PHILADELPHIA — Just 217 days after Super Bowl LIX, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs embark on a highly anticipated rematch of NFL powers. The Eagles and Chiefs will face off in another must-see showdown in Week 2, as the teams that met in two of the last three Super Bowls have different stakes on the line this time around.
The Eagles are off to a 1-0 start, and look to win at Arrowhead Stadium for the second time in three years under Nick Sirianni. The Chiefs are 0-1 for the second time in three years, facing an unusual situation against the Super Bowl champions. Andy Reid has never started 0-2 since becoming coach of the Chiefs, as the franchise has never lost three straight games in the Patrick Mahomes era (including postseason).
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Keep in mind 0-2 teams have just a 12.2% chance of making the playoffs since the NFL expanded the postseaosn to 12 teams in 1990. That percentage only increased to 12.5% since the postseason expanded to 14 teams in 2020. So yes, it’s important for the Chiefs to get back on the right track this week.
The Eagles’ showdown with the Chiefs will be the 11th rematch of a Super Bowl in the following season in NFL history and the fourth to occur within the first two weeks of that season. The Super Bowl-winning team has won seven of the 10 previous rematches, as one of the three losses was the Chiefs against the Eagles in 2023.
This certainly isn’t a rare matchup between the Eagles and Chiefs. Both franchises are well versed in playing each other.
“Since I’ve been here [201], there’s been four teams that we’ve played every year and obviously that’s the Giants, that’s the Commanders, that’s the Cowboys, and that’s the Chiefs,” said Sirianni. “We’ve played them every single year.
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