If Baltimore Ravens fans want to find a rooting interest in Super Bowl LIX, they will need to reach out a little bit, but they do have some connections to the team favored to three-peat, the Kansas City Chiefs.
Lamar Jackson seems to support the Chiefs because of his close friendship with a former teammate, Marquise “Hollywood” Brown. Let’s look at this connection and a couple of others.
Marquise “Hollywood” Brown
Jackson posted an Instagram story in support of Brown, expressing his hope that the former Ravens wideout will win his first Super Bowl ring this Sunday. Brown played with Jackson for three seasons, including 2021, which was a monster year for him.
Before leaving Charm City for Arizona, Brown put up a 91-1,008-6 in ’21.
Steve Spagnuolo
He’s the classic example of a man ideally suited to being a defensive coordinator but ill-equipped to be the head coach. He could win his fifth Super Bowl ring as a DC tomorrow, and he’ll always be remembered as the football genius who somehow stifled the offensive juggernaut that was the 16-0 regular-season 2007 New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII when no one else could.
However, his one head coaching stint ended with a record of just 10-38. With the Ravens, he served as a defensive assistant in 2013 and a secondary coach in 2014.
Greg Lewis
This is the very rare “connections to both teams in the Super Bowl” situation. The 44-year-old Chicago native became the Ravens wide receivers coach in March of 2023, following a very successful stint with the Kansas City Chiefs.
He led the Chiefs’ running backs in 2021 and 2022 after serving as WRs coach the three previous seasons. During his time in Kansas City, Lewis went to five conference championship games and three Super Bowls, winning two of them.
