NFL: Super Bowl Lix Preview: Eagles vs. Boss

On Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles will face the Kansas City bosses in Super Bowl Lix at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

This marks the second time that Chiefs and Eagles have faced themselves at the Super Bowl. The two were previously played in the NFL championship game in 2023. KC beat Philadelphia in that 38-35 to ensure the third Lombardi trophy of the franchise.

Kansas City is looking to become the first team to win three consecutive Super Bowls. But first they will have to defeat the Eagles, who have won 15 of their last 16 games.

With immortality and a place in the annals of the NFL history on the line, let’s take a look at the Super Bowl and predict the winner.

Super Bowl Lix

Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas City Chiefs

This is not the first rematch between KC and Philly from Super Bowl LVII. The Eagles and the bosses were actually faced in week 11 of season 2023-24 in a football match on Monday night in Kansas City. Philadelphia recovered from a part-time deficit of 17-7 to overcome the Chiefs 21-17.

Philly ended up winning that contest for different reasons. First, they kept KC in two conversions in the red zone into four attempts. More importantly, the Eagles won the billing battle of two to one.

I hope some things of that game are replicated in the Super Bowl this weekend. For example, Patrick Mahomes was the second leading corridor of the Chiefs with 38 yards in six hauls. I think this time will be KC’s second most effective corridor. After all, it is second to hurry for Kansas City this postseason, and the Isiah Pacheco corridor only averages 15 yards per game in the playoffs. Philly also ran the ball more than they threw it in that game, a trend that I think will continue this Sunday.

There were also some warning stories in the contest. Patrick Mahomes tried 43 passes in that confrontation of week 11. I can almost guarantee that he will not try more than 40 passes on Sunday because he has only done it four times this season. Nor do I hope that the eagles field marshal, Jalen Hurts, runs the ball ten or more. Even if your knee is completely healthy, it makes much more sense to feed the Saquon Barkley corridor and start it.

One of the clashes that will contribute largely to determine who wins this game will come in the trenches when the offensive line of Philadelphia faces the defensive line of Kansas City. When running the ball, I think Philly will have an advantage over KC. Chiefs are allowing 148 yards by land per game, while the Eagles average 227.7 yards on the ground. I am sure that Philadelphia will be able to exercise your will in the hurried attack.

Pass protection is where this could be a shake. The Eagles have allowed their quarterbacks to be fired 11 times in the postseason (second more). That is bad news when you realize that Kansas City is tied in the seconds most registered in the playoffs (ten). As I mentioned in other articles, I think that some of the problems of locking passes for philadelphia were exacerbated by a knee injury that limited the mobility of Jalen Hurts. Even so, he would be concerned about KC’s pass skills, since Philly allowed the 13th majority of captures in the league during the regular season. If Philly lets Jalen Hurts be fired seven times as it was during the Divisional Round of the playoffs, then KC will win his third consecutive Super Bowl.

The Chiefs formula for success is much simpler than that of Philadelphia. First, they need to force Jalen Hurts to throw the ball a lot. In the only two losses this season that hurts and ended, he tried at least 30 passes in both games. KC will also need to remove any deep threat in the air game because Hurts remained less than 200 yards in both clashes. Given that only averages 168.3 yards per game in the postseason, it should be easy to keep it below 200 air yards.

The other thing that Kansas City will need is that Patrick Mahomes is sensational. It was a negative year statistically for three times MVP of the Super Bowl. His 245.5 air yards per game during the regular season were the lowest mark of his eight -year career. It has been even worse in the postseason, averaging only 211 air yards per game in two competitions. However, the difference has been Mahomes doing things with their legs. After averaging less than 20 yards per game during the game during the regular season and just scoring two touchdowns on the ground, it has up to 28.5 yards and a TD per game in the playoffs. Mohamses will have to make things happen both for air and on the ground so that kc wins.

Interestingly, I think Eagles are the best team. They are better in the corridor, the open receiver, the supporter, the corner already along the offensive line. Here is the problem: the best team does not always win the Super Bowl. The San Francisco 49ers were a better general team than Kansas City bosses last year, but still lost the Super Bowl due to training, mental errors and injuries.

I see at 2024-25 Kansas City Chiefs as the most winning team in the NFL. They may not have the best list or present the best statistics from week to week, but I can’t in a good conscious selection against them, especially not in the Super Bowl!

Chiefs have demonstrated again and again that they are better built for these moments. Even if Philly could be the best team, I’m still thinking that Kansas City will win the Super Bowl. The team has been built to win this exact game.

With pleasure, I will admit that I was wrong if the Eagles end up surpassing KC. But until I see it with my own eyes, I will choose the chiefs every time.

With less than five minutes for the game, Kansas City will drive along the field and kicked a game of the game to obtain its third consecutive victory of the Super Bowl.

Chiefs win 29-27