The Kansas City Chiefs are in their seventh straight AFC title game with a chance to become the first team ever to three-peat.
Ever since Patrick Mahomes became the full-time starter, the Chiefs have run the league, winning three titles in that span.
Well, that has bothered a lot of people.
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Marlon Humphrey, #44 of the Baltimore Ravens warms up prior to an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on September 5, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)
The Chiefs hate has certainly become a thing for fans, but it is now spreading to the players as well.
The Baltimore Ravens had a chance for a rematch of last year’s AFC Championship when they traveled to Buffalo on Sunday night (the Chiefs had beaten the Houston Texans earlier in the weekend).
The Chiefs defeated Baltimore last year, and certainly the Ravens wanted revenge, but they fell to the Bills, 27-25.
Despite being at home this coming weekend, Ravens star Marlon Humphrey will be emotionally invested in Sunday’s Bills-Chiefs game.
Travis Kelce, #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs, receives and is tackled by Marlon Humphrey, #44 of the Baltimore Ravens, during the first half of an NFL football game at M&T Bank Stadium on September 28, 2020 in Baltimore. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)
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“I have no reason to say this other than being a hater. The Bills or any NFC team needs to beat the Chiefs. We can’t let them keep getting away with this,” Humphrey wrote to X Tuesday.
Much of the hate has come from fans who feel the refs favor the Chiefs, which Mahomes talked about earlier this week.
“I’ve kind of learned that no matter what happens during the game, if you win, something will come of it and you keep winning. So I don’t really pay attention to it,” Mahomes said.
“I mean, obviously, I’ve been on both sides of it as far as how I felt the calls were made, but at the end of the day, man, those guys are doing their best to make the best calls and keep it where the players play in the game. And that’s what determines the outcome. And obviously there was a call here or there that people didn’t agree with. At the same time, I think there were a lot of other plays that really determined the outcome of it soccer match.”
Marlon Humphrey, #44 of the Baltimore Ravens looks on during an NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Los Angeles Rams at M&T Bank Stadium on December 10, 2023 in Baltimore. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)
With a win on Sunday, the Chiefs will be in their fifth Super Bowl since the turn of the decade.
