Lord of the rings...

NEW ORLEANS – If you’re ever searching for Brendan Daly and don’t know where to look next, head for the Super Bowl city in early February.

Fired by the Vikings as part of Leslie Frazier’s staff 11 years ago, Daly has coached in 11 straight AFC Championship games and will make it nine of 11 Super Bowls when his Kansas City Chiefs go for an unprecedented three-peat against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

“Lord of the rings” is what playful teammates have been calling Andy Reid’s linebackers coach within earshot of reporters all week in the Big Easy.

When asked where he keeps his SIX rings – three in five years with Bill Belichick’s Patriots and three in five years with Chiefs (so far) – the 49-year-old with the excellent sense of humor has been saying, “In a bank in Switzerland.”

“It’s been a good run,” he’s told reporters.

Indeed.

If the Chiefs win Sunday, Daly’s seventh ring will tie Tom Brady — whom Daly used to sit next to on the same team bus before every game in New England — and former long-time 49ers front office executive Neal Dahlen. It’s believed that Belichick, with eight rings, including two as Giants defensive coordinator, is the only person on the planet with more.

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