But the way it ended tarnished the result, in my opinion. Giving the ball back to Hurts and the Eagles’ offense with a chance to tie, sending the game to overtime, or win with a touchdown would have made the game, and ending, even greater. But to suggest it was the greatest Super Bowl ever played seems to be an all-time knee jerk reaction the day after a dramatic ending.īefore going into other games which deserve consideration for this title, if the defensive holding call didn’t take place, and the Chiefs had to settle for a field goal with over a minute remaining in the game, that would have set the stage for an all-time great Super Bowl. If you find someone who is able, and willing, to take their fan goggles off for a second, they’ll admit this was an instant classic game. The NFL season ended the only way it could: with fans complaining about a flag. But, as commissioner Roger Goodell said on the stand before handing over the Chiefs’ second Super Bowl trophy this decade, the game was “reflective of the entire 2022 season.” Of course it was. Some will say Hurts was robbed of a chance for a winning drive by a suspect holding call on the Eagles. Philadelphia head coach Nick Sirianni was fearless, his offense converting two of two fourth-down attempts. Tom Brady against the Falcons, maybe? The Eagles were 11-of-18 on third down, so many of those conversions either Hurts squeezing through his snowplow of an offensive line or hitting passes that were a fingernail away from getting knocked down or intercepted. We haven’t seen a quarterback as good on third and fourth down in a Super Bowl as Hurts since.

The Chiefs’ second-half offensive possessions went like this: touchdown in 10 plays, touchdown in nine plays, touchdown in three plays, field goal in 12 plays. Even when Hurts fumbled, leading to a Chiefs touchdown, he made up for it, leading the Eagles to 10 unanswered points to end the first half.Īnd then, it was on. Hurts answered that answer with a deep corner route to A.J. Mahomes answered with a touchdown pass to Travis Kelce. Hurts took the Eagles down the field on the opening drive for a touchdown.

Each time their teams needed them to answer, they did. It was a masterpiece by Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts, something special that goes beyond the fact that they combined for 600 yards of total offense and seven touchdowns. No, he said it was the greatest Super Bowl of all-time.īefore Steelers fans, and plenty other fan bases around the NFL, take Wickersham to task for his hot take, at least look at his reasoning. He didn’t just suggest the game was great, or even talk about specific plays which impacted the outcome. And there is even plenty of discussion surrounding the halftime performance, even though it had no impact on the outcome of the game.įor Seth Wickersham of ESPN, he took it a step further. There is a lot of talk about how the league somehow wanted Patrick Mahomes to win so they can crown a new “golden boy” after Tom Brady’s retirement. There is plenty of talk about the holding call which impeded former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster on third down which gave the Chiefs new life, and ultimately the win. Following the Chiefs’ 38-35 victory on the game’s biggest stage, everyone is taking their angles on how the game played out. Super Bowl 57 between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles was no exception. Whether it is a controversial call, the team who hoisted the Lombardi trophy, or where the game stands in NFL history, there is always commentary surrounding the NFL landscape which is slanted.

The instant reaction following any Super Bowl is always slanted.

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