Instead of a record for eternity with three triumphs in a row, the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl Lix collected a brutal clap against the Philadelphia Eagles. This time Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was a failure, his opposite Jalen Hurts dominated the night on Monday (10.02.2025) as well as the outstanding defense of the Eagles – Hurts was then also chosen as the MVP.
The start in New Orleans was a single nightmare for the chiefs. Neither the passport nor the running game of the defending champion got rolling, the otherwise blind understanding between Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his Tight End Travis Kelce was completely canceled, as well as the protection of the O-Line for Mahomes- which was under unbelievable pressure from the start And neither got time nor space for his passports.
Hurts gets the first touchdown himself
The Kansas Defense also allowed mistakes. An unnecessary punishment for Cornerback Trent McDuffie enabled Philadelphia in the middle of the first quarter of four fresh attempts when they should have given up the ball. After the pass from Hurts on Jahan Dotson, the Eagles were shortly before the end zone, shortly afterwards the first touchdown was sealed: Hurts let his colleagues push himself over the line by “Tush-Push”, Jake Elliott converted the extra point: 7: 0 for the team from Nick Sirianni.
Answer the chiefs? None. Even an interception of Hurts (Bryan Cook caught the egg) did not score points because the defense of the Eagles immediately repaired the mistake of her quarterback. And Philadelphia followed up, came through a field goal by Elliott to 10: 0. The kicker had to prove strong nerves. He initially converted his attempt out of 43 yards, but his colleagues had put on an early start. The attempt was canceled, Elliott now had to compete from 48 yards, but withstanded the pressure.
Two Mahomes interceptions
This could not be said from Mahomes and his offense in the entire first half, on the contrary: Kansas fell into all individual parts. And the superstar completely lost the overview. After 298 attempts without interception, he threw the ball into the opponent’s arms with far too much risk: Cornerback Cooper Dejean caught the ball on his birthday and carried it into the end zone – the statisticians immediately determined that in a great bowl Never had a touchdown of a birthday child had been achieved.
For the outstanding defense of the Eagles, this gift was a deserved wage, and it did not remain. Mahomes now wanted to initiate the turn before half -time. But he did it in the hustle and bustle, without his otherwise outstanding timing – and fell his team even deeper into the disaster: next move, next interception! In trouble, he committed the cardinal error to fire the ball into the center of the field in a much too tight Wurf window. LineBacker Zack Baun was thrown in between, and seconds later Hurts Arthur Juan found “Aj” Brown for the next touchdown – the game went into the break with 24: 0.
Only a first down in the entire first half
For Mahomes it was a hard half hour: he had to recover from the worst first half of his NFL career: only one first down was available for the chiefs before the half-time show with rapper Kendrick Lamar. The grotesque: The dreaded super running back Saquon Barkley even had the Chiefs Defense well under control-and yet Kansas got so brutally under the wheels.
Saquon Barkley (left) from the Eagles is done – it ultimately helped nothing
What would Tactikfuchs Andy Reid change now? When would Mahomes magic finally awakening? And where was Taylor Swift friend Travis Kelce? The first answers after the restart: Almost everything remained as it was. Three minutes before the end of the third quarter, Mahomes had tried for the eighth time to do the necessary ten yards in a third attempt – and he remained at zero of eight.
Super pass from Hurts on Smith
And the Eagles remained absolutely merciless. Elliott also converted his second field of goal, again this time because of a punishment for early starter Rick Lovato again in the second attempt with five yards. Shortly before the end of the quarter, a highlights game of the Eagles ended the last hopes of the Kansas fans: Hurts fired a pass over 50 yards on his star receiver Devonta Smith-Philadelphia extended the lead to 34: 0.
After all: Shortly before the quarter, Kansas finally came to the scoreboard: Xavier Worthy caught a Mahomes pass in the end zone for 6:34, but right afterwards the Two-Point Conversion from Mahomes went wrong again towards Kelce.
Fumble from Mahomes – and something Result cosmetics
And the humiliation simply did not end. Elliott met 48 yards to 37: 6, then Mahomes – again without any protection of his O -Line – had the ball kept out of his hand, the fumble also secured Philadelphia. Eight minutes before the end: again, Elliott, again early start, turns five yards further back – and again in there, this time from proud 50 yards: 40: 6.
However, there was still a bit of result cosmetics: Mahomes found Deandre Hopkins in the end zone, the Two point conversion was grabbed by Justin Watson at 14:40. Nobody was able to look forward to the chiefs anymore, especially since Eagles coach Sirianni was already celebrated with the mandatory gatorade shower almost simultaneously. When the Eagles then sent the substitute players to the field, Mahomes made the touchdown to the final score over 50 yards: Again Worthy was the addressee, Deandre Hopkins converted the Two point coversion to 22:40.