People often forget the phantom holding on Trey Smith negating a Rashee Rice td. Chiefs would have had 21

You watched exactly the same video I did and I think we had the same problem with it. He showed the chiefs as being the luckiest team 3 out of the last 4 years. If one team is consistently the luckiest according to metrics that are supposedly measuring luck, perhaps your metric measures more than just luck. Also field goals are not luck. If field goals are luck every pass is luck.

luck is simply preparation meeting opportunity. The chiefs are always prepared

They pulled back the reins in the Ravens game in the second half because they were also playing the clock. I hate it when Andy does that but with that defense, it worked out.

I appreciate all Chiefs content. Also the chiefs were pretty unlucky in the super bowl when it game to having the ball spotted. There was three times they had a first down but were marked short. Also, in the Ravens game the Chiefs had a TD taken off the board on a phantom penalty and didn't convert a 4th and 1 where they could have just kicked a field goal

You have to be lucky to win … but it’s not all luck. … Patrick is so skilled and he’s cool under pressure

I wouldn't say the Chiefs won due to luck as much as the 49ers beating themselves. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs only scored 4 field goals in 4 quarters of regulation in the Super Bowl on their own. It took Darrell Luther Jr. not maintaining situational awareness so that the Chiefs punt hit his foot and Ray-Ray McCloud not using the fundamentals of fumble recovery for the Chiefs to score a touchdown in regulation. Patrick Mahomes only threw 8 out of 34 passes over 5 yards. He threw 9 passes from behind the line of scrimmage. He only threw 2 completed passes over 15 yards. The game winning pass in overtime was under 5 yards. It was the ONLY touchdown the Chiefs scored on their own. 49ers backup O-Line msn Spencer Burford decided to play on instinct instead of following his blocking assignment, Chris Jones. This allowed Chris Jones to free rush Brock Purdy on 3rd and 4 in OT. It blew up the touchdown play to Jauan Jennings. There was Steve Wilks inconsistency. The 49ers defense played well but there were key mistakes made by Wilks. Kyle Shanahan made a mistake by not deferring possession of the football to the Chiefs in OT. There's more but I've made my point which is I don't consider the mistakes the 49ers made "luck" for the Chiefs. Without these errors the 49ers would have beaten the Chiefs. But they didn't. Now, they must live with it and do better next time.

All those dropped passes early in the season? Bad luck... which paid for good luck later on. These things balance out.

Six straight years of luck, its weird really.

I think there's always some luck involved with every championship team, but at the same time, good teams create their own luck. The bigger thing is good teams capitalize on the mistakes made by their opponents more often than not.

No there’s no luck at all. this Super Bowl that the chiefs won was the toughest one ever. This was mahommes worst group of receivers ever. If you look at that receiving group the best player he has is Travis Kelce. Rice was a rookie who was decent but not even close to tyreek hill. Besides that, Valdés-Scantling, Kadarious Toney, Sky Moore who is a bust and has not lived up to expectations, Justin Watson? And Noah gray a tight end. This is by far his worst group of receivers ever. Mahomes is literally Tom Brady 2.0 and even better if he keeps this up. The chiefs play very strategically and know how to control the game and make key plays to turn the tide.

I really think Michael Macklevie's video really does a good job of defining luck in a fairly subjective way.

I think there is more to it than that. I've been watching the KCC since 2003 and only since Andy took over they have consistently found inconsistent ways to win. It seems to go beyond luck at this point. But perhaps that is just an effect of being a winner.

Old guy here. Luck, ie “random chance” is involved in a lot of things in life. I forget the exact saying, good luck is when preparation meets persistence, or something like that. Were the Chiefs lucky against Miami? No they were just better team. I haven’t seen a team play like the Dolphins that just didn’t want to be there. Were the Chiefs lucky against the Ravens? Yes and No. The Chiefs were pretty much in control most of the game and didn’t make any bad mistakes other than the holding call that negated a R Rice TD. The Ravens committed a plethora of miscues, numerous bad personal fouls, 2 turnovers that took potentially, 14 points off the scoreboard, and the biggest, in my view, was forcing Lamar to play out of character by continually throwing the ball out of the pocket instead of playing to his strength by running more. I know the argument, the Chiefs Defense forced that, but the Ravens gave up on running the ball too quickly. Were the Chiefs lucky against the 49ers? More yes than NO. They exchanged fumbles from their star RBs, each team recovered the others miscue, so they cancelled out each other. MaHomes threw an awful interception, but the Niners did not take advantage. The niners turned around and had a turnover on a muffed punt return, which KC recovered and turned into 7 points. Yes lucky there, they took advantage of it. I believe that SF made 3 more errors after that KC took advantage of to win the SB. 1) the Niners throwing a pass on 3rd and 4-5 yards with 2 minutes left in 4th quarter in regulation. The pass was incomplete, stopping the clock, niners kicked the FG for 3 point lead, but left way TOO time for MaHomes and the Chiefs. KC drove the length of field for the tying FG, but damn near scored a TD for the win. 2) SF took the ball first in OT. Not really a fatal mistake, but if you take it first, you BETTER score a TD or else you let the other team determine the outcome. 3) On the previous play that allowed the FG, somehow SF Oline forgot to block #95 Chris Jones, the most dominant defensive tackle on the Chiefs Dline. This allowed a free shot on Brock Purdy which did not afford the SF QB the time to set his feet to throw a TD to a wide open Brandon Aiyuk, how was at least 5 yards, ahead of LaJarius Sneed, who fell down on the play. Kicking a FG was probably the least worst decision in a set of bad choices. Were the Chiefs lucky? Definitely yes. Possible 4), running the RPO against Bosa on 4th and 1 for the Chiefs. It was at least the .2nd time KC ran that play that if Bosa stayed in his place and guarded the edge, SF would have gotten the stop, and won the game. Andy Reid’s play took advantage of Bosa’s over aggressive nature, and he fell for it again. If not mistaken, KC ran it 2 more times, and Bosa failed both of those times. Lucky, yes. So the Niners could have won, probably should have, but made too many mistakes they couldn’t recover from. The Chiefs were lucky, but it’s been said, that you make your own luck. Or as I heard in a sword and scorcer movie,” fortune is ally to the brave.” Maybe the Chiefs are just braver, so they are luckier. Go Chiefs! Do the 3peat.

The way the Chiefs won the Super Bowl this year is not getting talked about enough the Chiefs beat top seated on both side that’s impressive top 3 maybe best run ever!!

As for the Ravens game, they played dirty & made mistakes because they were frustrated. They didn't deserve to win, therefore the Chiefs beat them. Karma! Luck had nothing to do with it; the best team won! Chiefs are cool under pressure plus they have Mahomes, Reid, etc. Go Chiefs!! 🏈🏆👑🐐

Capitalize on other team’s mistakes is part of the game and making field goals is just like any other play you have to execute!! Kansas City Chiefs a good team anyone that watch sports if they had a great quarterback possibilities are endless!!

KC got two turnovers from Frisco that killed Frisco. The first on a take away from the RB, who fumbled very little in the regular season, and Frisco loses a probable 3 points. The 2nd turnover was very bad luck. A short punt bounced off a special team players ankle, which gave KC the ball on about Frisco's 10 yard line, and 7 points for KC.

Luck - "good things happen to you by chance...without design". Playoff Lamar showing up in the playoffs isn't chance. Shanahan calling flawed plays at the wrong time isn't chance.

Teams that are a dynasty are well run. They have the QB, the coach, and the GM because they have to draft well. It's not complicated and it's not lucky. The Chiefs are dam good.

Luck!?! You gotta be kidding. They were a mess and they fixed it. Courage, hard work, team work , skill a bit of inspiration too. The missed field goal, perhaps, or lack on the Bill's part.

7:20 The Chiefs didn't have turnovers against the Ravens mainly because of: (1) Mecole Hardman's fumble/f'up in the divisional being fresh in the players' memories (probably on the s*** list, count how many reps and targets Mecole got in the Ravens game) and (2) Mahomes not taking many risks in the 2nd half.

Funny that you say the Chiefs might have been lucky in Baltimore, but if you rewatch that game, it never felt like the Chiefs were losing, or about to lose. They seemed in control that entire game. They gave up yards, sure, but only because they were happy to give up small yardage plays, but force Baltimore to put together a long, sustained drives. Baltimore could not do it. The minute the got across the 50, they stalled. KC was never way ahead, but they were never on their heels in that game. Luck had nothing to do with it.

1:14 No credit to them? Why didn’t Buffalo score a touchdown on that drive? The problem with “luck” scenarios is that you have to isolate them and say “no other factors were at play, this was random chance.” And that’s just not the case. It’s a coping mechanism to shift blame when people are looking for someone or something to blame that won’t challenge their beliefs.

There is no luck in the Baltimore game, Chiefs had Lamar Jackson, and the ravens number for years they got in his head just like i thought they would!!

How is it lucky for the chiefs that Lamar had a bad game? Makes no sense whatsoever. Give the chiefs defense credit for making him play bad. That defense in the second half of ball games has been historically great. Lamar is ass when the playoffs comes around cause he can’t win with his arms on the biggest stage. That’s not lucky at all. Now teams does need luck here and there to win the SB. I would day the chiefs hit lucky greenlaw got hurt and that muff punt that woke up the defense, but saying Lamar played bad is lucky is a horrible take

Yes they did I mean all those fumbles and only ONE was recovered by SF Closer look they got lucky that horrendous special teams gaffe Also if Zay flowers doesn’t forget that he’s playing in an NFL game instead of schoolyard recess, the ravens win that game 2022 they were good, 2023 they were lucky as hell

Tom Brady and the Patriots were lucky that the rest of the AFC East couldn't find a QB for 20 years. And the Chiefs got lucky when the Eagles fired Andy Reid.

You have to have some luck to be good.

Obviously every Super Bowl takes luck. But I think they were fortunate that the super hot Lions choked against San Francisco, and that the Ravens made extremely bone headed turnovers. The lions would’ve given up a ton but maybe they could’ve scored enough to keep up

Yeah they are lucky

Really good analysis. I’ve enjoyed your channel for a long time. This was one of your strongest arguments. I really appreciate the idea that you pointed out, about us having a disparity in remembering the bad calls for the victor relative to remembering the calls that affect the loser

The ravens stats look better than chiefs due to game script. Chiefs went up two TDs early then trusted their defense and got conservative on offense. No chance that win is luck.

Lamar Jackson making bad decisions or Ravens coaches choosing poor strategy doesn't equal Chiefs getting lucky - it demonstrates that the Chiefs QB and coaching staff performed better.

Someone watched Michael MacKelvie’s latest video 😉

Lucky or if they won by 40 they won you need luck to win in playoffs and superbowl congrats to them they are on top

Luck has nothing to do with it. People have to accept the fact that the Chiefs are just that good. They know their stuff. 😅

lol yeah they did i didnt even bother watching the game they were so lucky bros.

3 in 5 years…..NO

Chiefs are lucky that their billionare owner spawned clark hunt instead of Mark Davis.

KC won on scheme: they bet that Purdy would not take risk and throw deep. NINE times, receivers were open deep. He missed 3 and didn't throw the other six. AVERAGE NFL QB hit 25% of these throws. Purdy hit 0%. If Purdy only made only one deep throw, SF wins.

Winning 3 SBs in 5 years is pure luck. Talent has nothing to do with it. So long as the Chiefs have Andy, Patrick, Travis, and Chris, they probably will continue their inexplicable string of pure luck.

Cheifs are lucky 🍀 rn4l remember Aoc beat fuckrick fahomes

Sometimes it does take luck.. the niners were the better team

This is a reasonable take. How deliciously... Boring...

The fix is in.Has been at least since back to 1984.

49ers had luck also. E.g., multiple times the refs marked KC short of 1st downs they'd earned. This also happened in the AFC championship game, costing them a FG or TD.

Wtf kind of video this is respectfully he had damn near the best superbowl run in history last yr

Nah, they just better than your team and mine

Are 29er fans still crying? What is the point of this video?

Yes because the afc Championship was rigged yah Lamar sucked but if all those bad penalties on the chiefs were called I’m sure the ravens would have found a way to win the game. The only bad call that was on the ravens was Chris Jones getting tripped but maybe that was not called because Lamar would have ran away from him

Considering the refs kept them from a losing record for the first weeks of the year, I would say they were very lucky

What happened is that KC MADE THE PLAYS AND CAPITALIZED on the other teams mistakes. That’s how you win! Making the plays isn’t “luck”!