MIAMI — Terrell Suggs is not the unfulfilled future Hall of Famer looking to complete his résumé with a championship won in a strange uniform.

He doesn’t fit the narrative of Karl Malone on the Lakers, Ichiro on the Yankees or Junior Seau on the Patriots.

Suggs already won a Super Bowl ring as a feared pass-rusher on the 2012 Ravens and unexpectedly is back Sunday with the Chiefs. He was released by the headed-nowhere Cardinals on Dec. 13 — so late in the season that even 17th-year veterans like Suggs are forced onto the NFL waiver wire and stripped of the freedom to pick a team, as they can in free agency.

“I’m at peace,” Suggs said. “You have to play the game as it comes and you really can’t expect anything. I was fortunate to get picked up by a team that had tremendous momentum and was rolling.”

Suggs, 37, is eighth among active players in career regular-season games — 229 with the Ravens, 13 with the Cardinals and two with the team bringing him to his second Super Bowl.

The Chiefs claimed him on waivers — blocking a potential reunion with the Ravens, who had a lower waiver priority but seemed like the logical destination given he will one day rep them in his Canton enshrinement.

At the time, the Chiefs and Ravens looked destined to meet in the AFC Championship game. Ravens fans clamored for a reunion, and speculation was Suggs might refuse to start fresh anywhere else.

“I didn’t say anything,” Suggs said. “If it don’t come from the horse’s mouth? I’m pretty much an up-front guy.”

So, what if he was claimed by a team he didn’t think could win Super Bowl LIV? Would he be retired right now?

“We can’t say what-if,” Suggs said. “I don’t know what I would’ve done. Like coach Andy Reid said, ‘It didn’t take much convincing.’ ”

Suggs worked his way from 27 to 45.5 to 48 to 52 percent of the Chiefs’ defensive snaps in his four games, including the playoff wins against the Texans and Titans. He has 12.5 sacks in 20 career postseason games — third-most in NFL history behind Bruce Smith (14.5) and Willie McGinest (16) — to go with his 139 in the regular season.

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“I can stay in the guys’ ears to enjoy the moment but also remember we sacrificed,” Suggs said. “Let everybody enjoy everything else, but we’re here to play a football game. If we win, we’ll enjoy this for the rest of our lives.”

Signing with the Cardinals was supposed to be a late-career homecoming for Suggs, the former Arizona State star. He produced 5.5 sacks and four forced fumbles in 13 starts, but the Cardinals wanted to free up reps to evaluate younger talent and the benefits of getting to a winner were obvious to Suggs.

Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu says Suggs brings “championship swagger” to a franchise that hasn’t been to a Super Bowl in 50 years.

“He’s been a defensive player of the year and played on some great defenses,” Mathieu said, “but his leadership and communication skills are top of the line. In games, his ability to communicate with the rest of the defensive line is allowing those guys to play much faster.”

With 11 of his star teammates on media podiums at Super Bowl Opening Night and 10 more Tuesday, Suggs is relishing his role in the background. Seven years ago, he was one of the players with a full slate of off-field demands this week.

“It’s the younger guys’ time who are playing at a high level,” Suggs said. “I actually get to enjoy it this time.”

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