Tremendous Bowl LIX is about.
In what can be a rematch of Tremendous Bowl LVII, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs will tackle the Philadelphia Eagles down in New Orleans in two weeks. For the Eagles, they’ve an opportunity to win their first Tremendous Bowl since Tremendous Bowl LII, and an opportunity to avenge that loss to the Chiefs from just a few seasons in the past.
For Kansas Metropolis they’ve an opportunity to perform one thing we have now by no means seen: A Tremendous Bowl three-peat.
There can be two weeks to interrupt this recreation down, however let’s get a temperature verify on the place everybody stands proper now. Listed below are SB Nation’s on the spot predictions for Tremendous Bowl LIX.
Chiefs 38, Eagles 35 — Mark Schofield
At this level it actually feels inevitable, does it not?
The Chiefs grew to become the primary crew in NFL historical past to advance to a Tremendous Bowl after successful the earlier two. Each different crew in league historical past that had an opportunity to three-peat fell in need of that third Tremendous Bowl, that means that with their win over the Buffalo Payments within the AFC Championship Sport, Kansas Metropolis has already made historical past.
However with their win Sunday over Buffalo, the Chiefs ran their streak of consecutive wins in one-score video games to 17. Perhaps their luck runs out within the Tremendous Bowl in opposition to the Eagles.
Or perhaps, simply perhaps, they’ve made their very own luck the entire manner.
Eagles 20, Chiefs 17 — James Dator
I’ll echo everybody else right here that it certain feels just like the Chiefs are going to tug this off once more — however I can’t shake the truth that that is the least-talented of the Kansas Metropolis groups within the Tremendous Bowl, whereas that is one of the best the Eagles have ever been.
Saquon Barkley is such a profound distinction maker that Philadelphia is not merely the “throw deep and tush push” crew on offense. Couple that with a protection that has matured into the league’s most-fearsome unit and I’ve a troublesome time seeing the place the Chiefs’ offense goes to make a lot of an inroad right here.
This looks like a low-scoring Tremendous Bowl. Two profoundly gifted defensive groups butting into one another. The Chiefs completely have the expertise to stop Barkley from working throughout them, however so too the Eagles have the secondary and move rush to cease Patrick Mahomes from having a hero evening.
When the mud settles this looks like a recreation that’s going to enchantment to deep soccer nerds and be branded as “boring” by the vast majority of individuals. Gritty, defensive, ugly — however in a great way. That’s how I feel Tremendous Bowl LIX will go.
Chiefs 29, Eagles 24 — Ricky O’Donnell
The Chiefs are inevitable even of their supposed “down” yr. This crew simply doesn’t lose one rating video games. Perhaps it’s luck, perhaps it’s having Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes in your facet, however the Chiefs simply preserve getting away with it in shut video games. Philadelphia’s offensive line and brutalizing working recreation ought to preserve this recreation aggressive, however I do know who I’m selecting when it’s closing time.
Eagles 27, Chiefs 23 — David Fucillo
I suppose I’m Charlie Brown considering Lucy goes to carry the ball this time round. The Chiefs in all probability work out a strategy to pull this recreation out in some absurd or ref-assisted vogue.
However perhaps Saquon Barkley is the distinction in opposition to what looks as if the inevitability of the Chiefs. Kansas Metropolis ranks ninth in rush protection, which is strong, however Barkley has been working roughshod over defenses all season. The Chiefs could be inevitable, however Barkley carrying the Eagles to victory and successful Tremendous Bowl MVP looks like a pleasant cap on what has been an MVP-worthy season for the Eagles working again.
Chiefs 33, Eagles 27 — James Brady
I thought of selecting the Eagles so Travis Kelce may fake the Chiefs are someway underdogs who no one gave an opportunity to, however I simply can’t persuade myself to give you soccer causes past “that Eagles defensive entrance might need a slight likelihood of disrupting Mahomes,” or “Saquon Barkley certain is sweet.” It’s simply not sufficient to go in opposition to the inevitable, the horrible, and the unknowable. The Chiefs received’t lose even when I would like them to.
