Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles’ relentless defense rejected Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat.
It wasn’t even close.
DeJean got a pick-6 on his 22nd birthday, Sweat tortured Mahomes and the Eagles routed the Chiefs 40-22 on Sunday to protect the franchise’s 2nd Super Bowl champion.
Jalen Harms tossed for 2 goals and ran for a rating on a tush push, and Vic Fangio’s defense was so dominant that the Eagles didn’t require much from Saquon Barkley.
The game-changing running back ended up with 57 lawns, breaking Terrell Davis’ record for lawns entering a season, playoffs consisted of. Harms tossed for 221 lawns.
With Donald Trump ending up being the very first president in workplace to participate in a Super Bowl, the Eagles beat Kansas City in every aspect, thrilling a raucous pro-Philly crowd that commemorated each rating with a familiar performance of “Fly! Eagles! Fly!”
Even Taylor Swift’s existence could not assist the Chiefs. They lost for the very first time in 10 video games this season with the pop super star in a suite enjoying partner Travis Kelce, who didn’t capture a pass till late in the 3rd quarter.
Not in Kansas City’s worst headaches might its fans have actually envisioned such a dull efficiency. The Chiefs had actually won 3 of the previous 5 Super Bowls, losing 31-9 to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 years back.
Mahomes was 8-0 versus Fangio’s defenses before the long time planner and previous Broncos head coach outcoached Andy Reid, topping his very first season with his home town group. Reid was up to 3-3 in Super Bowls, consisting of a loss with the Eagles.
The Eagles sacked Mahomes 6 times, one of the most of his profession, consisting of 2 1/2 by Sweat. And they did it without Fangio calling a single blitz.
Barkley, the 2024 AP NFL Offensive Gamer of the Year, just had 31 lawns entering the very first half when Philly constructed a 24-0 lead.
The Chiefs were intending to end up being the 3rd group in NFL history to win 3 straight champions and the very first to three-peat in the Super Bowl age.
Harms almost led the Eagles to success versus the Chiefs 2 years back in Arizona, however Mahomes led a return and Harrison Butker kicked the game-winning basket in the last minute for a 38-35 success. Mahomes rallied Kansas City to an overtime success over San Francisco in 2015 for the Chiefs’ 2nd straight title.
This time, a revamped Philly defense including 8 brand-new beginners from the 2022 group ensured Mahomes had no opportunity to manage his magic.
Eagles coach Nick Sirianni, who buffooned fans shouting “Fire Nick!” throughout a triumph over Cleveland in October and was called a “clown” on nationwide tv, need to lastly silence critics by including a champion ring to a resume that consists of the fifth-best gaining portion in league history.
Sirianni was showered with Gatorade with almost 3 minutes left in the video game while backup QB Kenny Pickett took snaps in mop-up responsibility.
Barkley assisted press Harms into completion zone from the 1 to provide Philadelphia a 7-0 lead in the very first quarter.
Up 10-0 after Jake Elliott’s 48-yard basket, Sweat and Jalyx Hunt sacked Mahomes on successive plays. Mahomes then presented and made an errant toss that was selected by DeJean, who returned it 38 lawns for a 17-0 lead.
It was Mahomes’ very first pick-6 in 21 profession championship game and ended a streak of 297 straight passes without an interception.
All-Pro linebacker Zack Baun selected Mahomes once again late in the 2nd quarter, and Harms gotten in touch with A.J. Brown on a 12-yard TD pass for a 24-0 lead.
Harms tossed an ideal 46-yard TD pass to DeVonta Smith to make it 34-0 late in the 3rd.
Mahomes fired a 24-yard TD pass to Xavier Worthy to prevent the nothing, however the 2-point conversion stopped working. He tossed 2 late, mainly worthless TD passes, one to DeAndre Hopkins and another to Deserving.
After 2 weeks of conversations about doubtful calls that resulted in public understanding that authorities prefer the Chiefs– a theory NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell called “ludicrous”– the very first charge of the video game just sustained critics.
A 32-yard pass from Harms to Brown to the Chiefs 18 on fourth-and-2 was negated by a charge for offending pass disturbance. Brady, now a Fox expert, and officiating expert Mike Pereira both disagreed with the call, although Brown pushed Trent McDuffie’s facemask.
On the next belongings, the Eagles gained from an unneeded roughness charge on McDuffie versus Dallas Goedert following an insufficient hand down third-and-5.
Harms then gotten in touch with Jahan Dotson on a 27-yard pass to the 1 and scored on the next play.
Harms’ streak of 217 passes without a choice ended in the very first half when he was obstructed deep in Kansas City area, however the Chiefs didn’t capitalize.
The Green Bay Packers are the only NFL group to win 3 champions in a row, doing it from 1929-31 and 1965-67.
The NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers from 2000-02, led by Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neill, are the last group in the significant American expert leagues to win 3 straight titles.