Does the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl ring have an error?
While mistakes can happen, they always feel a little worse when there is a cost involved. Especially when the cost is $40,000 a pop as the Chiefs found out.
The Kansas City Chiefs received their Super Bowl rings this week but there was a bit of a surprise in store for the back-to-back champions. It likely won’t matter much to the men in red but it’s still a funny reminder that even at the highest level, people make mistakes.
Chiefs’ Super Bowl rings include a typo
According to reports this week, the Kansas City Chiefs have a typo in the Super Bowl rings which were unveiled to the team on Thursday night in a ceremony. The rings which cost $40,000 each feature a band on the inside that lists the scores of each of the postseason games that comprised the team’s path to its third title in the past five seasons. Additionally, the rings also have the arrowhead logo and four Vince Lombardi Trophies, along with a total of 529 diamonds – including 19 baguette diamonds, signifying Kansas City becoming the first NFL team to repeat as champions in 19 years.
Where the reverse side of the ring is concerned, one can see a diagram of the “Tom & Jerry”, the play from head coach Andy Reid’s book which saw Patrick Mahomes throw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman, effectively sealing the 25-22 overtime win. Further to that, the ring also lists the seeding of each opponent and that’s where we come to the problem.
As you may recall, the Chiefs faced the Miami Dolphins in the Wild-Card Round, winning that game 26-7 which the ring does read, however, it also lists Miami as the AFC’s seventh seed: “MIA 7″. The problem is, the Dolphins finished as the conference’s 6th seed with a record of 11-6, not 7th, while the Chiefs finished as the No. 3 seed after winning the AFC West for the eighth consecutive season. While it’s a minuscule error, it certainly is an expensive one. Noticed by several fans after photos of the rings began to circulate online, it now appears to be the case as it was later confirmed by the Chiefs themselves. Oops.