Super Bowl 57 was easily one of the best Super Bowls we’ve seen in quite some time.
The Eagles and Chiefs both played excellent, nearly flawless games so, of course, the game went down to the wire.
The score was tied 35-35 with the Chiefs in the red zone. It’s 3rd-and-8. Mahomes drops back and is under pressure. He floats the ball toward the back of the endzone and it sails out of bounds.
Play over. Everyone expects the Chiefs to kick a field goal now and the Eagles get another chance to score. Either the Chiefs will win on a stop or the Eagles will win on a score.
But…that’s not what happened. Not even close.
Instead, we got one of the most anticlimactic defensive holding calls in NFL history.
brutal penalty call pic.twitter.com/dHsEjOYVGb
— alex (@highIightheaven) February 13, 2023
Just an absolutely brutal call right there. It effectively ended the game.
The Chiefs were able to run the clock down for the final two minutes of the game and kicked a field goal to seal the win.
Kansas City deserved to win this game. They were spectacular. The Chiefs masterfully played their hand at the end and Patrick Mahomes made play after play for a well-deserved MVP award. No one can dispute that.
But this was not the ending this game deserved. At all. For the second year in a row, too. Fans were livid.