Chapter 396 Dare to Dream
Suddenly, Provos looked up, but he didn’t expect that West stared back at him without showing any weakness. This made Provos feel guilty. He subconsciously retracted his gaze and lowered his head to look at the bucket of muddy water in front of him.

Not black, but grey, a sickening grey.

West couldn’t bear it any longer and opened fire.

“You should be grateful, or at least pretend to be. Don’t you know how much David and I have paid for you and how hard it is to run David’s tavern? My life is a mess too. God, I can’t find a job either. I can only hope that I can keep my job as a bartender at David’s tavern for a while longer.”

“We have tolerated your perversity and anger time and again. We are not your slaves and do not need to bear your bad temper unconditionally, but we shut our mouths and always stand by you.”

“why?”

“why?”

“Because we are friends. Because our hearts beat for the Kansas Chiefs. Because our lives are awful and hopeless.”

“At least, at least we still have the Chieftain.”

Provos stared blankly at the bucket of gray sewage.

He thought he would burst into tears…

but no.

My eyes were so dry that there was not a trace of moisture in them.

“Chris, it was hard, really hard, but we didn’t give up.”

“This week, during the AFC Championship Game, although we would like to go to Jacksonville to support the team, we obviously can’t. Our wallets can’t afford the travel expenses, so David decided to open the door at the Old Oak Tree and welcome all fans to watch the game together.”

“I think you should come over too.”

“I… I can’t offer more help. I can’t protect myself right now. But at least I can buy you a beer. As for whether you come or not, that’s your decision.”

West stood there waiting for a moment. Provos kept his head down, as if he had not heard the conversation at all. A breath was stuck in West’s chest. Thousands of words surged deep in his throat, but he didn’t say them in the end.

West turned around and took heavy steps.

After taking only two steps, Provos’s voice, full of fatigue, came from behind.

“I am afraid……”

West paused.

“I was afraid that I was a curse and would be the culprit for the team’s loss.”

West turned to look over and was about to speak, but Provos beat him to it this time.

“I want the team to win, believe me, and I also want the team to win the Super Bowl again after half a century; but, I still don’t believe it will happen.”

“I don’t believe in hope.”

“I was worried that the team would lose in the AFC Championship Game. I was worried that my negative energy would become a discordant factor. I was worried that I would become the disaster star.”

Then, Provos looked up at West.

“Even so, do you want me to go over there?”

Life is hard, so hard. Every day they persist consumes all their energy. They have no job, no family, no goals, and no hope. They are trapped in a chaotic area without boundaries and sunshine, slowly being eaten away by loneliness and despair, and are on the brink of collapse at any time.

hope?

That’s too luxurious.

Everything is just like the bucket of sewage in front of me.

West looked at Provos’ expressionless face.

Then, nod.

“Ah.”

Provos opened his mouth slightly, completely stunned. West shook his head slightly.

“Chris, you are not Levi. You are not that important or great. You don’t really believe that you can change the course of the game by yourself, do you?”

Provos: …

“You and I are just nobody, just ordinary fans. Our curses will not cause the team to lose; however, just like drops of water flowing into a river and finally becoming an ocean, our support can become the team’s fighting force.”

“You still have to have dreams. What if they really come true?”

Seeing that West was about to turn around and leave, Provos stood up suddenly and asked, “What if it doesn’t come true?”

West paused for the second time. “Our lives won’t be any worse. At least, we have fought and believed.”

“Look, we’ve broken the 24-year curse, and the next season can’t go any worse no matter how it goes.”

“Chris, you can choose to believe it or not. The choice is always in your hands.”

Without waiting for Provos’ response, West turned and left again.

“If we had a chance to advance to the Super Bowl and we didn’t take it, why wouldn’t it be worse? The only thing worse than hope is to have hope and then lose it. I’d rather have no hope in the first place. Isn’t that worse?” Provost shouted.

But this time, West did not answer. He kept walking away from the alley and disappeared in the bustling crowd in the blink of an eye.

Provos stood there in a daze, his shoulders drooping in despair, looking at the crowd of people cheering and celebrating wantonly in front of him. He suddenly realized something important –

Kansas City hasn’t been this lively in a long, long time.

The lifeless city is slowly recovering. Although it is still winter, one can seem to hear the footsteps of spring approaching quickly.

……

One question is, how far can the Kansas City Chiefs go in this year’s playoffs?

Or to put it another way, when the National League and American League championship game is ready, which of the remaining four teams has the best chance of winning the championship?

alliance:……

A collective loss of voice.

Before the playoffs kicked off, various professionals had already expressed their opinions that this would be the most open season in terms of competition:
Everything is possible.

The biggest attraction of the NFL has always been the fierce competition and unpredictable landscape. The impact of the hard salary cap and the large roster of players leads to a series of unpredictable variables in each offseason, which also makes it possible to have many Super Bowl champions every season.

In the 2017 season, judging from the status of the regular season, the gap between teams is smaller than it seems, and there may be many surprises in the playoffs.

however!
The actual situation is still shocking!

The New Orleans Saints led by Brees, the New England Patriots led by Brady, the Pittsburgh Steelers who have evolved from the “Steel Curtain” to the offensive iron triangle, the Los Angeles Rams with Donald, the Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers who have advanced to the Super Bowl finals in the past two seasons respectively…

A series of teams that had the potential to win the championship, were hot topics, and had strong strength, all failed! All!
completely annihilated!

More unexpected than unexpected.

So, we have this scene in front of us, the last four teams still standing in the playoffs –

The little-known 2012 third-round pick quarterback Nick Foles took over the starting position of the Philadelphia Eagles after Carson Wentz was reimbursed for the season due to injury.

Keenum, the undrafted quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings in 2012, also became the team leader after the main and backup quarterbacks were injured one after another.

The Jacksonville Jaguars, led by mediocre quarterback Bortles, who has failed to make a name for himself in two seasons.

And the Kansas City Chiefs, led by former No. 1 pick Smith, who have only two playoff wins in more than ten years in the league.

……That’s it?
For a moment, it seemed that professionals might not even know where to start when trying to make predictions.

(End of this chapter)