2024 Super Bowl MMQB: History Repeats Itself to Usher in Chiefs Dynasty, Heartbreak for 49ers

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Welcome to Super Bowl LVIII, capping off the 2023 NFL season here at The MMQB. Below are links to everything Albert Breer wrote over the weekend, plus more from our staff.
Inside the Chiefs’ Super Bowl Win, and the Travis Kelce Speech That Inspired Them to Victory
Albert Breer talks to Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce about Saturday’s team meeting, during which the tight end moved his teammates to tears by going off script—a fitting reminder of how nothing but the ending went according to plan for Kansas City Chiefs this season.
Takeaways: With a Super Bowl Loss Comes Roster Questions for 49ers
Albert Breer discusses the San Francisco 49ers’ next steps, including addressing a huge cap hit hovering down the line.
More From the MMQB Staff:
Patrick Mahomes Ensures Chiefs Dynasty With Back-to-Back Titles
Greg Bishop talks to Mahomes about a season filled with dropped passes and close losses, in which the Kansas City quarterback made good on his declaration
Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers Face an All Too Familiar Ending
Conor Orr details Sunday’s loss, punctuating the finality of one of the greatest teams to never win a Lombardi Trophy.
Inside the Chiefs’ Winning Locker Room at Super Bowl LVIII
Gilberto Manzano takes you inside Kansas City’s postgame celebration.
Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers Once Again Fall Short of Super Bowl Title
Greg Bishop unpacks the legacy of a coach missing the biggest game from his résumé.
Gilberto Manzano: Fact or Fiction: Travis Kelce Is the NFL's All-Time Best Tight End
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Albert Breer is a senior writer covering the NFL for Sports Illustrated, delivering the biggest stories and breaking news from across the league. He has been on the NFL beat since 2005 and joined SI in 2016. Breer began his career covering the New England Patriots for the MetroWest Daily News and the Boston Herald from 2005 to '07, then covered the Dallas Cowboys for the Dallas Morning News from 2007 to '08. He worked for The Sporting News from 2008 to '09 before returning to Massachusetts as The Boston Globe's national NFL writer in 2009. From 2010 to 2016, Breer served as a national reporter for NFL Network. In addition to his work at Sports Illustrated, Breer regularly appears on NBC Sports Boston, 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston, FS1 with Colin Cowherd, The Rich Eisen Show and The Dan Patrick Show. A 2002 graduate of Ohio State, Breer lives near Boston with his wife, a cardiac ICU nurse at Boston Children's Hospital, and their three children.
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