Los Philadelphia Eagles y los Kansas City Chiefs they will dispute next February 12 the Super Bowl al beat the San Francisco 49ers (31-7) and the Cincinnati Bengals (23-20) in the conference finals in two diametrically opposed duels from the point of view of emotion. Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers came to this event adding twelve straight wins, but they collided with the colossal defense of the Eagles and their own misfortune. After playing throughout the final stretch of the season with his third quarterback, Brock Purdy, due to the injury of the first two, this time he was the one who had to leave the field early, leaving his place to the fourth, a Josh Johnson who also did not he was able to finish the game after suffering a concussion early in the third act. By then, Philadelphia was already leading 21-7 having imposed its career game and with Haason Reddick unbalancing on defense, and the forced return to the scene of the crippled Purdy, who could barely throw with a damaged elbow, did not help much. Christian McCaffrey’s careers, predictable, were comfortable to control and the Eagles return to a Super Bowl five years after winning their first title.
For their part, the Chiefs led by an unbalanced Patrick Mahomes, despite playing handicapped by his ankle problems, left some Bengals in the ditch who this time could not play their role as Kansas City’s beast noire because Joe Burrow, their star quarterback, He was very harassed by the rival defense and very little protected by his offensive line. In a duel with a shorter score than expected, the Chiefs took flight thanks to the connection between Mahomes and Travis Kelce – he will face his brother Jason in the Super Bowl – to sign a 13-6 at halftime. Cincinnati scrambled to get the tie to 20 points and in the final stretch a run by the lame Mahomes and a penalty against the rival team made it possible for Harrison Butker to have before him the opportunity to convert a 45-yard field goal that he did not miss so that the Chiefs can fight for the ring.
