San Diegans may be sick of hearing about the greatness of coach Andy Reid, who was hard on the final few San Diego Chargers teams after the rival Kansas City Chiefs hired him in 2013.
The Patrick Mahomes hoopla can get rather thick, too.
But now that the problem-solving coach and playmaking quarterback have won two Super Bowls together, both via a second-half comeback from 10 points down versus a top-tier defense, know this:
The Reid-Mahomes Chiefs are the NFL's best successor yet to the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady Patriots dynasty that collected six trophies.
And, unfortunately for the Chargers and other Chiefs rivals, Kansas City's 38-35 victory Sunday night in Super Bowl LVII against the Philadelphia Eagles apparently won't persuade Reid, 64, to step down while he's on top.
"No, no," Reid said after clutching the Lombardi Trophy, when Fox TV's Terry Bradshaw asked if he might now chose to ride into the sunset. "I'm going to enjoy this one right here."
The Chiefs trailed 24-14 at halftime. Then they figured out a few things.
Here's their offense's second half: touchdown, touchdown, touchdown and a 66-yard drive for a game-winning field goal.
A San Diego connection contributed to their surge.
"Eric Bieniemy did a great job," Reid said of his longtime coordinator who was a running back on the only San Diego team to reach a Super Bowl.
Doing Bieniemy proud, Chiefs rookie running back Isiah Pacheco fueled a second-half ground surge that pumped 49 yards into the opening TD drive of 75 yards.
Reid and Bieniemy were just warming up.
On the next two scoring drives, Chiefs receivers ran uncovered for easy, short TDs. The Eagles looked like someone had de-pantsed them. The use of motion and "yo-yo" routes — in, then out — preceded each defensive breakdown.
Mahomes being Mahomes, as it turned out, was enough to complete the comeback.
His signature play of the night was a 26-yard run that led to Harrison Butker's 27-yard field goal with eight seconds left, breaking the 35-35 tie and all but clinching a red-confetti shower.
Mahomes is not a fast sprinter by NFL standards. His 4.8-second 40-yard dash placed him in the 56-percentile of his QB draft class.
But he is as fast as he needs to be. He's uncanny that way, reminiscent of Joe Montana. Though his amazing throws rate first mention, his mobility underscored both of his Super Bowl victories, this time despite the high ankle sprain he sustained three weeks ago.
"M-V-Pat!" hollered Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who collected a Mahomes floater for a 24-yard TD pass to tie it, 7-7, after the first-drive play design matched him against a safety.
"This guy is as close to Superman as you can get," Reid said of Mahomes.
Paid top dollar by Chiefs owner Clark Hunt after the Eagles fired him, Reid has been worth tens of millions of dollars more than his salary.
The Chiefs had won one Super Bowl before Reid took over. They've since gone to three Super Bowls, winning two. Mahomes, the QB he drafted, is only 27.
Reid hired Bieniemy and defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, who used four rookies in his secondary this year. Reid drafted future All-Pros Kelce and Chris Jones, who played for both Super Bowl winners. Another All-Pro selection was Tyreek Hill, whose expulsion from Oklahoma State on a domestic-violence conviction scared off some teams. Hill made a pivotal deep-ball catch in the Super Bowl win three years ago and returned five draft picks last March in a trade.
Not afraid to trade draft picks during the season, Reid and Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach obtained receiver-returner Kadarius Toney from the New York Giants in November.
There was risk — the kind of the Chargers avoid — given Toney's uneven career.
The reward: Toney caught one of the TD passes against the snookered Eagles, moving the Chiefs to their first lead, and evaded several defenders on a 65-yard punt return. The longest punt return in a Super Bowl, it led to another TD and a 35-27 lead.
It was Reid (and Veach) who identified Mahomes as a future star and moved up 17 spots in the 2017 draft to get him 10th overall, having exhaled when the Chargers drafted receiver Mike Williams seventh. It was the last Chargers draft conducted from the franchise's offices in San Diego. The moving vans would head north soon thereafter. With Mahomes, the Chiefs zoomed into the fast lane. A whole bunch of NFL teams haven't been able to keep up.
