Tremendous Bowl 59 is sort of right here! It can quickly be time for the speaking to cease and for the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs to take to the sphere on the Superdome in New Orleans.
There are inquiries to be answered when the massive recreation kicks off on Sunday evening…
Can the Chiefs make historical past?
The obvious query heading into Tremendous Bowl 59 is whether or not the Chiefs will cement their legacy and place in NFL historical past. Kansas Metropolis need to develop into the primary workforce to win three Tremendous Bowls in a row; there have been three NFL titles received in a row earlier than, twice by the Inexperienced Bay Packers and most not too long ago between 1965 and 1967, however these Chiefs need to develop into the primary to do it within the Tremendous Bowl period.
Patrick Mahomes is trying to win a fourth and can be the primary quarterback to try this earlier than the age of 30, whereas Andy Reid goes for 4 having already surpassed 300 profession wins. They need to develop into the third quarterback-head coach duo to win no less than 4 Tremendous Bowls collectively, and they’re becoming a member of greats in the event that they do it in Tom Brady and Invoice Belichick and Terry Bradshaw and Chuck Noll.
However, and it is a massive however, they face the hardest workforce they’ve seen all 12 months within the Philadelphia Eagles, a workforce that’s bang in kind having received 15 of their final 16, and it might simply be the hardest workforce the Chiefs have ever confronted in a Tremendous Bowl. And that’s saying one thing, as a result of they misplaced to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers within the 2020 season. Historical past beckons, however there’s a enormous impediment standing in the way in which of those Chiefs.
Does protection nonetheless win championships?
Will Philadelphia’s No 1 protection be as much as the duty? Mahomes is exhibiting the No 1 protection in whole yards and passing. He has confronted the league’s No 1 go protection thrice within the playoffs earlier than and received all three video games, together with two Tremendous Bowls in opposition to the 49ers and the Eagles two years in the past.
This Philadelphia protection has playmakers on all three ranges. They get after the quarterback up entrance – led by Jalen Carter and Nolan Smith – they’ve a playmaking All Professional linebacker in Zack Baun and the most effective younger secondaries that includes Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean. This can be a enormous battle. Will or not it’s received by Kansas Metropolis’s offense, which noticed Mahomes hit and sacked essentially the most instances of his profession this season, or will or not it’s received by Philadelphia’s No 1 protection?
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Because the countdown continues to Sunday’s showdown, we have a look again on the Philadelphia Eagles’ journey to Tremendous Bowl LIX
What function will Kelce play?
Will 35-year-old tight finish Travis Kelce be an element on this Tremendous Bowl? He is without doubt one of the easiest tight ends of all time, he has essentially the most playoff catches in NFL historical past with 174 and with three catches will go Jerry Rice for many receptions in Tremendous Bowl historical past.
He’s coming off a daily season the place he averaged 8.5 yards per catch, however then within the Divisional Spherical exploded with eight catches for 117 yards and a landing so there was hope and promise, earlier than having simply two catches for 19 yards within the AFC Championship Recreation.
However I believe he’ll present up within the massive moments for Mahomes. I do not assume Kelce, or the shortage of manufacturing from Kelce, would be the purpose the Chiefs lose this recreation however it might be the explanation they win their fourth Tremendous Bowl collectively.
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A take a look at the most effective performs the place Patrick Mahomes has mixed with Travis Kelce from the 2024 NFL season
Will Saquon lead Philly to glory?
Can Kansas Metropolis cease Saquon Barkley? No one has been ready to take action this season and he stands 30 yards away from having essentially the most prolific single season for a operating again in NFL historical past, together with the playoffs. It has been fairly a while since a operating again received the MVP award, Barkley did not win it however he was firmly within the dialog for starring in an Eagles assault that averages near 180 speeding yards per recreation. They scored seven speeding touchdowns within the NFC Championship Recreation.
Barkley is the principle man and all people is aware of it, and nonetheless he can’t be stopped, and that is the place true greatness comes from.
He has had 14 video games this 12 months the place he has rushed for greater than 100 yards and I believe he can break this recreation large open with one other of these trademark lengthy runs. He scored seven touchdowns of runs of 60-or-more yards this 12 months, which is an NFL file. The primary of these got here on a 65-yarder within the Superdome in opposition to New Orleans in Week Three; that might be some sort of omen. Saquon might very nicely be celebrating on his twenty eighth birthday on Sunday.
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Philadelphia Eagles operating again Saquon Barkley’s greatest performs from the 2024 NFL season, which noticed him rush over 2,000 yards with a recreation to spare
Who shall be Tremendous Bowl champions?
The Eagles are out for revenge having misplaced by three factors on a last-minute area purpose to Harrison Butker two years in the past and they’re a vastly-improved workforce in my view. This can go all the way down to the wire and be actually intense. It’s as a result of these Eagles are a high workforce, a very harmful workforce. However shut video games go all the way down to the wire, that is the place the Chiefs thrive and the place they’ve lived all season – they’ve received 12 video games by a single rating this 12 months.
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Andy Reid says Mahomes is without doubt one of the greatest ever to play the quarterback place and says the Chiefs cannot take into consideration the prospect of getting the ‘three-peat’ and should deal with the Eagles
In every of their final 17 video games which have gone all the way down to being determined by one rating, they’ve received all 17. Reid advised me this week that he expects his workforce to play all 4 quarters, that he expects them to return out on the best aspect of it. I believe will probably be shut, I believe the Chiefs have a historic really feel about them, they simply are inevitable, as I stated initially of the playoffs, so I believe Kansas Metropolis win 27-24.
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles in Tremendous Bowl 59 on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday February 9, reside on Sky Sports activities NFL and Predominant Occasion from 10pm forward of kick-off at 11.30pm; Kendrick Lamar headlines the half-time present with Tom Brady on commentary
