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THE SUPER BOWL-CHAMPION PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
Fly, Eagles, fly, indeed. There’s no one who can come close to the heights you’ve reached. The Eagles crushed the Chiefs, 40-22, to win Super Bowl LIX, the second Super Bowl triumph in franchise history.
It’s hard to decide what was more impressive: Jalen Hurts‘ performance or Philadelphia’s defense, but let’s start with Hurts, the Super Bowl MVP who was truly terrific: 17 for 22 for 221 yards and two touchdowns as well as 72 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Lots of people questioned what Hurts would do if an opponent limited Saquon Barkley. Hurts answered that emphatically. He belongs in any conversation regarding the upper tier of quarterbacks, Cody Benjamin says.
Benjamin:“This year’s Super Bowl MVP is already etched into the NFL record books thanks to his Sunday night win … during which he became the only player other than seven-time champion Tom Brady with at least three total scores and a 70% passing completion rate in multiple Super Bowls. … The most consistent part about his game … is the most important: He wins. He shows up when the lights are brightest. He weathers the rough days to forge into the light. How else can his 2022-2024 stretch be described, in which he literally vaulted to the NFL mountaintop, crumbled back to Earth, then scratched and clawed until he reached true NFL glory.”
Hurts was one of my biggest winners from the game.
OK, now onto the defense, which sacked Patrick Mahomes six times (most in a game in his career) and turned him over three…
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Author : Zachary Pereles
Publish date : 2025-02-10 13:59:00
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