The Kansas City Chiefs shelled out $40,000 for each and every Super Bowl ring they passed out to avid gamers on Thursday — however the group could not shield against a major typo that penetrated their championship bling.
The jewels were handed out Thursday night in a chic rite at the south garden of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City however it seemed that few, if any person, stuck the engraved error.
On the highest, inside of portion of the ring, which might push down at the wearer’s knuckle, lists ratings of playoff video games gained via the Chiefs and the convention seed of each and every vanquished opponent.
The first postseason win, on that prime line, was once indexed as a 26-7 conquer “MIA [7],” i.e. the Miami Dolphins who occupied the No. 7 AFC seed of the event, consistent with the ring.
But actually, the Dolphins were the No. 6 seed of the American Football Conference.
The NFL playoffs come with 14 groups, seven each and every from the AFC and NFC — four division winners and three wildcards, squads that did not win their department however had the following ultimate information.
In each and every convention, the department winners are seeded 1 to 4 and the wildcards 5 to 7. The No. 1 groups get a first-week, postseason bye whilst No. 2 performs No. 7, No. 3 takes on No. 6 and No. 4 faces off in opposition to No. 5.
Kansas City had the third-best report of AFC department winners and thus have been seeded No. 3 whilst Miami had the second-best wildcard mark, so the Dolphins were No. 6.
That Kansas City-Miami, No. 3-vs.No. 6 recreation, became out to be some of the playoff season’s most important contests for quite a lot of off-the-field problems.
It was once the primary NFL playoff video games proven, out of marketplace, solely on streaming and set a digital record via Peacock, NBC’s streaming platform.
That recreation was once additionally the fourth coldest contest in NFL historical past and would possibly have led to a couple enthusiasts struggling amputations because of sub-freezing temperatures and frostbite — regardless that Taylor Swift and the Kelce family have been stored safely at the back of glass that frigid evening.
A rep for the Chiefs may now not be right away reached for touch upon Friday.
The Chiefs gained their moment consecutive Super Bowl, defeating the San Francisco 49ers, the No. 1 seed of the NFC, 25-22 in extra time, in Las Vegas on Feb. 11.