Crossing Broad
Super Bowl week is here. Finally.
Last week felt like it took a hundred years.
Here are three reasons why you should be pulling for the Eagles and not the Chiefs in Super Bowl 59 if you are a football neutral or ambivalent fence sitter.
Nobody wants to see the Chiefs three-peat. America is sick of the Chiefs. Including this year, they have appeared in five of the last six Super Bowls, going 3-1 thus far. The only reprieve we were afford was 2022, when the Rams beat the Bengals. Otherwise, we’ve watched KC over and over and over again.
Because of that, the storylines are played out. There’s nothing interesting to talk about. Andy Reid finally got his ring. Good for him. We were happy to see him win his Super Bowl, but we don’t need Big Red to win a fourth. Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes got their rings. Taylor Swift got to go down on the field. There’s no legitimately interesting angle here for neutrals unless you like dynasties and want to do some sort of comparison to Tom Brady’s Patriots or the Steelers of the 1970s. The better storylines are on the Eagles’ side. Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley winning rings. A young defense having one of the best seasons ever. A misunderstood meathead coach going all the way to the top after calls for his firing. Much more interesting stuff on the Philly side.
The Chiefs have more criminals and generally run a loose organization. Character issues are not much of a concern at all, which is the one negative thing that has followed Andy Reid throughout his career. A short list here:
5. Employs someone who crashed a car while intoxicated into a family including children. Didn’t even suspend him
6. Signed a player who admitted to having sex with an underaged girl
7. Worst owner and facilities according to the NFLPA
8. Employed a player who was charged with… pic.twitter.com/DIeacHEjxa
— joe pezz14-3 (@joe_pezz) February 2, 2025
Obviously there’s some nuance to apply. For instance, charges against Matt Araiza were dropped and he said he was unaware that Jane Doe in the gang rape case was under the age of 18. But it’s pretty universally accepted that Reid and the Chiefs are lenient with players who have run into legal trouble. Many columns have been written about this.
As for the Eagles, people like to point out Jalen Carter’s issues at Georgia. No doubt. There was the car crash and the ensuing arrest for reckless driving and street racing. Note that Carter has only been involved in one thing since turning pro, which was the shoplifting incident from 2023. He called it a “misunderstanding” and no charges were ever filed, so that became a dead end.
We did a column on this a few years ago and the list of Eagles problems going back almost 10 years was...
