Four grand narratives for potential KC Chiefs vs. Eagles Super Bowl
By Scott Loring
While there are dozens of plausible matchups at Super Bowl LVII, the Eagles and Chiefs pose a tantalizing list of intriguing narratives.
It’s the stretch run in the NFL season, and December is upon us. And while the Kansas City Chiefs‘ five-game winning streak was halted in Week 13, harken back to the two Super Bowl contenders of 2021: When December began in 2021, the Kansas City Chiefs were 7-4 and just getting hot. The Bengals were also 7-4 at the beginning of December, but no one was projecting them to the Super Bowl, and no one was really sure about the 7-4 Rams at that point, either. The moral of the story is, there is a ton of football still to be played (thankfully!), so this entire article comes with the caveat that a lot of things can happen in the next two months.
With that out of the way, the other side of the coin is this: After Thanksgiving, a team’s playoff identity begins to form. The 2021 Chiefs continued to heat up, and only lost to the Bengals the rest of the year (twice, unfortunately). The Bengals’ blossoming young offense (and an inordinate amount of great luck) carried the team all the way to an AFC Championship. The Rams won 9 of their last 10 en route to a Super Bowl ring.
2022 has been a season of remarkable parity in the NFL, but here we’re going to zoom in on two teams that make a lot of Super Bowl sense, and those teams are the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.
Sure, you could argue there are plenty of teams who still have their sights set on this year’s Super Bowl, and that’s fair. Especially in the AFC, where the Bills are right there with the Chiefs in the standings, though injuries to Josh Allen and Von Miller could potentially derail their hopes. The Dolphins are an x-factor team, but as long as Tua Tagovailoa, Tyreek Hill, and Jaylen Waddle are healthy, the Dolphins are extremely tough to defend. Though the Bengals have an extremely difficult schedule remaining, they beat the odds last year to make a Super Bowl run and should never be counted out. And the Ravens and Titans are teams that are built to win in cold weather and will pose a threat on any given Sunday in the playoffs.
All that to say, there’s just something about a Chiefs/Eagles matchup that feels borderline tangible. Like you can feel it coming. Here are four reasons we love the potential for a Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.