Tremendous Bowl LVII: Chiefs and Eagles will meet for title in Arizona

Patrick Mahomes lastly received the most effective of Joe Burrow.

All he wanted was just a little shove.

Harrison Butker made a 45-yard subject aim with 3 seconds left — after Cincinnati’s Joseph Ossai was flagged for a 15-yard penalty for shoving Mahomes after he was out of bounds — and the Chiefs beat the Bengals 23-20 within the AFC championship sport to make it again to the Tremendous Bowl.

Kansas Metropolis will face the Philadelphia Eagles within the Tremendous Bowl on Feb. 12 in Glendale, Arizona.

The Eagles opened as a 1 1/2-point favorite, based on FanDuel Sportsbook.

There are not any scarcity of storylines: Kansas Metropolis coach Andy Reid goes towards his previous staff — which he led to Tremendous Bowl 39 — in a sport that’s additionally the primary matchup of Black beginning quarterbacks within the Tremendous Bowl with Mahomes and Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts.

On high of that, there’s a brother-against-brother showdown between Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce and Philadelphia heart Jason Kelce.

“Formally executed being a Chiefs fan this season!! ” Jason Kelce tweeted instantly after the Chiefs received.

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The Chiefs have been making deep postseason runs regularly ever since Mahomes got here to city because the franchise quarterback.

This was their fifth straight journey to the AFC title sport and shall be their third Tremendous Bowl look in that span. They beat the 49ers for the NFL title within the 2019 season, however misplaced to the Bucs the next season.

The Eagles clobbered the Niners 31-7 within the NFC title sport earlier Sunday. They’ve appeared dominant within the playoffs up to now, additionally beating the New York Giants 38-7 within the divisional spherical.

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Philadelphia is again within the Tremendous Bowl 5 years after beating the New England Patriots 41-33 on Feb. 4, 2018.

Now a largely new era of Eagles — led by coach Nick Sirianni and Hurts — will come to Arizona to try to win one other title.

The Chiefs-Bengals sport appeared as if it was going to additional time earlier than Ossai’s ill-advised play. Mahomes — who was enjoying on a badly sprained ankle — was operating to get a primary down within the last seconds as Ossai desperately tried to trace him down.

Mahomes was out of bounds when Ossai gave him a shove, sending each gamers tumbling to the turf. The following 15-yard penalty was sufficient to push Butker into field-goal vary and the kick break up the uprights.

A distraught Ossai sat on the bench together with his head in his arms, effectively after the sport was over.

The Bengals and Chiefs had been enjoying for the fourth time in lower than 400 days and Cincinnati had received the earlier three conferences — all by three factors. This one was determined by a subject aim, too, and all Burrow may do was watch.

The Bengals misplaced to the Rams in final 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl they usually simply missed one other likelihood at returning to the title sport.

NO DRAMA IN NFC

Oddsmakers thought followers had been in for some shut convention championship video games.

They’ll should accept a 50% success price.

The NFC title sport was a blowout. Niners rookie quarterback Brock Purdy was injured within the first quarter when Eagles linebacker Haason Reddick drilled his proper arm on a play that was dominated a fumble. The Eagles recovered that fumble and the damage proved to be a game-changer.

With Purdy damage, San Francisco turned to 36-year-old journeyman Josh Johnson, who couldn’t do a lot earlier than finally leaving with a concussion. Purdy got here again into the sport, however may barely throw, and the Eagles cruised to the win.

The 49ers handled quarterback accidents all season, shedding Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo earlier than turning to Purdy, a seventh-round draft select of Iowa State. Purdy stepped right into a starter’s function in December and received his first seven video games earlier than Sunday’s damage.

Right here’s a number of issues to know in regards to the upcoming Tremendous Bowl:

WHAT’S THE UPCOMING SCHEDULE?

FEB. 5

Professional Bowl flag-football sport, 3 p.m. EST, ABC/ESPN

FEB. 12

Tremendous Bowl LVII, Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, 6:30 p.m. EST, Fox

RIHANNA AT HALFTIME

Rihanna will take heart stage because the headline act for this 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present.

With gross sales of greater than 250 million data worldwide, Rihanna ranks as one of many best-selling feminine artists ever. Her most up-to-date album was 2016′s “Anti.” Rihanna final carried out publicly on the Grammy Awards in 2018.

The singer stated she turned down an analogous alternative for the 2019 Tremendous Bowl that was finally headlined by Maroon 5. On the time, many artists voiced help for Colin Kaepernick, the previous San Francisco 49ers quarterback who protested police brutality towards Black folks and minorities by kneeling through the nationwide anthem in 2016.

Nation music star Chris Stapleton will sing the nationwide anthem, whereas R&B legend Babyface will carry out “America the Stunning.”

PRO BOWL MAKEOVER

The Professional Bowl is getting a significant makeover this 12 months after the NFL eradicated its full-contact all-star sport and changed it with weeklong abilities competitions and a flag soccer sport.

The flag soccer contest is Feb. 5 in Las Vegas at Allegiant Stadium, one week earlier than the Tremendous Bowl.

The Professional Bowl debuted in January 1951 in Los Angeles and stayed there for 21 seasons earlier than the sport moved to totally different cities from 1972-80. Hawaii hosted from 1980-2009, and the sport has had a number of houses within the years since, together with Miami, Phoenix, Orlando and Las Vegas.

“The sport was form of foolish, I assume,” Saints two-time Professional Bowl offensive lineman Ryan Ramczyk stated again in September when the information was introduced. “Guys weren’t on the market enjoying true soccer. Hopefully, there’ll be lots of interactions with the followers and guys will get their alternative to go on the market and present some abilities. I may see that being a superb change.”