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Was Super Bowl LVII the greatest ever? How does the Kansas City Chiefs’ win over the Philadelphia Eagles compare to previous classics?
Patrick Mahomes celebrates the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ Tremendous Bowl win over the Philadelphia Eagles
Tremendous Bowl LVII on Sunday definitely lived as much as the billing, with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs beating the Philadelphia Eagles in an all-time traditional, however was it the all-time Tremendous Bowl?
Patrick Mahomes’ Tremendous Bowl MVP-worthy efforts – on an injured ankle no much less – in the end noticed the Chiefs to a 38-35 victory, regardless of having trailed by 10 at half-time.
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Watch all 73 factors in 73 seconds from an exhilarating Tremendous Bowl that noticed the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35.
The 57th Tremendous Bowl in NFL historical past, Sunday’s contest accounted for the third-largest factors tally of all time, however right here we have picked out 5 different Tremendous Bowl classics which might be contenders to the crown of ‘biggest Tremendous Bowl of all time’?
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We have picked out 10 of our favorite moments from previous Tremendous Bowls together with Julian Edelman’s miracle catch and ‘The Philly Particular’.
Eagles journey ‘underdog’ spirit to shock Patriots
Philadelphia Eagles 41-33 New England Patriots, Tremendous Bowl LII, Minneapolis, 2018
Let’s begin with Sunday’s unfortunate losers, lets?
Cheer up Philadelphia followers. Because it was solely a mere 5 years in the past that your Eagles have been concerned in one other thrilling Tremendous Bowl conflict, this time popping out on high towards Tom Brady and the New England Patriots – the scoreline of 41-33 ok for second on that document factors tally desk (behind solely San Francisco 49ers’ 49-26 victory over the San Diego Chargers within the 1994 season).
Eagles quarterback Nick Foles catches a landing cross as a part of their ‘Philly Particular’ play in Tremendous Bowl LII towards the Patriots
A number of different information have been damaged, nevertheless, together with the mixed most yards gained in an NFL recreation by two groups (1,151), the fewest mixed punts in a Tremendous Bowl (one), and probably the most factors scored by a Tremendous Bowl-losing crew (33), till the Eagles broke that mark in defeat on the weekend.
Brady threw for a staggering 505 yards and three touchdowns, in defeat, whereas the now nomadic benchwarmer that’s Nick Foles ended up as Tremendous Bowl MVP for his 373-yard and three TD show. He even caught a landing, the well-known ‘Philly Particular’ play that’s now depicted in statue type outdoors the Eagles’ stadium.
That rating put Philly up by 10 to shut out the primary half – (sound acquainted?) – however this time they held on for the win, seeing off the problem posed by the Patriots juggernaut of the time and securing Philadelphia’s first-ever Tremendous Bowl title.
‘This one’s for John!’ as Broncos finest Packers
Denver Broncos 31-24 Inexperienced Bay Packers, Tremendous Bowl XXXII, San Diego, 1998
Do not be distracted purely by the sentimental worth of Denver Broncos’ John Elway lastly incomes a hoop aged 37, and on the fourth try, as they bested the defending-champion Inexperienced Bay Packers in an actual back-and-forth contest.
John Elway dives for the first-down marker in his well-known ‘helicopter run’ in Denver’s Tremendous Bowl XXXII win over Inexperienced Bay
It had two quarterbacks on the high of their recreation going toe to toe, with Elway up towards Brett Favre – that season’s joint-MVP together with Detroit Lions working again Barry Sanders.
Tremendous Bowl XXXII was, in truth, the final Tremendous Bowl to see each groups rating on their opening possessions till – sure, you guessed it – Sunday’s recreation between the Chiefs and the Eagles. In one other parallel between the 2 video games, it was additionally the final time somebody scored three dashing touchdowns within the Tremendous Bowl – Terrell Davis’ MVP-winning effort – till Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts did the identical in a shedding trigger.
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Jalen Hurts’ finest performs in a Tremendous Bowl that noticed him get 4 touchdowns, together with three dashing touchdowns.
The sport can be very a lot remembered for Elway’s ‘helicopter run’, with the ageing veteran fairly actually placing his physique on the road. With the sport very a lot within the steadiness, tied up at 17-17 within the third quarter and the Broncos dealing with a third-and-six from the Inexperienced Bay 12-yard line, Elway scrambled for the primary down and, in diving for the marker, he was hit so laborious by the 2 closing Packers defenders that he spun 360 levels in mid-air.
A number of performs later, Davis ran in his second rating and Denver would in the end maintain for the victory. “This one’s for John!” Broncos then-owner Pat Bowlen famously exclaimed after the sport as Elway lastly bought his palms on the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Holmes TD secures last-gasp win for Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers 27-23 Arizona Cardinals, Tremendous Bowl XLIII, Tampa Bay, 2009
This Pittsburgh Steelers’ success secured them a then-record sixth Tremendous Bowl title.
It is a mark that has since been matched by the Patriots, and surpassed by a sure Tom Brady with seven, however on the time it pushed Pittsburgh out forward of the pack because the NFL’s most profitable franchise ever – not that they did not make laborious work of the win.
Santonio Holmes goes up and makes the game-winning seize for the Steelers towards the Cardinals in Tremendous Bowl XLIII
The Steelers had ended the primary half up 17-7 after a Tremendous Bowl-record 100-yard interception return for a landing by James Harrison, however a monster 127-yard and two-TD outing by Arizona receiver Larry Fitzgerald noticed the Cardinals come storming again within the second half.
They’d edged themselves right into a three-point lead going into the ultimate two minutes of the sport, just for Ben Roethlisberger to disclaim Arizona a primary ever Tremendous Bowl title as he marched the Steelers down the sphere and completely, exactly picked out receiver Santonio Holmes within the again nook of the tip zone for the game-winning landing with simply 35 second left on the clock.
Butler’s goal-line INT stuns Seahawks
New England Patriots 28-24 Seattle Seahawks, Tremendous Bowl XLIX, Phoenix, 2015
If that last-gasp Holmes landing for the Steelers broke the hearts of Cardinals followers the world over, then spare a thought for Seattle Seahawks followers as they watched on in disbelief as their facet botched Tremendous Bowl XLIX towards the Patriots on just about the final play of the sport.
Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler intercepts a cross meant for Seahawks receiver Ricardo Lockette on the objective line to finish Tremendous Bowl XLIX
The Patriots’ post-millennium dynasty was within the midst of a 10-year title drought heading into this Tremendous Bowl towards Seattle – having misplaced their prior two journeys towards the New York Giants, the primary of which denied them the proper undefeated season in 2007.
This one too appeared to be slipping from New England’s grasp as, one other circus catch, this one from Jermaine Kearse – seven years on from David Tyree’s one-handed helmet catch in that first loss to the Giants – helped set Seattle up simply shy of the objective line with mere seconds to spare.
Trailing by 4, absolutely all of the Seahawks needed to do was give the ball to ‘Beast Mode’ working again, Marshawn Lynch, to punch it in from a yard out? Nope.
In one of many craziest play-calls in soccer historical past, Seattle opted to cross, and quarterback Russell Wilson was picked off by rookie Malcolm Butler to finish a very unimaginable contest.
Patriots’ document comeback towards Atlanta
New England Patriots 34-28 Atlanta Falcons (OT), Tremendous Bowl LI, Houston, 2017
One other Patriots masterclass, although even they’d seemingly admit they outdid themselves on this one.
Tremendous Bowl LI will perpetually be remembered as, if not the best Tremendous Bowl recreation itself of all time, definitely the best comeback ever.
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We have a look again at a few of the successful moments and drives from Tom Brady’s Tremendous Bowl appearances.
The Patriots overcame a large 28-3 deficit late within the third quarter to in the end tie the sport up towards the Atlanta Falcons within the fourth and take it to extra time.
It took the Patriots till the ultimate two seconds of the primary half to place their first factors on the board, a area objective, whereas the explosive Atlanta offense – led by that yr’s league MVP, Matt Ryan – scored three touchdowns.
Atlanta then stretched forward additional within the third quarter, earlier than again got here Brady! Two passing TDs from TB12, plus a James White run – and a few clutch two-point conversions – helped the crew tie issues up late, earlier than then clinching a shocking win with one other White TD in extra time.
Some other contenders of be aware?
A lot. As already talked about, there have been 57 Tremendous Bowls in whole, and although there was the odd stinker thrown in – we’re you, Tremendous Bowl LIII (Patriots 13-3 Los Angeles Rams) – there have additionally been quite a lot of on the spot thrillers.
This is a nod to a couple extra memorable Tremendous Bowl matchups from over time:
Tremendous Bowl III: Maybe the most important upset in Tremendous Bowl historical past, the 18-point underdog New York Jets beating the Baltimore Colts 16-7 and after Jets quarterback Joe Namath had ‘assured’ victory. True to his phrase, he delivered.
Tremendous Bowl XIII: The Steelers stretched out a 35-17 lead over the Dallas Cowboys within the fourth quarter due to a four-touchdown cross efficiency by Terry Bradshaw, however then Roger Staubach threw a second and third of his personal to convey Dallas again to inside 4, just for Pittsburgh to in the end maintain on and get the higher of the defending-champion Cowboys for the second time in three years.
Payments kicker Scott Norwood misses large proper together with his game-winning area objective try in Tremendous Bowl XXV
Tremendous Bowl XXV: Maybe one of many biggest disappointments in sport, not to mention simply the NFL, as poor outdated Buffalo Payments kicker, Scott Norwood, missed the game-winning area objective from 47 yards out as time expired. The Payments’ 20-19 defeat to the Giants was the primary of four-straight Tremendous Bowl defeats.
Tremendous Bowl XXXIV: The Tennessee Titans are stopped on the one-yard line to lose to the ‘Best Present on Turf’ St Louis Rams, after having recovered from a 16-point deficit.
Tremendous Bowl XLII: As already talked about, to spherical off the 2007 season, the 16-0 Patriots have been anticipated to make gentle work of 10-6 Giants on this one… although no-one advised New York as they eked out a 17-14 win after that Tyree catch and the Plaxico Burress go-ahead TD that adopted it on the identical drive, late within the fourth quarter.