Jalen Hurts totally outclasses Patrick Mahomes with Super Bowl 2025 gem

NEW ORLEANS — Here is the beauty of having a complete team: No one player has to do everything every game.That is the way it went down Sunday night for Jalen Hurts and the Eagles. He did not get off to the greatest of starts and that can be troublesome when the opposing quarterback is Patrick Mahomes.

It was clear the Chiefs were geared up to contain running back Saquon Barkley and that defensive posture turned out to work — conditionally.Barkley never broke free on one of his familiar long bursts, and he was held in check, finishing with only 57 yards on 25 rushing attempts. The Eagles knew Barkley would be a marked man and that another focus on offense might be needed. “Jalen came out and played big,’’ Barkley said. “He had an unbelievable game, and we needed him,’’ head coach Nick Sirianni said. When one door is closed, the best teams open up another one. A team that evolved into a run-first operation needed to loosen things up with the passing game and Hurts was up to the challenge.

The 26-year-old played magnificently two years ago in his first Super Bowl, but the Eagles could not hold onto a 10-point lead and were defeated by the Chiefs, 38-35, in Glendale, Ariz. Hurts was not to be denied this time around.He was by far the better quarterback — he did not have to face his own ravenous defense — and had an easy time of things in a 40-22 demolition of the Chiefs in Super Bowl 2025 inside the Caesars Superdome. It was not long ago when there were skeptics wondering if Hurts could take a team and lead it to a title. “I can’t control what these people think,” Hurts said, “but if it takes all the hate and all the scrutiny and all the different opinions for me to be a world champion, keep it coming.” Hurts benefitted from an offensive line that kept him clean — what else is new? — as he punched the clock by completing 17 of 22 passes for 221 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.

He led the Eagles in rushing with 72...