Straight-up Super Bowl 57 picks: The Chiefs’ experience or the Eagles’ star power?

Will Kansas City’s championship experience trump Philadelphia’s star power, depth and swarming defense?

The Philadelphia Eagles have the deeper roster. The Kansas City Chiefs have plenty of residual big game experience from years of contending… and also Patrick Mahomes.

That makes Super Bowl 57 a difficult-to-predict matchup between two dominant teams. Philadelphia and Kansas City each claimed their conference crowns after locking down the top seed and coveted first round bye. The Chiefs overcame injury and a game Cincinnati Bengals team to carve their path back to the Super Bowl. The Eagles tarred and feathered the overwhelmed New York Giants and then a San Francisco 49ers team with a quarterback who legitimately could not throw the ball in the second half.

This leaves questions. How much did Cincinnati take out of the Chiefs? Are the Eagles ready for a step up in competition after early leads and the latitude to run the ball more than 63 percent of the team in the postseason?

Our three-man panel is rolling with Kansas City’s battle readiness over Philly’s ability to burn villages to the ground and salt the earth behind it, but it’s close. Scroll down for my explanation below.

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Last week: 1-1 2-0 1-1
Year to date: 172-94-2 172-94-2 158-108-2

And here are those selections in a better-formatted screenshot of our actual picks sheet, which unfortunately struggles to translate to our editing software.