The Philadelphia Eagles are flying excessive.
The workforce clinched their 40-22 victory over reigning champs the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, who struggled to even put factors on the board throughout the huge recreation’s first half.
PEOPLE was on the bottom at Caesar’s Superdome in New Orleans to see the motion first-hand. Right here’s what you did not see on TV throughout Tremendous Bowl LIX!
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The Huge Straightforward was crammed with Eagles followers, who solidly outnumbered the Chiefs’ contingent — and the stands on the Superdome have been no exception. Even when the Chiefs did handle to attain, the stadium seemingly could not be bothered.
In contrast, every time the Eagles made their approach to the top zone, the complete stadium erupted into cheers and chants.
“Fly Eagles fly, on the street to victory. E-A-G-L-E-S. Eagles!” may very well be reliably heard all through the whole lot of the sport.
Earlier than both workforce began scoring touchdowns, nonetheless, they took turns warming up on the sphere. Patrick Mahomes practiced throwing the ball to varied gamers — together with Travis Kelce, who, after working via some drills, even danced a short while on the sphere.
Quite a few celebrities made their means throughout the sphere previous to kickoff as effectively, together with Jay-Z along with his daughters Blue Ivy, 12, and Rumi, 7, and Bradley Cooper along with his daughter Lea, 7.
Plus, Patriots legend Tom Brady was met with cheers as he walked onto the sphere to shake palms with a number of the staff and different media members forward of his Tremendous Bowl broadcasting debut.
Beatles legend Paul McCartney was additionally noticed in attendance!
Round 4:30 native time, throngs of photographers went working to the nook of the Chiefs finish zone, the place President Donald Trump all of a sudden emerged from the tunnel to wave to the group and pose briefly for images.
Whereas the safety presence in New Orleans felt barely extra intense than what may be common for a Tremendous Bowl given the occasions of Jan. 1, the sheer quantity of armed guards and secret service brokers inside the Superdome was massively noticeable, particularly on the aspect of the stadium reverse from the place Trump’s suite was.
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Then, it was time to convey each groups again onto the sphere. The Chiefs ran out first to thunderous booing after being launched by longtime fan Jon Hamm, and the Eagles quickly adopted, with Bradley Cooper doing the honors for Philadelphia.
When Trump was first proven in his suite on the jumbotron, the cheering contained in the stadium was extra audible than any discontent. Taylor Swift, nonetheless, wasn’t so fortunate.
When the worldwide icon, who arrived round 4:45, was proven on the large display for the primary time, she was met with intense booing. Her shocked response to the group’s obvious disapproval went viral.
Round 5:30, Christian singer Lauren Daigle and trombonist Trombone Shorty joined forces for a efficiency of “America the Lovely,” and simply 5 minutes later, Jon Batiste showcased his musical skills whereas performing the nationwide anthem.
As soon as kickoff was formally underway, the Eagles wasted no time taking possession of the sport. Quarterback Jalen Hurts scored the workforce’s first landing with nearly six minutes left within the first quarter as the complete stadium erupted into cheers.
With the Chiefs failing to be on the board by halftime, the groups took their reprieve to strategize and regroup whereas hordes of individuals swarmed the sphere to remodel the astroturf right into a stage for Kendrick Lamar.
The “Poetic Justice” rapper shocked the nation along with his particular visitor performers Samuel L. Jackson and Serena Williams, and, sure — the complete crowd (all 65,719 of them) did sing alongside to “Not Like Us” with Lamar.
After the efficiency, the levels have been disassembled simply as shortly as they have been erected, and the Chiefs have been capable of rating within the third quarter when Xavier Worthy linked with Mahomes for a 24-yard TD move with lower than a minute left to go within the third.
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With simply minutes to go within the fourth quarter, DeAndre Hopkins scored a landing, making the rating 14-40. Regardless of the factors, the Eagles felt assured sufficient to start celebrating. Whereas the stadium hardly reacted to Hopkins’ landing, the Eagles gamers and workers on the sidelines (and the followers within the stands) have been already congratulating one another with excessive fives and hugs. There have been nonetheless some three minutes on the clock when Eagles coach Nick Sirianni was ceremoniously bathed in Gatorade.
By the point the Eagles formally secured the world championship title simply minutes later, there have been stirrings of “Hey, hey hey, goodbye” coming from the excited Eagles followers filling the Superdome.
