How bad is that morning-after feeling? Waking up, staring at the ceiling, and realizing the 3-peat dream just got torched on national TV. If you missed anything from Super Bowl LIX, one sequence is not getting forgotten. Ever! The Eagles have burned it into the history now —Sack, Sack, Pick-Six. Eight minutes left in the second quarter, and Philly’s D handed Patrick Mahomes one of the roughest stretches of his career. No miracles this time. No late-game heroics. Just 40-22 and a locker room full of stunned silence.

Mahomes, to his credit, owned it. “We’ve had good games, and we’ve had games like this,” he said postgame. He admitted he needed to play better, something Leo Chenal confirmed was already being said in the locker room at halftime. But no rally came. By the time the Chiefs found their footing, they were staring at a 24-0 hole and a Philly team that smelled blood. Not even a Kingdom QB could drag them out of this one.

The aftermath? Rough. DeAndre Hopkins slumped in a golf cart, eyes closed. Travis Kelce gave reporters two quick minutes before turning away. JuJu Smith-Schuster and Hollywood Brown sat at their lockers, heads down. Meanwhile, Joe Thuney was still wiping blood off his calf. The weight of chasing history was heavy, and it showed. This wasn’t just another loss—it was a dismantling.

Mahomes finished with an 11.4 Total QBR, the second-lowest in Super Bowl history since ESPN started tracking it in 2006. The 34-0 third-quarter deficit? The biggest hole the Chiefs have ever been in since Mahomes took over in 2018. And to make things worse, his connection with Kelce just wasn’t there. No catches for Kelce until the third quarter, no rhythm, no magic. This wasn’t the Chiefs offense the world feared.

Now, the focus shifts to the offseason. As Pat said: “We’ll have to find ways to respond to this adversity and like I said, hopefully it’ll motivate these guys, especially myself, to be even better. It’s a short offseason. We have a lot of guys come back and we have some guys that won’t. But it’s a short offseason. We have to get better.”

But getting better has come with a headache for the Chiefsdom… You see, the Chiefs have major free agency decisions looming—Trey Smith, Nick Bolton, Justin Reid, Charles Omenihu, Marquise Brown, DeAndre Hopkins—the list goes on. Extensions for Trent McDuffie, Joe Thuney, and George Karlaftis could be on the table. And with only $15.7 million in cap space, GM Brett Veach will need to work some serious contract magic.

However, the good news? The Chiefs still have Mahomes and Andy Reid. That alone keeps them in the mix. But this season proved one thing—just having #15 under center isn’t always enough. If Kansas City wants another shot at it, they’ll need to reload, regroup, and respond.

The Eagles fed upon Patrick Mahomes’ dreams

The moment Patrick Mahomes said it out loud—“No one’s ever got three. I want to go back-to-back-to-back”—KC set the target after the SB LVIII. The Chiefs were officially hunting NFL history. But on Super Bowl Sunday, they weren’t the hunters. They were the hunted. And the Eagles’ defense? They made sure Mahomes’ dream never left the locker room.

How bad was it? The worst. Pat completed 21 of 32 passes for 257 yards, throwing 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions against the Eagles. That Philly D made sure to cook the #15, sacking him six times. And guess what? This isn’t even the whole story. The pressure was relentless. The hits kept coming, and for the first time in a long time, Mahomes looked like a clueless QB. No escape route in sight.

Meanwhile, for Philadelphia, this wasn’t just about a ring—it was personal. All week, they heard the three-peat talk. “It was kind of a slap to us,” Brandon Graham admitted. So, they weren’t about to let Kansas City write history at their expense. Milton Williams didn’t hold back, either. “They were talking about getting the copyright and all that B.S.,” he said. “Throw that s— in the trash.” And on game day, the Eagles’ front four backed up every word.

Six sacks. Eleven quarterback hits. And the craziest part? Not a single blitz. They let their pass rush do the talking, and Mahomes felt every bit of it. But that’s not it. 16 of his 42 dropbacks had Eagles defenders breathing down his neck. He threw two picks, including a pick-six to rookie Cooper DeJean.

Then there was the pass-rush duo of Josh Sweat (2.5 sacks) and Williams (2 sacks) joining an exclusive SB club as they became just the third pair to each notch two or more sacks in a game. But they did it without changing a thing. “We didn’t change the game plan,” Sweat said. “We just rush and cover together.” Simple. Effective. Devastating.

And so here we are. Mahomes wanted three. But the Eagles made sure he didn’t get it. As they say, the NFL doesn’t dish out the Lombardi trophies just because of your appeal. Rather, you have to take them. So, in came Philly, taking this one in ruthless fashion.