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Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes comments on Super Bowl LIX performance: ‘I have to get better’

Kansas City #Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes comments on Super Bowl LIX performance: ‘I have to get better’ | @EdEastonJr

The Kansas City Chiefs’ disappointing loss in Super Bowl LIX against the Philadelphia Eagles exposed several issues the team has overcome all season. Patrick Mahomes battled through the game, but mistakes and poor offensive line play were the story. At his postgame press conference, he spoke to reporters about his play.

“I feel like I didn’t play to my standard, especially with the struggles that I had early in the season,” said Mahomes. “And so there’s things that I have to get better at, and they kind of showed today and on the biggest stage. And so I want to find a way this all season to combat what defenses are doing to me as far as rush lanes and different coverages that they’re playing.”

Mahomes completed 21 passes for 257 yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions (one of which was a pick-six). He also led the team in rushing with 25 yards as the running game never got going with Kareem Hunt or Isiah Pacheco.

“That’s the beauty of football, is that you never can be satisfied with just going out there and playing and thinking you’re going to have success year in and year out; these defenses are going to continue to get better and better,” said Mahomes. “So I have to get better. And so I take a lot of ownership in that, and I want to hopefully come back and play better football this next season.”

Due to his drop in production, Mahomes wasn’t selected for the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career as a starter during the 2024 season. Next season, an extra-motivated Mahomes will seek a bounce-back performance.

Inactives for Eagles vs. Chiefs, Super Bowl LIX

Here are the players who will be inactive during the Philadelphia #Eagles vs. Kansas City #Chiefs, Super Bowl LIX | @EdEastonJr

The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles have released their lists of inactive players ahead of their Super Bowl LIX matchup.

Here are the inactive players for the Chiefs:

OT CJ Hanson
OT Ethan Driskell
DE Malik Herring
DE Joshua Uche
CB Keith Taylor
OL Wanya Morris
CB Steven Nelson

Here is the inactive list for the Eagles:

DE Bryce Huff
QB Tanner McKee
CB Eli Ricks
S Lewis Cine
OL Darian Kinnard
OL Trevor Keegan
WR Ainias Smith

NFL free agency targets for Chargers playing in Super Bowl 59

Here are some pending free agents the Chargers could target from Chiefs and Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.

The biggest game of the year is here, as the Philadelphia Eagles are set to clash with the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59.

While many around the world are gathering around to watch the contest for entertainment purposes, teams across the league are using this as a part of their evaluation process for the offseason.

For the Chargers, they are primed to be aggressive this free agency as they are projected to have over $60 million in salary cap space.

With that, here are a few players that Chargers fans should have their eyes on.

OL Trey Smith
EDGE Charles Omenihu
DT Derrick Nnadi
WR JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR Justin Watson
EDGE Joshua Uche

Eagles

OL Mekhi Becton
EDGE Josh Sweat
DT Milton Williams
RB Kenneth Gainwell

Tyreek Hill says he’s ‘always’ second-guessing decision to leave Chiefs

Tyreek Hill says he can’t help but wonder if he made the right decision to push for the trade that sent him to Miami.

In the nearly three years since Tyreek Hill was traded from the Kansas City Chiefs to the Miami Dolphins during the 2022 offseason, his former team has won two Super Bowls and has a chance to make it three straight on Sunday.

Hill, 30, achieved personal success upon arriving in Miami, becoming the first player in NFL history to record 1,700 receiving yards in back-to-back seasons. But the Dolphins’ lack of postseason success has boiled over into frustration and drama.

After Miami finished the 2024 season with an 8-9 record and Hill missed the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career, the receiver couldn’t help but admit earlier this week that he’s wondered what things would be like if he never left Kansas City.

“You always have thoughts like that,” Hill said Friday on PFT Live. “I mean, I’m human. So at the end of the day, you’re always thinking in the back of your head like, man, did I make the right decision? But at the same time, though, the way I was raised, I’m always thinking what God has planned for me in the future. And I’m blessed with what I got. I’m blessed with the situation God has put me in.”

While Hill said that he’ll always support his former Chiefs teammates, including on Sunday when they face the Philadelphia Eagles, he also says it’s not easy to watch the team have so much success without him.

“I come to the Super Bowl every year man and it’s tough,” Hill said. “I’m still going for the Chiefs. It’s tough for me to just go to the game and just be in this environment and not be playing in it. At the same time, I got to be mindful of the future I’m trying to build. I got to be mindful of just everything that I want to be a part of whenever I’m not playing football.

“So it sucks not playing. You know how it is as a competitor. So yeah, it’s a whole lot of things that goes through your mind on these weekends.”

Hill’s exit from the Chiefs wasn’t entirely voluntary. Amid frustrations about his contract, Hill and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, played hardball in negotiations with Kansas City that eventually led to the receiver being dealt to Miami.

The receiver got the big money contract he wanted from the Dolphins, and the Chiefs got the draft capital and cap space they needed to put together a roster that may become the NFL’s first ever three-peat champion.

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Super Bowl LIX: Predicting the winner in Chiefs vs Eagles

We are taking the Chiefs over the Eagles in the Super Bowl

Even though the Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t playing in Super Bowl LIX, we will be watching the game like most of you. The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will square off with history on the line. If the Chiefs beat the Eagles, they will win their third Super Bowl in a row. This is something even the great Steelers teams of the 1970s couldn’t pull off.

Having watched nearly every game both of these teams have played, we are confident this game is going to be an instant classic. The showdown between quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes is worth the price of a ticket alone.

This prediction about who we are rooting for. If the Steelers aren’t in the game, there’s no one to root for. But we expect to see the Chiefs find a way to pull off a win because it’s just what they do. Mahomes is an elite quarterback but make no mistake, this is an elite coaching staff that maximizes the talent on this team.

Cast your vote and tell us who you think will win the Super Bowl. We are taking the Chiefs over the Eagles is a close game as they make NFL history.

Chiefs 34, Eagles 27

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Only 2 former 49ers playing in Super Bowl LIX

Neither Super Bowl team has many former 49ers.

This year’s Super Bowl may not be an easy one for San Francisco 49ers fans given the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, but there’s a silver lining in that not many former 49ers will be in the game.

The Chiefs have knocked the 49ers off twice in Super Bowls during Kyle Shanahan’s tenure as head coach, and they’ve mounted comebacks to win both.

On the other side the Eagles have become a rival for San Francisco with both clubs battling for NFC supremacy over the last few seasons. Philadelphia knocked the 49ers out in the 2022 NFC championship game, but the 49ers got some revenge in Philadelphia the following regular season. The talking was loud leading up to the NFC championship and afterwards.

The good news is there’s not a ton of former 49ers who got away to play in Sunday’s game. A bevy of former 49ers playing might have just added insult to injury.

However, only one player from each team figures to feature prominently in the contest.

Linebacker Oren Burks, who struggled in Dre Greenlaw’s stead in last year’s Super Bowl, latched on with the Eagles and is on track to play a significant role in the Eagles’ LB corps.

He spent the 2022 and 2023 seasons with the 49ers and primarily contributed on special teams. He did rack up 84 tackles, 1.5 sacks and one interception and two pass breakups.

For Kansas City, defensive lineman Charles Omenihu is still there after signing as a free agent in 2023 after being traded to the 49ers in 2021. He became a key piece of their defensive line rotation who they’ve struggled to replace. Omenihu was a versatile DL who could rush the passer effectively from the edge and the interior. He was also on the Chiefs club that beat the 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.

Interestingly, the Eagles practice squad features a handful of recently-failed 49ers draft picks. They roster wide receiver Danny Gray, running back Tyrion Davis-Price and cornerback Tariq Castro-Fields on their practice unit. They’ve also added tight end Cameron Latu on a reserve/future deal.

None of that group figures to play in Super Bowl LIX.

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Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes featured in Nickelodeon’s ‘Game Changers’ special

Kansas City #Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes featured in Nickelodeon’s ‘Game Changers’ special | @EdEastonJr

February is Black History Month, and the NFL features many top players with unique stories. The youth football fans are in for a treat with Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes leading an all-star group of quarterbacks in an upcoming Nickelodeon special.

NFL Slimetime Presents Nickelodeon’s Game Changers will highlight the personal stories of iconic athletes, including Mahomes, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, Lamar Jackson, and Jayden Daniels, along with legendary quarterbacks Doug Williams and Randall Cunningham. The show will celebrate the cultural icons writing living history through exclusive interviews, archival footage, and behind-the-scenes moments and honor the trailblazers who have paved the way for future generations.

Sunday’s game between Mahomes and Hurts will mark the fourth rematch between starting quarterbacks in Super Bowl history. It joins Pro Football Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Jim Kelly, Terry Bradshaw and Roger Staubach, and Eli Manning and Tom Brady. Their actions inspire many in real-time, and now their stories can be explained to their young fans.

NFL Slimetime Presents Nickelodeon’s Game Changers will debut on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon and be available to stream on Paramount+ and the Nickelodeon YouTube channel the next day.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas hopes for a Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding at Arrowhead Stadium

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas hopes for a Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding at Arrowhead Stadium | @EdEastonJr

On Friday, CNN News Central anchors John Berman, Kate Bolduan, and Sara Sidner interviewed Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas. During the conversation, Lucas teased a Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding at Arrowhead Stadium following a potential Kansas City Chiefs victory in Super Bowl LIX.

“You know, I am excited to officiate the wedding,” said Lucas. “That would be the biggest job I could ever have. People would be like, forget being mayor; you’re the officiant for Travis and Taylor. It would be a bigger wedding than Princess Diana and Prince Charles; it would be huge.”

No engagement announcements have been made regarding the couple, but it has become a betting option for many Super Bowl LIX wagers.

“You know, what we will probably do differently, I think the most Kansas City special thing to be could be the on-field proposal that you discussed before, Travis and Taylor, and then a wedding at Arrowhead Stadium,” said Lucas. “It’s like a Hallmark movie on steroids. Hallmark, by the way, based in Kansas City. So it would be like everything we’ve worked on for 150 years, all coming together in KC. So hopefully, we get to come back and do that in a few weeks.”

The Chiefs were featured in a recent Hallmark movie surrounding the team and love, so nothing is out of the realm of possibility.

Chiefs HC Andy Reid shares final thoughts on officiating before Super Bowl LIX: ‘They’re doing their job’

Kansas City #Chiefs head coach Andy Reid shares final thoughts on officiating before Super Bowl LIX: ‘They’re doing their job’ | @EdEastonJr

Thursday was the last press conference media day before the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles played in Super Bowl LIX. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid was once again questioned about rumors that game officials showed preferential treatment to Kansas City.

“They don’t favor one side for the other,” said Reid. “That’s not how this thing goes.” I don’t think the officials care about what’s said; they’re doing their job, and they’re doing it to the best of their ability. They don’t favor one side or the other; that’s not how this thing goes.”

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell shot down assumptions that game referees favored the Chiefs during his Super Bowl press conference earlier in the week. Reid wanted to ensure he emphasized what his team had echoed going into Sunday’s game.

“It’s a good story, but that’s not the reality of how it works. You’d be insulting them to think that’s what they do,” said Reid. “They go out, and they call it like they see it. There’s some, as a coach, I sit there and go, ‘I don’t agree with it.’ There are some I agree with. That’s how it goes.”

The Chiefs won eleven games by one-score margins during the regular season and were the top seed in the AFC playoffs. A third consecutive Super Bowl victory this Sunday will silence the critics.

Chiefs TE Travis Kelce reveals motivation to keep playing in the league: ‘Love going to work’

Kansas City #Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce reveals motivation to keep playing in the league: ‘Love going to work’ | @EdEastonJr

Kansas City Chiefs Pro Bowl tight end Travis Kelce shot down rumors of a possible retirement earlier in the week. During Thursday’s press conference, he revealed his motivation to keep playing next year and potentially beyond.

“Early on in my career, I think a lot of my motivation was driven off of individual success,” said Kelce. “wanting to get that acknowledgment of my peers, of the people watching the game that I was somebody fun to watch or I was worth watching, or I was worth having on your team, nowadays I just love going to work with the guys that I’m in the building with.”

Kelce has the most postseason receptions, with 174 in NFL history, and ranks second all-time in postseason receiving yards with 2,039. Postseason touchdown receptions with 20, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice.

“I love sharing these memories. I love figuring out these game plans, figuring out how we’re going to attack a defense,” said Kelce. “There’s just a certain love that I’ve found in it, and I think it’s because of the people that I go to work with.”

On Sunday, Kelce will become the third tight end to appear in five Super Bowls, joining Marv Fleming and Rob Gronkowski.