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This power rankings column will not only feature my rankings of the Chiefs and Eagles — the two teams playing in the Super Bowl — but also the teams of the National Football Conference and the American Football Conference squaring off in the Pro Bowl.
0. The Kansas City Chiefs
You mean to tell me that a multibillion dollar organization doesn’t have a camera or sensors in a football to determine if a team got a first down? After years of calling the ball hitting the ground an incomplete pass, you mean to tell me it’s actually a catch? I’m not buying it. The Eagles are going to be playing against the Chiefs and the referees on Super Bowl Sunday. This column will continue to feature the Kansas City Chiefs at rank 0 since the NFL appears to currently be rigged for the Chiefs to win it all. I refuse to have them take up a spot on the list of best teams in the league until they — by some miracle — don’t win a Super Bowl.
3. Team NFC
Yes, I am seriously ranking Pro Bowl rosters over the Kansas City Chiefs. The NFC roster is very strong in the running back department but also has Sam Darnold and Jared Goff as opposing quarterbacks — both coming off very uncharacteristic performances to end their seasons. If head coach Eli Manning can stick to the ground game and manage his quarterback’s turnovers while putting a solid defense out on the field, the NFC could just win the Pro Bowl flag football competition.
2. Team AFC
Joe Burrow, Drake Maye and Russell Wilson. All three quarterbacks are great at launching the ball down the field, and that is the best way to win a game of flag football. They have the weapons on offense with Ja’Marr Chase, Brian Thomas Jr., Jerry Jeudy and Nico Collins to air the ball out to. Along with a solid defensive line to shut down the run game of Team NFC. Peyton Manning led one of the most prolific passing offenses in the league when he was a quarterback, I’m sure he can tune this team up to torch the NFC’s defense.
1. The Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles annihilated the Commanders and played the most dominant football that we have seen in the NFC championship matchup between the two. The Commanders hadn’t turned the ball over all postseason until the Eagles forced them into turning it over four times. The Eagles defense did allow Commanders tight end Zach Ertz to hit a season high for yards and receptions which will be something they need to fix before they face Travis Kelce on the Chiefs. Other than that, the Eagles look entirely capable of shutting the Chiefs unremarkable offense down. In terms of what the Eagles need to do on offense? Run the ball. If they try to reinvent their playbook like every other team that faces the Chiefs instead of playing to their strengths — Saquon Barkley and the run game — it will be infuriating. There is a reason Saquon Barkley is on the verge of shattering the all-time regular and postseason rushing yards record, and it’s because this team is at its best when they are running the ball over and over again. I’m not an Eagles fan, it’s still fresh in my mind that they beat the Patriots in Super Bowl LII, but they’re the last hope that the NFL has to beat the Chiefs and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t rooting for them. This Super Bowl will come down to whether or not the Eagles can outpace bad calls and the Chiefs offense. If they can overcome those obstacles, I have no doubt they’ll be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy on Feb. 9.
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