By Strength of Schedule they were tied for 22nd for hardest. KC was actually 31st and the 49ers 32nd. However, at one point per ESPN's FPI, Philly was 31st, but ended up at 23rd. It's really pick a metric to support a narrative.
Super Bowl LVII: Chiefs vs Eagles | Poll and Game Thread
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Not sure how I want to vote here. I hope refs don't play a huge factor in the outcome of the game as they've been horrendous lately, per usual.
I lean eagles, but its hard to count out Mahomes. It depends on his health along with his wrs. Eagles haven't really done anything too impressive. Giants weren't that good and you played an injured 9ers team to get to the super bowl.
Chiefs have the coaching advantage with more experience, but eagles have the healthier team.
I wanted to see a 9ers bengals super bowl. So I don't know if I am as interested in this game as I would be had Purdy not gotten hurt and Ossai didn't give Butker and extra 15 yards for the go ahead win.
I lean eagles, but its hard to count out Mahomes. It depends on his health along with his wrs. Eagles haven't really done anything too impressive. Giants weren't that good and you played an injured 9ers team to get to the super bowl.
Chiefs have the coaching advantage with more experience, but eagles have the healthier team.
I wanted to see a 9ers bengals super bowl. So I don't know if I am as interested in this game as I would be had Purdy not gotten hurt and Ossai didn't give Butker and extra 15 yards for the go ahead win.
I'm gonna send you an application to be the new defensive coordinator for my Vikings.
I think Mahomes will be in pretty good shape by game day, Modern medicine at that level is pretty amazing. Now if they can get their reciever corp to perform that is the question. I like watching Mahomes so I guess I'm cheering for the Chiefs, but either way I'll watch.
This match up for the Chiefs reminds me of a couple years ago when Lamar Jackson and the Ravens had it rolling pretty good and the matchup with Mahomes was considered top billing.
Hoping Chiefs. Eagles fans are being pretty nasty about Brock’s injury. I guess that’s what is expected from a place that booed Santa.
Key to beating Chiefs has been getting pressure without blitzing and having a long ball control oriented offense that can keep off field. So pretty much a perfect description of how Philly built their team.
Having bad flashbacks to the TB game with the pressure and injury situation starting to add up for KC. Hopefully can get a game on full strength and get WR room healthy.
Glad for the extra week of rest, not sure Mahomes could have even finished the game last night after that run if Butker would have by chance missed that FG. All time gutsy performance.
Having bad flashbacks to the TB game with the pressure and injury situation starting to add up for KC. Hopefully can get a game on full strength and get WR room healthy.
Glad for the extra week of rest, not sure Mahomes could have even finished the game last night after that run if Butker would have by chance missed that FG. All time gutsy performance.
I wonder if we will start seeing more 10-20 million dollar QBs and then spend that extra money on more team members to have more long term success? Probably not because everyone wants top dollar but it could be way more fun to be on a team built that way.
KC's O-line was in shambles going into that SB. Right now, that's like the only completely healthy part of their offense.
Yeah it is weird that Chiefs have had so many injuries at this point twice now. But right now at least it looks like some of the players can make it back for the SB as opposed to a couple years ago when there was no chance some of those OL were going to play.
one thing is 100% is portions of Philly will be looted and burned down win or lose.
but no way do the eagles lose this game IMO.
but no way do the eagles lose this game IMO.
As a Vikings fan myself, I probably should have said "ALMOST all of the worst defenses in the league can shut that down."
Well one way they could lose is if the Chiefs score more points.
There really isn't a supply of those guys out there is the problem. It's either rookie deal or expensive guys. What we will probably continue to see though, are the "pay the piper" type deals like Stafford had and Allen is on still this year, where there's a year or two of a big contract with a low cap hit, then it really escalates. Rams are kind of the case. Is easy to look at the Rams, as their go for broke year ended with a SB, but that margin is razor thin. The odds you win a SB even in a stacked year like that is not great, and now they are going to in terrible shape for at least a couple years.
I am very curious to watch the Bills moving forward. Based on cap their roster is going to start looking a lot different. The cap hit from probably their three best players - Allen, Diggs and Milano was like $33M this year, and that goes to $73M next year.
Basically I see the league as the Chiefs and 31 teams that have at best small windows to challenge before the QB cap beast alters their roster. The Chiefs have a QB that's great enough with a cap number that is going to keep them in the hunt as long as he's around and healthy.
Teams like the Eagles, Bengals, Chargers, and others have 1-2 years depending on their QB contract situation. The 49ers are the other oddball, but who the hell knows depending on Purdy's injury.
Not sure why this got laughs. Chiefs have so many injuries and Eagles don’t. Eagles can run the ball Chiefs can’t. Eagles have great pass defense and we’ve seen how that plays against a great but depleted passing offense. I don’t want Eagles to win but they will win big.
For that money, these are the QBs you can get on a 2nd contract.
Jameis Winston - $14m
Mariota - 9.3m
Jimmy G - 7m (might be best value here)
Tryod Taylor - 5m
The starting price for a QB is 30m for mediocrity (Tannehill/Ryan/Wentz), you might as well spend 40m-50m on a superstar.
I concur with this. Philly had a cream puff schedule all year and never faced a tough test in the playoffs either. Hope the Chiefs stick it to them.
I might be wrong, but I think it’s a little unfair to completely discredit for the Eagles domination to this point while also crediting the Chiefs defense that was playing against an abysmal Cincinnati OL last night. That said, I’m rooting for the chiefs
Philly's OL is probably the best in the NFL. KC was able to pressure Burrows and disrupt the Bengals offense pretty consistently, they won't be able to do that against Philly. That'll open the door to Hurts shredding KC's young DBs with Brown, Smith, Goedert, three really good offensive weapons. On the flip side, Philly has one of the best defensive backfields in the NFL, not good for KC. Eagles will be able to go man and focus on bottling up Kelce. I think Philly wins pretty easily.
