Kansas Metropolis Chiefs QuarterBack Patrick Mahomes grabbed the headlines on Sunday as he led his facet to a 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on the State Farm Stadium in Tremendous Bowl LVII. The NFL MVP turned one among solely 5 gamers in historical past to win the Tremendous Bowl twice and in addition be named MVP twice.

Having final seen his Chiefs facet win the Tremendous Bowl 4 years in the past, Mahomes was seeking to lead his facet to glory. Having already been named because the league’s common season MVP, he needed to interrupt the MVP curse that sees the winner of the award fail to win the Tremendous Bowl.

The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs began slowly towards the Philadelphia Eagles led by Jalen Hurts, with the Eagles dominating fully to enter the half-time interval with a 24-14 lead. Mahomes had additionally suffered a nasty-looking ankle sprain that left him grimacing in ache on the interval.

The half-time present was lit up by Rihanna’s efficiency, with the singer making her first public efficiency in round seven years.

Patrick Mahomes returned with a mission for the second half as he helped his facet eat up the deficit earlier than opening up a lead of their very own. The 27-year-old delivered a high efficiency that noticed him named because the MVP for the Tremendous Bowl. He turned solely the primary participant since Kurt Warner in 1999 to win the Tremendous Bowl, common season MVP and Tremendous Bowl MVP. Hurts set a brand new report for many speeding yards by a Quarterback within the NFL. Additionally, the Eagles broke the report for many factors by a dropping staff within the Tremendous Bowl.

Patrick Mahomes has now change into solely the fifth man in NFL historical past to win the Tremendous Bowl twice and be named as common season MVP twice. The others are Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Steve Younger and Peyton Manning. Nonetheless solely in his fifth yr within the NFL, Mahomes might be able to declare many extra accolades earlier than his retirement sooner or later.