The Eagles started strong and put Kansas City in a huge hole, halting the Chiefs’ pursuit of NFL history
Published: Feb 9, 2025, 10:53 p.m. MST

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Philadelphia Eagles defensive back Avonte Maddox (29) celebrates after blocking a pass as Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid looks on during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game, Sunday, Feb. September 2025, in New Orleans. Charlie Riedel, Associated Press
Brandon Judd
By Brandon Judd
NEW ORLEANS — The Kansas City Chiefs are no longer king of the NFL, their hopes of a three-peat blown away.

The Philadelphia Eagles made sure of that on Sunday night — and then some.

In one of the more lopsided results in Super Bowl history (and more one-sided than the final score suggests), the Eagles steamrolled the Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome, giving Philadelphia its second Super Bowl title in franchise history.

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For coach Andy Reid and the Chiefs, it was an embarrassing end to a season that looked at times like Kansas City was on its way to a historic NFL first — a Super Bowl three-peat.

Two-time defending champion Kansas City, though, never gave itself a chance in New Orleans, falling behind early and never getting up off the mat when Philadelphia delivered the first punch, then the second punch, then the third punch.

On and on and on and on.

Even with the disappointing loss, Reid praised his team for the fight they put in to get to this point.

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“My hat goes off to the guys for that,” he said after the game. “We’ll learn from this — learn from this as a coach, learn from this as players and move on.”

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Even though Kansas City was hanging around in the second quarter, the game really started to get out of hand when the hard-charging Eagles harassed Patrick Mahomes into two interceptions in three possessions.

The first came when Mahomes scrambled out of the pocket and tried to throw across his body. Rookie Cooper DeJean made him pay for that decision, intercepting the three-time Super Bowl MVP and returning the ball 38 yards for a pick-six on his 22nd birthday.

That made the score 17-0 Eagles, and they weren’t done before halftime.

“I was trying to find the fastest way to the end zone. Luckily, I got some blocks out there,” DeJean said of the pick-six. “I had to avoid some of those big guys, but it was just our defense working together like we had all year. It fell right into my lap.”

Two drives later, Kansas City found itself pinned inside its 10, and an Eagles defensive line that was dominant all night was disruptive again.