New Orleans – For all the good things this era of the Kansas City Chiefs has delivered to the National Football League, there was one quality that the league could have done without.

Predictability.

That’s why the Philadelphia Eagles’ shocking 40-22 victory over the Chiefs in the 59th Super Bowl game is just what the NFL needed.

Another Chiefs win, even in dramatic fashion, might have felt a tad stale. Instead, we get a result that was so unexpected.

Not so much unexpected in that the Eagles won, but rather in how they thoroughly dominated a team that had lost just one meaningful game in a calendar year.

Instead of this Super Bowl being a repeat of the Chiefs thrilling 38-35 win over Philadelphia two years ago, as many anticipated, we got a game that was over by halftime.

That is saying something, given that the Chiefs have been known as a team ultra-prepared for every situation with an instinct to play their best in the moments that matter most.

But they put up one of the most embarrassing first-half performances in Super Bowl history against the Eagles Sunday night, at least on the offensive side of the football.

In falling behind by a 24-0 score at halftime,........

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