It is really difficult to beat Kansas City Chiefs.
Patrick Mahomes and Company are a victory away from winning a third Super Bowl in a row, which has never been done.
Since this run started with the first match of the regular season in 2022, Chiefs has won 49 games and lost 11 games.
One of these losses, the latest, was a 38-0 defeat on Denver in the regular season finale four weeks ago when Kansas City did not play many of its key players because it was set as number 1 seed in AFC.
But the Philadelphia Eagles, the team that stands between the managers and the story in Super Bowl Lix on Sunday in Caesar’s Superdome, is built to beat the twice the champions.
Other teams have looked at the part, not only go into a game against Chiefs but even deep into the fourth quarter of the game. But the champions have won an NFL record 17 consecutive games with one point, including 12 this season.
The primary lesson there is one of the keys to beat Chiefs is not to give the Mahomes ball late in the game that needs just one point to beat you. He goes for his own personal three-turf as Super Bowl MVP and his fourth total after winning the award for the first time five years ago.
Mahomes brought Kansas City back from a three-point deficit in both the fourth quarter and overtime against the 49th in last year’s Super Bowl.
Two years ago against Eagles, Mahomes ran their team 62 meters in 14 gigs to a winning field goal with 11 seconds left, giving Kansas City a victory 38-35.
And Mahomes has a long list of other examples of points for the last minute to produce unlikely victories.
But beating Mahomes and Chiefs is not as easy as building a lead on more than a touchdown late in the game. Mahomes won its first Super Bowl MVP by directing devices that produced three touchdowns during the game’s last 6:13 and transformed a deficit of 20-10 into a 31-20 victory for 49ers five years ago.
The only plan to beat Mahomes and Chiefs – especially in a Super Bowl – has to cover the full 60 minutes (or more).
Philadelphia has enough history against Kansas City to give it confidence, although San Francisco probably had a similar feeling of going into last year’s Omatch.
The key is not only to defend mahomes but also limit him – play exceptional supplementary football as the crime and the special team decreases the time, and therefore the number of games, as well as the starting field position that Mahomes must work with.
Of course, the managers are much more than just mahomes and the crime. Philadelphia must also compete with a very good defense and special team.
The extension of Saquon Barkley has given Eagles the most explosive running game in the NFL. Barkley is on average more than five meters per berry and gives the NFC masters the opportunity to move the ball consistently, run the clock and keep mahomes on the sidelines.
But moving methodically and using the clock is not enough to beat the managers. In Super Bowl two years ago, Philadelphia Chief exceeded 417-340 and had the ball for more than 36 minutes.
And they lost.
The summary is routinely more with less. He can have the ball for less time and fewer games, which leads to fewer farms and still produces at least one more point.
Philadelphia can use barkley and hurt to run the ball, check the ball and play from the front. Then commit fewer penalties and win the turnover battle.
It will lead to a profit.
