Kingdom: How Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, and the Kansas City Chiefs Returned to Super Bowl Glory

by Adam Teicher, Dick Vermeil

Overview

After 50 years of waiting, Kansas City Chiefs fans were hungry for a return to Super Bowl glory. In 2020, their patience was rewarded in dramatic, exuberant fashion with a second-half comeback for the ages against the San Francisco 49ers. ESPN's Adam Teicher expertly retraces the team's unforgettable championship season as well as the moves and moments that made it all possible—the hiring of head coach Andy Reid in 2013, drafting future-MVP Patrick Mahomes, the heart-wrenching AFC Championship loss to the Patriots in 2019 that lingered in the mind of every player, and more. Teicher captures the mood of the team week by week, every step of the way, profiling numerous players, coaches, and key figures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641255530
Publisher:	Triumph Books
Publication date:	09/08/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Adam Teicher is an ESPN NFL Nation reporter covering the Kansas City Chiefs. He previously covered the Chiefs for 20 seasons for the Kansas City Star.
A good friend of Andy Reid's, Vermeil was the Chiefs head coach from 2001 to 2005. He resides in Napa Valley, California.

Table of Contents

Foreword Dick Vermeil xi

Introduction xvii

1 A 50-Year Wait 1

2 Hill Goes Down, and Watkins Steps Up 31

3 The Legion of Zoom 41

4 Battle of the MVPs 53

5 Less Is More 67

6 Recipe for Defeat 77

7 Defensive Growing Pains 85

8 Mahome's Scary Knee Injury 95

9 Matt Moore to the Rescue 105

10 Cheetah Speed 113

11 Schwartz Sits, But Mahomes Returns 125

12 The Defense Rises in Mexico 133

13 Dominating the AFC West 143

14 Revenge Against the Patriots 153

15 Kelce Makes History 163

16 Prime-Time Mahomes 171

17 FitzMagic Time 181

18 A Comeback for the Ages 191

19 The Lamar Hunt Trophy 203

20 Win One for Andy 217

Acknowledgments 233