During the 2019 offseason, a lot was made of the Kansas City Chiefs. They had just come off their best season in 49 years, ending mere inches from their first Super Bowl berth since 1969. One could argue a simple coin flip decided the ultimate fate of the season, as the deadliest unit on the Chiefs never had a chance to flex its muscles in overtime of the AFC Championship game.
Their second-year signal caller, the only first-round draft pick at quarterback for the franchise since 1983, just won the franchise’s first NFL Most Valuable Player award.