Eight teams left to vie for the Super Bowl LIX title.
If we were to eliminate three based on the strengths headed into the Divisional Playoff Weekend, we would lop off the Houston Texans, Washington Commanders and Los Angeles Rams. But lest we recall, in 2011 the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI after allowing more points than they scored in the regular season.
So, we must accept, anything can happen.
Still, there are five teams that have all the characteristics necessary to deem them a Super Bowl winner without a backend conversation asking how the heck it happened.
The Kansas City Chiefs are looking to become the first team in NFL history to win three straight Vince Lombardi Trophies. They have the leadership both on the field and on the sideline that could allow them to accomplish something that seven other teams looked to get done after winning back-to-back Super Bowls.
The Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls but failed to win it a third year in a season marked by the American Football League’s first triumph in the game when Joe Namath and his New York Jets upset the Baltimore Colts to complete the 1968 season.