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The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs returned to Arrowhead Stadium to face off towards the Baltimore Ravens of their season opener sport on Thursday, September 5.
The Chiefs in the end gained the house sport in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, with a last rating of 27-20. The occasion served as a rematch of the 2024 AFC Championship in January, at which period the Chiefs beat the Ravens in an upset.
Regardless of an early landing from the Ravens within the first quarter giving them an early lead, the Chiefs hit again with their very own and shortly solid forward. After main 13-10 by halftime thanks to 2 subject objectives, the Chiefs adopted up with one other landing within the third quarter. The groups have been neck and neck by the fourth quarter as each groups scored extra touchdowns however the Chiefs in the end completed off with the win.
Earlier this yr, the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in extra time throughout Tremendous Bowl LVIII in February, making them back-to-back champions following their 2023 victory towards the Philadelphia Eagles. Ever since, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been teasing the crew’s aim of changing into the primary in NFL historical past to win three consecutive Tremendous Bowls.
“It [would be] legendary,” he informed reporters of the likelihood in February. “Nobody’s ever completed it, and we knew it’s legendary to win back-to-back. I feel eight different groups have completed it. We had heard all of it week. We had talked to the blokes [who had gone back-to-back] about it, and we felt like we had the very best alternative that we had ever needed to go on the market and try this.”
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs have stayed busy since profitable the 2024 Tremendous Bowl — they usually’re already getting again to work. Simply three months after securing their second consecutive NFL championship, a number of crew members, together with quarterback Patrick Mahomes, returned to the Chiefs facility for organized crew actions (OTAs) earlier than the 2024/2025 NFL season. “The work […]
In Could, Mahomes, 28, went as far as to ensure that the Chiefs would obtain a three-peat. “Subsequent yr in New Orleans, we’re gonna do it once more,” he mentioned on the “Impaulsive With Logan Paul” podcast on the time. “I’m placing it on the desk. We’re gonna do it once more. I’m telling you now.”
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Whereas Mahomes and his teammates celebrated their Tremendous Bowl victory through the offseason, the Chiefs have been saddled with a string of controversies whereas on hiatus. Extensive receiver Rashee Rice was arrested in April and charged with one rely of aggravated assault, one rely of collision involving critical bodily harm and 6 counts of collision involving harm after a high-speed automobile crash in Dallas the month prior. He was additionally allegedly concerned in a nightclub assault in Could, although the alleged sufferer opted to not file fees.
“I’ve discovered a lot from [the car crash],” Rice, 24, mentioned in June. “All I can do is mature and proceed to develop from that. It is a step in a greater route for me.”
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker additionally incited backlash for a Could commencement speech wherein he criticized LGBTQIA+ rights, ladies with careers and IVF, amongst different points. Butker, 29, later doubled down on his statements, saying that he did “not remorse” sharing his Catholic values with the world regardless of the response he obtained.
Different Chiefs gamers targeted on their thriving private lives over the summer time. Patrick and his spouse, Brittany Mahomes, introduced in July that they’re anticipating their third child, whereas tight finish Travis Kelce traveled all over the world with girlfriend Taylor Swift amid her Eras Tour, even becoming a member of her on stage at a London present in June.