Super Bowl 2023: Matchup Date, Odds and Chiefs vs. Eagles Breakdown
The Kansas City Chiefs are off to make their third Super Bowl appearance in four years, and the Philadelphia Eagles are hoping to capture their second NFL championship since 2018.
These are not long-suffering franchises. In fact, both fanbases were treated to best-in-the-conference performances this season, as the Chiefs and Eagles were the league's lone 14-game winners.
On paper, this matchup looks incredible. In reality, it might even exceed expectations.
It's too early to tell for certain if it can live up to the hype, but it's the perfect time to help ramp that hype up.
So, after laying out the scheduling particulars and latest odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, we'll dive deeper into what makes this such a compelling collision on both sides of the ball.
Super Bowl Schedule, Odds
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What: Super Bowl LVII
Who: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles
When: Sunday, Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. ET
Where: State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
TV: Fox
Spread: Philadelphia Eagles (-2)
Over/Under: 50
Money Line: Philadelphia Eagles (-130; bet $130 to win $100); Kansas City Chiefs (+110; bet $100 to win $110)
Eagles Offense vs. Chiefs Defense
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This is clearly the contest's undercard, which doesn't seem possible with the amount of electricity possessed by Philadelphia's offense, a unit that ranked third in both yardage and points.
Jalen Hurts missed two games and still finished as a no-brainer MVP finalist. He wound up with the 10th-most passing yards (3,701) and fourth-most rushing yards among non-running backs (760). He threw 22 touchdown passes and ran for another 13 scores while coughing up just six giveaways (all interceptions).
A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith form perhaps the league's top receiving tandem. Together they produced 2,692 receiving yards and 18 touchdown catches. Dallas Goedert keeps the chains moving and offers another receiving option in the red zone.
In the backfield, Miles Sanders handles primary duties, while Kenneth Gainwell offers some change-of-pace jolts. The two backs already have three rushing scores between them this postseason, while third back Boston Scott has two touchdown runs of his own.
Kansas City's defense has its work cut out for it, in other words.
This isn't a bad group by any stretch, and its pass rush is elite. Only the Eagles tallied more than the Chiefs' 55 sacks. Defensive tackle Chris Jones is a full-fledged superstar and could live in Hurts' air space if not given ample attention by Philly's offensive line.
Still, Kansas City faced a tough-on-paper assignment in the AFC championship against the Cincinnati Bengals and handled it with relative ease.
The Bengals gained 309 yards but only turned them into 20 points, thanks in no small part to the Chiefs' five sacks (two by Jones) and two interceptions.
Chiefs Offense vs. Eagles Defense
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If Patrick Mahomes, who suffered a high ankle sprain in the divisional round, is anywhere near 100 percent, this is your main event.
It's essentially the age-old bout between the unstoppable force and the immovable object. Kansas City's attack ranked first in yards (413.6 per game) and points (29.2). Philadelphia's defense was second in yards (301.5) and tied for seventh in points (20.2). The Eagles also tied for the third-most sacks in NFL history (70).
The Chiefs aren't as loaded with playmakers as they have been in the past, but Mahomes' connection with Travis Kelce is as potent as any. The tight end has caught three of the quarterback's four touchdown passes this postseason, and the pair linked up for a dozen scores in the regular season.
The Kansas City offense can be a little scattered beyond these two, but there are home run hitters in the backfield and out wide. Rookie running back Isiah Pacheco is a blur in open space, and most of Marquez Valdes-Scantling's receptions cover a ton of ground.
As for the Eagles' defense, it has allowed all of 14 points through two playoff games. Granted, the competition hasn't been great—the New York Giants and a San Francisco 49ers team that effectively lost the option to pass—but it has been incredibly stingy since long before this playoff run began.
"The Eagles' 52% pass rush win rate in the regular season was best of all NFL teams," ESPN's Seth Walder noted. "... And according to our receiver tracking metrics, no secondary allowed opponents to get open less than the Eagles, led by their elite cornerback pairing of Darius Slay and James Bradberry."
Philadelphia has both high-end talent and loads of depth on defense, but Mahomes and Kelce have delivered on the big stage before.
This should be football drama of the highest order.
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