On Sunday, the Eagles of Philadelphia will face the Chiefs of Kansas City in the Super Bowl Lix at the Superdome Caesars in New Orleans, Louisiana.
This marks the second time that the chefs and the eagles have faced in the Super Bowl. The two were previously played in the NFL championship match in 2023. KC defeated Philly in this 38-35 to secure the third Lombardi trophy in the franchise.
Kansas City is looking to become the first team to win three consecutive super bowls. But they will first have to defeat the Eagles, who have won 15 of their last 16 games.
With immortality and a place in the Annals of the history of the NFL on the line, take a look at the Super Bowl and predict the winner.
Super Bowl Lix
Philadelphia Eagles against Kansas City Chiefs
This is not the first revenge match between KC and Philly since the Super Bowl LVII. The Eagles and the Chiefs in fact faced each other during the week 11 of the 2023-24 season in a Monday evening football match in Kansas City. Philadelphia joined a deficit of 17-7 at halftime to beat the chiefs 21-17.
Philly ended up winning this competition for several different reasons. First, they held KC at two conversions from the red zone out of four attempts. More importantly, the Eagles won the turnover of Battle two to one.
I expect some things in this game to be reproduced in the Super Bowl this weekend. For example, Patrick Mahomes was the second rusher of the chiefs with 38 yards in six races. I think it will also be the second most effective KC rusher this time. After all, he is second by rushing to Kansas City this playoff series, and the ball carrier Isiah Pacheco is only an average of 15 yards per game in playoffs. Philly also ran the ball more than he launched it in this match, a trend which, I believe, will continue this Sunday.
There were also some edifying stories in the competition. Patrick Mahomes attempted 43 assists in the week 11 match. I can almost guarantee that he will not try more than 40 assists on Sunday because he has only done so four times this season. Nor do I expect the quarter of the Eagles Jalen Hurts to run the ball ten times or more. Even if its knee is entirely healthy, it is much more logical to feed the Saquon Barkley ball carrier and to move it forward.
One of the matches that will greatly contribute to determining who wins this game will be in the trenches when the Philadelphia offensive line will compete with the defensive line of Kansas City. When you run the ball, I think Philly will have an advantage on KC. The chiefs grant 148 yards on the ground per game while the Eagles on average 227.7 yards on the ground. I am convinced that Philadelphia will be able to exercise his will in the precipitated attack.
Passage protection is the place where it could be a throw. The Eagles have enabled their quarters to be dismissed 11 times in the playoffs (second more). This is bad news when you realize that Kansas City is tied for the second largest bags recorded in the playoffs (ten). As I mentioned in other articles, I think that some of the problems of blocking passes for Philly have been exacerbated by a knee injury which limited the mobility of Jalen Hurts. However, I would be worried about KC’s exceeding capacities, because Philly granted most of the league bags during the regular season. If Philly lets Jalen Hurts to be dismissed seven times as he was during the division of the playoff series, then KC will win his third consecutive Super Bowl.
The chiefing success formula is much simpler than that of Philly. First of all, they must force Jalen injured to launch the ball a lot. In the only two defeats this season that injuries have started and finished, he tried at least 30 assists in both games. KC will also have to withdraw any deep threat from the passage of passes, because Hurts took place within 200 meters in these two games. Since it has only 168.3 yards per game in playoffs, it should be easy to maintain it at less than 200 yards by the pass.
The other thing Kansas City will need is that Patrick Mahomes is sensational. It was a statistically decreasing year for the MVP quarter of the Super Bowl. His 245.5 yards per match per game during the regular season were the lowest note of his eight years of career. It was even worse in the playoff series, with an average of only 211 yards per match per match in two competitions. However, the difference was that Mahomes made things happen with his legs. After having on average less than 20 yards on the ground per game during the regular season and marked only two affected on the ground, he has up to 28.5 yards and a TD precipitated per game in the playoffs. Mahomes will have to make things happen both in the air and on the ground so that KC wins.
Interesting, I think the Eagles are the best team. They are better for running, wide receiver, secondary, cornerback and along the offensive line. Here is the problem: the best team does not always win the Super Bowl. The 49ers of San Francisco were a better versatile team than the Kansas City chiefs last year, but they still lost the Super Bowl due to training, mental errors and injuries.
I consider the chiefs of Kansas City 2024-25 as the most victorious team in the NFL. They may not have the best list or set up the best statistics from week to week, but I can’t in good luck against them, especially not in the Super Bowl!
Chiefs have repeatedly shown that they are better built for these moments. Even if Philly could be the best team, I still think Kansas City will win the Super Bowl. The team was built to win this exact type of game.
I gladly admit that I was wrong if the Eagles end up beating KC. But until I see it with my own eyes, I will choose the chiefs every time.
With less than five minutes for the match, Kansas City will go on the field and kicks a winning goal to win his third consecutive victory at the Super Bowl.
The chefs win 29-27
