Eagles, Chiefs Will Meet Again In Super Bowl

 

Eagles RB Saquon Barkley had another huge playoff game.

For the second time in three years, it will be the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs meeting in the Super Bowl. This time it will be in the Super Dome in New Orleans, Louisiana and the Chiefs will be looking to become the first team in the Super Bowl era (started in the 1966-67 season) to win three consecutive Super Bowl titles. 

 

 

 

The Eagles punched their ticket as they buried the visiting Washington Commanders, 55-23 with running back Saquon Barkley (118 yards rushing on 15 carries) scoring three touchdowns, including a 60-yard romp to give his team a 7-3 lead in the first quarter. Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts also had three rushing touchdowns along with a TD pass to wide receiver A.J. Brown (four yard score) and Will Shipley (77 rushing yards) added another scoring run to account for the final tally. The Eagles also set an NFL record for most points scored in a conference championship game.

The Commanders kept it close in the first half, trailing 27-15 at the half as QB Jayden Daniels had a touchdown pass and Zane Gonzalez kicking three field goals. Daniels would add a ten-yard scoring run in third quarter to cut the Eagles lead to 34-23 with 5:01 remaining. Philadelphia blew it open with 21 points in the final quarter as Hurts, Barkley and Shipley had scoring runs and the team piled up 459 total yards, including 229 rushing yards. Meanwhile, the Eagles defense forced four turnovers (three fumbles, one interception) which led to 28 points scored in the rout. 

 

Over in Kansas City, QB Patrick Mahomes (pictured right) had 245 passing yards along with two rushing touchdowns and also threw an 11-yard TD pass to Xavier Worthy while RB Kareem Hunt added a TD run and a 35-yard field goal by Harrison Butker with 3:33 left in the fourth quarter made the difference for a 32-29 win over the Buffalo Bills. The Chiefs are looking to win a third straight Super Bowl and will be making their fifth trip to the contest in the last six seasons. 

 

The Bills battled throughout with the Chiefs in this one and tied the game at 29-29 with 6:15 remaining in the game when QB Josh Allen threw a four-yard scoring pass to Curtis Samuel. Allen had 237 passing yards and two touchdown passes in the loss, including a 34-yard TD thrown to wide receiver Mack Hollins, who made a sensational one handed grab for the score to get the Bills to within 21-16 at halftime. 

The Bills took a 22-21 lead in the third quarter when RB James Cook (85 yards on 13 carries) scored his second rushing touchdown in the game with 2:56 remaining. The two-point try failed, setting up the fourth quarter dramatics as the Chiefs defense made two huge fourth down stops against the Buffalo offense. Mahomes had the ten yard scoring run with 10:14 left to go for a 29-22 lead, which included the two-point conversion. Buffalo would tie it up and then Mahomes and company drove downfield and got the field goal before the final stop by the Chiefs defense to seal the win.