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MMQB Championship Weekend: Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl LVIII Is Set

Links to our coverage from Sunday, including conversations with Andy Reid, Steve Spagnuolo, Trent McDuffie and NFL execs, plus insight on the coaching carousel.

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Welcome to 2024 NFL championship weekend here at The MMQB. Below are links to everything Albert Breer wrote over the weekend, plus more from our staff.

Inside Patrick Mahomes’s Biggest Play in the AFC Championship

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback has a chance to win back-to-back Super Bowls after the Chiefs defeated the Ravens in the AFC championship on Sunday.
The Chiefs came up with the eventual dagger at the team hotel on Saturday night :: Tommy Gilligan/USA TODAY Sports

Albert Breer talks to Andy Reid, Matt Nagy and Marquez Valdes-Scantling to break down the game-winning play.

Super Bowl LVIII Preview: What You Need to Know About Chiefs-49ers

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy will square off against Kansas City chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.
“The Niners are way more talented than the Chiefs, way more explosive than the Chiefs. But the Chiefs have surprised me the last two weeks,” says one exec :: Kelley L Cox/USA TODAY Sports (left); Geoff Burke/USA TODAY Sports (right)

Albert Breer hears from NFL execs on what a Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl will come down to.

Takeaways: How Chiefs Players Honored Their Defensive Coordinator After Shutting Down the Ravens

Kansas City's defensive players honored defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo by wearing this T-shirt after the Chiefs' win over the Ravens in the AFC championship.
Spagnuolo has a special relationship with his defensive unit :: Orlando Ramirez/USA TODAY Sports (left); Albert Breer (right)

Albert Breer talks to Steve Spagnuolo, Trent McDuffie, Justin Reid and more about the team’s bond with its DC.

More From the MMQB Staff: 

Christian McCaffrey, Michael Strahan, Kyle Shanahan and Brock Purdy all stand on stage celebrating as confetti falls around them
It’s all or nothing for Kyle Shanahan’s star-studded roster :: Kelley L Cox/USA TODAY Sports

Conor Orr: Congrats, 49ers, You Could Be the Best Team to Not Win a Super Bowl

Gilberto Manzano: Dan Campbell Doesn’t Deserve Criticism for Lions’ Loss to 49ers

Gilberto Manzano: Fact or Fiction: The Chiefs’ Offensive Issues Were Overblown

Conor Orr: Chiefs Land More Punches in Bout for AFC Championship

Matt Verderame: NFL Championship Sunday: Chiefs Headed Back to Defend Super Bowl Title

Matt Verderame: Counting Down the NFL’s 50 Most Influential Teams

Gilberto Manzano: NFL Championship Week Winners and Losers

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Albert Breer
ALBERT BREER

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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