Let me start by saying that I will be rooting hard for the San Francisco 49ers. Why? It’s not because I hate Kansas City, far from it. It’s because the Niners have become my second team, and really they should be all Chicago Bears fans second team.

Why? Because San Francisco has vanquished our enemies for us. They’ve bounced the hated Green Bay Packers from the postseason 3 times since 2020. This season, they even added the Detroit Lions to their list of Bears rivals they’ve eliminated.

No true Bears fan will ever forget Bears legend, Robbie Gould, hitting a game winning field goal against Green Bay and celebrating with Jimmy G by emphatically saying ‘F#%* the Packers’.

Then there’s George Kittle, born and raised a Chicago Bears fan and not afraid to let it be known. Yes, the Niners are my second team.

But,

There is a part of me that wants to see the Kansas City Chiefs win. I want the Chiefs to win and Travis Kelce to get MVP. I want Taylor Swift on the field celebrating with him, post game.

I want MAGA conspiracy theorist heads to explode. Especially, when Tay-Tay and her Super Bowl MVP boyfriend go on to publicly endorse President Biden a few weeks later, and then appear, together, in a Pfizer commercial promoting the Covid-19 vaccine boosters. I want the chaos!

But, this has nothing to do with what I want, but what I think will happen. I’ve said it many times, bet against Patrick Mahomes at your own peril.

He hasn’t taken the GOAT mantle from Tom Brady, yet, but he’s well on his way. Post-season Mahomes just finds ways to win, regardless of his supporting cast.

In the last 5 years, only Tom Brady and an upstart Joe Burrow have been able to vanquish the Chiefs in the post season, and it took Burrow and the Bengals overtime to do it.

I’m not betting against that. I have to go with Chiefs (+1.5) 27-24.

Your MVP won’t be Kelce, and surprisingly won’t be Mahomes either. My pick for MVP is inspired by the NFL Network’s Peter Schrager (if you know, you know). I’ll go with Chiefs defensive back Trent McDuffie, who will have a fourth quarter pick six that will all but seal the Lombardi Trophy for Andy Reid and the Kansas Chiefs.

I have to finish this by celebrating the long overdue Hall of Fame induction of a true GOAT. The greatest to ever do it, and the man that gave me more thrills as a Bears fan than anyone else in years, if not decades.