Kelce and the Chiefs are just a win away from becoming the first NFL team in 19 years to win back-to-back Super Bowls. That’s a far cry from the team’s midseason slump that could have ruined their repeat hopes. But, Reid kept them steady.

This isn’t the best team Reid has coached but it just might be his best coaching job.Sure, he still has Patrick Mahomes. But the two-time NFL and Super Bowl MVP had a subpar season by his lofty standards. He didn’t get much help from his wide receivers at times. They led the league in drops. Mahomes once again counted on Kelce, who had a slight dip in production to go with a massive increase in global attention due to his relationship with Taylor Swift.

After starting 6-1, the Chiefs lost five of eight games. At 9-6, they even had a shot to miss the playoffs and ended up with their most losses since 2017.

No chance Reid would let them stumble further. The Chiefs won the next two games to clinch their eighth straight AFC West title and have kept on winning in the playoffs, beating Miami at home in the wild card round, going on the road to beat Buffalo in the divisional round and No. 1-seeded Baltimore in the AFC championship game.