In the 2024 season, Mahomes was the NFL’s worst deep passer by any metric you care to choose – he had a completion rate of 29.6%, and a passer rating of 78.7, on throws of 20 or more air yards, and that includes the 158.3 passer rating on deep throws he put together in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl when the Eagles’ defense was in celebration mode.
The Eagles also have the NFL’s best offensive line, and run game coordinator/offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland is starting to look like one of the best assistant coaches… well, ever.
But the manner in which the Eagles destroyed those Chiefs in this year’s Super Bowl – and the way in which general manager Howie Roseman has apparently set-up Philadelphia for long-term success – has called Kansas City’s dominance into question.
The Eagles didn’t blitz the Chiefs once in that Super Bowl demolition – and still sacked Mahomes six times – a damning indictment of KC’s pass protection.
Speaking of legendary assistant coaches, the Eagles have defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who took the players he had and created perhaps the most dominant defensive performance in Super Bowl history.
