Glendale (USA) (EFE).- The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs will meet this Sunday at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale (Arizona, USA) to decide who will be the Super Bowl champion LVII of the NFL.
The Eagles were proclaimed winners of the National Conference (NFC) and the Chiefs did the same in the American (AFC) after having been the two best teams in each conference during the regular season (both with a record of 14-3).
This is the third Super Bowl in four years for Kansas City, which won the title in 2020, while Philadelphia will seek the second ring in its history after debuting its record in the 2018 Super Bowl.
These are some of the keys to the expected duel on Sunday that will be played starting at 4:30 p.m. local time (11:30 p.m. GMT):
1. The magic of Mohammed
Recently chosen MVP of the 2022 season and established as the great star of the NFL today, Patrick Mahomes arrives at this Super Bowl with a top hat full of inexhaustible tricks but also with an ankle between cotton wool and that made him play practically lame in the final of the AFC.
The Chiefs quarterback extraordinaire could become the first quarterback in history to win the Super Bowl with more than 5,000 passing yards in a season.
2. Jalen Hurts, Youth Divine Treasure
At just 24 years old, Jalen Hurts, the Eagles’ offensive baton, could be the fourth quarterback under the age of 25 to win a Super Bowl (Ben Roethlisberger, Tom Brady and his rival tomorrow, Patrick Mahomes, are the other three).
One of the unknowns of the Super Bowl is how Hurts deals with the pressure and tension of the most anticipated game of the year, but this NFL final has already made history as the first with two black quarterbacks starting.
3. Brothers on opposite sides
History will also be made by Travis Kelce (Chiefs) and Jason Kelce (Eagles), who will become the first brothers to play in a Super Bowl on opposing teams.
A stellar tight end, Travis is Mahomes’ best partner and a fearsome threat to Kansas City’s offense, while veteran Jason is the anchor of Philadelphia’s formidable offensive line that escorts Hurts.
4. Andy Reid against his former team
Andy Reid was in charge of the Eagles for fourteen years, but on Sunday the prestigious Chiefs coach will try to break the dream of the team now led by Nick Sirianni.
Reid’s imprint on the Philadelphia franchise lives on as he drafted three players who remain indispensable to the Eagles: Jason Kelce, Brandon Graham and Fletcher Cox.
5. Individualities against the collective
It gives the impression that, to achieve victory, Kansas City will depend on the individualities of its best men (Mahomes, Kelce or even an Isiah Pacheco who could be crucial) while Philadelphia boasts a more compact, solid and balanced team in all their lines.
That’s not to say the Eagles don’t have sparks of individual talent, as their fantastic receivers AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith could tip the scales in their favor.
6. Watch out for defenses
With much of the analysis by specialists focused on the Mahomes-Hurts duel, the level of the Eagles’ defense, the best in the entire league against the pass (179.8 yards conceded per game), aims to be a factor. decisive with Haason Reddick as a bulwark.
In Kansas City, Chris Jones is their beacon on defense on a surprisingly weak late-yardage team (second-worst team in the league in percentage of points allowed in the red zone).
7. The return of Rihanna
Regardless of what happens between the Eagles and Chiefs, Sunday’s big star will be Rihanna, starring in the half-time musical extravaganza that attracts as much attention as the game itself.
Considered one of the most important pop figures of the 21st century, this Super Bowl could definitely mark the return to the forefront of the singer’s music, who has not released a new album since the distant “ANTI” (2016) and who In recent years, she has enjoyed great success with her fashion and cosmetics brand Fenty.
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