Dominate the Super Bowl

Chapter 449: 448 United as one Chapter 449: 448 United as one In fact, Revis had joined the Kansas City Chiefs for less than two months, and he was no different from a mercenary, not familiar with most of the team.

And Berry?

Even more of a stranger.

They had never trained or played together, nor had they formally introduced themselves.

If Revis said he trusted and respected the Defensive group captain, even Berry himself would probably laugh it off.

But at this moment, these circumstances did not prevent Revis from standing behind Li Wei.

He knew the pain of injuries, the desolation of a veteran’s undying ambition, and the bitterness of wavering between retirement and the choice to continue fighting.

All of this, Revis had experienced and was still experiencing.

He understood more clearly than Li Wei and the others the pain that Berry was facing at this moment.

It was precisely because of this that the support of Li Wei and the others was all the more precious.

At that time, Revis also needed such support, but regrettably, he did not find it and could only rely on his own strength to grope forward in the darkness.

And now.

Revis looked at Li Wei, who stood in front of the team like a lone arrowhead, feeling somewhat envious of Berry and somewhat admiring of Li Wei—

If he could play under such a captain, would his reputation as a locker room troublemaker be somewhat different?

One.

Two.

Three, four, five.

All the players of the Kansas City Chiefs stood behind Li Wei, and it wasn’t just Berry, even Childres was surging with emotion at the sight.

And Li Wei, still resolute, his bright eyes unflinchingly steady under the sunlight.

“Likewise, let me tell you what will happen next,”

“You’ll bandage your heel and go to Minnesota in a wheelchair to watch the Super Bowl, you will witness us becoming Super Bowl Champions, you’ll be itching to play and can only push your wheelchair waiting to collect your first championship prize amidst our mockery and teasing.”

“You will continue to rehabilitate, you will endure the longest, most helpless, most difficult ten months of your life, then make a comeback, and face difficulties and challenges with us, fighting to defend our title.”

“No one said any of this would be easy, especially for a thirty-year-old guy.

Maybe the whole League will write you off, maybe in a few days, no one will even keep discussing this matter.”

“But.”

“Do you remember who won the League’s Comeback Player of the Year Award in the 2015 season?”

Berry was taken aback—

The so-called Comeback Player of the Year Award is granted to those players who, for various reasons, have fallen into a slump but have climbed back to the peak of their performance.

Each year, the League votes to choose the winner.

In December 2014, Berry was diagnosed with lymphoma, forcing him to miss the remainder of the season and undergo a long, arduous treatment process.

In 2015, Berry returned from his injury, putting together what could be called a perfect season.

He not only made it to the Pro Bowl and the All-America First Team but also won that season’s Comeback Player of the Year Award without any dispute.

It had been only a short three years since that nightmare.

But now, Berry had to stand tall once again and fight for his professional career, not only for the championship and for victory but even more to step back onto that field, to once again feel those sprints, those pursuits, those impacts, to once again feel the taste of adrenaline burning.

“Eric Berry.”

“The name is Eric Berry.”

“If there’s anyone on the team who could overcome injuries, age, and return with a miraculous comeback, the first one I would pick is Eric Berry.”

“Because he’s the man who escaped from the clutches of the Grim Reaper.”

“We are waiting for the man who once again fights not just for the sport, but for his life.”

“When we stand on the Super Bowl stage again, give me back this coin.

Trust me, if it’s my bet, it’s mine.

It can’t run away.”

Ha ha.

Berry couldn’t help it anymore and burst into laughter.

However, after the laughter, the bitterness at the tip of his tongue and the sighs permeated the air.

Without intending to, Berry looked at Li Wei, his mind bustling with thoughts.

A sudden pang of sourness hit his nose, and his vision blurred, embarrassing Berry.

He hurriedly looked up at the sky to hide his emotions and quickly changed the subject.

“Climbing to the top of the Super Bowl, you’re that confident?

Are you sure?”

Li Wei nodded, “Yeah.”

His neat response caught Berry off guard.

It wasn’t just him, all the other players were also staring blankly at Li Wei.

Li Wei revealed a smile, “If there’s only one person in the entire world who believes we can reach the top of the Super Bowl, it should be ourselves.”

“Even if everyone else is against us, we should still believe in ourselves.”

“I don’t read the news, I don’t know if people support the Philadelphia Eagles more or us; but to me, we are our biggest supporters, we believe we can win, we believe we can fight to the very end, we believe we can strive till the last second in the face of any difficulty, we believe the story of the Kansas City Chiefs is not over yet.”

“So, Eric, come to the game, fight alongside us.”

Berry: …

Berry didn’t expect to be so vulnerable.

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but a lump in his throat arose, and the warmth in his eyes surged, nearly uncontrollable.

He quickly bowed his head, rubbed his eyes, and mumbled an explanation that came out unclear.

Houston noticed and mercilessly teased, “Someone said the thing they hate the most in the world is whining and crying.”

Ha ha.

Amidst the laughter, Berry quickly wiped the awkwardness off his face and yelled at Houston, “Get lost.”

Houston had already regained his senses, and with Li Wei taking up the mantle of captain, he had no reason to undermine him, “Let’s agree to this, if anyone wants to object, I don’t want to hear it, all of you get lost.”

Ha ha ha, the laughter erupted.

Revis never expected he would come to like Kansas City.

Revis had started with the New York Jets and even returned to them later, but with the Jets, he never received the respect he deserved.

The turmoil in the locker room and the chaos in the front office kept them constantly in the whirlpool of infighting.

Even though the Jets had given him everything he now had, he never truly liked the team.

Later he transferred to the New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers respectively.

The former gave him the only Super Bowl Championship ring of his career, but he didn’t like Belichick’s strict military style; the latter felt purely mercenary, and he left after a short season.

Even though Revis was said to be one of the top cornerbacks of the second decade of the twenty-first century, he never found his team.

Revis himself hadn’t expected, that he would feel a sense of belonging with the Kansas City Chiefs.

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But, Revis admitted, looking at the scene before him, he truly found the peace that had been absent over the past ten years.

Berry still had traces of tears in his eyes, looking through the moisture at Li Wei, whose eyes were firm and bright, showing his belief.

Slowly, Berry closed his hand, gripping the coin tighter and tighter:

This time, he would not miss the promise.