The story was made on January 20, 2019, although neither of us knew it at the time. That day, the Nfl The largest dynasty this century beat the team that would quickly take the mantle as the next mastodon of the League.
That night, the Patriots beat the chiefs to win their ninth and last AFC title with Tom Brady and Bill Belichick in mind. Their domination was imitated by the chiefs, which resumed where New England stopped. But on Sunday, the chiefs can do something that even the patriots could not do, and it is to win an unprecedented third consecutive Super bowl.
The opponent of Kansas City, the Eagles of Philadelphia, is a challenger very worthy of the kingdom of chefs. The Eagles come out of a regular season of 14-3 Nfl The best offensive quartets (led by the SAQUON BARKLEY ground champion) and a difficult defense that will undoubtedly give Mahomes and Co. some crises. Philadelphia is good, but I would not bet against the chiefs and their current date with Destiny.
Here are the three biggest reasons why the Chiefs will win their fourth Super bowl During the Mahomes / Andy Reid era, starting with the quarter who has already become the fabric of the legend.
Super Bowl 2025: How the chefs Defense can slow SAQUON BARKLEY DES EAGLES
Garrett Podell
Just as we thought that we would not see another team as dominant as the Patriots, few of us sounded to see a quarter-Arrière as masterful as Brady as soon. But just as the chiefs have become the new Patriots, Mahomes has become the new Brady, or ourselves say, an even better version of TB12.
It can be a little premature for the Mahoma coronate as the largest of all time, but it certainly deserves a seat at the table with regard to the quarterrier Mount Rushmore. At this stage, the comparison of Brady-Mahomes is similar to the Jordan-Lebron debate. Brady has even more rings, but the unique mastery of Mahomas of the quarter position led to a similar level of domination.
Their greatest similarity is their shine in big games. Brady was imperturbable in the great moments, just like Mahomes, who can improve 4-1 in the Super Bowls with a victory over the Eagles. Like Brady, a great key to the success of Mahomas was his ability to apparently always play big games at crucial moments, like his 19 yards on a third and 1 game in overtime during last year Super bowl Win on the 49ers. The big race has helped set up its winning hit pass.
This is only an example of Mahomas that makes a big game at a critical moment in a big game. Regardless of the opponent or the situation, Mahomes apparently always appears. He is the greatest reason why the chiefs are on the precipice in history.
One last thing on Mahomes-Brady comparisons. Brady’s unrivaled desire to win was an underestimated part of his success, and the same applies to Mahomes. Although he cannot show it publicly, Mahomes is an intense competitor who will embark with zero hesitation if it means winning the game. Although he can look like Kermit, the competitive mindset of Mahomes is more in line with the Terminator; It will do everything you need to accomplish the mission.
2. Support chiefs
While the Eagles have the four -headed monster of Barkley, Jalen hurts and Wideouts Aj Brown and Devonta Smith, the Chiefs have a less announced group of skills, although talented, led by the future temple of renown Travis Kelce. The depth of chiefs with skill positions is what makes them so difficult to defend. You just never know where the ball is going.
With Kelce, the skills of chefs understand the Nfl Xavier Worthy and Marquise Brown’s fastest receiver duo, a possible future renowned field in Deandre Hopkins, a threat of red zone experienced to the tight winger Noah Gray, and two difficult runners and capable of Kareem Hunt and Isiah Pacheco.
This depth opened the game call menu for Reid, which regularly keeps the defenses to guess by broadcasting the ball. The largest beneficiary of this is Mahumes, who always always seems to be the open teammate.
The defenses must essentially choose their poison in the face of the offense of the chiefs. In the AFC championship match, the Bills did a good job by taking Kelce, who was held at 19 yards on two sockets. But the attention to Kelce opened things in Worthy, who shone with 101 versatile yards that included his touching in the second trimester.
The unique depth of Kansas City to skills posts recovers the memories of another legendary team. The offensive of the 49ers of 1984 did not have the high -end talent that their opponent, the Dolphins of Miami, had entered Super bowl XIX. But they had much more depth, which allowed them to score 38 points in a game of 22 points of Miami in what was the only one of Dan Marino Super bowl appearance. Joe Montana prospered that day with 390 yards in total and four affected.
As Montana did this afternoon this afternoon, I expect Mahomes to take full advantage of its offensive firepower on Sunday.
3. Defense
The defense was the secret sauce of the chiefs during their dynasty. While Mahomes rightly obtains the share of Lion of Praise, the defense of Kansas City has benefited from the success of the team in the past seven years.
This has been particularly the case in the past two years, the defense of chiefs exceeding their offense from a statistical point of view. While the attack on Kansas City has been 15th in the league, marking each of the last two years, its defense has finished second and fourth in the Nfl In the fewer authorized points, respectively.
In last year Super bowlThe defense of the chiefs held the powerful offense of the 49ers at 19 regulatory points before holding them to a basket in overtime. Kansas City was particularly dominant in the third drop, holding San Francisco only 3 out of 12 in this department.
Regarding Barkley, the Chiefs have experience when it comes to facing an elite on the biggest football scene. In last year Super bowl49ers the ball carrier Christian McCaffrey achieved 160 yards in total and a touch on 30 keys. Although it clearly made its mark, McCaffrey has an average of 3.6 yards per race with a long race of 11 yards. He achieved seven keys for a modest 28 yards on the last 49ers training which included a race without gain on his final touch of the night.
Kansas City’s ability to contain McCaffrey was a great reason why he won last year’s Super Bowl, and the Chiefs will have to imitate this success on Sunday against Barkley. Barkley will probably get his share of yards, but the chiefs will not care. Their goal will be to limit Barkley’s impact while forcing injuries to intensify.
The defense of the chiefs has high quality players at all levels to do this, from the defensive line Chris Jones to the defensive winger George Karlaftis to the second Nick Bolton at the half of Trent McDuffie. They also have one of the best defensive coordinators of all time in Steve Spagnuolo, who probably has several packages of Blitz wrapping his round for Hurts, who fought against a knee injury during the last section of the season.
Defense may not make the headlines, but she still decides championships. The defense of Kansas City was stellar for the majority of this legendary race, and the unit will appear once against Sunday evening.
