The Kansas City Chiefs looked like they were well on their way to winning a third-consecutive Super Bowl. It seemed as though the stars were aligning for them, what with the Chiefs pulling off multiple escape acts on their way to the big game.
But then Travis Kelce and company fell flat on Super Bowl Sunday, with the Philadelphia Eagles dominating them with an outstanding first half en route to a 40-22 defeat for Kansas City that was even more lopsided than the final score would indicate.
The Eagles put the entire Chiefs offense on lockdown with star quarterback Patrick Mahomes being unable to muster much of anything at the point of attack. Kansas City had just 23 total yards gained in the first half, conceding more points to the Eagles (24) than they had yards. Kelce pointed out what went wrong for the Chiefs as they see their three-peat hopes go up in smoke.
“Couldn’t get it going offensively. I mean, they just got after us on all three phases. And then on top of that, you know, turnovers, penalties, playing behind the sticks on offense, not taking advantage of the play call. You don’t lose like that without everything going bad,” Kelce said, via Sam Fortier of the Washington Post. “We haven’t played that bad all year.”
Travis Kelce on the Kansas City Chiefs’s Super Bowl loss: “We haven’t played that bad all year.”
And what a bad time it was for the Chiefs to put up that terrible of a stinker. In the biggest game of the season, they faltered, and all they could do now is acknowledge the reality that they will have to go at it again next season.
