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Let the countdown begin. SB58 (no Roman). For the defending champs, the Kansas City Chiefs, it’s their “Derrick Thomas” Super Bowl; for the San Francisco 49ers, it’s their “James Brown” big payback Super Bowl. Revenge against the Chiefs for their 2020 seminal battle.
It’s the NFL’s dream Super Bowl for this season, one that conspiracy theorists want to say Roger Goodell & Co. orchestrated but can’t because even they know that sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good — and right now the NFL is both.
And with all of the exterior esoteric nonsense orbiting the game Sunday — all of the non-football buzz madness — the game itself can get lost.