Chiefs win the Super Bowl. Cry Eagles Cry.

CHIEFS 38
EAGLES 35

In Super Bowl 57 we were taught once more that there is no greater cheat code in the NFL than Patrick Mahomes. When he is playing his best, you can not beat him.

Took us a while to get there though. By halftime this game looked headed for a disappointing ending, with the true fraud Eagles winning their 2nd title in 6 years. The Chiefs defense looked like it was being run by Ed Donatell in the first half. Jalen Hurts was allowed to run all over the place. The Chiefs secondary blew coverages and allowed easy completions.

Hurts fumbled once without being touched and it was picked up and run back for a touchdown, but that was it for any sort of defense. The time of possession at the half was like 22 minutes to 8. 

Making matters worse, on his last snap of the half, Mahomes seemed to have re-aggravated that ankle injury. The Eagles were able to push the lead to 10.

Rihanna came out. Did her thing. Barely did any of her pre-2010s songs though. #JusticeForSOS

Then the 2nd half was very different. The Chiefs went right down the field and scored to pull within 3.

The following Eagles drive was ridiculous, as first an apparent fumble return TD was wrongly overturned into an incomplete pass. Then a short time later a Dallas Goedert catch near the sideline was challenged and wrongly upheld. Yet the Eagles felons, er, fans, would later cry about the officials. And I haven't even mentioned how their right tackle was allowed to start early play after play.

So anyway, this drive ended in an Eagles field goal to make it 27-21. But the Chiefs zipped down the field again, and Mahomes hit a wide open short pass to give the Chiefs their first lead. 

The Eagles go 3 and out and punt, and the Chiefs get a 65 yard return to the 5. A couple plays later Mahomes flipped another wide open TD pass and it was 35-27.

The Chiefs let the Eagles get back down the field again, and after a long pass to a wide open DeVonta Smith got Philly inside the 5, Hurts ran it in and ran for the 2 to tie it.

But who better to have with about 5 minutes left and the game on the line than Mahomes. It felt routine to watch him lead this drive. He even made a big 26 yard run on the crappy ankle to get in the redzone.

Still, it looked.like the Eagles were maybe going to hold the Chiefs to a field goal and have some time left. But then came the play that as soon as it happened you knew everyone was going to talk about. On 3rd down Mahomes threw incomplete, but the refs called holding on James Bradberry. This gave the Chiefs a 1st down and assured that they could run the clock down and kick a field goal with almost no time left. So yeah, the penalty basically ended the game, but it WAS a penalty. Even Bradberry admitted so. But it gave the Eagles fans their excuse for the loss. 

Harrison Butker drilled the short field goal. Hurts's hail mary on the final play laughably came up 20 yards short of even reaching the endzone, and the Chiefs had their 2nd title in 4 years. If not for Dee Ford and the rigged game 2 years ago they would probably have 4.

It was a good game. Not one of the best super bowls of all time. Sorry, but I need at least some semblance of defense. But it at least ended the season on a good note. The fraudulent Eagles losing is a fitting finale. 

As for the Chiefs, this was supposed to be the year they finally slipped back to the pack. Hell, I picked the Broncos to win the AFC west this year. 😬 Instead they won the west going away, were the #1 seed, got revenge against the Bengals and upset the Eagles. And Mahomes, the game's MVP, broke a more than 2 decade drought where the league MVP didn't win the super bowl. Not bad.

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