Post #67930 - 05/06/2023 02:16:31

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Several players, mere moments after defeating the in Super Bowl LIV, were already . And how could you blame them? The Chiefs have (Andy Reid), the league's best player at football's most important position ( ), one of the league's fastest skill position players ( ), a quality halfback ( ), one of the league's top tight ends ( ) and a budding defense (led by and ) that shut out Marwin Gonzalez Jersey the 49ers in the fourth quarter of Sunday night's game.While they certainly have the makeup of a dynasty in the making, the road will be anything but easy for the Chiefs moving forward. In the 54-year history of the Super Bowl, only a dozen teams have appeared in consecutive Super Bowls. Of those teams, only seven repeated as a Super Bowl champion, with the 2003-04 serving as the most recent back-to-back winner. Even with the succe s of the 2010s Patriots, they still fell short of being a back-to-back champion. Before the Chiefs begin their quest at a second straight title, let's look at how the last 10 Super Bowl champions fared in their quest for back-to-back titles. The 2010 A funny thing happened during the Saints' quest for a second straight title. While and the Saints' high octane offense went from 1st to 11th in the league in scoring from '09 to '10, their defense was the unit that got better in 2010, going from 20th in the league in scoring in '09 to 7th the following season. The main reason for the Saints' offensive decline was their red zone woes, as the Saints went from 6th to 20th in the league in that department. Despite posting an 11-5 record, the Saints, who finished second to the 13-3 in the NFC South division standings, had to face the 7-9 on the road in the wild card round. A considerable favorite, the Saints' defense, the team's strength at many points during the regular season, gave up a whopping 41 points that included back-breaking, 67-yard touchdown run that put the finishing touches on Seattle' Erick Aybar Jersey s upset victory. While the Saints would post five more seasons of 11-plus wins during the decade, they are still waiting for a return trip to the Super Bowl after suffering heartbreaking playoff lo ses each of the past three offseasons. The Saints' next Super Bowl run may be without Drew Brees, whose future in New Orleans is one of the biggest question marks of the 2020 offseason. 2011 A year after winning three road games en route to a victory over the in Super Bowl LIV, the Packers were historically good in 2011, joining the '84 49ers, '85 , '98 , '04 Steelers and '07 Patriots as the only teams in league history to win at least 15 regular season games. But while won the first of his two league MVP awards in leading the NFL's top-ranked offense, the Packers' defense went from 2nd to 19th in the NFL in scoring, an i sue that could no longer be concealed once the postseason arrived. Like the '07 Patriots, the '11 Packers were bedeviled by , who threw for 330 yards and three touchdowns in New York's 37-20 upset victory. Manning thoroughly outplayed Rodgers, who completed just 56.5% of his pa ses against a defense that forced four Packers turnovers. While they continued to pile up winning seasons, the Packers went 0-3 against the 49ers in postseason play during the decade. Green Bay also endured heartbreaking playoff lo ses to the Seahawks (in the '14 NFC title game) and the (in the '15 wild card round). The Packers also suffered a 23-point lo s to the Falcons in the '16 NFC title game before suffering losing seasons in '17 and in '18. The lo ses prompted the exit of head coach Mike McCarthy, as his replacement, Matt LaFleur, helped lead the Packers back to the NFC title game this past January. 2012 Giants Not all 9-7 records are created equally. That's the story of the 2011 and 2012 Giants. A year after winning the Super Bowl after going 9-7 during the regular season, the 2012 Giants mi sed the playoffs a year later despite posting the same record. Statistically, the Giants were considerably better in '12, ranking 6th and 12th in offense/defensive league rankings after finishing 9th/25th 2011. New York started their title defense on a high note, as they were 6 Robbie Grossman Jersey -2 at the midway point. But three lo ses against AFC North teams, along with late-season lo ses to the and Falcons, left the Giants on the outside looking in on the NFC playoffs. New York then suffered through three consecutive losing seasons, losing Fernando Rodney Jersey many pieces of their '07 and '11 Super Bowl teams along the way, before making it back to the playoffs in 2016, Ben McAdoo's first year as the Giants' head coach. But the Giants' revival didn't last long, as McAdoo was fired after a 2-10 start to the 2017 season. New York then fired his replacement, Pat Shurmur, after winning just nine games after the last two years. The Giants, who saw the Manning era officially come to an end this offseason, are hoping that second-year quarterback , running back , and new head coach -- and former Patriots a sistant -- Joe Judge can get Big Blue back on track. 2013 Baltimore joined the Giants as Super Bowl champions that weren't able to make it back to the playoffs the following season. Despite losing Hall of Famers Ray Lewis and Ed Reed, the Ravens' defense was 12th in the league in points allowed in 2013, the same ranking they held in 2012. The i sue was Baltimore's offense, as the Ravens went from 10th to 25th in the league in scoring. While the Ravens' 30th ranked rushing attack was a huge reason why Baltimore fell to 8-8 in '13, the Ravens also surely mi sed , who caught 22 pa ses for 380 yards and four touchdowns during the Ravens' Super Bowl run the previous year. While they made it back to the playoffs in 2014, the Ravens suffered through three consecutive non-playoff seasons before led Baltimore back to the postseason in 2018. The Ravens, led by Jackson's MVP performance, earned the AFC's No. 1 seed before being upset by and the in the divisional round of the '19 playoffs. 2014 Seahawks Pete Carroll's Seahawks became the first team to make it back to the Super Bowl after winning the Big Game the previous season. While Seattle's Legion of Boom defense led the league in scoring for a second straight season, the offense, led by Lynch and quarterback , finished 10th in the NFL in scoring and first in rushing.After needing a miracle comeback to get past Rodgers and the Packers in the NFC title game, Seattle jumped out to a 24-14 lead in Super Bowl XLIX before a pair of Kyle Gibson Jersey touchdown pa ses gave the Patriots the lead. But after the Seahawks, following a mind-boggling, 33-yard catch by , appeared destined to win their second straight ring, end-zone interception of Wilson gave the Patriots their first win of the decade. Conversely, the Seahawks joined the '77 , '83 Redskins and the '97 Packers as the only teams to lose the Super Bowl a year after winning it. While Wilson has continued to develop into a top-tier quarterback, Seattle would fall to the eventual NFC champion in the '15 and '16 postseasons before mi sing the playoffs altogeth