Humiliated by the Philadelphia Eagles in it Super Bowl, Patrick Mahomes and their Kansas City Chiefs They seek redemption in the new season of the NFLwhich is launched on Thursday and will be the most special of the career of Travis Kelce.
The ‘Tight End’, 35, will try to return Kansas City to the top before his retirement and in the midst of preparations for his media wedding with Taylor Swift.
One more year, the pop superstar will be part of the most powerful and popular United States League.
Swift has witnessed two Super Bowls live, first to celebrate with Kelce the title in 2024 and then to comfort him for the overwhelming defeat against the Eagles (40-22) last February.
That night, Jalen Hurts and his people shattered the Chiefs opportunity to be the first to chain three consecutive titles.
The deed would have cemented the place in the history of a team that has reached five of the last six Super Bowls, winning four of them.
Seven months after the nightmare in New Orleans, the Chiefs return to the load with the intact nucleus that make up veteran Andy Reid in the bank and Mahomes and Kelce on the court.
“I can’t go like this,” Kelce confirmed, between rumors of retirement, after humiliation against Philadelphia.
His first stop will be Friday against Los Angeles Chargers of Justin Herbert in Sao Paulo, headquarters of a regular seasonal season of American football for the second year.
As part of its international expansion, this NFL campaign also includes its launch in Spain.
Guided by the joy Jayden Daniels, the best rookie last year, the Washington Commanders will collide with the Miami Dolphins on November 16 at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, in Madrid.
The eagles upload the curtain
The spotlights of the inaugural day, on Thursday, were reserved for the Eagles champions, which will release their crown at home against Dallas Cowboys.
Philadelphia, another one of the most consistent franchises with two trips to the Super Bowl in three years, also retained its main weapons.
At the orders of the Quareterback Jalen Hurts will be the receiver AJ Brown and the Running Back Saquon Barkley, whose arrival last year gave the Eagles the final thrust.
In Dallas, where a title has not been celebrated in three decades, the controversy exploded before the ovoid flies with the controversial transfer of its leader, the Micah Parsons lineBacker, to the Green Bay Packers.
THE ROUTE TO SANTA CLARA
As every year, the Chiefs face a path full of dangers towards the Super Bowl on February 8 at the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara (California), home of the San Francisco 49ers.
At the American Conference, the Buffalo Bills, the most victims of the Kansas City dynasty, awaited them.
Current more valuable player (MVP) of the league, the quarterback Josh Allen needs to get rid of the heavy shadow of Mohomes, against whom he succumbed four times in the last five playoffs.
The Bills will start the course in Sunday’s star clash, where they will face the Baltimore Ravens de Lamar Jackson, another MVP winner, in his double case, which has never stepped on a Super Bowl.
At the National Conference, the Eagles will have the competition of the Detroit Lions and the San Francisco 49ers, extramotivated for being able to play the Super Bowl as hosts.
The Pittsburgh Steelers, on their part, have entrusted to Aaron Rodgers so that, at 41, he guides them to their first qualifiers in almost a decade.
