This week, Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. spoke to former New England Patriots running back Sony Michel, who played with the team from 2018 to 2020, winning a Super Bowl during his rookie season.
In his interview with Easton Jr., Michel—who recently teamed up with Kingsford to host the ‘Kingsford College Football Tailgate Tour‘ at the recent Georgia vs. Tennessee SEC matchup in Athens, Georgia—explained the partnership and reflected on one of the best games of his career at the Kansas City Chiefs’ expense.
“Oh man, this partnership was awesome. When it was brought up to me, I thought it was a great opportunity to get a chance to get a chance to get back on the grill,” said Michel. “I just recently moved after post-retirement, and I needed a grill, you know, for Saturday and Sunday’s football. So, you know, that was a cool opportunity. Then, I could return to Athens and partner with them to have one of the best tailgates. So I thought that was cool.”
Michel took some time to share his experience during the thrilling 2018 AFC Championship game vs. the Chiefs. He notably ran for 113 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries in the 37–31 overtime road victory.
“The atmosphere was crazy. It was rocking,” Michel explained. “It was almost like a college atmosphere, and it was something I was completely used to playing in the SEC. The other big thing I remember, man, was that it was super cold.
It was like negative 12 degrees, the coldest game I’ve ever played. So, I had to bring a different level of mental toughness to that game, and knowing that I was going to carry the ball a good bit, I was going to stay warm for the most part. But even though I carried the ball so much, it was so cold that I still was freezing in that game.”
The Chiefs were infamously called offsides on the potential game-sealing moment defensively, allowing the Patriots to extend the drive.
“So I do remember that, and some of those big plays that happened in the game really impacted the game. It stands out to me,” said Michel. “One of them is that punt return from (Julian) Edelman. They were reviewing the play. It almost felt like 30 minutes of reviewing that play because that was one of the biggest points to the game that could have changed the outcome. That was an amazing game, an amazing memory.”
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