Xavier Worthy Argues About Chiefs vs. Eagles Super Bowl 'Luck'

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Adam Schultz | Last updated Feb 5, 2025 5:45 PM ET

The Kansas City Chiefs have been the gold standard for NFL success over the last three seasons.

Now on the cusp of history with a three-peat within touching distance, many have picked and prodded over how the team has gotten to this point.

Some have pulled out the refereeing controversy as one reason, while others think that the Chiefs simply get lucky in close games.

But to that, Xavier Worthy has a rebuttal.

“A lot of people say, oh yeah, like it's luck and stuff, it's not luck because we’re practicing this stuff that we go through throughout the week,” Worthy said. “We went through throughout OTAs, training camp, we had practices in training camp where we had long drive drill, we had the two-minute drill, we had four-minute, we worked on third downs while we were tired at the end of practice. So it's stuff that we worked on, so that's just a tribute to what we worked on throughout the offseason.”

Including the playoffs, the Chiefs are 12-0 in one-score games. Can you really get that "lucky" so often? Or, as Worthy stated, is it down to the fact that when it comes to situational football, the Chiefs are better than most teams and always find a way to win games?

Whichever side you're on, the Chiefs' success over the past three years is something to be admired, and with only the Philadelphia Eagles standing in their way at history, some don't even want Andy Reid's team to accomplish that due to all their recent success.

But if they do win in New Orleans, you can bet that it won't be down to pure luck.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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