Yes, the Chiefs are an NFL Dynasty

The "D word" came out repeatedly last night after the Kansas City Chiefs bested the 49'er in Super Bowl LVIII. It was an overtime thriller with Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs coming away with the 25-22 victory.

Can you say "Dynasty", boys and girls? Is it hyperbole to put that tag on the Reid and Mahomes-led team now that they've got three Super Bowls in the bag? That's 3 out of the last 5, including back-to-back wins for the last two Super contests. 

Well, I think it's not. Not hyperbole. What the Chiefs have done is remarkable. It's more than that. It's extraordinary and it's elevated Mahomes into the Stratosphere of NFL quarterbacks.

There was no shortage of post-game articles and broadcasts where Mr. Mahomes was mentioned along with Brady and Montana. And while it's justified based on what he's been able to do in the last five years, he's going to have to continue to perform at that Herculean level to justify a lot of the talk I've heard in the 24 hours since he tossed that last TD pass to Mecole Hardman to put the Chiefs' third NFL title in the bag. 

It's good to remember in this context that Brady retired with seven Super Bowl wins under his belt and Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw each had four. And Montana was 4 for 4, something I'm 100% sure will never happen again. Yeah, the Dynasty tag surely fit the 49'ers in the Joe Montana-Jerry Rice era.

I think it's worth mentioning another salient fact in the context of this back-to-back and 3 out of 5 talk: the Chiefs played in 4 of the last 5 Super Bowls and the only team to beat them in that remarkable stretch was the Buccaneers. Brady and the Bucs spanked 'em, 31-9 in Super Bowl LV, a feat no other team had been able to pull off against the Chiefs in that illustrious five-year span. And that gave TB 12 his seventh and final Super Bowl ring. 

Mahomes is only 28 and there's no doubt that--barring serious injury--he will continue gathering trophies and accolades as he continues on with his Hall of Fame career. 

And that Dynasty stuff? Yeah, it fits. It's not just hype or happy hour chatter from Chiefs fans. And to what lofty heights will Patrick, Andy Reid and Kansas City's remarkable team ascend as we go forward?

Well, we're about to find out...

"Bulldog Ben” Basile

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tRump clashes with Philly, looks ridiculous!

Most of you have probably heard about the back-and-forth between our #PoserPrez and the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

In the unlikely chance that you haven't, a quick summary for you: several Eagles decided they did not want to come to the White House in light of tRump's many openly racist pronouncements including the time he called NFL players who choose to kneel for the National Anthem at NFL games "sons of bitches."

When tRump got wind of this development he decided to un-invite the team rather than risk what could well have been a pretty underwhelming photo op.

The tweet that he sent after coming to that decision is typical tRump drivel. It basically attempts to brand Eagle players who weren't keen on the visit as unpatriotic and depicts anyone who doesn't fetishize the National Anthem or see an immediate link from it to support for the military as un-American at best and enemies of the State at worst.

I thought tRump's tweet was a piece of garbage. Many in the media also called B.S. on Fearless Leader's irrational and one-sided view which is laid bare by reading the tweet. And here it is:

"We will proudly be playing the National Anthem and other wonderful music celebrating our Country today at 3 P.M., The White House, with the United States Marine Band and the United States Army Chorus. Honoring America! NFL, no escaping to Locker Rooms!"

Our unPOTUS has a long history of making illogical and bombastic statements to poke his fingers in the eyes of his political enemies or people he dislikes. Many, as in this case, come in the form of a tweet.

There is no possible way that this incident--involving the victors in this year's Super Bowl--will be the last test of wills between a hateful and publicity-seeking con man on one side and a championship sports team on the other. It will continue to play out at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and on twitter with each NBA Championship, Stanley Cup, Super Bowl and World Series.

And the result will be the same. Athletes and sports franchises who see tRump for the hateful, self-centered usurper that he is will avoid allowing themselves to be used to promote another one of his megalomaniacal PR stunts. And he'll strike back at them, using twitter, another ridiculous statement uttered by the spokesperson of the week, or whatever platform is available to him at the time.

And the insane, cringe-worthy cycle, like everything we see coming from the perpetual shit show that is the tRump administration, will repeat itself over and over until--at last--we're successful at removing this charlatan from the office he and his teammate Vlad conspired to steal.



"Bulldog Ben" Basile



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The Eagles finally bring home the Lombardi Trophy!

Tonight's 41-33 win by the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII came as a bit of a shock to many fans. No, not just fans in New England.

The Patriots were favored to win this one, but Tom Brady fell just a wee bit short with that 4th quarter comeback this time. He threw three TD's and cracked the 500 yard mark, all to no avail.

Brady's Hail Mary with no time on the clock took one high bounce off a defender's hands while Gronk tried in vain to get high enough to pull off a miraculous catch. The pigskin then thudded to the ground two feet into the end zone.

Just wasn't gonna happen. I think it was just Philly's year. I'm a long-time Pats fan, but the Eagles truly deserved it. This was, as you may know, their first-ever win in the BIG one!

Philadelphia QB Nick Foles was the MVP and that was also well-deserved; Nick played well when it counted this season and was smoking hot all through the play offs.

Eagles fans are in the process of celebrating as I write this. Celebrating BIG time!

I think the future for the Philly franchise is quite good, it's a fairly young team.

The future for whatever cars may be parked outside the bars and sports pubs in downtown Philly... not so great! We'll see how that works out; I'll be watching the morning news shows! Yeah!



Just a bit too full of chips, pizza and beer, I am,

"Bulldog Ben" Basile