EAGLES (16-3) VS. KANSAS CITY (16-3)
at Glendale, Arizona; Sunday, 6:30p.m., Fox
LINE: Eagles by 1½. SERIES: Chiefs, 5-4
LAST MEETING: Chiefs, 42-30, 2021
EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (3), RUSH (5), PASS (9), SCORING (3). EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (2), RUSH (T16), PASS (1), SCORING (8). CHIEFS OFFENSE: OVERALL (1), RUSH (20), PASS (1), SCORING (1). CHIEFS DEFENSE: OVERALL (11), RUSH (8), PASS (18), SCORING (16) TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Eagles plus-8; Chiefs minus-3.
KEY MATCHUP: Eagles DE Haason Reddick vs. Chiefs RT Andrew Wylie. Reddick had 16sacks in the regular season and 3½ more so far in the playoffs as the dominant force on a strong defensive line for Philadelphia. He will mostly be matched up with Wylie, whose nine sacks allowed in the regular season were tied for fourth most in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus.
ETC.: This marks the sixth time since the 1970 merger that the two teams with sole possession of the top two records in the regular season played in the Super Bowl . ... Eagles are playing in their fourth Super Bowl. They lost their first two trips and won it all in the 2017season against New England.
... Chiefs are playing in their third Super Bowl in four seasons. They beat the 49ers in 2020before losing to the Bucs the following year. Kansas City also won the 1970Super Bowl . ... Eagles are fifth franchise to reach the Super Bowl under at least four coaches . ... Eagles became fifth team to win their divisional round and conference championship games by at least 20points. The other four teams all followed it up with a Super Bowl victory, with San Francisco doing it in 1988and ’89, Chicago in 1985and Pittsburgh in 1978 . ... Eagles had a franchise-record 70sacks in regular season and eight more in the playoffs. Only teams with more in regular season and playoffs combined in Super Bowl era are the 1984and 1985Bears with 82and 80, respectively . ... Eagles were first team with four players who had double-digit sacks: Reddick (16), Brandon Graham (11), Javon Hargrave (11) and Josh Sweat (11) . ... Eagles had a pair of WRs with at least 1,000yards receiving for the first time with A.J. Brown getting 1,496yards and DeVonta Smith adding 1,196 . ... Eagles set franchise marks for points (477), total TDs (59) and rushing TDs (32) in the regular season . ... Philadelphia’s 39TD runs in regular season and playoffs are most in NFL in at least 90seasons . ... Jalen Hurts’ 15TD runs are the most ever for a QB . ... Andy Reid is only NFL coach with at least 10playoff wins with two teams. He had 10in Philadelphia and has 11in Kansas City. Only coach with more playoff wins total is Bill Belichick with 31 . ... Patrick Mahomes has 32 TD passes in playoffs, tied with Hall of Famer Dan Marino for eighth in NFL history. Ben Roethlisberger is seventh with 36and Drew Brees sixth with 37 . ... Travis Kelce has 1,467yards receiving in postseason, second only to Jerry Rice (2,245) in NFL history . ... Kelce has 15TD catches in playoffs, tying Rob Gronkowski for second in NFL history behind Rice with 22 . ... Chiefs DE Frank Clark has 13 1/2 sacks in postseason. He needs one to tie Bruce Smith for second and 21/2 to tie Willie McGinest for the most since sacks became an official stat in 1982 . ... Chiefs are 55-3in past 58games when holding opponents to fewer than than 27points, including postseason.