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By Dan Gelston
New Orleans – Cooper Dejean made an interception at home, Zack Baun made a choice in his former professional house and the Eagles so completely beaten Patrick Mahomes that, when Kendrick Lamar had “Game Over” brightened in Superdome ends to put an end to halftime at halftime. Together, it was just as clear that it was also the Super Bowl.
From Broad Street to Bourbon Street, the defense of Eagles this season has never failed the 66 -year -old defensive brain, Vic Fangio.
And the defense has never been as tall as in the Super Bowl.
The Eagles played their best shot, closing and bag bag against a submerged Mahomas and the rest of the Kansas City chiefs in a 40-22 game on Sunday to win the second super bowl of the franchise.
Dejean, Baun, Josh Sweat and Milton Williams anchored a championship defense which stifled a dynasty and silt Mahomas six times, the most defense against the double MVP of the NFL.
“Credit to Eagles, guy. They played better than us from start to finish, “said Mahomes.
Chiefs must have the impression of being stuck in a fever dream in the first half during which they totaled – totaled! – 23 yards and had only one first. Mahomes was only 6 out of 14 for 33 yards without touchdown and two interceptions – one of them one pick of Dejean – and another from Baun who led to a touch of the eagles on the disc following.
“When you win with four men ‘race and you can just cycle and they still win, you don’t have Blitz,” said Baun. “Excellent match plan, excellent communication. We were all on the same wavelength. »»
Mahomes, a MVP quarter of the Super Bowl, was dismissed three times and excluded in the first half for the third time of his career in the NFL while the Eagles took the lead of 24-0 and that Lamar S ‘is installed for his performance at halftime.
“They haven’t shown, you know, different looks. They have not shown nothing non-counted, “said Humphrey, Center Center Creed. “It comes down, you know, they go out while playing harder.”
No matter to the Eagles that 2,005 yards The Rusher Saquon Barkley did not run on 31 yards in the first half-not when Dejean obtained only 38 on the return of interception for an advance of 17-0. It doesn’t matter that the Eagles don’t blit once in the whole match.
Sweatshirt, a fourth round choice in the 2018 draft, had eight regular season bags and the secondary surely put 2 1/2 additional bags in the Super Bowl in a huge salary while he heads for the free agency . Williams, another imminent free agent, added two bags. Baun is again set at the Libre Agency at the end of its $ 3.5 million contract.
The Credit for Defense largely fell to Fangio, who had a unsightly file from 0 to 8 against Mahomas as a chief coach in Denver and game player in Miami, although he never had any Defense as talented as this one. Fangio incorporated eight new starters in a defense that ranked near the NFL in 2023 and transformed it into one of the best in the league.
He taught two beginners in secondary school in Cinyon Mitchell and Le Dejean, 22, who played a big role in reversal. Fangio has seen enough in Baun to transform the free agent of the good deal of a special team player with a limited time in defense as rusher outside New Orleans in an All-Pro and finalist interior of the defensive player AP of the year.
“I mean, beauty is as if Vic just gives us a call, we do not question it,” said sweatshirt. “He puts us in a position to play. I don’t know how he does.
Baun’s signing, 28 years old, was barely a blow on the thread of intersane transactions compared to more ballyhoooed agreements with Barkley – a Super Bowl champion for the first time – and the second Bryce Huff – a bust of $ 51 million, inactive Sunday.
Choose a defensive player: sweatshirt, Dejean, Williams, devil the whole unit could have claimed the MVP honors of the Super Bowl.
They will hoist the Lombardi trophy well during a Philly parade this week in Broad Street.
Originally published:
California Daily Newspapers
