How the Eagles plan to stop ‘freaks’ Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes from winning another Super Bowl for the Chiefs
The biggest football players are those who produce at the greatest moments. That is what distinguishes Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce. It is also a big reason why the chiefs of Kansas City are about to find NFL disabledness.
Both men are machines after the season. They are forces to take into account when the commitment is at their highest. If the Chiefs have to become the first NFL team on Sunday evening, they are the driving forces.
Last season, Kelce’s seven -year -old series of more than 1,000 yards ended. Add to that he ended up with a career-loage of 10.6 yards per catch and people started to wonder if pension would come.
Then the play -offs arrived and he transformed. Kelce went for 355 Yards and three TouchDowns of 32 catches over four games when he sent the Chiefs to another Super Bowl victory.
It was also a similar story this season. After only 97 catches for 823 yards and three touchdowns, it talked about Kelce’s retirement. He put that to bed on Monday evening by insisting that he still sees himself playing in three years.
But why would he walk away? Especially when he believes that he can still influence the greatest moments of the greatest games.
The partnership of Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes helped the Chiefs to win three super bowls

Mahomes and Kelce always have the most play-off touchdowns through a QB receiver duo
This season’s division round at the Houston Texanen saw Kelce on his play -off best. He went for 117 Yards and a TouchDown of seven catches and now comes to Sunday’s Super Bowl with the most catches in the Play -Off History with 174.
He is only second in Hall of Famer Jerry Rice when receiving recruiting and touchdowns in the play -offs.
But where do you start to plot the downfall of a relationship that has become almost symbiotic?
Nick Sirianni has led the Eagles against the chiefs in every season that he has been the head coach of Philadelphia, so he knows the challenge with which his team is opposite each other and has told ‘to prepare for everything’.
He said: ‘What I see on tape is just the detail. I have so much respect for the players they have. They have top players. And then I have so much respect for Coach Reid and his staff of the detail.
‘I think the detail of the tape seeps, with the way they run, block and always stand on the same page. I can’t tell you how much respect I have for that. But you have to be ready to prepare for everything, knowing that they have one of the best players of all time by their side, with Mahomes. And they can do it in many different ways.
‘So you have to be ready for all different types of things. It will always be about stopping the run, limiting the big plays, tackling well, coming from blocks, coming well after football. We know that we have our work cut for ourselves. ‘
That message was clearly translated into the young and hungry Eagles defense of Vic Fangio. Safety -free Blankenhip was full of praise for Kelce and Mahomes and admitted that they should be flawless to comprehend them.

Nick Sirianni said the Super Bowl will be a ‘chess match’ because his team is trying to stop the chiefs

Reed Blankenship described Kelce and Mahomes as ‘Freaks’ while explaining their skills
“You know, it’s a chess match,” he explained. ‘He is of course a great Quarterback, and just don’t try to let him hit. He clambers much more than people think and at that moment it will just be back garden football. He can do what he can do. He can also throw it all corners.
“He is (Kelce) another great player. I mean, you have two dominant teams in the Super Bowl. You don’t want anyone else here, you know.
“So every team has such freaks. I mean, of course we do that, but you know, Travis Kelce will be one of those dogs that we have to take care of. ‘
When Kelce and the Chiefs lost 21-17 to the Eagles in the regular season in 2023, he had a mixed night. He scored a touchdown, but 44 meters from seven receptions show that Philadelphia treated him well.
Linebacker Zack Baun did not play in Arrowhead Stadium that night. But while he wants to seal a sensational first season in Philadelphia with a super bowl ring, Baun knows that everyone needs to calm Kelce.
He said: ‘All 11 boys are needed. It takes the pass -rush, it requires coverage, it is necessary to stop the run, so it is not just one or two boys who have to concentrate on stopping him. It is the collective of everything.

Linebacker Zack Baun may see a lot of kelce while trying to find space to catch the ball

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“I think he (Kelce) is really intelligent. He is really smart in identifying the coverage and knowing where the weak spots are in those coverage.
‘He does great job to find the zones and Pat does great job to find him and to expand the game and use his feet.
“It’s hard to stop. You have the first game that is mentioned and then the second game within that piece, so it’s hard to handle. ‘
It would be clearly foolish for the Eagles to concentrate on Kelce. The chiefs have so many dangerous weapons that can change in the instant of games.
But Mahomes and Kelce always have the most play-off touchdowns through a QB receiver duo and, with Kelce with a record of 7.8 receptions and 87.5 meters per Super Bowl, it is fairly easy for the Philadelphia Eagles: Stop Him and your chances of beating the chiefs improve considerably.