I’m not sure if the Kansas City Chiefs giving a signed Patrick Mahomes jersey to the Pope means that they fear the Tennessee Titans or that they are a lock to win by eleventy billion points. Per EverythingLubbock.com:
The picture shows the bishop during an ad limina visit. According to the Vatican’s website, an ad limina visit is an obligatory pilgrimage to Rome as a way to strengthen their faith and leadership by visiting historical sites and meeting with other clergy.
The photo description states:
The “ad limina” visit is an important moment in the exercise of the Holy Father’s pastoral ministry: in fact, on such a visit, the Supreme Pastor receives the Pastors of the particular Churches and discusses with them questions concerning their ecclesial mission. The point of reference is a visit to the tombs of St. Peter and Paul, pastors and pillars of the Roman Church.
I understand that it’s in vogue, right now, to circumvent the rules to get an edge over your opponent, but turning to the Almighty’s right-hand man in a bid for a little extra consideration seems a bit much. For the Titans’ sake, they better hope this doesn’t turn into an Angels in the Endzone type situation and Sammy Watkins is catching passes 100ft in the air. If that happens, you know it means that the Lord took the sweetener of the jersey and is putting the Kansas City Chiefs into the Super Bowl. Not even Ryan Tannehill‘s quest for ultimate redemption can supersede the decree of the Almighty, I hope.
This does give me pause to wonder; does this mean that the Chiefs fear Derrick Henry and the pain he is looking to inflict on them? They’ve seen the record-breaking stuff he has done over the last month. It’s understandable that they would feel that they would need a little extra to stop him. And trying any other means in an attempt to stop his will seems useless when you can just gift wrap an autographed Patrick Mahomes jersey to the Bishop of Rome. Why waste time with quick-fix methods such as doing pushups and listening to hardcore music when you can appeal to the Pope’s love for American Football.
This brings up the obvious question; has Andy Reid sold his soul for a Super Bowl victory? I think when you send one of heaven’s minions to the Vatican to give the leader of the Catholic church a gift from your team, then you’re basically selling your soul. I get it. You’ve tried dozens of other ways to try and win the big game and you’ve come up empty. Doing anything and everything you can do to win is a real “team guy” move. Not sure what happens to your soul when you actively trade it for something, but I’m sure it’s worth it to get into the same category as guys like Tony Dungy and Gary Kubiak.
By the way, I want to live in a world where the Catholic Church gets investigated for receiving improper benefits due to being given this jersey. That would be a fun day on the internet.
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Hope it’s a good game. Maybe giving the Pope a jersey worked!