The Kansas City Chiefs had their latest championship ring ceremony late Thursday night to celebrate their run as back-to-back Super Bowl winners. Before we know it, the Chiefs will be pursuing the first three-peat in NFL history, but regardless of what happens in 2024, they’ll have some incredible hardware to hang onto.
Modern championship rings are always stunning achievements of craftsmanship to me, but this new piece of jewelry for the Chiefs organization is truly next-level stuff.
529 diamonds. 38 rubies. One back-to-back champion. pic.twitter.com/cLkX96R6Vh
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) June 14, 2024
This is what greatness looks like 💍 pic.twitter.com/tZyiTjcAby
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) June 14, 2024
This ring can’t talk, but it sure speaks for itself.@Jostens | #ChiefsKingdom pic.twitter.com/1e5flX5cuJ
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) June 14, 2024
You can see the detailed diagram above that shows off the rationale behind literally all 529 diamonds in each Chief’s ring. The bitter Bengals bro in me wants to say, “Isn’t it a little bit, you know…much?” But at the same time, if you win the Super Bowl, dance on whomever’s graves you want, aggrandize any of your trivial standalone achievements, and savor every little corner of the season you just had. I’m a tad surprised Kansas City didn’t have a “been here before” mentality when it came to designing the ring, though.
But yeah, we do indeed have action shots of Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce flaunting their latest piece of glory:
The back-to-back champs have been crowned 💍 pic.twitter.com/k2TTP2YOJs
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) June 14, 2024
Maybe the fellas will feel generous this year and leave some for the rest of us impoverished 31 NFL fan bases who’d like to see our guys lift the Lombardi Trophy. Alas, I feel like the time to get the Chiefs was last season, when their offense was sputtering and they had a no-name receiving corps. They got the fastest player in the draft in Xavier Worthy, along with whatever other gems GM Brett Veach unearthed that we don’t know about yet.
My favorite detail in the ring beyond all the bling is actually the “Tom & Jerry” play design, which Andy Reid dialed up for Mecole Hardman on the game-winning TD of Super Bowl LVIII.
Chiefs Super Bowl Ring opens up to show a Diagram their game-winning Play Call "Tom & Jerry" pic.twitter.com/9jQlfCd5Qx
— Coach Dan Casey (@CoachDanCasey) June 14, 2024
Chiefs "Tom and Jerry" game winning play on the top of the championship ring, greatest ring design ever pic.twitter.com/oqZyyITRlI https://t.co/AqFf0bed5h
— Russ' TD ⚡ (@RussFcb) June 14, 2024
How do these jewelry makers do it? Blows my mind every single time. The question is, who will prevent the Chiefs from doing this same damn thing at the same time next year? My guy Joe Burrow is, fingers crossed, finally going to go through a normal training camp and be ready to fire on all cylinders all season long. I don’t see anyone else stepping up to challenge Kansas City and take the throne.
As much respect as I have for the greatness of legends like Reid, Mahomes, Kelce, and Chris Jones, we need some new blood! Going from roughly two decades of a Patriots dynasty straight into this!? Come on!
Oh hey, PS, look at Rashee Rice out there having fun! What a good guy. So glad he’s having a whale of a time.
BLINGED UP!!!@isiah_pachecoRB x @RiceRashee11 pic.twitter.com/PevDhlBqW8
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) June 14, 2024
