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Bill Plaschke: Read it and weep, world's worst Super Bowl prophet picks Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs play the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12, 2023 at State Farm Stadium.

PHOENIX — Listen up. I'm on a winning streak.

Ignore my 6-17 record in predicting Super Bowl winners, surely the worst of any knucklehead journalist who has consistently wasted entire workdays for more than two decades while writing 23 of these silly columns.

Forget that I once picked the wrong team for 11 consecutive years, picking against the Patriots every time, following my heart. How I wanted those cheaters to lose.

Don't pay attention to the fact that I once picked the Buffalo Bills for three consecutive years, more predictions from the heart, even as Scott Norwood's lost kick and Thurman Thomas' lost helmet broke that heart.

Set aside my misguided

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