NEW ORLEANS — This time they left no room for a comeback.
The Philadelphia Eagles waited two years to avenge a Tremendous Bowl defeat by the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
On Sunday, there was no means they had been going to let Patrick Mahomes and the two-time defending champion Chiefs do it once more.
Dynasty?
The Eagles derailed it by dominating the Chiefs in a 40-22 victory earlier than 65,719 in Tremendous Bowl LIX on the Caesars Superdome.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts handed for 2 touchdowns and ran for one more, incomes Tremendous Bowl MVP honors. Saquon Barkley set a single-season document for speeding yardage and the Eagles’ protection sacked Mahomes six instances and compelled two turnovers.
Rookie cornerback Cooper DeJean returned an interception for a landing and linebacker Nick Baun’s interception arrange a landing cross from Hurts to A.J. Brown because the Eagles raced to a 24-0 halftime lead en path to their first Tremendous Bowl victory because the 2017 season.
That Tremendous Bowl LII victory over the New England Patriots will perpetually be remembered for quarterback Nick Foles’ landing catch on the “Philly Special” trick play.
No trickery was required Sunday.
On an evening when Kendrick Lamar wowed the group at halftime with a set that included his monster hit “Not Like Us,” the Eagles confirmed there was no crew like them.
“This is the ultimate team game. You can’t be great without the greatness of others,” Eagles coach Nick Sirianni mentioned on the winner’s podium. “Great performance by everybody — offense, defense, special teams. We didn’t really ever care what anyone thought about how we won, or their opinions. All we want to do is win.”
Their 18-point margin of victory was the biggest in a Tremendous Bowl because the Seattle Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos 43-8 in 2014.
After the Eagles had been eradicated within the wild-card spherical final season, coach Nick Sirianni fired each coordinators and employed Kellen Moore to supervise the offense and Vic Fangio to run the protection.
The strikes, which paid big dividends through the season, reached their apex on Sunday.
Hurts, who rushed for 3 touchdowns and handed for one more within the Tremendous Bowl two years in the past, outplayed Mahomes. He handed for 221 yards, with an interception, and rushed for 72 yards.
Barkley didn’t break off a protracted landing run, however the NFL offensive participant of the yr celebrated his twenty eighth birthday by speeding for 57 yards in 25 carries. The hassle pushed his season complete, together with playoffs, to 2,504 yards, breaking the document 2,476 yards set by Denver’s Terrell Davis in 1998.
And Fangio’s protection by no means let up.
With deal with Jalen Carter disrupting the center, edge rusher Josh Sweat sacked Mahomes 2 ½ instances. Milton Williams had two sacks for a cross rush that pressured Mahomes into uncharacteristic errors.
Mahomes accomplished 21 of 32 passes for 257 yards and three late touchdowns with the 2 interceptions. He rushed for 25 yards.
“Defense wins championships,” Hurts mentioned. “We saw how they played today. We saw the difference they made in the game. They gave us opportunities, gave us short fields. And we’re able to do what we do.”
From the second actor Bradley Cooper launched them popping out of the tunnel earlier than the sport to the second inexperienced and white confetti showered the sphere, the Eagles appeared in management.
When Eagles defensive again Avonte Maddox broke up a fourth-down cross late within the third quarter, and Hurts adopted with a 46-yard landing cross to DeVonta Smith, Eagles followers heartily started belting their struggle music, “Fly Eagles Fly” echoing by means of the stadium.
Mahomes lastly answered with a pair of landing passes to Xavier Worthy, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient for Mahomes to hitch Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana as the one quarterbacks to win 4 or extra Tremendous Bowls.
It was a disappointing end for a Chiefs crew that was attempting to win a fourth Tremendous Bowl in six years and turn into the primary crew to win three in a row.
Two years in the past, the Chiefs defeated the Eagles with a last-second area purpose at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Final yr, they beat the San Francisco 49ers in additional time in Las Vegas to turn into the primary crew because the Patriots within the 2003 and 2004 seasons to win back-to-back Tremendous Bowls.
However the Eagles ended coach Andy Reid’s shot at a three-peat.
Philadelphia Eagles offensive deal with Jordan Mailata celebrates after a win over the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in Tremendous Bowl LIX on Sunday.
(Doug Benc / Related Press)
“Today was a rough day all around. Nothing went right. I didn’t coach well. Proud of our guys for fighting,” Reid mentioned. “Too many turnovers, too many penalties. Against a good football team, can’t do that.”
The victory capped a dominant season for the Eagles.
It didn’t begin significantly sturdy: They had been 2-2 going into their open date.
Nonetheless they got here again from the break and gained 10 video games in a row earlier than struggling a 36-33 defeat by the Washington Commanders on Dec. 22, a sport throughout which Hurts suffered a concussion that sidelined him till the playoffs.
The Eagles gained their closing two video games after which defeated the Inexperienced Bay Packers, Rams and Commanders to advance to the Tremendous Bowl for one more shot on the Chiefs.
This time, they completed the job.
