It is a bitter sweet day as this will be the last 5 for Friday until next season. I kicked off the blog with the very first ever 5 for Friday on November 18th. It has been a fun ride and am excited to start back up next September. Don’t worry the blog will live on with posts until then but predicting NFL games is one of my favorite things so I will miss it. But I am also very excited about this one since it is the Super Bowl and the Chiefs are playing…so let’s do this thing!

Here are 5 predictions for the Super Bowl:

1. Trent McDuffie gets an interception. I think McDuffie is going to be a really good player and he is already pretty solid. He is a great tackler and besides losing his footing occasionally, is usually in the right place at the right time. He has been so close on several almost interceptions but hasn’t pulled one in yet. Sunday is the day he gets his first one.
2. Both teams run at least 2 trick plays. The Super Bowl is where you pull out all the stops. Anything you have been saving you bust out in the big game. We have already seen the “philly special” and the “rose bowl right parade” from these two franchises. With two of the more creative offenses battling it out, I am guessing we will see more surprises on Sunday.
3. Patrick Mahomes will score on a QB sneak. As the Kelce brothers always say, the QB sneak works 92% of the time which is a made up statistic but sounds about right. We haven’t ran it with Pat since that dreadful day in Denver when a freak accident made Pat’s knee cap move to the side of his leg. But at some point you have to go back to it, right? Late in the 4th quarter with the ball at the 1, it is time do whatever it takes. Pat calls his own number and gets in because no one sees it coming.
4. AJ Brown scores on the longest td of the game. Brown is a matchup nightmare. He is tall like Tee Higgins but faster and stronger. Hurts throws a ball to him down the sideline that he jumps over one of our corners to get and then jogs into the end zone after the same defender falls down. It’s a 50 yard plus td.
5. Jerrick McKinnon has a day. McKinnon was on a tear the last 5 or 6 weeks of the season but has been relatively quiet in the post season. It has been the Pacheco show the last two games. But because of the rush of the Eagles they rely on McKinnon more to help block as well as sneak out of the back field for screens and dump offs. McKinnon totals over 150 yards as he stacks up 50 plus yards rushing and close to 100 yards receiving on the day.

Super Bowl 57: Chiefs vs Eagles in Arizona

No matter what happens, some trends have to get broken. Here are the list of trends that are stacked up for this game.

Team who wins the coin toss is 0-9 in the last 9 games.

Team in dark jerseys are 20-36 in the big game.

Andy Reid has never lost when these two teams play.

The MVP of the league hasn’t won the Super Bowl since 1999.

The Passing leader has never won the Super Bowl.

And I am sure there are others. At the end of the day, the best part of this game is we have two teams that are really good and probably the best two teams all season. The Eagles, including playoffs, are 16-1 this season with Hurts as the starter. The Chiefs have gone 32 straight games with either winning or losing by 4 or less. I can say for certain that that Eagles have not played anybody as good as the Chiefs. And the Chiefs only play close games so I think we are in for a treat. Also, I know that a lot of people are tired of the Chiefs but once they start playing, they are enjoyable for all to watch. The Eagles are also fun to watch. So we have two mostly likable teams playing which isn’t always the case. I think this will be great back and forth game and here is how I see it going down.

It has been a back and forth game and early in the 4th, the Eagles score a td to tie it up 24-24. The Chiefs go on a long drive that ends with the Mahomes QB sneak mentioned above with about 7 minutes to go to take the lead 31-24. On the ensuing Eagles drive, on 3rd down, Chris Jones bats down a pass to force an Eagles punt with just under 6 left on the clock. Andy Reid actually lets the Chiefs run the ball and they eat up around 4 minutes off the clock. Right after the 2 minute warning, Butker hits a 47 yarder to push the lead to 10. After the Eagles get a couple of first downs, they face a 4th and long. Frank Clark gets the game sealing sack to move to second all time in post season sacks. The Chiefs take a knee and Big Red gets a Gatorade bath.

Final: Chiefs 34 Eagles 24

MVP: Patrick freaking Mahomes

The only thing Pat really hasn’t done is played a great 4 quarters of football in the Super Bowl. That changes on Sunday. He throws for over 300 yards and 3 touchdowns and adds on the rushing td and 30 other yards on the ground. He completes arguably the greatest QB season ever, leading the league in passing yards, breaking the all time record of most combined yards, winning MVP, winning the Super Bowl and winning Super Bowl MVP, something no one else has ever done. On Monday, Nick Wright says he is a God among men. Skip Bayless says he played alright and was the second best QB in the game. Colin Cowherd splits the difference and says you can’t argue anymore, Mahomes is the best quarterback in the league.

We will see if I am right come Sunday! Go Chiefs!