Kansas City Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bills in the AFC championship game: How the Chiefs became NFL villains
The Kansas City Chiefs have become America's anti-hero of the NFL, with football fans hoping the Buffalo Bills to halt the champs at the AFC Championship.
Familiarity must breed contempt because the dynastic Kansas City Chiefs have become America's antihero of pro football, triggering a groundswell of support for the Buffalo Bills to halt the perpetually reigning champs at Sunday's AFC championship.
There's slightly better than a 50-50 chance that the two-time-defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs will appear in their fifth title game in six seasons, much to the chagrin of football fans across the country.
Judging by social media content and sports talk phone calls, many football diehards would like to see someone other than Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, reveling in New Orleans on Feb. 9.
"People are simply tired of the Kansas City Chiefs," Rob Holub, who teaches sports management at the University of New Haven, told NBC News. He recalled how the Chiefs, not that long ago, were themselves an inspirational Cinderella story.
"America always wants an underdog and always wants a new underdog," Holub said.
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