Super Bowl 59 - Pregame Three Thoughts
Kansas City and Philadelphia meet yet again in the final battle of the 2024 season.
“The best-laid schemes of mice and men
Go oft awry,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!” - Robert Burns
I will allow the Scottish poet to explain what happened to SturmStack this week. I do make plans, I promise. For instance, next week, I plan on doing a Morning After on the Super Bowl, a piece with Jamey Newberg about the Rangers and I plan on dropping the next edition of the annual Super Bowl-era NFL Franchise Rankings as well as another six draft prospects in the Sturm 60.
Yes, I have best-laid plans and schemes.
But this week, I didn’t really get to my plans. Instead of a big piece on the Cowboys' offensive rebuild, another one on Howie Roseman’s genius, and a look at the QB GOAT conversation, we pivoted hard. Instead, we wrote three different Luka pieces that set traffic records for our little newsletter because it was all we could think about.
So, you plan, but then news breaks, and we try to fix it.
However, those choices do not change the fact that Sunday is fast approaching, and we have to write something in anticipation of our big Super Bowl Sunday. So, without any further ado... Here are my Pre-Super Bowl Thoughts:
Regardless of how you feel about the Kansas City Chiefs, We should never be sick of greatness and wish it would go away.
Are you one of the millions who have claimed you are “tired of the Chiefs?” Now, you are welcome to feel however you want, but I am a firm believer, after 52 years on this planet, that dynasties are rare and should be treasured. It doesn’t mean you have to cheer for them because cheering against dynasties is also fun. But it does mean you should absolutely appreciate the rarity of their existence, as everything in our sports world conspires to keep dynasties from happening. The salary cap, the draft, and of course, our attention spans want everyone to have a turn like we are in kindergarten or something, and what that produces is nothing memorable. Just look at the last five Super Bowls and soon-to-be six: