Super Bowl LIX on FOX between Kansas City and Philadelphia is right here.
Till confirmed in any other case, I’ll take the Chiefs to win a playoff recreation.
The Chiefs haven’t misplaced a postseason contest in nearly three seasons, as they appear to be the primary NFL workforce to win three straight Tremendous Bowls. They don’t have the higher roster, however they proceed to make the most important performs within the brightest moments.
That’s one thing that’s tough to quantify with numbers — until, in fact, you rely Patrick Mahomes having the ball down three factors beneath 5 minutes left and by no means dropping a playoff recreation.
Each different quarterback is .500 in these moments.
Whether or not it’s Mahomes in these moments or the protection hitting the fitting strain, the Chiefs at all times win the must-have performs in these crucial conditions.
Okay.C. is the rarest workforce within the NFL. You can’t use its regular-season effectivity numbers to foretell something within the postseason, however the league will not be alleged to work that means. It’s not set as much as be a league the place you flip it on for the postseason.
Nonetheless, the Chiefs are again on this recreation after scoring over 30 factors for the primary time this season within the AFC title recreation. That is one other instance of how their regular-season efficiency doesn’t imply a lot, and we’ve a few years of proof to know this workforce will play its finest on Sunday.
It is also value having a dialogue about overvaluing the Eagles’ outcomes from their three playoff video games.
They beat the No. 7 seed after being gifted a turnover on the primary play of the sport. They beat a West-Coast dome workforce within the snow by lower than a landing, with that workforce driving to take the lead late within the recreation. And two weekends in the past, the Eagles beat an overmatched No. 6 seed with a rookie quarterback.
They haven’t been challenged just like the Chiefs within the postseason.
When it’s the fourth quarter and this recreation is shut, which moneyline ticket would you like in your pocket? I would like the Chiefs.
Even when the Eagles do win this recreation — which they will as a result of they’re a improbable workforce — I can reside with being on the Chiefs.
PICK: Chiefs Moneyline
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs offense or Philadelphia Eagles protection: Which is able to resolve the Tremendous Bowl?
My second wager is on the second half being the best scoring.
Within the Chiefs’ three Tremendous Bowl wins, the second halves have produced extra factors than the primary halves.
They racked up 31 factors within the second half towards the 49ers in 2019, 44 factors within the second half towards the Eagles within the matchup two years in the past after which 34 factors within the second half (plus time beyond regulation) of their win final season.
It’s straightforward to see why this tends to occur in these video games.
The Chiefs and their opponents have a tendency to make use of the primary half to really feel issues out, then make these halftime changes. After which, increase, the offense takes off.
The lengthy pregame routine of introductions and anthems tends to have the gamers tight early within the recreation, and it exhibits with the lacks of factors.
So the best scoring half to be the second half is my wager on the overall.
PICK: Second half to be highest-scoring half (-115)
Geoff Schwartz is an NFL analyst for FOX Sports activities. He performed eight seasons within the NFL for 5 completely different groups. He began at proper deal with for the College of Oregon for 3 seasons and was a second-team All-Pac-12 choice his senior yr. Comply with him on Twitter @GeoffSchwartz.
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