The Kansas City Chiefs were crowned champions of the Super Bowl LVII after defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 38 – 35 in a high-flying duel between the two best teams in the competition.
Patrick Mahomes got up with him match MVP Trophy, And at 27, he already sports two championship rings, a feat few quarterbacks have achieved at such a young age. He finished the game with 182 passing yards and 3 touchdownscompleting 21/27 passing to which he added another 44 yards on rushing plays.
After losing in the 2021 Super Bowl to Tom Brady’s Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs reach for glory again and he does it this time by adding another great name to the offense of Mahomes and Kelce: Isiah Pachecothat with his 76 yards terrestrial and an annotation was a headache for the rival defense.
Mahomes’ Chiefs make NFL history by collecting their second Vince Lombardi Trophy in four years, and aim to mark an era in the league.
Hurts and Mahomes, protagonists in the first touchdowns
The Super Bowl started with a magnificent staging of both offensive units, two of the most talented in the NFL. The Philadelphia Eagles were in charge of receiving the first attacking possession, and quickly demonstrated their power in all areas of the field. Jalen Hurts connected with good passes with Devonta Smith that allowed them to seal the first downs and leaned on their runningbacks when the defense protected the air zone. Dallas Goedert in the tight end and Gainwell allowed the Eagles to get just one yard from the opposing end zone, a sequence that was capped off with a Hurts’ sneak quarterback, who put the initial 7 -0 on the scoreboard.
The offensive of Kansas knew how to answer his rival’s first successful driveand he did it with his three main protagonists. Isiah Pacheco he was the architect of a couple of great runs that forced the Eagles to line up more defenders in the box to stop the ground attacks, and it was there that the deadly duo of Chiefs appeared. Mahomes connected with Travis Kelce on a 20-yard pass that placed his team in a very good field position, and immediately afterwards they met again to score the touchdown that tied the contest 7-7. The match couldn’t have started in a better way, with the best players from both teams appearing on the scene.
Immediately afterwards it was the defense of Kansas who, thanks to the good pressure of his defensive line forced Eagles to punt the ball, displaying for the first time the great ability of his defensive coordinator, Steve Spagnuolo, in attacking through different gaps to the rival protection. The Chiefs offense knew how to continue the good feelings it had left on its first drive and the duo Mahomes-Kelce continued to do a lot of damage in the middle zonebut a Harrison Butker 42-yard missed field goal prevented the Kansas franchise from taking the lead on the scoreboard.
It was here that we first saw the arm talent Philadelphia quarterback. After a false start by Frank Clark that placed their rivals in the central area of the field, Jalen Hurts threw a spectacular 42-yard pass to AJ Brown, catcher who got ahead of his defenders and scored the touchdown for your team. 7 to 14 in the light in just a few plays, a sample perfect for the explosiveness it possesses the team led by Nick Sirianni.
The first big mistake of the game arrives
Hurts I was playing at the MVP level, connecting passes left and right and getting first downs with his legs very effectively. But in the NFL everything can change in just a few seconds.. After completing a good pass to Pascal on a rollout play, the quarterback saw the The ball slipped out of his hands. causing a fumble that the rival would quickly recover towards the endzone. Kansas linebacker Nick Bolton tied the game at 14 and the spirits now seemed on the side of Chiefs after the blunder of his enemy.
But if anything has characterized Hurts this season, it’s his courage, and he evidenced it in his next drive, just a few seconds after seeing how his error completely penalized his team. After finding Gainwell and Scott in passes outside the numbers and a ‘flag’ from the rival offensive line, the quarterback added his second career touchdown of the game. He did not seem to notice the pressure of a whole Super Bowl, and that is that the player of only 24 years was roaming freely in the State Farm Stadium in Arizona under the watchful eye of the whole world.
Following another successful defense by Philadelphia’s defensive unit, Patrick Mahomes limped onto the touchline after seeing an opposing player fall on his ankle already injured. Luckily, everything was a scare in the end. The The first half ended with a successful field goal by Elliot that made it 14-24 on the scoreboard. The Eagles went to halftime two possessions ahead and with the feeling of dominating the rhythm of the game.
Great start to the second half for Kansas
Kansas I needed to start the second half with a good offensive drive, and that was exactly what happened. Andy Reid involved the McKinnon en el backfield and the player reaped a good couple of plays that put his team in a very good field position, Mahomes He didn’t seem to resent his ankle pain too much and even completed a 15-yard dash that placed his offense within a few steps of the end zone. in the end it appeared Pacheco to score the initial touchdown of the second thirty minutes of the game that made it 21 to 24 on the scoreboard.
The next attack drive started with a scare for Eagleswho saw how a fumble by Miles Sanders was recovered by the rival and taken to the rival zone for a touchdown. After review, the referees determined that the runner did not have possession., so the annotation was invalidated. Now yes, the Kansas defense avoided conceding the touchdown and after Elliot’s good field kick, recovered posesión con 21 a 27 en the marker. They were back to a score
The third quarter ended with a great role by Isiah Pacheco in the Kansas running game, undetectable by the opposing defense throughout the contest.
last room to remember
The last fifteen minutes began with an excellent repertoire of passes from Mahomes to his teammates, especially Juju-Smith Schuster, who saw the endzone getting closer and closer. After fool the whole high school from Eagles, Mahomes threw a pass into the sideline for Kadarius Toneyreceiver that scored the touchdown at will. For the first time in the entire Super Bowl, the Chiefs they were ahead on the scoreboard with 28-27.
The Philadelphians needed to react and hit back, But the opposite happened. After a quick ‘4 and out’, Kadarius Toney staged a spectacular 65-yard punt return that put Chiefs again at the gates of the score. The Andy Reid Playbook, a inexhaustible source of resourcesleft totally alone Sky Moore who scored the touchdown and made it 35 to 27. Time was running out for Hurts and company.
As if it were a boxing match, the Eagles rose from this direct hit to the chin with a lot of character. Hurts kept going, and after a good couple of throws in the middle zone, he connected on a 45-yard pass to Devonta Smith that went out of bounds just a few steps from target. Immediately afterwards, Hurts added his third rushing touchdown and also scored the two-point conversion that made it 35 equal in the bright youthere were only five minutes left.
It was Patrick Mahomes time. The pressure was on and Kansas was just one score away from glory. After a crucial holding by Gardner Johnson, Eagles safety, the Chiefs got another set of downs. Harrison Butker kicked the ball between the posts and put the final 38 to 35 on the scoreboard. The Kansas City Chiefs were crowned champions of Super Bowl LVII.
Patrick Mahomes is already a two-time NFL champion, a two-time Super Bowl MVP and a two-time regular season MVP. Words are running out to define the Chiefs quarterbackwhich is destined to continue the legacy of the best in history in the competition.
