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Kansas City quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, says the Chiefs volition person to instrumentality their crippled to different level if they privation to avenge a Super Bowl decision to the Philadelphia Eagles successful a mouth-watering rematch connected Sunday.
The clash astatine the Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium highlights the 2nd Sunday of NFL enactment immoderate 7 months aft the Eagles thrashed the Chiefs 40-22 successful Super Bowl 59 – denying Kansas City a three-peat successful the title showpiece.
“When you play the champion of the best, you person to instrumentality your crippled to different level,” Mahomes said.
“It’s not antithetic successful a consciousness of it’s a Super Bowl rematch oregon thing similar that.
“I deliberation it’s conscionable antithetic successful the consciousness that you’re playing the champion of the best. And truthful however are you going to respond?”
Painful arsenic it is, Mahomes has re-watched past season’s Super Bowl plentifulness of times, trying to summation penetration into however helium tin improve.
“You person to larn from it,” said Mahomes, who was sacked six times and had 3 turnovers successful the rubric game, successful which the Eagles led 34-0 successful the 3rd quarter.
“That’s portion of playing the crippled is you larn from your failures … it’s going to instrumentality our champion shot to spell retired determination and get a win.”
The concern is urgent for the Chiefs, who fell 27-21 to the Los Angeles Chargers successful a season-opening upset successful Sao Paulo past Friday.
How the Chiefs respond could amusement whether Sunday’s crippled is notable lone arsenic a look backmost oregon whether it’s a imaginable preview of this season’s Super Bowl.
Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Jalen Hurts has the Eagles disconnected to a 1-0 start, throwing for 152 yards and moving for 2 touchdowns successful a season-opening triumph implicit Dallas.
He downplayed the rematch angle, saying the cardinal happening is to physique connected their week-one win.
“It’s conscionable different accidental for us,” Hurts insisted. “That’s been my attack connected it.”
Purdy sidelined
The San Francisco 49ers expect to beryllium without backmost Brock Purdy erstwhile they question to New Orleans to look the Saints. Purdy suffered some a toed wounded and a near enarthrosis wounded successful the Niners’ 17-13 triumph implicit Seattle past week.
Four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers tin support climbing up the NFL’s all-time lists erstwhile helium leads the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Seattle Seahawks.
The 41-year-old threw 4 touchdown passes successful his Steelers debut, a triumph implicit the New York Jets. With 2 TD passes helium volition walk Hall of Famer Brett Favre for 4th spot connected the all-time regular-season touchdown passes list.
Rodgers needs 244 passing yards to walk Philip Rivers’ 63,440 passing yards for sixth spot connected the regular-season list.
Elsewhere the Indianapolis Colts volition effort to backmost up a large week 1 triumph implicit Miami, successful which they scored connected each 7 of their violative possessions.
They big a Denver Broncos squad trying to commencement 2-0 for the archetypal clip since 2021.
The Cincinnati Bengals big the Jacksonville Jaguars successful a clash of 2 teams coming disconnected victories and some vying to commencement 2-0 for the archetypal clip since 2018.
On Monday, the Los Angeles Chargers sojourn the Las Vegas Raiders successful different clash of 1-0 teams.
The Buffalo Bills, coming disconnected a nailbiting 41-40 come-from-behind triumph implicit the Baltimore Ravens, instrumentality connected AFC East part rivals the New York Jets.
The Ravens, meanwhile, volition effort to bounce backmost erstwhile they big the Cleveland Browns.
The station Eagles and Chiefs clash successful Super Bowl rematch appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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