Bart Scott’s ridiculous take on Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs now the mother of all hot takes
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are heading back to the Super Bowl after defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in the AFC Championship Game (their fifth consecutive appearance there). Mahomes is also likely to win his second MVP award, too.
Not long ago, many pundits believed the Chiefs and Mahomes might be in for a poor season. Bart Scott, an ESPN analyst and former NFL player, might have been the conductor of that train.
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Scott infamously predicted that the Chiefs wouldn't even make the playoffs. Instead, they won 14 games and are now in the Super Bowl. The only way the take could look worse is if the Chiefs win it all against the Philadelphia Eagles.
To Scott's credit, there were factors that spoke to the Chiefs having a harder season, though not as poorly as he expected. The AFC West was supposed to be the best division in football.
The Los Angeles Chargers were a fringe playoff team getting better. The Las Vegas Raiders were a playoff team that hired a highly sought-after coach and added the best wide receiver in football.
The Denver Broncos featured an elite defense and traded for a Pro Bowl quarterback in Russell Wilson. The Chiefs had no wide receivers after Tyreek Hill left for Miami.
All that didn't matter as Patrick Mahomes continued to prove that he can never be counted out.
Even with a hobbled leg facing a tough team and an opposing quarterback he'd never beaten, he shined throughout and brought his team to the precipice of glory. Bart Scott probably can't believe it.
Can Patrick Mahomes prove Bart Scott entirely wrong and win the Super Bowl?
After Patrick Mahomes' game-winning drive, the Chiefs opened as slight Super Bowl favorites, but that immediately shifted. The Eagles are currently the 1.5-point favorites to win it all.
They're a deep and dominant team, but those odds likely don't scare Mahomes and company.
They've been counted out time and again this year and here they are. Perhaps they can keep it going for another week. The Eagles are a tough team to beat, but the Chiefs have proven to be one as well.