Super Bowl 2025: The Post dives into Chiefs-Eagles matchups
NEW ORLEANS — Of course we know that no NFL team has ever won three consecutive Super Bowls.No three-peat, ever.
Nine teams have won back-to-back Super Bowls, but none of them have ever even made it to a third straight — until now.The Chiefs are in position to do something unprecedented.Standing in their way on Sunday in Super Bowl 2025 in New Orleans is the opponent that put the three-peat in motion.
It was two years ago that the Chiefs came back to beat the Eagles, 38-35.Two years later, the Eagles are back, as are the Chiefs, and away we go.With a victory, the Chiefs can lay claim to elite dynasty status.
This is their fifth Super Bowl appearance in the past six years, with the top quarterback (Patrick Mahomes) and top head coach (Andy Reid) winning three Lombardi Trophies and one victory away from a fourth.Though the Chiefs went 15-1 in games they cared about in the regular season — they rested their starters in the season finale — their point differential was just 59 points.
That would be the fifth-lowest by a Super Bowl champion.They went 12-0 on one-score games.The Eagles stand in their way.
Led by a stunning outbreak from free agent addition Saquon Barkley (Giants fans, avert your eyes here) — 2,005 rushing yards during the season and 442 more yards in three playoff victories — the Birds are as complete a team as you will see.They went 14-3 and are coming off a 55-23 demolition of the Commanders in the NFC Championship game.
Their offensive and defensive lines can dominate, and often do just that.In three postseason games, the Eagles have 10 takeaways and no turnovers.
That is a winning combination.Is Jalen Hurts on the upswing? He was at his best two weeks ago in the NFC title game, completing 20 of 28 passes for 246 yards and one touchdown for a quarterback rating of 110.1 It was just the second time since the middle of November he reached 200 passing yards.The Eagles were a disappointing 29th in the NFL in passing offense, a brutal ran...