After an exciting season, a compelling matchup in Super Bowl LVII will kick off in less than two weeks in Arizona. The Philadelphia Eagles will play the Kansas City Chiefs -- with the Eagles as the designated "home" team due to the NFL rotating NFC and AFC teams as hosts -- for the right to hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The Eagles are looking to win their second Super Bowl in six years, while the Chiefs are vying to win their second ring since 2019.
There are two big narratives heading into this game: Andy Reid coaching against his old team, and the first Super Bowl pitting brothers -- Travis and Jason Kelce -- against one another. Both brothers have already put together careers that will eventually land them in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The two teams last met in Week 4 of the 2021 season, with the Chiefs winning a 42-30 shootout behind Patrick Mahomes' five touchdown passes. Jalen Hurts, in what was just his eighth career start, threw for 387 yards and two touchdowns.
Let's take a look at each team's roster, starting with the AFC champions.
Kansas City Chiefs 1Jerick McKinnon, WR
2Ronald Jones, RB
4Chad Henne, QB
5 6Bryan Cook, S
7 8Carlos Dunlap, DE
9 10Isiah Pacheco, RB
11 12Shane Buechele, QB
13 15Patrick Mahomes, QB
17Mecole Hardman, WR
19Kadarius Toney, WR
20Justin Reid, S
21Trent McDuffie, CB
22 23Joshua Williams, DB
24Skyy Moore, WR
26Deon Bush, DB
32Nick Bolton, LB
35Jaylen Watson, CB
38L'Jarius Sneed, CB
41James Winchester, LS
43Jack Cochrane, LB
47Darius Harris, LB
50Willie Gay Jr., LB
51Michael Danna, DE
52 54Leo Chenal, LB
55Frank Clark, DE
56George Karlaftis, DE
57 59Joshua Kaindoh, DE
62Joe Thuney, OL
65Trey Smith, OL
66Brandon Williams, DT
70 73 75 77 Andrew Wylie, G 81Blake Bell, TE
83Noah Gray, TE
84Justin Watson, WR
87Travis Kelce, TE
88Jody Fortson, TE
91Derrick Nnadi, DT
94Malik Herring, DE
95Chris Jones, DT
99Khalen Saunders, DT
Kansas City heads to the Super Bowl with a 16-3 overall record. The Chiefs won the No. 1 seed on the strength of another MVP-caliber season from Mahomes, who threw for 5,250 yards and 41 touchdown passes. Mahomes' season is even more impressive considering the team parted ways with All-Pro wideout Tyreek Hill during this past offseason.
Mahomes' new weapons on offense include rookie Isiah Pacheco and veteran wideouts JuJu Smith-Schuster and Marquez Valdes-Scantling. It was Valdes-Scantling's clutch touchdown reception from Mahomes that helped the Chiefs dethrone Cincinnati in the AFC title game. Along with Mahomes, the offense continues to have several perennial Pro Bowl level players in tight end Travis Kelce and linemen Creed Humphrey, Orlando Brown Jr., and Joe Thuney.
It wasn't dominant during the regular season, but the Chiefs defense played a big role in Kansas City's playoff wins over Jacksonville and Cincinnati. It forced two turnovers in both games while harassing quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence and Joe Burrow. Chris Jones was unstoppable against Cincinnati: he had a pair of sacks while spearheading a pass rush that sacked Burrow five times.
Featured Game | Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas City Chiefs
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Jalen Hurts, QB
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Darius Slay, CB
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Zach Pascal, WR
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Jake Elliott, K
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DeVonta Smith, WR
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Haason Reddick, LB
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Gardner Minshew, QB
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A.J. Brown, WR
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Brett Kern, P
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Kenneth Gainwell, Rb
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Quez Watkins, WR
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Nakobe Dean, LB
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Britain Covey, WR
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Ian Book, QB
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Marcus Epps, S
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James Bradberry, CB
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Miles Sanders, RB
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Zech McPherson, CB
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Josh Jobe, Cb
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Avonte Maddox, CB
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Josiah Scott, CB
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Trey Sermon, Rb
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Boston Scott, RB
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Kyzir White, Lb
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Rick Lovato, LS
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Patrick Johnson, LB
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Cam Jurgens, C/G
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Christian Elliss, LB
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Brandon Graham, DE
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T.J. Edwards, LB
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Kyron Johnson, LB
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Josh Sills, G
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Jason Kelce, C
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Jack Driscoll, T/G
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Lane Johnson, T
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Linval Joseph, DT
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Ndamukong Suh, DT
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Grant Calcaterra, Te
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Dallas Goedert, TE
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Jordan Davis, DT
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Fletcher Cox, DT
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Milton Williams, DT
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Josh Sweat, DE
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Javon Hargrave, DT
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Robert Quinn, DE
Like the Chiefs, the Eagles are heading to Arizona with a 16-3 record. Philadelphia also secured its conference's No. 1 seed after winning arguably the NFL's most competitive division.
Mahomes will likely win league MVP, but Hurts was the front-runner to win the award prior to sustaining a late-season injury. Hurts, who is one of five finalists to win the award, returned to help the Eagles wrap up the No. 1
