Dan GrazianoFeb 9, 2025, 10:09 PM ET
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NEW ORLEANS — Defense, the old coaches used to tell us, wins championships.
And though the scoring-happy modern NFL sometimes makes that old saying sound silly, the Super Bowl LIX champion Philadelphia Eagles would like a word.
Sunday night in a city that has hosted a record-tying 11 Super Bowls, the Kansas City Chiefs‘ quest for Super Bowl history never got off the ground. Philadelphia’s swarming defense held Patrick Mahomes and the two-time defending champions to only 23 yards in the first half, led by 24 points at halftime and rolled to a 40-22 victory that kept the Chiefs from becoming the first team to win three straight Super Bowl titles and delivered the second in Eagles history.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, whose cellphone