Nick Allegretti is a offensive lineman on the Chiefs out of the University of Illinois. He's a depth piece, who gets into most games but not as a starter.
In five years of regular season games, he's started 13 but played in 74. 9 of his 13 starts came in 2020 when the OL got decimated.
If you look at the Special Team snaps column on the right, you can see he took the field in every playoff game from 2019-2022, including three Super Bowls. But if you look at the Offensive Snaps column, you can see the only games he got more than 2 snaps were the 2020 decimated line year. He played 100% of the snaps in the Super Bowl the Chiefs lost to the Bucs.
So he entered the 2023-2024 playoff run with two Super Bowl rings. But he had never played a full game at offensive line.
In the Bills game, starting guard Joe Thuney got injured. They bring in Nick. Chiefs win.
They have to go on the road to Baltimore. Nick gets the start. Chiefs win.
Now Nick is going to be starting another Super Bowl at offensive line. Here's his chance to win a Super Bowl in the starting lineup.
2nd quarter. Nick tears his UCL. The same injury that Brock Purdy suffered last year when he wasn't able to throw a ball.
Somehow, Nick stays in the game. Plays every snap. Is blocking this ferocious defensive line with one hand.
Allows only one sack all game. No holding penalties.
There hasn't been a better performance by a one-armed man since The Fugitive.
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