Chiefs chase history, Saquon v Spags - 5 Super Bowl storylines
Just like that, we are almost finished for the year.
The NFL season comes to a close tonight as Super Bowl LIX takes place in New Orleans between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
It's been a busy week for Irish NFL fans, with the historic announcement of the home game in Croke Park for the Pittsburgh Steelers, which will take place later this year.
In the meantime, we have one final game, which could change the face of the sport forever.
An unprecedented three-peat is on the line
No team has ever won the Super Bowl three times in a row.
That’s it - it’s the main storyline in the days approaching the game.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is only 29 years old. He has already led the Chiefs to five Super Bowls in six years.
If Kansas City wins on Sunday, Mahomes would not only have four rings, but he would only be three away from Tom Brady’s record of seven Super Bowl wins as a player.
Rings aside, the prospect of an unprecedented three-in-a-row for Kansas City would put the team and its players into sporting immortality.
As incredible as Brady was throughout a generation, he never won three Super Bowls in a row. A win will see Mahomes move up in the discussion of being the best player to play the game, with Andy Reid - who is looking for a fourth win as well - in conversation regarding greatest coach.
It’s easy to say it, but history is on the line. If the Chiefs can do it, the record books will be changed forever.
Eagles resurgence
It’s fair to say that the Philadelphia Eagles have come back from a bad place. Two years ago, they were defeated by the Chiefs in the Super Bowl and last season was one to forget, with storming performances in the first weeks of the year, only for it to fall apart and