Three Patriots Takeaways From Eagles-Chiefs Super Bowl LIX

The New England Patriots have plenty of lessons to take away from watching Super Bowl LIX at home.

The Philadelphia Eagles trounced the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs in a 40-22 final that was never as close as that score implies. Philadelphia stopped the bid for the NFL’s first three-peat in Super Bowl history with a dominant performance in all three phases of the game.

The Eagles won their second title in three trips to the NFL’s biggest stage since 2017. Philadelphia found stability and talent over their recent stretch. From New England’s perspective, some glow from the dynasty years can still shine and the current team gets a blueprint of how to rebuild a winner in the modern NFL.

Here’s three Patriots-centric takeaways from Super Bowl LIX.

Win Up Front
It’s no secret how bad the Patriots were up front as they failed to protect emerging rookie quarterback Drake Maye. They didn’t really need the reminder the Chiefs gave in their ugly performance at the line of scrimmage, but it’s a separator at the game’s highest level.

The Eagles took multiple years to invest in linemen on both sides of the ball and it more than paid off to win a championship. New England must recognize the necessity for that investment.

Draft And Develop
The Eagles have homegrown stars all around the field that made an impact in their championship win.

Jalen Hurts, DeVonta Smith, Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis, Dallas Goedert and Cooper DeJean are just a few players Philadelphia drafted.

Sustainability in the NFL starts and ends with the draft. The Patriots did the hard part when they landed a star in Maye. Now, they need to ride the wave to put real talent around him.

Tom Brady, Patriots Dynasty Are Winners From Chiefs’ Loss
The Chiefs matched the 2003-04 Patriots with back-to-back titles but could not surpass them with the failed three-peat.

More importantly, Tom Brady has some extra breathing room for the GOAT conversation. Mahomes, while impacted by an offensive line collapse, had under 100 passing yards midway through the third quarter and had another embarrassing Super Bowl loss.

Sure, Brady lost three times in the big game but never had as ugly of a night as Mahomes did Sunday in New Orleans. That’s worthy of a larger conversation, but for now, it’s time to pump the brakes again on knocking Brady off the throne.