Looking forward, backward

The NFC and AFC championship games were played this weekend and the winners were Andy Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs and Andy Reid’s former team the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles blew out the San Francisco 49ers and the Chiefs pulled out a last-second victory over last year’s Super Bowl runner-up Cincinnati Bengals.

The AFC championship game matched last year’s foes once again in what has become an evenly matched rivalry.

Winning in the NFL consistently is not an easy thing. Last year’s Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams fell on hard times because of injuries. Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp was inj...