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Super Bowl 57 Recap: Chiefs Reign, Eagles Heartbreak, and Max’s Descent
Football season has officially come to a close with Super Bowl 57 in the books, and the Kansas City Chiefs have reclaimed their spot at the top of the mountain. Big Cat and PFT break down a game that was essentially a tale of two halves, dominated by a hobbled but unstoppable Patrick Mahomes who cemented his legacy as the premier force in the league.
Big CatThe Chiefs were the better team in Super Bowl 57 and Patrick Mahomes is definitively the best player in the NFL
The chiefs were the better team. They were. And Patrick Mahomes and that offense and that offensive line and what Andy Reid did in the second half, they scored on every single possession... [Mahomes] is the guy. He has two Super Bowl wins in five years. He is 27 years old. He's fucking insane.
While the national conversation immediately shifted to the late holding penalty on James Bradberry, Big Cat wasn't having any of the referee-blaming. The Eagles defense, which had been historically dominant all season, simply couldn't get home. They didn't record a single sack on Mahomes, despite his limited mobility. PFT noted that while Mahomes was clearly hurting, he proved his grit by leading the Chiefs to a score on every single second-half possession.
PFT CommenterPatrick Mahomes is officially a 'tough motherfucker'
Patrick Mahomes two mvp, two Super Bowl MVPs... we can also add tough motherfucker to us. I think he's officially, he's a tough motherfucker now, right? He is the quintessential gamer.
One of the most glaring issues of the night wasn't even a player performance, but the surface they were playing on. Players were slipping like they were on a slip-and-slide all night, leading PFT to crown an unconventional loser for the evening.
PFT CommenterThe grass was the LVP of Super Bowl 57
I would like to award the very first ever part of my take L v P... The l v P of Super Bowl 57 was the field. Yeah. Was the grass so bad? They put in new grass two weeks ago... Tahoma 31 Grass. And it was mid, that grass was mid, it was bad.
The Agony of Philadelphia
About 25 minutes into the show, Max and Rone entered the building fresh off the flight from Glendale, and it was pure tragedy. Max, wearing two pairs of pants and looking like a shell of a man, had spent the last 48 hours in a whirlwind of champagne toasts and lost phones, only to watch his team crumble in the second half. Rone described the feeling of the 2017 victory as a high they may never find again.
RoneThe Eagles' 2017 Super Bowl win is like a delicious bag of heroin that Philly will never taste again
In some ways it makes the Super Bowl that we won five years ago, just a fucking delicious bag of heroin that we tasted once that we'll never be able to taste again. That we're just chasing after in this, this hellish like riddle that we're just living in.
Max was particularly distraught about the defensive lapses, specifically the back-to-back touchdowns where Chiefs receivers were wide open in the red zone. Despite the loss, Max was adamant that the one silver lining was the performance of his quarterback, who went toe-to-toe with Mahomes.
MaxJalen Hurts is definitively a franchise quarterback and no one can say anything bad about him
Jalen Hertz did look really good. Jalen Hertz was phenomenal. That's, that's one thing that you can walk away is being like, no one can say anything bad about Jalen Hertz anymore.
As the reality of the loss set in, the guys started looking toward the future, which looks potentially grim for a Philly team with a lot of free agents and coaching turnover on the horizon. Rone leaned into the darkness, admitting that this specific defeat is the kind that stays with you forever.
RoneThis Super Bowl loss will shape who I am as a person and how I see the world
This is a kind of loss that starts to shape who you are as a person and like how you see the world and how you feel about yourself... there's no touching the fucking depths of that emotion. It's so shitty.
Who’s Back and Off-Season Hopes
The episode wrapped with a classic Who's Back segment to pivot away from the Super Bowl gloom. Hank brought Dungeons and Dragons back to the table, while PFT focused on the recent string of UFO sightings and some high-profile celebrity breakups.
Big Cat, meanwhile, is already shifting his focus to the Chicago Bears' off-season. After a bit of a Twitter spat with Chiefs tackle Orlando Brown Jr. during the game, Big Cat is trying to manifest some big-time help for Justin Fields.
Big CatI'm going to wish Orlando Brown Jr. into existence as a member of the Chicago Bears
Orlando Brown Jr. tweeted me a picture from the bus... holding Lombardi with a beer... I just replied saying, can't wait to root for you in Chicago next year.
Even with the NFL season over, the grind doesn't stop as the guys look forward to college basketball, spring training, and the inevitable outlawing of the Jalen Hurts sneak.
Go to bed, Max.
