I thought this was a great occasion to come out of blogging hibernation. I was not a churched kid, but I did spend many Sunday mornings through my childhood at Arrowhead stadium, rooting on my hapless Chiefs. I remember as a 12-yr-old kid being filled with so much hope following the 1983 draft when the Chiefs drafted national champion Penn State QB Todd Blackledge (taking him before future hall-of-famers Dan Marino and Jim Kelly), only for Blackledge to be perhaps the greatest draft bust in Chiefs' history. So great a disappointment was Blackledge that the organization would not draft another QB in the first round until... 34-years later in 2017,... BUT WHAT A PICK!!! Patrick Mahomes is now the face of the NFL and as they say a true generational talent. And now as a result of that decision to move up from the 27th spot to the 10th spot in that 2017 draft to get Mahomes, the Chiefs are going to the SuperBowl for the first time since January of 1970 (50 years ago, over a year before I was born in 1971!) I'm especially pumped up for the late Lamar Hunt, Chiefs' owner and founder of the original AFL, and for his family. The AFC championship trophy bears his name, and in this video we see his widow Norma, who has never missed a SuperBowl game in 54 years of SuperBowls, enjoying the moment so much! Lamar's son Clark who is now CEO/owner of the Chiefs in his quiet, humble way, gives a shout-out to the Lord- how great is that?
HOW ABOUT THOSE CHIEFS???!!!
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