Drake places $700k bet on Chiefs to win Super Bowl over Eagles: Report
The Chiefs were already dealing with curses against the Eagles and now Drake seems to have added the latest jinx to their ability to win the Super Bowl. Drake is a huge sports buff and seems to follow all sporting events across the map.
However, across sports, whenever he has picked someone, they have not always done so well in the aftermath. Now that the rapper has placed a $700k bet on the Kansas City Chiefs, Andy Reid and his team might have something to worry about.
The Kansas City Chiefs were already reeling from the fallout of the "passing yards" curse. Patrick Mahomes led the league in passing yards and is the seventh quarterback to reach the Super Bowl as the stats leader. Each of the previous six has gone on to lose it.
Patrick Mahomes is the 7th QB to reach the Super Bowl in season when he led NFL in yards passing. The others went 0-6:
Tom Brady 2017 season
Peyton Manning 2013
Brady 2007
Rich Gannon 2002
Kurt Warner 2001
Dan Marino 1984
What is the 'Drake Curse?' Chiefs could be the next victim
So, why should Kansas be worried that Drake is betting on them? It all stems from the rapper's inability to pick the winner. It even extends to people being seen with him and suffering an immediate loss of form.
In soccer, for example, he was seen with Jadon Sancho during his tour to the United Kingdom. The next day, Sancho and his Borussia Dortmund team were pummeled by Bayern Munich 5-0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang also met the musician and then went on to lose 1-0 to Everton with Arsenal the next day.
If the 'Drake Curse' was only limited to appearances with him, maybe the Chiefs players could try to avoid him like the plague in the coming days. But it seems that his hand in the betting market, as he has done here, is enough to trigger the curse. NBA fans will remember that the Golden State Warriors faced the LeBron James-inspired Cleveland Cavaliers in four straight finals series from 2015 to 2018. The Warriors won three out of those four meetings, losing only in 2016.
As it turns out, in 2016, Drake made a bid on Golden State to become the champions. The only time they lost in those four years was when the musician had bet on them. That they did so after leading the seven-game series 3-1 at one point is reason enough to worry about the potency of this curse.
Rapper @Drake has placed $700k bet on the #Chiefs to beat the #Eagles in #SuperBowlLVII
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The last thing the Chiefs needed to worry about before going into the Super Bowl was extraneous considerations like this. But given how wrong the rapper has been over the years, one can never rule out if other forces might be at work here.