Eagles win with all-time great performance as they destroy Chiefs’ 3-peat dream

Super Bowl LIX final Game Day was Sunday, February 9, 2025 Location:  1500 Sugar Bowl Drive, New Orleans LA Halftime Performer: Kendrick Lamar.

NEW ORLEANS — Tom Brady and the New England Patriots couldn’t finish the job. The Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s were incredible teams but fell short too. The 1980s San Francisco 49ers and 1990s Dallas Cowboys were NFL royalty but their streaks stopped at two straight Super Bowl

There have been 59 Super Bowls played and still no team has won three of them in a row. The Chiefs’ quest for a three-peat starts over at zero after they were thoroughly dominated by the Philadelphia Eagles 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday night.

It was one of the most one-sided games in Super Bowl history, which was shocking given the stature of the Chiefs coming in.

It was supposed to be a coronation for the Chiefs. How many times in the week leading up to the game was it uttered that it’s impossible to beat Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid in a big game? Of all the possible results for this Super Bowl, the only one that didn’t seem possible was the Eagles blowing out Kansas City, but it happened. The Eagles’ defense unfathomably made Mahomes look like one of the worst players on the field in the first half as they built a 24-0 halftime lead. Mahomes had two interceptions that led directly to 14 Eagles points, one on a pick 6 by Philadelphia rookie Cooper DeJean.

When DeJean was returning that interception, which came on a reckless throw by Mahomes, it started to sink in for everyone that the Chiefs weren’t going to have some magic act to come back and win a close game, as they have so many times. The Chiefs weren’t on the Eagles’ level Sunday. When Jalen Hurts hit DeVonta Smith on a 46-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter, it put Philadelphia ahead 34-0 and the celebration could begin.

Hurts went 17-of-22 for 221 yards and two passing TDs, and rushed for 72 yards and a TD on 11 carries. He was voted the game’s MVP.

The 1929-31 and 1965-67 Green Bay Packers can rest easy. They’re still the only teams with three NFL championships in a row. The Chiefs came closer than anyone to being the first to win three Super Bowls in a row, but their run at history got blown apart by an Eagles team that was determined to not lose to the Chiefs in a Super Bowl again.

Eagles have an all-time performance

There are reasons a team has never won three straight Super Bowls. There are a lot of extra games involved. It’s tough to keep your roster together year after year, especially in the salary-cap era. Injuries are unpredictable and can derail any team’s season.

And sometimes, you run up against a team that on that particular day in the playoffs looks like it could beat just about any other team in NFL history.

The Eagles’ performance, particularly on defense, ranks among the best in Super Bowl history. Philadelphia’s front pummeled the Chiefs’ offensive line, which was a theme in Kansas City’s other Super Bowl loss with Mahomes four years ago to the Buccaneers. The Eagles were 16-1 after September, with their only loss coming when Hurts suffered a concussion in the first quarter and Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels threw a game-winning touchdown with six seconds left. That’s how close Philadelphia was from running the table for a stretch of four and a half months.

The Chiefs’ pursuit of history and other flashy teams like the Ravens, Bills and Lions kept the Eagles’ dominance in the shadows for much of the season. Barkley’s brilliance was a recurring headline but the Eagles as a team were strangely under the radar. Even when they scored 55 points in beating Washington in the NFC championship game, the focus leading up to the Super Bowl was how unbeatable Mahomes, Reid and the Chiefs’ dynasty was in big games.

The Eagles’ first Super Bowl win was probably sweeter after such a long wait. But it’s probably safe to say that Super Bowl LIX was the most dominant game in Eagles franchise history. Now their pursuit of a three-peat can begin.

Kendrick Lamar did so well though others says it was waste of time, Lil Wayne pulled out as a performer for the night,

Selena Williams danced but tagged disturbing, etc.

by KOFI ACQUAH