The Athletic has stay protection of Chiefs vs Eagles in Tremendous Bowl LIX, and Kendrick Lamar’s halftime efficiency.
The Philadelphia Eagles dominated Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs within the Tremendous Bowl Sunday evening, selecting off Mahomes twice and storming out to a 24-0 first-half lead because of rookie cornerback Cooper DeJean’s pick-six on his twenty second birthday.
Philadelphia’s dominance continued by way of the second half because the Chiefs’ offense struggled to a 40-22 loss, with 14 of their factors coming late within the fourth quarter.
Philadelphia ended the sport with 135 dashing yards to Kansas Metropolis’s 49.
DeJean’s interception was the primary of his profession and marked the primary playoff pick-six thrown by Mahomes in his eight-year profession. Mahomes has solely thrown 5 pick-sixes since 2017 and Sunday’s marked his first since Christmas Day 2023.
Mahomes by no means discovered a rhythm within the sport, getting sacked a career-high six instances. He completed 21-of-32 passing for 257 yards.
DeJean’s interception was the primary returned for a landing in a Tremendous Bowl since 2017 when Atlanta Falcons defensive again Robert Alford took a Tom Brady go 82 yards to the home to leap forward of the New England Patriots 20-0.
COOPER DEJEAN PICK TO THE HOUSE!
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In accordance with the published, DeJean turned the second participant to attain a championship sport landing on his birthday, becoming a member of Eagles legend Steve Van Buren in 1947.
Three drives after DeJean’s rating, Mahomes threw his second interception of the half, this time to linebacker Zack Baun over the center of the sphere. That set the Eagles up for a straightforward landing two performs later as Jalen Hurts hit A.J. Brown for a 12-yard rating.
Brown’s landing gave the Eagles the second-largest halftime lead in Tremendous Bowl historical past.
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