...It’s a shame the ending was so controversial.
It was a game as great as advertised and it lived up to the hype. The State Farm Stadium playing surface in Glendale, Arizona might have been awful, but the football was not. Patrick Mahomes threw for three touchdowns, rushed for another 44 on his injured ankle, and led his team from 24-14 down at the half to a 38-35 win over asquad that did just about everything they could on offense to keep up with the Chiefs, but the vaunted defense did not show up when it mattered most.
Jalen Hurts was magnificent, throwing for over 300 yards, a touchdown to A.J. Brown, and a Super Bowl record 70 rushing yards and a hat-trick of rushing touchdowns. The one glaring mistake was the self-forced fumble in the 2nd quarter that resulted in a scoop and score for Nick Bolton to tie things up at 14-14. On any other day he’s a Super Bowl champion and an MVP, but Andy Reid, Eric Bieniemy, and Mahomes put on a clinic that made an elite defense look ordinary.
The Eagles pass rush had 78 sacks through 19 games, but put up a bagel in the Super Bowl. That phenomenal Eagles rushing attack was limited to just Hurts, as the actual running backs only carried for 47 yards on 17 carries. Isiah Pacheco, whom I assume is just Thomas Rawls in a different body, rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown. Fellow rookie Skyy Moore and midseason trade acquisition Kadarius Toney both got into the end zone without an Eagles player in sight.
By far the biggest moment of the game was the 3rd and 8 incomplete pass thrown by Mahomes to JuJu Smith-Schuster. A stop would’ve given the Eagles more than enough time to win the game , but on a night when post-snap penalties were scarce, James Bradberry was flagged for a hold that didn’t look like much.
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