Through his antics, Nick Sirianni shows the same trait that served Andy Reid so well to thrive as all-time great Eagles coaches
The head coaches of the two Super Bowl teams know how to take advantage of the situation when their teams get extra time off.
The Kansas City Chiefs will face the Philadelphia Eagles led by Jalen Hurts in a new edition of the Super Bowl, and JuJu Smith-Schuster knows his team is ready for this kind of matchup.
Nick Foles went toe-to-toe with the NFL's very best and matched him beat for beat, called and caught maybe the greatest play in Super Bowl history, and then Brandon Graham caused the most important turnover in Eagles history to achieve the once thought impossible.
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Hurts largely succeeded against the blitz on the NFC side of the playoff bracket. But the Los Angeles Rams, who sacked Hurts seven times in Philadelphia’s 28-22 win in the divisional round, gave the Eagles quarterback considerable trouble. Oftentimes it appeared his checkdown options were ill-placed or covered up entirely.
What did you learn from the NFL’s conference championship games? Here’s what we took away from the Chiefs and Eagles advancing to Super Bowl LIX:
Jalen Hurts and coach Nick Sirianni are ready for a Super Bowl rematch with Patrick Mahomes and former Eagles coach Andy Reid.
The Eagles and Chiefs' offensive and defensive play callers will play critical roles in the Super Bowl's outcome.
The Kansas City Chiefs have the personnel to exploit the Philadelphia Eagles' fatal flaw to win their third straight Super Bowl