The KC Chiefs lost Super Bowl LV in blowout fashion and we certainly learned a lot from the 31-9 spanking the Chiefs took from the Buccaneers.
Well, that wasn’t fun. After weeks of hyping this team up and thinking they’d run it back, it went about as badly as it could have. This game was over by half time and that’s the first time that’s been the case for the Kansas City Chiefs since Patrick Mahomes took over as quarterback.
I know it hurts, but give credit to the Buccaneers. They did something that 30 other teams haven’t been able to do since Mahomes became the starting quarterback of the Chiefs, which is keep them out of the end zone. Tampa Bay whooped the Chiefs in all facets of the game and they deserve that Super Bowl title.
That being said, it was an embarrasing loss for the Chiefs, but whenever teams fail, there’s opportunity to learn from it. Here’s what we learned in the lopsided Chiefs loss in Super Bowl LV.
What we learned in KC Chiefs loss: Blowouts are possible
Not counting the Week 17 loss to the Chargers when the Chiefs sat out the majority of their starters, the Chiefs had not been blown out since Week 4 of the 2016 season. Week 4! That’s insane.
That was what I found the most shocking during this game. It wasn’t that the Chiefs lost, but rather how they lost. Fans weren’t used to seeing the team get outplayed, outcoached, and flat out destroyed on the gridiron in quite some time. It was an odd sight to say the least.
While fans are going to blame the officiating and the banged up offensive line, the final score was 31-9 and it was 21-6 at half time. This game was never in doubt and it’s because the Bucs were the better team on Sunday. They took it to the Chiefs and won fair and square.
What we learned in KC Chiefs loss: The offense can be stopped
I’m a big fan of The Dan Patrick Show and last week he made a comment about how we’ve seen great offenses stopped, or slowed down, in Super Bowls. His examples were the “Greatest Show on Turf”, the 16-0 Patriots, and the 2018 Rams and this was something that we saw play out once again on Sunday.
No one — and I mean no one — thought the Chiefs were only going to score nine points in Super Bowl LV. If someone had told me that was the final amount of points they scored, I’d have assumed that something happened to Patrick Mahomes because nine points from an explosive offense is ridiculous.
The 2020 Chiefs offense was considered one of the best in the league — if not the best — and the Buccaneers shut them down completely. Yes, the offensive line was beat up (and let’s not overreact to how poorly they played please, this was a weird situation) but the Bucs defended the Chiefs’ two best weapons really well. No other Chiefs playmakers were able to step up and that’s something the team needs to look into this offseason.
What we learned in KC Chiefs loss: Dynasty will have to wait
So many people thought that the Chiefs would be the dynasty of the 2020s and that’s still entirely possible! We’re only in 2021, giving the Chiefs eight years to win a few Super Bowls and be the NFL’s next great dynasty. Unfortunately, it’s going to have to wait.
Personally, the whole dynasty talk was annoying to me. Let’s wait and see how the next few years play out before we pin them as the next great dynasty.
What we learned in KC Chiefs loss: Punter might need an upgrade
My heart went out to Tommy Townsend during the Super Bowl LV loss because he did not have a good night. In fact, he might have had the worst possible night (yes, even more so than the offensive line and Tyrann Mathieu).
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Townsend had two really, really bad punts that put the Bucs in great position right off the bat. It’s a shame too because one of those bad punts followed a really good punt that was wiped out by a penalty. The rookie clearly was all kinds of nervous and it showed.
Whether this means the Chiefs move on from Townsend and find a new punter or give him another chance to prove himself, we’ll have to wait and see. I felt bad for the rookie though because he clearly wasn’t ready for that moment.
What we learned in KC Chiefs loss: Chiefs fans were humbled
Listening to local sports talk or scrolling through Chiefs Twitter (or social media in general) last week and you’d have thought the Kansas City Chiefs were playing the 1-15 Jacksonville Jaguars in the Super Bowl. Fans were not giving Tampa Bay any respect heading into this Super Bowl with many assuming this would be a blowout.
Well, it was a blowout, just not in favor of the Chiefs.
Because of how the Chiefs won all of their playoff games last year, fans never seemed to believe the team would lose and now, that’s not the case. Kansas City can lose and they can lose in embarrasing fashion.
This was a humbling moment for Chiefs fans and hopefully they learn from it. Mahomes is great, this offense is magnificent, and Andy Reid is one of the best coaches in the league, but that doesn’t make them immune from bad losses.
The loss was unfortunate but hopefully the KC Chiefs learn from this and become a better team because of it.
At least the half time show was good?