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The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs hope to drag off an NFL feat that has by no means occurred — a three-peat.
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Andy Reid and Co. have concocted an odd season, by no means totally blowing the competitors out however nonetheless habitually profitable.
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And the Philadelphia Eagles have reached the championship due to a improbable roster and Saquon Barkley in his absolute prime. So, right here’s the breakdown and formal prediction.
A Lesson from Final 12 months
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In 2023, we picked the Baltimore Ravens to eek by the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs within the postseason. However Baltimore completely flopped at residence within the AFC Championship, and Kansas Metropolis later received the chip.
Normally, when groups survive so many shut video games with victories throughout a season, it symbolizes undercover weak point or means that the crew is probably not elite in any case. The 2022 Vikings can let you know all about it.
Nonetheless, Kansas Metropolis is completely different. They’re dynastic.
Do you actually wish to decide or wager in opposition to the Chiefs and get up Monday morning pondering, “Why did I bet against Patrick Mahomes?”
Didn’t suppose so.
Saquon Barkley = Eagles One Large Hope
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Whereas the Eagles have the pass-catching weapons to cook dinner on Sunday, they’ve tended to desire the bottom sport with Barkley in cost this yr.
Do the Eagles actually really feel like a crew that may come again from a three-score deficit? In all probability not.
So, Barkley should be activated early and sometimes, inflicting Philadelphia to dictate the sport — after which simply later hoping it may stave off any late-game Kansas Metropolis heroics.
If Barkey is held below 60 speeding yards or so, the Eagles will lose. Ought to he writer a Saquonian night, as he’s performed all postseason, Philadelphia may very well win this factor.
Nevertheless it all comes all the way down to Barkley.
The Choose
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Though this present Chiefs dynasty doesn’t fairly really feel just like the Dallas Cowboys’ model, for instance, from the Nineties — it simply doesn’t really feel as dominant — Patrick Mahomes and associates are nonetheless dynastic.
Kansas Metropolis discovered methods to win squeaker video games all season. Why would it not cease now? The Eagles have a fantabulous roster, rigorously constructed via sensible draft acumen. It simply received’t have sufficient juice to forestall the primary three-peat in NFL historical past.
Chiefs over Eagles | 31 – 27
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his each day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The present options company, evaluation, and opinion on all issues associated to the purple crew, with 4-7 episodes per week. His Vikings obsession dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doorways (the band). He follows the NBA as carefully because the NFL.
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