The field marshal of the Kansas City Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes, was the favorite of the bets to win the MVP of Super Bowl Lix on Sunday while pursuing a third straight record championship, but at the end of the first half, the records I was establishing They were not a testimony of his greatness.
The Philadelphia Eagles tormented Mohamses throughout the game on the way to a 40-22 victory, and arrived early and often. Eagles QB Jalen Hurts won MVP.
Mohamses found some success in the second half when the game was out of reach. It finished 21 of 32 for 257 air yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions, plus a loose ball.
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The 17 Mohamses air yards were the youngest in a first quarter this season. I was averaging 57 entering the game.
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The Chiefs had 14 yards in their first five units, the least amount of yards they have had in their first five units of any game initiated by Mohamses, Playoffs or regular season.
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Mohomes launched its first postseason selection. Cooper’s TD leaves the interception of 38 yards put the Eagles ahead 17-0 with 7:03 remaining in the first half.
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Mahomes became the first QB in the history of the Super Bowl to take consecutive captures before launching a selection in a period of
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For the first time in his career, Mahomes launched two interceptions in the first half of a playoff game.
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The end of 43% of Mohamses in the first half was the second lowest rate in a first half in their career, better than only its 42% completion percentage against the chargers in week 2 of 2020.
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Mohamses finished the first half with 33 aerial yards, the least amount he has had in the first half of any game in his career.
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Mahomes was 1 of 6 with two interceptions in passes of more than 5 aerial yards. He was 14 of 22 with a touchdown in those releases for his post -season career before Sunday.
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It became the second QB in the history of the Super Bowl to launch an interception about consecutive pass attempts. Craig Morton did it twice, first with the Dallas Cowboys and then with the Denver Broncos.
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The Chiefs did not cross the midfield until their tenth trip, breaking a streak of nine impulse, the longest for any team in the history of the Super Bowl.
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The section of nine possessions of the bosses without scoring was the longest with mahomes from the regular season or the playoffs.
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Mahomes was fired six times, the most he has taken in any game of his career (regular season or playoffs).
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Mahomes is the second QB in the history of the Super Bowl to take six catches against four or less passes runners. Roger Staubach of the Cowboys took six in the Super Bowl X against the Steelers.
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Patrick Mahomes had 42 setbacks without being demolished, the second more in the history of the Super Bowl. An initial QB has faced zero bombing in a Super Bowl five times before, but none from the Rex Grossman of the Chicago Bears in the Super Bowl XLI.
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Mahomes was 3 of 8 for 43 yards with a touchdown and an interception under pressure.
