Scott and SadieNo team has EVER won three straight Super Bowls. The Kansas City Chiefs had a chance to change that against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 59 last night . . . but they failed to show up. At all.
The Eagles were up 7-0 after the first quarter . . . 24-0 at the half . . . and 34-0 with seconds left in the third quarter. That’s when Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes FINALLY started making some plays, but it was too-little too-late.
The Eagles even did the “Gatorade Shower” with three minutes left to go in the game, which might have been a record for the earliest COACH-BATH.
The liquid was yellow-green, if you did one of those silly prop-bets.
The final score was 40-22 Eagles. After the game, Philly quarterback Jalen Hurts was named the MVP. He threw for 221 yards, including two touchdowns. He also ran for 72 yards, plus a rushing touchdown.
Mahomes actually ended up with more passing yards (257) and more touchdowns (three) . . . but pretty much ALL of that was in garbage time, after he was already down more than 30 points.
He also threw two interceptions, and coughed up a fumble. It was arguably the worst game of his NFL career. He’d never been down by 34 points before.
And for all the Swifties out there, tight end Travis Kelce was a non-factor . . . although the Philadelphia defense made EVERYONE look bad. (Taylor Swift also got booed . . . but the defense didn’t have anything to do with that.)
There was a SLIM OPPORTUNITY for something magical.
Tom Brady was one of the broadcasters, so people were talking about how Mahomes COULD’VE made a run at Brady’s legacy if he would’ve stormed back from a 24-point deficit at the half . . . or after being down 34-0.
Brady and the New England Patriots were down 28-3 in the third quarter in Super Bowl 51 to the Atlanta Falcons . . . before miraculously coming back to win 34-28 in overtime.
But clearly, that wasn’t in the cards for Mahomes and the Chiefs. (You can find a ton of video highlights on the NFL’s YouTube channel.)
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