On Sunday, February 9th, the Philadelphia Eagles played the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans to see who the NFL champions are. The game was a rematch of Super Bowl LVII, where the Chiefs narrowly beat the Eagles. This time, the Eagles were looking for revenge, while the Chiefs were looking for history. If the Chiefs win this game, they become the first ever NFL team to win 3 Super Bowls in a row. Here’s what happened in the game:
The game started off with Jon Batiste singing the national anthem while representing New Orleans culture. The Eagles would start off with the ball, but they would punt it away. However, the Chiefs would also punt it back to the Eagles. On this drive, Jalen Hurts would throw a 28 yard pass to Jahan Dotson to put them on the 1 yard line, where Jalen Hurts would follow that up with the Eagles’ signature “Tush Push” play, followed by an extra point to give them an early 7-0 lead. The Chiefs’ next drive of the game would be like the last one, where they would punt it away. But, on the Eagles’ next drive, Jalen Hurts would throw an interception to Bryan Cook, giving the Chiefs the ball back, where they would fail to capitalize on this drive again, being forced to punt it. When the Eagles got the ball back, they would march down the field, kicking a field goal to make the score 10-0. But, on the Chiefs’ next drive, Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean would pick the ball off and run it back for a touchdown, scoring his first career NFL touchdown, which also happened to be on his birthday, increasing the lead to 17-0. The next 2 drives would lead to punts, but when the Chiefs got the ball, they would throw another interception to Zack Baun. This drive would lead to another Eagles touchdown, this one being a receiving touchdown by A.J. Brown to increase the lead to 24-0 going into the half.
At halftime, multi-time Grammy winner Kendrick Lamar would perform for millions of fans. He would open the show with an unreleased song, which has been rumored to be named “Tiramisu” or “Bodies.” He would then transition to “squabble up,” the second track off of his new album, “GNX”. After that he would perform “HUMBLE.” and “DNA.,” two songs from his Pulitzer Prize winning album “DAMN.” He would then go to “euphoria,” which was a diss aimed at Canadian rapper Drake. After that would be “man at the garden,” another track from GNX, where Samuel L Jackson would later make an appearance. After Jackson’s appearance, Lamar would play “peekaboo,” followed by hinting at playing “Not Like Us,” but would take another shot at Drake by saying “I wanna perform they’re favorite song, but you know they love to sue,” referencing how Drake sued Kendrick over the song. He would then bring out singer SZA to perform “All The Stars” and “luther.” After that, he would play Not Like Us, where he would smile at the camera while saying a line aimed at Drake. He would then close the show out with “tv off,” bringing out DJ Mustard, the producer for Not Like Us and tv off. There’s been mixed reactions on how good the show was, but I personally think it was great.
To start off the 2nd half, the Chiefs would get the ball, but they would yet again punt it away, where the Eagles would kick another field goal to take a 27-0 lead. On the Chiefs’ next drive, they would use all 4 downs, but give the ball back to the Eagles. The eagles would then get the ball back and score another touchdown off of a receiving touchdown by Devonta Smith, increasing the lead to 34-0. The Chiefs would get the ball back and finally get on the board after a receiving touchdown by Xavier Worthy, making the score 34-6. The Eagles would then get the ball back again, getting another field goal to make the score 37-6. However, the Chiefs would fumble the ball away, allowing Philadelphia to get yet another field goal to make the score 40-6, followed up by a receiving touchdown by DeAndre Hopkins, making the score 40-14. The Eagles would get a turnover on downs, but the Chiefs would get another touchdown off of a reception by Xavier Worthy to close out the game at a score of 40-22, crowning the Eagles NFL Champions.
