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How the Eagles Erased Patrick Mahomes From Super Bowl LIX | The Ringer
This game wasn’t just a crowning achievement for Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio and his system; it was arguably the best defensive performance in a Super Bowl in the modern era. Before garbage time, Philadelphia held the Chiefs to a 25 percent success rate, the second worst in a Super Bowl since 2000 (when an all-time-great Ravens defense destroyed the Giants). The six sacks Mahomes took were a career high (regular season or playoffs) and one away from the Super Bowl record of seven.
Fangio’s defense won this game at every level and in every one-on-one matchup. Up front, the Chiefs couldn’t block a single member of Philadelphia’s pass rushing rotation—surrendering a quarterback hit to seven different defenders and allowing a 41 percent pressure rate without the Eagles even blitzing. The Chiefs couldn’t move enough bodies on the interior of the offensive line to find yardage in the run game either, nor did they make much of an effort to do so. Outside of Mahomes’s scrambles, the Chiefs attempted only seven rushes for 24 yards.
Because the Eagles dominated the game this thoroughly in the trenches, they allowed the secondary to do what it’s been better at than any other team this season—taking away easy passes for the opposing quarterback. Mahomes’s first read in the progression never felt open throughout the course of the game, and his 2.99-second average time to throw was the 20th longest in his pro career. Slot defender Cooper DeJean and linebacker Zack Baun each had an interception (DeJean’s was a pick-six), and those two were all over Kansas City’s receivers in the middle of the field.
Pennsylvania sports books lose $6.5 million on Super Bowl betting | NBC Sports
Nevada sports books won a record $22.1 million on Super Bowl LIX. Pennsylvania sports books did not.
Via David Purdum of ESPN.com, Pennsylvania sports books suffered a net loss of $6.5 million on Super Bowl LIX. With a record $101.5 million bet on the game — a 20.4 percent bump over the prior high from two years earlier — a high percentage were placed on the Eagles.
For ESPN Bet’s Pennsylvania operation, 73 percent of the bets and 79 percent of the handle landed on the Eagles.
If running back Saquon Barkley had scored a touchdown in the game, it would have been worse. He was one of the top picks in the anytime-touchdown market.
Myles Garrett trade fits: Which teams make sense for star? | ESPN
WR Tyreek Hill, 2022
What the Chiefs got in return from the Dolphins: 2022 first-, second- and fourth-round picks, 2023 fourth- and sixth-round picks
Hill only gets here on a technicality, as the first of his All-Pro nods came as a special-teamer during his rookie season. With that in mind,...
