Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 845: Re-election
How popular are the Kansas City Chiefs outside of Kansas City, and even outside of Missouri? Are they friendly to passers-by? Are they friendly to neutral fans?

It's all on the Pro Bowl roster.

Last season, after the Kansas City Chiefs made it to the Super Bowl, they only had six players on the Pro Bowl roster. Like the Philadelphia Eagles, the two Super Bowl opponents can be described as brothers in distress.

This season, the Kansas City Chiefs have risen in all aspects, proving with practical actions that "the more controversy, the higher the popularity; the more scolding, the better the performance" -

Levi: I just like the way you guys grit your teeth but have to watch us continue to win.

As a result, with ten players nominated for the Pro Bowl, the Kansas City Chiefs surpassed the eight players nominated for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, and New Orleans Saints, becoming the biggest winners on this year's Pro Bowl roster, proving that they have also established a presence outside of Kansas City.

Offensive team, Mahomes, Levi, Kelce, Hill, Damien, Fisher.

In addition to the "Four Heavenly Kings", the selection of running back Damien Williams and offensive tackle Eric Fisher was a surprise, especially Damien, who came on the field halfway after Hunter left the team. His performance in just a few games made him enter the fans' sight and won him super high popularity.

Defense team, Jones, Houston, Fowler, Ford.

Linebackers Houston and Ford were both shortlisted, and they are still the absolute core of the Kansas City Chiefs' defense. Houston's regular season performance this season is actually average, and he relies more on the popularity accumulated in previous years to attract attention, but it can also be seen from the side that the fan base of the Kansas City Chiefs is continuing to expand.

A small horizontal comparison, this season has grabbed countless attention and focus. The Los Angeles Rams, who have been strong from the regular season to the playoffs and finally advanced to the Super Bowl, only have four players nominated for the Pro Bowl:

Goff and Gurley on the offensive team, Donald on the defensive team, and Cory-Littleton on the special team.

That's it.

Is it because the team didn't perform well enough? Are the players not strong enough?
No, none of them. It's simply because the Los Angeles Rams have not been able to build their own fan base yet. From the side, we can see that the Kansas City Chiefs have made great progress in just two seasons and quietly changed their position in the league.

It is worth mentioning here that JJ Watt is still shining this season. He was shortlisted for the Pro Bowl and the All-American First Team as a defensive tackle, and was shortlisted for the Pro Bowl and the All-American Second Team as a linebacker. He proved with practical actions that when he is healthy, he is still the most threatening top player in the league.

At the same time, all major news outlets across the United States paid full attention to it at the first opportunity.

"Levi, tops the Pro Bowl ticket list for the second consecutive year."

"Levi is so far ahead that the gap cannot be overcome. There is no doubt that he will be crowned the Pro Bowl vote king."

"Levi once again makes history as a running back, leading the Pro Bowl voting for two consecutive years."

"Levi single-handedly turned the unfavorable situation of running backs around and won the attention of fans."

"Beat out Watt and Mahomes, Levi tops Pro Bowl fan voting."

Watch, cheer, celebrate.

Of course, there is also wonder.

If someone had said two years ago that a running back would emerge and become the league's most talked-about, popular and influential player, not only would his jersey sales be far ahead and he would completely dominate the Pro Bowl voting, but more importantly, he would reverse the league's disregard and prejudice against running backs.

Then, you will probably be ridiculed and mocked by the public.

No one believed it, literally no one.

But that's what happened, Levi's sudden emergence changed the alliance's landscape.

For the second consecutive year, Levi defeated popular players such as Watt, Mahomes, Donald, Brady, etc. and took the lead in the Pro Bowl voting.

The point is, there is no objection. Although the voices on social networks who are saying that the grapes are sour because they can't eat them are sarcastically complaining, "Everyone knows that Chinese fans have crazy voting ability", but Levi's unparalleled performance on the court makes these voices seem aggrieved and petty, and the fans who really support Levi don't even bother to argue -

There's no need, really.

All aspects prove that Levi's appearance has indeed brought new changes to the league.

Rookie. Chinese. Running back.

Different labels collided together to produce a chemical reaction, and finally set off a huge wave based on the unparalleled performance on the field and the team's continued soaring results.

Coupled with the rise of Gurley and Henry, Bell's strike, the overall rise of the new generation of running backs represented by McCaffrey and Barkley, and the strong rejuvenation of veteran running backs represented by Peterson, the right time, place and people will all come together.

In the end, Levi almost single-handedly changed the alliance structure.

History was born in this way.

The Pro Bowl is just the tip of the iceberg, the real show is yet to come.

Since the regular season came to an end, the discussion surrounding the regular season MVP and other major awards has never stopped, and it has gone a step further on the basis of last year's noise:
When will the habit of selecting quarterbacks change? Should running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends get the spotlight? How long will the defensive players be ignored?

And so on and so forth.

After three weeks of playoff battles including the wildcard round, divisional round and conference finals, the bustling discussion reached its peak, and then the list of season awards was finally released under the attention of everyone.

It is no exaggeration to say that this should be the most hotly discussed, most closely watched, and most traffic-intensive regular season awards selection since the millennium.

Boom boom boom, boom boom boom, amid the sound of drums, the league finally announced the results of the annual regular season awards.

2018 season, regular season MVP——

Levi, running back, Kansas City Chiefs.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!
The earth was shaking and the mountains were trembling. The entire alliance was filled with thunderous exclamations and cheers. There were voices of support, voices of opposition, and voices of people just watching the show.

Finally, witness history.

Five years after Adrian Peterson won the regular season MVP in the 2012 season, a running back finally won this highest honor of the regular season.

At the same time, this is the second time in 1984 years that a second-year player has been selected as the regular season MVP since quarterback Dan Marino in the season.

Of course, the most important thing is that this is the first Asian regular season MVP in NFL history. The sensation is equivalent to Jackie Robinson becoming the MLB regular season MVP in 1949. It is not only the first non-white regular season MVP in the history of the baseball league, but also the first non-white regular season MVP in the history of the four major sports leagues in the United States.

Now, all eyes are on Levi, because Levi became the first Asian player in the history of the four major sports leagues: NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL to win the regular season MVP.

History, birth.

This is a landmark moment that has attracted the attention of not only North America and Asia, but also Europe and Oceania.

From Jackie Robinson's historic breakthrough to Levi's subversion of prejudice, this step took half a century of long waiting and overcoming difficulties.

The selection of an award has brewed a storm that has swept across the globe with such force that it cannot be stopped.

(End of this chapter)