The Kansas City Chiefs around Quarterback Patrick Mahomes can continue from the first “after the dramatic victory against the Buffalo Bills”Threee peat“dream of the NFL story. But with the Philadelphia Eagles Waits a powerful rival in the Super Bowl that makes sense for revenge.
The memory of your last one so far Super Bowl Is still relatively fresh with the Philadelphia Eagles: he had found himself like a well-paid actor for a week, said Eagles-Receiver AJ Brown, who was in the final with his team two years ago and after the victory against Washington, now reached the Super Bowl again on Sunday evening: “Everyone wants to see you, everyone wants to talk to you. It was only when the game started that it felt like football.“
Brown also told this to make it clear that he and his team will do everything this time to hide the whole hype about the largest sports TV event in the United States: “I know what to expect. Everything that happens around it is interesting for others, but not for us. Only the game counts for us, we have to focus on that. We have to fulfill a mission.“
Eagles with MVP candidate Barkley ready for the triumph
On February 9, the Eagles feel ready for the big throw, also against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Super Bowl champion of the past two years. They make the best defense of the league and the best running game on the offensive. Led by Run Saquon Barkley, who has been for weeks as MVP-candidate is traded. Barkley also towered out in the blowout victory against the Commanders with three touchdowns, two of them reach him in the game’s first two attacks.
“I tried to play it down a bit in my head, but honestly, that’s unique“, said Barkley,”We knew that everyone in the team would need it. Everyone did their job, so you come to the Super Bowl. I always dreamed of it. But the dream is not to be there, but to win. “
Eagles victory in the Championship Game: “Good Old-Fashioned Beatdown”
The 55:23 victory in NFC Championship Game may have given the Eagles even more confidence, a “Good old-fashioned beatdown“As the US broadcaster afterwards”NBC“It was called. So not just a victory: the Commanders, who had not lost a game for more than two months, were classically guided by the Eagles.
In the Super Bowl, the Eagles now offers the chance of a revenge for the very narrow 35:38 defeat against the chiefs two years ago. Quarterback Jalen Hurts at the time with 70 Rushing Yards opened a new final record, now he has brought the team back into the final.
Hurts himself scored three touchdowns against the Commanders. Coach Nick Sirianni has him “Free from the forced jacket today“, he joked afterwards. Hurts should also have saved the unfortunate defeat against the Chiefs 2023.
Another story that connects both teams is the one that the success era of the chiefs was significantly shaped by Andy Reid. The coach had previously been a coach in Philadelphia for 13 years. A title was denied to him that Reid only managed this in Kansas City, he led the Chiefs to the first Super Bowl victory after 50 years.
Chiefs want to write in series history with a third Super Bowl title
In the past five years, the chiefs have won the title three times, in the USA one starts with one “dynasty“To speak. With another super bowl triumph, its fifth, the chiefs in the NFL history on the Green Bay Packers Go past. Only the Patriots and the Steelers, with six titles each, would be even more successful.
In addition: three championships in a series, this has not yet been done in the NFL franchise. The dream of the first “Threee peat“The chiefs kept alive on Sunday evening with a dramatic 32:29 win in the AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills.”I am at a loss for words. I can’t believe it. I am so proud of my team. The whole team did a great job and I’m looking forward to New Orleans. Let’s write history“, Superstar Patrick Mahomes said after the wafer -thin success in home Arrowhead stadium. Mahomes scored two Touchdowns Through runs, he also prepared another by a pass.
Fifth final in six years for Mahomes and Co.
On the other hand, too MVP-Imwichter Josh all two touchdowns. But that was too little for the Bills against the Chiefs after Harrison Butker at 29:29 a good three minutes before the end by the game by Field goal decided. The chiefs have been destroying the Bill’s dreams in the “Post-Season” for the fourth time in the recent five duels and made it to the NFL final for the fifth time in the past six years.
At the renewed finals, Megastar Taylor Swift was also in the stadium, partner of Chiefs-Star Travis Kelce. In a black and red Louis-Vuitton outfit, as also logged in the US sports broadcaster. The hype about the Super Bowl will definitely not get smaller this year either.