Shortly before 2 pm in Florida, Donald Trump sank his final putt and climbed aboard Air Force One. New Orleans destination.
The authorities closed the airspace and then clear a route for their caravan to accelerate the streets to the Superdome. All in time for the president to make history, and then witness the story.
That was the plan, anyway. Instead? Trump observed how the best team of this era was mutilated, humiliated and humiliated. No sitting president had attended a Super Bowl. No team had won three in a row. There is only one of those records after the Filadelphia Eagles destroyed the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 on Sunday night.
Trump ran here after an early round with Tiger Woods. Then he went to the field before sitting to see another serial champion. “There is a certain field marshal that seems to be a good winner,” the president said earlier this week.
I wasn't talking about Jalen Hurts, who had been lost in all the noise surrounding Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar. However, on Sunday night, he orchestrated one of the most destructive performances of the Super Bowl of recent times.
It doesn't matter that Andy Reid team ate Saquon Barkley, the corridor who has enjoyed a first record season in Philadelphia. Hurts was controlled and calculated and clinical.
The Philadelphia Eagles enjoyed an impressive Super Bowl victory over the Kansas City Chiefs
Field Marshal Jalen Hurts inspired his team to a seismic victory at the Superdome on Sunday
Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs were humiliated in New Orleans in their attempt at a veal
Travis Kelce endured a disastrous afternoon, in what could be his last NFL game
President Donald Trump was among the crowd in the Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday
He launched for more than 220 yards and two touchdowns, including a 46 yardas pump for Devonta Smith. It was also the most destructive corridor of the Eagles. Hurts, who has been doubted and fired throughout the week, ran for more than 70 yards, and the eagles another score.
Help, of course, have a defensive line that can suffocate the best quartback of your time. This Victory of Eagles and this Eagles season has been built in a fierce defense.
Mahomes was fired six times and launched two interceptions. The first was returned for a 38 -yard touchdown by Cooper Dejean, on its 22nd birthday. The second led a two -way Touchdown two plays later.
For the third time in the Mohamses race, his team could not register a single point in the first half. Kansas City took to the final embers of the third quarter to reach the board.
That showed only a brief pause in the Eagles Party. This felt like a game at Philadelphia's house: they booed Swift and made fun of their rivals. Nick Sirianni was overwhelmed with more than two remaining minutes.
No one, not even Tom Brady, could win three in a row. Now Mohamses must start over that search: punished, mistreated and poorly beaten.
Maybe it was not a good idea for the field marshal of the bosses to arrive at the Superdome in Eagles Green. Maybe it was not a good idea for him and Kelce go to dinner on Friday night. If this really is goodbye for the closed wing? What a sad end. She was a spectator while her girlfriend watched from the stands.
Not that Eagles fans care about Eagles. They come from two years ago and have their hands in the Vince Lombardi trophy for the second time. Pray for those who have to clarify the disaster in Bourbon Street and back in Philadelphia when they have finished toasting this victory.
Taylor Swift observed how Kelce and the bosses suffered a humiliating defeat in New Orleans
Hurts drew the first blood for the eagles, scoring courtesy of the first 'push of play' of the game
Bornal Boy Cooper left intercepted a Patrick Mahomes pass before scoring
Mohomes endured a nightmare in the first half, since the chiefs were polished for the defense of Philadelphia
The supporter Zack Baun made an interception of diving to establish the third Touchdown of the Eagles
A few hours before the Philadelphia Bank was emptied and Ticketpe began to settle in the grass, the Superdome stopped to remember.
Less than six weeks before more than 100,000 followers descended to New Orleans, this city was devastated by a mortal terrorist attack that claimed the life of 14 people and changed the lives of more millions.
The reminders were everywhere. In the heartbreaking commemorative monuments in Bourbon Street, where Shamsud-Din Jabbar rammed his truck in Juerguistas celebrating the New Year's Eve.
In the armed police and armored cars patrolling the French neighborhood, in the steel ring that surrounded the superdome and the snipers who gathered in the nearby roofs.
But all security and all persistent fear did not deter those who landed in New Orleans determined to enjoy. Bourbon Street organized a one -week party that attracted some surprise guests: Bill Belichick and his 24 -year -old partner Jordon Hudson.
On Friday night, Kelce and Mohamcs caused controversy when they went out to dinner with their partners. And then, on the eve of the game, Bombshell News arose that this could be the last game of the closed wing.
Finally, some football was played. There are so many key pieces two years ago, when the Chiefs triumphed in Arizona. But a lot has also changed. There is no Jason Kelce in the Eagles and there were no rumors about the retvis retirement. Maybe more crucial? The Eagles now also have Barkley.
It was not a surprise when the ball was given in the first play. The Eagles followers were not surprised either when the first call controversy of the game followed the path of Kansas City.
Aj Brown sneaked into the corner to give Philadelphia a 24-0 advantage after an impressive first half
Devonta Smith caught a 46 yardas touchdown when the Eagles are disturbing in New Orleans on Sunday
Hurts stir through a hole in the defensive line of the Chiefs during the first half in New Orleans
Even so, they were furious when Aj Brown was penalized by pass interference. That decision increased noise and fury. A few minutes later, however, 'Fly Eagles, Fly' sounded around the Superdome after Hurts drew the first blood.
Barkley fought to make many early abolish in the defense of the Chiefs, but his quartback completed all his first four passes and then turned his first impulse. With six remaining minutes of the first quarter, the Chiefs had only enjoyed four plays and 12 yards. The next time Patrick Mahomes had his hands on the ball? The defense of the Eagles forced another clearance.
In the middle of the second quarter, Kelce had fallen their two catches and the Chiefs had controlled the ball for less than five minutes. At the end of the next driving of Kansas City? The consecutive champions were falling apart.
Jake Elliott's field goal made him a two -scoring game and then Mayhem took place. Mahomes was fired for a loss of four yards. Then he was fired for a loss of two yards. And then his pass to Deandre Hopkins was intercepted by Derajan.
The corner returned from the 38 -yard line for his first touchdown in his career, and the ceiling almost left this place. With 17-0, the Chiefs looked at the cannon and struggled to stop bleeding: Mohamses was fired again before Matt Araiza was forced to clear once more.
The bosses had been here before, of course. They were low, and everywhere, against the 49ers 12 months ago and, very often, this season, the Reid team had been excavated in deep holes. But here they were being invaded by the best defense of the NFL. And here, there simply there was no ceding.
Travis Kelce dropped their first two catches while the chiefs fought during the first half
The Eagles star corridor, Saquon Barkley, is approached by Bryan Cook in Caesars Superdome
Jalen Carter press
The first five units of the Chiefs game brought a cumulative total of only 15 yards. His sixth lasted a play and saw Mahomes launch another expensive interception. This time his pass was hooked by a Zack Baun.
In a short time, Hurts found Brown and the Eagles led 24-0. The rest of the statistics line was an equally gloomy advantage: in the part-time, the Eagles led 13-1 in the first attempts and 179-23 in total yards. Never before a team of Mohamses had made such little land in a first half.
For Kansas City, maybe there was only one crumb of comfort. In the Super Bowl Li, the Brady Patriots lost for 25 points before returning to win 34-28.
The Chiefs never seemed to organize their own resurrection. Two TouchDowns worthy of Xavier and a Hopkins score reduced the deficit in the final minutes. By then, Mahomes had been fired twice more and Smith had put the eagles that rose more out of reach.