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Super Bowl LVII: 4 things the Eagles must do to beat the Chiefs

How can the Eagles beat the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII? Doug Farrar has four things Philly must do to take the Lombardi Trophy home.

We did not really expect this at the end of their 2021 season, when they were thumped, 31-15, by the Buccaneers in the wild-card round, but the Eagles come into Super Bowl LVII having fully earned their place in this game as the NFL’s most complete team on both sides of the ball. General manager Howie Roseman has done an amazing job in filling the roster holes, the coaching staffs have been great in putting all those assets in the right places, and Jalen Hurts has answered the franchise’s most important question by becoming the franchise quarterback everybody hoped he could be.

As effective and as explosive as the Chiefs can be at any given point in time — and the Eagles will have to counter that in all kinds of ways — it’s also true that Philly just has more paths to victory in this game. This doesn’t automatically give the Eagles the second Lombardi Trophy in franchise history, because their opponent has an estimable cadre of skill players, and there are ways in which the Chiefs can pull off what seems like a bit on an upset.

We’ve given Kansas City a punch sheet of things they need to do in order to win Super Bowl LVII.

Super Bowl LVII: 4 things the Chiefs must do to beat the Eagles

Here are four things the Eagles will have to do to a greater or lesser degree if they’re to finish their season with the NFL’s greatest prize.

(All advanced metrics courtesy of Pro Football Focus, Sports Info Solutions, and Football Outsiders unless otherwise indicated). 

Super Bowl LVII: 4 things the Chiefs must do to beat the Eagles

The Kansas City Chiefs will have to do these four things if they’re to beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII.

As the Kansas City Chiefs prepare for their third Super Bowl in the last four seasons, they are well aware that in the Philadelphia Eagles, they might well be facing the toughest of all their Super Bowl opponents. The Eagles, expertly constructed by general manager Howie Roseman and his staff, and coached just as well by Nick Sirianni and his guys, don’t appear to have a real weakness.

When facing a team this complete, and considering that team’s ability to break into any of your own vulnerabilities, it becomes more important than ever to maximize the things you do well, bump the trends that are in your favor, and hide as much as you can those things that could have you losing the biggest game of the season.

Here are four things the Chiefs will have to do if they want the franchise’s third Lombardi Trophy.

(All advanced metrics courtesy of Pro Football Focus, Sports Info Solutions, and Football Outsiders unless otherwise indicated). 

VIDEO: Which team will win Super Bowl LVII, and why?

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Doug Farrar and Luke Easterling predict the Super Bowl LVII winner, and why.

Every week in “4-Down Territory” powered by KIA, Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Luke Easterling of Bucs Wire and Draft Wire go over the things you need to know about, and the things you need to watch, in the NFL right now. With Super Bowl LVII just around the corner, Doug and Luke make their game predictions!

Who do you have winning Super Bowl LVII, what’s the final score, and why? 

Doug: 31-24, Eagles. When I finished my piece on the 57 most important players in Super Bowl LVII, which afforded me the opportunity to go back and get forensic on Eagles and Chiefs players, a lot of things just tipped in Philadelphia’s favor. The Eagles are dominant on both the offensive and defensive line. They can fool you with all kinds of concepts out of 11 personnel, which could make it very tough for Kansas City defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo to be as aggressive as he wants to be. And that Chiefs defense has not been great against the run – kind of a problem against the NFL’s most productive and multiple run game. The Chiefs will make it a close game, but I see the Eagles doing to this opponent what they’ve done to so many this season – just wearing them down over time in every possible way.

Luke: 30-23, Eagles. I just think the Eagles are the more complete team, top to bottom, on both sides of the ball, and they’ve got a superstar playmaker at quarterback in Jalen Hurts who can match Patrick Mahomes. I expect this to be a well-coached game on both sides of the ball, but there are some weaknesses on the Chiefs’ side of things that just don’t exist for Philly. Again, it reminds me of the Chiefs’ last trip to the Super Bowl. The Bucs were clearly the more complete team in that matchup, and it showed bigtime. I don’t expect that kind of blowout this time around, but the Eagles should take care of business and finish off an incredible season with a Lombardi Trophy.

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VIDEO: What’s the most important matchup in Super Bowl LVII?

In this week’s “4-Down Territory,” Doug Farrar and Luke Easterling get into which team has the biggest matchup advantage in Super Bowl LVII.

Every week in “4-Down Territory” powered by KIA, Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar and Luke Easterling of Bucs Wire and Draft Wire go over the things you need to know about, and the things you need to watch, in the NFL right now. With Super Bowl LVII just around the corner, Doug and Luke get into which team between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs has the biggest matchup advantage in the biggest game.

What is the biggest matchup nightmare for either team in this Super Bowl – the one thing that will keep coaches up for several sleepless nights trying to figure out this week?

Doug: It is without question the Eagles’ edge-rushers versus Chiefs offensive tackles Orlando Brown Jr. on the left side, and Andrew Wylie on the right. Philly has three edge defenders with double-digit sacks this season in Haason Reddick, Brandon Graham, and Josh Sweat. Defensive coordinator Johnathan Gannon can bring those guys in waves, and Reddick has been especially tough to deal with – he might be the NFL’s best pure pass-rusher right now. Both Brown and Wylie have struggled to keep Patrick Mahomes in the pocket this season. No offensive tackles have allowed more total pressures in the 2022 season than Brown with 56 and Wylie with 53, and both Brown and Wylie are specifically vulnerable to rushes in the back half of the arc. Bad news there is that Reddick, Graham, and Sweat can beat you around the pocket all day. 

We don’t know how much Mahomes will be able to elude the rush with that high ankle sprain, and if the Chiefs need to leave extra players in to block in their frequent two- and three-tight end sets, that obviously reduces Mahomes’ options in the passing game. One more reason the Chiefs might want to tailor their offensive game plan to rookie running back Isiah Pacheco than people might expect.

Luke: I would love to disagree just for the sake of debate, but I can’t. This is absolutely the matchup, and unfortunately for Chiefs fans, it reminds me of what KC had to deal with in Super Bowl 55 against the Bucs. The pass rush was relentless, the offensive line was inferior, and Mahomes was dealing with a nagging injury in that game, as well. It was a recipe for disaster in that blowout loss against Tampa Bay, and it could be a repeat performance if the Chiefs don’t have a better game plan to deal with it this time around.

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