To win the Super Bowl, the ruthless Philadelphia Eagles destroy the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Philadelphia Eagles have returned to the top of the NFL standings seven years after taking home their first Vince Lombardi trophy. The Eagles easily defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40–22 on Sunday night in New Orleans, which wasn’t as close as the scoreline indicates, thanks to an MVP performance from quarterback Jalen Hurts and a defensive masterclass that harried, hit, and harassed Patrick Mahomes into one of his worst games of his career.

The 59th Super Bowl marked Philadelphia and Kansas City’s second meeting in three years on the NFL’s biggest stage, and the Eagles were still recovering from the heartbreaking 38-35 Chiefs victory in Arizona, where a crippled Mahomes led a nearly flawless second half to

The Philadelphia Eagles have returned to the top of the NFL standings seven years after taking home their first Vince Lombardi trophy. The Eagles easily defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40–22 on Sunday night in New Orleans, which wasn’t as close as the scoreline indicates, thanks to an MVP performance from quarterback Jalen Hurts and a defensive masterclass that harried, hit, and harassed Patrick Mahomes into one of his worst games of his career.

The 59th Super Bowl marked Philadelphia and Kansas City’s second meeting in three years on the NFL’s biggest stage, and the Eagles were still recovering from the heartbreaking 38-35 Chiefs victory in Arizona, where a crippled Mahomes led a near-perfect second half to defeat the Chiefs.

They produced their masterwork on Sunday. Fangio essentially imitated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ victory over Mahomes and the Chiefs in Super Bowl LV, relying on their defensive line for continuous four-man rushes while maintaining maximum coverage behind them. This came two years after the team became only the second Super Bowl team in history (along with the 1974 Steelers) to lead the NFL in sacks but fail to record one in the crucial game.

Mahomes was in charge of three of the seven comeback victories from double-digit deficits, but the Chiefs’ terrible first half proved to be too much. When Kansas City’s drive to open the second half quickly stalled and the Eagles responded with a 12-play, 69-yard scoring drive capped by