Will the Eagles Fly Higher? Kansas City's 3-Peat on the Line!

Super Bowl 59 Podcast Notes

Eagles vs Chiefs (-1) 48.5

How the Eagles got here

- In the two year since the last match in SB 57 the Eagles have been on a roller coaster

- Last season after starting the season 10-1, the Eagles go on to lose 6 of their last 7 games concluding with a lost in the WC round 32-9 to Tampa

- Nick entered the season on the hot seat because of how that season ended

- During the offseason the Eagles acquired 3x Pro Bowler, former Off rookie of the year all pro Saquon Barkely

- Eagles went into their week 5 bye at 2-2

- Nick still on the hot seat, Eagles fans not happy with him

- Eagles go on to win their next 12 out the last 13 games of the season earning the #2 seed in the NFC

- Eagles go through the plays beating a young Packers team, surviving the elements and a fiesty Rams team, and destorying their division rivals Commanders in the NFC championship game

- And lastly Saqon was on pace to break the coveted single season rushing record, and sat him week 18 to get him rested for this deep playoff run

- Questions about Jalen Hurts effectiveness

- AJ Brown being moody and pouting on the sidelines

- Early questions about the center position after Jason Kelce’s retirement

- Questions about the secondary with starting two rookies at corner

- All of it ended up not mattering because the Eagles are once again in the Super Bowl

How the Chiefs got here

- This is the Chiefs 5th super bowl in the Patrick Mahomes era

- 19 beat the 49ers 31-20 scoring 21 unanswered points in the 4th

- 20 lost 31-9 to the Tom Brady led Tampa Bay Bucs, Mahomes threw two picks and was under pressure the entire game

- 22 beat the Eagles 38-35, Hurts was the star of this game with 4 total TDs and over 350 yards of total offense

- 23 beat the 49ers 25-22 in OT, 49ers kicked FG in OT, Chiefs scored a TD on their drive and won the game

- Chiefs started out this season 9-0 before losing week 11 @Buffalo

- Chiefs kept winning until week 18 when they rested their starters

- KC had home field throughout the playoffs taking out Houston and Buffalo in the AFC champ game 32-29

- KC is looking to become the only team in NFL history to 3-peat as super bowl champions

Game Preview

- More context, these two teams meet last season before the Eagles collapsed

- Eagles won that game 21-17

- KC out gained them, had more first downs, coveted more first downs and led TOP

- KC also did nothing in the 2nd half getting shutout and giving up 14 points

- I think this ends up being a low scoring game

- II bet the over as soon as it came out, but have changed the mind after looking at some of the defensive numbers

- We know the Eagles are going to want o run the ball at the Chiefs

- We know the Chiefs have no downfield threats so the are going to try and dink and dunk down the field

- The Eagles have a nasty defensive play makers at every level

- KC has good defensive as well with one of the best DC of all time

- I think the Eagles have a chance to win this game if they get the run game going and get pressure on Mahomes with 4 guys