Patrick Mahomes got over a very annoying and dangerous pain in his ankle due to an injury and proved to be one of the greats: Relying on his team’s great defense, the quarterback lead the Kansas City Chiefs to their third Super Bowl: They came back from far behind and beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 despite a fantastic performance by Jalen Hurts at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Hurts showed his level from the beginning, took advantage of Kansas City giving him the first offensive drive of the game and finished it with a two-yard rushing touchdown. Jalen kicked off his show celebrating with a catchy dance; However, he celebrated early and fell one step away from his first Super Bowl ring.
The Chiefs didn’t take long and leveled the score through a touchdown by Travis Kelce after a spectacular pass from Patrick Mahomes; Kansas City was back, but they blew the chance to turn the score around with a missed field goal by Harrison Butker.
In the opening seconds of the second quarter Hurts showed up again, and gave everyone at the State Farm Stadium a taste of his powerful hands: He threw a 45-yard pass that landed on A.J. Brown to give the Eagles the lead once again, for the second time in the game.
Hurts was clearly the Eagles’ best player, but he let go of the ball in the second quarter, and the Chiefs took advantage of that opportunity. Once again, the Kansas franchise equalized the score.
However, the Philadelphia quarterback shook off the mistake very quickly and before the two-minute break he gave home the third touchdown of the night, again on the ground. Hurts faked a throw and walked in for his second rushing touchdown and put the Eagles back in front.
On the other hand, everyone at the Chiefs was worried about Patrick Mahomes. The quarterback got to the Super Bowl wrapped in cotton due to an ankle injury, with many doubts if him playing the final was a good call. Things seemed to get even worse when he had to be replaced before halftime after a capture.
Mahomes was sacked on third and 15 near the home 30-yard line, the Chiefs QB stopped immediately, however, setting off Kansas City alerts because he left the field limping.
The Chiefs turned the ball over and gave the Eagles one last chance in the first half; Mahomes winced and watched from the sideline as Philadelphia increased the lead to 14-24 with a field goal.
Mahomes came back and guided Kansas to the title
Patrick Mahomes left it very clear that damned ankle injury wouldn’t stop hip from winning the Super Bowl. He came back for the second half, and the Chiefs didn’t take long to react, with a touchdown by Isiah Pacheco to get just three points behind the Eagles (21-24).
The Chiefs’ defense became a true wall, and for the second straight time in the game allowed the Eagles to score from three; in this way the Chiefs were only one possession away from tying the game for the third time at State Farm Stadium.
Motivated by the great work of his defense, Mahomes turned the game around with two touchdown passes, first to Skyy Moore and without an answer from Eagles, he got the second by joining Kadarius Toney and taking the lead 35-27.
Hurts got his third ground-touchdown
The Eagles’ response came quickly. Hurts brought Philadelphia closer to the tie with a pass of more than 40 yards to DeVonta Smith, who got the first and goal; Jalen Hurts repeated the dose in the red zone and scored for the third time on the ground; with the conversion also by land he tied the Super Bowl.
An interference in Eagles at the end of the game gave a first and ten and the title to the Chiefs; Kansas forced Philadelphia to burn out its final timeout, ran down the clock and Butker's field goal sealed the third Super Bowl for the Chiefs.
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