Super Bowl LVIII will take place in less than two weeks after the conclusion of the AFC and NFC championship games this weekend. The San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs will face each other for Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, but some fans on the Internet are suggesting this was a matchup planned by the NFL from the start.
During the AFC Championship, the Chiefs, featuring stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, visited the home field of the Baltimore Ravens, where it was thought that NFL MVP candidate Lamar Jackson would lead his team to victory. With a series of penalties, turnovers and the like, the Chiefs defense proved too much and their experience shone through.
For the NFC Championship, the Detroit Lions seemed to get away with the whole thing in the first half as Jared Goff twisted the 49ers' secondary. However, it all fell apart in the second half as Brock Purdy and the rest of the offense started to heat up with the Lions unable to answer at the buzzer.
For many, that wasn't the desired outcome, as the Lions had a feel-good story for a franchise long frozen out of contention for a Super Bowl title, while the Ravens, behind Jackson's talents, hoped to bring the title home for Charm City once again.
As it stands, some fans on the Internet are suggesting that the 49ers-Chiefs series is a desirable outcome from a ratings standpoint, pointing to the Chiefs' Kelce and the hype surrounding his relationship with Taylor Swift as a marketing push, while the 49ers are one of the top teams in the league with Purdy, Christian McCaffrey and Christian McCaffrey leading the offense. We have those reactions below.
Super Bowl LVIII will take place on February 11th.
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