Eagles defense was all over Patrick Mahomes in humiliation of Chiefs offensive line
NEW ORLEANS — It was shockingly easy for the Eagles defense in the Big Easy. Patrick Mahomes and his back-to-back Super Bowl champions are not supposed to be treated with such disrespect.From the very start, the big, bad Birds swarmed and swooped and swallowed up everything the Chiefs had to offer, which, as it turned out, was not very much at all. This was a blatant mismatch up front, with the Eagles playing bully-ball and thrashing and trashing a Chiefs offensive line that has been a weak link amid Kansas City’s 15-2 regular season. The Eagles’ 40-22 victory in Super Bowl 2025 inside the Caesars Superdome on Sunday night was over and done with in the first half — there was no drama at all in this one.
It was 24-0 at halftime, and the unit orchestrated by defensive coordinator Vic Fangio was so forceful that it sucked all the life out of any semblance of a three-peat possibility for the Chiefs.The 22 points on three Mahomes touchdown passes came after the Eagles put things away with a 34-0 lead. “Defense played their asses off,’’ quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts said. Edge rusher Josh Sweat, an impending free agent, made himself some money with a huge performance, notching 2.5 sacks.
Defensive tackle Milt Williams had two.The Eagles sacked Mahomes six times, were credited with 16 pressures and so badly humiliated the Chiefs offense that it was almost hard to remember that they won the past two Super Bowls. Fangio did it by trusting his players to win their matchups.
He did not call for one blitz the entire game. “They played great, there’s no way around it,’’ Mahomes said. In the first half, the Eagles nearly pitched a perfect game.They limited the Chiefs to one first down and 23 total yards.
That is not a misprint.Twenty-three total yards! The average gain for the Chiefs was 1.2 yards.
They had three rushing yards.The Eagles did what they wanted when they wanted.
They intercepted Mahomes twice, with rookie cornerback C...