If those two were to make it all the way to the big game at the beginning of next year, it would be a repeat of Super Bowl LVII.
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There hasn’t been a repeat Super Bowl for 30 years. Back in 1994, the Dallas Cowboys beat the Buffalo Bills at Super Bowl XXVIII, just a year after winning against the same team. Thanks in part to the parity of the NFL, we have seen at least one different team in the championship game ever since.
There is still a long way to go in this year’s regular season, of course. But there are two teams that are currently looking good for a deep run into the playoffs at the very least. Kansas City Chiefs look like the team to beat in the AFC, while the Philadelphia Eagles are running the NFC. If those two were to make it all the way to the big game at the beginning of next year, it would be a repeat of Super Bowl LVII.
That championship game turned out to be one of the most exciting in recent memory, with Patrick Mahomes ultimately leading the Chiefs to victory. Kansas City has now featured in three of the last four Super Bowls – so can anyone stop the Chiefs doing it again? And does anyone have any Super Bowl betting tips that don’t include the Philadelphia Eagles?
Although both these teams remain two of the big favorites to win their respective conferences, the season has not been plain sailing for either. Patrick Mahomes is still struggling to find a consistent receiver, other than the ubiquitous Travis Kelce, and Philly has been allowing a lot of points to be scored against them this year.
The Eagles did win the most recent meeting between the two NFL giants though – and at Arrowhead Stadium as well. That will be a huge confidence boost for Nick Sirianni’s players and should act as a wake-up call for the Chiefs. In one way, that Eagles win could make it harder for any other team to compete now.
If not the Chiefs, then who? Before beating Miami in Germany, Kansas City did lose to Denver but there doesn’t seem to be too much trouble for Andy Reid and his players from within the AFC West. The Chargers still haven’t been able to become the consistent winners they probably should be with Justin Herbert and no one else seems to be able to match the Chiefs.
Big things were expected of Buffalo this season but there have been further struggles for the Bills – some coming from within the division. Aaron Rodgers’s arrival in New York pushed the Jets into the Super Bowl conversation but a season-ending injury stopped that talk pretty quickly and now it looks more likely that it will be Miami that could go further in the postseason from the East.
A youthful Jacksonville is exceeding expectations in the South but it doesn’t feel as if any team from that division has what it takes to make it the Super Bowl. The rough-and-tumble teams from the AFC North look more set to be able to compete, even though they could exert all their energy against each other before the postseason even begins. Lamar Jackson and his Baltimore Ravens are probably the ones to look out for here, although many people said that last year too.
Heading over to the NFC, Philly is looking good in what has become a very competitive East division. Sure, the Giants are not going to challenge any time soon but Dallas could be good for a Wild Card spot and will cause problems for any team it faces in the playoffs.
The Detroit Lions had been one of the longest-running jokes in the NFL for years before just missing out on the postseason last year. Now looking very good on both sides of the ball, this is one team that could do well in the playoffs. The injury to Kirk Cousins hasn’t affected the Vikings as much as everyone thought but Minnesota seems to consistently disappoint when it comes to the crunch games.
The NFC South can just about be disregarded as far as Super Bowl contenders go so that just leaves the West. The Cardinals and Rams can be forgotten but Seattle might push for a Wild Card place, while it is the 49ers that should pose as Philadelphia’s biggest obstacle to taking another shot at the championship. After three consecutive losses in October, San Francisco has returned to its best, with Brock Purdy looking every inch a future Super Bowl winner.
Although there are some strong contenders in both conferences, it is still difficult not to see the Eagles and the Chiefs facing off in Las Vegas next February. Both teams have exceptional quarterbacks to fall back on if everything else is going wrong – and that is not a common occurrence for either.
But there is still some potential for last year’s Super Bowl teams to miss out this season. The Chiefs have shown that they can be beaten and if Mahomes suffers an injury again, the rest of the team may not be able to step in in the same way as it has before. The Eagles look a little surer of themselves – especially after that win in Kansas City – but face a grueling divisional race even before having to defend its conference title in the playoffs.
Most pundits still seem fairly confident that it will be Chiefs vs. Eagles and Mahomes vs. Hurts once again at Super Bowl LVIII. But if we wanted to be contentious we could easily see a Miami-San Francisco championship game. But, to be even more controversial, let’s go with Detroit to end one of the longest championship-winning droughts in football and play in its first-ever Super Bowl. The Lions might even then go and win it.
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